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George Smith Patton jr. (* 11. November 1885 in San Gabriel, Kalifornien; † 21. Dezember 1945 in Heidelberg) war ein General der US Army. Er befehligte im Zweiten Weltkrieg das II. US-Korps in Nordafrika, die 7th US-Army auf Sizilien und nach der Landung in der Normandie die 3rd US-Army an der Westfront. Vom 9.
Learn how General George S. Patton, Jr., one of America’s greatest battlefield commanders, died on December 21, 1945, after a car accident in Germany. Find out how his wife decided to bury him in Luxembourg near his Third Army soldiers and how his funeral was honored.
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Severely injured in an auto accident, he died in Germany twelve days later, on December 21, 1945.
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- Beatrice Smith, Ruth Ellen, George Patton IV
Patton died from pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure after a car accident in Germany in December 1945. He was paralyzed from the neck down and buried next to a soldier killed in combat.
Learn how General George Patton, Jr. struggled with the end of the war in Europe and died in a car crash in 1945. Read his diary entries, speeches, and encounters with the Russians and other figures.
Am 21. Dezember 1945 starb im Militärhospital in Heidelberg mit dem 60-jährigen Vier-Sterne-General George S. Patton der – neben dem Oberkommandierenden und späteren US-Präsidenten Dwight D....
How did General George S. Patton, Jr. die in a car accident in 1945 Germany? Read the details of this tragic incident and the aftermath of his legacy.
