Patton (film)

Patton Ordeal and Triumph by Ladislas Farago

The films beginning has General George S. Patton George C. Scott giving a speech to an unseen audience of American troops based on his speech to the Third Army, with a huge American flag in the background. The scene then shifts to North Africa at the start of 1943, where Patton takes charge of the demoralized American II Corps in North Africa after the humiliating defeat at the Battle of the Kasserine Pass. After instilling discipline in his soldiers, he leads them to victory at the Battle of El Guettar, the first American victory over the Axis, though he is bitterly disappointed to learn afterward that Erwin Rommel Karl Michael Vogler, whom he respects greatly as a general, was not his opponent. Pattons aide, Captain Jenson, is killed in the battle. Shortly after the battle, a new member of his staff, Lieutenant Colonel Codman assures Patton that, though Rommel was absent, that if Patton defeated Rommels plan, then he had defeated Rommel.Patton is shown to believe in reincarnation, while remaining a devout Christian. At one point during the North Africa campaign, he takes his staff on an unexpected detour to the site of the ancient Battle of Zama. There he reminisces about the battle, insisting to his second in command, General Omar Bradley Karl Malden that he was there. ........

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