311 - Patton, 1945

The WW2 Podcast by Angus Wallace

Jun 22, 202645:24Society & Culture

In this episode, we turn our attention to the final months of the war in Europe and one of the Allied armies' most famous and controversial commanders, General George S. Patton. At the start of 1945, Patton's Third Army...

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