Profession: US WWII General
Nationality: 
American
Biography: Commanded the Seventh US Army and Third US Army during World War II.
Born: November 11, 1885
Birthplace: San Gabriel, California, USA
Generation: Lost Generation
Star Sign: Scorpio
Died: December 21, 1945 (aged 60)
Cause of Death: Congestive heart failure
Married Life
- 1910-05-26 US General George S. Patton (24) weds Frederick Ayer's daughter Beatrice Ayer at Beverly Farms Episcopal Church near Boston, Massachusetts
Historical Events
- 1943-03-07 US General George S. Patton arrives in Djebel Kouif, Tunisia
- 1943-07-22 US forces led by General George S. Patton liberate Palermo, Sicily
- 1943-08-03 General George S. Patton slaps a US GI in hospital, accusing him of cowardice
- 1943-08-10 US General George S. Patton slaps a battle fatigued soldier at an evacuation hospital "cowardly" and threatens him with a pistol
- 1943-08-17 US General George S. Patton enters Messina, completing the Allied conquest of Sicily
- 1944-07-06 US General George S. Patton lands in France
- 1944-08-18 Chartres freed by US 3rd Army forces during WWII led by General George S. Patton
- 1944-12-26 Battle of Bastogne: US General George S. Patton's 3rd Army repulses German forces
- 1945-03-05 Generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, George S. Patton and Alexander Patch meet in Lunéville, France
- 1945-03-10 George S. Patton's 3rd U.S. Army makes contact with General Courtney Hodge's 1st U.S. Army
- 1945-03-26 Allied generals Dwight D. Eisenhower, Omar Bradley and George S. Patton launch attack at Remagen on the Rhine
- 1970-02-04 "Patton" directed by Franklin J. Schaffner and starring George C. Scott premieres in New York (Academy Awards Best Picture 1971)
Andrew Jackson
Ibrahim Babangida
Martin Dempsey
Alexander Patch
Bernard Montgomery
Lord Mountbatten