Stanford, Calif.As the Seventh U.S. Army prepared to seize Axis-held Sicily in July 1943, Gen. George S. Patton sent the troops a message. “When we land,” Patton said, “we will meet German and Italian soldiers whom it is our honor and privilege to attack and destroy.”Patton is famous for his martial exhortations, but Stanford historian...

Source: Wall Street Journal November 28, 2019 00:56 UTC