The Germans dubbed their surprise attack Operation Wacht Am Rhein (“Watch on the Rhine”), changed in ... should command George S Patton’s Third US Army and other beleaguered forces in ...

Eighty years ago on Jan. 16, Allied armies (U.S. and British) forced a German retreat that ended the last major German ...

The battle, fought during a bitter, freezing winter, resulted in the death of 19,000 U.S. Army soldiers and more than 47,000 ...

Photo: Richard B. Levine/Lev Radin/Zuma Press On Dec. 8, an exasperated Patton asked his chief chaplain, James H. O’Neill, to compose a prayer for good weather. He ordered 250,000 copies to be ...

Metcalf grew up in St. Paul and served as Gen. George Patton’s personal chaplain during World War II. He was one of two chaplains who drafted the “Weather prayer” that Patton’s troops ...

The irrepressible Patton hoped next to race to the Rhine River. But when Hitler sprung his surprise, Patton swiftly veered his army 90 degrees north. Hitler had scraped the bottom of the German ...

Without turning around, my grandfather growled: “Attention up your a—!” He continued with the surgery but felt someone approaching the operating table. It was Gen. George Patton.

What ties General Patton, the 100th Bomb Group, and a small Bavarian town together? Discover the incredible story of courage, strategy, and heroism in this untold WWII adventure. Trump set for ...

But by other measure, “Georgie” Patton had a big week. Against increasing opposition, he still held the initiative, still got men across the river ... point along the Rhine, 16 miles above ...