1. Ten-hut!Copy !req
2. Be seated.Copy !req
3. Now, I want you to remember…Copy !req
4. that no bastard ever won a war…Copy !req
5. by dying for his country.Copy !req
6. He won it by making
the other poor dumb bastard…Copy !req
7. die for his country.Copy !req
8. Men…Copy !req
9. all this stuff you've heard
about America not wanting to fight…Copy !req
10. wanting to stay out of the war…Copy !req
11. is a lot of horse dung.Copy !req
12. Americans traditionally love to fight.Copy !req
13. All real Americans
love the sting of battle.Copy !req
14. When you were kids…Copy !req
15. you all admired the champion marble-shooter,
the fastest runner…Copy !req
16. the big league ballplayers,
the toughest boxers.Copy !req
17. Americans love a winner,
and will not tolerate a loser.Copy !req
18. Americans play to win all the time.Copy !req
19. I wouldn't give a hoot in hell
for a man who lost and laughed.Copy !req
20. That's why Americans have never lost…Copy !req
21. and will never lose a war.Copy !req
22. Because the very thought of losing…Copy !req
23. is hateful to Americans.Copy !req
24. Now…Copy !req
25. an army is a team.Copy !req
26. It lives, eats, sleeps, fights as a team.Copy !req
27. This individuality stuff
is a bunch of crap.Copy !req
28. The bilious bastards who wrote
that stuff about individuality…Copy !req
29. for the Saturday Evening Post…Copy !req
30. don't know anything more about real
battle than they do about fornicating.Copy !req
31. Now, we have the finest
food and equipment…Copy !req
32. the best spirit…Copy !req
33. and the best men in the world.Copy !req
34. You know, by God, I actually pity…Copy !req
35. those poor bastards
we're going up against.Copy !req
36. By God, I do. We're not just going to
shoot the bastards.Copy !req
37. We're going to cut out
their living guts…Copy !req
38. and use them to grease
the treads of our tanks.Copy !req
39. We're going to murder those lousy
Hun bastards by the bushel.Copy !req
40. Now…Copy !req
41. some of you boys…Copy !req
42. I know are wondering…Copy !req
43. whether or not
you'll chicken out under fire.Copy !req
44. Don't worry about it.Copy !req
45. I can assure you that
you will all do your duty.Copy !req
46. The Nazis are the enemy.Copy !req
47. Wade into them.
Spill their blood.Copy !req
48. Shoot them in the belly.Copy !req
49. When you put your hand
into a bunch of goo…Copy !req
50. that a moment before
was your best friend's face…Copy !req
51. you'll know what to do.Copy !req
52. Now, there's another thing
I want you to remember.Copy !req
53. I don't want to get any messages
saying that we are holding our position.Copy !req
54. We're not holding anything.
Let the Hun do that.Copy !req
55. We are advancing constantly…Copy !req
56. and we're not interested in holding
onto anything except the enemy!Copy !req
57. We're going to hold
onto him by the nose…Copy !req
58. and we're going to kick him
in the ass.Copy !req
59. We're going to kick the hell
out of him all the time…Copy !req
60. and we're gonna go through him
like crap through a goose!Copy !req
61. Now…Copy !req
62. there's one thing that
you men will be able to say…Copy !req
63. when you get back home…Copy !req
64. and you may thank God for it.Copy !req
65. Thirty years from now when you're
sitting around your fireside…Copy !req
66. with your grandson on your knee…Copy !req
67. and he asks you…Copy !req
68. "What did you do
in the great World War II?"Copy !req
69. you won't have to say…Copy !req
70. "Well…Copy !req
71. I shoveled shit in Louisiana."Copy !req
72. All right now, you sons of bitches,
you know how I feel.Copy !req
73. Oh.Copy !req
74. I will be proud…Copy !req
75. to lead you wonderful guys
into battle…Copy !req
76. anytime, anywhere.Copy !req
77. That's all.Copy !req
78. The Arabs need food and clothing.Copy !req
79. They strip our dead
before we can even bury them.Copy !req
80. Looks like the reports
were pretty accurate.Copy !req
81. Sixty-one armored vehicles,
45 tons of ammunition, 2540mm guns…Copy !req
82. three self-propelled 105's…Copy !req
83. not counting mortars,
machine guns, rifles, pistols…Copy !req
84. telescopes, belt buckles, G.I. socks.Copy !req
85. 1,800 men.Copy !req
86. Our people salute you, General…Copy !req
87. for your brilliant amphibious landing
on the continent of Africa…Copy !req
88. and, uh, for your enlightened
administration of our country.Copy !req
89. I've enjoyed being here, Excellency.Copy !req
90. Naturally, I'd prefer to be
in Tunisia fighting the Germans.Copy !req
91. "The lions in their dens
tremble at his approach."Copy !req
92. I appreciate that, Excellency.Copy !req
93. Magnificent.
I wish our troops looked that good.Copy !req
94. Tell me, General,
what do you think of Morocco?Copy !req
95. I love it, Excellency.Copy !req
96. It's a combination
of the Bible and Hollywood.Copy !req
97. - These men fight at Kasserine?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
98. For the American Army
to take a licking like that…Copy !req
99. the first time at bat
against the Germans-Copy !req
100. Up against Rommel, what we need is
the best tank man we've got…Copy !req
101. somebody tough enough
to pull this outfit together.Copy !req
102. - Patton?
- Possibly.Copy !req
103. God help us.Copy !req
104. Lieutenant, where's the duty officer?Copy !req
105. Sir, he, uh- Uh, I think
he's at his quarters shaving.Copy !req
106. Why isn't he here on duty?Copy !req
107. Guess he needed to shave.
We got a new commanding general due today.Copy !req
108. Who the hell's kicking me
in the butt?Copy !req
109. Oh, sorry, uh, sir.Copy !req
110. - What were you doin' down there, soldier?
- Trying to get some sleep, sir.Copy !req
111. Well, get back down there, son.Copy !req
112. You're the only son of a bitch in this
headquarters that knows what he's trying to do.Copy !req
113. Yes, sir.Copy !req
114. - Brad. How the hell are you?
- Fine, George. Good to see you.Copy !req
115. Hey, we were all under the impression
you wouldn't be here until 0900.Copy !req
116. Yes, I gathered that.Copy !req
117. - Uh, you know my boys, Dick Jenson, Alex Stiller.
- Yes.Copy !req
118. Brad, tell me, uh,
what are you doing here?Copy !req
119. Well, Ike wanted a report
on this Kasserine business.Copy !req
120. Meanwhile, I'm to stay here at your
headquarters as an observer…Copy !req
121. but I report directly to Ike.Copy !req
122. A spy.Copy !req
123. Get me General Eisenhower's
headquarters.Copy !req
124. Tell me, Brad, uh,
what happened at Kasserine?Copy !req
125. - I heard it was a shambles.
- Apparently, everything went wrong.Copy !req
126. We'd send over a.75mm shell…Copy !req
127. the Krauts would return an.88.Copy !req
128. Their tanks are diesels.Copy !req
129. And even when we managed to hit
one of them, they kept on running.Copy !req
130. Our tanks-Copy !req
131. The men call them
"Purple Heart Boxes."Copy !req
132. One hot piece of shrapnel,
and the gasoline explodes.Copy !req
133. Mmm, I warned them about the tank.Copy !req
134. You know, I talked to one of the soldiers
about the half-tracks.Copy !req
135. I asked him if the, uh, machine gun bullets
pierced the armor…Copy !req
136. and he said, "No, sir.Copy !req
137. The bullets just come through one side
and rattle around a bit."Copy !req
138. I understand we had a little trouble,
uh, coordinating the air cover.Copy !req
139. - The trouble was no air cover.
- General Smith on the line, sir.Copy !req
140. Excuse me for a minute.Copy !req
141. Beetle?Copy !req
142. Listen, I'm calling about,
uh, Bradley and his job here.Copy !req
143. Look, I need a good
number two man…Copy !req
144. and I wanna make Brad
my deputy commander, okay?Copy !req
145. You clear it with Ike?Copy !req
146. Fine, thanks, Beetle.
Ah.Copy !req
147. Now you're not spying for Eisenhower anymore.
You're working for me.Copy !req
148. - Okay?
- Fine. Okay.Copy !req
149. Dick, you got those stars?Copy !req
150. - Yes, sir.
- Let's get 'em on.Copy !req
151. What's the matter, Brad?
I've been nominated by the president.Copy !req
152. I know, but, uh…Copy !req
153. it doesn't become official
until it's approved by the senate.Copy !req
154. Well…Copy !req
155. they have their schedule,
and I have mine.Copy !req
156. George…Copy !req
157. if you were named
admiral of the Turkish Navy…Copy !req
158. I believe your aides could
dip into their haversacks…Copy !req
159. and come up with
the appropriate badge of rank.Copy !req
160. Anyway, congratulations.
Premature congratulations.Copy !req
161. You know, I think those stars…Copy !req
162. would look better on a green shirt.Copy !req
163. Did I ever tell you about the time
I designed a uniform for tank crewmen?Copy !req
164. It was, uh, green leather,
had red stripes…Copy !req
165. and sort of a-a row of
brass buttons down across here…Copy !req
166. and topped off by a gold football helmet.Copy !req
167. The army rejected it, of course.Copy !req
168. Goddamn, it was beautiful.Copy !req
169. Lloyd Fredendall's just leaving.Copy !req
170. George, there's one other thing
I put in my Kasserine report.Copy !req
171. Some of our boys
were just plain scared.Copy !req
172. That's understandable. Even the best
fox hound's gun-shy the first time out.Copy !req
173. I can remember when nothing
frightened me as much as the idea…Copy !req
174. of a bullet coming
straight for my nose.Copy !req
175. I don't know why, but the image
of a bullet coming right for my nose…Copy !req
176. was more horrible
than any other possibility.Copy !req
177. Well, I can understand that, George,
with such a handsome nose.Copy !req
178. You wanna know why this outfit
got the hell kicked out of it?Copy !req
179. A blind man could see it
in a minute.Copy !req
180. They don't look like soldiers.
They don't act like soldiers.Copy !req
181. Why should they be expected
to fight like soldiers?Copy !req
182. You're absolutely right.
The discipline's pretty poor.Copy !req
183. Well, in about 15 minutes we're going to
start turning these boys into fanatics, razors.Copy !req
184. They'll lose their fear
of the Germans.Copy !req
185. I only hope to God
they never lose their fear of me.Copy !req
186. Up bright and early, General.
Uh, breakfast?Copy !req
187. Am I to understand that all my officers
have finished breakfast?Copy !req
188. We're open from 6:00 till 8:00. Uh, most
of the officers are just comin' in, sir.Copy !req
189. Please inform these officers
that the mess hall is closed.Copy !req
190. But, sir, it's only a quarter to 8:00.Copy !req
191. From now on,
you will open at 6:00…Copy !req
192. and no one will be admitted after 6:15.Copy !req
193. - Where are your leggings?
- Leggings?Copy !req
194. Well-Well, hell, General, sir,
I'm a cook.Copy !req
195. You're a soldier.
$20 fine.Copy !req
196. Gentlemen, from this moment,
any man without leggings…Copy !req
197. without a helmet, without a tie…Copy !req
198. any man with unshined shoes
or soiled uniform…Copy !req
199. is going to be skinned.Copy !req
200. This is a barracks.
It's not a bordello.Copy !req
201. - Good morning, boys.
- Good morning, sir.Copy !req
202. - Ah, Doctor.
- Sir.Copy !req
203. I understand you have two cases
of, uh, self-inflicted wounds.Copy !req
204. - Yes, sir, we do.
- Uh, get 'em out of here.Copy !req
205. Sir, one of them's developed
a very serious infection.Copy !req
206. I don't care if he dies.
Just get him someplace, but out of here.Copy !req
207. He doesn't belong in the same building
with men that have been wounded in battle.Copy !req
208. - I'll see that they're moved, sir.
