A four-star general in the United States Army. Born in a military family in Lake Vineyard, southern California. He entered the Virginia Military Academy in 193. In 194, he entered the West Point Military Academy. In the first academic year, Barton was held back for one year because of his poor performance in foreign languages and mathematics. After graduating from the United States Army Military Academy (West Point Military Academy) in 199, he served in the cavalry. In 1916, he participated in the armed intervention in Mexico as the adjutant of J.J. Pershing. In 1917, he went to France to participate in the war with the American Expeditionary Force. In November of the same year, he was responsible for the formation of the first armored brigade of the US military. In September 1918, he commanded the brigade to participate in the Battle of San Miele. After returning to China in 1919, he worked in the tank training center. Graduated from the Army Staff College in 1932. In 1935, he served as Director of Intelligence of Hawaii Military Region. In July 194, he served as the brigade commander of the armored brigade. In December, Major General Jin was appointed as the commander of the 2nd Armored Division. In 1942, he served as the commander of the 1 ST Armored Army. In November of the same year, as the commander of the Western Task Force of the North African Expeditionary Force, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of landing operation in north africa and occupied french morocco. Later, he was responsible for the formation of the 7 th Army of the United States. From March to April 1943, he served as the commander of the 2 nd Army of the United States. Jinzhong will be in April. From July to August, he commanded the 7th Army of the United States to participate in the landing campaign in Sicily. In January 1944, he became the commander of the third army of the United States in Britain. In July, he went to Normandy, France, and on August 1, he led his troops into battle and broke into Brittany Peninsula and central France. Later, in cooperation with other allied forces, the German army was hit hard in the Battle of Falls and pursued the fleeing enemy in the direction of Lorraine. In the Battle of Ardennes, he was ordered to lead his troops to help the American troops besieged in Bastogne and repel the German attack. From March to May, 1945, he led the army to break through siegfried line, forcibly crossed the Rhine River, broke into the German hinterland, occupied western Czechoslovakia, and reached the Czech-Austrian border. After Germany surrendered, he became the military chief of Bavaria. In October of the same year, he was transferred to the commander of the 15th Army and died in a car accident in December. He is brave and tenacious in combat, decisive in command, full of offensive spirit, good at giving full play to the advantages of armored forces to carry out rapid maneuvers and long-distance raids, and is called "bloody veteran" by his subordinates; Compared with halsey, a five-star admiral who is also full of swearing words and bold and provocative on the battlefield, Barton seems to be bold and careful. Barton made a reform that still affects the US military, that is, the chaplain should not preach for more than 15 minutes on Sunday.
Barton was born in a military family in California in 1885. He loved to show off since he was a child and was determined to become a general.
after returning to China in p>1919, he returned to work in the cavalry and engaged in tank research.
graduated from the army staff college in p>1932.
in p>1935, he served as the intelligence director of Hawaii Military Region.
in the spring and summer of p>194, after Germany swept western Europe with tanks as the main force, the United States began to pay attention to the construction of armored forces. Barton was used as the brigade commander of armored brigade in July, and was promoted to the newly established 2nd armored division commander and major general in December.
in p>1942, he was promoted to commander of the 1st Armored Army. In November of the same year, as the commander of the Western Task Force of the North African Expeditionary Force, he led his troops to participate in the Battle of landing operation in north africa and occupied french morocco. Later, he was responsible for the formation of the 7 th Army of the United States.
from March to April, 1943, he joined the 2nd Army, which was defeated by Rommel, and took over from Fredden Doyle as its commander. He was promoted to lieutenant general in April. From July to August of the same year, he commanded the 7th Army of the US Army to participate in the landing campaign in Sicily, and took Messina, the capital of the island, before Montgomery.
in January, 1944, he went to Britain and became the commander of the 3rd Army of the United States. In June, after the Allied forces landed in Normandy, they led the Third Army to follow up and entered Brittany Peninsula and central France in August. Then they cooperated with the Allied forces to hit the Germans hard in the Battle of Fares and pursued them in the direction of Lorraine. At the Battle of Ardennes, which began in December of that year, he was ordered to lead his troops to rescue the American troops trapped in barstow and beat back the Germans.
From March to May, 1945, Barton led his troops to break through the German "siegfried line", forcibly crossed the Rhine River, broke into the hinterland of Germany, and reached the border between Czechoslovakia and Austria. After Germany surrendered, he was transferred to the 15th Army Commander and Bavarian Military Chief Executive.
Barton was brave and tenacious in fighting, attached importance to the role of tanks, and emphasized rapid attack. He was known as a "bloody and courageous veteran".
He died in a car accident on December 21, 1945 (there is a lot of evidence that Barton's car accident was an internal murder of the US military).
In August p>1945, when Paris was liberated, the French Legion of Barton's army took the lead in entering the downtown area of Paris. As the first army to go all the way to Paris, it allowed the French to liberate themselves, which reflected Barton's humanity.
Eisenhower is a legendary figure full of drama, who won many firsts. In the history of the US military, * * * awarded 1 five-star generals, and Eisenhower was promoted to the "first fastest"; Born in the "first poverty"; He was the first person to command the largest campaign by the US military. He was the first commander-in-chief of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization Allied Forces. He is the first retired senior general of the US military to serve as the president of Columbia University. His future is "number one"-the only five-star general to become president.
place of birth: Denison, Texas
place of death: Mount Vernon Farm, Gettysburg, Kansas
place of burial: Abilene City, Kansas
School: United States Army Military Academy (West Point Military Academy)
Position: Commander-in-Chief of the European Allied Expeditionary Force, Chief of Staff of the Army, President of Columbia University, Commander-in-Chief of the Allied Forces of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization, The 34th President of the United States
Rank: General of the Army
Party to which he belongs: * * * and Party
Wife: Mary Dzhivani Dodd
Works: Expedition to Europe, Order for Change, Peacemaking, Leisure Words
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Eisenhower showed outstanding military, political and diplomatic abilities in commanding allied forces to fight in North Africa, Sicily and Italy, and in realizing cooperation with allies, and was known as a "soldier politician and diplomat". He is firm, decisive, generous and has full trust in his subordinates. Brooke, Montgomery and others once looked down on Eisenhower, and even made some sharp criticisms from time to time. He was still magnanimous and tried to make Anglo-American cooperation a reality.
from 1953 to 1961, Eisenhower was re-elected as the president of the United States for two terms. In order to make the White House office an effective executive body of the president, Eisenhower set up a chief of staff in imitation of the chief of staff system. Eisenhower signed the Korean armistice agreement during his term of office, but continued to pursue the cold war policy, and successively put forward Eisenhower doctrine, large-scale retaliation strategy and brinkmanship policy.