Even though I have enormous respect for the man as an officer, and he was a genius with his tanks, he was nuttier than a pet coon and there's no denying that (what with the whole "I'm the reincarnation of Alexander the Great thing).

Unfortunately I dont think there has been another general anywhere in the world that has learned from him though. He was the greatest and will never be rivaled so if you want to even have a chance to be as great a commander you must make your decisions on what you think Patton would do and then try even harder than he to make sure they are carried out.

Common, I wouldent say he is unrivaled...Makes top 5 easily....But there were other great generals...

Name another general that moved more troops, killed more enemies, covered more territory in the shortest time period in the history of the Earth. There were none. Patton has done that and he has always delivered on what he told his higher ups he would do. He has never failed. He is the greatest general ever!!

Sucks he died and never got to collect all his fame.... when exactly did he die again?

December 1945

That speech he actually gave to the 3rd Army. (just my 2 cents heh)

Originally Posted by Popeye

Sucks he died and never got to collect all his fame.... when exactly did he die again?

Sometime in 1945 becuase his jeep crashed and he was seriously injured, and if memory serves right I think he said "This is a helluva way to die" before he died.

I was under the impression that it was a limo that had previously belonged to a Nazi official, not a jeep.



The accident happened on 9 December 1945 and he died 12 days later, on 21 December 1945.

I was reading the book, "Patton A Genius For War," and it says that the car he was in during the accident was a 1939 Cadillac designed for euorpean winters. His driver during the whole war was M/Sgt John Mims was sent home, and his car was hit by a truck.