Discover the Unbelievable: Top 6 Fun Facts About George Patton That Will Blow Your Mind!

1. 1912 Olympic Pentathlete

He may not have been a "hurdle" for professional athletes, but General George Patton did make a "pentathlon" of a splash in the 1912 Olympic Games: As a military man-turned-athlete, Patton brought home fifth place in the modern pentathlon, although he surprisingly left fencing out of his repertoire and never made it to the big leagues in horseback riding or polo.
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2. Praying for Good Weather

When General Patton wasn't busy giving Mother Nature a pep talk: During the Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, Patton commissioned a prayer for good weather, composed by his chaplain Monsignor James H. O'Neill, believing that prayer could be the key to securing victory.
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3. Master of Profanity

Gen. George S. Patton Jr., the four-star maverick of military mirth, certainly subscribed to the idea of "cursing like a sailor"; channeling his inner Shakespeare, he laced his enthusiastic speeches with enough expletive sauce to make his audiences feel right at home on a pirate ship: Much to the amusement of his officers (and the occasional cluck of disapproval from the more prim and proper), Patton fashioned his famous "blood and guts" speeches with a hearty helping of profanity, convincing even ze Germans during World War II that his unique linguistic flair made him America's best general.
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4. Designer of the "Patton Sword"

You know you're a "cut" above the rest when you design your own sword and change military tactics: George Patton was not only a top fencer in the US but also crafted the "Patton sword" and redesigned the Army's saber combat doctrine for the cavalry, preferring thrusting attacks over slashing maneuvers.
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5. Infantry and Injury in the Olympics

Before he Tanked the Nazis and got his own museum, George Patton was an Olympic athlete with a penchant for "pent" up aggression: At the 1912 Olympics in Stockholm, Patton competed in the pentathlon event, finishing fifth overall despite suffering a leg injury.
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6. Voracious Reader and Strategist

Get ready for the Patton pending Dewey Decimal Destroyer: George Patton not only devoured military history, strategy, and wars gone awry but had a personal library packed with titles on horse-riding, sailing, polo, and even read the Koran to understand his Moroccan enemies, proving that his appetite for knowledge was as vast as his thirst for victory.
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