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von Paulus, Friedrich

von Rundstedt, Gerd

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deserters

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Welles, Orson

Wenck, Walther

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White House

William the Conqueror

Willkie, Wendell

Wolf’s Lair

Women’s Army Corps

Woodring, Horace

World War I

Wunsch, Franz

Yalta Conference

Yezhov, Nikolai

Yugoslavia

Zborowski, Mark

Zhukov, Georgy K.

Ziegenberg

Zyklon B

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About the Authors

Bill O’Reilly is the anchor of The O’Reilly Factor, the highest-rated cable news show in the country. He also writes a syndicated newspaper column and is the author of several number-one bestselling books. He is, perhaps, the most-talked-about political commentator in America.

Martin Dugard is the New York Times bestselling author of several books of history. He and his wife live in Southern California with their three sons.

KILLING PATTON: THE STRANGE DEATH OF WORLD WAR II’S MOST AUDACIOUS GENERAL

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O’Reilly, Bill.

     Killing Patton: the strange death of World War II’s most audacious general / Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard. — First edition.

            pages cm

     Includes index.

     ISBN 978-0-8050-9668-2 (hardcover) — ISBN 978-0-8050-9669-9 (electronic book)

1.  Patton, George S. (George Smith), 1885–1945—Death and burial.   I.  Dugard, Martin.   II.  Title.

     E745.P3O74 2014

    355.0092—dc23

2014019610

First Edition: September 2014