America's General - George Patton Biography

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The leading generals of World War Two carried a huge weight on their shoulders. Their decisions could mean the difference between life and death for thousands of men; their actions helped to shape the fate of nations. History has judged some of them as fools, others as butchers, and a handful as military geniuses...
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@RocKnight11 3 года назад

"If you put the letter "S" in front of HitIer, you have my opinion of him." -George S Patton

@brandonsigmon2452 3 года назад

Lol a brilliant way of indirectly calling Hitler a snake.

@michaelweizer7794 3 года назад

@@brandonsigmon2452 He was a snake, But I myself call him Shitler!!

@reythejediladyviajakku6078 3 года назад

RocKnight Patton had a way with words

@robertphillips6296 3 года назад

He sure knew how to turn a phrase.

@mason2012 3 года назад

Is that why he said we fought the wrong enemy?

@WenD1908 5 лет назад

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 4 года назад

Wait wasn't Patton racist or am I misinformed

@Deepingmind 4 года назад

@@skratta3608 The issue was at the time the Armed forces were still segregated at the time.

@wejuggernautentertainmentl3156 4 года назад

Edward Borneman that’s a lie Patton didn’t believe that

@SvenDzahov 4 года назад

@@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

@yourtrappedinmygenjutsu 4 года назад

Stop attention seeking lol

@btht1723 4 года назад

I love one of his sayings ( May God have mercy on my enemies because I will not) and great attitude to have in life...

@celter.45acp98 3 года назад

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

@juliansearcie1758 3 года назад

Yeah have enemies. Great outlook.

@metarus208 3 года назад

that's a line stolen from Genl. Hooker during the Civil War, right before his crushing defeat to Lee at Chancellorsville.

@porteroffinland 3 года назад

@@juliansearcie1758 can't go to war without enemies, can't go through life without meating a few assholes you have to deal with

@wcjerky 3 года назад

"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

@ramal5708 3 года назад

"Courage is fear holding on a minute longer" best quotes from GS Patton

@michealcormier2555 5 лет назад

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.

@coiledsteel8344 4 года назад

Micheal Cormier - Patton was respected by Germans then, and still is now. Mostly You Tube Trolls, and Commie apologists critical of him.

@johnmilligan2964 4 года назад

He was buried where he should have been.

@rene5632 4 года назад

I didn't get to visit his grave but we did stayed at that hotel several times. Where were you stationed at?

@ambdesigns8546 3 года назад

Old blood and guts

@michealcormier2555 3 года назад

@@rene5632 Bitburg AB. From '88 to '92.

@showtime1235 3 года назад

I’d pay top dollar to see how Patton would react to modern America

@shawngale922 3 года назад

He would run for president, like he would have if the OSS leaders hadn't assasinated him.

@sergiolobato1798 3 года назад

Gen Patton: Bone Spurs?! Why you're nothing but a God Damn Coward!!

@crustycurmudgeon2182 3 года назад

Hell yeah!

@jimmyjennings4089 3 года назад

Your watching his reaction every day sense 2016 he's trying to drain the swamp as you watch this.

@crustycurmudgeon2182 3 года назад

@@jimmyjennings4089 Who is?

@Komodokhan148 5 лет назад

My Grandfather served under Patton in Italy, France, Belgium and Germany. He was a combat engineer.

@swapithebear 4 года назад

Nice to hear that

@swapithebear 4 года назад

I would love hear his memories releated to world war 2....

@yourhandlehere1 3 года назад

When combat is broke...he can fix it!

@HenceMan 3 года назад

"America's Favorite General" Macarthur: You've got to be kidding me!

@kamoramo1 6 лет назад

13:45 Man if we had an A-10 in WW2 that would've been awesome.

@brandonevans1043 5 лет назад

I was thinking the same thing. LOL

@Dogmeat1950 5 лет назад

We had the P-47 Thunderbolt, the A-10 is the Thunder Bolt 2.

@danielyoung2027 5 лет назад

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.

@matthewfergudon8627 5 лет назад

Kameson Golden drawin warplanes with 7 window paint one have 50 caliber gating gun two 50 caliber four also at main weapon s front nose 23mm cannon cone nose. six heavy caliber the two 75 caliber both 4 95 caliber it neckdown 20mn

@Allan_aka_RocKITEman 5 лет назад

I noticed the A-10 as well....

@mmclaurin8035 5 лет назад

"The world needs bad men, to keep the other bad men from the door."

