Eisenhower removes Patton from command in Bavaria 70 years ago today (Oct 2 1945)


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(Tuesday, October 2, 1945) — Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower’s headquarters announced tonight that Gen. George S. Patton Jr. had been relieved of his duties as Third Army commander and military governor of Bavaria 10 days after publicly comparing the issue of Nazis and non-Nazis to a Democratic-Republican election fight.