By MissBear
The stars of World War II are shining, and the United States can become the biggest winner naturally inseparable from the contribution of famous players. Nimitz, Eisenhower, MacArthur and others all achieved immortal feats in World War II, but there was a four-star general who could not be bypassed in any way, and he was George Barton.
Patton's maverick personality left a deep impression on future generations. Unlike the above, General Patton died in an "accident" before he could really enjoy the fruits of his victory in World War II.
Nimitz
American God of War
General Patton was a legend who came from a military family and was admitted to the Virginia Military Academy and later to West Point. Before going to the real battlefield for the first time, Patton competed in the Fifth Olympic Games and finished fifth in the pentathlon.
The 1912 military campaign against Mexico became Patton's chance, and he soon showed his talents in World War I. With no war to fight after World War I, he actively devoted himself to the research of tanks and other weapons, but unfortunately, the "isolationism" of the United States greatly limited Patton's talent.
After the United States entered World War II, Patton finally shone brightly. In Champa, North Africa, he worked with Montgomery, Alexander and others to repel German-Italian fascism; he was present in both the Sicily Andromede landings; and Patton broke through the Siegfri Line, giving Nazi Germany the final blow. Patton was promoted to four-star general, and after the war Patton became military administrator of Bavaria.
Barton
It's worth noting that Patton's contribution wasn't just on the battlefield. Patton was a master fencing master, and he designed the "Patton Sword" that bore his name, and he also put this creation into the cavalry unit. General Patton also left a book on the war, and "The War of the Dog Mother" is his memoir of the battles he experienced in World War II.
Patton's speeches are always exciting, and the bravery he shows even makes people think that he is brave. Patton has received numerous medals, and the courage and strategy he displayed are worthy of the title of "God of War", and even some people once called it "Napoleon of the 20th century".
"The War of the Dog Mother"
God of War falls
On December 9, 1945, at the Hamilton Estate in the southern United States, Mrs. Barton was carefully arranging the house. Filled with joy, she received a phone call from Germany – her husband Barton was in a car accident and is now in critical condition. Unable to care about the work at hand, Mrs. Patton hurried to Germany, hoping that her husband would be as auspicious as before.
In fact, Patton had been in two car accidents before this time, but fortunately only minorly injured. Although Patton in his hospital bed tried his best to smile at his wife, this time he could not be murdered — he could not move from the neck down.
On the afternoon of December 21, Patton died of heart failure. His death soon shocked the world, and the front pages of major newspapers and periodicals in Europe and the United States reported on the incident, and it was hard to believe that the god of war, who had not fallen in the smoke and gunfire, would die in a car accident.
The fateful crash process is roughly as follows: In the early morning of December 9, Patton took his chief of staff, Major General Guy, and the driver out hunting in a car, and as they passed a section of railway track, a large truck suddenly rushed over, and Patton's driver did not even have a chance to brake... The car was hit and deformed, the driver and Major General Guy were slightly injured, and General Patton, who was sitting in the back row, was too badly injured to move.
The U.S. military soon set up an investigative team. Barton's driver, Woodlin, said in a statement: "I noticed that there were two six-by-six trucks not far from us, and when I started the car, one of them slowly drove in our direction, and the other was moving in the opposite direction without turning on the lights, but just crashed into us."
1945 European Theater, Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton (right)
The driver of the accident, Sergeant Robert Thompson, also quickly surfaced, and he took two drunken friends with him to create the accident that day. Unexpectedly, Thompson and his two friends quickly disappeared from the army, the scene of the car accident was quickly cleaned up, and the truck that caused the accident disappeared. Because of the "death without proof", Patton's death has led to several speculations.
Assassination by subordinates?
This account begins in the late Second World War, when in April 1945, Patton led the Third Army into Germany, where they discovered 250 tons of Nazi gold and a large collection of art treasures hidden by the Nazis at the Kaserodda salt mine. The upright Patton gave his fortune to Commander-in-Chief Eisenhower.
Eisenhower
In the same month, a major in Patton's army named Auggie found gold in the Einsiter Mountains, so it was also named "Auggie's Gold". But this 1 ton of gold is far from the intelligence held by the US military, and the strict military Patton demanded a thorough investigation of the case. It was impossible to buy Patton because he valued honor over life all his life.
