November 11, 1885 - San Gabriel, California - George Smith Patton Jr is born
January(?) 1(?), 1897 - Pasadena - His parents enroll him in Stephen Cutter Clark's School for boys in Pasadena
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Lexington, Virginia - Enrolls at the Virginia Military Institute
January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Lexington, Virginia - A senator from California nominates him to West Point
January(?) 1(?), 1903 - Lexington, Virginia - Enrolls at the Virginia Military Institute
January(?) 1(?), 1904 - Lexington, Virginia - A senator from California nominates him to West Point
June 16, 1904 - West Point, River Hudson, New York - Patton becomes a cadet at West Point
June 11, 1909 - West Point - George Patton graduates from West Point and receives a commission as a 2nd Lieutenant in the Cavalry of the US Army =(START)
September 12, 1909 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois - Posted with the 15th Cavalry at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
September 12, 1909 - Fort Sheridan, Illinois - Posted with the 15th Cavalry at Fort Sheridan, Illinois
May 26, 1910 - Beverly Farms, Massachusetts - Patton marries Beatrice Banning Ayer
March 19, 1911 - Daughter Beatrice is born
December(?) 1(?), 1911 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Transfered to Fort Meyer, Virginia. Patton befriends Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and becomes his aide at social functions on top of his duties as quartermaster for his troop
December(?) 1(?), 1911 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Transfered to Fort Meyer, Virginia. Patton befriends Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson and becomes his aide at social functions on top of his duties as quartermaster for his troop
May 10, 1912 - Patton receives orders that he would be competing in Stockholm
June 14, 1912 - New York - Patton departs to Stockholm aboard the "S.S. Finland"
June 23, 1912 - Antwerp - Arrives at Antwerp. 8-hour layover in the city - Patton immediatly takes off for a jog through the belgian countryside
June 26, 1912 - Antwerp - "S.S. Finland" departs to Stockholm
June 30, 1912 - Stockholm, Sweden - "S.S. Finland" docks in Stockholm
July 7, 1912 - Stockholm - Patton's first event, pistol shooting, begins in the morning
July 12, 1912 - Stockholm - Final event, the 4,000 meter dun
July 17(?), 1912 - Berlin, Dresden, Nuremberg - While "S.S. Finland" departs to Dover with the american athletes, Patton travels to Germany to learn fencing techniques
August(?) 1(?), 1912 - Saumur, France - Patton travels to Saumur, France, to learn fencing techniques with Adjutant Charles Cléry, a french instructor of fencing at the Cavalry School there
December 1(?), 1912 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Appointed to the Chief of Staffs office as a staff Officer and occasional aide to Gen. Wood and Stimson. Patton designs a new saber for fencing, becoming known as the "Patton Saber"
June 1(?), 1913 - Saumur, France - Returns to Saumur for further fencing instruction
September 1(?), 1913 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Becomes both a student and a fencing instructor at the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas
June 1(?), 1914 - New York City - American Olympic Committee meeting at New York Athletic Club. Patton is elected to the 1916 US Olympic Team that would be competing in Berlin
February 28, 1915 - Daughter Ruth Ellen is born
June 1(?), 1915 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Patton graduates from the Mounted Service School
August(?) 1(?), 1915 - Washington D.C. - Travels to Washington D.C. During 11 days of leave and convinces influential friends to arrange a reassignment for him to the 8th Cavalry at For Bliss, Texas
September 1(?), 1915 - Fort Bliss, Texas - Transfered to Fort Bliss, Texas
March 9, 1916 - While in Fort Bliss, Texas(?) - Mexican forces loyal to Pancho Villa cross into New Mexico and raid the border town of Columbus
March 13, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton appeals to expedition commander John J. Pershing and is named his personal aide for the expedition. Both reach Columbus, New Mexico, by train
March 15, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico | Las Palomas, Mexico - Patton crosses to Mexico at Las Palomas, to search for Pancho Villa
March 17, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - The expedition reaches Colonia Dublán, Mexico. Pershing establishes his HQ there
March 29, 1916 - Guerrero - Clash with the "villistas" at Guerrero
April 1, 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico - Pershing sends Patton to Namiquipa with dispatches
April 11, 1916 - Parral | Santa Cruz de Villegas - Clash with the "villistas" at Parral, then at Santa Cruz de Villegas
April 15(?), 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico(?) - Patton asks Pershing for the opportunity to command troops, and is assigned to Troop C of the 13th Cavalry to assit in the manhunt for Villa and his subordinates
April 16, 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico - Pershing establishes his HQ at Namiquipa
May 2, 1916 - San Miguel, 10 miles N. of Rubio - Patton and Troop C head for San Miguel, where they find Julio Cárdenas' family
May 9, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - President Wilson forces Pershing to reestablish his HQ back in Colonia Dublán
May 14, 1916 - San Miguel, 10 miles N. of Rubio - With new intelligence, Patton returns to San Miguel with ten soldiers and two civilian guides, surprising three of Pancho Villa's men during a foraging expedition, killing Julio Cárdenas and two of his guards
May 23, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico(?) - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant while part of the 10th Cavalry
June 22, 1916 - Carrizal - Clash against General Gómez's troops
June 30(?), 1916 - Ahumada, 70 miles E. of Colonia Dublán - Troop C moves to Ahumada, 70 miles east of Colonia Dublán
July 13, 1916 - Colonia Juarez - Arrives at Colonia Juarez by train
September 1, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Pershing and Patton reach Columbus, New Mexico. General Pershing inspects the troops before returning to Mexico
October 2, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico(?) - A gas lamp explodes in Patton's face and ear while he was working in his tent. He is taken to hospital
October 9, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton leaves hospital
October 10, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Departs on leave to California
October 12, 1916 - Los Angeles - Patton arrives in Los Angeles on leave
November 11, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton departs to Colonia Dublán
November 12, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - Patton returns to Colonia Dublán
December 3, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - Letter to his father
January 16, 1917 - While at Colonia Dublán(?) - The US government becomes aware that German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman had sent a telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico with a proposal for Carranza. The telegram offered that, in return for starting a conflict that would keep the US occupied on its southern border, Germany would see that Mexico received Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
February 5, 1917 - United States - Pershing's forces return to the United States
April 23, 1917 - Prides Crossing, Massachusetts - Letter to General Pershing
May 15, 1917 - Washington D.C. - Patton is promoted to Captain
May 18, 1917 - Front Royal, Virginia - Detailed to Front Royal, Virginia, to oversee horse procurement for the Army
May 19, 1917 - New York | Washington D.C. - Arrives at New York by train. Reaches Washington D.C. Later that day
May 20, 1917 - Fort Myer, Arlington - Inspects troops selected to be sent to France
May 28, 1917 - Governors Island, New York - Departs to England among the 186 men of Pershing's advance party, aboard "S.S. Baltic"
June 7, 1917 - S. of Ireland - The southern coast of Ireland is sighted. For two days S.S.Baltic is escorted by two destroyers in u-boat infested waters
June 8, 1917 - Liverpool, England - "S.S. Baltic" arrives at Liverpool. Pershing is received by the City Mayor
June 9, 1917 - London - The american advance party arrive in London by train. Pershing meets with War Secretary Lord Derby, Field Marshal Sir John French, the american ambassador Walter Hines Page.
June 12(?), 1917 - London - Pershing meets with King George V and Prime-Minister Lloyd George
June 13, 1917 - Boulogne | Paris - Arrives at Boulogne with Pershing. Reaches Paris on the same day
July 4, 1917 - Paris - 4th of July parade in Paris
July 7, 1917 - Blendecques, near St.Omer - Patton drives to Blendecques, near St.Omer, via Amiens and Aire-sur-la-Lys
July 20, 1917 - Montreuil | St.Omer - Patton travels with Pershing from Paris to Mountreuil, where the main British HQ was located. Then they drive to St.Omer to meet with the british commander in chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
July 24, 1917 - Paris - Returns to Paris
July 31, 1917 - Saint-Dizier - Drives to Saint-Dizier
August 1, 1917 - Ligny-en-Barrois | Menaucourt | St.Amand | Treves | Baudingencourt | Neufchateau | Vittel - Patton drives to visit several front units
August 2, 1917 - Paris - Patton travels to Paris, via Chaumont and Troyes
September 1, 1917 - Chaumont - Moves to Chaumont with Pershing
September 6, 1917 - Grandecourt - Patton attends a review at Grandecourt with presence of the President and General Petáin
October 3, 1917 - Chaumont - Patton submits an application to the "Tank Service"
November 3, 1917 - Paris - Pershing returns to Paris
November 4, 1917 - Paris - Pershing has breakfast with Lloyd George. The Prime-Minister invites Pershing to go with him to the Rapallo Conference, but the general declines
November 10, 1917 - Assigned to establish the AEF Light Tank School
November 18, 1917 - Paris - Travels to Paris
November 19, 1917 - Champlieu - Reports to the French Army's tank training school at Champlieu for a 2-week course, where he drives a Renault FT Light Tank
December 1, 1917 - Albert, 48km from Cambrai - Patton goes to Albert to be briefed on the results of the british offensive towards the rail center of Cambrai, where many tanks were used
December 10(?), 1917 - Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris - Visit to the Renault factory
December 16, 1917 - Langres - Returns to Langres
January 1, 1918 - Paris - Arrives in Paris
January 2, 1918 - Crépy-en-Valois, NE of Paris - At Crépy-en-Valois, northeast of Paris
January 3, 1918 - Amiens - Reaches Amiens
January 13, 1918 - Chaumont - Drives to Chaumont
January 26, 1918 - Langres(?) - Patton is promoted to Major
February 2, 1918 - Chaumont | Langres - Drives to Chaumont. Returns to Langres by night
February 14, 1918 - Saumur - Drives to Saumur
March 4, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris. Then departs by train to Boulogne
March 5, 1918 - Boulogne | London - Patton reaches London, via Folkestone
March 10, 1918 - Folkestone | Paris - Returns to Paris, via Folkestone
March 12, 1918 - Langres - Back at Langres
March 18, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton moves his office to Bourg, near Langres
March 23, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton receives the first 10 tanks at the Tank School in Bourg
April 3, 1918 - Langres - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Attends the Command and General Staff College in Langres
May 22, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris
May 27, 1918 - Ménévillers, NW of Compiègne - Patton travels to the Front, at a time getting within 200 yards of the german line
June 1, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris, via Clermont
June 7, 1918 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
August 1(?), 1918 - Langres(?) - Placed in charge of the US 1st Provisional Tank Brigade
September 1(?), 1918 - Langres - Patton finishes training two tank battalions for the offensive at St.Mihiel salient
September 12, 1918 - Saint-Mihiel salient, France - Battle of Saint-Mihiel (until September 15th) - Allied victory
September 26, 1918 - near Cheppy - Patton is wounded 8km into german lines while getting tanks forward and rallying disorganized infantrymen to attack enemy resistance. He is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
October 17, 1918 - Langres - Patton is brevetted to Colonel in the Tank Corps
October 25, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton is discharged from the hospital and returns to Bourg
November 6, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - The 1st Provisional Tank Brigade is redesignated 304th Tank Brigade
November 11, 1918 - While at Bourg - Armistice - End of World War I
December 3, 1918 - Verdun | St-Mihiel - Patton visits Verdun and St.Mihiel
December 4, 1918 - Neufchateau - Patton is awarded the DSC - Distinguished Service Cross
December 6, 1918 - Paris - Visit to Paris
December 8, 1918 - Paris - Lunch with General Pershing
December 14, 1918 - Paris - Goes to the Place de la Concorde to see the President
December 22, 1918 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
January 5, 1919 - Bourbonne-les-Bains | Chaumont - Patton goes to Bourbonne-les-Bains, then to Chaumont
January 17, 1919 - Toul | Neufchateau - Patton arrives at Toul. Dinner at Neufchateau with Colonel Norton
January 20, 1919 - Commercy - Arrives at Commercy
January 24, 1919 - Nancy - Arrives at Nancy
January 25, 1919 - Thionville - Arrives at Thionville, via Metz
January 26, 1919 - Luxembourg (city) - Arrives at Luxembourg
January 27, 1919 - Diekirch, Luxembourg - visiting Diekirch, Luxembourg
February 2, 1919 - Toul | Nancy - Returns to Toul. Dinner at Nancy
February 10, 1919 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
February 14, 1919 - Paris - Patton travels to Paris
February 16, 1919 - Paris - Patton meets the Prince of Wales
February 22, 1919 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
February 26, 1919 - Langres - Patton departs to Marseille by train. Arrives at Langres
February 27, 1919 - Lyon - The train passes through Lyon
February 28, 1919 - Marseille - Patton arrives at Marseille by train
March 1, 1919 - Marseille - Departs to the United States aboard the "S.S. Patria"
March 4, 1919 - Gibraltar - Stop at Gibraltar
March 16, 1919 - Off New York - "S.S. Patria" passes fire Island light ship, then Ambrose Channel
March 17, 1919 - New York - The "S.S. Patria" arrives in New York
April(?) 1(?), 1919 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Meets Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Meade, Maryland
June 30, 1920 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Reverts to his permanent rank of Captain
July 1, 1920 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Promoted to Major the next day
September 30, 1920 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Patton relinquishes command of the 304th Tank Brigade and is reassigned to Fort Myer as commander of 3rd squadron, 3rd Cavalry
July 1(?), 1921 - Patton becomes a member of the American Legion Tank Corps Post No.19
January(?) 1(?), 1922 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Attends the Field Officer's Course at the Cavalry School at Fort Riley (until mid-1923)
June(?) 1(?), 1923 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Attends the Command and General Staff College (until mid-1924)
August 1(?), 1923 - off Salem, Massachusetts - Patton saves several children from drowning when they fall off a yacht during a boating trip off Salem, Massachusetts
December 24, 1923 - Boston, Massachusetts - Son George Patton IV is born
July 30, 1924 - Boston - Temporarily appointed to the General Staff Corps in Boston
March 4, 1925 - New York City - Sails to Hawaii aboard the transport ship "Chateau-Thierry", via Panama Canal
March 31, 1925 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Reassigned as G-1 and G-2 of the Hawaiian Division at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu
May 1(?), 1927 - Washington D.C. - Transfered to the Office of the Chief of Cavalry in Washington D.C.
October 6, 1928 - While in Washington D.C. - His mother, Ruth Wilson Patton, dies
January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Carlisle, PA - Patton leaves the office of the Chief of Cavalry and attends the Army War College
June 2, 1932 - Carlisle, PA - Awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in combat in 1918
June 11, 1932 - Carlisle, PA - Becomes a "Distinguished Graduate" from the Army War College
July 1(?), 1932 - Washington D.C. - Patton takes command of the 600 troops of the 3rd Cavalry
July 28, 1932 - Washington D.C. - General Douglas MacArthur orders Patton's troops to advance on protesting veterans with tear gas and bayonets. Patton disperses the veterans, although he recognizes the legitimacy of their complaints
March 2, 1934 - Washington D.C. - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the regular Army
March 15, 1935 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Letters to Hugh Luttrell and Edward Strother
May 7, 1935 - Los Angeles - Departs Los Angeles for Hawaii. He is transfered to the Hawaiian Division to serve as G-2. Takes a month sailing from California to Hawaii
June 8, 1935 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii
August 1(?), 1935 - Oahu, Hawaii - Patton curses Walter Dillingham, the most powerful man in Oahu, during a polo match
June 3, 1937 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton writes a paper with the title "surprise" which predicts with "chilling accuracy" a surprise attack by the japanese on Hawaii
June 12, 1937 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton departs Honolulu
July 12, 1937 - Los Angeles - Returns to Los Angeles
July 25, 1937 - Los Angeles - Extended leave. Patton is nearly killed by phlebitis, developed from a leg fracture when he was kicked by a horse
November 14, 1937 - Los Angeles - Discharged from the hospital
July 24, 1938 - Fort Clark, Texas - Promoted to Colonel and given command of the 5th Cavalry at Fort Clark, Texas
December 10, 1938 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Reassigned to Fort Myer as commander of the 3rd Cavalry. Meets General George C. Marshall
April 1, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Spring maneuvers at Fort Benning, Georgia
May 1, 1940 - Fort Beauregard, Louisiana - Maneuvers at Fort Beauregard with Patton as control officer
July 6, 1940 - Green Meadows, Massachusetts - Patton attends the wedding of his second daughter, Ruth Ellen
July 26, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton takes command of the 2nd armored brigade, 2nd armored Division
October 2, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton is promoted to Brigadier-General
December 1(?), 1940 - Columbus, Georgia | Panama City, Florida - Patton stages a high-profile mass exercise in which 1,000 tanks and vehicles are driven from Columbus, Georgia, to Panama City, Florida, and back
January 1(?), 1941 - Columbus, Georgia | Panama City, Florida - He repeats the exercise with his entire division of 1,300 vehicles the next month.
