In Patton’s Footsteps

General George S. Patton believed in fulfilling the unforgivable minute with sixty seconds worth of distance run. He proved it in his race across France, his relief of the besieged town of Bastogne and his drive into Germany. On the In Patton’s Footsteps Tour, a fascinating WWII Tour, we visit the sites and battlefields significant to Patton’s Third Army, including Normandy, Brittany, Mont-St-Michel, the battlegrounds of Falaise Pocket, the German border, and the Battle of the Bulge, to understand how this maverick general helped win the war in Europe.

The historian for our In Patton’s Footsteps Tour is Kevin Hymel. Kevin is a historian for the U.S. Army and also served as a historian at the U.S. Army Combat Studies Institute at Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas. He is the author of two books on the general, Patton’s War: An American General’s Combat Leadership and Patton’s Photographs: War as He Saw It. Kevin was previously the Research Director for WWII History and Military Heritage magazines and continues to write articles for each, and has appeared in numerous documentaries on the History Channel and American Heroes Channel.

Tour Highlights

Historians