Patton's Brittany Sideshow

Patton's Brittany Sideshow
With Kevin Hymel
Part of our Brittany Campaign series
   • The Brittany Campaign - August-Septem...  
Also part of our 80th Anniversary Series
   • 80th Anniversary Special  

Following his participation in the later stages of Cobra, coming after his "probationary" period ahead of DDay, General George Patton felt his stock was rising once more. With the Germans on the run in Normandy, what now for his Third Army? In today's show, we will talk about the months of August and September for Patton, and especially his apparent lack of enthusiasm for the planned liberation of Brittany.

Kevin M. Hymel is a contract historian at Arlington National Cemetery and a Historian/Tour Guide of Ambrose Historical Tours, leading the “In Patton’s Footsteps” tour. For fifteen years he was the research director of and regular contributor to WWII History and WWII Quarterly. He is a regular on WW2TV

Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership, Volume I: November 1942 - July 1944 by
Kevin M. Hymel
USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97808262...
UK https://uk.bookshop.org/a/5843/978082...

Patton's War: An American General's Combat Leadership, Volume 2: August-December 1944 Volume 2 by Kevin M. Hymel
USA https://bookshop.org/a/21029/97808262...
UK https://www.amazon.co.uk/Pattons-War-...

Kevin's previous appearances on WW2TV
Patton in Sicily
https://youtube.com/live/craZiiSdHJY
Task Force Benson - Beyond El Guettar - General Patton's Offensive
https://www.youtube.com/live/JTS61Jjn0x8
Patton's War - General Patton in WW2
https://www.youtube.com/live/rwKbfNJjgS4
The Battle for Mayenne, Normandy (90th Division)

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