- One more thing.Copy !req
209. There'll be no battle fatigue
in my command. That's an order.Copy !req
210. - Yes, sir.
- Battle fatigue is a free ride.Copy !req
211. A yellow-belly's ticket to the hospital.
I'm not going to subsidize cowardice.Copy !req
212. - Yes, sir.
- Uh, Doctor?Copy !req
213. Where's your helmet?Copy !req
214. I don't wear a helmet
when I'm in the hospital, General.Copy !req
215. Start.Copy !req
216. I can't use my stethoscope
when I'm wearing my helmet.Copy !req
217. Well…Copy !req
218. then cut two holes in your helmet
so that you can.Copy !req
219. And get those yellow-bellies
outta here today.Copy !req
220. Hold it.
Turn right here.Copy !req
221. But, sir, the battlefield
is straight ahead.Copy !req
222. Please don't argue with me, Sergeant.
I can smell a battlefield.Copy !req
223. He was out here just yesterday, George.Copy !req
224. It's over there.
Turn right, damn it!Copy !req
225. It was here.Copy !req
226. The battlefield was here.Copy !req
227. The Carthaginians defending the city…Copy !req
228. were attacked by three Roman legions.Copy !req
229. The Carthaginians were proud and brave,
but they couldn't hold.Copy !req
230. They were massacred.Copy !req
231. Arab women stripped them…Copy !req
232. of their tunics
and their swords and lances.Copy !req
233. The soldiers lay naked in the sun.Copy !req
234. 2,000 years ago,Copy !req
235. I was here.Copy !req
236. You don't believe me, do you, Brad?Copy !req
237. You know what the poet said:Copy !req
238. "Through the travail of ages…Copy !req
239. "midst the pomp and toils of war…Copy !req
240. "have I fought and strove and perished…Copy !req
241. countless times upon the star."Copy !req
242. Uh-Copy !req
243. "As if through a glass and darkly…Copy !req
244. "the age-old strife I see…Copy !req
245. "where I fought in
many guises, many names…Copy !req
246. but always me."Copy !req
247. You know who the poet was?Copy !req
248. Me.Copy !req
249. Sir, the interrogation
reports on the American prisoners…Copy !req
250. …captured in our victory at Kasserine.Copy !req
251. Danke.Copy !req
252. They are not very good soldiers,
these Americans.Copy !req
253. I'm not so sure…Copy !req
254. …after only one battle.Copy !req
255. Their tanks were no match for our guns.Copy !req
256. And neither was their leadership, sir.Copy !req
257. At Kasserine they were not
under American command.Copy !req
258. They were under the
British General Anderson.Copy !req
259. British commanders and American troops…
the worst of everything!Copy !req
260. I remind you that Montgomery
is a British Commander.Copy !req
261. And he has driven us half
way across Africa.Copy !req
262. Anyway, we have met the Americans
for the first time and defeated them.Copy !req
263. I'm optimistic.Copy !req
264. You can afford to be an optimist, I can't.Copy !req
265. There's an opportunity here now
for us to mount an offensive.Copy !req
266. We've concentrated on
harassing the enemy's flank…Copy !req
267. draw his strength away
from the British.Copy !req
268. However, it appears now that-
Excuse me-Copy !req
269. that we could split the Africa Corps…Copy !req
270. and drive through Rommel to the sea.Copy !req
271. I'm sorry, Bell,
but that territory's been reserved…Copy !req
272. for General Sir Bernard Law Montgomery.Copy !req
273. We're supposed to let him win this one
no matter how long it takes him to do it.Copy !req
274. They're entitled to have their hero.
After all…Copy !req
275. Montgomery did push Rommel
clear across North Africa.Copy !req
276. What about the Americans?
Don't they need a hero too?Copy !req
277. You have anybody in mind, George?Copy !req
278. Excuse me, sir. Air Vice Marshal Coningham
is here with General Buford.Copy !req
279. Excuse me, gentlemen…Copy !req
280. while I ask our British friends
what's happened to our air cover.Copy !req
281. Round one coming up.Copy !req
282. - Harry. Glad to see you.
- Omar. How are you?Copy !req
283. George, good to see you.Copy !req
284. Uh, George,
you know Arthur Coningham.Copy !req
285. - Sir Arthur.
- Delighted to see you, General.Copy !req
286. I've heard so much about you.Copy !req
287. Gentlemen, um, it appears there's been
some slight misunderstanding here…Copy !req
288. and, uh, Ike thought that we ought to
get the whole thing straightened out.Copy !req
289. No, no.
No misunderstanding.Copy !req
290. We're supposed to have Allied air cover,
and we don't get it.Copy !req
291. German planes are constantly
strafing my troops.Copy !req
292. If I may say so, General, I'm afraid
your operations reports are inaccurate.Copy !req
293. Report?
Three days ago…Copy !req
294. the Krauts took off after my command car,
ran my ass into a ditch.Copy !req
295. My staff has assured me we have complete
air supremacy everywhere in the Mediterranean.Copy !req
296. When I complained about lack of air cover…Copy !req
297. you said our troops
were not battle-worthy.Copy !req
298. You spoke of the, uh…Copy !req
299. discredited practice of using air force…Copy !req
300. as an alibi for lack of, uh,
success on the ground.Copy !req
301. It's bad enough I have to wet-nurse Montgomery.
I don't have to stand for that.Copy !req
302. I sincerely apologize for that remark,
whoever made it.Copy !req
303. And I promise you one thing, General.Copy !req
304. You will see no more German planes.Copy !req
305. We were discussing, uh,
air supremacy, Sir Arthur.Copy !req
306. Damn door won't open!Copy !req
307. All right now,
by God, that's enough!Copy !req
308. Get that thing outta here!Copy !req
309. Come on, you bastards!
Take a shot at me right in the nose!Copy !req
310. Get back in here, George.
We need a corps commander, not a casualty.Copy !req
311. How the devil did you
manage to stage that?Copy !req
312. I don't know. But if I could find
the Nazi son of a bitches…Copy !req
313. that are flying those things,
I'd give them each a medal.Copy !req
314. I can't get over how cold
it gets in the desert.Copy !req
315. Awfully cold, sir.Copy !req
316. Rommel's out there somewhere
waiting for me.Copy !req
317. Yes, sir.Copy !req
318. You know, if I had my way…Copy !req
319. I'd send that genius son of a bitch…Copy !req
320. an engraved invitation
in iambic pentameter-Copy !req
321. a challenge in two stanzas to meet me
out there alone in the desert.Copy !req
322. I'll deliver it.Copy !req
323. Rommel in his tank, and me in mine.Copy !req
324. We'd stop about 20 paces,
we'd get out, we'd shake hands.Copy !req
325. Then we'd button up and we'd do battle,
just the two of us.Copy !req
326. And that battle would decide
the outcome of the war.Copy !req
327. It's too bad jousting's gone out of style.Copy !req
328. It's like your poetry, General.
It isn't part of the 20th century.Copy !req
329. Yeah, you're right, Dick.Copy !req
330. The world grew up.Copy !req
331. Hell of a shame.Copy !req
332. Dick, I want a 24-hour guard
put around this area.Copy !req
333. If we don't, the damn Arabs will dig 'em
up just to get their clothes.Copy !req
334. Yes, sir.Copy !req
335. Our graves aren't going to disappear
like everybody else's who fought here.Copy !req
336. The Greeks, the Romans,
the Carthaginians.Copy !req
337. God, how I hate the 20th century.Copy !req
338. Captain Steiger reporting, General.Copy !req
339. Come with me, Steiger.Copy !req
340. Field Marshal Rommel…
I hope you are feeling better…Copy !req
341. Captain Steiger has been assigned
to research General Patton.Copy !req
342. Very well. What do you have for me?Copy !req
343. General Patton comes from
a military family.Copy !req
344. His grandfather was a hero
of the American Civil War.Copy !req
345. He was educated at the Virginia
Military Institute and West Point.Copy !req
346. You're not telling me anything
about the man.Copy !req
347. He writes poetry and believes
in reincarnation.Copy !req
348. He's one of the richest officers
in the American Army.Copy !req
349. He prays on his knees,
but curses like a stable boy.Copy !req
350. He has one standing order.
"Always take the offensive, never dig in".Copy !req
351. In 15 minutes we meet with the Führer.Copy !req
352. He will want to know how you plan
to deal with Patton's forces.Copy !req
353. I will attack and annihilate him!Copy !req
354. Before he does the same to me.Copy !req
355. General? General?Copy !req
356. - What is it?
- Sir, we intercepted a German radio message.Copy !req
357. Rommel's Tenth Panzer
is going to hit us near El Guettar.Copy !req
358. Rommel, huh?Copy !req
359. All my life…Copy !req
360. I've wanted to lead a lot of men
in a desperate battle.Copy !req
361. Now I'm going to do it.Copy !req
362. Look.Copy !req
363. Battalion strength at least.Copy !req
364. They haven't spotted our positions yet.Copy !req
365. They'll get an education
in about 10 seconds.Copy !req
366. Wait'll they get a dose
of that artillery fire.Copy !req
367. Commence firing.
Fire at will.Copy !req
368. Commence firing. Fire at will.
Commence firing. Fire at will.Copy !req
369. What a hell of a waste
of fine infantry.Copy !req
370. - Get General Bradley on the radio.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
371. Sir, I can't raise him.Copy !req
372. To hell with that, Dick. Tell him to
hit 'em hard on their right flank.Copy !req
373. Here's where we hold 'em by the nose
and kick 'em in the ass. Go on!Copy !req
374. Put him in my car.Copy !req
375. Rommel…Copy !req
376. you magnificent bastard,
I read your book!Copy !req
377. Captain Richard N. Jenson was a fine boy-Copy !req
378. loyal, unselfish and efficient.Copy !req
379. I am terribly sorry.Copy !req
380. There are no coffins here,
since there is no wood.Copy !req
381. We will have a trumpeter
and an honorguard…Copy !req
382. but we will not fire the volleys, as it
would make people think an air raid was on.Copy !req
383. I enclosed a lock of Dick's hair
in a letter to his mother.Copy !req
384. He was a fine man
and a fine officer.Copy !req
385. And he had no vices.Copy !req
386. I shall miss him a lot.Copy !req
387. I can't see the reason
such fine young men get killed.Copy !req
388. There are so many battles yet to fight.Copy !req
389. Battle-weary but victorious…Copy !req
390. American G.I.'s and Tommies
of the British Eighth Army…Copy !req
391. meet in a joyful Allied victory celebration
at Wadi Akarit in North Africa.Copy !req
392. For the first time in this war…Copy !req
393. Broadway and Piccadilly join hands.Copy !req
394. Meanwhile, General Montgomery,
hero of El Alamein…Copy !req
395. continues to lead his veteran
and victorious British Eighth Army…Copy !req
396. in a relentless drive against
Rommel's vaunted Africa Corps.Copy !req
397. It is obvious that
North Africa will soon be lost.Copy !req
398. We must now anticipate
the enemy's next move.Copy !req
399. I shall expect a staff report within 24 hours.
That will be all.Copy !req
400. Steiger, you have said nothing.Copy !req
401. I wasn't asked anything.Copy !req
402. I'm asking you now. You think
Patton will attack Sardinia?Copy !req
403. And why not?Copy !req
404. Patton, sir… is a military historian.Copy !req
405. He knows that Sicily, not Sardinia,
has always been the key to Italy.Copy !req
406. If Patton has his way he will attack
Sicily at Syracuse, as the Athenians did.Copy !req
407. Steiger, this is the twentieth century!Copy !req
408. But you must understand, sir…
Patton is a sixteenth-century man.Copy !req
409. May I read an example?Copy !req
410. "On a dark street in New York 1922,
wearing white tie and tails…Copy !req
411. "…Patton saw three men pushing
a young girl into the back of a truck.Copy !req
412. "He leaped out of his car,
produced a revolver…Copy !req
413. "…and forced the men at gunpoint
to release the girl".Copy !req
414. It turned out that the girl was the
fiancée of one of the men.Copy !req
415. They were merely helping
her into the truck.Copy !req
416. What could be more revealing?Copy !req
417. I don't know what you're talking about.Copy !req
418. Don Quixote encounters six merchants
of Toledo and saves Dulcinea's virtue!Copy !req
419. Who the devil is Dulcinea?Copy !req
420. Don't you see, sir?Copy !req
421. Patton is a romantic warrior
lost in contemporary times.Copy !req
422. The secret of Patton is the past.Copy !req
423. He'll urge an attack on Sicily
because that's what the Athenians did!Copy !req
424. General Bradley's done a tremendous job
with Second Corps.Copy !req
425. He's moved into Bizerte
and taken over 41,000 prisoners.Copy !req
426. - Good. Very good.
