{"id":2380292,"date":"2024-12-15T14:06:02","date_gmt":"2024-12-15T19:06:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-patton-called-on-his-entire-army-to-pray-80-years-ago-just-before-a-crucial-battle-unfolded\/"},"modified":"2024-12-15T14:08:41","modified_gmt":"2024-12-15T19:08:41","slug":"gen-patton-called-on-his-entire-army-to-pray-80-years-ago-just-before-a-crucial-battle-unfolded","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gen-patton-called-on-his-entire-army-to-pray-80-years-ago-just-before-a-crucial-battle-unfolded\/","title":{"rendered":"Gen. Patton Called on His Entire Army to Pray 80 Years Ago Just Before a Crucial Battle Unfolded"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fgen-patton-called-on-his-entire-army-to-pray-80-years-ago-just-before-a-crucial-battle-unfolded%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2380292&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The text recounts a \u200dsignificant event during \u2064World War II involving\u2063 General George\u200c S. Patton \u2063and the Battle\u2062 of the Bulge \u200cin December 1944. As the German army launched a surprise offensive, encircling the 101st Airborne Division in Bastogne, Patton recognized the need for\u200d divine intervention and instructed his entire \u200bThird Army to pray for favorable weather to \u2064aid their military efforts.Despite challenging conditions initially hindering their advance, a turnaround occurred on December 23, 1944, coinciding \u200dwith the distribution of prayer cards to his soldiers. <\/p>\n<p>These cards included a \u200cprayer for good weather, which soon resulted in clear skies\u2064 allowing Allied air support to resume and enabling supplies to reach\u200c the besieged troops. Patton&#8217;s forces successfully\u2062 advanced and relieved the 101st\u2064 on December 26, later reflecting on the efficacy of their prayers amidst\u200d the battle&#8217;s \u2064turmoil. The text highlights Patton&#8217;s belief in the importance of faith and prayer throughout his \u200bmilitary \u2062leadership. This pivotal moment and Patton&#8217;s actions are portrayed as a blend of\u200d strategic military planning \u200dand spiritual conviction during one of the\u2064 war&#8217;s critical junctures.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_0)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (REP_4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>Perhaps World War II Gen. George S. Patton&rsquo;s finest hour as an American war leader came during the pivotal Battle of the Bulge in December 1944, when his army relieved the surrounded 101st Airborne Division in Belgium.<\/p>\n<p>In the days leading up to this make-or-break moment in the Allied push to defeat Nazi Germany, Patton <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-pattons-greatest-victory-happened-called-entire-army-pray-75-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">called on<\/a> his entire Third Army to pray.<\/p>\n<p>Before the German Army&rsquo;s Ardennes offensive, Patton had his staff working on a contingency plan because he sensed their foe might counterattack in the Bastogne region.<\/p>\n<p>Under thick cloud cover with snow falling, Hitler&rsquo;s 200,000 troops advanced through Belgium&rsquo;s Ardennes Forest starting on Dec. 16.<\/p>\n<p>The massive German thrust enveloped thousands of Allied soldiers &mdash; including 11,000 from the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/us-makes-move-not-seen-since-wwii-deploys-101st-airborne-europe\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">101st Airborne Division<\/a> in Bastogne.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>The Allies could not respond with their <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/john-oliver-accuses-israel-of-war-crimes-apartheid\/\" title=\"John Oliver Accuses Israel Of War Crimes, Apartheid\">air power<\/a> because of bad weather.<\/p>\n<p>The German commander near Bastogne ordered the surrounded 101st to immediately surrender &mdash; to which the American commander, Gen. Anthony McAuliffe, famously replied, &ldquo;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.army.mil\/article\/92856\/the_story_of_the_nuts_reply\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Nuts<\/a>.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The German troops tried to break the hold on Bastogne while also pushing west, creating a 50-by-30-mile-wide bulge in the Allied lines.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">Battle of the Bulge is over, as German salient in Ardennes collapses under Allied counterattack; German offensive ends in 125,000 casualties <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/GcbrDS7OQr\">pic.twitter.com\/GcbrDS7OQr<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Second World War tweets from 1940 (@RealTimeWWII) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/RealTimeWWII\/status\/824362823748878337?\">January 25, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Just days before the outbreak of the Battle of the Bulge, Patton called Third Army Chaplain James O&rsquo;Neill to ask him for a good weather prayer. The skies had been overcast for weeks and heavy rains had made the roads muddy, all but stopping the Allied advance.