Authors: George S. Patton Major General, Rick Atkinson (Adapted by), Rick Atkinson
ISBN-13: 9780395735299, ISBN-10: 0395735297
Format: Paperback
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Date Published: May 1995
Edition: None
Adored by many, loathed by some, General George S. Patton, Jr., was one of the most brilliant military strategists in history. War As I Knew It is the personal and candid account of his celebrated, relentless crusade across western Europe during World War II. First published in 1947, this absorbing narrative draws on Patton's vivid memories of battle and his detailed diaries, from the moment the Third Army exploded onto the Brittany Peninsula to the final Allied casualty report. The result is not only a grueling, human account of daily combat and heroic feats - including a riveting look at the Battle of the Bulge - but a valuable chronicle of the strategies and fiery personality of a legendary warrior. Patton's letters from earlier military campaigns in North Africa and Sicily, complemented by a powerful retrospective of his guiding philosophies, further reveal a man of uncompromising will and uncommon character, which made "Georgie" a household name in mid-century America. With a new introduction.
Introduction by Rick Atkinson | ||
Pt. 1 | Open Letters from Africa and Sicily | |
1 | Operation "Torch": North Africa | 3 |
2 | Operation "Husky": The Invasion of Sicily | 53 |
Pt. 2 | Operation "Overlord" | |
1 | The Campaign of France, Avranches, Brest to the Moselle - 1 August to 24 September 1944: Touring France with an Army | 89 |
2 | Forcing the Line of the Moselle - 25 September to 7 November 1994: The Flood | 138 |
3 | The Capture of Metz and the Saar Campaign - 8 November to 8 December 1944: Stuck in The Mud | 164 |
4 | The Bastogne - St. Vith Campaign "The Bulge" - 19 December 1944 to 28 January 1945: The Bulge | 193 |
5 | The Eifel to the Rhine and the Capture of Trier - 29 January to 12 March 1945: Many Rivers and Passive Defense | 230 |
6 | The Capture of Coblentz and the Palatinate Campaign - 13 March to 21 March 1945: The Beginning of the End | 257 |
7 | Forcing the Rhine, Frankfurt on Main, and Across the Mulde - 22 March to 21 April 1945: "The Rhine, The Rhine, The German Rhine" | 270 |
8 | Crossing the Danube and Entering Czechoslovakia and Austria - 22 April to 9 May 1945: The Last Round-up | 308 |
Pt. 3 | Retrospect | |
1 | Reflections and Suggestions | 335 |
2 | Earning My Pay | 367 |
App. A Operation "Torch" | 393 | |
App. B Composition of II Corps | 395 | |
App. C Operation "Husky" | 396 | |
App. D Letters of Instruction | 397 | |
App. E Composition of an Army | 418 | |
App. F Roster of Principal Staff Officers | 420 | |
App. G Corps that Served with Third Army | 422 | |
App. H Divisions that Served with Third Army | 424 |