- You're not surprised, are you, General?Copy !req
427. After all, you trained that outfit.Copy !req
428. - Uh, excuse me, General.
- Hmm?Copy !req
429. Sir, this is interesting. We've discovered
Rommel wasn't present at El Guettar.Copy !req
430. - Who says so?
- G-2, sir.Copy !req
431. Are they telling me that
when we took on Tenth Panzer…Copy !req
432. Rommel was in Berlin
with an earache?Copy !req
433. Severe nasal diphtheria, sir.Copy !req
434. G-2 also reports that Hitler
probably retained Rommel in Berlin…Copy !req
435. 'cause things were going badly
for the Africa Corps.Copy !req
436. He didn't want his favorite general
to lose face.Copy !req
437. Well, I'm my favorite general…Copy !req
438. and I don't like to be told that
some second-stringer is up against me.Copy !req
439. Then I lose face.Copy !req
440. Who the hell are you anyway?Copy !req
441. General, this is Lieutenant Colonel Codman,
your new aide.Copy !req
442. Oh, yes, Codman. I pulled your name
off the list because I know your family.Copy !req
443. Well, I'm glad you did, sir.Copy !req
444. Codman, Rommel is the best the Krauts have,
and I kicked the hell out of him.Copy !req
445. Now my own G-2 section is trying to tell me
he wasn't even there.Copy !req
446. But, General, he undoubtedly
planned the German battle.Copy !req
447. If you defeat Rommel's plan,
you've defeated Rommel.Copy !req
448. Isn't that true, sir?Copy !req
449. Codman…Copy !req
450. I want you to have
a drink with me tonight.Copy !req
451. Yes, sir.Copy !req
452. I have a plan for the invasion of Sicily…Copy !req
453. and I want to make sure
I get it approved.Copy !req
454. You can help me.Copy !req
455. I wanna give a dinner
for General Alexander…Copy !req
456. get to him before Montgomery does.Copy !req
457. This'll be strictly a formal affair, Codman,
but, uh, purely social.Copy !req
458. - By that, I mean, um, purely political.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
459. I want the finest food, the best wine available.
Everything comme il faut.Copy !req
460. Oh, thank you.Copy !req
461. George, this is a really splendid wine.Copy !req
462. Thank you.Copy !req
463. Thank you.Copy !req
464. Sir Harold, I think it was, uh, Alcibiades
in the Peloponnesian War…Copy !req
465. uh, 415 B.C.Copy !req
466. He said, "If Siracusa falls, all Sicily falls.
And then, Italy."Copy !req
467. He knew, you see, that Syracuse
was the jugular of the island…Copy !req
468. and old Alcibiades
always went for the throat.Copy !req
469. I propose to take Sicily
in the same way.Copy !req
470. - How's it going?
- I think the old man has 'em in his pocket.Copy !req
471. Now, according to my plan…Copy !req
472. General Montgomery will land here.Copy !req
473. I'll hit the beaches here, take Palermo.Copy !req
474. Monty will drive north
along the coast road.Copy !req
475. I'll come due east, take Messina,
and cut off the German escape route.Copy !req
476. Yes. It looks like
an interesting plan, George.Copy !req
477. Well, gentlemen, uh,
to the conquest of, uh, Sicily.Copy !req
478. - Well, to the conquest of Sicily.
- To Sicily.Copy !req
479. You know, George, you'd have made
a great marshal for Napoleon…Copy !req
480. if you'd lived in the 18th century.Copy !req
481. Oh, but I did, Sir Harold.
I did.Copy !req
482. Morning.
Is General Smith in?Copy !req
483. - I believe he's in the lavatory, sir.
- Thank you.Copy !req
484. - Ah! There you are, Beetle.
- Monty.Copy !req
485. Beetle, I've been giving a good bit
of thought to the Sicily operation.Copy !req
486. - Yes?
- I, uh- I assume we're alone?Copy !req
487. You know, Georgie Patton's already
discussed his plan with Alexander.Copy !req
488. I realize that, but I have
an idea that his plan…Copy !req
489. may lead to an absolute disaster.Copy !req
490. Oh?Copy !req
491. Beetle, look.Copy !req
492. This is Sicily.Copy !req
493. Now then, according to Patton's plan…Copy !req
494. I would attack Syracuse here…Copy !req
495. and he would attack Palermo up here.Copy !req
496. Now, obviously,
our forces would be divided.Copy !req
497. And, just as obviously,
they could be chopped up piecemeal.Copy !req
498. Now then, what I propose,
and what I shall insist on, by the way…Copy !req
499. is this.Copy !req
500. I will land at Syracuse as planned…Copy !req
501. but the Americans-
the Americans will land here at Gela.Copy !req
502. I will advance north to Messina…Copy !req
503. with the Americans
protecting my flank.Copy !req
504. After all, Messina is the key.Copy !req
505. It's the reason for invading Sicily.Copy !req
506. I'll discuss your plan with Ike.Copy !req
507. I'm sure he'll give it
serious consideration.Copy !req
508. - Amusing, isn't it?
- What?Copy !req
509. That the final plans
for the invasion of Sicily…Copy !req
510. should have been put forward
in an Algerian lavatory.Copy !req
511. George, I've bad news for you
about your Sicily plan, I'm afraid.Copy !req
512. Ike has turned it down.Copy !req
513. He feels that since the Italians will be defending
their native soil for the first time…Copy !req
514. and since the German resistance is stiffening,
our forces shouldn't be divided.Copy !req
515. - Well, uh, where do my people land, then?
- In the Gulf of Gela.Copy !req
516. What for?
There's nothing there but a beach.Copy !req
517. Yes, but it puts you in a good position
to support Montgomery.Copy !req
518. And, uh, where does Montgomery land?Copy !req
519. Well, he'll land in Syracuse and drive north
to Catania, possibly even Messina.Copy !req
520. And you'll be alongside
protecting his left.Copy !req
521. I see.Copy !req
522. In other words,
we get the burden again…Copy !req
523. while good old Monty
gets the glory, huh?Copy !req
524. Ike had to consider all points ofview.Copy !req
525. He made his decision
not as an American, but as an Ally.Copy !req
526. Had it been the other way around,
I assure you, Monty would protest.Copy !req
527. You know, I've been
in the army 30 years.Copy !req
528. When I get an order,
I say, "Yes, sir"…Copy !req
529. and I do my damnedest to carry it out.Copy !req
530. But this is what happens…Copy !req
531. when your commander stops being
an American and starts being an Ally.Copy !req
532. Here's the gangster Patton,
landing at Gela with his Seventh Army.Copy !req
533. This film was captured after the landing.Copy !req
534. I didn't realize he was so tall.Copy !req
535. Over six feet.Copy !req
536. He's constantly giving
personal commands.Copy !req
537. Obviously they now have two prima donnas
in Sicily… Montgomery and Patton!Copy !req
538. There's another three-star general.Copy !req
539. General Bradley… Commander
of the American II Corps.Copy !req
540. He looks like a common soldier.Copy !req
541. He is most capable, yet unpretentious.Copy !req
542. Unusual for a general.Copy !req
543. Sorry…Copy !req
544. I don't think I've made myself clear, sir.Copy !req
545. It's true, Montgomery's met the toughest
resistance of the campaign there at Catania.Copy !req
546. - However, if we're requi-
- Perfectly clear.Copy !req
547. Old Monty is as stuck
as a bug on flypaper.Copy !req
548. Yes, sir, but this order
from General Alexander…Copy !req
549. directing you to give up the Vizzini-Caltagirone
Road and turn it over to Montgomery.Copy !req
550. And then old Bradley will have
to slug- slug, mind you-Copy !req
551. his way up the center of the island…Copy !req
552. over those tough
mountain roads, won't he?Copy !req
553. - Yes, sir.
- Messina, Bell.Copy !req
554. Messina!
That's the heart of it.Copy !req
555. If they'd followed my plan,
I'd be there by now.Copy !req
556. I'd cut off the retreat of every goddamn
German and Italian on this island!Copy !req
557. Fine. Now you know what I'm gonna do?
First, I'm gonna go to Palermo.Copy !req
558. And I'm still gonna beat that limey son of a
bitch to Messina if it's the last thing I do!Copy !req
559. Hey, what's all this talk about taking
the Vizzini Road away from Second Corps?Copy !req
560. General Alexander's orders.
The road goes to Montgomery.Copy !req
561. No, that road was assigned to me.Copy !req
562. How can I get up north without it?
Now, you know the terrain up there.Copy !req
563. I'm sorry, Brad, but Monty's run
into tough opposition. Very tough.Copy !req
564. Now, you wouldn't be taking advantage
of this situation, would you, George?Copy !req
565. - I don't know what you're talking about.
- Well, without that road…Copy !req
566. your whole army, except for my Second Corps,
would be out of a job.Copy !req
567. Free for you to go into Palermo
if you felt like it.Copy !req
568. Who said anything about Palermo?Copy !req
569. I can read a map.Copy !req
570. Does Alexander know that
you pushed out this far?Copy !req
571. That's a reconnaissance in force.Copy !req
572. George, are you telling me…Copy !req
573. that I've got to slug it out over
those mountains with heavy resistance…Copy !req
574. just so you can make
a bigger splash than Monty?Copy !req
575. General, I just follow my orders…Copy !req
576. like the simple old soldier I am.Copy !req
577. General Bradley.Copy !req
578. Sir, uh, General Alexander's
heard we're moving west.Copy !req
579. "Stop immediately.
Go no farther than Agrigento.Copy !req
580. Stop immediately."Copy !req
581. That's what you think it says.Copy !req
582. I think it was garbled
in transmission.Copy !req
583. Ask them to retransmit the message,
and take your time about it.Copy !req
584. That'll take half a day at least.Copy !req
585. Yes, sir.Copy !req
586. Well, Brad…Copy !req
587. where were we?Copy !req
588. We were talking about
a simple, old soldier.Copy !req
589. Look at that, gentlemen.Copy !req
590. Compared to war…Copy !req
591. all other forms of human endeavor
shrink to insignificance.Copy !req
592. Let's go, Sergeant.
Move out.Copy !req
593. Give me that helmet, Segovich.Copy !req
594. Come on.
Let's get out of here.Copy !req
595. What silly son of a bitch
is in charge of this operation?Copy !req
596. I don't know,
but they oughta hang him.Copy !req
597. - Afternoon, Padre.
