This book tells the dramatic story of Patton's final months, following him over the Rhine to help deliver the fatal blows to Hitler's Third Reich to his death, in bed, in December 1945. It was to be the last year in the life of General George Patton. It would commence with the great victory of the Battle of the Bulge. It would end in dismissal, despair and finally death. For despite his victory at Bastogne and his tremendous drive through Southern Germany, his boss Eisenhower would cruelly relieve him of his post as Governor of Bavaria, take away his beloved Third Army and finally relegate him to the command of the 15th US Army, which existed on paper only.

In this fast moving account, Charles Whiting takes us through the dramatic battles of that last year of the war and the new peace. Patton racing from the German frontier to the Rhine in a mere fifty hours...his bitter rivalry to cross the great river before Montgomery (Patton won)...the disastrous raid on Hammelburg POW camp, which finally turned Eisenhower against the 3rd Army Commander...final victory in Czechoslovakia and Patton's urgent desire to now go on fighting.