There General Patton's American armour lanced its way into Nazi-held territory while the Brits fought a slower-paced battle into the Rhineland. |
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His orderly, still unhurt, helped him into a shell hole, cut his trousers and bandaged Patton's wound. |
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Together with dogged determination from the soldiers, Allied fighter-bombers succeeded in safeguarding Patton's communications. |
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He describes Patton's childhood, youth, and middle age fairly well. |
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The enemy could not only have broken through, but he might have trampled Patton's position in the onrush. |
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Patton's troops, who thought they had the mission of closing the gap, took Argentan in their stride and crossed the international boundary without stopping. |
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