- General, these gentlemen
are here from the States…Copy !req
598. looking over our program for the
spiritual welfare of the men.Copy !req
599. Good. Stick with us, we'll take
you right into Palermo.Copy !req
600. Colonel Davis showed us around
your quarters, General Patton…Copy !req
601. and I was interested
to see a Bible by your bed.Copy !req
602. You actually find time to read it?Copy !req
603. I sure do.
Every goddamned day.Copy !req
604. Sir, the Americans have taken Palermo!Copy !req
605. Damn!Copy !req
606. Sir, Patton's taken Palermo.Copy !req
607. Damn!Copy !req
608. Palermo's the most
conquered city in history.Copy !req
609. First, the Phoenicians,
the Romans, Carthaginians…Copy !req
610. the Byzantines.Copy !req
611. Then came the Arabs,
Spaniards, Neapolitans.Copy !req
612. Now comes the American Army.Copy !req
613. This is from General Alexander, sir…Copy !req
614. reminding you that
you are not to take Palermo.Copy !req
615. Send him a message, Cod.Copy !req
616. Ask him if he wants me to give it back.Copy !req
617. All right, let me ask you
a question for a change.Copy !req
618. You've just come from Washington.Copy !req
619. How do they feel about
our boys taking Palermo?Copy !req
620. Well, sir, the general impression
is that your Seventh Army…Copy !req
621. barreled through token resistance…Copy !req
622. while Montgomery faced
the brunt of the fighting.Copy !req
623. My God, don't they know we took on
the Herman Gehring division?Copy !req
624. Toughest outfit in the German Army.Copy !req
625. Well, the people at home
are interested in you, General.Copy !req
626. - They're curious about
your pearl-handled revolvers.
- They're ivory.Copy !req
627. Only a pimp from a cheap New Orleans
whorehouse would carry a pearl-handled pistol.Copy !req
628. - What about your language, General?
- Well, when I want it to stick…Copy !req
629. I give it to them loud and dirty.Copy !req
630. - Then they'll remember it.
- What do your troops feel about that, General?Copy !req
631. Damn it, I don't want these men to love me.
I want 'em to fight for me.Copy !req
632. Ernie Pyle says you have a secret weapon
here in Sicily- General Bradley.Copy !req
633. The "G.I. General."
That's what Ernie calls him.Copy !req
634. Omar Bradley's no secret.
He's a damn fine commander.Copy !req
635. What's your feeling about Montgomery?Copy !req
636. He's the best general the English have…Copy !req
637. but he seems a little more concerned…Copy !req
638. with not losing a battle
than he does about winning one.Copy !req
639. He's not aggressive enough.
Is that correct?Copy !req
640. Look, boys, I've been gettin'
into a lot of trouble lately.Copy !req
641. Yesterday, the inspector general's
office told me…Copy !req
642. my Italian prisoners
didn't have enough latrines.Copy !req
643. Hell, they didn't know what a damn
latrine was till I showed 'em.Copy !req
644. If I've said anything a little too critical
of my distinguished British colleague…Copy !req
645. let's just, uh,
forget all about it, huh?Copy !req
646. I will tell you one thing,
though, off the record.Copy !req
647. I'm gonna beat
that gentleman to Messina.Copy !req
648. Ah, Freddy. Do you realize what
this madman Patton is saying?Copy !req
649. He's going to save our skins
by taking Messina!Copy !req
650. Well, this report might interest you, sir.Copy !req
651. Here I am in these bloody marshes,
fighting malaria as well as the Germans…Copy !req
652. while he's taking Palermo without
opposition and getting all the glory.Copy !req
653. Ah! Well.Copy !req
654. Now he's up against three good Jerry divisions,
and he's stuck for a change.Copy !req
655. He's not going to get Messina.Copy !req
656. That is reserved for
the British Eighth Army and me.Copy !req
657. It's time for a move, Lucian. Terry Allen's
First Division is bogged down east ofTorina.Copy !req
658. You're bogged down on the coast road.Copy !req
659. What we need is another end run
just to break things loose.Copy !req
660. Ah, Lucian.
How's my fighter?Copy !req
661. - Fine, George.
- Uh, come in. Come in.Copy !req
662. We need another one of your,
uh, amphibious specialties.Copy !req
663. Lucian, I want you to send
a reinforced battalion by sea…Copy !req
664. to make a landing up here at Brolo
behind the Kraut lines.Copy !req
665. General Bradley says you want me
to tie this in with a land-based attack.Copy !req
666. That's right. I want a coordinated attack
the morning of the 11th.Copy !req
667. I don't think we can make
the linkup by the 11th.Copy !req
668. - Hell, it's only 15-20 miles.
- General, my boys have been
fighting and dying for yards.Copy !req
669. Mm-hmm. Maybe you better
kick a few butts if you have to.Copy !req
670. Lucian, I recommended you for your D.S.M.
and your last promotion.Copy !req
671. I know what you can do
when you put your mind to it.Copy !req
672. Excuse me, sir.Copy !req
673. I'm sorry, but I can't do the impossible.Copy !req
674. Well, you're too old an athlete…Copy !req
675. to think that you can postpone a match
that's already been scheduled.Copy !req
676. You're an old athlete yourself, sir.
You know matches sometimes are postponed.Copy !req
677. George. George, if Lucian's right
and we can't back him up by land…Copy !req
678. our end run could be a disaster.Copy !req
679. Now, those men might get caught up
there on the beach and cut to pieces.Copy !req
680. - What's the matter with you two?
- All we're talking about…Copy !req
681. is not rushing in until we're ready.Copy !req
682. - Give him an extra day.
- Just one more day.Copy !req
683. The landing is on.
We're going to Messina.Copy !req
684. We're gonna get there
before Montgomery does.Copy !req
685. What's so important about that?Copy !req
686. General Truscott…Copy !req
687. if your conscience will not permit you
to conduct this operation…Copy !req
688. I'll relieve you
and find somebody who can.Copy !req
689. General, it's your privilege
to relieve me…Copy !req
690. anytime you want to.Copy !req
691. Well, this match will not be postponed.Copy !req
692. You have any questions?Copy !req
693. No, sir.Copy !req
694. You're a very good man, Lucian…Copy !req
695. but you wanna guard
against being too conservative.Copy !req
696. Remember what
Frederick the Great said:Copy !req
697. "L'audace! L'audace!
Toujours l'audace!"Copy !req
698. Go on, have a drink.Copy !req
699. Excuse me, sir. I won't be drinking
for the next couple of days.Copy !req
700. If anything happens to those men,
I'd like to be there with them.Copy !req
701. Well, you're not going, so forget about it.Copy !req
702. You believe Truscott's right, hmm?Copy !req
703. No.Copy !req
704. But I do know that you're gambling
with the lives of those boys…Copy !req
705. just so you can beat
Montgomery into Messina.Copy !req
706. And if you pull it off, you're a big hero.
But if you don't…Copy !req
707. what happens to them,
the ordinary combat soldier?Copy !req
708. He doesn't share in your dreams of glory.
He's stuck here.Copy !req
709. He's stuck living out every day, day to day,
with death tugging at his elbow.Copy !req
710. There's one big difference
between you and me, George.Copy !req
711. I do this job because
I've been trained to do it.Copy !req
712. You do it because…Copy !req
713. you love it.Copy !req
714. Those men on the beach
are really catching hell, General.Copy !req
715. Truscott's men are doing their best.
We have no replacements for him.Copy !req
716. He can't break through to the coast.Copy !req
717. I'm going down there myself.Copy !req
718. Colonel!Copy !req
719. How in the hell did he get over there?Copy !req
720. What the hell are you waiting for?Copy !req
721. Looking for a place to ford, General.Copy !req
722. I sent out a patrol to reconnoiter.Copy !req
723. I've already done that!
Right down there!Copy !req
724. This sewer's no more
than three feet deep.Copy !req
725. Now, you get that outfit cranked up,
or you're gonna be out of a job!Copy !req
726. - And put that helmet on!
- Yes, sir!Copy !req
727. Move it! Let's go!Copy !req
728. - What's holding up this column?
- I don't know, sir.Copy !req
729. Planes!Copy !req
730. Come on! Move it!Copy !req
731. Pull up over there.Copy !req
732. What's going on here?Copy !req
733. - Sir, it's these mules!
- Jackasses!Copy !req
734. You let a whole column get stalled and strafed
on account of a couple of jackasses?Copy !req
735. What the hell's the matter with you?Copy !req
736. No. No.Copy !req
737. Now dump 'em over the side
and clear this bridge!Copy !req
738. The reason we're pinned down, General,
is we can't get any air support!Copy !req
739. The hell with that!
Nobody's getting any air support.Copy !req
740. If you can't put some fire into this battalion,
Colonel, I'll get somebody who can!Copy !req
741. - Major! You the executive officer here?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
742. - What's your name?
- Walker, sir.Copy !req
743. Well, you're now
the commanding officer.Copy !req
744. You got four hours to break through
that beachhead down there.Copy !req
745. If you don't make it by then,
I'll fire you!Copy !req
746. Colonel, there are 50,000 men on this island
who'd like to shoot that son of a bitch.Copy !req
747. Take me home.
Please take me home.Copy !req
748. Take me home.Copy !req
749. Please take me home.
Take me home.Copy !req
750. Please take me home. Take me home.
Please take me home.Copy !req
751. There he goes, Old Blood and Guts.Copy !req
752. Yeah, our blood, his guts.Copy !req
753. Hi. How are you, son?Copy !req
754. Where you from, uh, Gomez?Copy !req
755. California, sir.Copy !req
756. Me too.
Where were you hit?Copy !req
757. In the chest, sir.Copy !req
758. Well, this might be
interesting to you…Copy !req
759. but the last German I saw
didn't have any chest.Copy !req
760. Didn't have any head either.Copy !req
761. You get well quickly, son.Copy !req
762. What's the matter with you?Copy !req
763. I-Copy !req
764. I guess I just can't take it, sir.Copy !req
765. What did you say?Copy !req
766. It's my nerves, sir. I-Copy !req
767. I-I just can't stand
the shelling anymore.Copy !req
768. Your nerves?Copy !req
769. Why, hell, you're just
a goddamned coward.Copy !req
770. Shut up!Copy !req
771. I won't have a yellow bastard
sitting here crying…Copy !req
772. in front of these brave men
who've been wounded in battle.Copy !req
773. Shut up!Copy !req
774. Don't admit this yellow bastard.
There's nothing wrong with him.Copy !req
775. I won't have sons of bitches
who are afraid to fight…Copy !req
776. stinking up this place of honor!Copy !req
777. You're going back to the front,
my friend.Copy !req
778. You may get shot,
and you may get killed…Copy !req
779. but you're going up
to the fighting.Copy !req
780. Either that, or I'm going to stand
you up in front of a firing squad.Copy !req
781. I ought to shoot you myself,
you goddamn whimpering bastard.Copy !req
782. Get him out of here!Copy !req
783. Send him up to the front!
You hear me?Copy !req
784. You goddamn coward!Copy !req
785. I won't have cowards in my army.Copy !req
786. I had to kick a few butts
up there, but, uh…Copy !req
787. Truscott finally broke through
to those people on the beach.Copy !req
788. Have you seen the casualty lists?Copy !req
789. Yes, I've seen 'em.
What's the word from the coast road?Copy !req
790. Well, the Third Division is east
of Brolo heading toward Messina.Copy !req
791. Good. Let's get dressed and get over there.
I wanna go in with the troops.Copy !req
792. You go ahead, George.
I'm not very good at that.Copy !req
793. General Bradley,
it's time to consider…Copy !req
794. just how many casualties we'd have…Copy !req
795. if we were still down there
crawling along that goddamn road.Copy !req
796. Forward march!Copy !req
797. Don't smirk, Patton.
I shan't kiss you.Copy !req
798. It's a pity, because I shaved
very close this morning…Copy !req
799. in preparation for
getting smacked by you.Copy !req
800. Forward march!Copy !req
801. You wanted to see me, George?Copy !req
802. Got a letter here from Ike.Copy !req
803. I, uh, was rereading Caesar's
Commentaries last night.Copy !req
804. In battle, Caesar wore a red robe
to distinguish him from his men.Copy !req
805. I was struck by that fact because-Copy !req
806. "Despicable."