February 24, 1941 - Rye, New York - Letter to Major General Pershing
April 4, 1941 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton is promoted to Major General and made Commanding General of the 2nd Armored Division
June 1(?), 1941 - Manchester Area, Tennessee - Patton leads the division during the Tennessee Maneuvers and is lauded for his leadership, executing 48 hours' worth of planned objectives in only nine
September 15, 1941 - Shreveport, Louisiana - During the September (15 to 28th) Louisiana Maneuvers, Patton's division is part of the losing Red Army in Phase I, but in Phase II is assigned to the Blue Army. His division executes a 640 km end run around the Red Army and "captures" Shreveport, Louisiana.
September 28, 1941 - Shreveport, Louisiana - End of the Louisiana Maneuvers
November 16, 1941 - S. North Carolina | N. South Carolina - During the October–November Carolina Maneuvers, Patton's division captured Hugh Drum, commander of the opposing army
January 15, 1942 - Fort Knox, Kentucky - Patton is given command of I Armored Corps
February 1(?), 1942 - Imperial Valley, Southern California | southwestern Arizona - Establishes the "Desert Training Center" in the Imperial Valley
August 5, 1942 - Washington D.C. | Goose Bay, Newfoundland - Patton flies to Washington D.C. Then boards another to England, with Doolittle. They reach Goose Bay, Newfoundland on the same day
August 6, 1942 - Ireland | London - Patton and Doolittle stop somewhere in Ireland. Then reach London on the same day
August 7, 1942 - London, England - Patton reports to Eisenhower
August 15, 1942 - London - Eisenhower, Patton and Doolittle discuss "Operation Torch" - the invasion of german-occupied north Africa
August(?) 18(?), 1942 - London - Flies to the United States
September 30, 1942 - Norfork, Virginia - Goes to Norfolk to see Admiral Hewitt
October 6, 1942 - Norfolk | Solomon's Island, Maryland - After spending the night aboard the cruiser "USS Augusta", Patton attends a landing exercise at Solomon's Island, Maryland
October 15, 1942 - Norfolk, Virginia - Inspecting loadings for "Operation Torch"
October 21, 1942 - Washington D.C. - Patton and Admiral Hewitt speak with President Roosevelt
October 24, 1942 - Norfolk, Virginia - Patton sails aboard the cruiser "USS Augusta" for North Africa with 24,000 men in 100 ships
November 3, 1942 - W. of the Canary Islands, S. of the Azores Islands - By November 3rd, the fleet sails West of the Canary Islands and South of the Azores Islands
November 8, 1942 - Fedala (Mohammedia), between Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco - Patton lands at Fedala under french fire. A beachhead is secured later in the day
November 11, 1942 - Fedala (Mohammedia), between Casablanca and Rabat - Casablanca falls and Patton negotiates an armistice with French General Charles Noguès
November 12, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton enters in Casablanca
November 16, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Patton is received by the Sultan, the Grand Vizier and a guard of honor
November 17, 1942 - Gibraltar - Flies to Gibraltar in a B-25, escorted by 4 P-40s
November 18, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Commemorations of the 15th anniversary of the Sultan's accession to the Throne. Patton is received by the Sultan and the Crown Prince
November 24, 1942 - Oran, Algeria - Flies to Oran in a B-25
November 26, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Inspects the 7th and 15th Infantry
December 1, 1942 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers to meet General Clark and Eisenhower
December 3, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Returns to Casablanca
December 4, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Drives to Rabat to compliment some army units
December 8, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Lunch with the Governor of Dakar
December 9, 1942 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers, via Oudja. The aircraft is fired on by Anti-Aircraft artillery
December 10, 1942 - Constantine, Algeria - Drives to Constantine
December 11, 1942 - Souk-el-Khemis, SE of Algiers, Algeria - Patton drives to the HQ of the 5th british army Corps
December 12, 1942 - Beja | Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia - Visiting the front
December 13, 1942 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers
December 14, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton flies into a storm and the crew is unable to locate the airfield. They decide to circle until gas runs out and try to belly land or jump. In the end, they are able to see the airfield through a hole in the clouds and dive, for a safe landing. According to Patton, it is his most dangerous experience in WW2
December 17, 1942 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) - Flies to Oudja to meet General Clark
December 19, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - At Rabat on the invitation of the Sultan to attend the celebration of the "Fête des Moutons"
December 23, 1942 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Flies to Marrakesh
January 5, 1943 - Volubilis, N. of Meknes, Morocco - Visit to the roman ruins of Volubilis
January 14, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton hosts the Casablanca Conference
January 24, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - End of the Casablanca Conference
January 28, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Flies to Oudja in his B-25. Jimmy Doolitle meets him there
January 29, 1943 - Rabat, Morocco - Flies to Rabat, Morocco, to visit the 2nd Armored Division
February 1, 1943 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Flies to Marrakesh
February 3, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Meets General Clark at Oudja and goes with him to Algiers
February 5, 1943 - Port Lyautey - Flies to Port Lyautey to say goodbye to th 9th Division
February 10, 1943 - Meknes | Arzew - Patton visits Meknes and Arzew
February 13, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Flies to Oudja and meets with General Clark. Then flies to Algiers. Dinner wirth Bedell-Smith, Sir Andrew Cunningham and General Paget
February 14, 1943 - Tripoli, Libya - Flies from Algiers to Tripoli in a B-17. Meets Montgomery, Bernard Paget, General Alexander, Miles Dempsey, Bernard Freyberg and Leese
February 18, 1943 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers. Lunch with General Eisenhower
February 19, 1943 - Algiers - Letter to Beatrice
February 20, 1943 - Fort Lyautey | Rabat, Morocco - Flies to Port Lyautey, then to Rabat, Morocco
February 23, 1943 - Salé, near Rabat - Meeting with General Clark
February 24, 1943 - While in Salé, Morroco - The US II Corps is defeated by the German Afrika Korps at the Battle of Kasserine Pass
February 25, 1943 - Rabat, Morocco - Patton moves to a nice house in Rabat
March 5, 1943 - Algiers | Constantine, Algeria - Flies to Algiers and meets Eisenhower at the airport. He is informed that he's replacing Fredendall as Commander of the II Corps. Patton flies to Constantine, Algeria, HQ of the II Corps
March 6, 1943 - Constantine, Algeria - Patton replaces Major General Lloyd Fredendall as commanding officer of the II Corps and promoted to Lieutenant General. Major General Omar Bradley is reassigned to his Corps as its deputy commander
March 17, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - The US 1st Infantry Division takes Gafsa
March 23, 1943 - El Guettar, Tunisia - The Battle of El Guettar begins. For the first time, US forces are able to defeat experienced german tank crews
March 24, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - Patton moves his command post to Gafsa. Dinner with Spaatz
March 26, 1943 - Thelepte, Tunisia - Eisenhower and Patton meet at Thelepte Airport
March 27, 1943 - near Meknassy, Tunisia - Visit to the 1st Armored Division
March 28, 1943 - Feriana (Firyanah) - Returns to Feriana
April 3, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - End of the Battle of El Guettar - inconclusive. Three Allied air generals dispatched by Sir Arthur Coningham (to persuade him that the british were providing ample air support) visit Patton. British Chief Air Marshal Arthur Tedder and Americans Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of the Twelfth Air Force, and Maj. Gen. Laurence Kuter, deputy commander of the North African Tactical Air Force. While guaranteeing Patton that he would not see enemy planes over Tunisia, they are attacked by german Focke-Wulfs
April 5, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia(?) - Patton removes Major General Orlando Ward from the command of the 1st Infantry Division
April 6, 1943 - Djebel Berda, near El Guettar - Inspects the town of Djebel Berda
April 8, 1943 - Faid, Tunisia - Patton reconnoiters Faid
April 10, 1943 - Sbeitla, Tunisia - Visit to the 1st Armored Division
April 11, 1943 - Haidra (Haydrah), Algeria-Tunisia border - Patton drives to Haidra to meet General Alexander
April 14, 1943 - Haidra (Haydrah), Algeria-Tunisia border - Patton and Bradley fly to meet Eisenhower at Haidra
April 15, 1943 - Constantine, Algeria - Patton flies to Constantine and meets with Carl Spaatz
April 17, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Returns to Casablanca in a C-47
April 26, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Flies to Oran in a B-17
April 28, 1943 - Algiers - At Algiers for a conference with many high-rank british and american commanders
April 29, 1943 - Algiers - The Algiers Conference discusses Montgomery's 8th british Army plan to attack Sicily
May 1, 1943 - Mers El Hadjadj (Port aux Poules), Algeria - Drives to Mers El Hadjadj to hear Truscott's critique on the landing operations
May 7, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers in a B-17
May 19, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Meets Admiral Hall at Oran
May 20, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Eisenhower phones Patton and Bradley to be present in a military parade in Tunis
May 24, 1943 - Nouvion Airfield, W. algerian coast - Patton meets General Alexander at Nouvion airfield
May 31, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Drives to Oran
June 2, 1943 - Nouvion Airfield, W. algerian coast - Patton and Bradley meet General Marshall at Nouvion Airport
June 3, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) - Patton and Bradley fly to Oudja
June 5, 1943 - Oudja(?) - Patton issues a letter of instructions with his famous war-fighting principles
June 10, 1943 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers to meet Eisenhower
June 11, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis to inspect Truscott's troops
June 12, 1943 - Bizerte - Visit to the 3rd Division's HQ at Bizerte
June 14, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Patton and Bradley meet General Clark at Oran
June 16, 1943 - Sidi-Bel-Abbes - Flies to Sidi-Bel-Abbes in a new C-61 airplane
June 17, 1943 - Mers El Hadjadj (Port aux Poules), Algeria - Flies to Port aux Poules to have lunch with Eisenhower
June 22, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Patton goes to Oran and visits "USS Ancon"
June 23, 1943 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers
June 30, 1943 - Algiers - Patton joins Vice Admiral Hewitt and his staff aboard the transport "USS Monrovia" as commander of the US 7th Army
July 6, 1943 - Algiers - "USS Monrovia" departs for Sicily, sailing past battleships HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson
June 23, 1912 - Antwerp - Arrives at Antwerp. 8-hour layover in the city - Patton immediatly takes off for a jog through the belgian countryside
June 26, 1912 - Antwerp - "S.S. Finland" departs to Stockholm
June 30, 1912 - Stockholm, Sweden - "S.S. Finland" docks in Stockholm
July 7, 1912 - Stockholm - Patton's first event, pistol shooting, begins in the morning
July 12, 1912 - Stockholm - Final event, the 4,000 meter dun
July 17(?), 1912 - Berlin, Dresden, Nuremberg - While "S.S. Finland" departs to Dover with the american athletes, Patton travels to Germany to learn fencing techniques
August(?) 1(?), 1912 - Saumur, France - Patton travels to Saumur, France, to learn fencing techniques with Adjutant Charles Cléry, a french instructor of fencing at the Cavalry School there
December 1(?), 1912 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Appointed to the Chief of Staffs office as a staff Officer and occasional aide to Gen. Wood and Stimson. Patton designs a new saber for fencing, becoming known as the "Patton Saber"
June 1(?), 1913 - Saumur, France - Returns to Saumur for further fencing instruction
September 1(?), 1913 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Becomes both a student and a fencing instructor at the Mounted Service School at Fort Riley, Kansas
June 1(?), 1914 - New York City - American Olympic Committee meeting at New York Athletic Club. Patton is elected to the 1916 US Olympic Team that would be competing in Berlin
February 28, 1915 - Daughter Ruth Ellen is born
June 1(?), 1915 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Patton graduates from the Mounted Service School
August(?) 1(?), 1915 - Washington D.C. - Travels to Washington D.C. During 11 days of leave and convinces influential friends to arrange a reassignment for him to the 8th Cavalry at For Bliss, Texas
September 1(?), 1915 - Fort Bliss, Texas - Transfered to Fort Bliss, Texas
March 9, 1916 - While in Fort Bliss, Texas(?) - Mexican forces loyal to Pancho Villa cross into New Mexico and raid the border town of Columbus
March 13, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton appeals to expedition commander John J. Pershing and is named his personal aide for the expedition. Both reach Columbus, New Mexico, by train
March 15, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico | Las Palomas, Mexico - Patton crosses to Mexico at Las Palomas, to search for Pancho Villa
March 17, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - The expedition reaches Colonia Dublán, Mexico. Pershing establishes his HQ there
March 29, 1916 - Guerrero - Clash with the "villistas" at Guerrero
April 1, 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico - Pershing sends Patton to Namiquipa with dispatches
April 11, 1916 - Parral | Santa Cruz de Villegas - Clash with the "villistas" at Parral, then at Santa Cruz de Villegas
April 15(?), 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico(?) - Patton asks Pershing for the opportunity to command troops, and is assigned to Troop C of the 13th Cavalry to assit in the manhunt for Villa and his subordinates
April 16, 1916 - Namiquipa, Mexico - Pershing establishes his HQ at Namiquipa
May 2, 1916 - San Miguel, 10 miles N. of Rubio - Patton and Troop C head for San Miguel, where they find Julio Cárdenas' family
May 9, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - President Wilson forces Pershing to reestablish his HQ back in Colonia Dublán
May 14, 1916 - San Miguel, 10 miles N. of Rubio - With new intelligence, Patton returns to San Miguel with ten soldiers and two civilian guides, surprising three of Pancho Villa's men during a foraging expedition, killing Julio Cárdenas and two of his guards
May 23, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico(?) - Promoted to 1st Lieutenant while part of the 10th Cavalry
June 22, 1916 - Carrizal - Clash against General Gómez's troops
June 30(?), 1916 - Ahumada, 70 miles E. of Colonia Dublán - Troop C moves to Ahumada, 70 miles east of Colonia Dublán
July 13, 1916 - Colonia Juarez - Arrives at Colonia Juarez by train
September 1, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Pershing and Patton reach Columbus, New Mexico. General Pershing inspects the troops before returning to Mexico
October 2, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico(?) - A gas lamp explodes in Patton's face and ear while he was working in his tent. He is taken to hospital
October 9, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton leaves hospital
October 10, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Departs on leave to California
October 12, 1916 - Los Angeles - Patton arrives in Los Angeles on leave
November 11, 1916 - Columbus, New Mexico - Patton departs to Colonia Dublán
November 12, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - Patton returns to Colonia Dublán
December 3, 1916 - Colonia Dublán, Mexico - Letter to his father
January 16, 1917 - While at Colonia Dublán(?) - The US government becomes aware that German Foreign Secretary Arthur Zimmerman had sent a telegram to the German ambassador in Mexico with a proposal for Carranza. The telegram offered that, in return for starting a conflict that would keep the US occupied on its southern border, Germany would see that Mexico received Texas, New Mexico and Arizona
February 5, 1917 - United States - Pershing's forces return to the United States
April 23, 1917 - Prides Crossing, Massachusetts - Letter to General Pershing
May 15, 1917 - Washington D.C. - Patton is promoted to Captain
May 18, 1917 - Front Royal, Virginia - Detailed to Front Royal, Virginia, to oversee horse procurement for the Army
May 19, 1917 - New York | Washington D.C. - Arrives at New York by train. Reaches Washington D.C. Later that day
May 20, 1917 - Fort Myer, Arlington - Inspects troops selected to be sent to France
May 28, 1917 - Governors Island, New York - Departs to England among the 186 men of Pershing's advance party, aboard "S.S. Baltic"
June 7, 1917 - S. of Ireland - The southern coast of Ireland is sighted. For two days S.S.Baltic is escorted by two destroyers in u-boat infested waters
June 8, 1917 - Liverpool, England - "S.S. Baltic" arrives at Liverpool. Pershing is received by the City Mayor
June 9, 1917 - London - The american advance party arrive in London by train. Pershing meets with War Secretary Lord Derby, Field Marshal Sir John French, the american ambassador Walter Hines Page.
