My father-in-law served under him in WW2. He spoke fondly of Gen. Patton which says a lot as my FIL was a Black man serving this country, not an easy task by any means.
@@skratta3608 yeah he was but like so was literally everyone else for most of human history so like can you really hold racist responsibilities against an individual whose grandparents saw the civil war
When I was in high school living in Germany, I got to visit the cemetery he is interred at on Memorial Day. It was a simple soldiers grave, but instead of being in line with the rest of the others, it was facing all of them as if he were reviewing them at inspection. There's a hotel in Garmisch, Germany for military personel named after him that my family and I stayed at during one Christmas.
Patton is my favorite US commander. I love his hard charging attitude. His Achilles heel was his mouth. He was an extremely effective commander who pushed himself as hard as he pushed his army.
His mouth and the time which he lived is what ended him. I mean he grew up before WWI and his first real war was WWI. A war where shell-shock/PTSD was thought to be a farce and cowards were executed because of it. I mean personally I understand why he was furious with the soldier. In his eyes he was there taking up room and resources away from men who face real physical injuries (he believed mental injuries/PTSD wasn't a real injury). I mean I can imagine that can make you furious. Like a man who stubbed his toe taking a bed away from a man who was riddled with shrapnel or shot multiple times or blown to near smithereens. Now again to be fair PTSD/shell-shock are serious injuries which we still don't do enough to try to heal. I mean he provide extensive surgeries and prosthetics to those with physical injuries but those with mental only really get a pat on the back and told everything is going to be okay.
We need to crush this myth. He was NOT extremely effective. His real Achilles heel was his ego. He craved glory, at the cost of thousands of lives. He stalled in Tunisia after El Guettar. Then, in Sicily, he ran off across the island to "take Palermo" which left Monty's flank open, allowed Mt Etna to be more heavily defended, and allowed every enemy on the western end of the island escape to Messina, then to the mainland. Later, in France, he spends three months and thousands of lives trying to take Metz, just because he wants to be the first guy to do that in a few hundred years. Effective? No. Bloodthirsty glory hound? More like it.
Obviously you do not know much about strategy and tactics . Patton is a completely mythological figure in terms of his actual military abilities, including a complete BS inspired by this movie (granted that George C. Scott was an amazing actor) that allegedly Patton "had Rommel", which, of course, this whole "rivalry" thing was a complete Hollywood propaganda BS, because Patton was not even in the league of the best Wehrmacht and Red Army army commanders, not to speak of people of such a scale as Menstein, Guderian, Zhukov, Rokossovsky or even Katukov. . I am not even sure Rommel even knew or really cared who Patton was. Patton's opinions on Marshal Tolbukhin who dwarfed Patton's command in scale let alone military accomplishments (and academically) revealed Patton as grossly envious and suffering from complex of inferiority man.
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its disappointing of how vaguely Simon explains Patton's warcrimes. I have come to the point when i even hear "Patton" i want to throw up. He was a good strategist, just he was that "son of a bit*h" he always reffered to.
Patton supposedly killed one of Pancho Villa's lieutenants in an old west style shoot out while using his Colt peacemaker (the famous colt 6-gun, cowboy pistol).
@@jasonjoslin1117 Uh, no. That was Lt. George S. Patton. Roosevelt's incident happened in Cuba and did not involve Villa at all. Roosevelt was President in 1904 when Villa started causing border problems and sent Gen Pershing to deal with it. Patton and his men stunbled onto a few of Villas men and a shoot out occured.
@@maxsmodels Hmmmm, perhaps I have a glitch in my memory of the story and who was where and played what role. I'd rather stand corrected than spout false information so I'll take a look-see and correct my error if necessary. Thanks for the reply, maybe we really do learn something new every day.
Yep, you got me on that one. I guess the Mandela effect must be kicking in today..... Or last night, whenever I wrote the first reply. Thanks. Have a great day
Before dying, General Patton controversially declared: "We have defeated the wrong enemy"; I wonder if this statement played a role in his mysterious, controversial or what, death...
I think there is some truth to your comment. He wrote that quote in a letter to his wife. While I can't say for sure exactly what Patton meant by that, (I could be wrong,) but I believe he was talking about defeating Russia. In several letters Patton begged Truman to allow him to attack & defeat Russia in an effort to stop Communism. The Russian army was just about done in as they didn't have dependable supply lines & lived off of the land & farms they came across as they marched across Europe. Truman was more than aware that the Americans were sick of war, & he couldn't justify attacking a nation that (at the time) was an Ally. So, yes, Stalin could have easily had Patton bumped off.
@@longwhitemane I wonder if General Patton found some info about Soviet politics and atrocities through secret German documents. There is a nasty rumor that he could become a nuisance between America and its Soviet ally like what happened to Polish General Sikorski a few years before... Of course, there is no evidence of it.
Great job Simon. I'm a history junkie and love to read about history. You've made a great channel for the short attention spans of most people today. You're a great narrator and I'd like to see you expand to a more in depth format.
Simon. What is your education and background? I have always loved military history. My father was a U.S. paratrooper, and infantryman. I am an 8 year veteran of the U.S. Army, Infantry. I served in Iraq (2005) and as a Drill Sergeant. I am now majoring in history, hoping to one day get my degree & possibly teach
@@INCREDIBLEHULKish i dont think you should call US soldiers in Iraq warriors. I mean that fighting in a extremely controversial war mainly aimed to get local ressources to further worsen the life of locals who rely on those ressources and already have to put up with living in a war torn country isn't really the warrior way
First video I watched on this new channel. It was pretty good considering it was only 20 minutes long, you covered all the main points. It was surprising that during World War 2, Montgomery's and Patton's super massive egos didn't combine to create some sort spacetime disturbance.
It is hard to believe that 20 minutes of non-stop talking only scratches the surface of so many people and their lives. This has truly been a learning experience. - Shell
A superb video. I have watched the movie probably 20 times. Also read his biography. In my mind he is the most effective general of the 20th century. No question, hard to manage, but he always got results. One thing I recall from his biography is that he learned French in WW2. Amazing man.
Evidently you haven't heard of Matthew Ridgway. An absolutely INCREDIBLE leader who singlehandedly saved the Korean War, in addition to Airborne Division heroics in World War II. Reportedly, even Patton was bewildered by his boldness. Absolutely outrageous Ridgway has not gotten a movie of his own.
Not the most effective General by any measure. The Lorraine campaign was pretty ordinary, for example. His grasp of logistics was poor, he never conducted a clever attack, ever.
I don't know if you want to quote that scene. He slapped a shell-shocked soldier. He probably didn't fully understand shell-shocked or PTSD. That’s an extreme low point for him, saying he got put in the dog's house for D-day of all operations.
