General George S. Patton Jr. was one of America's most successful and unconventional military leaders.

From a young age he believed he was destined to lead a great army, and after an eventful youth where he would even compete in the

1912 Olympic Games, he forged an incredible military career during both

World Wars. But was he really America's greatest general?

Well, I'm your host James Rogers.

This is the Warfare Podcast, and to discuss old blood and guts himself,

we have his grandson Bob Patton on the

podcast. A historian in his own right, Bob kindly invited me over to the

Patton family home in Connecticut, New England, where we grabbed a coffee and sat down to discuss his grandfather's esteemed,

if not slightly controversial career, along with the conspiracy theories around his death.

Here is Bob Patton on General Patton. Enjoy. Hi Bob welcome to the Warfare Podcast how you doing thanks for having me not a problem

at all thanks for having me I mean the pattern family home in Connecticut in

New England in the United States is a great honor to be here and to talk

about your family history. The patterns you've written a book on this and you've lived

it as well. So what made you want to write that book on your family history?

First of all James again, thanks for having me, but when I wrote the patents, it was the

first book I wrote. I was 30 years ago now and I've written I guess six

since then, not about the family but I

had sort of circled it at a distance you know you have a very very large figure you

know he's my grandfather my father also George S Patton the fourth a military man so

this was a very large persona in the household.

And you keep your distance as a youth

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