June 12(?), 1917 - London - Pershing meets with King George V and Prime-Minister Lloyd George
June 13, 1917 - Boulogne | Paris - Arrives at Boulogne with Pershing. Reaches Paris on the same day
July 4, 1917 - Paris - 4th of July parade in Paris
July 7, 1917 - Blendecques, near St.Omer - Patton drives to Blendecques, near St.Omer, via Amiens and Aire-sur-la-Lys
July 20, 1917 - Montreuil | St.Omer - Patton travels with Pershing from Paris to Mountreuil, where the main British HQ was located. Then they drive to St.Omer to meet with the british commander in chief, Field Marshal Sir Douglas Haig
July 24, 1917 - Paris - Returns to Paris
July 31, 1917 - Saint-Dizier - Drives to Saint-Dizier
August 1, 1917 - Ligny-en-Barrois | Menaucourt | St.Amand | Treves | Baudingencourt | Neufchateau | Vittel - Patton drives to visit several front units
August 2, 1917 - Paris - Patton travels to Paris, via Chaumont and Troyes
September 1, 1917 - Chaumont - Moves to Chaumont with Pershing
September 6, 1917 - Grandecourt - Patton attends a review at Grandecourt with presence of the President and General Petáin
October 3, 1917 - Chaumont - Patton submits an application to the "Tank Service"
November 3, 1917 - Paris - Pershing returns to Paris
November 4, 1917 - Paris - Pershing has breakfast with Lloyd George. The Prime-Minister invites Pershing to go with him to the Rapallo Conference, but the general declines
November 10, 1917 - Assigned to establish the AEF Light Tank School
November 18, 1917 - Paris - Travels to Paris
November 19, 1917 - Champlieu - Reports to the French Army's tank training school at Champlieu for a 2-week course, where he drives a Renault FT Light Tank
December 1, 1917 - Albert, 48km from Cambrai - Patton goes to Albert to be briefed on the results of the british offensive towards the rail center of Cambrai, where many tanks were used
December 10(?), 1917 - Boulogne-Billancourt, near Paris - Visit to the Renault factory
December 16, 1917 - Langres - Returns to Langres
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| Patton near a Renault light Tank |
January 2, 1918 - Crépy-en-Valois, NE of Paris - At Crépy-en-Valois, northeast of Paris
January 3, 1918 - Amiens - Reaches Amiens
January 13, 1918 - Chaumont - Drives to Chaumont
January 26, 1918 - Langres(?) - Patton is promoted to Major
February 2, 1918 - Chaumont | Langres - Drives to Chaumont. Returns to Langres by night
February 14, 1918 - Saumur - Drives to Saumur
March 4, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris. Then departs by train to Boulogne
March 5, 1918 - Boulogne | London - Patton reaches London, via Folkestone
March 10, 1918 - Folkestone | Paris - Returns to Paris, via Folkestone
March 12, 1918 - Langres - Back at Langres
March 18, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton moves his office to Bourg, near Langres
March 23, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton receives the first 10 tanks at the Tank School in Bourg
April 3, 1918 - Langres - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. Attends the Command and General Staff College in Langres
May 22, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris
May 27, 1918 - Ménévillers, NW of Compiègne - Patton travels to the Front, at a time getting within 200 yards of the german line
June 1, 1918 - Paris - Travels to Paris, via Clermont
June 7, 1918 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
August 1(?), 1918 - Langres(?) - Placed in charge of the US 1st Provisional Tank Brigade
September 1(?), 1918 - Langres - Patton finishes training two tank battalions for the offensive at St.Mihiel salient
September 12, 1918 - Saint-Mihiel salient, France - Battle of Saint-Mihiel (until September 15th) - Allied victory
September 26, 1918 - near Cheppy - Patton is wounded 8km into german lines while getting tanks forward and rallying disorganized infantrymen to attack enemy resistance. He is awarded the Distinguished Service Cross
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| Patton as a Colonel |
October 25, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - Patton is discharged from the hospital and returns to Bourg
November 6, 1918 - Bourg, near Langres - The 1st Provisional Tank Brigade is redesignated 304th Tank Brigade
November 11, 1918 - While at Bourg - Armistice - End of World War I
December 3, 1918 - Verdun | St-Mihiel - Patton visits Verdun and St.Mihiel
December 4, 1918 - Neufchateau - Patton is awarded the DSC - Distinguished Service Cross
December 6, 1918 - Paris - Visit to Paris
December 8, 1918 - Paris - Lunch with General Pershing
December 14, 1918 - Paris - Goes to the Place de la Concorde to see the President
December 22, 1918 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
January 5, 1919 - Bourbonne-les-Bains | Chaumont - Patton goes to Bourbonne-les-Bains, then to Chaumont
January 17, 1919 - Toul | Neufchateau - Patton arrives at Toul. Dinner at Neufchateau with Colonel Norton
January 20, 1919 - Commercy - Arrives at Commercy
January 24, 1919 - Nancy - Arrives at Nancy
January 25, 1919 - Thionville - Arrives at Thionville, via Metz
January 26, 1919 - Luxembourg (city) - Arrives at Luxembourg
January 27, 1919 - Diekirch, Luxembourg - visiting Diekirch, Luxembourg
February 2, 1919 - Toul | Nancy - Returns to Toul. Dinner at Nancy
February 10, 1919 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
February 14, 1919 - Paris - Patton travels to Paris
February 16, 1919 - Paris - Patton meets the Prince of Wales
February 22, 1919 - Chaumont - Returns to Chaumont
February 26, 1919 - Langres - Patton departs to Marseille by train. Arrives at Langres
February 27, 1919 - Lyon - The train passes through Lyon
February 28, 1919 - Marseille - Patton arrives at Marseille by train
March 1, 1919 - Marseille - Departs to the United States aboard the "S.S. Patria"
March 4, 1919 - Gibraltar - Stop at Gibraltar
March 16, 1919 - Off New York - "S.S. Patria" passes fire Island light ship, then Ambrose Channel
March 17, 1919 - New York - The "S.S. Patria" arrives in New York
April(?) 1(?), 1919 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Meets Dwight D. Eisenhower at Camp Meade, Maryland
June 30, 1920 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Reverts to his permanent rank of Captain
July 1, 1920 - Camp Meade, Maryland - Promoted to Major the next day
September 30, 1920 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Patton relinquishes command of the 304th Tank Brigade and is reassigned to Fort Myer as commander of 3rd squadron, 3rd Cavalry
July 1(?), 1921 - Patton becomes a member of the American Legion Tank Corps Post No.19
January(?) 1(?), 1922 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Attends the Field Officer's Course at the Cavalry School at Fort Riley (until mid-1923)
June(?) 1(?), 1923 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Attends the Command and General Staff College (until mid-1924)
August 1(?), 1923 - off Salem, Massachusetts - Patton saves several children from drowning when they fall off a yacht during a boating trip off Salem, Massachusetts
December 24, 1923 - Boston, Massachusetts - Son George Patton IV is born
July 30, 1924 - Boston - Temporarily appointed to the General Staff Corps in Boston
March 4, 1925 - New York City - Sails to Hawaii aboard the transport ship "Chateau-Thierry", via Panama Canal
March 31, 1925 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Reassigned as G-1 and G-2 of the Hawaiian Division at Schofield Barracks in Honolulu
May 1(?), 1927 - Washington D.C. - Transfered to the Office of the Chief of Cavalry in Washington D.C.
October 6, 1928 - While in Washington D.C. - His mother, Ruth Wilson Patton, dies
January(?) 1(?), 1931 - Carlisle, PA - Patton leaves the office of the Chief of Cavalry and attends the Army War College
June 2, 1932 - Carlisle, PA - Awarded the Purple Heart for being wounded in combat in 1918
June 11, 1932 - Carlisle, PA - Becomes a "Distinguished Graduate" from the Army War College
July 1(?), 1932 - Washington D.C. - Patton takes command of the 600 troops of the 3rd Cavalry
July 28, 1932 - Washington D.C. - General Douglas MacArthur orders Patton's troops to advance on protesting veterans with tear gas and bayonets. Patton disperses the veterans, although he recognizes the legitimacy of their complaints
March 2, 1934 - Washington D.C. - Promoted to Lieutenant Colonel in the regular Army
March 15, 1935 - Fort Riley, Kansas - Letters to Hugh Luttrell and Edward Strother
May 7, 1935 - Los Angeles - Departs Los Angeles for Hawaii. He is transfered to the Hawaiian Division to serve as G-2. Takes a month sailing from California to Hawaii
June 8, 1935 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton arrives in Honolulu, Hawaii
August 1(?), 1935 - Oahu, Hawaii - Patton curses Walter Dillingham, the most powerful man in Oahu, during a polo match
June 3, 1937 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton writes a paper with the title "surprise" which predicts with "chilling accuracy" a surprise attack by the japanese on Hawaii
June 12, 1937 - Honolulu, Hawaii - Patton departs Honolulu
July 12, 1937 - Los Angeles - Returns to Los Angeles
July 25, 1937 - Los Angeles - Extended leave. Patton is nearly killed by phlebitis, developed from a leg fracture when he was kicked by a horse
November 14, 1937 - Los Angeles - Discharged from the hospital
July 24, 1938 - Fort Clark, Texas - Promoted to Colonel and given command of the 5th Cavalry at Fort Clark, Texas
December 10, 1938 - Fort Myer, Virginia - Reassigned to Fort Myer as commander of the 3rd Cavalry. Meets General George C. Marshall
April 1, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Spring maneuvers at Fort Benning, Georgia
May 1, 1940 - Fort Beauregard, Louisiana - Maneuvers at Fort Beauregard with Patton as control officer
July 6, 1940 - Green Meadows, Massachusetts - Patton attends the wedding of his second daughter, Ruth Ellen
July 26, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton takes command of the 2nd armored brigade, 2nd armored Division
October 2, 1940 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton is promoted to Brigadier-General
December 1(?), 1940 - Columbus, Georgia | Panama City, Florida - Patton stages a high-profile mass exercise in which 1,000 tanks and vehicles are driven from Columbus, Georgia, to Panama City, Florida, and back
January 1(?), 1941 - Columbus, Georgia | Panama City, Florida - He repeats the exercise with his entire division of 1,300 vehicles the next month.
February 24, 1941 - Rye, New York - Letter to Major General Pershing
April 4, 1941 - Fort Benning, Georgia - Patton is promoted to Major General and made Commanding General of the 2nd Armored Division
June 1(?), 1941 - Manchester Area, Tennessee - Patton leads the division during the Tennessee Maneuvers and is lauded for his leadership, executing 48 hours' worth of planned objectives in only nine
September 15, 1941 - Shreveport, Louisiana - During the September (15 to 28th) Louisiana Maneuvers, Patton's division is part of the losing Red Army in Phase I, but in Phase II is assigned to the Blue Army. His division executes a 640 km end run around the Red Army and "captures" Shreveport, Louisiana.
September 28, 1941 - Shreveport, Louisiana - End of the Louisiana Maneuvers
November 16, 1941 - S. North Carolina | N. South Carolina - During the October–November Carolina Maneuvers, Patton's division captured Hugh Drum, commander of the opposing army
January 15, 1942 - Fort Knox, Kentucky - Patton is given command of I Armored Corps
February 1(?), 1942 - Imperial Valley, Southern California | southwestern Arizona - Establishes the "Desert Training Center" in the Imperial Valley
August 5, 1942 - Washington D.C. | Goose Bay, Newfoundland - Patton flies to Washington D.C. Then boards another to England, with Doolittle. They reach Goose Bay, Newfoundland on the same day
August 6, 1942 - Ireland | London - Patton and Doolittle stop somewhere in Ireland. Then reach London on the same day
August 7, 1942 - London, England - Patton reports to Eisenhower
August 15, 1942 - London - Eisenhower, Patton and Doolittle discuss "Operation Torch" - the invasion of german-occupied north Africa
August(?) 18(?), 1942 - London - Flies to the United States
September 30, 1942 - Norfork, Virginia - Goes to Norfolk to see Admiral Hewitt
October 6, 1942 - Norfolk | Solomon's Island, Maryland - After spending the night aboard the cruiser "USS Augusta", Patton attends a landing exercise at Solomon's Island, Maryland
October 15, 1942 - Norfolk, Virginia - Inspecting loadings for "Operation Torch"
October 21, 1942 - Washington D.C. - Patton and Admiral Hewitt speak with President Roosevelt
October 24, 1942 - Norfolk, Virginia - Patton sails aboard the cruiser "USS Augusta" for North Africa with 24,000 men in 100 ships
November 3, 1942 - W. of the Canary Islands, S. of the Azores Islands - By November 3rd, the fleet sails West of the Canary Islands and South of the Azores Islands
November 8, 1942 - Fedala (Mohammedia), between Casablanca and Rabat, Morocco - Patton lands at Fedala under french fire. A beachhead is secured later in the day
November 11, 1942 - Fedala (Mohammedia), between Casablanca and Rabat - Casablanca falls and Patton negotiates an armistice with French General Charles Noguès
November 12, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton enters in Casablanca
November 16, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Patton is received by the Sultan, the Grand Vizier and a guard of honor
November 17, 1942 - Gibraltar - Flies to Gibraltar in a B-25, escorted by 4 P-40s
November 18, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Commemorations of the 15th anniversary of the Sultan's accession to the Throne. Patton is received by the Sultan and the Crown Prince
November 24, 1942 - Oran, Algeria - Flies to Oran in a B-25
November 26, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Inspects the 7th and 15th Infantry
December 1, 1942 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers to meet General Clark and Eisenhower
December 3, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Returns to Casablanca
December 4, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Drives to Rabat to compliment some army units
December 8, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - Lunch with the Governor of Dakar
December 9, 1942 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers, via Oudja. The aircraft is fired on by Anti-Aircraft artillery
December 10, 1942 - Constantine, Algeria - Drives to Constantine
December 11, 1942 - Souk-el-Khemis, SE of Algiers, Algeria - Patton drives to the HQ of the 5th british army Corps
December 12, 1942 - Beja | Medjez-el-Bab, Tunisia - Visiting the front
December 13, 1942 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers
December 14, 1942 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton flies into a storm and the crew is unable to locate the airfield. They decide to circle until gas runs out and try to belly land or jump. In the end, they are able to see the airfield through a hole in the clouds and dive, for a safe landing. According to Patton, it is his most dangerous experience in WW2
December 17, 1942 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) - Flies to Oudja to meet General Clark
December 19, 1942 - Rabat, Morocco - At Rabat on the invitation of the Sultan to attend the celebration of the "Fête des Moutons"
December 23, 1942 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Flies to Marrakesh
January 5, 1943 - Volubilis, N. of Meknes, Morocco - Visit to the roman ruins of Volubilis
January 14, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Patton hosts the Casablanca Conference
January 24, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - End of the Casablanca Conference
January 28, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Flies to Oudja in his B-25. Jimmy Doolitle meets him there
January 29, 1943 - Rabat, Morocco - Flies to Rabat, Morocco, to visit the 2nd Armored Division
February 1, 1943 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Flies to Marrakesh
February 3, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Meets General Clark at Oudja and goes with him to Algiers
February 5, 1943 - Port Lyautey - Flies to Port Lyautey to say goodbye to th 9th Division