He didn't say 'I think' he said verbatim "We fought and defeated the wrong enemy" and, amongst other things, "We have failed in the liberation of Europe, we have LOST THE WAR." He was quite clear
Rommel really shouldn't have even been mentioned here. Yes he was mentioned in the Patton movie but the 2 men never fought each other. Rommel was recalled home. And most places forget about a lot of his success was due to broken American codes that let him know British plans. He was a good general but broken coded and sloppy usa security helped him with many of his successes
Seeing WWII Germans in the section of 1917-1918 and the A-10 Warthog/Warthunder footage during WWII's section made me think that by the time we'd get to Patton's funeral you'd show Battlestar Galactica footage
@@Zarastro54 Stop shilling for commies my brainwashed buddy. Patton made very clear "There is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press" and "We have failed in the liberation of Europe, we have LOST THE WAR." Connect the dots and realize the truth
@@Zarastro54 sadly in this world anyone that says the nazi Germany wasnt that bad and that America should have teamed with Germany to defeat the USSR is a nazi and must be killed... thats what happens when you brainwash people with a one sided story about ww2... only the victor writes the history, and he can say whatever he wants, no one will question if its true. If you do, you will be called neo nazi and that you are crazy and etc.
Cars didn't have seat belts, even military cars and trucks, until ~1950. Ford first offered them as an option in 1955. The first car that was to have them standard was the Tucker 48.
death by car crash is a popular form of assasination it still happens today in south america and asia sometimes theres no real car crash but thats what you are told
"I had never heard that we fought to de-natzify Germany - live and learn. What we are doing is to utterly destroy the only semi-modern state in Europe so that Russia can swallow the whole."
War is hell never the less back In the day we fought to win. Recent wars are police actions with out clear goals or objectives in fact its nearly impossible to know who won the war or if the war has ended.
Well the main reason is you don't get involved in wars, its just murdering people for oil/gas or for political points back home. There really was no bad guys to wage a war against, sadly the USA has fast become the bad guy
Sir. A Great honor to greet you. Let me tell You your uncle is my hero. He was is and will be the REAL AMERICAN HERO! Greetings Mr. Russell. Thanks and forgive My English but My admiration for THE GENERAL makes me greet you. Regards.
No offense to you personally but I hold a pretty dim view of him. Generally speaking I think he was a glory hound that married into money, hob snobbed his way up the ranks and stood on a mountain of his own men's bodies to achieve his own personal desires. He was massively racist and desired to start yet more wars. also I don't buy it for a second your related to him.
Thanks for posting this! My dad was with Patton from Casablanca through the conquest & occupation of Sicily until the General was relieved. The first soldier who was slapped was in the field hospital against his wishes, if you can believe reports on social media.
Great job Simon and crew. You never fail to please. I enjoy the way you explain both sides of a story, and present historical figures who have often become legends as the human beings they really were.
In July 1943, American troops under Patton ruthlessly killed 71 unarmed prisoners of war in Sicily -- via close-range shots to the heart -- in what is now known as the Biscari massacre. Patton initially dismissed the incident as "exaggerated" and later wrote, "[the victims] are dead, so nothing can be done about it." Eventually, two soldiers were tried and pleaded not guilty on the grounds of following the orders of Patton. One of these soldiers was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, only to be released, return to active duty (Eisenhower wanted to give him "another chance"), and receive "honourable discharge" after the war. No action was taken against Patton for his complicity in the massacre. My heart goes to the poor victims who were fighting for the wrong side ... No respect for "Bandito" and other war criminals.
They were doing testing for different tank maneuvers and combat experience for the soldiers to practice in, it was called the Louisiana Maneuvers which took place in September of 1941 which means war didn't break out yet until December of 1941 which was the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also, when he said 61 soldiers lost their lives to was a hypothetical statement which means that if it was a real combat scenario 61 soldiers would've died.
@@irvingluu2525 It was a massive mobilization of troops. Although they were only war games and not actual combat 26 soldiers died during the exercises.
I love all of your videos , I hit that like button ! You're voice goes very well with explaining historical stuff. History has always been my favorite subject even as a child and I've grown even more to love it as an adult . You would of made a great history teacher for sure . The way you do your research on topics is exemplary!
Fun fact: Patton was a strong believer in reincarnation. He mentioned he was twice soldier in his past life serving Alexander the Great and Napoleon I.
My grandfather fought in Patton’s 3rd Army. Nearly every one of those men would have followed that crazy SOB into Hell itself if he had asked them to do it.
Patton was probably one of if not the finest general America has produced and I hate that his career was ended by politicians and political bullshit. I can't imagine what it is like at that level of decision making, knowing that whatever you do people will die, people you are duty bound to protect. Point is that would make any man eccentric and at no point was his loyalty ever in question, waste of a great general imo. I think even the Germans considered him to be our best commander.
I would still argue Marshall is the US's greatest general. Not only did he blow up the us militarys high command to rebuild it into an army that only lost one major battle (kasserine), but that army blew up western Europe, only for Marshall to make a plan to build it back up.
Gulf Relay He never said the holocaust wasn't real just that the numbers could've easily been inflated since a lot of info was from the Soviets who of course would portray themselves in the better light.
Simon, I can't thank you enough for producing such a top-notch video series as BioGraphics!I try to watch one a day with my morning coffee to help me feel just a little bit smarter than before. Have a great new year and keep the videos coming!
“General Patton was a son of a bitch! But, there’s no one else I could die under. He cared more about us than even our own mothers at times. I would die a thousand lifetimes for him. And even more for this country!” - My great grandfather. WWII and Korean War US army Veteran. Tough as nails, and a proud patriot. Till the day he died, he lived this country more than most people could imagine.
He was initially buried in Luxembourg where, to this day, he is the most honored of any American in history, viewed as the liberator of their country. But he was disinterred and his body was returned to his native California. His tomb, however, overlooking his troops at the military cemetery, remains to this day.
We’ve had American, German, 1 French, Japanese admirals and Soviet commanders but what about some British commanders? Like Bernard Montgomery, Alan Brooke or Andrew Cunningham! None the less, still love your amazing biographies of pretty much everyone you’ve covered 👍
Patton has always been my favorite US general. Such an interesting man. While in North Africa Patton led his entourage on a tour of the very path that Alexander The Great’s army had taken and seemingly knew the area well, all without ever setting foot there before. He also accurately predicted the future Cold War with Russia and wanted to rearm the regular German military (not the SS) to march together with the US soldiers to conquer the Soviet Union. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Patton was likely assassinated. Growing up my neighbor, a 3rd Army veteran and Sherman Tank navigator/radio operator/ reconnaissance during the Battle of the Bulge, always loved his former commander Gen. Patton and never had any negative feelings towards him till the day he died.
