being cut off by the Allies and withdrew in January. Itwas not until the end of January that the last of the 50 mile bulge in the Allied lines wasremoved. On the day that Patton's Third Army had taken the German city of Trier,Bradley sent orders not to try to capture it. The movie shows Patton sending him amessage saying that he already had captured it and asking if they wanted him to give itback.In early March, the armies moved up to the Rhine. The bridges were downeverywhere. By March 24, Montgomery sent members of the British Second Army andthe U.S. Ninth Army across the river. The U.S. First Army was occupying a bridgebetween Bonn and Koblenz. On March 22 the U.S. Third Army, under Patton had seizeda bridge south of Mainz. BIBLIOGRAPHYBerardinelli, James, Patton- A film review.,The Patton Society, The Patton Web Pages,1996-1997 Chandler, David G., Battle On Land, New York, Mallard Press, 1990D'Este, Carlo, Patton: a Genius for War, New York, Harper Collins Publisher, 1995Nye, Roger H., The Patton Mind, Avery Publishing Company, Garden City Park, NY,1993Patton, George S. Jr, Calvary Journal, The Patton Society, The Patton Web Pages,1996-1997Patton, George S. Jr, Address to the US 3rd Army, The Patton Society, The Patton WebPages, 1996-1997 Ziemke, Earl F., World War II, Encarta., Microsoft Corporation. Funk & Wagnall'sCorporation,1994. PattonWorld War II was the most destructive war in history. It began in 1939 as aEuropean conflict between Germany and a British and French alliance, but eventuallyincluded most of the nations of the world. Most of the war was fought with the sametypes of weapons used in World War I. The greatest advances were in aircraft and tanks. Patton was the first soldier in the tank corps. He created the training procedures, theregulations and the methods of instruction. At that time the American public saw Pattonas an arrogant man who enraged Americans because he slapped a soldier who washospitalize...