That's the first time in my life…Copy !req
807. anybody ever applied that word to me.Copy !req
808. Well, uh, at least it's a personal reprimand.
It's not official.Copy !req
809. The man was yellow. He should have
been tried for cowardice and shot.Copy !req
810. My God, have they forgotten about all the
people who have taken a hell of a lot worse…Copy !req
811. than a little kick in the pants?Copy !req
812. I ruffled his pride a little bit.
What's that compared to war?Copy !req
813. Two weeks ago, when we took Palermo,
they called me a hero.Copy !req
814. Said I was the greatest general
since Stonewall Jackson.Copy !req
815. And now, they draw cartoons
about you. Hmm.Copy !req
816. Dirty bastard.Copy !req
817. They got me holding a little G.I. there
and kicking him with an iron boot.Copy !req
818. You see that? What's on my boot?
A swastika!Copy !req
819. On my boot!
An iron boot with a swastika on it!Copy !req
820. "You will apologize to
the soldier you slapped…Copy !req
821. "to all doctors and nurses who were
present in the tent at the time…Copy !req
822. "to every patient in the tent
who can be reached…Copy !req
823. "and, last but not least,
to the Seventh Army as a whole…Copy !req
824. through individual units
one at a time."Copy !req
825. God, I feel low.Copy !req
826. Oh, God, thou art my God.Copy !req
827. Early will I seek thee.Copy !req
828. My soul thirsteth for thee.Copy !req
829. My flesh longeth for thee
in a dry and thirsty land.Copy !req
830. So as I have seen thee
in the sanctuary…Copy !req
831. my soul followeth hard after thee.Copy !req
832. But those that seek
my soul to destroy it…Copy !req
833. shall go into the lower parts
of the earth.Copy !req
834. They shall fall by the sword.Copy !req
835. They shall be apportioned for foxes.Copy !req
836. But the king shall rejoice in God.Copy !req
837. Everyone that sweareth
by him shall glory.Copy !req
838. But the mouth of them
that speak lies…Copy !req
839. shall be stopped.Copy !req
840. Ten-hut!Copy !req
841. At ease.Copy !req
842. I thought I would stand up here
and let you people see…Copy !req
843. if I am as big a son of a bitch
as some of you think I am.Copy !req
844. I assure you, I had no intention…Copy !req
845. of being either harsh or cruel
in my treatment…Copy !req
846. of the soldier in question.Copy !req
847. My sole purpose was
to try to restore in him…Copy !req
848. some appreciation of
his obligations as a man…Copy !req
849. and as a soldier.Copy !req
850. If one can shame a coward,
I felt…Copy !req
851. one might help him
to regain his self-respect.Copy !req
852. This was on my mind.Copy !req
853. Now, I freely admit
that my method was wrong…Copy !req
854. but I hope you can
understand my motive…Copy !req
855. and will accept this explanation…Copy !req
856. and this…Copy !req
857. apology.Copy !req
858. - Dismissed.
- Ten-hut!Copy !req
859. Good evening, General. Just want to make
a report on a private poll I've been taking.Copy !req
860. - Mmm? What poll?
- The fan mail.Copy !req
861. 11% con, 89% pro.Copy !req
862. And that 11% of protest in most cases
is both obscene and anonymous.Copy !req
863. But the pro letters are mostly
from relatives and servicemen.Copy !req
864. "I want you to know that we are proud
our son is serving in your army.Copy !req
865. "From the newspaper accounts, we are
not clear exactly what you did and why…Copy !req
866. "but we want you to know
we are for you.Copy !req
867. Keep going, and God bless you."Copy !req
868. Keep going, huh?
Where?Copy !req
869. I thought you might like a sip
of wine, General. It's New Year's.Copy !req
870. You didn't celebrate at all last night.Copy !req
871. I'm sick of sitting around
this royal doghouse.Copy !req
872. We've taken Sicily.
I'm ready for a new assignment.Copy !req
873. Well, maybe you've got it.
Here's a radio message just came in.Copy !req
874. Cod, I've been relieved.Copy !req
875. They've relieved me from
command of the Seventh Army.Copy !req
876. I don't believe it.Copy !req
877. Happy New Year.Copy !req
878. Just a minute, sir.Copy !req
879. Since they're sure to
give you another command…Copy !req
880. isn't it logical that
they'd relieve you here first?Copy !req
881. You mean command of all the
American troops going into Europe?Copy !req
882. It's a possibility. I- I know it's been
discussed from time to time.Copy !req
883. Well, the logic of it is so obvious,
it couldn't mean anything else.Copy !req
884. Sir, I'm going to open
this bottle of wine.Copy !req
885. No, Sir Cod.Copy !req
886. But if you find a bottle of cognac
and open it, I'll help you drink it.Copy !req
887. How you feeling tonight, General?Copy !req
888. Not bad. Not bad at all.Copy !req
889. - Get me some writing paper, will you, George?
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
890. Your wife ever give you
the devil for not writing?Copy !req
891. All the time, sir. Only I don't write
as often as you do.Copy !req
892. Don't seem to get around to it.Copy !req
893. Lucky thing for us
we've got 'em, huh?Copy !req
894. Who wants to marry a couple of
broken-down old horse cavalrymen?Copy !req
895. That's what my wife says to me
every time I come home, sir.Copy !req
896. What are you doing up so late, George?Copy !req
897. Just thought you might like a nice hot bath
or a glass of milk or something.Copy !req
898. I got a sleeping pill from the doc, sir,
just in case you might need it.Copy !req
899. Sleeping pill?
What's going on here, anyway?Copy !req
900. We all heard the news tonight, sir.
They announced it on the radio.Copy !req
901. - What news?
- About General Bradley, sir.Copy !req
902. How they gave him the top
American command for the invasion.Copy !req
903. Oh. Oh, yeah.Copy !req
904. Well, I- Well, I just thought…Copy !req
905. you might be feeling kind of low, sir.Copy !req
906. Your writin' things
are here on the desk, sir.Copy !req
907. Yeah, uh, thank you, George.Copy !req
908. One little dogface. One measly little
slap. That's what done it.Copy !req
909. Oh, George…Copy !req
910. I wish I'd kissed the son of a bitch.Copy !req
911. He's paying tribute to the Free French
forces under De Gaulle and Leclerc.Copy !req
912. Also to the brave men
and women of the Resistance…Copy !req
913. who risk their lives every day
to help destroy the Germans.Copy !req
914. "France will be free again.
I give you my word."Copy !req
915. "Just as Free French troops
landed here in Corsica…Copy !req
916. "to liberate the birthplace of Napoleon…Copy !req
917. I will someday land in France to help
liberate the birthplace of Lafayette."Copy !req
918. General, the reporters
would like a word with you.Copy !req
919. - Good afternoon, gentlemen.
- General.Copy !req
920. General Patton, can you tell us something
about the purpose of this visit to Corsica?Copy !req
921. I was ordered here
by General Eisenhower.Copy !req
922. It was reported that you wrote
the mother of the boy you slapped saying:Copy !req
923. "The yellow rat should have been shot."Copy !req
924. - Is that true, General?
- No comment.Copy !req
925. Sir, I understand General Alexander…Copy !req
926. suggested that you take over
General Mark Clark's Italian campaign…Copy !req
927. but the War Department killed that
because of the slapping incident.Copy !req
928. - No comment.
- Can you tell us where you're going, sir?Copy !req
929. General Eisenhower's ordered me to Malta,
but that's off the record.Copy !req
930. - Interview concluded.
- You plan on slapping any soldiers there, General?Copy !req
931. Ja?Copy !req
932. Malta?Copy !req
933. Yes, sir.Copy !req
934. Malta as a base…Copy !req
935. …then southern Greece.
That is possible.Copy !req
936. Get me Field Marshal Keitel.Copy !req
937. In 1528, these forts were defended…Copy !req
938. by 400 knights of Malta…Copy !req
939. and 800 mercenaries…Copy !req
940. against a force of, uh, 40,000 Turks.Copy !req
941. Oh, uh, Codman?Copy !req
942. - Still no word from General Eisenhower?
- No, sir.Copy !req
943. Not even any response about those, uh,
two turkeys I sent him for Christmas?Copy !req
944. No, sir.Copy !req
945. Uh, go ahead, gentlemen.
Take a closer look for yourselves.Copy !req
946. Well, it looks as if you boys
have hitched your wagon…Copy !req
947. to a falling star.Copy !req
948. Pass the word.
If anybody wants out, I'll understand.Copy !req
949. Sir, I can speak for the entire staff.Copy !req
950. We wanna stay with you no matter
what duty you're assigned to.Copy !req
951. Up in London, they're planning
the invasion of Europe.Copy !req
952. That's what I've trained
my whole mind, body and spirit for.Copy !req
953. What in God's name am I doing here?Copy !req
954. Allright.
Let's get on to Cairo…Copy !req
955. see if the pyramids are still standing.Copy !req
956. There is only one
reason for him to be in Cairo.Copy !req
957. To confer with the Greek and
Yugoslav governments in exile.Copy !req
958. Let the Italians garrison Italy,
it's their country.Copy !req
959. We'll need our German troops to
reinforce Crete and the Greek coast…Copy !req
960. …if Patton strikes from Egypt!Copy !req
961. I have some new information, sir.Copy !req
962. Patton is under severe criticism.
He may even be court-martialed.Copy !req
963. He slapped an enlisted man.Copy !req
964. You believe their newspapers?Copy !req
965. Would they sacrifice their best commander
because he slapped a soldier?Copy !req
966. - This place is for me?
- Yes, sir. This way, sir.Copy !req
967. Whoever found it has a genius
for cloak-and-dagger.Copy !req
968. Who picked this cathouse?Copy !req
969. I believe it was General Smith, sir.Copy !req
970. He did it to spite me,
the son of a bitch.Copy !req
971. - Welcome to London, Georgie.
- Beetle. How are you?Copy !req
972. - Is Ike here?
- He asked me to greet you.
Would you excuse us, please?Copy !req
973. First, let me put you straight about Ike.Copy !req
974. We hear a lot about
you criticizing his decisions.Copy !req
975. Nah, not really.
Beetle, you know me. I'm just an old fool.Copy !req
976. Sometimes, I do wonder whether
he isn't a limey at heart.Copy !req
977. George, this is the toughest coalition
ever attempted in history.Copy !req
978. Ike sits at the top trying
to hold it together…Copy !req
979. and lick the Germans
at the same time.Copy !req
980. - Now, believe me, it's one hell of a job.
- I appreciate that.Copy !req
981. Now, we have an important
assignment for you…Copy !req
982. - in connection with the Normandy invasion.
- Good.Copy !req
983. Now, I've studied the Overlord plan,
and it has a number of flaws in it…Copy !req
984. not the least of which is its dependency
on Monty taking Caen by D-day.Copy !req
985. He'll never make it.
Now, I've drawn up an alternate plan…Copy !req
986. which calls for a landing in Calais,
following an air bombardment-Copy !req
987. Please, will you just
listen for a change?Copy !req
988. Remember, Ike stood by you
when everyone, and I mean everyone…Copy !req
989. wanted Patton
with a rope around his neck.Copy !req
990. We're going to let it leak out
that you are here undercover…Copy !req
991. that you're preparing to invade
at the Pas de Calais.Copy !req
992. We hope to pin down
the German 15th Army there…Copy !req
993. so they can't be used
against us at Normandy.Copy !req
994. Is that all you people
think I'm good for?Copy !req
995. We're going to build an army
of 12 divisions around you…Copy !req
996. all fictitious, of course.Copy !req
997. Dummy troop concentrations,
dummy landing craft…Copy !req
998. simulated radio traffic.Copy !req
999. You see, the Germans are convinced that you
are going to lead the main invasion effort.Copy !req
1000. Their agents will spot you here before long.
Then we can move you…Copy !req
1001. to your new headquarters
at Knutsford.Copy !req
1002. - What do I do there?
