What Are The Similarities Between The Film Patton And George S. Patton

The film Patton was created in nineteen seventy and the director to the film is Franklin J. Schaffner the cast has many of talented actresses and actors such as George C. Scott, and Karl Malden and Stephen Young, along with Michael Strong, and Karl Michael Vogler with many more. The film depicts the story and career of a general named George Patton who is also a tank commander of world war two. The film correlates to our textbook chapter seventeen, “The United States to World War two” and section two “The War for Europe and North Africa” in particular. Both the film and reading material depict George S. Patton's career and achievements throughout world war two.
Patton takes place during nineteen forty-two till nineteen forty-five. The film

begins with a star striped backdrop and General George Patton (George C. Scott) talking to his troops in a long monologue and then we skip to North Africa in which the united states loses their encounter with Rommel's Africa Corps. After the loss Omar Bradley (Karl Malden) decides that in order to succeed they needed the tank commander then George takes the position and enters to help he is then angry and decides he needs to make a change so he is very strict and sets consequences/rules for his soldiers and he rules with an iron fist. George studies Rommel and Rommel does the same thing for George. The Germans then try to attack the Americans in Tunisia but George predicts this and plans for it which in turn allows the U.S. gain their first victory. The united states then now have two major leaders one being Field Marshal Sir Bernard Law Montgomery (Michael Bates) and the other George Patton. The two have a rivalry and towards the end of the African campaign the two fight for plans for the invasion of Italy. The two of them propose plans but in the end, the field Marshals plan is taken into action which in turn leads angry George to seek vengeance and become better than the Marshal. Italy is finally invaded and the troops begin to fight against Germany and George is forced to guard Montgomery's flank but he isn’t pleased and comes up with another idea and pushes across the land. This doesn’t sit well with the soldiers. Also, Montgomery wins the battle and beats his opponent before he can do anything about it. After this we see George becoming violent and hitting a shell-shocked patient in a hospital and also sending him back to the warfront. George receives a lot of backlashes and explains to his troops in disgust and then runs back. Patton is then called to England before D-day and he believes he's in charge but due to his controversial acts, he isn’t allowed to do anything. George is then allowed to gain a second chance in which he proves that he can do a lot and he manages to push the Germans out of France. At the climax we see the Americans being trapped by the Germans and they need a miracle in order to get out and George manages to pull throw and save the Americans in time although his mouth gets him in trouble soon after and Eisenhower relieves him. In the end, Patton reflects on the impact he’s made.
Patton relates to chapter seventeen, “The United States to World War two” and section two which is formally titled as “The War for Europe and North Africa” which states “Despite heavy casualties, the Allies held the beachheads. After seven days of fighting, the Allies held an 80-mile strip of France. Within a month, they had landed a million troops, 567,000 tons of supplies, and 170,000 vehicles in France. On July 25, General Omar Bradley unleashed massive air and land bombardment against the enemy at St. Lô, providing a gap in the German line of defense through which General George Patton and his Third Army could advance. On August 23, Patton and the Third Army reached the Seine River south of Paris. Two days later, French resistance forces and American troops liberated the French capital from four years of German occupation” (U.S. History 574). The film Patton depicts this scene as when George Patton is called to England before D-day begins and he believes he is called there as a leader and that he’s in charge. Although that isn’t the case in which Eisenhower just has him there based on pure desperation. Patton is allowed to redeem himself when General Bradley allows him to attack. Patton then shows all his skills and manages to defeat Germany and run them out of France while gaining ground faster than any of his allies. The textbook furthers supports my claim with the map they show which shows plenty of spots where D-day was fought and a lot of harbors and areas. Overall the film captures George Patton’s importance in the defense against Germany.
Another similarity in chapter seventeen, “The United States to World War two”, section two also known as “The War for Europe and North Africa” and the film is the way how General George Patton would react whenever he had won any battles or anything of that nature. For example, in the textbook, it states Patton announced this joyous event to his commander in a message that read, “ Dear Ike: Today I spat in the Seine.” (U.S. History 574). In the film, there are many examples of George being extremely competitive and egotistical with his rivalry against Field Marshal Montgomery. For example, In the film when George and Field Marshal Montgomery is considered both to be the best leaders with equal control; the two have a huge fight for dominance over the plans to invade Italy and when Marshals plan is chosen over Georges he goes all out and he vows to beat Montgomery in anything he does. Another example from the film is when George is forced to guard Montgomery's flank but after already losing the deciding plan of invading Italy George has decided he’s had enough and he doesn't guard the flank instead he decides to push across so he can finally gain some the spotlight and credit he believes he truly deserves and be able to finally overdo Montgomery's plans and dethrone him. However, this isn’t the case and Montgomery beats George to the punch and already wins before George can have a chance to steal the spotlight.
Allow there was a lot of similarities in Patton and chapter seventeen, “The United States to World War two” and section two “The War for Europe and North Africa” there were seemingly no differences between the two that were substantial enough to cover.

The reason I believe there are no differences between the film and text is simply that the director Franklin J. Schaffner was trying to relay a story of General George S. Patton which it had done properly in a way that was true to the actual event. Due to this, however, the movie wasn’t able to make really any changes that were significant enough and noticeable, and that would’ve have deviated from the truth and the main purpose of the film itself because they are trying to allow you to gain an insight into how George Patton really was and the achievements he had acquired throughout his lifetime. Had director Franklin J. Schaffner created some differences and bend some of the truth for entertainment he would not have created the movie he wanted to make because it would be something he didn’t care about. The overall purpose was to relay the events that had happened in Patton's life. To conclude the film further enhanced my knowledge on D-day and about who really saved the Americans it was all thanks to George Patton and without him, we would have lost hundreds of

Americans.