Barton

George Smith Patton

George Smith Patton Jr., from November 11, 1885 to December 21, 1945, was a famous American military general in the Second World War.

Personal experience

Born in 1885 in a military family in California. His father is a lawyer and his mother is a descendant of a famous family.

Barton was admitted to the Virginia Military Academy in 1903.

In June 1904, Barton was admitted to West Point for an internship. In the first academic year, Barton failed in foreign language and Mathematics for one year.

He graduated from West Point Military Academy in June 1909 and was transferred to the 15th cavalry regiment of the first group army as a second lieutenant in the same year.

In 1910, she married the rich Beatrice al.

In December 1911, he was transferred to the army staff at Fort Myer.

In the summer of 1912, he took part in the fifth Summer Olympic Games in Stockholm, Sweden, and won the fifth place in the pentathlon.

In the summer of 1913, he went to France to study fencing at his own expense.

In 1916, he participated in the armed intervention in Mexico as an adjutant of John Joseph Pershing.

In 1917, the United States took part in the first World War, and Barton, as an adjutant of Pershing, went to France. In November of the same year, he was responsible for the formation of the first armored brigade of the US Army. He was awarded the "cross of service excellence".

In September 1918, he commanded the brigade to take part in the battles of Saint MIELLE and MAS agona. On November 11, after the end of the first World War, Barton returned to the United States and devoted himself to tank research. But with the rise of American Isolationism and the reduction of military affairs, Barton was transferred back to the cavalry.

From leaving Middlesbrough in 1920 to returning to Fort Benning in 1940, Barton transferred 10 times and held more than 10 kinds of command and staff positions. He successively studied in the cavalry school, army command and staff school and army military academy.

He graduated from the Army Staff College in 1932.

In 1935, he served as the intelligence director of Hawaii military region and was promoted to lieutenant colonel.

In 1938, Barton was promoted to colonel and transferred to head of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in Clarksburg.

When the Second World War broke out in 1939, he was ordered to form an armored brigade and promoted to brigadier general.

In 1940, the U.S. general staff was reorganized, and Marshall served as chief of staff. After Germany swept Western Europe with tanks as its main arms, the United States began to pay attention to the construction of armored forces. In July, the new brigade commander was promoted to the armored division commander.

On December 8, 1941, Japan attacked Pearl Harbor and the United States took part in the anti fascist war.

In January 1942, he was promoted to the commander of the first armored force; in March, he was transferred to Indio training center to be responsible for the organization of tank troops; in July, he was transferred back to Washington to train the U.S. western front task force in landing in North Africa; in November, as the commander of the Western task force of the North African expeditionary force, he led his department to participate in the landing campaign in North Africa, and occupied French Morocco on November 11 to serve as the commander of the Western task force in Morocco governor. Later, he was responsible for the formation of the 7th U.S. Army.

In March 1943, he was transferred to Tunis to join the second army defeated by Rommel and was promoted to lieutenant general after Fredendall. In July, he served as commander of the seventh group army of the United States. Under the command of General Alexander of England, he cooperated with general Montgomery's eighth group army to land in Sicily, Italy, and won the capital of the island before Montgomery Lemo. During this period, two slaps caused opposition from the US military and domestic public opinion.

In January 1944, he took the post of commander of the third group army of the United States in Britain; in June, after the Allied landing in Normandy, Barton commanded the third group army to follow up; in August, he entered the Brittany Peninsula and central France, and then, together with the Allied forces, he severely damaged the German forces in the battle of fales and pursued them in the direction of Lorraine; in December, in the battle of Arden, he was ordered to lead troops to support the US forces besieged in Bastogne, The German army was defeated.

From March to May 1945, Barton led his troops to break through the "Ziegfeld line" of Germany, strengthen the Rhine River, break into the hinterland of Germany, and enter the border between Czechoslovakia and Austria; in April, he was promoted to four-star general; on May 9, the end of the war against Germany, Barton was appointed as the military chief executive of Bavaria, and was dismissed due to different political opinions; in October, he served as the commander of the 15th group army; in December, he went hunting He died in Heidelberg, Germany, at the age of 60.

personal anecdote

Design and manufacture of button sword

George Barton, a four-star general of the US Army, is known as "general iron". Rudeness and barbarism are the impression he left to posterity in the war. General Pershing even called him "the bandit in the US Army". But it would be a big mistake to think that he is a fierce Zhang Fei who only knows how to fight. General Patton's intentions in the military field are all-round, including the crystallization of wisdom and careful consideration. The success of "Patton sword" is an example.

