Ladislas Farago

Ladislas Farago (1906–1980) was a military historian and journalist who published a number of best-selling books on history and espionage, especially concerning the World War II era. He was the author of "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph", the acclaimed biography of George Patton that formed the basis for the film "Patton" and wrote "The Broken Seal", one of the books that formed the basis for the movie Tora! Tora! Tora!. He was born in Csurgo, Hungary in 1906, the son of Arthur and Irma Farago (née Lang); the family moved to Budapest when he was ten years old. He attended a business-oriented high school, but harbored an interest in journalism and theater, and on graduation became a writer initially for the tabloid Az Ember. He went on to...