True fact; Patton also predicted the Pearl Harbor attack in 1935 to include the number of carrier's the Japanese would use, "Patton served in Hawaii before World War II as the G-2 (intelligence) on the General Staff. ... In 1935, he wrote a paper called "Surprise" that predicted the Japanese attack on the U.S. islands with what one biographer called "chilling accuracy."
Great show Simon!! General George S. Patton is among my favorite, most intriguing, fascinating and compelling 20th Century Generals. Among others: future President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradly, Field Marshal Monty, The Desert Fox, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Field Marshal Eric Von Manstein, Field Marshal Ivan Stepanovich (U.S.S.R.), 5-Star General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, General George C. Marshall, Marshal Aleksander Vasilebsky, Admiral Of The Fleet Chester Nimitz, Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Supreme Military Leader Hideki Tojo, Chief Of Air Staff Charles porter, General Douglas MacArthur, Fleet Admiral William Halsey, JR.,..... that’s all I’ve got off the top of my head.
Many famous people have something really nasty that almost negates their good. With Patton I find very little to complain about. His bringing up disagreements with his superiors was just his honest way of doing the right thing.
Than you dont know what nazi today Is today nazi means today you come Home from work and you can not Get in because the key dont go in the Door and the police says maybe children's I wish Patten back realy. Queen mum sche say before she died Never ever trust Germany.i dont know Why this video does not exist no more On you tube.
This is a great, informative video, thank you! Regarding the audio, yes the music is reminiscent of Monty Python's Flying Circus theme, but I imagine this is no mistake of Monty Python's, mirroring wartime cinema, er ...advertisements. I would request from TIFO that they refrain from using common messaging ping noises in an otherwise serious and historical video. Accenting a visual change with a ping noise is not only confusing for some listeners, but also distracting and belies the otherwise professional nature of the video. Make no mistake, I have enjoyed and learned something from every video I have watched from this channel, but these sound effects are reminiscent of click-bait gaming montages, and don't fit the tone.
I understand why Patton felt that way, but honestly, I don't think it would have made much of a difference. Both Nazism/Fascism AND Communism are opposed to democracy and conquer by force, it was really a matter of who we were going to fight first. If we had defeated the Communists, Hitler replaces Stalin as the tyrant holding much of Europe captive and worse possibly develops nukes (remember the Germans had a nuclear weapons research project during World War II). The western world faced an absolute mess of situation either way, and it shows why World War I was likely the greatest catastrophe in modern history. None of these evils might have gotten firm root if that cursed conflict doesn't happen.
Those Patton assassination theories are ludicrous. The only reason Patton's neck was broken in that collision was that he was at that instant bend over at the waist petting a dog. The top of his head impacted the rear of the driver's seat, resulting in compression fractures of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae, which in turn, produced paralysis. At first, the paralysis did not extend to his diaphragm, so Patton was able to breathe without assistance for a while, however, the damage to his spinal chord was progressive and his ability to breathe deteriorated steadily until his death.
Neal Scroggs my theory is God put him in the right place at the right time. being done with him, He called him home. Patton was a scholar of war in Europe from Roman times. in the Pacific he would've made a nice figurehead, but not much more. as for the Soviet episodes, the Europeans had been at war for 6 years. at that point, holding the Allies together would be doubtful over the long haul.
They are ludicrous. Patton was a lot easier to sideline than MacArthur, who was a more political animal who didn't slap shell-shocked soldiers around or give the press negative quotes they could use. Yet Truman removed MacArthur without significant problems. He probably did say or write that "we fought and defeated the wrong enemy". He did not like the postwar world. Then again, he seems to have enjoyed killing Germans during the war.
Always enjoy the videos. One suggestion would be to rethink the way you incorporate music. Anytime it’s themed, (American military march, Russian dancing song, etc), it becomes jarringduring the transitions. Again, only a small complaint, but for those who may have your video in the background and not be directly watching, it’s something to think about.
my comp sci teacher in 10th grade was his grand daughter. or great grand daughter most likely. cant remember which. she was pretty cool. was the varsity womens volleyball coach too.
Great content, but the images are filled with anachronisms. The shots of US troops during the ww1 segment are all from ww2, so are the tanks. The ww2 section is better until an A-10 shows up at about 13 minutes. (I think the A-10 was introduced in the late 70s, and it's still in service.) I get the feeling this video was a kind of demo that never got a proper edit. Anyhow, great stuff, I'm looking forward to watching them all.
These BIOGRAPHICS are all well-produced and easy to digest w/o unecessary info or poor footage--great for students and hobbiest history-buffs alike. Keep making these!
Rommel's book was about infantry tactics. Moreover, Patton encountered neither Rommel nor men trained by Rommel. 10 Panzer at el Guettar was part of von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army, and had only arrived in Tunisia in December, 1942.
FYI: In modern bench rest shooting, a motorized roll of paper in back of the target is slowly moved as the shooter shoots so that, if in fact a bullet passed exactly through a previous hole, there would be separate, distinct holes in the backing paper to show that all the required shots were fired.
I’ve always maintained that Patton and Montgomery should have been used as joint venture in ww2. Montgomery was an incredible general when it came to set piece battles on an extremely large scale. El Alemain, the D-Day invasion being his 2 biggest successes. But Montgomery’s weakness was always when the actions were fluid and needed big decisions immediately the stalling in bocage being a prime example. Patton on the other hand was a masterful general in the heat of battle but I am unaware of any major set piece battles that he planned. If I had of been Eisenhower my immediate thought processes would have been Montgomery plans the battle gets everything in place gives the direction of what is planned to happen what the targets are. Then when battle is underway Patton takes over and makes on the ground decisions to achieve the tasks as the reality of the German defences set in. Then once all the objectives are taken and Patton has eventually stalled. Montgomery takes over plans out the next attack based on where they are and repeat the pattern until berlin. In this way it’s not a British or American victory. Both Montgomery and Patton get credit for their achievements. Montgomery gets to command legendary battle groups like the 101st airborne and Patton gets to run the 8th army. Seems like a win win win for everyone.
The 'shoddy' editing, as you call it, is a particular style. Not to everybody's taste but nevertheless 'hip' and in tune with the targeted Millenial audience. There is a great deal missing in the content and to simply refer to him as a person who 'penned poetry' is to lose out on an opprtunity to read some of his 'Warrior' and 'War' poems that are seldom heard. His one about the last shot fired in a war is worth hearing. His belief in Reincarnation is also glossed over, the opprtunity to reveal the complex nature of such a character hase been lost. It does cover the main points of his life but doesn't cover his Treatise on Logistics which was seen as quite an achievement.
My father-in-law served under him in WW2. He spoke fondly of Gen. Patton which says a lot as my FIL was a Black man serving this country, not an easy task by any means.
