Before he reached the Rhine River in Germany, Patton bestrode the Seine in France and marked his territory: “Patton, after a flying visit, proudly announced to Bradley that he had ‘pissed in the river that morning.'” Antony Beevor, D-Day, quoting Martin Blumenson, ed., Patton Papers. See Patton Pis for more information.
Category Archives: Generals
Patton Pis pix from a personal collection. For more information, see the comments at the bottom of Patton Pis.
Real or 1943 ‘Photoshop’?
Was this photograph genuine? Hitler had his doubts. Friedrich Paulus, head of the Sixth Army in Stalingrad, was actually a Field Marshal—and German Field Marshals preferred suicide to surrender. At least, they were supposed to.
Patton Pissing in the Rhine?
George S. Patton crossed the Rhine in March 1945 at Oppenheim, south of Frankfurt. While still on the pontoon bridge, the irrepressible American general heard the call of nature - and answered it.
And he was supposedly photographed doing so. Read more
Location, location, location.
When France surrendered to Germany in June 1940, Hitler wanted to rub their noses in it. An old railway carriage did the trick. Read more
Hitler in Paris (2)
If they look, smell and waddle like generals, they must be generals - unless they are architects and sculptors and who knows what else. Read more