@MeanMachine1992 Год назад

_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_

@explorer1968 4 года назад

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...

@longwhitemane 3 года назад

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.

@explorer1968 3 года назад

@@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.

@bulletkingaming2808 3 года назад

And then the Cold War happened

@explorer1968 3 года назад

@@bulletkingaming2808 The war created another enemy...

@thatguy22441 3 года назад

I'm pretty sure it did. He would have never remained quiet about why we let the Soviets take half of Europe.

@johnmilligan2964 4 года назад

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.

@a-drewg1716 3 года назад

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.

@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85 Год назад

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.

@WolfvineGaming 6 лет назад

Patton is an American badass.

@nikitakuznetsov8446 5 лет назад

He was a Fascist bastard but a good strategist.

@takefive5607 4 года назад

The American Caesar. And just because he hated communism doesn't make him a facist.

@no_one01-5 4 года назад

@Drakon590 Probably everyone right of antifa.

@tomaspaulauskas2204 4 года назад

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.

@kylelou1983 4 года назад

@waddietwo Everyone did that even Eisenhower

@maxsmodels 5 лет назад

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 3 года назад

@maxsmodels Ummmm no..... That was Theodore Roosevelt. Look it up

@maxsmodels 3 года назад

@@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.

@jasonjoslin1117 3 года назад

@@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.

@jasonjoslin1117 3 года назад

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

@sprtsfanatic1 5 лет назад

"I won't have cowards in my army!" - George C. Scott (Patton, 1970)

@therealmp40 5 лет назад

@@maleexile9053 please tell me im being wooshed

@GoobGloop 4 года назад

Reference to the movie about patton

@hammerjohnson4892 3 года назад

@General Goldy - "...has saw..." Are you kidding me? - Professor Pedantic, Grammar Nazi

@The_Stumbler 3 года назад

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.

@sprtsfanatic1 3 года назад

@@The_Stumbler I know, it’s just one of the stand-out scenes from the film

@misterwango8156 4 года назад

"Ummm..that's an A10." "Is it free to use?" "Yes." "In the mix with it."

@Ggb129 4 года назад

Mister Wango "We said Thunderbolt, not Thunderbolt II."

@bobbiemanueldelapena4997 6 лет назад

I think we defeated the wrong enemy... -Patton

@_Patton_Was_Right 5 лет назад

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

@georgeevangel4292 5 лет назад

Yes He wanted to fight the Bolsheviks

@jakemars2601 5 лет назад

He never said that

@theroachden6195 5 лет назад

@@jakemars2601 he did. There were witnesses.

@OzzySV 5 лет назад

@@theroachden6195 do you have any materials to support the claim? I am really curious

@Dsdcain 6 лет назад

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.

@Biographics 6 лет назад

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

@kieanjilesco7485 6 лет назад

Well, that would have ended the war quicker, I guess?

@markotunjic5384 6 лет назад

Maybe they did.

@buddythedoge698 6 лет назад

Dsdcain jplolpp

@Havingfun0 6 лет назад

I am on the side that their competing dispotions actually was a good thing.

@lordlucius1341 3 года назад

George S “slappin the PTSD out of the boys” Patton

@RadioGaGago 2 года назад

Aka George S "I'm a huge incompetent ignorant idiot" Patton

@FirstNameLastName-qx8ii 2 года назад

@@RadioGaGago yeah he just got really lucky in every single battle that he fought

@donmckeoun7990 4 года назад

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.

@noahsawyer767 4 года назад

Don McKeoun does anyone know who Patton second in command was.

@donmckeoun7990 4 года назад

@@noahsawyer767 probably Wade Haslip or Matt Kneely they were his closest confidants haslip was XV Corp commander

@carlbowles1808 3 года назад

It takes a rough man to do a rough job successfully, patton was the right man for the job. God bless general patton.

@one-of-us9939 6 лет назад

Sweet, it's nice to see a new channel.

@11bravo1789 5 лет назад

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

@kevinbrooks8680 5 лет назад

11bravo1789 same here I served in Iraq 2005 in basrah operation telic 5 , veteran 1st Bn Scots guards

@TheSixOfSwords 5 лет назад

I hope you get that job. Younger people need teachers who know what they're talking about, especially history.

@djquinn11 4 года назад

Thank you for your service.

@divergent_3428 3 года назад

solidmoni we all hate comments like yours :)

@crazybanana4239 3 года назад

@@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

@michaelb1761 5 лет назад

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.

