[The Great Commanders 01] • War as I Knew It by Patton, George S. -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

INTRODUCTION PART ONE OPEN LETTERS FROM AFRICA AND SICILY

OPERATION “TORCH”

North Africa Visit of the Commanding General and Staff to General Nogues and the Sultan of Morocco The Sultan’s Anniversary Requiem Mass, Honoring American and French Dead Lunch with General Nogues, Rabat, Morocco ‘‘Fete Des Moutons” (Sheep Festival) Held at Rabat The Sultan’s Visit to Casablanca Visit to Marrakech and Boar Hunt Victory Parade Held at Tunis, May 20,19431 Notes on the Arab Ceremony Held at Headquarters I Armored Corps

OPERATION “HUSKY”

The Invasion of Sicily The Capture of Palermo Sidelights on the Sicilian Campaign ‘‘The Flight into Egypt” The Holy Land Malta

PART TWO OPERATION “OVERLORD”

1 THE CAMPAIGN OF FRANCE, AVRANCHE3, BREST TO THE MOSELLE

Touring France with an Army

2 FORCING THE LINE OF THE MOSELLE

The Flood

3 THE CAPTURE OF METZ AND THE SAAR CAMPAIGN

Stuck in the Mud 1

4 THE BASTOGNE-ST. ViTH CAMPAIGN—“THE BULGE”

The Bulge

5 THE EIFEL TO THE RHINE AND THE CAPTURE OF TRIER

Many Rivers and Passive Defense

6 THE CAPTURE OF COBLENTZ AND THE PALATINE CAMPAIGN

The Beginning of the End

7 FORCING THE RHINE, FRANKFURT-AM-MAIN AND ACROSS THE MULDE

“The Rhine, the Rhine, the German Rhine”

8 CROSSING THE DANUBE AND ENTERING CZECHOSLOVAKIA AND AUSTRIA

The Last Round-up

PART THREE RETROSPECT

REFLECTIONS AND SUGGESTIONS CONCERNING THE SOLDIER SMALL UNIT TACTICS Battle Tricks Miscellaneous Notes Command General

EARNING MY PAY Appendix A OPERATION “TORCH” COMPOSITION OF II CORPS Appendix C OPERATION “HUSKY”

LETTERS OF INSTRUCTION

COMPOSITION OF AN ARMY

ROSTER OF PRINCIPAL STAFF OFFICERS

CORPS THAT SERVED WITH THIRD ARMY DIVISIONS THAT SERVED WITH THIRD ARMY

COMMANDER ASST. DIV. COMMANDER

Back Cover