Bull Tiger Biographical Library · Giant Hundred -- Patton

Author: Peng Xunhou, Ancient and Modern Press
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Publish Date: 1998-10-01
Features: We are delighted to recommend the "Giant Biographies Series" to young friends. At the turn of the century, having such a fine series as a companion is a joy for the mind. We believe that from the footsteps of these giants and masters, you can learn how to properly handle success and failure, comfort and hardship, joy and pain, smoothness and tribulation. You will understand how to approach life, how to learn to be a person, how to pursue knowledge, how to shape oneself, and how to shape the future.
Principal of Peking University, Zhao Yulin Secretary of the Party Committee, Dong Lingsheng
Every great figure with global influence holds a deeply moving story within them. Their rich experiences and life lessons, their spirit of struggle and elements of success, their character for pursuing excellence and their ability to seize opportunities, undoubtedly have a great inspirational and educational role for today's youth.
Principal of Tsinghua University, Zhao Qinggang
Giants are the elite of humanity. They have made outstanding contributions to the progress and civilization of human society. Their spirit of struggle and extraordinary achievements are deeply admired by people, becoming models for others to learn from. Giants are human, not gods; they come from ordinary people yet surpass them. Their lofty ideals and belief in serving the motherland and humanity drive them to persevere and fear no difficulties.
Principal of Tianjin Nankai Middle School, Kang Xiuyan
To carefully read this series is like seeing their appearance, speech, and actions, and feeling their ideals, beliefs, aspirations, and moral integrity. This will help you learn how to be a person, how to pursue knowledge, and how to build a career.
Principal of Fudan University, Cao Tianren
George S. Patton, U.S. Army General. Born into a military family in San Gabriel, California. After graduating from the U.S. Military Academy (West Point) in 1909, he served in the cavalry. In 1916, he joined the U.S. intervention in Mexico as an aide to General John J. Pershing. In 1917, he joined the American Expeditionary Forces in France. That same year in November, he was responsible for forming the U.S. Army's first armored division. In September 1918, he commanded the division in the Battle of Saint-Mihiel. After returning to the United States in 1919, he worked at the Tank Training Center. He graduated from the Army War College in 1932. In 1935, he became the intelligence officer of the Hawaiian Department. In July 1940, he was appointed commander of an armored division. In December, he was promoted to major general and appointed commander of the 2nd Armored Division. In 1942, he became commander of the 1st Armored Corps. That same year in November, as commander of the Western Task Force of the North African Expeditionary Force, he led his troops in the North African landing campaign, capturing French Morocco. He then was responsible for forming the U.S. Seventh Army. From March to April 1943, he served as commander of the U.S. Second Army. In April, he was promoted to lieutenant general. From July to August, he commanded the U.S. Seventh Army in the Sicily landing campaign. In January 1944, he was appointed commander of the U.S. Third Army in England. In July, he went to Normandy, France, and on August 1, he led his troops into battle, breaking into Brittany and central France. Later, he worked with other Allied forces to severely defeat the German army in the Battle of Falaise and pursue the retreating enemy toward Lorraine. During the Battle of the Bulge, he was ordered to rush to the aid of the U.S. Army trapped in Bastogne, driving back the German attack. From March to May 1945, he led his army to break through the Siegfried Line, cross the Rhine River, and advance into the heart of Germany, occupying western Czechoslovakia and reaching the border of Czechoslovakia and Austria. After Germany surrendered, he was appointed Military Governor of Bavaria. In October of the same year, he was transferred to command the Fifteenth Army. He died in a car accident in December. He was brave and tenacious in battle, decisive in command, full of offensive spirit, and skilled at leveraging the advantages of armored forces to execute rapid maneuvers and long-range raids. He was known to his subordinates as the "Old General with Blood in His Eyes."