@coldwarsarge7592 4 года назад

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!

@Biographics 4 года назад

And you as well. Thank you :)

@antiisocial 6 лет назад

Wear your seat belt

@copperhamster 6 лет назад

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.

@RaoulThomas007 5 лет назад

Avoid assassins!

@trentreffner5699 5 лет назад

Jeez guys... after a full year no one decided to make the comment, "He would but he at it." :D

@MichaelJohnson-kx3ln 5 лет назад

Seatbelts in dem days, were iffy.

@turcanudan9386 4 года назад

Don't eat it

@bobsteadman9728 6 лет назад

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.

@thisguy4614 5 лет назад

You should follow the BrainFood Show podcast!

@florinmatusea 2 года назад

...4 years later... 😂👍

@burnedrat7416 2 года назад

He most certainly did not "rescue" the 101st who was just holding their position till the rest of the army caught up.

@canadianbean6736 3 года назад

Allies: Patton NO! Patton: PATTON YES!

@dalliskal4827 3 года назад

*hysterical* laughing

@bregjejabra25 5 лет назад

"We defeated the wrong enemy..." George Patton in a Private letter in 1945 to his wife.

@bregjejabra25 5 лет назад

@@chrisj197438 Amen.

@Zarastro54 5 лет назад

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.

@_Patton_Was_Right 5 лет назад

@@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

@_Patton_Was_Right 5 лет назад

@@Zarastro54 Oh I see so you're just stupid. Sleep well commie

@DanT-dh8lz 5 лет назад

@@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.

@cropathfinder 6 лет назад

Fun extra fact: several people that worked under Patton also died in traffic accidents like Bradly.

@davyaldy76 5 лет назад

Omar Bradley actually died of a heart attack.

@drewpamon 5 лет назад

@2manynegativewaves well he did until after the Italy campaign

@gulfrelay2249 5 лет назад

Lot of drinking going on

@dggfghj1175 5 лет назад

Go to sleep

@gabriellavictory3080 5 лет назад

As did he.

@robertwood3172 4 года назад

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!

@scallywagcharters 4 года назад

I’m obsessed with your channel. I would love to see a Biographics episode of Themistocles the Athenian Admiral

@joshbegley3498 6 лет назад

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.

@JoesGLI 6 лет назад

Great bio! Patton was truly one of a kind.

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

Yes the wrong kind.

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

Patton: Americas most Famous general not Americas best general

@chaseorosco9017 3 года назад

You know you’ve got a badass commander when he steps into artillery fire with you.

@johnspera8369 6 лет назад

have watched Holmes and Patton thus far. my compliments, Simon; looking good! good job guys.

@Biographics 6 лет назад

Thanks, John. This is exciting for us. -Shell

@jamessuttie1261 6 лет назад

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.

@evaggeliabella1102 4 года назад

Rommel is the best of all

@cardinalhistory6045 3 года назад

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

@thunderbird1921 2 года назад

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.

@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85 Год назад

@@evaggeliabella1102 what about the guy who beat him, six times?

@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85 Год назад

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.

@michaelharms7692 5 лет назад

I like like your Biographics much more than your Top Tenz. It fits your style better, and is more informative. Good work.

@nunya9763 5 лет назад

"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."

@highcouncil1302 4 года назад

He never said that either

@kerriwilson7732 4 года назад

@DonkeyLips McGee Donkey lips...

@barfyman-bf3hw 4 года назад

@@highcouncil1302 yes he did you commie dipshit

@highcouncil1302 4 года назад

@@barfyman-bf3hw no he didn't I looked it up I did my research he did not say it

@shawnv123 3 года назад

@@barfyman-bf3hw cry

@briantaylor2670 6 лет назад

Your doing an awesome job with your Chanel’s

@StoliTheWise 6 лет назад

Can we get a Rommel?

@christamartin2259 6 лет назад

StoliTheWise j .j. M...

@drawlilylover 6 лет назад

StoliTheWise we did get a Rommel & that one. Hitler killed him when backed the Vanstaffenberg coup

@StoliTheWise 6 лет назад

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!

@big_guy_of_leiden5688 5 лет назад

Here you are

@cgaccount3669 5 лет назад

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

@veteranpatriot4474 4 года назад

So much information packed into just 21 minutes, My Friend that was Quite impressive indeed, Very Well Done.