Wait wasn't Patton racist or am I misinformed
@@skratta3608 The issue was at the time the Armed forces were still segregated at the time.
Edward Borneman that’s a lie Patton didn’t believe that
@@skratta3608 yeah he was but like so was literally everyone else for most of human history so like can you really hold racist responsibilities against an individual whose grandparents saw the civil war
Stop attention seeking lol
I love one of his sayings ( May God have mercy on my enemies because I will not) and great attitude to have in life...
Its may god have mercy on my enemies because i sure as hell won't. The wording is everything it makes it hit that much harder
Yeah have enemies. Great outlook.
that's a line stolen from Genl. Hooker during the Civil War, right before his crushing defeat to Lee at Chancellorsville.
@@juliansearcie1758 can't go to war without enemies, can't go through life without meating a few assholes you have to deal with
"No bastard ever won a war by dying for his country. He won it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country." - Patton
When I was in high school living in Germany, I got to visit the cemetery he is interred at on Memorial Day. It was a simple soldiers grave, but instead of being in line with the rest of the others, it was facing all of them as if he were reviewing them at inspection. There's a hotel in Garmisch, Germany for military personel named after him that my family and I stayed at during one Christmas.
Micheal Cormier - Patton was respected by Germans then, and still is now.
Mostly You Tube Trolls, and Commie apologists critical of him.
He was buried where he should have been.
I didn't get to visit his grave but we did stayed at that hotel several times. Where were you stationed at?
Old blood and guts
@@rene5632 Bitburg AB. From '88 to '92.
"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer" best quotes from GS Patton
I’d pay top dollar to see how Patton would react to modern America
He would run for president, like he would have if the OSS leaders hadn't assasinated him.
Gen Patton: Bone Spurs?! Why you're nothing but a God Damn Coward!!
Hell yeah!
Your watching his reaction every day sense 2016 he's trying to drain the swamp as you watch this.
@@jimmyjennings4089 Who is?
"If you put the letter "S" in front of HitIer, you have my opinion of him."
-George S Patton
Lol a brilliant way of indirectly calling Hitler a snake.
@@brandonsigmon2452 He was a snake, But I myself call him Shitler!!
RocKnight Patton had a way with words
He sure knew how to turn a phrase.
Is that why he said we fought the wrong enemy?
My Grandfather served under Patton in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. He was a combat engineer.
Nice to hear that
I would love hear his memories releated to world war 2....
When combat is broke...he can fix it!
"The world needs bad men, to keep the other bad men from the door."
_He who fights with monsters might take care lest he thereby become a monster. And if you gaze for long into an abyss, the abyss gazes also into you_
"America's Favorite General"
Macarthur: You've got to be kidding me!
General Washington*
Patton is my favorite US commander. I love his hard charging attitude. His Achilles heel was his mouth. He was an extremely effective commander who pushed himself as hard as he pushed his army.
His mouth and the time which he lived is what ended him. I mean he grew up before WWI and his first real war was WWI. A war where shell-shock/PTSD was thought to be a farce and cowards were executed because of it. I mean personally I understand why he was furious with the soldier. In his eyes he was there taking up room and resources away from men who face real physical injuries (he believed mental injuries/PTSD wasn't a real injury). I mean I can imagine that can make you furious. Like a man who stubbed his toe taking a bed away from a man who was riddled with shrapnel or shot multiple times or blown to near smithereens. Now again to be fair PTSD/shell-shock are serious injuries which we still don't do enough to try to heal. I mean he provide extensive surgeries and prosthetics to those with physical injuries but those with mental only really get a pat on the back and told everything is going to be okay.
We need to crush this myth. He was NOT extremely effective. His real Achilles heel was his ego. He craved glory, at the cost of thousands of lives. He stalled in Tunisia after El Guettar. Then, in Sicily, he ran off across the island to "take Palermo" which left Monty's flank open, allowed Mt Etna to be more heavily defended, and allowed every enemy on the western end of the island escape to Messina, then to the mainland. Later, in France, he spends three months and thousands of lives trying to take Metz, just because he wants to be the first guy to do that in a few hundred years. Effective? No. Bloodthirsty glory hound? More like it.
@@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85 Sounds like somebody needs a hug
Obviously you do not know much about strategy and tactics . Patton is a completely mythological figure in terms of his actual military abilities, including a complete BS inspired by this movie (granted that George C. Scott was an amazing actor) that allegedly Patton "had Rommel", which, of course, this whole "rivalry" thing was a complete Hollywood propaganda BS, because Patton was not even in the league of the best Wehrmacht and Red Army army commanders, not to speak of people of such a scale as Menstein, Guderian, Zhukov, Rokossovsky or even Katukov. . I am not even sure Rommel even knew or really cared who Patton was. Patton's opinions on Marshal Tolbukhin who dwarfed Patton's command in scale let alone military accomplishments (and academically) revealed Patton as grossly envious and suffering from complex of inferiority man.
13:45 Man if we had an A-10 in WW2 that would've been awesome.
I was thinking the same thing. LOL
We had the P-47 Thunderbolt, the A-10 is the Thunder Bolt 2.
if only we had a lot of things.....that's the one thing you would choose? how about if we drones. We would not have lost so many lives.
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I noticed the A-10 as well....
Patton is an American badass.
He was a Fascist bastard but a good strategist.
The American Caesar. And just because he hated communism doesn't make him a facist.
@Drakon590 Probably everyone right of antifa.
its disappointing of how vaguely Simon explains Patton's warcrimes. I have come to the point when i even hear "Patton" i want to throw up. He was a good strategist, just he was that "son of a bit*h" he always reffered to.
@waddietwo Everyone did that even Eisenhower
Patton supposedly killed one of Pancho Villa's lieutenants in an old west style shoot out while using his Colt peacemaker (the famous colt 6-gun, cowboy pistol).
@maxsmodels Ummmm no..... That was Theodore Roosevelt. Look it up
@@jasonjoslin1117 Uh, no. That was Lt. George S. Patton. Roosevelt's incident happened in Cuba and did not involve Villa at all. Roosevelt was President in 1904 when Villa started causing border problems and sent Gen Pershing to deal with it. Patton and his men stunbled onto a few of Villas men and a shoot out occured.
@@maxsmodels Hmmmm, perhaps I have a glitch in my memory of the story and who was where and played what role. I'd rather stand corrected than spout false information so I'll take a look-see and correct my error if necessary. Thanks for the reply, maybe we really do learn something new every day.
Yep, you got me on that one. I guess the Mandela effect must be kicking in today..... Or last night, whenever I wrote the first reply. Thanks. Have a great day
My great uncle served under Patton in the 3rd Army and had the greatest of respect for the man. He was a warrior and a true leader.
