Episode 340 - The Battle of Fort Driant
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December 2, 20241h 34mExplicit
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Patton sends his soldiers into a tunnel meat grinder, suffering his first and only real defeat as a commander during WWII
Sources:
Anthony Kemp. The Unknown Battle: Metz
John Nelson Rickard. Patton at Bay: the Lorraine Campaign, September to December, 1944
Duane E. Shaffer. Patton’s Lost Battle. Warfare History Network
Ryan McLachlan. Battle of Fort Driant – World War II’s Strangest Engagement? War History Online