- Nothing. Absolutely nothing.Copy !req
1003. Frankly, George, you're on probation.Copy !req
1004. If you take my advice,
you'll behave yourself.Copy !req
1005. Remember, your worst enemy
is your own big mouth.Copy !req
1006. Look at this nasty-faced
son of a bitch, Codman.Copy !req
1007. Bred for combat. I'm gonna call him William
for William the Conqueror.Copy !req
1008. - General, maybe you ought to
leave him in the car.
- Nah, it's all right.Copy !req
1009. - Good afternoon, ladies.
- Good afternoon.Copy !req
1010. Watch this, Cod.Copy !req
1011. - General, he'll kill that dog.
- Nah, I'll hold him.Copy !req
1012. I'm terribly sorry, General.
Did Abigail frighten your dog?Copy !req
1013. That's quite all right, madam.Copy !req
1014. This way, sir.Copy !req
1015. Your name isn't William.Copy !req
1016. It's Willy.Copy !req
1017. My dear friends,
General George S. Patton, Jr…Copy !req
1018. has accepted our invitation
to say a few words to you…Copy !req
1019. on the occasion of
this inaugural ceremony.Copy !req
1020. General Patton is not here
in an official capacity…Copy !req
1021. and I have assured him most earnestly…Copy !req
1022. that nothing he says will be quoted.Copy !req
1023. May I present General Patton.Copy !req
1024. - Remember, sir, watch your language.
- Mmm, yeah.Copy !req
1025. Uh, my dear ladies…Copy !req
1026. until today, my only
experience at welcoming…Copy !req
1027. has been to welcome
Germans and Italians…Copy !req
1028. to the infernal regions.Copy !req
1029. At this, I have been quite successful…Copy !req
1030. since the troops which
I've had the honor to command…Copy !req
1031. have, to date, killed or captured…Copy !req
1032. some 170,000 of our enemies.Copy !req
1033. I feel that such clubs as these…Copy !req
1034. are of very real value…Copy !req
1035. because I believe,
with Mr. Bernard Shaw…Copy !req
1036. that the British and the Americans
are two peoples…Copy !req
1037. separated by a common language.Copy !req
1038. And since it is the evident destiny
of the British and Americans…Copy !req
1039. to rule the world…Copy !req
1040. the better we know each other,
the better we will do it.Copy !req
1041. The Russians.
Don't forget the Russians.Copy !req
1042. I think that a club like this
is an ideal place…Copy !req
1043. for promoting mutual understanding…Copy !req
1044. because, uh, as soon as our soldiers…Copy !req
1045. meet and get to know
the English ladies…Copy !req
1046. and, uh, write home
and tell our women…Copy !req
1047. just how lovely you-you truly are…Copy !req
1048. then the sooner the American ladies
will get jealous…Copy !req
1049. and force this war
to a quick termination.Copy !req
1050. And then I will get a chance
to go to the Pacific…Copy !req
1051. and kill Japanese.Copy !req
1052. In cities all over the nation,
mass meetings are held…Copy !req
1053. to protest
General George Patton's statement…Copy !req
1054. that Britain and America
will rule the postwar world…Copy !req
1055. that Russia will have nothing to say.Copy !req
1056. Congressional leaders like
Senator Claiborn Foss are quick to react.Copy !req
1057. This man has insulted
our Russian allies…Copy !req
1058. implying Anglo-American world rule.Copy !req
1059. In my opinion,
he should be severely disciplined.Copy !req
1060. No, no, Beetle.
This time, I didn't do a damn thing.Copy !req
1061. They promised me there wouldn't
be any reporters there.Copy !req
1062. All I did was make
a few remarks off the record.Copy !req
1063. Ike told you to keep your mouth shut.
You wouldn't listen.Copy !req
1064. Don't you realize how suspicious
the Russians are of the British and ourselves?Copy !req
1065. I was only trying to be polite
to the old ladies.Copy !req
1066. If there'd been any Russians there,
I would have mentioned them.Copy !req
1067. I don't like the sons of bitches, but I would
have mentioned them out of politeness!Copy !req
1068. Beetle, I don't know anything about politics.
You know that.Copy !req
1069. I have no political ambitions
after the war.Copy !req
1070. All I want to do is to
command an army in combat.Copy !req
1071. Well, it's out of our hands now.Copy !req
1072. Ike sent a message last night
to the chief of staff.Copy !req
1073. So now it's up to
General Marshal to decide…Copy !req
1074. whether you, uh, stay here as a decoy,
or he sends you home.Copy !req
1075. Well, he's a good man.Copy !req
1076. At least he's a fair man.
I'll let it sit with him.Copy !req
1077. George, our war is over.Copy !req
1078. Over, sir?Copy !req
1079. It's just a question of
waiting for the orders now.Copy !req
1080. I feel I…Copy !req
1081. am destined to achieve
some great thing.Copy !req
1082. What, I don't know.Copy !req
1083. But this last incident is so…Copy !req
1084. trivial in its nature
and so terrible in its effect…Copy !req
1085. that it can't be the result
of an accident.Copy !req
1086. It has to be the work of God.Copy !req
1087. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1088. The last great opportunity of a lifetime,
an entire world at war…Copy !req
1089. and I'm left out of it?Copy !req
1090. No, sir.Copy !req
1091. God will not permit this to happen!Copy !req
1092. I am going to be allowed
to fulfill my destiny!Copy !req
1093. His will be done.Copy !req
1094. In the greatest
amphibious operation ever attempted…Copy !req
1095. a pre-dawn naval bombardment
prepares the way…Copy !req
1096. for Allied soldiers to assault
the Normandy beaches…Copy !req
1097. and claw out a desperate foothold
on the continent of Europe.Copy !req
1098. I knew Montgomery couldn't take
Caen on D-Day or "D" plus 10.Copy !req
1099. And I said so. And here they are
all hung up in the hedgerow country.Copy !req
1100. What they should do now is pivot the way
von Schlieffen planned it in the First World War.Copy !req
1101. Then we might get a chance to do
some real broken field running.Copy !req
1102. But they don't listen to me.Copy !req
1103. What a way to enter
the continent of Europe, huh?Copy !req
1104. Along with all the rest
of the spare parts.Copy !req
1105. Sir, everything on this plane
is high priority.Copy !req
1106. General Bradley wouldn't send for you
unless he had something in mind.Copy !req
1107. Well, I'll tell ya, Cod.
I've learned my lesson.Copy !req
1108. If I ever do get another chance,
I'm gonna keep my mouth shut.Copy !req
1109. I'm gonna play the game.Copy !req
1110. - If I forget, you remind me.
- I'll give you a gentle nudge in the ribs.Copy !req
1111. - Give me a swift kick in the ass.
- Yes, sir.Copy !req
1112. General.
Welcome to France, sir.Copy !req
1113. - I hope the war's still on, Hansen.
Where's the boss?
- Right this way, sir.Copy !req
1114. - Patton. Haven't seen you since Messina.
- General, how are you?Copy !req
1115. I hear you're doing a splendid job
decoying theJerries.Copy !req
1116. Well, you'll forgive me.
I'm off for the front.Copy !req
1117. Best of everything, old boy.Copy !req
1118. By the way, intelligence confirms
that I am against Rommel again.Copy !req
1119. Rommel.Copy !req
1120. Hi, how are ya, George?Copy !req
1121. - Pretty fair, Brad. How are you?
- Fine.Copy !req
1122. Well, my, my.
Isn't this plush?Copy !req
1123. Looks like you're, uh,
bucking for archbishop.Copy !req
1124. Well, Chet Hansen had this rig
built for me. Sit down.Copy !req
1125. Ike wanted me to talk to you. I told him
that you and I could level with each other.Copy !req
1126. That's right.Copy !req
1127. We're going to make Third Army operational
as soon as I can take over 12th Army Group.Copy !req
1128. Do I get it?Copy !req
1129. I'll be honest with you.
I've had reservations.Copy !req
1130. And you've been my senior
ever since I left the academy.Copy !req
1131. You were the boss in North Africa and Sicily,
and I just thought, uh…Copy !req
1132. well, it might be a problem
for the both of us.Copy !req
1133. Well, it wouldn't bother me.Copy !req
1134. There's one other thing.
I don't want to hit this one too hard, but…Copy !req
1135. we're different kinds of people, George.Copy !req
1136. You're right, Brad.
Goddamn it, you're always right.Copy !req
1137. With your brains and my screwy ideas, we make
a wonderful team. We proved that in Sicily.Copy !req
1138. I tell you the truth, if I'd been your senior
in Sicily, I would have relieved you.Copy !req
1139. Brad…Copy !req
1140. I'd crawl on my belly
to get a command.Copy !req
1141. For God's sake,
you've gotta get me in this fight.Copy !req
1142. Only way I can get out of the doghouse
is to do something spectacular.Copy !req
1143. I gotta get back in the war.Copy !req
1144. My God, Hitler's own people
tried to kill him a couple of days ago.Copy !req
1145. First thing you know,
it'll all be over, and-Copy !req
1146. I'll… keep my mouth shut.Copy !req
1147. I'll behave myself.Copy !req
1148. I give you my word.Copy !req
1149. George…Copy !req
1150. I've been working on
a plan called Cobra.Copy !req
1151. I'd like to know
what you think of it.Copy !req
1152. Now, we've been slugging our way
through hedgerow country half an acre a day…Copy !req
1153. and we've got to find
a way to break out.Copy !req
1154. I wanna use this road.
The Saint-Lo-Pierres Road.Copy !req
1155. We'll let Monty pin down
the enemy forces at Caen.Copy !req
1156. We'll pulverize an area three and a
half miles wide with saturation bombing.Copy !req
1157. And then seven divisions'll
follow through.Copy !req
1158. The Third Army will swing around here,
a sweeping end run…Copy !req
1159. right across France.Copy !req
1160. What do you think?Copy !req
1161. I think you need
a screwball old horse cavalryman…Copy !req
1162. to command Third Army.Copy !req
1163. George…Copy !req
1164. Ike came to that conclusion…Copy !req
1165. in London three months ago.Copy !req
1166. He what?Copy !req
1167. Why, that dirty son of a-Copy !req
1168. I'm sorry, I'm sorry.
I promised to keep my mouth shut.Copy !req
1169. What's this activity near Coutances?Copy !req
1170. Enemy armored forces driving
through our defenses at Lessay.Copy !req
1171. "American tanks moving rapidly,
slicing through to the rear areas".Copy !req
1172. This sounds like Patton, Field Marshal.Copy !req
1173. Patton is in England.Copy !req
1174. Do we know this?Copy !req
1175. The landing in Normandy is
merely a diversionary maneuver.Copy !req
1176. The real invasion will come
at Calais and Patton will lead it.Copy !req
1177. The Führer says that the Fifteenth Army
is not to be moved to Normandy.Copy !req
1178. Those men are sitting on the beach at
Calais throwing pebbles at each other…Copy !req
1179. …while our men are being
slaughtered in Normandy.Copy !req
1180. The Fifteenth Army is waiting for
Patton at Calais and he will land there.Copy !req
1181. You seem perfectly willing to
accept this nonsense, Jodl.Copy !req
1182. Why?Copy !req
1183. Because I am not prepared
to dispute the Führer.Copy !req
1184. You'd think George would at least have
the courtesy to let us know where he's going.Copy !req
1185. - Good God. Look at that.
