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Readers around the world have thrilled to Killing Lincoln?? Killing Kennedy?? and Killing Jesus--riveting works of nonfiction that journey into the heart of the most famous murders in history. Now from Bill O'Reilly?? anchor of The O'Reilly Factor?? comes the most epic book of all in this multimillion-selling series: Killing Patton.
General George S. Patton?? Jr. died under mysterious circumstances in the months following the end of World War II. For almost seventy years?? there has been suspicion that his death was not an accident--and may very well have been an act of assassination. Killing Patton takes readers inside the final year of the war and recounts the events surrounding Patton's tragic demise?? naming names of the many powerful individuals who wanted him silenced.
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In Killing Patton: The Strange Death of World War IIs Most Audacious General Bill OReilly and Martin Dugard have written a lively provocative account of the death of General George S. Patton and the important events in the final year of the Allied victory in Europe which Pattons brilliant generalship of the American Third Army did so much to secure.
The fourth book in the bestselling Killing series is rich in fascinating details and riveting battle scenes. The authors have written vivid descriptions of a compelling cast of characters major historical figures such as Eisenhower Churchill Roosevelt Stalin Hitler and others as well as more obscure players in the great drama of the Second World War and the life and death of Patton.
OReilly and Dugard express doubts about the official explanation for Pattons demise from injuries he suffered in an automobile accident. They surmise that the Generals outspokenness about his controversial views on postwar security particularly his animosity toward the Soviets our erstwhile allies?? might have made him a target for assassination. They cast a suspicious eye toward various potential culprits from Josef Stalin to wartime espionage czar ??Wild Bill?? Donovan and a c