29 March 1945 A.D. GEN Patton Takes Frankfurt, Germany—“I Think I’ll Have Some Southern Germany as a Side Dish, Thank You, and Perhaps Czechoslovakia for Desert”
29 March 1945 A.D. GEN Patton Takes Frankfurt, Germany—“I Think I’ll Have Some Southern Germany as a Side Dish, Thank You, and Perhaps Czechoslovakia for Desert” Editors. “Patton takes Frankfurt.” History. 2009. http://www.history.com/this-day-in-history/patton-takes-frankfurt . Accessed 27 Mar 2015. On this day, Gen. George S. Patton’s 3rd Army captures Frankfurt, as “Old Blood and Guts” continues his march east. Frankfurt am Main, literally “On the Main” River, in western Germany, was the mid-19th century capital of Germany (it was annexed by Prussia in 1866, ending its status as a free city). Once integrated into a united German nation, it developed into a significant industrial city—and hence a prime target for Allied bombing during the war. That bombing began as early as July 1941, during a series of British air raids against the Nazis. In March 1944, Frankfurt suffered extraordinary damage during a raid that saw 27,000 tons of bombs dropped on Germany in a s...