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 | | Early in 1944 he was given command of the 3rd Army, which spearheaded the spectacular sweep of U.S. forces from Normandy through Brittany and North France, relieved Bastogne in Dec., 1944 (see Battle of the Bulge), crossed the Rhine (Mar., 1945), and raced across South Germany into Czechoslovakia. |
 | | However, press reports of the news conference ignored General Patton's core concern and concentrated instead on a statement that was taken out of context, implying that he was pro-Nazi, rather than concerned for the expansion of Soviet hegemony across Western Europe. |
 | | Letters from Patton on Fifteenth Army letterhead, his last command, are very uncommon, as he was fatally injured in an automobile accident in Germany weeks after assuming command. |
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