I' do this job because I' was trained to do it... you do it because... you love it” – said Gen. Omar N. Bradley about Patton. Patton loved leading his troops in battlefield, A fieldmen at heart for whom it appeared that gist of life is lead, fight, and win. While getting ready to thwart a German attack, he said - "All my life I've wanted to lead a lot of men in a desperate battle. In his opening speech he said “Americans love a winner. Americans will not tolerate a looser. “Americans play to win all the time”. The very thought of loosing hateful to Americans” This sums up neatly what Patton believed and was trying to do in the movie. Despite the win of Tunisia, Allied commanders were not impressed and chose to allow British forces
In order to receive a victory in the Battle of the Bulge, General Patton used Mission Command Analysis in order to understand how he can be successful for this mission. The first thing of understanding t...
others for the violence of the war, and summarizes his view on revenge perfectly: “I joined the
role in the war because he had always wanted to be part of it.He was
General Patton was a devoted student of history, a poet, a humble man who was very unsure of his own abilities, a man who could bust into tears at any given moment, and could be charming or quite insulting all in the same hour. His reckless, outspoken manner gained him friends and enemies of equal determination. General Patton was not only extrovert of public perception but he also had an intensely private side. He was a man who trained himself for greatness with a determination matched by no other Allied General of World War Two. During the war, Patton led U.S. troops in Morocco, Tunisia, and Sicily, then took command of the Third Army, leading the troops through the German lines at Normandy to traverse France and eventually into the heart of Germany. His toughness on enemies as well as his own forces earned him the name “Old Blood and Guts.” General George Smith Patton’s leadership and tactics were the best of any Allied general of World War Two.
Patton was a war filled general, and he had the experience to lead the greatest nations to great victory. Patton’s first experience of war was in a conflict against the Mexican rebel Pancho Villa, who had just attacked an...
speech, Patton also makes the statement, "No bastard ever won a war by dying for his
instead warned them that unless they leave within an hour, the Confederate army will lay siege upon the fort. One hour later, on the morning of April 12, 1861, Beauregard ordered his mean to lay siege upon the fort. Throughout the day and night, the Confederate army kept bombarding the fort until they would surrender. On the afternoon of April 13 Anderson surrendered so that his men could live another day. The next day, Major Anderson commenced a hundred-gun salute to the flag before it was let down. However, on the fiftieth fire, the gun exploded killing one person and injuring many more. At 4 p.m., the Union evacuated the fort and the Confederate States of America now controls the fort.
“Attack rapidly, ruthlessly, viciously, without rest, however tired and hungry you may be, the enemy will be more tired, more hungry. Keep punching” (qtd in The Official, Quotes). The quote was said by the mighty General George S. Patton, and the quote also sums up his personality. Patton was a man with a family tree of fighters. In about every war the U.S. has been in before World War I, Patton’s family was there to fight. Before World War I, Patton had experience fighting and trying to find Poncho Villa, in Mexico. After the Villa thing, Patton served in World War I, as amazing tank commander against the Central Powers. Since Patton has gotten familiar with warfare, he put his experience to good use in one of the greatest wars in the world, World War II. But in the end, Patton didn’t die on a battlefield. He died in a simple car accident, shortly after WWII. George S. Patton became the legend that he is today because of his leadership style and accomplishments before and during World War II.
UNLIKE many war heroes who had no intention of ever becoming famous, George Patton decided during childhood that his goal in life was to be a hero. This noble aim was first inspired by listening to his father read aloud for hours about the exploits of the heroes of ancient Greece. Homer's Iliad and Odyssey were particular favourites of young Georgie, who could recite lines from both texts long before he could even lift a sword. These classic images were filled out by recent war stories of living soldiers, particularly those of John Singleton ''Ranger'' Mosby. John often visited the Patton house and would entertain Georgie for hours with tales of his Civil War adventures. With this steady diet of combat regalia, Georgie was convinced that the profession of arms was his calling.
It is interesting to note of those who were involved in the Battle of Bunker Hill. No documentation can prove that French soldiers had involvement in this battle or from any other country involved other than the British and the American colonists. However, Black individuals were allowed to fight. These were freemen, however, freemen and slaves who were serving in place of their masters, fighting for freedom they would most likely never see for themselves. It is sad to learn that these individuals would never experience the same freedoms that the same men next to them in battlefield would obtain.
The soldiers from this novel represent actual feelings about brotherhoods, misperceptions of war and the pointless fighting. They provide clear examples of these with their experiences from war. From sitting on their “boxes” and chatting, to the realization of a friend inside an enemy, these soldiers have been able to see the realities of war and have shared it with the rest of the world. People can now see how horrid it is to be in a war and now they try at all costs to prevent war. War is bad, that’s all there is to it. Not much more you can say about it except that. When viewing the death of innocent people, the question is asked once again, is it really worth it?
Having read of marches, sieges, conflicts, and the exploits of Greek warriors, and, as well, longing to see such, Henry enlisted into the Union army, against the wishes of his mother. Before his departure, Mrs. Fleming warned Henry, "...you must never do no shirking, child, on my account. If so be a time comes when yeh have to be kilt or do a mean thing, why, Henry, don't think of anything `cept what's right..." Henry carried with himself this counsel throughout his enlistment, resulting in his questioning himself on his bravery. As a sign of Henry's maturation, he began to analyze his character whilst marching, while receiving comments from his brethren of courage in the face of all adversity, as well as their fears ...
On June 4th, 1942, six months after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and one month after the battle of the coral sea, the Japanese navy attacked the island of Midway. The Battle of Midway was the most significant naval war in history and was a turning point of World War II, as it was a U.S victory and previous to the battle of midway the Japanese had not lost a battle at sea, placing the U.S. in a position to reduce the Japanese Empire.
In a time of war honor will have people choose to join the war and is a reason to try to stay alive during war. Why Men Love War shows us that from a first person view of William Broyles Jr. journey through the Vietnam War. Broyles said “I loved it. I loved it, and I can’t tell anybody.” This shows us that he loved war and for reason we will never know. One reason he can not tell anybody