The United States is a country that is good at using axes. The early cavalry were more used to wielding machetes. During the training, the cavalry rode on horseback and waved their machetes like bats. Young Barton saw all this in his eyes and began to think about it in his heart. At that time, Barton once won the third place in the 5th Olympic Games military pentathlon competition, known as "the first fencing expert in the army", and won the honorary title of "fencing master". After taking part in the Olympic Games, Barton went to somir military school to study fencing. There, he found that the French cavalry used much more machetes than the American cavalry. The reason was simple: the French used the point of the sword to kill, while the Americans used the blade to kill. Compared with slash, assassin can get close to the enemy faster and has higher operational efficiency.

With the idea of improving the cavalry saber, Barton was transferred to Fort Myers, Virginia. This is a cavalry station, with the best riders in the army and the best officers in the United States. They are familiar with every important person in Washington. In this "closest to God" place, the bloody Barton decided to do a lot of work. Improving the cavalry saber is his "stepping stone".

"The French style straight sword will replace the machete prevailing in the US Army." Barton wrote his ideas clearly in the article and gave it to Colonel grad, the head of the fort Myer cavalry regiment. The colonel, an old cavalry, certainly saw the significance of Barton's ideas. He suggested that Barton add more content and post the article to cavalry monthly.

Encouraged, button didn't listen to the chief's advice. He set his eyes on higher level military publications. He knew that the small cavalry monthly was not enough to attract the attention of the high-level military circles. In a letter to his fiancee, he wrote: "I hope this article will cause a sensation. I'm sure it will Sure enough, on January 11, 1913, the influential army and Navy magazine published Barton's article, which immediately attracted the attention of the military. "I think I'm going to be famous!" Barton was very excited.

A few months later, general wood, army chief of staff, ordered 20000 new sabers to be made according to the style and specifications designed by Barton. This new type of cavalry Sabre is a straight-line design. It is 940 mm long, 25.7 mm wide and has a very long blade. It is an ideal stabbing weapon and can be perfectly used for assassination. Barton's research and thinking bear fruit.

The new saber was cast in Springfield. In order to ensure the production quality of saber, Barton was specially assigned to be responsible for the inspection and acceptance. The U.S. Undersecretary of ordnance is also very satisfied with the new saber designed by Barton. "Barton's skills and experience as a fencer are invaluable to the Ordnance Department," he said The new saber also needs new training courses. Patton began to write the saber instructor's handout. In March 1914, army knife training was approved and published by the Army Department. In his book, Barton further strengthens his "blade tip" spirit attached to the new Sabre: remember that the blade tip is the overriding point, and the energetic and enterprising warrior should pierce the enemy's body in the attack like the blade tip

The new type of cavalry saber produced in batches is widely used in cavalry units, and is famous for "button sword" all over the world. In March 1916, when Barton was transferred to Fort Bliss cavalry regiment, he was glad to see that the sabres used by the team were all Barton swords designed by himself. The discovery brought tears to his eyes.

But the sharp bullets made the cavalry's saber lose its use. "Button sword" has become more of the cavalry's iconic equipment, rarely used in actual combat. After Barton became famous, no one had the chance and courage to take his "Barton sword" to fight against the Nazis.

Personal speech

General Patton's mobilization speech before the war: brothers, there are some rumors recently that we Americans want to stay out of this war and lack fighting spirit. That's a lot of shit! Americans have always loved to fight. Real Americans love the light of the sword on the battlefield. You are here today for three reasons. 1、 You are here to protect your hometown and relatives. 2、 You're here for honor, because you don't want to be anywhere else at this time. 3、 You're here because you're real men. Real men love to fight. When all of you here today were children, you worshipped the billiards champion, sprinter, boxer and professional player. Americans love winners. Americans never forgive failures. Americans despise cowards. Now that the Americans are involved

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