您知道巴顿在二次世界大战时，几乎惨遭革职吗？重新整顿、补给并带领美军出战北非战役取得胜利后，1943年夏季，巴顿 中将负责统率美国第七军团。巴顿的军团与柏纳蒙哥马利将军 (Bernard Montgomery) 统率的英国第八军团于1943年7月一起袭击义大利的西西里岛，他们很快就攻下巴勒摩市 (Palermo) ，然后又取下了部分麦斯纳 (Messina) 。英美共同出战西西里一役是个戏剧性的胜利，而且只耗时38天。


Did you know that George S. Patton was in danger of being fired during World War II? After reorganizing, re-energizing, and leading American troops to victory in the North African desert, Lieutenant General Patton was placed in command of the U.S. Seventh Army in the summer of 1943. Patton's army, in cooperation with the British Eighth Army under General Bernard Montgomery, invaded the island of Sicily, in Italy, in July 1943, and quickly took the city of Palermo and then part of Messina. The joint American and British campaign in Sicily was a dramatic success and lasted only 38 days.

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