Due to Heidelberg’s emotive beauty, General Patton fell in love with the city and refused to see it bombed, hence the city survived WWII and became the headquarters for United States’ forces in Europe following the war. Ironically Patton was highly criticised for his lenient policy towards the enemy and was fatally injured in a traffic accident in Heidelberg just after the war ended. He wasn’t the only famous American to have fallen victim to its heavenly charm. Mark Twain is rumoured to have named Huckleberry Finn after the mountains of Heidelberg.