General George S. Patton's Third Army came to life in Europe this week back in 1944 and played a pivotal role in the Allies' breakout from the Normandy region of northern France. It had been slow ...

Patton's Third Army and the Battles That Shaped Europe. Posted: May 15, 2025 | Last updated: May 16, 2025. ... Map shows areas hit by blackouts from "colossal" solar flare.

All of these were added to his map in the G2 section. From the air reconnaissance section, ... He also knew that General Patton was planning to have the Third Army move east in a few days.

Patton’s Third Army became operational on Aug. 1, 1944, and was ordered to secure Brittany as part of Operation Cobra and the Breakout from the Normandy beaches. Patton decided to detail only ...

Nearly 70 years ago, on Aug. 1, 1944, Lieutenant General George S. Patton took command of the American Third Army in France. For the next 30 days they rolled straight toward the German border.

U.S. Army veteran Henry Babore - an infantryman in Gen. George Patton's 3rd Army - fought in four battle campaigns across Europe during World War II. He was awarded the Purple Heart Medal after ...

"On the morning of Dec. 8 1944, Patton summoned the Third Army chaplain, then Col. (brigadier general retired) James H. O'Neill, to his headquarters at Caserne Molifor in Nancy, France," said Powell.

"Patton's Lucky Scout: The Adventures of a Forward Observer for General Patton and the Third Army in Europe" tells World War II Veteran and Milwaukee-native Frank Wayne Martin's story of scouting ...

Patton's Family Was Originally Against the Movie, and So Was the Army. When the idea for a Patton movie arose in 1951 , the general's wife, Beatrice, would not entertain the idea.

KAISERSLAUTERN, Germany — Gen. George Patton’s Third Army faced little resistance as it advanced through southwest Germany into a small industrial city scarred from years of Allied bombing ...

SUMTER, SC (WIS) - Third Army Commanding General George S. Patton, Jr. continues to have his memory preserved at Patton Hall at Third Army Headquarters on Shaw Air Force Base.