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Institute of Land Warfare >> AUSA Book Program >> Book Reviews >> Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, 1944

Patton at Bay: The Lorraine Campaign, 1944

By: John Nelson Rickard

Reviewed By: Roger Cirillo

George S. Patton holds a continuous fascination in the minds of those interested in military history and operational command and this reissue of John Rickard’s in depth study of one of Patton’s campaigns is one of the few in depth studies available concerning Patton’s generalship. The campaign in Lorraine was Patton’s most trying serious of battles. Absent the dash of the exploitation across France, the drama of relieving Bastogne, and the rapid plunge into Germany following the Rhine crossing, Lorraine was a serious of slugging matches with diminishing supplies in bad weather. While the Lorraine Campaign saw brilliance such as the encirclement of Nancy and the tank battle of Arracourt, central to the story, is Patton’s controversial siege of Metz.

Patton had been drawn to Metz, surrounded by over forty fortresses, and blocking one of the major gateways into Southern Germany. Most thought Patton should have bypassed it, but the pull of the name and Patton’s own contempt for fixed fortifications drew him to battle there.

Rickard offers a detailed analysis of Patton’s thinking, his plans, and his relationship with his corps and division commanders, a varied group of men, whose own ideas sometimes clashed with their strong willed boss. The result is a fast paced, thoughtful study of command at the operational level, one written with the punch and pace of a good novel yet with enough combat detail to please any military student. This book is a must for Second World War historians and soldiers studying the operational art.

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