Fighting Patton: George S. Patton Jr. Through the Eyes of His Enemies - Hardcover

Yeide, Harry

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0760341281 ISBN 13: 9780760341285

Verlag: Zenith Press, 2011

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Many books have been written about Gen. George S. Patton Jr. This is the book that hasn’t: this is General George S. Patton Jr. as seen through the eyes of his enemies, the opposing German commanders. The thrust of this book is the enemy’s perspective on Patton, America’s most famous and highly respected commander of World War II, and his battles.

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Stripping away the unverifiable anecdotes that grew around the bold and outspoken Gen. George S. Patton Jr., Fighting Patton illuminates his successes and failures from the point of view of the German officers who faced him on the battlefield: “The American breakthrough at St. Lô-Avranches, led by General Patton, was carried out with operational genius and unprecedented dash.”—Oberst Rudolf von Gersdorff “Within my zone, the Americans never once exploited a success. Often Mellenthin, my chief of staff, and I would stand in front of the map and say, ‘Patton is helping us; he failed to exploit another success.’”—Oberstleutnant Hermann Balck “[Patton was] a commander who could think on big lines, and who thoroughly understood the character of armored warfare.”—Generalmajor Friedrich-Wilhelm von Mellenthin “Most surprisingly, [Patton] allowed the night of 15 March to pass without following up his successes, so that the troops of [LXXXII] Corps had the opportunity of retiring to a new line of defense.”—Oberst Ludwig von Ingelheim Many books have been written about Patton. This is the book that hasn’t: Patton as seen through the eyes of his enemies.

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• Verlag: Zenith Press
• Erscheinungsdatum: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0760341281
• ISBN 13: 9780760341285
• Einband: Tapa dura
• Anzahl der Seiten: 528