For my assigned blog I watched the movie Patton.
Patton was about General George C. Patton and his part in WWII. The movie begins with Patton as a two star general giving a speech to his troops about how they need to be good soldiers. Then it goes to him out in North Africa where he takes over for a British commander of American troops. He defeats Rommel's Army there. Patton was a little on the crazy. He believed that he was there during all the great fights in history through reincarnation. But he was also believed in God and being a good Christian.
Next he was in Sicily. He had a plan and Montgomery, a British general, also had a plan. They ended up going with Montgomery’s plan which put Patton as second, supporting Montgomery instead of being totally in charge. Patton didn't like being second fiddle. So while they were there things changed on the ground and Patton's army didn't really have anything to do. So Patton took his troops north and took the path that he had originally planned. He disobeyed orders not to go through with his plan by saying that the transmission didn't come through.
He went into a medical tent and saw a man there that was having a nervous breakdown. Patton didn't appreciate that he could sit there just crying while other men were dying. So Patton took his gloves and smacked that guy over the head a few times. Later when the papers got a hold of this they made it a very big deal. He was made to apologies to the man, the medical staff that was there, and his whole army. Then he was used as a decoy for D-Day to distract the Germans. Then General Bradley that had once worked for Patton was now his boss and Patton got control of the third army. He took them to Paris and liberated Paris from the Germans. Then he went and liberated the 101 airborne that was surrounded by the Germans. He moved faster and farther and engaged more enemy divisions than any other army in US History.
Then German falls and he sits down with the Russians and refuses to drink with them and insults him but they drinking anyways. He says things to the paper that insults Republicans and Democrats by comparing them to Nazis so the third army was taken away from him and he retired. The End.
I think that it was a good movie that had a couple a comical moments that keep you interested through all the fighting. He seems a little on the wacky side but he seemed like a really great general. He didn't seem to care about the media or the people but still a great general. Overall I liked it and am glad I watched it.
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Good choice of movie and well done!