The History of WWII Podcast · Ray Harris Jr
Episode 606-Patton's Second End Run
February 26, 2026·23 min·2 clips
Patton yelled at Truscott, 'God damn it, Lucian, what's the matter with you? Are you afraid to fight?'
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A pre-dawn landing becomes a sharp lesson in what happens when plans meet roads, bridges, ditches, and bad exits.
Patton's second amphibious end run frames the landing near Brolo as a tense, practical test of battlefield improvisation. Lieutenant Colonel Bernard's task force gets ashore before dawn, then runs into the problem the planning never quite solved: how to move vehicles off the…
Why you'd press play
You get Patton pushing for a second amphibious end run, a pre-dawn landing near Brolo, and a lemon grove turning the road to the highway into the real problem.
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