February 10, 1943 - Meknes | Arzew - Patton visits Meknes and Arzew
February 13, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) | Algiers - Flies to Oudja and meets with General Clark. Then flies to Algiers. Dinner wirth Bedell-Smith, Sir Andrew Cunningham and General Paget
February 14, 1943 - Tripoli, Libya - Flies from Algiers to Tripoli in a B-17. Meets Montgomery, Bernard Paget, General Alexander, Miles Dempsey, Bernard Freyberg and Leese
February 18, 1943 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers. Lunch with General Eisenhower
February 19, 1943 - Algiers - Letter to Beatrice
February 20, 1943 - Fort Lyautey | Rabat, Morocco - Flies to Port Lyautey, then to Rabat, Morocco
February 23, 1943 - Salé, near Rabat - Meeting with General Clark
February 24, 1943 - While in Salé, Morroco - The US II Corps is defeated by the German Afrika Korps at the Battle of Kasserine Pass
February 25, 1943 - Rabat, Morocco - Patton moves to a nice house in Rabat
March 5, 1943 - Algiers | Constantine, Algeria - Flies to Algiers and meets Eisenhower at the airport. He is informed that he's replacing Fredendall as Commander of the II Corps. Patton flies to Constantine, Algeria, HQ of the II Corps
March 6, 1943 - Constantine, Algeria - Patton replaces Major General Lloyd Fredendall as commanding officer of the II Corps and promoted to Lieutenant General. Major General Omar Bradley is reassigned to his Corps as its deputy commander
March 17, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - The US 1st Infantry Division takes Gafsa
March 23, 1943 - El Guettar, Tunisia - The Battle of El Guettar begins. For the first time, US forces are able to defeat experienced german tank crews
March 24, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - Patton moves his command post to Gafsa. Dinner with Spaatz
March 26, 1943 - Thelepte, Tunisia - Eisenhower and Patton meet at Thelepte Airport
March 27, 1943 - near Meknassy, Tunisia - Visit to the 1st Armored Division
March 28, 1943 - Feriana (Firyanah) - Returns to Feriana
April 3, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia - End of the Battle of El Guettar - inconclusive. Three Allied air generals dispatched by Sir Arthur Coningham (to persuade him that the british were providing ample air support) visit Patton. British Chief Air Marshal Arthur Tedder and Americans Lt. Gen. Carl Spaatz, commander of the Twelfth Air Force, and Maj. Gen. Laurence Kuter, deputy commander of the North African Tactical Air Force. While guaranteeing Patton that he would not see enemy planes over Tunisia, they are attacked by german Focke-Wulfs
April 5, 1943 - Gafsa, Tunisia(?) - Patton removes Major General Orlando Ward from the command of the 1st Infantry Division
April 6, 1943 - Djebel Berda, near El Guettar - Inspects the town of Djebel Berda
April 8, 1943 - Faid, Tunisia - Patton reconnoiters Faid
April 10, 1943 - Sbeitla, Tunisia - Visit to the 1st Armored Division
April 11, 1943 - Haidra (Haydrah), Algeria-Tunisia border - Patton drives to Haidra to meet General Alexander
April 14, 1943 - Haidra (Haydrah), Algeria-Tunisia border - Patton and Bradley fly to meet Eisenhower at Haidra
April 15, 1943 - Constantine, Algeria - Patton flies to Constantine and meets with Carl Spaatz
April 17, 1943 - Casablanca, Morocco - Returns to Casablanca in a C-47
April 26, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Flies to Oran in a B-17
April 28, 1943 - Algiers - At Algiers for a conference with many high-rank british and american commanders
April 29, 1943 - Algiers - The Algiers Conference discusses Montgomery's 8th british Army plan to attack Sicily
May 1, 1943 - Mers El Hadjadj (Port aux Poules), Algeria - Drives to Mers El Hadjadj to hear Truscott's critique on the landing operations
May 7, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers in a B-17
May 19, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Meets Admiral Hall at Oran
May 20, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Eisenhower phones Patton and Bradley to be present in a military parade in Tunis
May 24, 1943 - Nouvion Airfield, W. algerian coast - Patton meets General Alexander at Nouvion airfield
May 31, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Drives to Oran
June 2, 1943 - Nouvion Airfield, W. algerian coast - Patton and Bradley meet General Marshall at Nouvion Airport
June 3, 1943 - Oudja (Morocco-Algeria border) - Patton and Bradley fly to Oudja
June 5, 1943 - Oudja(?) - Patton issues a letter of instructions with his famous war-fighting principles
June 10, 1943 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers to meet Eisenhower
June 11, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis to inspect Truscott's troops
June 12, 1943 - Bizerte - Visit to the 3rd Division's HQ at Bizerte
June 14, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Patton and Bradley meet General Clark at Oran
June 16, 1943 - Sidi-Bel-Abbes - Flies to Sidi-Bel-Abbes in a new C-61 airplane
June 17, 1943 - Mers El Hadjadj (Port aux Poules), Algeria - Flies to Port aux Poules to have lunch with Eisenhower
June 22, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Patton goes to Oran and visits "USS Ancon"
June 23, 1943 - Algiers - Returns to Algiers
June 30, 1943 - Algiers - Patton joins Vice Admiral Hewitt and his staff aboard the transport "USS Monrovia" as commander of the US 7th Army
July 6, 1943 - Algiers - "USS Monrovia" departs for Sicily, sailing past battleships HMS Rodney and HMS Nelson
July 8, 1943 - Off Cape Bon, Tunisia - USS Monrovia sails past Cape Bon, Tunisia
July 10, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - USS Monrovia reaches Gela. The 7th Army begins landing
July 11, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - Patton leaves "USS Monrovia" to establish Headquarters ashore
July 12, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - Eisenhower arrives in a light cruiser and meets Patton aboard USS Monrovia
July 13, 1943 - East of Butera, Sicily - Patton drives to the east of Butera, north of Gela
July 14, 1943 - Licata, Sicily - Lunch with Truscott, where Patton orders him to take Agrigento
July 15, 1943 - Ragusa, Sicily - Patton drives through Ragusa, liberated July 11th
July 17, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Patton flies in a B-25 to Tunis to see General Alexander. Returns to Gela at the end of the day
July 19, 1943 - Gela, Sicily - Patton's chief of staff, Brigadier General Hobart R.Gay claims that Alexander's orders to limit the attack on Messina is "lost in transmission"
July 21, 1943 - Agrigento, Sicily - Patton moves his HQ to Agrigento, then drives to Menfi, western Sicily. Division General Lucian Truscott covers 160km in 72 hours, reaching Palermo
July 22, 1943 - SE of Castelvetrano | Palermo, Sicily - Patton shoots a pair of mules that had stopped while pulling a cart across a bridge. He orders the two mules to be thrown off the bridge to let the military column cross the bridge. When the night falls, Patton is taken in a jeep to Palermo, abandoned hours before by the germans
July 25, 1943 - Syracuse | Palermo, Sicily - Meets Montgomery at Syracuse. Later, Patton flies back to Palermo
July 26, 1943 - Cefalù, Sicily - Drives to Cefalù to meet General Middleton
July 29, 1943 - Gangi, Sicily - Drives to Gangi
July 31, 1943 - Cefalù, Sicily - Eisenhower flies to Cefalù. Patton meets him at the airport
August 3, 1943 - Nicosia, Sicily - Patton slaps and verbally abuses Private Charles H.Kuhl at an evacuation hospital in Nicosia after he had been found to suffer from "battle fatigue"
August 8, 1943 - Santo Stefano, Sicily - Patton's troops land at Santo Stefano
August 10, 1943 - Santo Stefano, Sicily - Second landing at Santo Stefano. Again, Patton slaps and abuses verbally another "battle fatigued" soldier, Private Paul G. Bennett
August 16, 1943 - Santo Stefano | Messina, Sicily - Third landing. By the end of the day, Messina falls to Patton's forces
August 19, 1943 - Messina(?) - Patton is awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Cross
August 20, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - HQ is moved to Palermo. Patton receives a reprimand letter from Eisenhower about the two soldiers he slapped
August 21, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton summons Private Paul G. Bennett to apologize to him. Both shake hands. He meets Bob Hope on the same day
August 23, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton summons Private Charles H. Kuhl to apologize to him. Both shake hands
August 25, 1943 - Trabia - Drives to Trabia and makes a speech to the 45th Division
August 26, 1943 - Termini East (Airfield) - Flies to Termini East
August 27, 1943 - Licata, Sicily - Flies to Licata and makes a speech to the 1st Division
August 28, 1943 - San Stefano | Brolo - Flies to San Stefano. Then drives to Brolo
August 29, 1943 - Catania, Sicily - Flies to Catania with Omar Bradley and Lucian Truscott. They meet Eisenhower and Montgomery there
August 30, 1943 - Trapani, Sicily - Flies to Trapani
August 31, 1943 - Mostaganem, Algeria - Flies to Mostaganem. Spends the night with General Clark
September 1, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Drives to Oran to visit his old training area
September 2, 1943 - Algiers | Palermo, Sicily - Flies to Algiers and spends the night with General Hughes. Returns to Palermo next morning
September 10, 1943 - Bizerte, Tunisia - Flies to Bizerte to meet General Alexander
September 11, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Flies back to Palermo
September 17, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Eisenhower flies to Palermo on his way to visit the 5th Army. Meets Patton at the airport
October 10, 1943 - Pino de Greco, SW of Palermo - Patton drives to to visit the greek colony of Pino de Greco
October 14, 1943 - Gela, Sicily - Flies to Gela to meet General Clift Andrus
October 16, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers. Dinner with Eisenhower
October 17, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Flies back to Palermo
October 20, 1943 - Segesta, Sicily - Drives to Segesta to see greek ruins
October 21, 1943 - Syracuse, Sicily - Flies to Catania, via Licata. Then drives to Syracuse
October 25, 1943 - Comiso, near Ragusa, Sicily - Flies to Comiso to see new glider developments for airborne operations
October 27, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers. Eisenhower and Patton attend a play put on by soldiers
October 28, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis and drives through Carthage
October 29, 1943 - Ajaccio, Corsica - Flies to Corsica and Sardinia to see the effects of the war
October 30, 1943 - Bastia, Corsica - Drives to Bastia
October 31, 1943 - Calvi, Corsica - Drives to Calvi
November 1, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis. Dinner with General Hodges
November 2, 1943 - San Stefano | Brolo - Patton flies to San Stefano with Hodges. Then they drive to Brolo
November 3, 1943 - Naples, Italy - Hodges flies to Naples with Patton
November 16, 1943 - Termini - Patton visits the 9th and 11th Evacuation hospitals
December 5, 1943 - While at Pompeii - Patton drives to Pompeii. He receives a L.L.D. In political science at the University of Palermo
December 6, 1943 - Bari | Palermo - Flies to Bari, then to Palermo
December 7, 1943 - Castelvetrano, Sicily - Visit to Eisenhower's HQ
December 8, 1943 - Castelvetrano, Sicily - President Roosevelt lands in Sicily after the second Cairo Conference
December 12, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Patton flies to Cairo, with a 45 minute stop at Benghazi, Libya, for refuelling
December 14, 1943 - Jerusalem, Palestine - Patton flies to Jerusalem
December 15, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Returns to Cairo. Visit to the Pyramids. Lunch with General Alexander
December 17, 1943 - Faqus | Alexandria, Egypt - Visits the polish camp at Faqus and meets General Anders, commander of the polish II Corps. Later in the day Patton drives to Alexandria
December 18, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Returns to Cairo
December 19, 1943 - Karnak | Luxor - Patton flies to Karnak and Luxor. Visit to Thebes
December 20, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton flies from Cairo to Palermo
January 1, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton receives a message saying that he would be relieved of command of the 7th Army and to report to Algiers for instructions
January 2, 1944 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers
January 4, 1944 - Tebessa, Algeria | Feriana (Firyanah), Tunisia | Malta - Patton flies to Malta with stops at Tebessa and Feriana. He sees from above the battlefields where his army fought Rommel's Afrika Korps
January 6, 1944 - Malta | Palermo, Italy - Flies from Malta to Palermo
January 8, 1944 - Naples | Caserta - Patton flies to Naples. Drives to Caserta for a short stay with General Clark
January 10, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Returns to Palermo
January 15, 1944 - Troina, Sicily - Visit to Troina, Sicily
January 22, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton is relieved of command of the 7th Army. Order to fly to Algiers for instructions
January 24, 1944 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers
January 25, 1944 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Patton flies to Marrakesh, Morocco. Then departs from Marrakesh in the same C-54 to meet General Eisenhower in England
January 26, 1944 - Prestwick | London, England - Landing at Prestwick. Meeting with General Eisenhower. Patton is formally given command of the US 3rd Army in England, a newly formed field army
January 28, 1944 - Gourock, Scotland - "HMS Queen Mary" reaches Gourock. Patton is there to meet the men from the 3rd Army
January 29, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The men proceed by train for Preover Camp, about 3 miles from Knutsford, Cheshire
January 30, 1944 - Cheltenham - Visit to the HQ of the SOS (Services of Supply)
February 1, 1944 - near Badminton - Visit to the US 4th Armored Division
February 4, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - Back at Peover Hall
February 7, 1944 - Chester | Armagh, Northern Ireland - Patton boards a plane at Chester. Visit to the 2nd Division at Armagh, Northern Ireland
February 8, 1944 - Omagh, Northern Ireland - Inspection to the 8th Division
February 9, 1944 - Tandragee, Northern Ireland - Inspection to the 6th Cavalry, Mechanized
February 10, 1944 - London, England - Arrives in London
February 11, 1944 - London - Visit to Montgomery's HQ with Omar Bradley. Visit to Eisenhower at his house
February 12, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - Returns to Peover Hall
February 16, 1944 - Toft Camp, near Knutsford - Conference between Patton and Eisenhower
February 17, 1944 - Middlesex Hospital, London - Patton goes to the hospital for an x-ray treatment
March 1, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The US 3rd Army establishes its HQ at Preover Hall, near Knutsford
March 12, 1944 - London - Patton and 3rd Army staff officer go to London to discuss its role during Operation Overlord with G-3 from the 1st Army
March 25, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The 3rd Army HQ is assembled when all officers appointed by Patton arrive from the US
March 27, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Daily conferences begin at the War Room
April 5, 1944 - London - Another HQ for the 3rd Army is established in London, near the HQ of the 1st Army
April 7, 1944 - London - Briefing of the 1st US Army and 2nd British Army at St.Paul's School. Montgomery speaks for 2 hours, followed by Sir Thomas Leigh-Mallory and Admiral Sir Bertrand Ramsey
April 8, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Drives back to Peover Hall
April 20, 1944 - Bridgenorth - Patton talks to the 90th Division at Bridgenorth
April 22, 1944 - Castle Martin, SW of Wales - Patton attends 6th Armored Division exercises
April 25, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - "Knutsford Incident" - While opening the "Welcome Club" for officers of the 3rd Army, Patton makes a speech that almost causes his downfall, omitting reference to the russian allies and saying that it was "the evident destiny of the british and americans to rule the world". A diplomatic incident is created.
