Lorraine Campaign
Battle of Metz: Patton’s Bloody Fortress Battle
By William E. WelshLieutenant General George Patton’s Third Army had come a long way since it was activated on August 1 in Normandy. Read more
Lorraine Campaign
Lieutenant General George Patton’s Third Army had come a long way since it was activated on August 1 in Normandy. Read more
Lorraine Campaign
In his autobiography, War As I Knew It, Lieutenant General Patton set the tone for what was to become one of his Third U.S. Read more
Lorraine Campaign
By mid-September 1944, the U.S. Third Army was poised to strike at the soft underbelly of Adolf Hitler’s Third Reich along a fabled corridor in northeastern France used for centuries by armies tramping across Europe. Read more
Lorraine Campaign
The portion of the Siegfried Line guarding the Saar industrial region of Germany proved a sinister gateway into western Germany for Lt. Read more
Lorraine Campaign
The road to Fort Driant began for the United States Third Army when it landed on Utah Beach at 3 pm on August 5, 1944. Read more