@barrysmith5830 3 года назад

Good work! Great doc.

@Dutchball 3 года назад

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

@marcscordato4385 6 лет назад

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.

@andrewlancefield3730 5 лет назад

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

@Chino56751 4 года назад

No its not. There is no comparison to that place you mentioned.

@troubleisopportunity336 2 года назад

Thank you so much for the precious recollections of General Patton's past. I enjoyed this video very much

@Rimski069 5 лет назад

I found these videos and can't stop watching. They're very informative.

@RShack13ford 4 года назад

General Patton was my uncle. Thanks for the video! Always cool to learn more and see the appreciation people still have for him.

@slimpickens2243 2 года назад

Your uncle was a great man...wish i could have met him...sp

@Damo2690 2 года назад

@@slimpickens2243 that means his mother was born in 1887 and died in 1971 aged 87. History records she had no children, he is lying

@epik5774 2 года назад

@@Damo2690 he definitely had children what r u talking about

@rodrigomunozlevi4214 2 года назад

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.

@boredatwork7031 Год назад

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.

@rozarah 6 лет назад

The music is a bit loud when it's the only audio. Otherwise awesome

@julemandenudengaver4580 6 лет назад

Amanda Llara at least it fit the persons he is taking about

@SimonVanliew26 6 лет назад

shut up and quit whining

@lambertus93 5 лет назад

just lower the vol when the song comes on🤣🤣

@JTA1961 5 лет назад

I'm with you on that. Same annoying thing over & over. One PATTON

@Frip36 4 года назад

Makes it seem like a Kmart production.

@coldwarsarge7592 5 лет назад

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!

@eddiet204 5 лет назад

Outstanding library of vids. Thanks for posting these! Hopefully, that A10 made it back to the future!

@paulferguson868 3 года назад

"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

@irvingluu2525 3 года назад

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.

@Bitchslapper316 3 года назад

@@irvingluu2525 It was a massive mobilization of troops. Although they were only war games and not actual combat 26 soldiers died during the exercises.

@ethanramos4441 5 лет назад

“Accept the Challenge so that you can feel the exhilaration of victory” George S Patton

@lyndoncmp5751 Год назад

Legend has it we are still waiting for Patton to get out of the Lorraine and get through the Siegfried Line.

@eliasdanaskos139 4 года назад

Brilliant videos Simon keep up the good work

@tzarplatinum804 6 лет назад

Nice new Channel champ

@larrysmith2485 5 лет назад

Great Man! Need more like him

@TomBell 5 лет назад

Simon, I LOVE all your content man! Constructive criticism? The musical transitions, the difference in volume level on this one was jarring enough for me to write a REALLY rare note about it. ;-)

@stevenharris4933 5 лет назад

A superior biography! It is very interesting and useful to know a complete story of a person and not just their most legendary achievements.

@komradekupkek6676 3 года назад

The irony that the people who defeated nazi would be considered nazi by todays standard😉🤭

@williamcasey8791 3 года назад

true

@yourhandlehere1 3 года назад

Shows how wrong today's "standard" is then. The left seem to get every label they use backwards.

@nat123. 3 года назад

Only if they had nazi like beliefs.

@sulil1938 3 года назад

@James Henderson Bro you're trying too hard. Shut up man and stop acting like the "know it all" lefties in today's world.

@fariddahmani5283 3 года назад

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.

@risingrightside Год назад

"We may have been fighting the wrong enemy all along" - General George S. Patton -

@robertcottam8824 4 месяца назад

Hmmm…. He wasn’t the brightest was he?

@billolsen4360 Год назад

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.

@scotthawver2666 Год назад

I’m a huge George S. Patton fan and your summary of his life was spot on.

@deadliestprawn6398 6 лет назад

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.

@kbforme 6 лет назад

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.

@markharrison2544 6 лет назад

He wasn't even a good general. The Germans had never even heard of the Holocaust lover Patton until after D-Day.

@darrenbutler9819 5 лет назад

He warned us about the communists said that germany was not the real enemy

@rolandpriske8921 5 лет назад

I bet the krauts soiled their leiderhosen at the mere mention of his name. Patton was master chief before Halo was cool.

@TribuneAquila 5 лет назад

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.

@thatonemferyaknow3794 5 лет назад

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.

@tnewsted17 3 года назад

You do a great job with all of your content

@arturolopez9842 5 лет назад

I like these videos There always very fascinating

@densealloy 6 лет назад

Please do biography on Theodore Roosevelt, Simon. Love your new channel.