Before dying, General Patton controversially declared: "We have defeated the wrong enemy"; I wonder if this statement played a role in his mysterious, controversial or what, death...
I think there is some truth to your comment. He wrote that quote in a letter to his wife. While I can't say for sure exactly what Patton meant by that, (I could be wrong,) but I believe he was talking about defeating Russia. In several letters Patton begged Truman to allow him to attack & defeat Russia in an effort to stop Communism. The Russian army was just about done in as they didn't have dependable supply lines & lived off of the land & farms they came across as they marched across Europe. Truman was more than aware that the Americans were sick of war, & he couldn't justify attacking a nation that (at the time) was an Ally. So, yes, Stalin could have easily had Patton bumped off.
@@longwhitemane I wonder if General Patton found some info about Soviet politics and atrocities through secret German documents. There is a nasty rumor that he could become a nuisance between America and its Soviet ally like what happened to Polish General Sikorski a few years before... Of course, there is no evidence of it.
And then the Cold War happened
@@bulletkingaming2808 The war created another enemy...
I'm pretty sure it did. He would have never remained quiet about why we let the Soviets take half of Europe.
Sweet, it's nice to see a new channel.
Great job Simon. I'm a history junkie and love to read about history. You've made a great channel for the short attention spans of most people today. You're a great narrator and I'd like to see you expand to a more in depth format.
You should follow the BrainFood Show podcast!
...4 years later... 😂👍
Simon. What is your education and background? I have always loved military history. My father was a U.S. paratrooper, and infantryman. I am an 8 year veteran of the U.S. Army, Infantry. I served in Iraq (2005) and as a Drill Sergeant. I am now majoring in history, hoping to one day get my degree & possibly teach
11bravo1789 same here I served in Iraq 2005 in basrah operation telic 5 , veteran 1st Bn Scots guards
I hope you get that job. Younger people need teachers who know what they're talking about, especially history.
Thank you for your service.
solidmoni we all hate comments like yours :)
@@INCREDIBLEHULKish i dont think you should call US soldiers in Iraq warriors. I mean that fighting in a extremely controversial war mainly aimed to get local ressources to further worsen the life of locals who rely on those ressources and already have to put up with living in a war torn country isn't really the warrior way
"Ummm..that's an A10."
"Is it free to use?"
"Yes."
"In the mix with it."
Mister Wango "We said Thunderbolt, not Thunderbolt II."
Patton although rough around the edges was a man needed in ww2 he was relentless and pursued his foe at all times. He was America's Heinz guderian.
Don McKeoun does anyone know who Patton second in command was.
@@noahsawyer767 probably Wade Haslip or Matt Kneely they were his closest confidants haslip was XV Corp commander
It takes a rough man to do a rough job successfully, patton was the right man for the job. God bless general patton.
First video I watched on this new channel. It was pretty good considering it was only 20 minutes long, you covered all the main points. It was surprising that during World War 2, Montgomery's and Patton's super massive egos didn't combine to create some sort spacetime disturbance.
It is hard to believe that 20 minutes of non-stop talking only scratches the surface of so many people and their lives. This has truly been a learning experience. - Shell
Well, that would have ended the war quicker, I guess?
Maybe they did.
Dsdcain jplolpp
I am on the side that their competing dispotions actually was a good thing.
A superb video. I have watched the movie probably 20 times. Also read his biography. In my mind he is the most effective general of the 20th century. No question, hard to manage, but he always got results. One thing I recall from his biography is that he learned French in WW2. Amazing man.
Rommel is the best of all
MacArthur was the best general of the 20th century. Under his command, over 4 years in the Pacific war, he lost less than 30,000 men
Evidently you haven't heard of Matthew Ridgway. An absolutely INCREDIBLE leader who singlehandedly saved the Korean War, in addition to Airborne Division heroics in World War II. Reportedly, even Patton was bewildered by his boldness. Absolutely outrageous Ridgway has not gotten a movie of his own.
@@evaggeliabella1102 what about the guy who beat him, six times?
Not the most effective General by any measure. The Lorraine campaign was pretty ordinary, for example. His grasp of logistics was poor, he never conducted a clever attack, ever.
Great bio! Patton was truly one of a kind.
Yes the wrong kind.
You know you’ve got a badass commander when he steps into artillery fire with you.
"I won't have cowards in my army!" - George C. Scott (Patton, 1970)
@@maleexile9053 please tell me im being wooshed
Reference to the movie about patton
@General Goldy - "...has saw..." Are you kidding me? - Professor Pedantic, Grammar Nazi
I don't know if you want to quote that scene. He slapped a shell-shocked soldier. He probably didn't fully understand shell-shocked or PTSD. That’s an extreme low point for him, saying he got put in the dog's house for D-day of all operations.
@@The_Stumbler I know, it’s just one of the stand-out scenes from the film
have watched Holmes and Patton thus far. my compliments, Simon; looking good! good job guys.
Thanks, John. This is exciting for us. -Shell
I think we defeated the wrong enemy... -Patton
He didn't say 'I think' he said verbatim "We fought and defeated the wrong enemy" and, amongst other things, "We have failed in the liberation of Europe, we have LOST THE WAR." He was quite clear
Yes He wanted to fight the Bolsheviks
He never said that
@@jakemars2601 he did. There were witnesses.
@@theroachden6195 do you have any materials to support the claim? I am really curious
Can we get a Rommel?
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StoliTheWise we did get a Rommel & that one. Hitler killed him when backed the Vanstaffenberg coup
And I'm certainly glad we got one I enjoyed it! I left this comment before it came out. Now all I need is a Sir Oswald Mosley!
Here you are
Rommel really shouldn't have even been mentioned here. Yes he was mentioned in the Patton movie but the 2 men never fought each other. Rommel was recalled home. And most places forget about a lot of his success was due to broken American codes that let him know British plans. He was a good general but broken coded and sloppy usa security helped him with many of his successes
Seeing WWII Germans in the section of 1917-1918 and the A-10 Warthog/Warthunder footage during WWII's section made me think that by the time we'd get to Patton's funeral you'd show Battlestar Galactica footage
George S “slappin the PTSD out of the boys” Patton
Aka George S "I'm a huge incompetent ignorant idiot" Patton
@@RadioGaGago yeah he just got really lucky in every single battle that he fought
"We defeated the wrong enemy..." George Patton in a Private letter in 1945 to his wife.
@@chrisj197438 Amen.
He also didn't believe in shell shock. Great men can be wrong, and here, he was wrong, so stop treating this nonsense like some profound quote.
