“What Patton Did When He Found a German Using an American Flag as a Tablecloth”
In May 1945, Germany had surrendered, and Allied forces were moving through Bavaria to secure territory and round up the last Nazi officials. General George S. Patton was touring a commandeered estate that had belonged to a high-ranking SS officer who had fled. The estate was the home of SS Oberführer Heinrich Müller, a regional … Read more