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COMMANDER // 1885–1945

George S. Patton

generalUnited StatesUnited States3 battles1 war

Lifespan

1885 – 1945

189019001910192019301940World War II · 1939–1945 (1941–1945 U.S. combat role)Operation Torch — November 16, 1942 · United States · World War IIAllied invasion of Sicily — July 9, 1943 · United States · World War IIBattle of the Bulge — Dec 1944–Jan 1945 · United States · World War II

Active service 1942–1944 — 3 battles across 1 war; first command at age 57.

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George Smith Patton Jr. was a general in the United States Army who commanded the Seventh Army in the Mediterranean Theater of World War II, then the Third Army in France and Germany after the Allied invasion of Normandy in June 1944.

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Battles (3)

Last verified June 2026
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