- Where ya goin', General?Copy !req
1186. Berlin. I'm gonna personally shoot
that paperhangin' son of a bitch!Copy !req
1187. Now, hold it.
Hold it.Copy !req
1188. Hold it! Hey, this place
isn't even on the map.Copy !req
1189. You know why?
We've run clear off the map.Copy !req
1190. Give George a headline,
and he's good for another 30 miles.Copy !req
1191. - Atten-hut!
- All right. Hold it!Copy !req
1192. All right, now, look. Let's pay attention.
We're gonna clean this mess up right now.Copy !req
1193. Let's move this vehicle out this way,
this one out this way.Copy !req
1194. Back that thing up there.
And we'll take this one here.Copy !req
1195. All right, get up off your ass.
Let's go, now!Copy !req
1196. That's it.
That's the way to move. Good boy.Copy !req
1197. All right, come on. Come on, now.
Here we go! Come on! That's it.Copy !req
1198. That's it. Gun it!Copy !req
1199. Gun that thing!Copy !req
1200. Okay, come on.Copy !req
1201. Watch it.
Go, go, go!Copy !req
1202. Come on. Hold it up. Come on, baby.
Yeah, yeah, come on!Copy !req
1203. That's it.
Come on, now.Copy !req
1204. - Chet.
- Yeah. Will do.Copy !req
1205. Come on! Keep comin'.
Keep comin'. Hold it up there.Copy !req
1206. Now, come on.
Hold it. Hey, dummy!Copy !req
1207. Hold the friggin' tank!
Hey!Copy !req
1208. That's it.
Come on. Good boy.Copy !req
1209. - Hold it up there.
- General.Copy !req
1210. - General Bradley wants to have
a word with ya. Down there.
- All right. Okay.Copy !req
1211. Come on!Copy !req
1212. Okay. Hold it up!Copy !req
1213. Take over.Copy !req
1214. George, you'd make
a good traffic cop.Copy !req
1215. George, this drive to the Seine
has been absolutely magnificent.Copy !req
1216. - But I'm sorry to say,
I'm gonna have to slow you down.
- What the hell for?Copy !req
1217. Well, for the time being, we're
gonna have to cut off your supplies.Copy !req
1218. Gasoline, ammunition, everything.
SHAEF is up against a new set of priorities.Copy !req
1219. - I think I smell Montgomery.
- Oh, now, take it easy, George.Copy !req
1220. There are serious issues
involved here, political issues.Copy !req
1221. By God, it is Montgomery.Copy !req
1222. The launching sites for the V-2 bombs
are all in his area.Copy !req
1223. Mr. Churchill wants
those rocket bases destroyed.Copy !req
1224. Hitler's killing more civilians in London
than he is soldiers in the field.Copy !req
1225. They expect Montgomery
to do anything about it?Copy !req
1226. You give me that gasoline, and I'll gain
ground with it. I'll kill Germans too.Copy !req
1227. - Give me 400,000 gallons, I'll go to Berlin.
- George, I can't do it.Copy !req
1228. Brad, the Siegfried line
is an empty shell.Copy !req
1229. They've stripped all the equipment
and sent it to the eastern front.Copy !req
1230. It's overgrown and crawling with cows.
I could punch through it in two days.Copy !req
1231. Now, there's no use arguing with me.
It wasn't my idea.Copy !req
1232. If you won't let me kill the enemy,
why did you pick me to command?Copy !req
1233. I didn't pick you!Copy !req
1234. Ike picked you.Copy !req
1235. George, you have
performed brilliantly.Copy !req
1236. You are loyal, dedicated. You're one
of the best field commanders I've got.Copy !req
1237. But you don't know when to shut up, George.
You're a pain in the neck.Copy !req
1238. I have a lot of faults, Brad…Copy !req
1239. but ingratitude isn't one of 'em.Copy !req
1240. I owe you a lot.Copy !req
1241. Hell, I know I'm a prima donna.
I admit it.Copy !req
1242. What I can't stand about Monty
is he won't admit it.Copy !req
1243. Captain.
Bailey's run out of gas.Copy !req
1244. The point tank has run out too.Copy !req
1245. And there's a Kraut column up ahead.Copy !req
1246. Yeah, I know.Copy !req
1247. - Are you in command here, Captain?
- I was in command.Copy !req
1248. My tank platoon was supporting
an infantry company.Copy !req
1249. Tanks ran out of gas…Copy !req
1250. so we had to fight it out.Copy !req
1251. We started at 11:00 last night.Copy !req
1252. Finished a couple hours ago.Copy !req
1253. This morning,
the fighting was hand-to-hand.Copy !req
1254. I had a dream last night.Copy !req
1255. In my dream, it came to me…Copy !req
1256. that right now, the whole Nazi Reich
is mine for the taking.Copy !req
1257. Think about that, Cod.
I was nearly sent home in disgrace.Copy !req
1258. Now I have precisely
the right instrument…Copy !req
1259. at precisely the right
moment of history…Copy !req
1260. in exactly the right place.Copy !req
1261. - The Saar?
- This'll change too very quickly.Copy !req
1262. Like a planet spinning off
into the universe.Copy !req
1263. Moment like this won't come again for
a thousand years, and all I need is a…Copy !req
1264. few miserable gallons of gasoline.Copy !req
1265. Right now, the weak spot is here.Copy !req
1266. In 10 days, we could be in Berlin.Copy !req
1267. What about the fortifications
at Verdun and Metz?Copy !req
1268. Fixed fortifications are monuments…Copy !req
1269. to the stupidity of man.Copy !req
1270. Now, when mountain ranges
and oceans can be overcome…Copy !req
1271. anything built by man
can be overcome.Copy !req
1272. You know how I'm sure
they're finished out there?Copy !req
1273. The carts.Copy !req
1274. They're using carts to move
their wounded and their supplies.Copy !req
1275. The carts came to me in my dream.
They kept buzzing around in my head.Copy !req
1276. I couldn't figure it out.Copy !req
1277. Then I remembered.Copy !req
1278. That nightmare in the snow.
The endless, agonizing retreat from Moscow.Copy !req
1279. How cold it was.Copy !req
1280. They took the wounded and what was left
of the supplies and threw 'em in the carts.Copy !req
1281. Napoleon was finished.Copy !req
1282. Not any color left.
Not even the red of blood.Copy !req
1283. Only the snow.Copy !req
1284. Look at this, Cod.Copy !req
1285. I love it.Copy !req
1286. God help me, I do love it so.Copy !req
1287. I love it more than my life.Copy !req
1288. Paris is liberated,
and French troops lead the way.Copy !req
1289. The Allies march into the historic city
after four years of Nazi occupation.Copy !req
1290. The hard-fighting French
Second Armored Division…Copy !req
1291. under Major General Jacques Leclerc…Copy !req
1292. gets a welcome they will never forget…Copy !req
1293. as they enter their beloved Paris.Copy !req
1294. In a powerful drive to the north,
British General Montgomery…Copy !req
1295. cuts off and bypasses the French coastal towns
of Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk…Copy !req
1296. pushing on to capture
the vital Belgian port of Antwerp.Copy !req
1297. Meanwhile, the main body of Patton's army,
resupplied now and rolling like a juggernaut…Copy !req
1298. is slashing toward the Saar.Copy !req
1299. Nazi resistance appears to be crumbling…Copy !req
1300. and it seems that nothing can stop our troops
from driving on into the heart of Germany.Copy !req
1301. - Sir, General Bradley on your line.
- Good, good.Copy !req
1302. Brad? Listen, I've got a bridgehead across
the Saar. I'm on my way into Germany.Copy !req
1303. Wait a minute, George.
There's a lot of trouble up north.Copy !req
1304. Now listen, I want you to transfer…Copy !req
1305. 10th Armored to Middleton's
Eighth Corps right away.Copy !req
1306. Now, Brad, you can't do that.Copy !req
1307. George, now, listen.
I don't have time to argue.Copy !req
1308. There's a lot of enemy activity
up around Ardennes.Copy !req
1309. No. No, I don't know
how serious it is, but…Copy !req
1310. Ike wants us to meet with
Beetle Smith tomorrow at Verdun.Copy !req
1311. Be there at 1100.Copy !req
1312. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1313. There's absolutely no reason
for us to assume…Copy !req
1314. that the Germans
are mounting a major offense.Copy !req
1315. The weather is awful.Copy !req
1316. Their supplies are low.Copy !req
1317. The German Army hasn't mounted
a winter attack since Frederick the Great.Copy !req
1318. Therefore, I believe that's
exactly what they're going to do.Copy !req
1319. All right. Now, I want you to start
making contingency plans…Copy !req
1320. for pulling out of our eastward attack,
changing directions 90 degrees…Copy !req
1321. moving up to Luxembourg.Copy !req
1322. Don't look so stunned, gentlemen.Copy !req
1323. I want you to plan for
three possible axes of attack.Copy !req
1324. From Diekirch due north.Copy !req
1325. From Arlon to, uh, Bastogne.Copy !req
1326. From Neufchateau against
the German left flank.Copy !req
1327. We've identified four German armies.Copy !req
1328. The Seventh, Fifth Panzer…Copy !req
1329. Sixth SS Panzer and the Fifteenth.Copy !req
1330. They've hit us with 26 divisions.Copy !req
1331. They overran two regiments
of the 106th division…Copy !req
1332. and 7,500 of our men
were forced to surrender.Copy !req
1333. But our immediate concern is that
von Rundstedt has the 101st Airborne…Copy !req
1334. trapped here at Bastogne.Copy !req
1335. Bastogne, by the way,
is the key to this entire area.Copy !req
1336. If we can hold it, we can break up
the entire German offensive.Copy !req
1337. If they take it,
we're in serious trouble.Copy !req
1338. Ike wants to know if anybody can
get up there and relieve the 101 st…Copy !req
1339. before they're torn to pieces.Copy !req
1340. I'm afraid there's nothing that
Field Marshal Montgomery can do.Copy !req
1341. At any rate, not for some weeks.Copy !req
1342. What about you, George?Copy !req
1343. I can attack with
three divisions in 48 hours.Copy !req
1344. Well, I'd give myself some leeway
if I were you.Copy !req
1345. Ike wants a realistic estimate, George.Copy !req
1346. You're in the middle of a fight now,
and it's- it's over 100 miles to Bastogne.Copy !req
1347. My staff's already
working out the details.Copy !req
1348. Well, frankly,
I don't see how it's possible.Copy !req
1349. Not in this kind ofweather.Copy !req
1350. I should've thought you'd
want to fall back and regroup.Copy !req
1351. Not me, Freddy. I don't like to pay
for the same real estate twice.Copy !req
1352. But what aboutyour men? You can't pull them
out of the line and cart them off 100 miles…Copy !req
1353. and then expect them
to attack without rest.Copy !req
1354. I trained these men, Arthur.
They'll do what I tell 'em to do.Copy !req
1355. Yeah. Perhaps
we hadn't realized…Copy !req
1356. that you were quite so popular
with your troops, General.Copy !req
1357. I'm not.Copy !req
1358. They'll do it because
they're good soldiers…Copy !req
1359. and because they realize as I do
that we could still lose this war.Copy !req
1360. Hmm. Then I think I can speak
for Field Marshal Montgomery.Copy !req
1361. He'd say you're asking
the impossible of your men.Copy !req
1362. Of course he would,
'cause he's never realized…Copy !req
1363. that that's what
we're in business for.Copy !req
1364. Sir, General McCauliffe
turned down a German surrender demand.Copy !req
1365. - Know what he said?
