George Smith Patton Biography and Timeline

Birth of George Smith Patton

Birth of George Smith Patton

Education

Graduates from the United States Military Academy at West Point

Second Lieutenant

Appointed 2nd Lieutenant in the 15th cavalry Regiment

Marriage

Patton marries Beatrice Ayer

Captain

Appointed Captain

Commander of US Tank School

Appointed Commander of the US Tank School

Tank School

Appointed Commander of the US Tank School

Battle of Cambrai, 1st

Participates in the worlds 1st major tank battle

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Meuse-Argonne

Leads the 304th Brigade US tank Corps with distiction at Meuse-Argonne Forest

Role range: 1914-1918

Battle of Mihiel

Leads the 304th Brigade US tank Corps with distiction at St Mihiel

Role range: 1914-1918

Commander of US Tank School

Appointed Commander of the US Tank School

Role range: 1914-1918

Meuse-Argonne

Wins the Distinguished Service Cross for Heroism. Commands 345 during tanks the Meuse-Argonne Operation

Role range: 1914-1918

Education

Graduates from the Command and General Staff School

Education

Distinguished graduate of the Army War College

Commander of Second Armored Division

Appointed Commanding General of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia

Commander of Second Armored Division

Appointed Commanding General of the Second Armored Division at Fort Benning, Georgia

Role range: 1939-1945

Speech

Delivers the "Blood and Guts" speeches

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Torch

Commands the Western Task Force, only all-American force landing for Operation Torch

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Western Tank Force

Appointed Commander of the Western Task Force during the North African Landings

Commander of Western Tank Force

Appointed Commander of the Western Task Force during the North African Landings

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Sicily

Lands ashore at the head of the 7th Army

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Palermo

Caputres the Sicillian capital of Palermo

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Gela

Captures Gela during the 1st American landings on Sicily

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Messina

Arrives at Messina 2 hours ahead of Montgomery

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Sicily

Sicily is in Allied hands after a campaign lasting 38 days & costing 31,000 casualties

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of 2nd Corps

Appointed Commander of II US Corps

Lieutenant

Appointed Lieutenant General

Commander of 2nd Corps

Appointed Commander of II US Corps

Role range: 1939-1945

Invasion of Sicily

Suspended during the invasion of Siciliy for assaulting a shell-shocked soldier

Role range: 1939-1945

Lieutenant General

Appointed Lieutenant General

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Overlord

Patton arrives in Normandy

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

Operation Cobra commenced on 25 July with a concentrated aerial bombardment from thousands of Allied aircraft

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

To help Patton to break out of Avranches & drive into Brittany. Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

Clearing ports such as Lorient & Brest

Role range: 1939-1945

Operation Cobra

By 27 July most organized resistance had been overcome, and VII and VIII Corps were advancing rapidly, isolating the Cotentin peninsula

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Eighth Corps

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Corps

Capture of Countance

Captures Coutance

Role range: 1939-1945

Commander of Eighth Corps

Appointed Commander of the Eighth Corps

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Avranches

Arrives at Avranches

Role range: 1939-1945

Capture of Granville

Captures Granville

Role range: 1939-1945