Patton Analysis
In the film Patton, many events and important people were depicted, including the battle of the bulge, Sicily, France, General George Patton, Erwin Rommel, Omar Bradley, and Bernard Law Montgomery. General Patton was commander of the Third Army in which he led them ti victory after a crushing defeat in the Battle of Kasserines pass. Erwin Rommel was general of the German army and he was widely respected for his ability to lead. Omar Bradley was second in command to General Patton and was head of the operation in North Africa. Montgomery was general of the British army and at this time he was winning every battle he got into. All of these people were important during world war 2 because they all led an army into battle and were victorious throughout the war and because they all were highly thought of and respected. Sicily and France were both places in which Patton led the Third Army and took then from the Germans. The battle of the bulge was a German offensive in which rot hope was to split up and surround the British and American forces.

The directors purpose of masking this film was to inform people of general Patton's accomplishments while he was commanding the American Army. It was to show the war through the life of George Patton and to show how Patton changed the course of the war by actually disciplining the US Army. This movie shows the theme that discipline is the key to winning a war because without discipline, no one will know what to do and all of the strategies and tactics that would be used would fail. Much of what General Patton did was to make sure that the American army was the best army out there. The movie begins with General Patton giving a speech to the American troops about how to go about the war; he praises those who fight and promises them potential glory. The main themes in the film were to apply discipline but to also admit your weaknesses. This was because with very thing Patton did he was sticky and stern but because of his action while being strict, he had to admit that some of what he did was wrong and accept that some of his choices were wrong. This movie shows the events of World War 2 fairly well because it shows the relationship between the countries who were fighting the war and shows how the attacks were planned and then accomplished. The film is trying to tell the viewers that you always need to accept your actions even if they're wrong.

There are many thins that you could learn from this movie, but what I learned from it was to never fear failure. I learned this from the movie because Patton did fear failure and he was so egotistical that he never thought he would lose. Due to his attitude toward the war and himself, his career in the military started to plummet. This was because he had thought that discipline was everything, therefore he used it in everything; especially when he would see one of his soldiers crying. Once he saw this, he started to slap the soldier with his gloves and eventually that got him discharged from commanding the Third Army right bridge the D-Day invasion. I do agree with the filmmakers views because the way they showed the war scenes were so elaborate and it actually made you think that a real war was actually going on. This movie made me feel like I was actually in the war and with General Patton the whole time. It was as if I was right by his side, telling him what to do and what decisions to make even though some of them were not the best choice to make. This movie was a great movie and I would recommend it to almost everyone.