April 28, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - General Leclerc visits Patton
May 1, 1944 - London - Patton is summoned by Eisenhower and told how serious his situation is regarding his mistakes in conferences like with the "Knutsford Incident". General Marshall and the War Department propose that Patton is relieved and reduced to Colonel, however, Eisenhower opposes that decision
May 6, 1944 - Peover Hall(?) - Patton experiences flying in a Mosquito at 300 mph
May 9, 1944 - The Downs - Patton attends a rehearsal of the D-Day landings
May 11, 1944 - Cheltenham - Drives to Cheltenham with General Hughes
May 12, 1944 - London - Luncheon to commemorate the campaign in Africa, with 32 high-rank officers including Eisenhower, Patton, Spaatz, Doolittle and Tedder
May 14, 1944 - London - Dinner with Doolittle
May 15, 1944 - St.Paul's School, London - Final briefing for the invasion of Normandy at St.Paul's School in London, with the presence of the King, Churchill, Smuts, Eisenhower, Ramsey, Leigh-Mallory, Patton, Spaatz and Omar Bradley
May 26, 1944 - Uxbridge - Patton flies to Northolt airfield and drives to Uxbridge to visit the Tactical Air Force Command Post
May 27, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Back at Peover Hall
June 1, 1944 - Portsmouth | Southwick - Patton and Bradley fly to Portsmouth to see Montgomery at Southwick
June 2, 1944 - Bristol | Marlborough | Moreton-on-Marsh | Sennybridge - Patton flies to Bristol, then drives to Marlborough (the HQ of XX Corps) and then to Moreton-on-Marsh. At the end of the day, he drives to Sennybridge in Wales to attend artillery exercises
June 3, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Back at Peover Hall
June 12, 1944 - Salisbury Plains - Patton flies to Salisbury Plain to test the 76mm tank gun
June 13, 1944 - Manchester - Exhibition of british weapons at Manchester
June 14, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - OSS sends the film of the D-Day landings
June 15, 1944 - Manchester - Attends the play "Africa Star"
June 18, 1944 - London - Flies to London and inspects a place hit by a V-1 flying bomb. He witnesses another one flying until it hits central London
June 21, 1944 - Tidworth - Patton addresses the 7th Army soldiers at Tidworth
June 25, 1944 - Tavistock, Cornwall - Patton drives to Tavistock in very bad weather
June 26, 1944 - Exeter - Meets Eisenhower at Exeter
June 27, 1944 - Salisbury | Peover Hall - Arrives at Salisbury by train, then flies back to Peover Hall
June 28, 1944 - near Hull - Inspects the french 2nd Armored Division near Hull
June 30, 1944 - Breamore, England - Patton flies in a B-26 to his new HQ at Breamore, just when the 3rd Army is about to be moved to Normandy
July 4, 1944 - London - Flies to London
July 5, 1944 - London | Breamore - Meets Eisenhower, just back from France. Then leaves London with relief, in a day of several V-1 bombs hitting London
July 6, 1944 - S. of Isigny, France - Patton and his chief of staff fly to Omaha Beach, then drive to Omar Bradley's HQ south of Isigny
July 7, 1944 - W. of Bayeux - Patton goes to see Montgomery at his command post, west of Bayeux. Both have lunch with Omar Bradley. The 3rd Army HQ is established at Bricquebec
July 8, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visits Cherbourg
July 13, 1944 - Bricquebec, Contentin Peninsula - Visits the Chateau de Bricquebec, close to his HQ
July 14, 1944 - Utah Beach | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Cotentin Peninsula - Patton goes to Utah Beach. At the end of the day he goes to Teddy Roosevelt Jr's funeral
July 16, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visits the german defenses of Cherbourg
July 17, 1944 - Cherbourg | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte | Carentan | Isigny | Omaha Beach - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson arrives at Cherbourg. Patton accompanies him to Teddy Roosevelt's grave, then through Carentan and Isigny, along the coast road to Omaha Beach
July 18, 1944 - Bricquebec, Contentin Peninsula - At his HQ
July 19, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visiting the german defenses of Cherbourg
July 23, 1944 - S. of Isigny(?) - Patton goes to see Omar Bradley at his HQ
July 26, 1944 - Sainte-Mère-Église - Patton attends Colonel "Paddy" Flint's funeral (hit by a german sniper at Caen). Dinner with Bradley
July 28, 1944 - While at Bricquebec - Bradley assumes command of the 12th Army Group. He gives his okay for Patton to supervise control of the VIII Corps. Patton is given the temporary position of deputy commander, 12th Army Group
July 29, 1944 - Coutances | Périers, Contentin Peninsula - Patton drives to Coutances, then to Périers
July 31, 1944 - Muneville-le-Bingard, N. of Coutances | Brehal, S. of Coutances - The 3rd Army HQ is moved to Muneville-le-Bingard, north of Coutances. Patton then drives to the command post of the VIII Corps at Brehal, south of Coutances
August 1, 1944 - Brehal, S. of Coutances - Bradley arrives to meet Patton. The US 3rd Army becomes operational, under Bradley's 12th US Army Group
August 2, 1944 - East of Avranches - Patton drives to the east of Avranches to discipline the 90th Division
August 4, 1944 - Pontorson | St-James - Visits the 6th armored division and the 83rd division in his L-29 armored car
August 5, 1944 - East of St.Lô - Patton drives to the 1st Army HQ to talk to Generals Bradley and Hodges
August 6, 1944 - Brehal, S. of Coutances(?) - Patton drives to the VIII Corps HQ to find out what is delaying the capture of St-Malo
August 8, 1944 - Dol-de-Bretagne - Patton drives to Dol-de-Bretagne to see the VIII Corps. 1st US Army command post is moved to the southeast of St-James
August 9, 1944 - SE of St-James(?) - Patton returns to HQ and finds Spaatz, Tedder and Bradley waiting for him. The last time they were all together was at Gafsa, Tunisia
August 11, 1944 - NE of Le Mans - Visits XV Corps, northeast of Le Mans
August 12, 1944 - Fougères - Drives to Fougères. 3rd US Army command post is moved to the northwest of Le Mans
August 14, 1944 - Alençon | St-James - Flies to Alençon, via Le Mans. Then returns to St-James to speak with Bradley
August 15, 1944 - Le Mans - Visits two evacuation hospitals at Le Mans
August 16, 1944 - Chartres | SSW of Dreux | Alençon - Patton drives to Chartres, just liberated, but with some firing still going on. He then drives to XV Corps HQ, between Chateauneuf-en-Thymerais and Dreux. Returns to Alençon at the end of the day
August 17, 1944 - St-James - Flies to the 12th Army group HQ to speak with Hodges
August 18, 1944 - Chateauneuf | Mantes | St-James - Flies to Chateauneuf, then drives to Mantes, via Dreux. Flies back to the 12th US Army HQ at St-James in very bad weather
August 20, 1944 - Brou, SW of Chartres - Patton moves the 3rd Army HQ to Brou, Southwest of Chartres
August 21, 1944 - While at Brou - The US 3rd Army and the 1st Canadian Army seal the Falaise Pocket
August 22, 1944 - St-James(?) - Flies to the 12th Army group HQ to speak with Bradley. However, Bradley had left to meet Eisenhower and Montgomery
August 25, 1944 - South of Pithiviers | Chartres - Patton moves the 3rd Army HQ to 15km South of Pithiviers (south of Paris). There, Bradley phones him and asks Patton to join him at his HQ in Chartres. When Patton arrives, Hodges is there aswell
August 26, 1944 - Melun, SE of Paris - Patton visits the 7th Armored Division at Melun
August 27, 1944 - Orléans - Flies to Orléans, where some shelling is going on across the river
August 28, 1944 - South of Pithiviers - At his HQ
August 29, 1944 - near Troyes - Drives to XII Corps HQ near Troyes
August 30, 1944 - Chartres | La Chaume, 10km NE of Sens - Drives to Chartres (12th Army Group HQ) and meets with Bradley. Then goes to his new HQ, 10 km northeast of Sens
August 31, 1944 - Morlaix | Plougastel-Daulas Peninsula | Chartres - Patton and Bradley fly to Morlaix in a C-47. Then they drive to Plougastel-Daulas Peninsula, which had just been taken. Both fly back to Chartres
September 1, 1944 - La Chaume, 10km NE of Sens - Returns to his HQ
September 2, 1944 - Chartres - Patton meets Eisenhower and Bradley at 12th Army Group HQ
September 3, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois, E. of St-Dizier | SE of Châlons-en-Champagne - Patton drives to the XII Corps new HQ at Ligny-en-Barrois. Later he moves to his new HQ, southeast of Châlons-en-Champagne
September 5, 1944 - SE of Châlons-en-Champagne - Bradley visits Patton at his HQ
September 6, 1944 - Étain | Conflans - Patton visits the front, reaching Étain and Conflans, via Verdun
September 7, 1944 - Reims - Drives to Reims for a visit
September 8, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois, E. of St-Dizier | Toul, W. of Nancy - Drives to Ligny-En-Barrois, then front, south of Toul
September 9, 1944 - Chartres(?) | Paris - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ to speak with Bradley. He accompanies Bradley to Paris
September 12, 1944 - Chartres(?) - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ for a conference with Bradley and Hodges
September 13, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois(?) - Flies to the XII Corps command post
September 15, 1944 - SW of Étain | Verdun - Patton moves to a new camp southwest of Étain, east of Verdun. Drives to Verdun with Bradley to see Eisenhower
September 16, 1944 - Toul | Essey | Pannes - Drives to the XX Corps via Toul, Essey and Pannes
September 18, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy
September 20, 1944 - Verdun - At Verdun for a conference with Bradley and Hodges
September 22, 1944 - near Verdun - Patton is informed that his fuel supplies were being restricted and that he would have to shift to a defensive posture
September 23, 1944 - Verdun - Drives to Verdun for a conference with Bradley
September 24, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy to talk to the Corps commanders create a defensive front
September 25, 1944 - Bridgehead east side of the Moselle River, opposite Nancy - Eisenhower decides to halt the advance of the 3rd Army due to gas shortage
September 26, 1944 - Gondrecourt | Chaumont - Drives to Gondrecourt, then to Chaumont (via Neufchateau), where he visits the places where he and General Pershing were 27 years earlier
September 29, 1944 - Nancy - Flies to Nancy. Lunch with Eisenhower and Bradley
October 2, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy and then to the woods where combat happened the day before. Returns to Nancy and visits two hospitals
October 4, 1944 - Luxembourg - Drives to Luxembourg to visit the 83rd Division
October 7, 1944 - Luxembourg(?) - Meets Generals Marshall and Bradley to plan an attack to Fort Briant, E-SE of Metz
October 8, 1944 - Nancy - Flies to Nancy
October 9, 1944 - Verdun - Patton is summoned by Bradley to Verdun
October 10, 1944 - Étain | Nancy - Returns to his HQ at Étain. Later, he drives to Nancy to visit several units in the area
October 12, 1944 - Verdun - Patton is asked by Bradley to entertain Mr.Justice Byrnes. The drive to the positions held by the americans in 1918. The command post of the US 3rd Army is moved to Nancy
October 14, 1944 - W. of Liège(?) - Eisenhower invites Patton and the King (of Belgium?) to 1st Army HQ. Bradley and Hodges are there too
October 17, 1944 - Étain(?) - Patton shows his plan to take Metz to the visiting Eisenhower
October 20, 1944 - Neufchateau | Langres | Bourg - Patton drives to Neufchateau, Langres and Bourg to inspect rear areas and to rest. General Spaatz joins Patton at the end of the day
October 23, 1944 - Vicinity of Nancy - Patton inspects all ordnance maintenance units in the vicinity of Nancy. The germans fire on Nancy with a 280mm railroad gun
October 29, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton drives to Luxembourg to see Bradley
October 30, 1944 - Nancy - Patton inspects the Anti-Aircraft defenses at Nancy
November 5, 1944 - Étain(?) - Marlene Dietrich and her troupe lunch with Patton and later offer a show
November 9, 1944 - Pont-à-Mousson (between Nancy and Metz) | Étain(?) - Patton crosses the Moselle River at Pont-à-Mousson to an observation post of the 5th Division which crossed the river that morning. Patton returns to HQ and is visited by Spaatz and Doolittle
November 11, 1944 - Nancy - Visits the wounded at Nancy
November 13, 1944 - Chateau Salins, NE of Nancy - Bradley and Patton drive to Chateau Salins, HQ of the 4th Armored Division
November 14, 1944 - Briey, SW of Thionville | Thionville - Drives to Briey to motivate the command of the 95th Division. Later, he drives to Thionville
November 18, 1944 - While at Étain(?) - US forces surround Metz
November 19, 1944 - Fort Verney, near Metz - Patton drives to Fort Verney, one of the defenses of Metz
November 22, 1944 - While at Étain(?) - The City of Metz surrenders
November 24, 1944 - Nancy - Eisenhower flies to Nancy to meet Patton and Bradley
November 25, 1944 - Thionville - Drives to visit XX Corps HQ at Thionville
November 29, 1944 - Between Chateau Salins and St.Avold - Patton visits some units and crosses five anti-tank ditches between Chateau Salins and St.Avold
December 6, 1944 - Nancy(?) - Spaatz and Doolittle spend the night at Patton's HQ
December 14, 1944 - Saarlautern (Saarlouis), Germany | Thionville | Luxembourg - Patton drives to Saarlautern, where fighting was still going on. Then drives to Thionville and Luxembourg to see Bradley
December 18, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton and his staff are ordered to Luxembourg by Bradley for a briefing about the german breakthrough of December 16th
December 19, 1944 - Verdun - Eisenhower calls a meeting of all senior allied commanders on the Western Front at a HQ near Verdun, to plan strategy and a response to the german assault. Patton communicates to his commanders the plans to move against the southern flank of the German offensive in the Ardennes. He directs the 4th Armored Divison to move at once on Arlon via Longwy
December 20, 1944 - Luxembourg | Arlon - Visit to the 12th Army Group HQ. Drives to Arlon
December 21, 1944 - Luxembourg - Meeting with Omar Bradley
December 25, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton visits all frontline divisions
December 26, 1944 - While in Luxembourg - Patton's 3rd Army, spearheaded by Lt.Col. Creighton Abrams, breaks through to the "battered bastards of Bastogne". No longer surrounded, the 101st is able to evacuate the wounded to the rear and resupply
December 27, 1944 - Arlon - Drives to Arlon
December 29, 1944 - Luxembourg(?) - Omar Bradley decorates General Patton with the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the DSM-Distinguished Service medal
December 30, 1944 - Bastogne - Patton drives to Bastogne, passing near the germans, and decorates Brig.General McAuliffe with the DSC
January 4, 1945 - Bastogne - Visits the 101st Airborne HQ at Bastogne
January 10, 1945 - Bastogne - Drives to Bastogne to talk with General Max Taylor of the 101st Airborne
January 11, 1945 - Thionville - Drives to Thionville
January 13, 1945 - Bastogne - Visits the VII and III Corps commanders at the 101st Airborne HQ
January 16, 1945 - While in Luxembourg(?) - The 1st and 3rd Armies link up in the area of Houffalize
January 17, 1945 - Arlon - Drives to Arlon
January 21, 1945 - SE of Houffalize - Drives via Bastogne to the 17th Airborne HQ, southeast of Houffalize
January 25, 1945 - Diekirch | Ettelbruck | Wiltz, Luxembourg - Patton visits the liberated towns of Diekirch, Ettelbruck and Wiltz, in Luxembourg
January 27, 1945 - Bastogne | Martelange - Patton drives to the VIII Corps HQ at Bastogne, then to Martelange
January 30, 1945 - Bastogne | St.Vith - Drives to Bastogne, then to the destroyed town of St.Vith
February 1, 1945 - Thionville - Drives to Thionville to lunch with the XX Corps. Visit to 94th Division
February 2, 1945 - Spa, Belgium - Patton drives to visit Hodges and Bradley at 1st US Army HQ at Spa, Belgium, via Bastogne and Houffalize
February 5, 1945 - Spa | Trois Vierges, Belgium - Drives to the 1st US Army HQ at Spa, then to VIII Corps HQ at Trois Vierges
February 9, 1945 - Martelange - Drives to Martelange to visit III Corps
February 12, 1945 - Trois Vierges - Drives to VIII Corps HQ at Trois Vierges, via Arlon-Bastogne and Wiltz
February 13, 1945 - Sauer River, Germany - Patton crosses Sauer River into Germany and drives along the eastern bank
February 15, 1945 - Paris - Flies to Paris
February 18, 1945 - Luxembourg(?) - Returns to his HQ by train
February 20, 1945 - Sauer and Our Rivers - Patton drives along Sauer and Our Rivers to inspect bridges
February 22, 1945 - Remich, SE Luxembourg - Drives to Remich
February 28, 1945 - Saarburg, Germany - Patton drives to Saarburg and visits John the Blind's castle
March 2, 1945 - Bitburg, Germany - Patton visits units at Bitburg, crossing the Sauer River at Echternach, Luxembourg
March 4, 1945 - Bourscheid Castle, N. of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg - Patton visits Bourscheid Castle, north of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
March 5, 1945 - S. of Thionville - Addresses officers and men of the 65th Division, south of Thionville
March 9, 1945 - Luxembourg(?) - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ. Patton, Bradley, Hodges and Doolittle are awarded the French Legion of Honor and the "Croix de Guerre" with Palm
March 14, 1945 - Trier | Saarburg, Germany - Drives to Trier, via Wasserbillig, then to Saarburg
March 15, 1945 - Mayen, W. of Koblenz - Flies to Mayen to see XII and VIII Corps
March 16, 1945 - Luxembourg | Trier - Due to bad weather, Eisenhower's plane has to land at Luxembourg. Patton drives to meet him. Together they drive to Trier to motivate the gererals there
March 17, 1945 - Lunéville, SE of Nancy - Eisenhower and Patton fly to the 7th Army HQ at Luneville to meet Generals Patch and Devers. Returns to Luxembourg at the end of the day
March 18, 1945 - Luxembourg - Returns to Luxembourg
March 21, 1945 - Simmern, W. of Mainz | Mayen - Flies to XII Corps HQ at Simmern. Then flies to Mayen
March 22, 1945 - Saarburg | Sankt Wendel | Kaiserslautern | near Neustadt - Patton drives with Weyland through Saarburg to Sankt Wendel, thence to Kaiserslautern. 20km further, near Neustadt, Patton witnesses the greatest scene of destruction of his career: a german column destroyed by an US tank company and an US armored infantry company
March 24, 1945 - Bad Kreuznach - Flies to XII Corps HQ at Bad Kreuznach
March 26, 1945 - Bad Kreuznach - Patton sends "Task Force Baum" (314 men, 16 tanks, and assorted other vehicles) 80km behind enemy lines to liberate prisoner of war camp OFLAG XIII-B, near Hammelburg. The operation begins with Lt.Col. Creighton Abrams's Combat Command (of the 4th Armored Division) making a hole in german defenses, after with Task Force Baum would drive to the camp. The raid is a failure, and only 35 men make it back, the rest are killed or captured, and all 57 vehicles are lost
March 27, 1945 - Idar-Oberstein, WSW of Bad Kreuznach - Patton moves his HQ from Luxembourg (city) to Idar-Oberstein, WSW of Bad Kreuznach
March 31, 1945 - East of Frankfurt | NW of Limburg - Flies to the XII Corps HQ east of Frankfurt. Then flies to the command post of the VIII Corps, northwest of Limburg
April 3, 1945 - Frankfurt - 3rd Army HQ is moved to the NW corner of Frankfurt
April 4, 1945 - Limburg | Ehrenbreitstein - Patton flies to Limburg and then to Ehrenbreitstein, to attend a ceremony of raising the american flag which had been hauled down by the 4th Infantry Division of the 3rd Army in WW1
April 8, 1945 - Frankfurt - Visit to the Civil Government Officer in Frankfurt
April 10, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld (between Kassel and Fulda) - 3rd Army HQ is moved to Bad Hersfeld
April 11, 1945 - Wiesbaden, W. of Frankfurt - Drives to Wiesbaden. Lunch with Bradley
April 12, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld | Merkers Potassium Mine, SW of Eisenach | Ohrdruf - Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton and Weyland meet at Patton's HQ at Bad Hersfeld and fly to Merkers to visit the Potassium Mine where nazi treasures were stored. Later they visit the concentration camp of Ohrdruf before flying back to Bad Hersfeld
April 13, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld (between Kassel and Fulda) - Patton, Eisenhower and Bradley return to Patton's HQ and spend the night
April 14, 1945 - Mainz - Ceremony for the opening of the Rhine Bridge at Mainz. Patton is promoted to General
April 15, 1945 - Buchenwalde, NW of Weimar - Patton visits the Buchenwalde death Camp. He is so sick of what he sees that he orders the inhabitants of Weimar to walk through the camp and see for themselves the results of the bestiality of their countrymen
April 16, 1945 - Wiesbaden, W. of Frankfurt - Meeting with Bradley and Hodges. Patton receives an order from General Bradley to change direction of his army to the Czechoslovakian border
April 17, 1945 - Paris - Patton flies to Paris for a 24-hour break. Visits his son-in-law, John Waters, in the hospital
April 18, 1945 - Paris - Patton learns he was promoted to Full General by reading the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper
April 20, 1945 - Schloss Wiessenstein | Reidfeld - Patton flies to XX Corps HQ at Schloss Wiessenstein. Later, while flying to Reidfeld, Patton's Piper Cub light aircraft is attacked by a RAF Spitfire who had presumably mistaken it for a german Fieseler Storch. On his third pass, the spitfire, piloted by a polish officer, is unable to pull of his dive and crashes
April 22, 1945 - Erlangen - Drives to Erlangen
April 23, 1945 - Bayreuth - Visit to the XII and XX Corps Headquarters
April 26, 1945 - Schwabach | Eurerwang - While Patton's HQ is moved to 75 miles NW of Regensburg, he drives to the III Corps HQ at Schwabach and decorates General Van Fleet with the Distinguished Service Medal. Later he visits the 14th Armored Division HQ at Eurerwang
April 27, 1945 - Pittersberg | Bayreuth - Patton flies to Pittersberg to attend a ceremony of pinning the 3 stars on General Walker. Then flies to the XII Corps HQ at Bayreuth
April 29, 1945 - Viechtach, 15 miles SE of Cham | Regensburg - Flies to Viechtach to the XII Corps HQ. Later he flies to Regensburg
May 1, 1945 - Mainburg | Mossburg | Landshut - Flies to the III Corps HQ at Mainburg. Then crosses the Isar River in the vicinity of Freising and goes to Mossburg to watch the 14th Armored Division cross the river. Later in the day he reaches Landshut
May 2, 1945 - Regensburg - 3rd Army HQ is moved from Erlangen to Regensburg
May 3, 1945 - near Schloss Wiessenstein(?) - An oxcart "came out of a side street so that the pole missed us (in a jeep) by about an inch"
May 4, 1945 - While at Regensburg - The last german holdouts surrender to Patton's soldiers in Vseruby
May 5, 1945 - While at Regensburg - The US 3rd Army liberates Pilsen
May 7, 1945 - Kremsmünster, S. of Linz, Austria - Patton and Under-Secretary of War, Robert Patterson, fly to Kremünster near the Austro-german border to see a group of Lipizzaner stallions from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna (They had been handed over to one of his units for safe keeping from the soviets). He had pleaded with visiting Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson: “Let’s keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened and present a picture of force and strength to these people [the Russians]. This is the only language they understand and respect. If you fail to do this, then I would like to say to you that we have had a victory over the Germans and have disarmed them, but have lost the war.”