@Biographics 6 лет назад

Of course, he is a must. -Shell

@jamessuttie1261 6 лет назад

Please. Best US President ever!

@wolftone6 6 лет назад

densealloy 69

@guitaristut 3 года назад

"We defeated the wrong enemy" - General Patton

@thunderbird1921 2 года назад

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.

@octorialadybyrdnovarobinso1507 2 года назад

Thanks for your history lessons. I’ve been binge watching as of late. It seems many biographies have the commonality of Woodrow Wilson but you have no video available. Also a video on Colin Powell would be interesting too. Thanks again, be well.

@MJ-dj4xl 5 лет назад

Great video, it would be great to get a Montgomery one too as he's mentioned a few times

@Forbiddensirenz 3 года назад

“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.

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

did he??????? in the Lorraine Metz Campaign he had 50000 casualties

@stephenmccartneyst3ph3nm85 Год назад

"Fortifications are monuments to man's stupidity", he said. Then spent three months proving himself correct at Metz! 🤣🤣

@louispd6828 4 года назад

I visited the Pattons museum in Ft. Knox, last week during 4th of July, very interesting collection of personal items.....

@thestrangah9690 10 месяцев назад

Hearing Pattons WW1 stories are awesome! You should do Eisenhower next

@Matthew-kg8nl 3 года назад

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.

@billlynds9073 5 лет назад

Simon, you are just an amazing teller of tales.

@wingmanjim6 Год назад

Superb !

@Scotty8882hotty 2 года назад

Thank you for not having a commercial in this video

@quickdrawmacaw2497 5 лет назад

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 👍

@alanhorowitz3796 4 года назад

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.

@anthonyciccariello8089 5 лет назад

Thank you for your service mr. Patton

@loupiscanis9449 5 лет назад

Thank you .

@Purpmaster 4 года назад

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.

@warrior7ra 3 года назад

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."

@slightlyirradiatedmuffin3257 Год назад

"There is a lot of evidence to suggest that Patton was likely assassinated." No actually, there really just isn't. . .

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

Alexander the Great did not get past Egypt which is 2000 miles east of where Patton was.

@jacktattis 7 месяцев назад

@@warrior7ra Rubbish

@tvicic 4 года назад

I love Monty Python Flying Circus background music + accenting using woooshes & pings :o)

@debiddoguranto4180 Год назад

I admire that you actually presented the end of his life in an accurate light, thank you.

@ronin1171 5 лет назад

Great video. Could you do one on mad jack Churchill please

@davidbowie5023 Год назад

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.

@michaelbatts5655 5 лет назад

They called Patton "Blood And Guts" for a reason. He didn't give a flying ****! That was a warrior right there!

@pianoman021 5 лет назад

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.

@danramstetter5965 4 года назад

The information is great. The music in the background is distracting.. still a thumbs up due to awesome content and delivery.. but I hope this was a one time thing

@joshmcdonald9176 6 лет назад

Wait, why is there an A10 mixed in with WWII footage?

@GastonBoucher 6 лет назад

Because the A10 is also named "Thunderbolt 2", and right after the A10 is a "Thunderbolt 1" aircraft.

@ReverandSatan 6 лет назад

Because *BRRRRRRT.* (I kid of course.)

@christianlibertarian5488 5 лет назад

To balance out the WWI footage with the WWII footage they put there.

@redkitten3478 5 лет назад

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.....

@onway5406 4 года назад

time travel is real.

@donbrunodelamancha1927 6 лет назад

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.

@cornellgreen3692 6 лет назад

Bruno Martinez You forgot Field Marshal Georgi Zhukov (U.S.S.R.).

@ianmckenna6146 6 лет назад

What’s the difference between the desert fox and field Marshall Erwin rommel

@JJuhu 5 лет назад

You forgot Mannerheim

@gregorykendrick4245 5 лет назад

Don't forget gudarian

@danielkelly8980 4 года назад

@@ianmckenna6146 Rommel was known as the desert rat

@briandonovan1381 3 года назад

Great biography.

@GetMeThere1 5 лет назад

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.

@Liphted 5 лет назад

I love general Patton.

@rsears78 5 лет назад

Brotha Liphted he loves you too

@enscroggs 6 лет назад

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.

@gulfrelay2249 5 лет назад

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.

@kaczynskis5721 4 года назад

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.