Unfortunately, this claim lacked suspect candidates and sufficient evidence, and there was no need to kill Patton, and just two months before Patton's death, he was transferred from the Third Army to become commander-in-chief of the Fifteenth Army. As a result, those involved in the Gold case do not have sufficient incentives to kill Patton, who is no longer a threat.
"Goal: Patton - The Mystery of the Death of the Predatory General"
Eisenhower's political intrigue
In addition to his cervical spine, Barton had a deep wound on his brow bone, which the emergency doctor at the time said was a long, deep Y-shaped wound. It wasn't until 1979 that a painter came forward to explain the cause of the wound. The painter's name was Douglas Bazatta, who had served in the U.S. intelligence service and was a sharpshooter.
Bazatta revealed that in the fall of 1945 he had signed a contract with Donovan, the director of strategic intelligence, to assassinate Patton, and that the two sides had agreed to pay him ten thousand dollars. Bazatta also said that Donovan received a secret order to assassinate Patton, and many people wanted to do so.
After that, Bazatta went to carry out the assassination, and he did enough tricks on the windows of Barton's car that the rear windows could not be closed. Another friend of Bazatta's arranged a car accident, in which a bullet was fired at Patton, which is the origin of the Y-shaped wound.
Who sent so many secret orders from Novan? People have set their sights on Eisenhower, and the relationship between these two excellent generals is not simple. Don't look at Eisenhower sitting in the high position of Allied commander-in-chief, he can rise to the top only because he knows Patton.
The predecessor of the CIA, Director of Strategic Intelligence, Donovan
After World War I, the two met, Patton was a combat hero, and Eisenhower was only the commander of the tank battalion, who took the opportunity to meet many military and political celebrities and quickly skyrocketed.
Supposedly, Eisenhower should have repaid the favor, but with the development of World War II, Patton became his big trouble. Patton has always emphasized military discipline, and a soldier who pretended to be ill and did not dare to go to the battlefield was slapped by Patton, and this matter spread to the United States and caused a lot of trouble to Commander Eisenhower. On the eve of the Normandy landings, Patton made wild remarks, saying in his speech that world domination was the established goal of Britain and the United States, and openly defied the Soviet Union as an ally.
In August 1945, Patton was once again speechless — there was no essential difference between the Democratic Party and the Republican Party in the United States and the Nazi Party in Germany. Eisenhower couldn't bear it and turned to Patton's lieutenants, and a "time bomb" like Patton would only stop himself from rising further.
This claim is also well documented, but the people directly involved in the car accident are either missing or dead, and even the car at the time of Barton's car accident is difficult to find the real thing, and a series of testimonies by the painter Bazatta have become "orphan evidence".
Stalin was killing people with a knife?
As mentioned earlier, Patton's blatant contempt for the Soviet Union in his speeches has done more than once.
At a post-war cocktail party in Berlin, a Soviet general invited Patton for a drink. Patton arrogantly relayed to the translator, "Go and tell the Soviets that Lao Tzu doesn't want to drink with you puppies!" The Soviet general was also quick to react: "I think of you the same as you think of me. If that's the case, why don't you have a drink together?" The unruly Patton may have been on Stalin's assassination list long ago.
Stalin
Just 12 days before Barton's death, his condition improved, and his wife asked to be sent back to the United States for treatment so that she could spend Christmas with her family. But his condition suddenly deteriorated, preventing him from leaving Berlin.
According to a U.S. counterintelligence official, Stalin was likely to make a deal behind the scenes with Donovan, the director of strategic intelligence— the U.S. side was responsible for creating a car accident to put Patton in the hospital, and the Americans in charge of the guards deliberately let down their guard, giving the Soviets the possibility of entering the hospital to carry out assassinations. However, it is difficult to find conclusive evidence to support this claim.
Patton killed himself after all
After a battle-hardened Patton failed to wrap his body, the truth of his death remains a mystery. But in a way, Patton pushed himself into the fire pit. As someone commented, "Patton is a rare general in wartime, and he is a powder keg in peacetime."
General Patton's Tombstone
He was militarily gifted but politically immature. Blatantly attacking allies in wartime is obviously lifting a stone and dropping it on one's own feet, and shelling American political parties will only cause more trouble, not to mention that these troubles have also burned to Eisenhower.
In any case, in the history of war in the twentieth century, General Patton has left a strong mark, and his legendary story will be passed on.