<\/p>\n<p>By <a href=\"https:\/\/books.google.com\/books?id=r8YrAAAAYAAJ&amp;pg=PA20&amp;dq=the+true+story+of+the+patton+prayer&amp;hl=en&amp;newbks=1&amp;newbks_redir=0&amp;sa=X&amp;ved=2ahUKEwie5bCT07PmAhUWuZ4KHebzDwcQ6AEwAHoECAAQAg#v=onepage&amp;q=the%20true%20story%20of%20the%20patton%20prayer&amp;f=false\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">O&rsquo;Neill&rsquo;s account<\/a>, the general said the weather would need to change if they were going to win the war.<\/p>\n<p>The Catholic priest drafted a prayer card and hand-delivered it to Patton, who read it and ordered, &ldquo;Have 250,000 copies printed and see to it that every man in the Third Army gets one.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The prayer card read: &ldquo;Almighty and most merciful Father, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderate rains with which we have to contend. Grant us <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/seth-rogen-publicly-cuts-ties-with-long-time-friend-james-franco-over-sexual-misconduct-allegations\/\" title=\"Seth Rogen Publicly Cuts Ties with Long-time Friend, James Franco, Over Sexual Misconduct Allegations\">fair weather<\/a> for battle.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee that armed with Thy power, we my advance from victory to victory, and crush the oppression and the wickedness of our enemies, and establish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">General Patton, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wwii-leaders-appealed-to-god-and-saving-christian-civilization-in-fight-against-axis-powers\/\" title=\"WWII leaders sought divine intervention to save Christian civilization in battle against Axis\">desiring good weather<\/a> for his advance to Bastogne, had Chaplain Fr. James O&rsquo;Neill compose a card to be distributed to each one of the 250,000 troops under his command of the Third Army, and had all of the men pray this prayer. <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WW2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WW2<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/lbuQOFILY1\">pic.twitter.com\/lbuQOFILY1<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; WWII Pictures (@WWIIpix) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/WWIIpix\/status\/944314201979457536?\">December 22, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>On the back of the card was a Christmas greeting from the general, which stated, in part, &ldquo;I have full confidence in your courage, devotion to duty, and skill in battle. We march in our might to complete victory. May God&rsquo;s blessing rest upon each of you on this Christmas Day.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patton told O&rsquo;Neill, &ldquo;I am a strong believer in prayer. A good soldier is not made merely by making him think and work. There is something in every soldier that goes deeper than thinking or working &mdash; it&rsquo;s his &lsquo;guts.&rsquo; It is something that he has built in there: It is a world of truth and power that is higher than himself.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The war leader referred to the account of <a href=\"https:\/\/www.biblegateway.com\/passage\/?search=Judges%206&amp;version=ESV\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Gideon in the Bible<\/a> who, despite being greatly outnumbered, fought bravely and prevailed because the Lord was with him.<\/p>\n<p>Patton contended that his men should be praying, wherever they were &mdash; or eventually they would &ldquo;crack up.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Michael Keane, the author of &ldquo;Patton: Blood, Guts, and Prayer,&rdquo; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/gen-pattons-greatest-victory-happened-called-entire-army-pray-75-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">told<\/a> The Western Journal in 2019, &ldquo;It is impossible to exaggerate the important role that faith and prayer played in Patton&rsquo;s life. Prayer was a part of his daily ritual and he felt a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/joe-biden-will-award-denzel-washington-medal-of-freedom\/\" title=\"Joe Biden Will Award Denzel Washington Medal of Freedom\">deep personal faith<\/a> that sustained him during times of adversity.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>Patton directed O&rsquo;Neill to put out a training letter on the importance of prayer to every chaplain and to every commander down to the regimental level, 3,200 copies in all.<\/p>\n<p>The chaplain exhorted in his letter: &ldquo;We must urge, instruct, and indoctrinate every fighting man to pray as well as fight. In Gideon&rsquo;s day, and in our own, spiritually alert minorities carry the burdens and bring the victories.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>O&rsquo;Neill&rsquo;s training letters and prayer cards went out to the Third Army&rsquo;s ranks starting Dec. 12, 1944. Events on the battlefield took a dramatic turn on Dec, 16, when the Nazis launched their Ardennes offensive.<\/p>\n<p>Supreme Allied Commander General <a href=\"https:\/\/www.westernjournal.com\/eisenhower-ended-d-day-order-troops-asking-pray-80-years-ago\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Dwight D. Eisenhower<\/a> tapped Patton&rsquo;s Third Army to relieve the surrounded 101st Airborne.<\/p>\n<p>Patton&rsquo;s forces had been 85 miles to the south, with a portion of them already engaging the enemy &mdash; and now the muddy roads had turned to ice and snow.<\/p>\n<p>On the same day the German commander demanded the 101st Airborne&rsquo;s surrender (Dec. 22), Patton&rsquo;s forces hit the southern edge of the bulge &mdash; but still over 30 miles from the besieged city.