@@Zarastro54 Stop shilling for commies my brainwashed buddy. Patton made very clear "There is a very apparent Semitic influence in the press" and "We have failed in the liberation of Europe, we have LOST THE WAR." Connect the dots and realize the truth
@@Zarastro54 Oh I see so you're just stupid. Sleep well commie
@@Zarastro54 sadly in this world anyone that says the nazi Germany wasnt that bad and that America should have teamed with Germany to defeat the USSR is a nazi and must be killed... thats what happens when you brainwash people with a one sided story about ww2... only the victor writes the history, and he can say whatever he wants, no one will question if its true. If you do, you will be called neo nazi and that you are crazy and etc.
Wear your seat belt
Cars didn't have seat belts, even military cars and trucks, until ~1950. Ford first offered them as an option in 1955. The first car that was to have them standard was the Tucker 48.
Avoid assassins!
Jeez guys... after a full year no one decided to make the comment, "He would but he at it." :D
Seatbelts in dem days, were iffy.
death by car crash is a popular form of assasination it still happens today in south america and asia sometimes theres no real car crash but thats what you are told
Fun extra fact: several people that worked under Patton also died in traffic accidents like Bradly.
Omar Bradley actually died of a heart attack.
@2manynegativewaves well he did until after the Italy campaign
Lot of drinking going on
Go to sleep
As did he.
"I had never heard that we fought to de-natzify Germany - live and learn. What we are doing is to utterly destroy the only semi-modern state in Europe so that Russia can swallow the whole."
He never said that either
@DonkeyLips McGee
Donkey lips...
@@highcouncil1302 yes he did you commie dipshit
@@barfyman-bf3hw no he didn't I looked it up I did my research he did not say it
@@barfyman-bf3hw cry
I’m obsessed with your channel. I would love to see a Biographics episode of Themistocles the Athenian Admiral
War is hell never the less back In the day we fought to win. Recent wars are police actions with out clear goals or objectives in fact its nearly impossible to know who won the war or if the war has ended.
Well the main reason is you don't get involved in wars, its just murdering people for oil/gas or for political points back home. There really was no bad guys to wage a war against, sadly the USA has fast become the bad guy
No its not. There is no comparison to that place you mentioned.
“Accept the Challenge so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory” George S Patton
General Patton was my uncle. Thanks for the video! Always cool to learn more and see the appreciation people still have for him.
Your uncle was a great man...wish i could have met him...sp
@@slimpickens2243 that means his mother was born in 1887 and died in 1971 aged 87. History records she had no children, he is lying
@@Damo2690 he definitely had children what r u talking about
Sir. A Great honor to greet you. Let me tell You your uncle is my hero. He was is and will be the REAL AMERICAN HERO! Greetings Mr. Russell. Thanks and forgive My English but My admiration for THE GENERAL makes me greet you. Regards.
No offense to you personally but I hold a pretty dim view of him. Generally speaking I think he was a glory hound that married into money, hob snobbed his way up the ranks and stood on a mountain of his own men's bodies to achieve his own personal desires. He was massively racist and desired to start yet more wars. also I don't buy it for a second your related to him.
Allies: Patton NO!
Patton: PATTON YES!
*hysterical* laughing
Thanks for posting this! My dad was with Patton from Casablanca through the conquest & occupation of Sicily until the General was relieved. The first soldier who was slapped was in the field hospital against his wishes, if you can believe reports on social media.
The music is a bit loud when it's the only audio. Otherwise awesome
Amanda Llara at least it fit the persons he is taking about
shut up and quit whining
just lower the vol when the song comes on🤣🤣
I'm with you on that. Same annoying thing over & over.
One PATTON
Makes it seem like a Kmart production.
Your doing an awesome job with your Chanel’s
Great job Simon and crew. You never fail to please. I enjoy the way you explain both sides of a story, and present historical figures who have often become legends as the human beings they really were.
Thank you for not having a commercial in this video
In July 1943, American troops under Patton ruthlessly killed 71 unarmed prisoners of war in Sicily -- via close-range shots to the heart -- in what is now known as the Biscari massacre. Patton initially dismissed the incident as "exaggerated" and later wrote, "[the victims] are dead, so nothing can be done about it." Eventually, two soldiers were tried and pleaded not guilty on the grounds of following the orders of Patton. One of these soldiers was convicted and sentenced to life imprisonment, only to be released, return to active duty (Eisenhower wanted to give him "another chance"), and receive "honourable discharge" after the war. No action was taken against Patton for his complicity in the massacre.
My heart goes to the poor victims who were fighting for the wrong side ... No respect for "Bandito" and other war criminals.
"The US engaged in wargames during 1941."
Wait, but what's the point of doing drills when the Allies need-
"61 soldiers lost their lives."
W H A T
They were doing testing for different tank maneuvers and combat experience for the soldiers to practice in, it was called the Louisiana Maneuvers which took place in September of 1941 which means war didn't break out yet until December of 1941 which was the attack on Pearl Harbor. Also, when he said 61 soldiers lost their lives to was a hypothetical statement which means that if it was a real combat scenario 61 soldiers would've died.
@@irvingluu2525 It was a massive mobilization of troops. Although they were only war games and not actual combat 26 soldiers died during the exercises.
I love all of your videos , I hit that like button ! You're voice goes very well with explaining historical stuff. History has always been my favorite subject even as a child and I've grown even more to love it as an adult . You would of made a great history teacher for sure . The way you do your research on topics is exemplary!
Fun fact: Patton was a strong believer in reincarnation. He mentioned he was twice soldier in his past life serving Alexander the Great and Napoleon I.
Legend has it we are still waiting for Patton to get out of the Lorraine and get through the Siegfried Line.
My grandfather fought in Patton’s 3rd Army. Nearly every one of those men would have followed that crazy SOB into Hell itself if he had asked them to do it.
Patton was probably one of if not the finest general America has produced and I hate that his career was ended by politicians and political bullshit. I can't imagine what it is like at that level of decision making, knowing that whatever you do people will die, people you are duty bound to protect. Point is that would make any man eccentric and at no point was his loyalty ever in question, waste of a great general imo. I think even the Germans considered him to be our best commander.
He wasn't even a good general. The Germans had never even heard of the Holocaust lover Patton until after D-Day.
He warned us about the communists said that germany was not the real enemy
I bet the krauts soiled their leiderhosen at the mere mention of his name. Patton was master chief before Halo was cool.
I would still argue Marshall is the US's greatest general. Not only did he blow up the us militarys high command to rebuild it into an army that only lost one major battle (kasserine), but that army blew up western Europe, only for Marshall to make a plan to build it back up.
Gulf Relay He never said the holocaust wasn't real just that the numbers could've easily been inflated since a lot of info was from the Soviets who of course would portray themselves in the better light.
