World War II was the most destructive war in history. It began in 1939 as aEuropean conflict between Germany and a British and French alliance, but eventuallyincluded most of the nations of the world. Most of the war was fought with the sametypes of weapons used in World War I. The greatest advances were in aircraft and tanks. Patton was the first soldier in the tank corps. He created the training procedures, theregulations and the methods of instruction. At that time the American public saw Pattonas an arrogant man who enraged Americans because he slapped a soldier who washospitalized for post traumatic stress disorder, which at that time was called combatfatigue. The movie portrays General George Patton as an intense, fanatical patriot whoarrogantly struts with a swagger stick, which was actually a riding crop with a hiddensword inside of it, and ivory handled pistols in front of a huge American flag. Difference Between the Real Patton and the Movie PattonThe real Patton was a dyslexic, who came from a wealthy background, and washis own worst enemy. The real Patton had a high pitched voice, unlike George C. Scott'sdeep and rough voice. At the beginning of the movie, Patton's delivering his famousspeech to the Third Army delivered on June 4, 1944. In the movie, during the openingspeech, Patton also makes the statement, "No bastard ever won a war by dying for hiscountry, you win it by making the other poor dumb bastard die for his country!". Heactually made this statement in 1941 at Fort Benning, Georgia to a small group of troopsin training. Obviously the statement was memorable enough for the writers of the movieto include it into the opening scene. When Patton is wearing the uniform of a four stargeneral and has decorations that were awarded to him by various European countries. However, in reality, at this point in time, he was still a lieutenant general and thedecorations were awarded to him after the war. Patton is ...
