您知道巴頓在二次世界大戰時，幾乎慘遭革職嗎？重新整頓、補給並帶領美軍出戰北非戰役取得勝利後，1943年夏季，巴頓 中將負責統率美國第七軍團。巴頓的軍團與柏納蒙哥馬利將軍 (Bernard Montgomery) 統率的英國第八軍團於1943年7月一起襲擊義大利的西西里島，他們很快就攻下巴勒摩市 (Palermo) ，然後又取下了部分麥斯納 (Messina) 。英美共同出戰西西里一役是個戲劇性的勝利，而且只耗時38天。


Did you know that George S. Patton was in danger of being fired during World War II? After reorganizing, re-energizing, and leading American troops to victory in the North African desert, Lieutenant General Patton was placed in command of the U.S. Seventh Army in the summer of 1943. Patton's army, in cooperation with the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery, invaded the island of Sicily, in Italy, in July 1943, and quickly took the city of Palermo and then part of Messina. The joint American and British campaign in Sicily was a dramatic success and lasted only 38 days.

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