"War is the most magnificent competition that human beings can participate in. War will create heroes and heroes, and all the muddy water will be cleaned up. " "Compared with war, all human struggles are dwarfed." "If I can fight, I would like to be a second lieutenant."

George Patton

George patton,1885165438+1October1,was born in California, USA. 1909 graduated from the United States military academy at west point,19/kloc-. 19 12 In the summer, she participated in the Fifth Summer Olympic Games held in Stockholm, Sweden, and won the fifth place in the pentathlon. At the end of the same year, he temporarily served in the army general staff, and served as the adjutant of leonard wood, the army chief of staff, and henry stimson, the army minister. During this period, he wrote an article in Lu Haijun magazine, suggesting to improve and adopt cavalry sabers. His 20,000 "Barton Sword" was distributed to the US Army, which made him famous. 19 13 summer, went to France to learn fencing at his own expense. 19 16 served as the lieutenant adjutant of general Pershing, and was promoted to colonel two years later. 19 17 went to France to participate in the war with Pershing and formed the first American tank force. 1939 was ordered to form an armored brigade and was promoted to brigadier general. 1942 served as commander and major general of the first armored army. In August of the same year, he led 40,000 soldiers across the Atlantic Ocean in landing operation in north africa. 1943, joined forces with British general Montgomery to win the battle of El Alamein. After the elimination of the German army in North Africa, he was promoted to lieutenant general and served as commander of the First Army, commanding the landing campaign in Sicily, Italy. 1944 served as commander of the third army, participated in Normandy landing as the second echelon, and led troops across Europe with blitzkrieg until Austria. Within 9 months, the enemy was wiped out140,000 and the towns were liberated130,000, with minimal relative casualties. After World War II, he was promoted to a four-star general and served as the Bavarian military chief and commander of the 15 Army. 1945 65438+On February 9th, he was killed in a car accident while hunting.

Barton is a legend. Throughout his life, he showed distinctive personal characteristics, which caused different comments from the world. Many people think that he is "a genius who leads the army, the pioneer with the most offensive spirit" and "Napoleon of the twentieth century". However, some people think that he is "both intelligent and brave" and "arrogant and flashy". Military scholars pointed out: "As commander-in-chief, General Barton's greatest feature is to inspire his subordinates with his martial spirit and influence them to March forward bravely on the battlefield with his personality."