When people thing of World War II many things come to mind: Gas Chambers, Nazis, "Japs", and General George S. Patton. George S. Patton is one of the most controversial issues of World War II. People have called him a great and heroic man, while others called him a pre-madonna. No matter which view you have of Patton one thing is true, Patton played a significant part in the Second World War. George Patton was a descendent of a wealthy Virginia family. [Patton R.] Patton was born in 1885, in San Gabriel, California. In 1909, He graduated from West Point. It was afterwards that he started his career in the military. In 1916, He was an aide to General. Pershing during the punitive expedition to Mexico. [Biography] In 1917, Pershing and Patton travel to France where they learned how to use the newest weapon of war, the tank. [Biography] This would play a major significance in the u....

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