History and chronology of George Smith Patton in USA

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George Smith Patton History of USA


1885	Birth
11th Nov San Gabriel Birth of George Smith Patton
1909	Education
11th June West Point Graduates from the United States Military Academy at West Point
1909	Second Lieutenant
Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th cavalry Regiment
1910	Marriage
26th May Patton marries Beatrice Ayer
1915	Captain
Appointed Captain
1917	Battle of Cambrai
Cambrai Participates in the world's 1st major tank battle
1917	Battle of Meuse Argonne
Meuse Argonne Leads the 304th Brigade USAtank Corps with distiction at Meuse-Argonne Forest
1917	Battle of Mihiel
Mihiel Leads the 304th Brigade USAtank Corps with distiction at St Mihiel
1917	Commander
Appointed Commander of the USATank School
1917	US Tank School
Appointed Commander of the USATank School
1918	Meuse Argonne
Sep Meuse Argonne Commands 345 during tanks the Meuse-Argonne Operation
Sep Meuse Argonne Wins the Distinguished Service Cross for Heroism
1924	Education
Graduates from the Command and General Staff School
1932	Education
Distinguished graduate of the Army War College
1941	Commander
11th April Fort Benning Appointed Commanding General of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia
1941	Operation Torch
Commands the Western Task Force, only all-American force landing for Operation Torch
1941	Speech
June Delivers the "Blood and Guts" speeches
1942	Commander
Appointed Commander of the Western Task Force during the North African Landings
1943	Capture of Gela
11th Aug Gela Captures Gela during the 1st American landings on Sicily
1943	Capture of Messina
17th Aug Messina Arrives at Messina 2 hours ahead of Montgomery
1943	Capture of Palermo
22nd July Palermo Caputres the Sicillian capital of Palermo
1943	Capture of Sicily
17th Aug Sicily Sicily is in Allied hands after a campaign lasting 38 days & costing 31,000 casualties
1943	Commander
Appointed Commander of II USACorps
1943	Invasion of Sicily
Sicily Suspended during the invasion of Siciliy for assaulting a shell-shocked soldier
10th July Sicily Lands ashore at the head of the 7th Army
1943	Lieutenant General
Appointed Lieutenant General
Promoted to Lieutenant General
1944	Battle of Bulge, The
16th Dec Ardennes 16 Dec-28 Jan, leads the third army across France & into Germany
19th Dec Ardennes Halts the 3rd Army's advance into the Saar
19th Dec Ardennes Turns 90 degrees north to attack the German southern flank
22nd Dec Ardennes Launches an attack on Bastogne
26th Dec Ardennes The 3rd Army break through Manteufell's troops & reach Baston
1944	Capture of Avranches
31st July Avranches Arrives at Avranches
1st Aug Avranches Patton captures Avranches
1944	Capture of Coutance
28th July Countance Captures Coutance
1944	Capture of Granville
31st July Granville Captures Granville
1944	Capture of Mantes
21st Aug Mantes Mantes is captured & the Seine crossed, Patton hopes to head directly for Germany
1944	Capture of Metz
13th Dec Metz Captures Metz
1944	Capture of Morlaix
Morlaix Captures Morlaix
1944	Capture of Nantes
Nantes Captures Nantes
1944	Capture of Quimper
Quimper Captures Quimper
1944	Capture of Rennes
4th Aug Rennes Patton captures Rennes
1944	Capture of St Brieuc
St Brieuc Captures St Brieuc
1944	Commander
28th July Appointed Commander of the 8th Corps
1st Aug Appointed Commander of the 3rd Army
1944	Incident Knutsford
Says it the USA& British destiny to rule the post-war world
1944	Operation Cobra
25th July Avranches Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest
25th July Brest Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest
25th July Lorient Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest
25th July Avranches To help Patton to break out of Avranches & drive into Brittany
4th Aug Caen An attempt to outflank the Germans at Caen
4th Aug Orleans Authorised by Bradley to turn into the Orleans gap toward the Seine & Paris
1944	Overlord
Pas de Calais Helps convince the Germans he will be leading an Allied landing in the Pas de Calais
7th July Patton arrives in Normandy
8th Aug Falaise Ordered by Bradley to create a "short hook" from Le Mans to Falaise
9th Aug Normandy Turns the 5th & Free French 2nd northward to Le Mans
13th Aug Argentan The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan
13th Aug Falaise The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan
1944	Pocket Falaise
13th Aug Falaise Patton is ordered to halt, Montgomery takes 2 weeks to close the gap
13th Aug Falaise Patton's 3rd Army was at Falaise & Montgomery's 21st Army Group at Argentan
13th Aug Argentan The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan
1944	Siege of Argentan
13th Aug Argentan The "Falaise Pocket" forms as a French patrol enters Argentan
1944	Siege of Metz
3rd Oct Metz Closes in on Metz
1945	Battle of Rhineland
21st Mar Oppenheim Patton crosses the Rhine at Oppenheim
1945	Burial
Dec Hamm Buried among the soldiers who died in the battle of the Bulge
1945	Commander
Oct Appointed Commander of the 15th Army
1945	Death
21st Dec Death of George Smith Patton
1945	Dismissal
Dismissed for disagreeing with Allied occupation policies
1945	Invasion of Czech
4th May Elements of the 3rd Army reach Czech
1945	Invasion of Germany
22nd Mar The 3rd Army crosses the Rhine & establishes its 1st bridgehead
1945	Liberation Buchenwald
18th April Buchenwald Liberates Buchenwald concentration camp
1945	Liberation Prague
18th April Enters Czechoslovakia & liberates Prague
1945	Military Governor
May Appointed Military Govrernor of Bavaria