George Patton's Accomplishments

General George S. Patton was born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California. His family originally from Virginia, had a long military heritage.
George decided he would carry on his family’s tradition and join the military. George graduated from the U.S Military Academy in 1909. He experienced his first real battle in 1915 when he lead cavalry troops against Mexican forces. He served as aide-de-camp to the commander of American forces in Mexico, and was unsuccessful in 1916 on his expedition against Villa. When the U.S entered World War l in 1917, George became the first officer assigned to the newly established U.S Tank Corps. After this he earned his reputation of a good leader and great skills with knowledge of tank warfare. When the

George then headed to North Africa and before they arrived he presented to his troops his new legendary philosophy “We shall attack and attack until we are exhausted, and then we shall attack again.” His troops then gave him his nickname “Old Blood and Guts.” George managed to put the U.S forces back on offense after many defeats and won the war's first major American victory against the Nazi-led forces in 1943.
A month later he turned his command in North Africa over. And his reputation suffered after an incident in a hospital where he slapped a soldier who was suffering from shell shock and was forced to give a public apology.
Although George wanted to lead the Allied invasion of Normandy, he was publicly assigned of a fictitious force that was supposedly preparing for an invasion in southeastern England. While German command distracted by a phantom invasion of Pas de Calais, France. The allies were finally able to make their real landing on the beaches of Normandy on D-Day, June 6th, 1944. After the first army broke the German line, Patton's army swept through into northern France in pursuit of Nazi forces. Later it played a key role in frustrating the German counterattack during the massive battle of