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10 Episodes 2009 - 2009
Episode 1
Fri, Apr 10, 2009 60 mins
A series following the military campaigns of Gen. George S. Patton Jr. opens with the beginning of the North Africa Campaign in 1942. Also: The 1943 Battle of Kasserine Pass is studied.
Episode 2
Fri, Apr 17, 2009 60 mins
The Allied victory in North Africa in May 1943 is recalled.
Episode 3
Fri, Apr 24, 2009 60 mins
Patton's command of the 7th Army during the Allied invasion of Sicily in 1943 is chronicled. The amphibious and airborne campaign, fought in July and August, was code-named "Operation Husky."
Episode 4
Fri, May 1, 2009 60 mins
Recalling Patton's progress in Italy in 1943 as he led the 7th Army on to capture Palermo and the subsequent conquest of Messina, where victory was bittersweet as Patton was reprimanded for slapping a soldier who was suffering battle fatigue.
Episode 5
Fri, May 8, 2009 60 mins
Patton's removal from command after the slapping incident and subsequent orders, following the Invasion of Normandy, when he used the German's blitzkrieg tactics to cover a lot of ground, are recalled.
Episode 6
Fri, May 15, 2009 60 mins
Patton's push toward Paris in 1944, when the city was liberated by the Free French armored division and not Patton's Third Army, is recalled. Also: his advance to the German border.
Episode 7
Fri, Jun 5, 2009 60 mins
Recalling the Lorraine campaign in 1944, in which the Third Army gained territory, but at a slower pace than the general had achieved in previous campaigns.
Episode 8
Fri, Jun 12, 2009 60 mins
The siege of Metz in northern France in 1944 is recalled. The heavily fortified town resisted the inadequately supplied Third Army for three months before falling.
Episode 9
Fri, Jun 19, 2009 60 mins
The Battle of the Bulge and the Third Army's push through the German defenses at Bastogne in the winter of 1944 is recalled.
Episode 10
Fri, Jun 26, 2009 60 mins
Recalling the Rhine crossing in 1945; the liberation of Buchenwald; and Patton's death on Dec. 21, 1945.