May 8, 1945 - Regensburg(?) - Lunch with Bradley at 3rd Army HQ
May 9, 1945 - Pilsen (Plzen, Czechoslovakia) - Flies to Pilsen to visit V Corps and the Skoda Munitions Plant
May 10, 1945 - Bad Wildungen, SW of Kassel - Flies with General Weyland to 12th Army Group HQ at Bad Wildungen. Lunch with Bradley, Hodges and Eisenhower, among others
May 12, 1945 - Linz, Austria - Flies to Linz, Austria. Patton entertains and decorates a soviet 4th Guards Army commander at a luncheon
May 14, 1945 - Bad Ischl, Austria(?) - Patton is entertained by Marshal Tolbukhin at 4th Guards Tank Army HQ at a Chateau that belonged to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
May 16, 1945 - Paris | London - Patton flies to Paris, then to London
May 17, 1945 - Reims - Patton receives an urgent phonecall from Reims. He cancels his leave in Manchester and flies to Reims. Dinner with Eisenhower and Omar Bradley
May 18, 1945 - Regensburg - Flies to Regensburg
May 20, 1945 - Pilsen(?) - Letter to Beatrice from Czechoslovakia
May 30(?), 1945 - London, England(?) - Patton spends 4 days in England
June 4, 1945 - Paris - Patton boards a plane to the United States
June 7, 1945 - Bedford | Boston, Massachusetts - Patton arrives in Bedford, Massachusetts, for extended leave with his family. Speaks to 20,000 at the Hatch Memorial Shell, including a crowd of 400 wounded 3rd Army veterans
June 8, 1945 - Denver - Patton and his wife fly to Denver on his way to Los Angeles and Pasadena
June 9, 1945 - Los Angeles - Arrives at Los Angeles from Denver. Patton and Doolittle are welcomed by the crowd during a parade. Patton speaks to a crowd of 100,000 at the Memorial Coliseum
June 10, 1945 - San Marino | Pasadena, California - Welcome ceremony for Patton and Doolittle at San Marino, California. Patton speaks to patients at Pasadena Regional Hospital
June 14, 1945 - Washington D.C. - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announces that Patton will not be sent to the Pacific but will return to Europe in an occupation army assignment
June 28, 1945 - Washington D.C. - Meeting with President Truman
July 3, 1945 - Washington D.C. | Gander Lake, Newfoundland - Patton flies to Newfoundland. There he asks the pilot to fly directly to Paris without stops
July 4, 1945 - Paris - Patton arrives in Paris without stopping at the Azores
July 5, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Flies to Bad Tölz, to serve with the occupation forces as Military Governor of Bavaria
July 16, 1945 - Berlin - At Berlin, watching Truman preside over the raising of the American Flag in the US sector of the capital
July 21, 1945 - While in Berlin(?) - Letter to his wife Beatrice: "We have destroyed what could have been a good race and we [are] about to replace them with Mongolian savages. Now the horrors of peace, pacifism and unions will have unlimited sway. I wish I were young enough to fight in the next one [war]. It would be real fun killing Mongols…. It is hell to be old and passé and know it.”
July 27, 1945 - Prague, Czechoslovakia - Patton receives the Order of the White Lion and the Military Cross 1st Class, from President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia
August 1, 1945 - Frankfurt - Flies to Frankfurt. Dinner with Eisenhower
August 4, 1945 - Rennes - Visit to Rennes during the liberation anniversary. Patton is made honorary citizen of the city
August 7, 1945 - Paris - Visit to Paris
August 8, 1945 - Hanau - Flies to Hanau to say goodbye to the 6th Armored Division
August 10, 1945 - Diary: "Another war has ended and with it my usefulness to the world. It is for me personally another very sad thought. Now all that is left is to sit around and await the arrival of the undertaker and posthumous immortality.”
August 18, 1945 - Paris - Flies to Paris at the request of General Juin
August 27, 1945 - Frankfurt - Attends a Military Government meeting at Frankfurt. Press Conference. Patton speaks out "against the Russians and signed a letter proposing the release of some Nazi internees.”
August 29, 1945 - Diary: "The Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. If it’s a choice between them and the Russians, I prefer the Germans.”
September 7, 1945 - Berlin - Present at the Victory Parade. Criticizes Zhukov in a letter to his wife
September 8, 1945 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 60miles S. of Munich - Patton visits a german prisoner camp and comments to his officers that it was "sheer madness to intern these people (the germans)"
September 15, 1945 - near Munich - Patton waits for Eisenhower to land, but due to bad weather he flies to Paris instead
September 16, 1945 - Tegernsee, near Bad Tölz - Eisenhower visits Patton at Tegernsee
September 17, 1945 - Munich - Eisenhower and Patton drive to Munich to inspect a Baltic Displaced Persons camp
September 18, 1945 - Munich - Patton drives to Pilsen for a shoot with General Harmon
September 21, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Returns to Bad Tölz during the night of September 20th to 21st
September 22, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Morning Press Conference at Bad Tölz: "I despise and abhor Nazis and Hitlerism as much as anyone. My record on that is clear and unchallengeable. It is to be found on battlefields from Morocco to Bad Tölz…. Now, more than half the Germans were Nazis and we would be in a hell of a fix if we removed all Nazi party members from office. The way I see it, this Nazi question is very much like a Democrat and Republican election fight. To get things done in Bavaria, after the complete disorganization and disruption of four years of war, we had to compromise with the devil a little. We had no alternative but to turn to the people who knew what to do and how to do it. So, for the time being we are compromising with the devil…. I don’t like the Nazis any more than you do. I despise them. In the past three years I did my utmost to kill as many of them as possible. Now we are using them for lack of anyone better until we can get better people.”
September 28, 1945 - Frankfurt - Patton is summoned to Eisenhower's HQ after his press conference declarations. After a heated exchange with Eisenhower over his statements, Patton is relieved of his military governorship
September 29, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Returns to Bad Tölz by train
October 2, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Patton is relieved of command of the 3rd Army
October 7, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Patton hands over command of the 3rd Army to General Lucian Truscott. Assigned to command the US 15th Army based in Bad Nauheim
October 8, 1945 - Bad Nauheim, 20 miles N. of Frankfurt - Patton arrives to his new HQ in Bad Nauheim, 20 miles north of Frankfurt
October 27, 1945 - Rennes - Lunch in his honor with dignataries
October 28, 1945 - Chartres - The ceremonies continue on the following day at Chartres. Patton is welcomed at the city hall and attends mass at the Cathedral
November 4, 1945 - Mannheim - At Mannheim for a shoot. (Patton drives through the destroyed cities of Frankfurt and Mannheim)
November 11, 1945 - Bad Neuheim - Surprise party for his 60th birthday
November 28, 1945 - Stockholm, Sweden - Patton, as a replacement for Gen. Eisenhower, arrives in Stockholm as a guest of King Gustavus Adolphus V
November 30, 1945 - Stockholm - Guest of Count and Countess Folke Bernadotte
December 8, 1945 - near Speyer | Heidelberg - On the way to a farewell to Europe hunting trip with Major General Hobart Gay, Patton's car collides with an american army truck at low speed. Paton is hit in his head on the glass partition in the back seat. He begins bleeding from a gash to the head, and complains he was paralyzed and having trouble breathing. Taken to the hospital in Heidelberg, Patton was discovered to have broken his neck and a cervical spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the neck down
December 20, 1945 - Heidelberg - It is necessary to give him oxygen to restore his breathing and x-rays reveal that a small pulmonary embolism had obstructed his upper right lung
December 21, 1945 - Heidelberg - After spending 12 days in spinal traction to decrease the pressure on his spine, George S. Patton dies in his sleep of pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, aged 60 =(END)
July 10, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - USS Monrovia reaches Gela. The 7th Army begins landing
July 11, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - Patton leaves "USS Monrovia" to establish Headquarters ashore
July 12, 1943 - Off Gela, Sicily - Eisenhower arrives in a light cruiser and meets Patton aboard USS Monrovia
July 13, 1943 - East of Butera, Sicily - Patton drives to the east of Butera, north of Gela
July 14, 1943 - Licata, Sicily - Lunch with Truscott, where Patton orders him to take Agrigento
July 15, 1943 - Ragusa, Sicily - Patton drives through Ragusa, liberated July 11th
July 17, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Patton flies in a B-25 to Tunis to see General Alexander. Returns to Gela at the end of the day
July 19, 1943 - Gela, Sicily - Patton's chief of staff, Brigadier General Hobart R.Gay claims that Alexander's orders to limit the attack on Messina is "lost in transmission"
July 21, 1943 - Agrigento, Sicily - Patton moves his HQ to Agrigento, then drives to Menfi, western Sicily. Division General Lucian Truscott covers 160km in 72 hours, reaching Palermo
July 22, 1943 - SE of Castelvetrano | Palermo, Sicily - Patton shoots a pair of mules that had stopped while pulling a cart across a bridge. He orders the two mules to be thrown off the bridge to let the military column cross the bridge. When the night falls, Patton is taken in a jeep to Palermo, abandoned hours before by the germans
July 25, 1943 - Syracuse | Palermo, Sicily - Meets Montgomery at Syracuse. Later, Patton flies back to Palermo
July 26, 1943 - Cefalù, Sicily - Drives to Cefalù to meet General Middleton
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July 31, 1943 - Cefalù, Sicily - Eisenhower flies to Cefalù. Patton meets him at the airport
August 3, 1943 - Nicosia, Sicily - Patton slaps and verbally abuses Private Charles H.Kuhl at an evacuation hospital in Nicosia after he had been found to suffer from "battle fatigue"
August 8, 1943 - Santo Stefano, Sicily - Patton's troops land at Santo Stefano
August 10, 1943 - Santo Stefano, Sicily - Second landing at Santo Stefano. Again, Patton slaps and abuses verbally another "battle fatigued" soldier, Private Paul G. Bennett
August 16, 1943 - Santo Stefano | Messina, Sicily - Third landing. By the end of the day, Messina falls to Patton's forces
August 19, 1943 - Messina(?) - Patton is awarded a Bronze Oak Leaf cluster for his Distinguished Service Cross
August 20, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - HQ is moved to Palermo. Patton receives a reprimand letter from Eisenhower about the two soldiers he slapped
August 21, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton summons Private Paul G. Bennett to apologize to him. Both shake hands. He meets Bob Hope on the same day
August 23, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton summons Private Charles H. Kuhl to apologize to him. Both shake hands
August 25, 1943 - Trabia - Drives to Trabia and makes a speech to the 45th Division
August 26, 1943 - Termini East (Airfield) - Flies to Termini East
August 27, 1943 - Licata, Sicily - Flies to Licata and makes a speech to the 1st Division
August 28, 1943 - San Stefano | Brolo - Flies to San Stefano. Then drives to Brolo
August 29, 1943 - Catania, Sicily - Flies to Catania with Omar Bradley and Lucian Truscott. They meet Eisenhower and Montgomery there
August 30, 1943 - Trapani, Sicily - Flies to Trapani
August 31, 1943 - Mostaganem, Algeria - Flies to Mostaganem. Spends the night with General Clark
September 1, 1943 - Oran, Algeria - Drives to Oran to visit his old training area
September 2, 1943 - Algiers | Palermo, Sicily - Flies to Algiers and spends the night with General Hughes. Returns to Palermo next morning
September 10, 1943 - Bizerte, Tunisia - Flies to Bizerte to meet General Alexander
September 11, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Flies back to Palermo
September 17, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Eisenhower flies to Palermo on his way to visit the 5th Army. Meets Patton at the airport
October 10, 1943 - Pino de Greco, SW of Palermo - Patton drives to to visit the greek colony of Pino de Greco
October 14, 1943 - Gela, Sicily - Flies to Gela to meet General Clift Andrus
October 16, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers. Dinner with Eisenhower
October 17, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Flies back to Palermo
October 20, 1943 - Segesta, Sicily - Drives to Segesta to see greek ruins
October 21, 1943 - Syracuse, Sicily - Flies to Catania, via Licata. Then drives to Syracuse
October 25, 1943 - Comiso, near Ragusa, Sicily - Flies to Comiso to see new glider developments for airborne operations
October 27, 1943 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers. Eisenhower and Patton attend a play put on by soldiers
October 28, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis and drives through Carthage
October 29, 1943 - Ajaccio, Corsica - Flies to Corsica and Sardinia to see the effects of the war
October 30, 1943 - Bastia, Corsica - Drives to Bastia
October 31, 1943 - Calvi, Corsica - Drives to Calvi
November 1, 1943 - Tunis, Tunisia - Flies to Tunis. Dinner with General Hodges
November 2, 1943 - San Stefano | Brolo - Patton flies to San Stefano with Hodges. Then they drive to Brolo
November 3, 1943 - Naples, Italy - Hodges flies to Naples with Patton
November 16, 1943 - Termini - Patton visits the 9th and 11th Evacuation hospitals
December 5, 1943 - While at Pompeii - Patton drives to Pompeii. He receives a L.L.D. In political science at the University of Palermo
December 6, 1943 - Bari | Palermo - Flies to Bari, then to Palermo
December 7, 1943 - Castelvetrano, Sicily - Visit to Eisenhower's HQ
December 8, 1943 - Castelvetrano, Sicily - President Roosevelt lands in Sicily after the second Cairo Conference
December 12, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Patton flies to Cairo, with a 45 minute stop at Benghazi, Libya, for refuelling
December 14, 1943 - Jerusalem, Palestine - Patton flies to Jerusalem
December 15, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Returns to Cairo. Visit to the Pyramids. Lunch with General Alexander
December 17, 1943 - Faqus | Alexandria, Egypt - Visits the polish camp at Faqus and meets General Anders, commander of the polish II Corps. Later in the day Patton drives to Alexandria
December 18, 1943 - Cairo, Egypt - Returns to Cairo
December 19, 1943 - Karnak | Luxor - Patton flies to Karnak and Luxor. Visit to Thebes
December 20, 1943 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton flies from Cairo to Palermo
January 1, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton receives a message saying that he would be relieved of command of the 7th Army and to report to Algiers for instructions
January 2, 1944 - Algiers - Patton flies to Algiers
January 4, 1944 - Tebessa, Algeria | Feriana (Firyanah), Tunisia | Malta - Patton flies to Malta with stops at Tebessa and Feriana. He sees from above the battlefields where his army fought Rommel's Afrika Korps
January 6, 1944 - Malta | Palermo, Italy - Flies from Malta to Palermo
January 8, 1944 - Naples | Caserta - Patton flies to Naples. Drives to Caserta for a short stay with General Clark
January 10, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Returns to Palermo
January 15, 1944 - Troina, Sicily - Visit to Troina, Sicily
January 22, 1944 - Palermo, Sicily - Patton is relieved of command of the 7th Army. Order to fly to Algiers for instructions
January 24, 1944 - Algiers - Flies to Algiers
January 25, 1944 - Marrakesh, Morocco - Patton flies to Marrakesh, Morocco. Then departs from Marrakesh in the same C-54 to meet General Eisenhower in England
January 26, 1944 - Prestwick | London, England - Landing at Prestwick. Meeting with General Eisenhower. Patton is formally given command of the US 3rd Army in England, a newly formed field army
January 28, 1944 - Gourock, Scotland - "HMS Queen Mary" reaches Gourock. Patton is there to meet the men from the 3rd Army
January 29, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The men proceed by train for Preover Camp, about 3 miles from Knutsford, Cheshire
January 30, 1944 - Cheltenham - Visit to the HQ of the SOS (Services of Supply)
February 1, 1944 - near Badminton - Visit to the US 4th Armored Division
February 4, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - Back at Peover Hall
February 7, 1944 - Chester | Armagh, Northern Ireland - Patton boards a plane at Chester. Visit to the 2nd Division at Armagh, Northern Ireland
February 8, 1944 - Omagh, Northern Ireland - Inspection to the 8th Division
February 9, 1944 - Tandragee, Northern Ireland - Inspection to the 6th Cavalry, Mechanized
February 10, 1944 - London, England - Arrives in London
February 11, 1944 - London - Visit to Montgomery's HQ with Omar Bradley. Visit to Eisenhower at his house
February 12, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - Returns to Peover Hall
February 16, 1944 - Toft Camp, near Knutsford - Conference between Patton and Eisenhower
February 17, 1944 - Middlesex Hospital, London - Patton goes to the hospital for an x-ray treatment
March 1, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The US 3rd Army establishes its HQ at Preover Hall, near Knutsford
March 12, 1944 - London - Patton and 3rd Army staff officer go to London to discuss its role during Operation Overlord with G-3 from the 1st Army
March 25, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford, Cheshire (S. of Manchester) - The 3rd Army HQ is assembled when all officers appointed by Patton arrive from the US
March 27, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Daily conferences begin at the War Room
April 5, 1944 - London - Another HQ for the 3rd Army is established in London, near the HQ of the 1st Army
April 7, 1944 - London - Briefing of the 1st US Army and 2nd British Army at St.Paul's School. Montgomery speaks for 2 hours, followed by Sir Thomas Leigh-Mallory and Admiral Sir Bertrand Ramsey
April 8, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Drives back to Peover Hall
April 20, 1944 - Bridgenorth - Patton talks to the 90th Division at Bridgenorth
April 22, 1944 - Castle Martin, SW of Wales - Patton attends 6th Armored Division exercises
April 25, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - "Knutsford Incident" - While opening the "Welcome Club" for officers of the 3rd Army, Patton makes a speech that almost causes his downfall, omitting reference to the russian allies and saying that it was "the evident destiny of the british and americans to rule the world". A diplomatic incident is created.
