Patton, George Smith

Japanese: パットン（英語表記）Patton， George Smith

Born November 11, 1885 in San Gabriel, California.
[Died] December 21, 1945, Heidelberg. American general. Graduated from the United States Military Academy in 1909. First tank commander in World War I. He advocated rapid mobile warfare using tanks. In World War II, he was a corps commander in the invasion of North Africa in 1942, and in the invasion of Sicily in 1943, he used tanks as commander of the 7th Army, capturing Palermo. From 1944 to 1945, he was commander of the 3rd Army on the Western Front, and became famous for his rapid pursuit (→Shooting and Maneuvering Tactics). Died in a car accident in Germany. His strict military discipline, fiery temperament, and self-sacrifice earned him the great trust of his subordinates, but he also received strong criticism from outside. His book, War As I Knew It (1947).

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Japanese:

[生]1885.11.11. カリフォルニア，サンガブリエル
[没]1945.12.21. ハイデルベルク
アメリカの陸軍軍人，大将。 1909年陸軍士官学校卒業。第1次世界大戦でアメリカ最初の戦車隊長。戦車による迅速な機動戦を主張し，第2次世界大戦では，42年北アフリカ進攻で軍団長，43年のシチリア島上陸では，第7軍司令官として戦車を駆使し，パレルモを攻略。 44～45年までは西部戦線で第3軍司令官に任じ，その迅速な追撃戦で有名になった (→射撃および運動戦術 ) 。ドイツで自動車事故のため死んだ。軍律のきびしさ，激しい気性と自己犠牲の精神によって部下の絶大な信頼を得たが，外部からの非難も強かった。著書『私が体験した戦争』 War As I Knew It (1947) 。

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