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Jan 17, 2023

How close was George C. Scott to portraying the real General Patton?

When George C. Scott delivered his tour de force as American General George S. Patton in the 1970 move Patton, the media had one main question for veterans that watched…

BYJim Fletcher

Jan 17, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 29, 2022

Why Patton’s predecessor in North Africa proved so useless against the Nazis

Anyone who served in the military can tell you that leadership can completely change a unit’s culture, morale, and performance – even if the leader is someone like Ol’ Blood…

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 29, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 27, 2022

The US may have invaded Cambodia because of the movie ‘Patton’

The year 1968 was a good one for President Richard Nixon. The Democratic Party was in chaos and he was elected President of the United States. But when he took…

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 27, 2022

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 22, 2022

The highest ranking US military officer in World War II isn’t who you think

World War II history is filled with famous names, many of which are general and flag officers who planned and fought the war to its now well-known conclusion. High ranking…

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 22, 2022

BYJames Elphick

Jun 1, 2023

This is how Patton smashed his way out of Normandy

The thick Norman hedgerows and stiff German resistance had slowed progress to a crawl. General Patton had other ideas.

BYJames Elphick

Jun 1, 2023

BYTeam Mighty

Jan 4, 2022

Today in military history: Patton relieves Bastogne in Battle of the Bulge

On Dec. 26, 1944, General George S. Patton relieved the besieged Allied defenders of Bastogne, Belgium, during the Battle of the Bulge. In what was Germany’s last major offensive campaign…

BYTeam Mighty

Jan 4, 2022

BYSandboxx

Nov 19, 2021

How George Patton became the Army’s Master of Swords

We’ve all heard of General George S. Patton. Maybe you’ve seen the movie. Maybe you did a report on him in school. Maybe you even have a grandfather who served…

BYSandboxx

Nov 19, 2021

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 5, 2021

This World War II-era Black tank commander was a real-life ‘Black Panther’

Warren Harding Crecy, known simply as “Harding,” graduated from high school the same year that the United States entered World War II. It was a good thing, too, because Harding…

BYTeam Mighty

Sep 5, 2021

BYLogan Nye

May 12, 2020

This two-line order to Eisenhower defines modern leadership

Future U.S. General of the Army and President Dwight D. Eisenhower was just a recently promoted and temporary brigadier general when the U.S. was dragged into World War II on December 7, 1941. One week later, he would have a meeting with Chief of St…

BYLogan Nye

May 12, 2020

BYChristopher Otero

Apr 29, 2020

Sitting down with the author of Task Force Baum, a dramatic retelling of an ill-fated rescue mission during World War II

World War II was so large and all-encompassing that one could spend a lifetime researching and barely scratch the surface of stories to tell. James Shipman, Amazon best-selling author of several historical fiction books, knows this and has a knack f…

BYChristopher Otero

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

This battle in North Africa was Germany’s Dunkirk miracle

When German and Italian forces began to collapse in Sicily in World War II, it became clear that they could either fight to the last man or could evacuate the 100,000 men and gear to Italy to man a series of defensive lines that would cost the Allie…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020

Their first battle: Patton leads America’s first car attack

The man who would construct American armored units in France in World War I and lead combined arms units, with armor at the forefront, in World War II got his start leading cavalrymen and cars in Mexico. In fact, he probably led the first American m…

BYLogan Nye

Apr 29, 2020