Simon, I can't thank you enough for producing such a top-notch video series as BioGraphics!I try to watch one a day with my morning coffee to help me feel just a little bit smarter than before.
Have a great new year and keep the videos coming!
And you as well. Thank you :)
“General Patton was a son of a bitch! But, there’s no one else I could die under. He cared more about us than even our own mothers at times. I would die a thousand lifetimes for him. And even more for this country!” - My great grandfather. WWII and Korean War US army Veteran. Tough as nails, and a proud patriot. Till the day he died, he lived this country more than most people could imagine.
did he??????? in the Lorraine Metz Campaign he had 50000 casualties
I like like your Biographics much more than your Top Tenz. It fits your style better, and is more informative. Good work.
He was initially buried in Luxembourg where, to this day, he is the most honored of any American in history, viewed as the liberator of their country. But he was disinterred and his body was returned to his native California. His tomb, however, overlooking his troops at the military cemetery, remains to this day.
We’ve had American, German, 1 French, Japanese admirals and Soviet commanders but what about some British commanders? Like Bernard Montgomery, Alan Brooke or Andrew Cunningham! None the less, still love your amazing biographies of pretty much everyone you’ve covered 👍
Patton has always been my favorite US general. Such an interesting man. While in North Africa Patton led his entourage on a tour of the very path that Alexander The Great’s army had taken and seemingly knew the area well, all without ever setting foot there before. He also accurately predicted the future Cold War with Russia and wanted to rearm the regular German military (not the SS) to march together with the US soldiers to conquer the Soviet Union. There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Patton was likely assassinated. Growing up my neighbor, a 3rd Army veteran and Sherman Tank navigator/radio operator/ reconnaissance during the Battle of the Bulge, always loved his former commander Gen. Patton and never had any negative feelings towards him till the day he died.
True fact; Patton also predicted the Pearl Harbor attack in 1935 to include the number of carrier's the Japanese would use, "Patton served in Hawaii before World War II as the G-2 (intelligence) on the General Staff. ... In 1935, he wrote a paper called "Surprise" that predicted the Japanese attack on the U.S. islands with what one biographer called "chilling accuracy."
"There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Patton was likely assassinated."
No actually, there really just isn't. . .
Alexander the Great did not get past Egypt which is 2000 miles east of where Patton was.
@@warrior7ra Rubbish
1:30 - Chapter 1 - Early life
2:40 - Chapter 2 - Olympics games
3:45 - Chapter 3 - Bandit Hunting
5:10 - Chapter 4 - WWI
7:10 - Chapter 5 - Between wars
9:05 - Chapter 6 - Africa
11:30 - Chapter 7 - Sicily & scandal
13:55 - Chapter 8 - Operation Overlord
14:50 - Chapter 9 - Breakout
16:35 - Chapter 10 - Race to the rhine & battle of the bulge
19:10 - Chapter 11 - Controversial in Life & Death
Good work! Great doc.
If the Boogeyman checks under his bed for Chuck Norris, then Chuck Norris checks under his bed for George S. Patton.
Wait, why is there an A10 mixed in with WWII footage?
Because the A10 is also named "Thunderbolt 2", and right after the A10 is a "Thunderbolt 1" aircraft.
Because *BRRRRRRT.* (I kid of course.)
To balance out the WWI footage with the WWII footage they put there.
I'm still trying to figure out how Eisenhower was a Commander-in-Chief in WWII when he should have been in the South Pacific.....
time travel is real.
Great show Simon!! General George S. Patton is among my favorite, most intriguing, fascinating and compelling 20th Century Generals. Among others: future President, General Dwight D. Eisenhower, General Omar Bradly, Field Marshal Monty, The Desert Fox, Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, Field Marshal Eric Von Manstein, Field Marshal Ivan Stepanovich (U.S.S.R.), 5-Star General Henry H. “Hap” Arnold, General George C. Marshall, Marshal Aleksander Vasilebsky, Admiral Of The Fleet Chester Nimitz, Marshal Admiral Isoroku Yamamoto, Supreme Military Leader Hideki Tojo, Chief Of Air Staff Charles porter, General Douglas MacArthur, Fleet Admiral William Halsey, JR.,..... that’s all I’ve got off the top of my head.
Bruno Martinez You forgot Field Marshal Georgi Zhukov (U.S.S.R.).
What’s the difference between the desert fox and field Marshall Erwin rommel
You forgot Mannerheim
Don't forget gudarian
@@ianmckenna6146 Rommel was known as the desert rat
Nice new Channel champ
They called Patton "Blood And Guts" for a reason. He didn't give a flying ****! That was a warrior right there!
Many famous people have something really nasty that almost negates their good. With Patton I find very little to complain about. His bringing up disagreements with his superiors was just his honest way of doing the right thing.
Great Man! Need more like him
The irony that the people who defeated nazi would be considered nazi by todays standard😉🤭
true
Shows how wrong today's "standard" is then. The left seem to get every label they use backwards.
Only if they had nazi like beliefs.
@James Henderson Bro you're trying too hard. Shut up man and stop acting like the "know it all" lefties in today's world.
Than you dont know what nazi today
Is today nazi means today you come
Home from work and you can not
Get in because the key dont go in the
Door and the police says maybe children's I wish Patten back realy.
Queen mum sche say before she died
Never ever trust Germany.i dont know
Why this video does not exist no more
On you tube.
I love Monty Python Flying Circus background music + accenting using woooshes & pings :o)
Simon, you are just an amazing teller of tales.
Great video, it would be great to get a Montgomery one too as he's mentioned a few times
This is a great, informative video, thank you! Regarding the audio, yes the music is reminiscent of Monty Python's Flying Circus theme, but I imagine this is no mistake of Monty Python's, mirroring wartime cinema, er ...advertisements.
I would request from TIFO that they refrain from using common messaging ping noises in an otherwise serious and historical video. Accenting a visual change with a ping noise is not only confusing for some listeners, but also distracting and belies the otherwise professional nature of the video.
Make no mistake, I have enjoyed and learned something from every video I have watched from this channel, but these sound effects are reminiscent of click-bait gaming montages, and don't fit the tone.
Please do biography on Theodore Roosevelt, Simon. Love your new channel.
Of course, he is a must. -Shell
Please. Best US President ever!
densealloy 69
"Fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity", he said. Then spent three months proving himself correct at Metz! 🤣🤣
"We defeated the wrong enemy"
- General Patton
I understand why Patton felt that way, but honestly, I don't think it would have made much of a difference. Both Nazism/Fascism AND Communism are opposed to democracy and conquer by force, it was really a matter of who we were going to fight first. If we had defeated the Communists, Hitler replaces Stalin as the tyrant holding much of Europe captive and worse possibly develops nukes (remember the Germans had a nuclear weapons research project during World War II). The western world faced an absolute mess of situation either way, and it shows why World War I was likely the greatest catastrophe in modern history. None of these evils might have gotten firm root if that cursed conflict doesn't happen.
