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George S. Patton
Sign in to saveAlso known as The Old Man, Old Blood and Guts, Bandito, General Patton, George Smith Patton, Jr., G.S. Patton, George Patton, George Smith Patton
United States Army general (1885–1945)
OverviewAI-generated
George S. Patton was a male person from the United States whose work period spanned from 1909 to 1945. He was born on November 11, 1885, and died on December 21, 1945. His notable works include The Patton Papers, 1885-1940, War Diary 1918, Saber Exercise 1914 Training Manual in Swordsmanship, Patton's troubleshooters photo album, Notes on Bastogne Operation, and 3rd U.S. Army.
Patton has been referenced by 1,553 other encyclopedia articles. He is associated with five works in Crossref and sixteen works in Open Library. In music databases, he is listed as a person with 37 listeners and a playcount of 84.
Synthesized by Vinony from 21 facts across 6 sources: Wikidata, Last.fm, Crossref, MusicBrainz, Open Library, Vinony graph. Generated from structured data (not the Wikipedia text) and checked against those facts — may still contain errors.
Person · Open Library
- Born
- 11 Nov 1885
- Died
- 21 Dec 1945
- Works
- 16
Top works
- The Patton Papers, 1885-1940
- War Diary 1918
- Saber Exercise 1914 Training Manual in Swordsmanship
- Patton's troubleshooters photo album
- Notes on Bastogne Operation, 3rd U.S. Army
via Open Library + Wikidata
Music · MusicBrainz
- Type
- Person
- Gender
- Male
- Origin
- United States
- Active from
- 1885-11-11
- Active to
- 1945-12-21
via MusicBrainz · CC0
Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 37
- Total plays
- 84
<a href="https://www.last.fm/music/George+S.+Patton">Read more on Last.fm</a>
Recent publications · Crossref
5 total works indexed
- A short history of<i>SHELX</i>
· 2007 · cited 79,944x
- Bias in meta-analysis detected by a simple, graphical test
· 1997 · cited 48,627x
- Crystal structure refinement with<i>SHELXL</i>
· 2015 · cited 40,878x
- <i>SHELXT</i>– Integrated space-group and crystal-structure determination
· 2015 · cited 27,634x
- A new and rapid colorimetric determination of acetylcholinesterase activity
· 1961 · cited 23,200x
via Crossref · CC0
Quotes
- “I wonder if I could have been here before as I drive up the Roman road the Theater seems familiar — perhaps I headed a legion up that same white road... I passed a chateau in ruins which I possibly helped escalade in the middle ages. There is no proof nor yet any denial. We were, We are, and we will be.”
- “Through the travail of the ages, Midst the pomp and toil of war, Have I fought and strove and perished Countless times upon this star. In the form of many people In all panoplies of time Have I seen the luring vision Of the Victory Maid, sublime.”
- “I have sinned and I have suffered, Played the hero and the knave; Fought for belly, shame, or country, And for each have found a grave. I cannot name my battles For the visions are not clear, Yet, I see the twisted faces And I feel the rending spear.”
- “I have fought with gun and cutlass On the red and slippery deck With all Hell aflame within me And a rope around my neck.”
- “So as through a glass, and darkly The age long strife I see Where I fought in many guises, Many names, but always me. And I see not in my blindness What the objects were I wrought, But as God rules o'er our bickerings It was through His will I fought. So forever in the future, Shall I battle as of yore, Dying to be born a fighter, But to die again, once more.”
- “Wars may be fought with weapons, but they are won by men. It is the spirit of the men who follow and of the man who leads that gains the victory.”
via Wikiquote · CC BY-SA
~40 min read
Encyclopedic overview
George Smith Patton Jr. (11 November 1885 – 21 December 1945) was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.
Born in 1885, Patton attended the Virginia Military Institute and the United States Military Academy at West Point. He studied fencing and designed the M1913 Cavalry Saber, more commonly known as the "Patton Saber." He competed in the modern pentathlon at the 1912 Summer Olympics in Stockholm, Sweden, finishing in fifth place. Patton entered combat during the Pancho Villa Expedition of 1916, the United States' first military action using motor vehicles. He fought in World War I as part of the Tank Corps: he commanded the U.S. tank school in France, then led tanks into combat and was wounded near the end of the war. In the interwar period, Patton became a central figure in the development of the army's armored warfare doctrine, serving in numerous staff positions throughout the country. At the United States' entry into World War II, he commanded the 2nd Armored Division.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “George S. Patton” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.