April 28, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - General Leclerc visits Patton
May 1, 1944 - London - Patton is summoned by Eisenhower and told how serious his situation is regarding his mistakes in conferences like with the "Knutsford Incident". General Marshall and the War Department propose that Patton is relieved and reduced to Colonel, however, Eisenhower opposes that decision
May 6, 1944 - Peover Hall(?) - Patton experiences flying in a Mosquito at 300 mph
May 9, 1944 - The Downs - Patton attends a rehearsal of the D-Day landings
May 11, 1944 - Cheltenham - Drives to Cheltenham with General Hughes
May 12, 1944 - London - Luncheon to commemorate the campaign in Africa, with 32 high-rank officers including Eisenhower, Patton, Spaatz, Doolittle and Tedder
May 14, 1944 - London - Dinner with Doolittle
May 15, 1944 - St.Paul's School, London - Final briefing for the invasion of Normandy at St.Paul's School in London, with the presence of the King, Churchill, Smuts, Eisenhower, Ramsey, Leigh-Mallory, Patton, Spaatz and Omar Bradley
May 26, 1944 - Uxbridge - Patton flies to Northolt airfield and drives to Uxbridge to visit the Tactical Air Force Command Post
May 27, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Back at Peover Hall
June 1, 1944 - Portsmouth | Southwick - Patton and Bradley fly to Portsmouth to see Montgomery at Southwick
June 2, 1944 - Bristol | Marlborough | Moreton-on-Marsh | Sennybridge - Patton flies to Bristol, then drives to Marlborough (the HQ of XX Corps) and then to Moreton-on-Marsh. At the end of the day, he drives to Sennybridge in Wales to attend artillery exercises
June 3, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - Back at Peover Hall
June 12, 1944 - Salisbury Plains - Patton flies to Salisbury Plain to test the 76mm tank gun
June 13, 1944 - Manchester - Exhibition of british weapons at Manchester
June 14, 1944 - Peover Hall, Knutsford - OSS sends the film of the D-Day landings
June 15, 1944 - Manchester - Attends the play "Africa Star"
June 18, 1944 - London - Flies to London and inspects a place hit by a V-1 flying bomb. He witnesses another one flying until it hits central London
June 21, 1944 - Tidworth - Patton addresses the 7th Army soldiers at Tidworth
June 25, 1944 - Tavistock, Cornwall - Patton drives to Tavistock in very bad weather
June 26, 1944 - Exeter - Meets Eisenhower at Exeter
June 27, 1944 - Salisbury | Peover Hall - Arrives at Salisbury by train, then flies back to Peover Hall
June 28, 1944 - near Hull - Inspects the french 2nd Armored Division near Hull
June 30, 1944 - Breamore, England - Patton flies in a B-26 to his new HQ at Breamore, just when the 3rd Army is about to be moved to Normandy
July 4, 1944 - London - Flies to London
July 5, 1944 - London | Breamore - Meets Eisenhower, just back from France. Then leaves London with relief, in a day of several V-1 bombs hitting London
July 6, 1944 - S. of Isigny, France - Patton and his chief of staff fly to Omaha Beach, then drive to Omar Bradley's HQ south of Isigny
July 7, 1944 - W. of Bayeux - Patton goes to see Montgomery at his command post, west of Bayeux. Both have lunch with Omar Bradley. The 3rd Army HQ is established at Bricquebec
July 8, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visits Cherbourg
July 13, 1944 - Bricquebec, Contentin Peninsula - Visits the Chateau de Bricquebec, close to his HQ
July 14, 1944 - Utah Beach | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte, Cotentin Peninsula - Patton goes to Utah Beach. At the end of the day he goes to Teddy Roosevelt Jr's funeral
July 16, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visits the german defenses of Cherbourg
July 17, 1944 - Cherbourg | Saint-Sauveur-le-Vicomte | Carentan | Isigny | Omaha Beach - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson arrives at Cherbourg. Patton accompanies him to Teddy Roosevelt's grave, then through Carentan and Isigny, along the coast road to Omaha Beach
July 18, 1944 - Bricquebec, Contentin Peninsula - At his HQ
July 19, 1944 - Cherbourg - Visiting the german defenses of Cherbourg
July 23, 1944 - S. of Isigny(?) - Patton goes to see Omar Bradley at his HQ
July 26, 1944 - Sainte-Mère-Église - Patton attends Colonel "Paddy" Flint's funeral (hit by a german sniper at Caen). Dinner with Bradley
July 28, 1944 - While at Bricquebec - Bradley assumes command of the 12th Army Group. He gives his okay for Patton to supervise control of the VIII Corps. Patton is given the temporary position of deputy commander, 12th Army Group
July 29, 1944 - Coutances | Périers, Contentin Peninsula - Patton drives to Coutances, then to Périers
July 31, 1944 - Muneville-le-Bingard, N. of Coutances | Brehal, S. of Coutances - The 3rd Army HQ is moved to Muneville-le-Bingard, north of Coutances. Patton then drives to the command post of the VIII Corps at Brehal, south of Coutances
August 1, 1944 - Brehal, S. of Coutances - Bradley arrives to meet Patton. The US 3rd Army becomes operational, under Bradley's 12th US Army Group
August 2, 1944 - East of Avranches - Patton drives to the east of Avranches to discipline the 90th Division
August 4, 1944 - Pontorson | St-James - Visits the 6th armored division and the 83rd division in his L-29 armored car
August 5, 1944 - East of St.Lô - Patton drives to the 1st Army HQ to talk to Generals Bradley and Hodges
August 6, 1944 - Brehal, S. of Coutances(?) - Patton drives to the VIII Corps HQ to find out what is delaying the capture of St-Malo
August 8, 1944 - Dol-de-Bretagne - Patton drives to Dol-de-Bretagne to see the VIII Corps. 1st US Army command post is moved to the southeast of St-James
August 9, 1944 - SE of St-James(?) - Patton returns to HQ and finds Spaatz, Tedder and Bradley waiting for him. The last time they were all together was at Gafsa, Tunisia
August 11, 1944 - NE of Le Mans - Visits XV Corps, northeast of Le Mans
August 12, 1944 - Fougères - Drives to Fougères. 3rd US Army command post is moved to the northwest of Le Mans
August 14, 1944 - Alençon | St-James - Flies to Alençon, via Le Mans. Then returns to St-James to speak with Bradley
August 15, 1944 - Le Mans - Visits two evacuation hospitals at Le Mans
August 16, 1944 - Chartres | SSW of Dreux | Alençon - Patton drives to Chartres, just liberated, but with some firing still going on. He then drives to XV Corps HQ, between Chateauneuf-en-Thymerais and Dreux. Returns to Alençon at the end of the day
August 17, 1944 - St-James - Flies to the 12th Army group HQ to speak with Hodges
August 18, 1944 - Chateauneuf | Mantes | St-James - Flies to Chateauneuf, then drives to Mantes, via Dreux. Flies back to the 12th US Army HQ at St-James in very bad weather
August 20, 1944 - Brou, SW of Chartres - Patton moves the 3rd Army HQ to Brou, Southwest of Chartres
August 21, 1944 - While at Brou - The US 3rd Army and the 1st Canadian Army seal the Falaise Pocket
August 22, 1944 - St-James(?) - Flies to the 12th Army group HQ to speak with Bradley. However, Bradley had left to meet Eisenhower and Montgomery
August 25, 1944 - South of Pithiviers | Chartres - Patton moves the 3rd Army HQ to 15km South of Pithiviers (south of Paris). There, Bradley phones him and asks Patton to join him at his HQ in Chartres. When Patton arrives, Hodges is there aswell
August 26, 1944 - Melun, SE of Paris - Patton visits the 7th Armored Division at Melun
August 27, 1944 - Orléans - Flies to Orléans, where some shelling is going on across the river
August 28, 1944 - South of Pithiviers - At his HQ
August 29, 1944 - near Troyes - Drives to XII Corps HQ near Troyes
August 30, 1944 - Chartres | La Chaume, 10km NE of Sens - Drives to Chartres (12th Army Group HQ) and meets with Bradley. Then goes to his new HQ, 10 km northeast of Sens
August 31, 1944 - Morlaix | Plougastel-Daulas Peninsula | Chartres - Patton and Bradley fly to Morlaix in a C-47. Then they drive to Plougastel-Daulas Peninsula, which had just been taken. Both fly back to Chartres
September 1, 1944 - La Chaume, 10km NE of Sens - Returns to his HQ
September 2, 1944 - Chartres - Patton meets Eisenhower and Bradley at 12th Army Group HQ
September 3, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois, E. of St-Dizier | SE of Châlons-en-Champagne - Patton drives to the XII Corps new HQ at Ligny-en-Barrois. Later he moves to his new HQ, southeast of Châlons-en-Champagne
September 5, 1944 - SE of Châlons-en-Champagne - Bradley visits Patton at his HQ
September 6, 1944 - Étain | Conflans - Patton visits the front, reaching Étain and Conflans, via Verdun
September 7, 1944 - Reims - Drives to Reims for a visit
September 8, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois, E. of St-Dizier | Toul, W. of Nancy - Drives to Ligny-En-Barrois, then front, south of Toul
September 9, 1944 - Chartres(?) | Paris - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ to speak with Bradley. He accompanies Bradley to Paris
September 12, 1944 - Chartres(?) - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ for a conference with Bradley and Hodges
September 13, 1944 - Ligny-en-Barrois(?) - Flies to the XII Corps command post
September 15, 1944 - SW of Étain | Verdun - Patton moves to a new camp southwest of Étain, east of Verdun. Drives to Verdun with Bradley to see Eisenhower
September 16, 1944 - Toul | Essey | Pannes - Drives to the XX Corps via Toul, Essey and Pannes
September 18, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy
September 20, 1944 - Verdun - At Verdun for a conference with Bradley and Hodges
September 22, 1944 - near Verdun - Patton is informed that his fuel supplies were being restricted and that he would have to shift to a defensive posture
September 23, 1944 - Verdun - Drives to Verdun for a conference with Bradley
September 24, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy to talk to the Corps commanders create a defensive front
September 25, 1944 - Bridgehead east side of the Moselle River, opposite Nancy - Eisenhower decides to halt the advance of the 3rd Army due to gas shortage
September 26, 1944 - Gondrecourt | Chaumont - Drives to Gondrecourt, then to Chaumont (via Neufchateau), where he visits the places where he and General Pershing were 27 years earlier
September 29, 1944 - Nancy - Flies to Nancy. Lunch with Eisenhower and Bradley
October 2, 1944 - Nancy - Drives to Nancy and then to the woods where combat happened the day before. Returns to Nancy and visits two hospitals
October 4, 1944 - Luxembourg - Drives to Luxembourg to visit the 83rd Division
October 7, 1944 - Luxembourg(?) - Meets Generals Marshall and Bradley to plan an attack to Fort Briant, E-SE of Metz
October 8, 1944 - Nancy - Flies to Nancy
October 9, 1944 - Verdun - Patton is summoned by Bradley to Verdun
October 10, 1944 - Étain | Nancy - Returns to his HQ at Étain. Later, he drives to Nancy to visit several units in the area
October 12, 1944 - Verdun - Patton is asked by Bradley to entertain Mr.Justice Byrnes. The drive to the positions held by the americans in 1918. The command post of the US 3rd Army is moved to Nancy
October 14, 1944 - W. of Liège(?) - Eisenhower invites Patton and the King (of Belgium?) to 1st Army HQ. Bradley and Hodges are there too
October 17, 1944 - Étain(?) - Patton shows his plan to take Metz to the visiting Eisenhower
October 20, 1944 - Neufchateau | Langres | Bourg - Patton drives to Neufchateau, Langres and Bourg to inspect rear areas and to rest. General Spaatz joins Patton at the end of the day
October 23, 1944 - Vicinity of Nancy - Patton inspects all ordnance maintenance units in the vicinity of Nancy. The germans fire on Nancy with a 280mm railroad gun
October 29, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton drives to Luxembourg to see Bradley
October 30, 1944 - Nancy - Patton inspects the Anti-Aircraft defenses at Nancy
November 5, 1944 - Étain(?) - Marlene Dietrich and her troupe lunch with Patton and later offer a show
November 9, 1944 - Pont-à-Mousson (between Nancy and Metz) | Étain(?) - Patton crosses the Moselle River at Pont-à-Mousson to an observation post of the 5th Division which crossed the river that morning. Patton returns to HQ and is visited by Spaatz and Doolittle
November 11, 1944 - Nancy - Visits the wounded at Nancy
November 13, 1944 - Chateau Salins, NE of Nancy - Bradley and Patton drive to Chateau Salins, HQ of the 4th Armored Division
November 14, 1944 - Briey, SW of Thionville | Thionville - Drives to Briey to motivate the command of the 95th Division. Later, he drives to Thionville
November 18, 1944 - While at Étain(?) - US forces surround Metz
November 19, 1944 - Fort Verney, near Metz - Patton drives to Fort Verney, one of the defenses of Metz
November 22, 1944 - While at Étain(?) - The City of Metz surrenders
November 24, 1944 - Nancy - Eisenhower flies to Nancy to meet Patton and Bradley
November 25, 1944 - Thionville - Drives to visit XX Corps HQ at Thionville
November 29, 1944 - Between Chateau Salins and St.Avold - Patton visits some units and crosses five anti-tank ditches between Chateau Salins and St.Avold
December 6, 1944 - Nancy(?) - Spaatz and Doolittle spend the night at Patton's HQDecember 14, 1944 - Saarlautern (Saarlouis), Germany | Thionville | Luxembourg - Patton drives to Saarlautern, where fighting was still going on. Then drives to Thionville and Luxembourg to see Bradley
December 18, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton and his staff are ordered to Luxembourg by Bradley for a briefing about the german breakthrough of December 16th
December 19, 1944 - Verdun - Eisenhower calls a meeting of all senior allied commanders on the Western Front at a HQ near Verdun, to plan strategy and a response to the german assault. Patton communicates to his commanders the plans to move against the southern flank of the German offensive in the Ardennes. He directs the 4th Armored Divison to move at once on Arlon via Longwy
December 20, 1944 - Luxembourg | Arlon - Visit to the 12th Army Group HQ. Drives to Arlon
December 21, 1944 - Luxembourg - Meeting with Omar Bradley
December 25, 1944 - Luxembourg - Patton visits all frontline divisions
December 26, 1944 - While in Luxembourg - Patton's 3rd Army, spearheaded by Lt.Col. Creighton Abrams, breaks through to the "battered bastards of Bastogne". No longer surrounded, the 101st is able to evacuate the wounded to the rear and resupply
December 27, 1944 - Arlon - Drives to Arlon
December 29, 1944 - Luxembourg(?) - Omar Bradley decorates General Patton with the second Oak Leaf Cluster to the DSM-Distinguished Service medal
December 30, 1944 - Bastogne - Patton drives to Bastogne, passing near the germans, and decorates Brig.General McAuliffe with the DSC
January 4, 1945 - Bastogne - Visits the 101st Airborne HQ at Bastogne
January 10, 1945 - Bastogne - Drives to Bastogne to talk with General Max Taylor of the 101st Airborne
January 11, 1945 - Thionville - Drives to Thionville
January 13, 1945 - Bastogne - Visits the VII and III Corps commanders at the 101st Airborne HQ
January 16, 1945 - While in Luxembourg(?) - The 1st and 3rd Armies link up in the area of Houffalize
January 17, 1945 - Arlon - Drives to Arlon
January 21, 1945 - SE of Houffalize - Drives via Bastogne to the 17th Airborne HQ, southeast of Houffalize
January 25, 1945 - Diekirch | Ettelbruck | Wiltz, Luxembourg - Patton visits the liberated towns of Diekirch, Ettelbruck and Wiltz, in Luxembourg
January 27, 1945 - Bastogne | Martelange - Patton drives to the VIII Corps HQ at Bastogne, then to Martelange
January 30, 1945 - Bastogne | St.Vith - Drives to Bastogne, then to the destroyed town of St.Vith
February 1, 1945 - Thionville - Drives to Thionville to lunch with the XX Corps. Visit to 94th Division
February 2, 1945 - Spa, Belgium - Patton drives to visit Hodges and Bradley at 1st US Army HQ at Spa, Belgium, via Bastogne and Houffalize