- What?Copy !req
1366. He said, "Nuts."Copy !req
1367. Keep 'em moving, Colonel.
A man that eloquent has to be saved.Copy !req
1368. This is where it pays off…Copy !req
1369. the training and the discipline.Copy !req
1370. No other outfit in the world…Copy !req
1371. would pull out of a winter battle,
move 100 miles…Copy !req
1372. go into a major attack with no rest,
no sleep, no hot food.Copy !req
1373. God.
God, I'm proud of these men.Copy !req
1374. Sir, von Rundstedt's thrown
another panzer division against Bastogne.Copy !req
1375. 101 st Airborne's
holding on by its fingernails.Copy !req
1376. Damned air cover's what we need. If we had
24 hours of decent weather, we might make it.Copy !req
1377. General Mason, sir.Copy !req
1378. Hello, Mace?
Listen, we're short on foot soldiers.Copy !req
1379. I want you to cannibalize your antiaircraft
units and turn 'em all into riflemen.Copy !req
1380. Yes, every damn last
one of 'em you can find.Copy !req
1381. Evening, General.
I just got the weather report for tomorrow.Copy !req
1382. - More snow.
- There goes our air cover.Copy !req
1383. Sir, we may have to pull up
and wait for better weather.Copy !req
1384. There are brave men dying up there.Copy !req
1385. I'm not going to wait.
Not an hour. Not a minute.Copy !req
1386. Going to keep moving.
Is that clear?Copy !req
1387. We're going to attack all night.
We're going to attack tomorrow morning.Copy !req
1388. If we are not victorious…Copy !req
1389. let no one come back alive.Copy !req
1390. You know something, General?Copy !req
1391. Sometimes, they can't tell
when you're acting and when you're not.Copy !req
1392. It isn't important for them to know.Copy !req
1393. It's only important for me to know.Copy !req
1394. - You wanted to see me, General?
- Oh, yes, Chaplain.Copy !req
1395. I'm sick and tired of Third Army
having to fight the Germans…Copy !req
1396. the Supreme Command, no gasoline,
and now this ungodly weather.Copy !req
1397. - I want a prayer. A weather prayer.
- A weather prayer, sir?Copy !req
1398. Yes, let's see if you can't get God
working with us on this thing.Copy !req
1399. Gonna take a pretty thick rug
for that kind of praying.Copy !req
1400. I don't care if it takes
a flying carpet.Copy !req
1401. Well, I don't know how this is
gonna be received, General.Copy !req
1402. Praying for good weather
so we can kill our fellow man?Copy !req
1403. Well, I can assure you, sir, because of
my intimate relations with the Almighty…Copy !req
1404. if you write a good prayer,
we'll have good weather.Copy !req
1405. And I expect that prayer
within an hour.Copy !req
1406. Yes, sir.Copy !req
1407. "Almighty and most merciful Father…Copy !req
1408. "we humbly beseech thee…Copy !req
1409. "of thy great goodness…Copy !req
1410. "to restrain this immoderate weather…Copy !req
1411. "with which we've had to contend.Copy !req
1412. "Grant us fair weather for battle.Copy !req
1413. "Graciously harken to us…Copy !req
1414. "as soldiers who call upon thee…Copy !req
1415. "that armed with thy power…Copy !req
1416. "we may advance
from victory to victory…Copy !req
1417. "and crush the oppression…Copy !req
1418. "and wickedness of our enemies…Copy !req
1419. "and establish thy justice…Copy !req
1420. "among men and nations.Copy !req
1421. Amen."Copy !req
1422. Weather's perfect.Copy !req
1423. Cod, get me that chaplain.Copy !req
1424. He stands in good with the Lord,
and I want him decorated.Copy !req
1425. Hiya, General!Copy !req
1426. Supported by
medium bombers and fighter bombers…Copy !req
1427. which fly countless sorties
against German positions…Copy !req
1428. elements of the Third Army,
spearheaded by the Fourth Armored Division…Copy !req
1429. drive into the besieged city of Bastogne…Copy !req
1430. to relieve its 18,000 defenders
on the day after Christmas.Copy !req
1431. During this operation,
Third Army moved farther and faster…Copy !req
1432. and engagedmore divisions
in less time…Copy !req
1433. than any other army in the history
of the United States.Copy !req
1434. This is the end…Copy !req
1435. …the end.Copy !req
1436. Hurry, Steiger. I want everything destroyed.
Papers, maps, everything!Copy !req
1437. Everything will be destroyed, General,
that I can promise you.Copy !req
1438. I'll never let the Russians take me!
I'll kill myself, like the Führer!Copy !req
1439. He, too, will be destroyed.Copy !req
1440. The absence of war will kill him.Copy !req
1441. The pure warrior…Copy !req
1442. …a magnificent anachronism…Copy !req
1443. Excuse me, sir.
General Katkov would like to know…Copy !req
1444. whether you will join him
to drink to the surrender of Germany.Copy !req
1445. My compliments to the general.Copy !req
1446. Please inform him
that I do not care to drink with him…Copy !req
1447. or any other Russian son of a bitch.Copy !req
1448. Sir, I-Copy !req
1449. I cannot tell the general that.Copy !req
1450. You tell him that.
Tell him word for word.Copy !req
1451. The general says he thinks that…Copy !req
1452. you are a son of a bitch too.Copy !req
1453. Okay, I'll drink to that.
One son of a bitch to another.Copy !req
1454. General, is it true that
President Roosevelt, before he died…Copy !req
1455. promised you a combat command
in the Pacific?Copy !req
1456. Yes, he did.
But now that he's gone…Copy !req
1457. I don't think there's
much chance of that.Copy !req
1458. Doug MacArthur
doesn't want me out there.Copy !req
1459. We've been told about these wonder
weapons the Germans were working on.Copy !req
1460. Long-range rockets,
push-button bombing…Copy !req
1461. weapons that don't need soldiers.Copy !req
1462. Wonder weapons?
My God, I don't see the wonder in 'em.Copy !req
1463. Killing without heroics.
Nothing is glorified. Nothing is reaffirmed.Copy !req
1464. No heroes, no cowards, no troops.Copy !req
1465. No generals.
Only those who are left alive…Copy !req
1466. and those who are left dead.Copy !req
1467. I'm glad I won't live to see it.Copy !req
1468. It's been pointed out, General, that you're
still using former Nazis in key positions…Copy !req
1469. despite the official de-Nazification policy.Copy !req
1470. Well, if I'm supplied with trained personnel,
I'll get rid of the Nazis.Copy !req
1471. Until then, I'll use the people who can run
the railroads and keep the telephones working.Copy !req
1472. After all, General, didn't most
ordinary Nazis join the party…Copy !req
1473. in about the same way Americans
become Republicans or Democrats?Copy !req
1474. Yes, that's about it.Copy !req
1475. You do agree, don't you, General,
that our national policy…Copy !req
1476. should be made by civilians
and not by the military?Copy !req
1477. Of course I agree.
But the politicians never let us finish.Copy !req
1478. They always stop short
and leave us with another war to fight.Copy !req
1479. You thinking about our Russian Allies?Copy !req
1480. Sir, did you say if you found your army
between the Germans and the Russians…Copy !req
1481. you'd attack in both directions?Copy !req
1482. No, I never said that.Copy !req
1483. I never said any such thing.Copy !req
1484. But I wish I had.Copy !req
1485. Sir, there's a call on your line
from Supreme Headquarters. General Smith.Copy !req
1486. - Beetle?
- Ike is furious.Copy !req
1487. How could you possibly compare the Republicans
and Democrats to the Nazi party?Copy !req
1488. And this statement that you refuse
to de-Nazify has everybody screaming.Copy !req
1489. The Russians, the British, everybody.Copy !req
1490. Well, the hell with
the Mongoloid Russians.Copy !req
1491. We've given 'em Berlin, we've given 'em Prague,
and God knows what else.Copy !req
1492. Are we gonna let 'em
dictate policy too?Copy !req
1493. George, don't be a fool. The war in Europe
is over. Washington dictates policy.Copy !req
1494. Well, the war shouldn't be over and we should
stop pussyfooting about the goddamn Russians!Copy !req
1495. We're gonna have to fight 'em
sooner or later anyway!Copy !req
1496. Why not do it now while
we got the army here to do it with?Copy !req
1497. Instead of disarming these German
troops, we oughta get 'em
to help us fight the Bolsheviks!Copy !req
1498. George, you better shut up.
This line may be tapped!Copy !req
1499. Well, I don't give a damn if it is.
I'll tell you something, Beetle.Copy !req
1500. Up until now, we've been
fighting the wrong people.Copy !req
1501. Look, you and Ike don't have to get involved
if you're so damn soft about it.Copy !req
1502. You leave it to me. In 10 days, I'll have us
at war with those sons of bitches…Copy !req
1503. and I'll make it look like their fault!Copy !req
1504. George, you're mad.
You're absolutely out of your mind!Copy !req
1505. Well, I'm no diplomat! I'm a combat soldier.
That's all these jokers understand.Copy !req
1506. You get Ike to give me the word, and I'll kick
their behinds back into Russia where they belong!Copy !req
1507. Shall I call the artist back, sir?Copy !req
1508. No, the hell with it.Copy !req
1509. Nobody wants to see
a picture of me. I'm mad.Copy !req
1510. Don't you know that?Copy !req
1511. Field Marshal Montgomery,
His Majesty is prepared…Copy !req
1512. to receive the next
Chief of the Imperial General Staff.Copy !req
1513. Good-bye, Colonel.
Good-bye.Copy !req
1514. Good-bye, and thank you.Copy !req
1515. Thank you.
Take care of yourself, Cod.Copy !req
1516. George.Copy !req
1517. Well, uh, gentlemen.Copy !req
1518. All good things must come to an end.Copy !req
1519. And the best thing
that's happened to me in my life…Copy !req
1520. has been, uh-Copy !req
1521. uh, the honor…Copy !req
1522. and, uh, privilege…Copy !req
1523. of commanding the Third Army.Copy !req
1524. Good-bye, and God bless you.Copy !req
1525. Brad, they've, uh, taken
Third Army away from me.Copy !req
1526. I know. I just thought
we could have dinner together tonight.Copy !req
1527. Thank you, Brad. That's damn thoughtful.
I appreciate it.Copy !req
1528. Right now, I think I'm going
to take Willy for a walk.Copy !req
1529. George, look out!Copy !req
1530. After all I've been through…Copy !req
1531. imagine getting killed by an oxcart.Copy !req
1532. You know, Brad, there's only one proper way
for a professional soldier to die.Copy !req
1533. That's from the last bullet
of the last battle of the last war.Copy !req
1534. At least, the Third Army earned its pay.Copy !req
1535. In our drive across Europe,
we liberated…Copy !req
1536. 12,000 cities and towns…Copy !req
1537. inflicted a million and a half
enemy casualties.Copy !req
1538. I have a feeling that from now on,
just being a good soldier won't mean a thing.Copy !req
1539. I'm afraid we're gonna have
to be diplomats, administrators.Copy !req
1540. - You name it.
- God help us.Copy !req
1541. George, I want to say one thing.Copy !req
1542. You've done a magnificent job
here in Europe.Copy !req
1543. That's right, George. I think that soldier
you slapped back there in Sicily…Copy !req
1544. did more to win the war
than any other private in the army.Copy !req
1545. I'll see you for dinner.Copy !req
1546. 6:30?Copy !req
1547. For over a thousand years…Copy !req
1548. Roman conquerors
returning from the wars…Copy !req
1549. enjoyed the honor of a triumph,
a tumultuous parade.Copy !req
1550. In the procession came
trumpeters and musicians…Copy !req
1551. and strange animals from
the conquered territories…Copy !req
1552. together with carts laden
with treasure and captured armaments.Copy !req
1553. The conqueror rode
in a triumphal chariot…Copy !req
1554. the dazed prisoners
walking in chains before him.Copy !req
1555. Sometimes his children,
robed in white…Copy !req
1556. stood with him in the chariot
or rode the trace horses.Copy !req
1557. A slave stood behind the conqueror…Copy !req
1558. holding a golden crown…Copy !req
1559. and whispering in his ear a warning…Copy !req
1560. that all glory is fleeting.Copy !req