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George S. Patton

United States Army general (1885–1945)

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Jan 21, 2026

How did Patton express his views on postwar occupation and denazification?

publicly and privately attacked after World War II as excessive and counterproductive, likening the purge of former Nazis to routine partisan politics and arguing for pragmatic compromises to restore ...

Jan 8, 2026

Did Patton write memoirs or letters that reveal his postwar thoughts and predictions?

George S. Patton left an extensive trove of diaries and letters that were collected and published after his death, and those writings candidly reveal his wartime thinking and personal philosophies but...