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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton

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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton

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Ep. 14: Kevin Hymel on General George S. Patton

FromSchool of War

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Length:
59 minutes
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Historian Kevin Hymel joins the show to discuss the life and leadership of the American World War II general most feared by the Nazis: George S. Patton.

Times

01:48 - Introduction

04:38 - Recently uncovered details about General Patton

08:38 - History’s first draft

10:51 - How Patton became one of the most famous World War II leaders

13:35 - Patton before the war

17:34 - Patton in North Africa

23:08 - Problems with General Dwight D. Eisenhower

26:55 - Patton’s leadership style

28:20 - Fighting in Tunisia 

32:49 - Patton’s risk calculations

34:16 - Patton’s behavior, temperament, and treatment of other officers

43:05 - The Civil War and Patton’s strategy in North Africa

45:00 - Patton’s role in Sicily 

49:49 - Shell shock and Patton's anti-Semitism

55:21 - Sicily and combat stress
Released:
Jan 25, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Titles in the series (100)

This podcast seeks to learn what war teaches. There’s a steady decline in the study of military history and its associated theoretical discipline, strategy. Avoiding the knowledge of war is dangerous. This podcast solves that problem by diving into military and diplomatic history.  We study strategy, and the words and deeds of significant battlefield commanders, diplomats, strategists, policymakers, and statesmen who have trained directly in the school of war.   This podcast is primarily an interview show. The subject of any given episode may be the story of an historical battle, campaign, or conflict; the conduct of policy in the course of a major international competition; the work of a famous strategist; the nature of a famous weapon; the legacy of an important military commander or political leader in wartime.