February 5, 1945 - Spa | Trois Vierges, Belgium - Drives to the 1st US Army HQ at Spa, then to VIII Corps HQ at Trois Vierges
February 9, 1945 - Martelange - Drives to Martelange to visit III Corps
February 12, 1945 - Trois Vierges - Drives to VIII Corps HQ at Trois Vierges, via Arlon-Bastogne and Wiltz
February 13, 1945 - Sauer River, Germany - Patton crosses Sauer River into Germany and drives along the eastern bank
February 15, 1945 - Paris - Flies to Paris
February 18, 1945 - Luxembourg(?) - Returns to his HQ by train
February 20, 1945 - Sauer and Our Rivers - Patton drives along Sauer and Our Rivers to inspect bridges
February 22, 1945 - Remich, SE Luxembourg - Drives to Remich
February 28, 1945 - Saarburg, Germany - Patton drives to Saarburg and visits John the Blind's castle
March 2, 1945 - Bitburg, Germany - Patton visits units at Bitburg, crossing the Sauer River at Echternach, Luxembourg
March 4, 1945 - Bourscheid Castle, N. of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg - Patton visits Bourscheid Castle, north of Ettelbruck, Luxembourg
March 5, 1945 - S. of Thionville - Addresses officers and men of the 65th Division, south of Thionville
March 9, 1945 - Luxembourg(?) - Flies to the 12th Army Group HQ. Patton, Bradley, Hodges and Doolittle are awarded the French Legion of Honor and the "Croix de Guerre" with Palm
March 14, 1945 - Trier | Saarburg, Germany - Drives to Trier, via Wasserbillig, then to Saarburg
March 15, 1945 - Mayen, W. of Koblenz - Flies to Mayen to see XII and VIII Corps
March 16, 1945 - Luxembourg | Trier - Due to bad weather, Eisenhower's plane has to land at Luxembourg. Patton drives to meet him. Together they drive to Trier to motivate the gererals there
March 17, 1945 - Lunéville, SE of Nancy - Eisenhower and Patton fly to the 7th Army HQ at Luneville to meet Generals Patch and Devers. Returns to Luxembourg at the end of the day
March 18, 1945 - Luxembourg - Returns to Luxembourg
March 21, 1945 - Simmern, W. of Mainz | Mayen - Flies to XII Corps HQ at Simmern. Then flies to Mayen
March 22, 1945 - Saarburg | Sankt Wendel | Kaiserslautern | near Neustadt - Patton drives with Weyland through Saarburg to Sankt Wendel, thence to Kaiserslautern. 20km further, near Neustadt, Patton witnesses the greatest scene of destruction of his career: a german column destroyed by an US tank company and an US armored infantry company
March 24, 1945 - Bad Kreuznach - Flies to XII Corps HQ at Bad Kreuznach
March 26, 1945 - Bad Kreuznach - Patton sends "Task Force Baum" (314 men, 16 tanks, and assorted other vehicles) 80km behind enemy lines to liberate prisoner of war camp OFLAG XIII-B, near Hammelburg. The operation begins with Lt.Col. Creighton Abrams's Combat Command (of the 4th Armored Division) making a hole in german defenses, after with Task Force Baum would drive to the camp. The raid is a failure, and only 35 men make it back, the rest are killed or captured, and all 57 vehicles are lost
March 27, 1945 - Idar-Oberstein, WSW of Bad Kreuznach - Patton moves his HQ from Luxembourg (city) to Idar-Oberstein, WSW of Bad Kreuznach
March 31, 1945 - East of Frankfurt | NW of Limburg - Flies to the XII Corps HQ east of Frankfurt. Then flies to the command post of the VIII Corps, northwest of Limburg
April 3, 1945 - Frankfurt - 3rd Army HQ is moved to the NW corner of Frankfurt
April 4, 1945 - Limburg | Ehrenbreitstein - Patton flies to Limburg and then to Ehrenbreitstein, to attend a ceremony of raising the american flag which had been hauled down by the 4th Infantry Division of the 3rd Army in WW1
April 8, 1945 - Frankfurt - Visit to the Civil Government Officer in Frankfurt
April 10, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld (between Kassel and Fulda) - 3rd Army HQ is moved to Bad Hersfeld
April 11, 1945 - Wiesbaden, W. of Frankfurt - Drives to Wiesbaden. Lunch with Bradley
April 12, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld | Merkers Potassium Mine, SW of Eisenach | Ohrdruf - Eisenhower, Bradley, Patton and Weyland meet at Patton's HQ at Bad Hersfeld and fly to Merkers to visit the Potassium Mine where nazi treasures were stored. Later they visit the concentration camp of Ohrdruf before flying back to Bad Hersfeld
April 13, 1945 - Bad Hersfeld (between Kassel and Fulda) - Patton, Eisenhower and Bradley return to Patton's HQ and spend the night
April 14, 1945 - Mainz - Ceremony for the opening of the Rhine Bridge at Mainz. Patton is promoted to General
April 15, 1945 - Buchenwalde, NW of Weimar - Patton visits the Buchenwalde death Camp. He is so sick of what he sees that he orders the inhabitants of Weimar to walk through the camp and see for themselves the results of the bestiality of their countrymen
April 16, 1945 - Wiesbaden, W. of Frankfurt - Meeting with Bradley and Hodges. Patton receives an order from General Bradley to change direction of his army to the Czechoslovakian border
April 17, 1945 - Paris - Patton flies to Paris for a 24-hour break. Visits his son-in-law, John Waters, in the hospital
April 18, 1945 - Paris - Patton learns he was promoted to Full General by reading the "Stars and Stripes" newspaper
April 20, 1945 - Schloss Wiessenstein | Reidfeld - Patton flies to XX Corps HQ at Schloss Wiessenstein. Later, while flying to Reidfeld, Patton's Piper Cub light aircraft is attacked by a RAF Spitfire who had presumably mistaken it for a german Fieseler Storch. On his third pass, the spitfire, piloted by a polish officer, is unable to pull of his dive and crashes
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| Patton as a 4-star General |
April 23, 1945 - Bayreuth - Visit to the XII and XX Corps Headquarters
April 26, 1945 - Schwabach | Eurerwang - While Patton's HQ is moved to 75 miles NW of Regensburg, he drives to the III Corps HQ at Schwabach and decorates General Van Fleet with the Distinguished Service Medal. Later he visits the 14th Armored Division HQ at Eurerwang
April 27, 1945 - Pittersberg | Bayreuth - Patton flies to Pittersberg to attend a ceremony of pinning the 3 stars on General Walker. Then flies to the XII Corps HQ at Bayreuth
April 29, 1945 - Viechtach, 15 miles SE of Cham | Regensburg - Flies to Viechtach to the XII Corps HQ. Later he flies to Regensburg
May 1, 1945 - Mainburg | Mossburg | Landshut - Flies to the III Corps HQ at Mainburg. Then crosses the Isar River in the vicinity of Freising and goes to Mossburg to watch the 14th Armored Division cross the river. Later in the day he reaches Landshut
May 2, 1945 - Regensburg - 3rd Army HQ is moved from Erlangen to Regensburg
May 3, 1945 - near Schloss Wiessenstein(?) - An oxcart "came out of a side street so that the pole missed us (in a jeep) by about an inch"
May 4, 1945 - While at Regensburg - The last german holdouts surrender to Patton's soldiers in Vseruby
May 5, 1945 - While at Regensburg - The US 3rd Army liberates Pilsen
May 7, 1945 - Kremsmünster, S. of Linz, Austria - Patton and Under-Secretary of War, Robert Patterson, fly to Kremünster near the Austro-german border to see a group of Lipizzaner stallions from the Spanish Riding School of Vienna (They had been handed over to one of his units for safe keeping from the soviets). He had pleaded with visiting Undersecretary of War Robert Patterson: “Let’s keep our boots polished, bayonets sharpened and present a picture of force and strength to these people [the Russians]. This is the only language they understand and respect. If you fail to do this, then I would like to say to you that we have had a victory over the Germans and have disarmed them, but have lost the war.”
May 8, 1945 - Regensburg(?) - Lunch with Bradley at 3rd Army HQ
May 9, 1945 - Pilsen (Plzen, Czechoslovakia) - Flies to Pilsen to visit V Corps and the Skoda Munitions Plant
May 10, 1945 - Bad Wildungen, SW of Kassel - Flies with General Weyland to 12th Army Group HQ at Bad Wildungen. Lunch with Bradley, Hodges and Eisenhower, among others
May 12, 1945 - Linz, Austria - Flies to Linz, Austria. Patton entertains and decorates a soviet 4th Guards Army commander at a luncheon
May 14, 1945 - Bad Ischl, Austria(?) - Patton is entertained by Marshal Tolbukhin at 4th Guards Tank Army HQ at a Chateau that belonged to Emperor Francis Joseph of Austria
May 16, 1945 - Paris | London - Patton flies to Paris, then to London
May 17, 1945 - Reims - Patton receives an urgent phonecall from Reims. He cancels his leave in Manchester and flies to Reims. Dinner with Eisenhower and Omar Bradley
May 18, 1945 - Regensburg - Flies to Regensburg
May 20, 1945 - Pilsen(?) - Letter to Beatrice from Czechoslovakia
May 30(?), 1945 - London, England(?) - Patton spends 4 days in England
June 4, 1945 - Paris - Patton boards a plane to the United States
June 7, 1945 - Bedford | Boston, Massachusetts - Patton arrives in Bedford, Massachusetts, for extended leave with his family. Speaks to 20,000 at the Hatch Memorial Shell, including a crowd of 400 wounded 3rd Army veterans
June 8, 1945 - Denver - Patton and his wife fly to Denver on his way to Los Angeles and Pasadena
June 9, 1945 - Los Angeles - Arrives at Los Angeles from Denver. Patton and Doolittle are welcomed by the crowd during a parade. Patton speaks to a crowd of 100,000 at the Memorial Coliseum
June 10, 1945 - San Marino | Pasadena, California - Welcome ceremony for Patton and Doolittle at San Marino, California. Patton speaks to patients at Pasadena Regional Hospital
June 14, 1945 - Washington D.C. - Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson announces that Patton will not be sent to the Pacific but will return to Europe in an occupation army assignment
June 28, 1945 - Washington D.C. - Meeting with President Truman
July 3, 1945 - Washington D.C. | Gander Lake, Newfoundland - Patton flies to Newfoundland. There he asks the pilot to fly directly to Paris without stops
July 4, 1945 - Paris - Patton arrives in Paris without stopping at the Azores
July 5, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Flies to Bad Tölz, to serve with the occupation forces as Military Governor of Bavaria
July 16, 1945 - Berlin - At Berlin, watching Truman preside over the raising of the American Flag in the US sector of the capital
July 21, 1945 - While in Berlin(?) - Letter to his wife Beatrice: "We have destroyed what could have been a good race and we [are] about to replace them with Mongolian savages. Now the horrors of peace, pacifism and unions will have unlimited sway. I wish I were young enough to fight in the next one [war]. It would be real fun killing Mongols…. It is hell to be old and passé and know it.”
July 27, 1945 - Prague, Czechoslovakia - Patton receives the Order of the White Lion and the Military Cross 1st Class, from President Eduard Benes of Czechoslovakia
August 1, 1945 - Frankfurt - Flies to Frankfurt. Dinner with Eisenhower
August 4, 1945 - Rennes - Visit to Rennes during the liberation anniversary. Patton is made honorary citizen of the city
August 7, 1945 - Paris - Visit to Paris
August 8, 1945 - Hanau - Flies to Hanau to say goodbye to the 6th Armored Division
August 10, 1945 - Diary: "Another war has ended and with it my usefulness to the world. It is for me personally another very sad thought. Now all that is left is to sit around and await the arrival of the undertaker and posthumous immortality.”
August 18, 1945 - Paris - Flies to Paris at the request of General Juin
August 27, 1945 - Frankfurt - Attends a Military Government meeting at Frankfurt. Press Conference. Patton speaks out "against the Russians and signed a letter proposing the release of some Nazi internees.”
August 29, 1945 - Diary: "The Germans are the only decent people left in Europe. If it’s a choice between them and the Russians, I prefer the Germans.”
September 7, 1945 - Berlin - Present at the Victory Parade. Criticizes Zhukov in a letter to his wife
September 8, 1945 - Garmisch-Partenkirchen, 60miles S. of Munich - Patton visits a german prisoner camp and comments to his officers that it was "sheer madness to intern these people (the germans)"
September 15, 1945 - near Munich - Patton waits for Eisenhower to land, but due to bad weather he flies to Paris instead
September 16, 1945 - Tegernsee, near Bad Tölz - Eisenhower visits Patton at Tegernsee
September 17, 1945 - Munich - Eisenhower and Patton drive to Munich to inspect a Baltic Displaced Persons camp
September 18, 1945 - Munich - Patton drives to Pilsen for a shoot with General Harmon
September 21, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Returns to Bad Tölz during the night of September 20th to 21st
September 22, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Morning Press Conference at Bad Tölz: "I despise and abhor Nazis and Hitlerism as much as anyone. My record on that is clear and unchallengeable. It is to be found on battlefields from Morocco to Bad Tölz…. Now, more than half the Germans were Nazis and we would be in a hell of a fix if we removed all Nazi party members from office. The way I see it, this Nazi question is very much like a Democrat and Republican election fight. To get things done in Bavaria, after the complete disorganization and disruption of four years of war, we had to compromise with the devil a little. We had no alternative but to turn to the people who knew what to do and how to do it. So, for the time being we are compromising with the devil…. I don’t like the Nazis any more than you do. I despise them. In the past three years I did my utmost to kill as many of them as possible. Now we are using them for lack of anyone better until we can get better people.”
September 28, 1945 - Frankfurt - Patton is summoned to Eisenhower's HQ after his press conference declarations. After a heated exchange with Eisenhower over his statements, Patton is relieved of his military governorship
September 29, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Returns to Bad Tölz by train
October 2, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Patton is relieved of command of the 3rd Army
October 7, 1945 - Bad Tölz - Patton hands over command of the 3rd Army to General Lucian Truscott. Assigned to command the US 15th Army based in Bad Nauheim
October 8, 1945 - Bad Nauheim, 20 miles N. of Frankfurt - Patton arrives to his new HQ in Bad Nauheim, 20 miles north of Frankfurt
October 27, 1945 - Rennes - Lunch in his honor with dignataries
October 28, 1945 - Chartres - The ceremonies continue on the following day at Chartres. Patton is welcomed at the city hall and attends mass at the Cathedral
November 4, 1945 - Mannheim - At Mannheim for a shoot. (Patton drives through the destroyed cities of Frankfurt and Mannheim)
November 11, 1945 - Bad Neuheim - Surprise party for his 60th birthday
November 28, 1945 - Stockholm, Sweden - Patton, as a replacement for Gen. Eisenhower, arrives in Stockholm as a guest of King Gustavus Adolphus V
November 30, 1945 - Stockholm - Guest of Count and Countess Folke Bernadotte
December 8, 1945 - near Speyer | Heidelberg - On the way to a farewell to Europe hunting trip with Major General Hobart Gay, Patton's car collides with an american army truck at low speed. Paton is hit in his head on the glass partition in the back seat. He begins bleeding from a gash to the head, and complains he was paralyzed and having trouble breathing. Taken to the hospital in Heidelberg, Patton was discovered to have broken his neck and a cervical spinal cord injury that paralyzed him from the neck down
December 20, 1945 - Heidelberg - It is necessary to give him oxygen to restore his breathing and x-rays reveal that a small pulmonary embolism had obstructed his upper right lung
December 21, 1945 - Heidelberg - After spending 12 days in spinal traction to decrease the pressure on his spine, George S. Patton dies in his sleep of pulmonary edema and congestive heart failure, aged 60 =(END)
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