So much information packed into just 21 minutes, My Friend that was Quite impressive indeed, Very Well Done.
Those Patton assassination theories are ludicrous. The only reason Patton's neck was broken in that collision was that he was at that instant bend over at the waist petting a dog. The top of his head impacted the rear of the driver's seat, resulting in compression fractures of the third and fourth cervical vertebrae, which in turn, produced paralysis. At first, the paralysis did not extend to his diaphragm, so Patton was able to breathe without assistance for a while, however, the damage to his spinal chord was progressive and his ability to breathe deteriorated steadily until his death.
Neal Scroggs my theory is God put him in the right place at the right time. being done with him, He called him home. Patton was a scholar of war in Europe from Roman times. in the Pacific he would've made a nice figurehead, but not much more. as for the Soviet episodes, the Europeans had been at war for 6 years. at that point, holding the Allies together would be doubtful over the long haul.
They are ludicrous. Patton was a lot easier to sideline than MacArthur, who was a more political animal who didn't slap shell-shocked soldiers around or give the press negative quotes they could use. Yet Truman removed MacArthur without significant problems.
He probably did say or write that "we fought and defeated the wrong enemy". He did not like the postwar world. Then again, he seems to have enjoyed killing Germans during the war.
"We may have been fighting the wrong enemy all along"
- General George S. Patton -
Hmmm…. He wasn’t the brightest was he?
I love general Patton.
Brotha Liphted he loves you too
Always enjoy the videos. One suggestion would be to rethink the way you incorporate music. Anytime it’s themed, (American military march, Russian dancing song, etc), it becomes jarringduring the transitions. Again, only a small complaint, but for those who may have your video in the background and not be directly watching, it’s something to think about.
I visited the Pattons museum in Ft. Knox, last week during 4th of July, very interesting collection of personal items.....
my comp sci teacher in 10th grade was his grand daughter. or great grand daughter most likely. cant remember which. she was pretty cool. was the varsity womens volleyball coach too.
Cool story bro
sports teacher eh? Makes sense...
can you do De Gaulle?
Stefi no
Great content, but the images are filled with anachronisms. The shots of US troops during the ww1 segment are all from ww2, so are the tanks. The ww2 section is better until an A-10 shows up at about 13 minutes. (I think the A-10 was introduced in the late 70s, and it's still in service.) I get the feeling this video was a kind of demo that never got a proper edit. Anyhow, great stuff, I'm looking forward to watching them all.
clazy8 I thought it was an A-10 but assumed I was wrong.
considering that they're only using it as transitions and occasional backing footage, it wouldn't have been too hard to find some ww1 tank footage.
@@Donutyeehaw Why would you respond like that? You cretin.
Would have been more impressed if he had simply used mundane stock WWI footage instead relying on WWII clips.
yall have no sense of humor. and you dont read the other comments.
These BIOGRAPHICS are all well-produced and easy to digest w/o unecessary info or poor footage--great for students and hobbiest history-buffs alike. Keep making these!
To borrow a quote from Dr Rober Citino "Any General who can walk and chew gum at the same time is considered a genius to military Historians."
World War 1 >uses WWII Footage lol, but loving the new channel
Please do Rommel. Please do Rommel.
He is in our first 50.
No, don’t
13:46 WTF does an A10 Warthog have anything to do with General George Patton?
“You magnificent bastard, I read YOUR BOOK!!!”
Rommel's book was about infantry tactics. Moreover, Patton encountered neither Rommel nor men trained by Rommel. 10 Panzer at el Guettar was part of von Arnim's 5th Panzer Army, and had only arrived in Tunisia in December, 1942.
FYI: In modern bench rest shooting, a motorized roll of paper in back of the target is slowly moved as the shooter shoots so that, if in fact a bullet passed exactly through a previous hole, there would be separate, distinct holes in the backing paper to show that all the required shots were fired.
I’ve always maintained that Patton and Montgomery should have been used as joint venture in ww2. Montgomery was an incredible general when it came to set piece battles on an extremely large scale. El Alemain, the D-Day invasion being his 2 biggest successes. But Montgomery’s weakness was always when the actions were fluid and needed big decisions immediately the stalling in bocage being a prime example. Patton on the other hand was a masterful general in the heat of battle but I am unaware of any major set piece battles that he planned.
If I had of been Eisenhower my immediate thought processes would have been Montgomery plans the battle gets everything in place gives the direction of what is planned to happen what the targets are. Then when battle is underway Patton takes over and makes on the ground decisions to achieve the tasks as the reality of the German defences set in. Then once all the objectives are taken and Patton has eventually stalled. Montgomery takes over plans out the next attack based on where they are and repeat the pattern until berlin. In this way it’s not a British or American victory. Both Montgomery and Patton get credit for their achievements. Montgomery gets to command legendary battle groups like the 101st airborne and Patton gets to run the 8th army. Seems like a win win win for everyone.
Stalling in the bocage???????Monty was facing 70% of all the Panzers in France Patton never got into France until August what held him up/
Patton;as American as you can get
Mcg1217 TRUMP?
Tim R one is an American hero, brave soldier; and magnificent general. The other is a businessman with a big mouth and not enough balls.
Both were happy to sacrifice their own soldiers for their own "glory"
Tim R, Trump 2020
Do an episode on Douglas MacArthur
Chase Berry mr.macnucky
MacArthur was dressed as a girl in his youth called Petticoating to calm him, i think he liked it.
Why?!?! Maybe he doesn’t want to
The bell is terribly annoying. Still love the channel and the content.
Thank you so much for the precious recollections of General Patton's past. I enjoyed this video very much
Well balanced in terms of speed and content, I liked this. The "ding" annoyed me, it distracts from listening to Simon.
Nobody likes the ding.
Anything else you want to complain about?
13:46 I liked the A-10 Warthog
Love the subject matter, hate the overuse of overly loud music and shoddy editing.
The 'shoddy' editing, as you call it, is a particular style. Not to everybody's taste but nevertheless 'hip' and in tune with the targeted Millenial audience. There is a great deal missing in the content and to simply refer to him as a person who 'penned poetry' is to lose out on an opprtunity to read some of his 'Warrior' and 'War' poems that are seldom heard. His one about the last shot fired in a war is worth hearing. His belief in Reincarnation is also glossed over, the opprtunity to reveal the complex nature of such a character hase been lost. It does cover the main points of his life but doesn't cover his Treatise on Logistics which was seen as quite an achievement.
One of the greatest general to ever grace a battlefield.
I’m a huge George S. Patton fan and your summary of his life was spot on.