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9780297846765

Patton: Old Blood And Guts

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  • ISBN13:

    9780297846765

  • ISBN10:

    0297846760

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2005-03-19
  • Publisher: Weidenfeld & Nicolson Ltd

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Summary

General George Smith Patton came to the fore in the fighting in North Africa and Sicily in 1942 and 1943 as a tough and inspirational field commander who drove his army as relentlessly as he did himself. Arrogant, vainglorious and unpopular with his fellow Allied generals, he was nevertheless one of the great land force commanders of the Second World War.Patton inspired an unswerving loyalty in his men, perhaps difficult to understand in the light of his treatment of them, which was often bullying and sometimes cruel. However, when the raw and untested US soldiers came to face the much-feared German panzer divisions in North Africa, he gave his men the self-belief to take them on. He refused to allow his army to think that they were second best.Trevor Royle portrays the real Patton, a man who behind the bluster was thoughtful and deeply religious with wide interests in literature and military history. Patton's fatal car crash in post-war Germany in 1945 meant that Old Blood and Guts never faced the 'horrors of peace' he so feared.

Author Biography

Trevor Royle is an associate editor of the Glasgow Sunday Herald.

Table of Contents

List of Maps 6(1)
Foreword by Major-General Julian Thompson 7(10)
Preface 17(4)
Chapter One: Triumph and Adversity 21(21)
Chapter Two: Learning the Lessons of Modern Warfare 42(33)
Chapter Three: Blood and Iron: North Africa 75(27)
Chapter Four: The Secret of Victory: Sicily 102(24)
Chapter Five: Normandy Blitzkrieg 126(33)
Chapter Six: Old Blood and Guts: Crossing the Rhine 159(33)
Postscript: The Last Bullet in the Last Battle of the War 192(19)
Source Notes 211(3)
Bibliography 214(3)
Index 217

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