<\/p>\n<p>Allied air cover remained grounded until the following day, Dec. 23.<\/p>\n<p>That morning, likely after most of the Third Army&rsquo;s soldiers had received their prayer cards, the <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\">weeks-long cloud cover finally broke<\/a> to a clear, sunny and crisp 10-degree Fahrenheit day.<\/p>\n<p>The fair weather meant the hard-pressed defenders of Bastogne could finally be re-supplied with ammunition and food by parachute airdrop while Allied fighter aircraft could strike German ground forces. Experiencing nearly 300 casualties per day, the 101st could only hope to hold out a few more days.<\/p>\n<p>Finally, on Dec. 26, a beautiful sight appeared in the distance: a Sherman tank bearing the American star. The advanced elements of Patton&rsquo;s Third Army were on their way, carving a tenuous, narrow corridor to the 101st that would widen the next day.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\">\n<p dir=\"ltr\" lang=\"en\">December 26 1944 Battle of the <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bulge?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bulge<\/a><br \/>  Relief of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Bastogne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Bastogne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/BoxingDay?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#BoxingDay<\/a> Major <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Milestone?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Milestone<\/a> in <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/WW2?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#WW2<\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/101st?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#101st<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Airborne?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Airborne<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/McAuliffe?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#McAuliffe<\/a> and 10th <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Armored?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Armored<\/a> Div relieved by 4th Armored, spearhead of <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Patton?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Patton<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/ThirdArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#ThirdArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/USArmy?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#USArmy<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/hashtag\/Ardennes?src=hash&amp;ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">#Ardennes<\/a> <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/z8jczToEoU\">pic.twitter.com\/z8jczToEoU<\/a><\/p>\n<p>&mdash; John Robson &#127464;&#127462; &#127482;&#127462; (@Jaeger_9) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Jaeger_9\/status\/945755468047310849?\">December 26, 2017<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<p>Patton, amazed by how quickly the weather changed, decided to award O&rsquo;Neill the Bronze Star.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Chaplain, you&rsquo;re the most popular man in this Headquarters,&rdquo; he told the priest. &ldquo;You sure stand in good with the Lord and with the troops.&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>The Third Army continued attacking the enemy throughout the sector. With the help of Allied units to the north, by the end of January, it had completely pushed back the Bulge and continued into Germany.<\/p>\n<p>Patton saw O&rsquo;Neill during this time frame and said to him, &ldquo;Well, Padre, our prayers worked. 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Patton&#8217;s most notable moment as a military leader during World War II occurred in December 1944 at the crucial Battle of the Bulge, when his forces rescued the encircled 101st Airborne Division in Belgium. In preparation for this critical event in the Allied campaign against Nazi Germany, Patton urged his entire Third Army to pray. Anticipating a German counteroffensive in Bastogne, he had his staff develop a contingency plan before the enemy launched their Ardennes offensive on December 16, which involved 200,000 German troops advancing through Belgium&#8217;s Ardennes Forest and surrounding thousands of Allied soldiers, including 11,000 from the 101st Airborne Division.<\/p>\n<p>Due to poor weather conditions, Allied air support was unavailable. The German commander near Bastogne demanded that the surrounded American forces surrender; General Anthony McAuliffe famously responded with &#8220;Nuts.&#8221; As German troops attempted to seize control of Bastogne and push westward, they created a significant bulge in Allied lines.<\/p>\n<p>Just days prior to this battle&#8217;s onset, Patton requested Chaplain James O\u2019Neill to compose a prayer for favorable weather since persistent overcast skies and heavy rains had hindered their progress. O\u2019Neill wrote a prayer card asking for fair weather for battle and delivered it personally to Patton. The general ordered that 250,000 copies be printed so every soldier in his command could pray together.<\/p>\n<p>The prayer included pleas for divine assistance against their enemies and concluded with an appeal for God&#8217;s justice among nations. 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