"D-Day tomorrow. Everybody quite excited. We land at Arromanches, clear three villages and Bayeux." Discovered in a dusty upstairs room of a pub, the matter-of-fact entry for 5 June 1944 written ...

Such miscues forced General Eisenhower to reprimand the outspoken and colorful general. Patton's expertise in tank command helped frustrate the December 1944 German counteroffensive in the ...

Patton saluted the men before going in to meet with Eisenhower. When a water shortage hit war-ravaged Rheims, France, Army GIs stationed there, including Maczulak, had one other option with which ...

Patton’s emphasis on strict discipline ... In March 1944 he visited units based in Down and Armagh. (Eisenhower conducted a similar tour in Fermanagh.) Prior to his speech in The Mall in ...

Christmas includes the anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the largest land battle fought by the United States. This was ...

The press wanted Patton’s blood and they were able to get some worked up enough to call for him to be relieved of duty. However, General Dwight D. Eisenhower and General George C. Marshall ...

In American history the Battle of the Bulge remains our biggest single land engagement. Approximately a quarter of a million ...

In the early days of the battle, Allied Commander Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower directed Patton and his Third Army to wheel around 90 degrees and head north toward the embattled region. Later the ...