"I had to kick a few butts but Truscott finally broke through to those people on the beach." "Have you seen the casualty lists?" "Yes, I've seen them." "What's the word from the coast road?" "The 3rd Division's east of Brolo, heading toward Messina." "Let's get over there." "I want to go in with the troops." "You go ahead, George." "I'm not very good at that." "General Bradley it's time to consider how many casualties we'd have if we were still crawling on that goddamn road." "Forward, march!" "Don't smirk, Patton." "I shan't kiss you." "Pity." "I shaved close this morning to prepare for getting smacked by you." "Forward, march!" "You wanted to see me, George?" "Got a letter here from Ike." "I was rereading Caesar's Commentaries last night." "In battle, Caesar wore a red robe to distinguish him from his men." "I was struck by that fact because " ""Despicable. " First time anybody's ever applied that word to me." "Well, at least it's a personal reprimand, it's not official." "The man was yellow." "He should've been tried for cowardice and shot." "People have taken a lot worse than a little kick in the pants." "I ruffled his pride a bit." "What's that compared to war?" "Two weeks ago at Palermo they said I was the greatest general..." " ...since Stonewall Jackson." " Now they draw cartoons about you." "Dirty bastard!" "They got me holding a little Gl and kicking him with an iron boot." "You see that, what's on my boot?" "A swastika." "On my boot." "An iron boot with a swastika!" ""You will apologize to the soldier you slapped to all doctors and nurses present in the tent at the time to every patient in the tent who can be reached and last but not least to the 7th Army as a whole through individual units, one at a time. "" "God, I feel low." "Oh, God  Thou art my God." "Early will I seek Thee." "My soul thirsteth for Thee." "My flesh longeth for Thee in a dry and thirsty land." "So as I have seen Thee in the sanctuary." "My soul followeth hard after Thee." "But those that seek my soul to destroy it shall go into the lower parts of the earth." "They shall fall by the sword." "They shall be apportioned for foxes." "But the king shall rejoice in God." "Everyone that sweareth by him shall glory." "But the mouth of them that speak lies shall be stopped." "Ten-hut!" "At ease." "I thought I'd stand up here and let you people see if I am as big a son of a bitch as some of you think I am." "I assure you I had no intention of being either harsh or cruel in my treatment of the soldier in question." "My sole purpose was to try to restore in him some appreciation of his obligations as a man and as a soldier." "If one can shame a coward I felt one might help him to regain his self-respect." "This was on my mind." "Now, I freely admit that my method was wrong but I hope you understand my motive and will accept this explanation and this apology." " Dismissed." " Ten-hut!" "Good evening, general." "I want to report on a private poll I'm taking." "What poll?" "The fan mail." "Eleven percent con, 89 percent pro." "And that 11 % of protest, in most cases, is both obscene and anonymous." "But the pro letters are mostly from relatives and servicemen." ""I want you to know we're proud our son is serving in your army." "From the newspaper, we're not clear exactly what you did and why but we want you to know we're for you." "Keep going, and God bless you. "" "Keep going, huh?" "Where?" "I thought you might like a sip of wine, general." "It's New Year's." "You didn't celebrate at all last night." "I'm sick of sitting around this royal doghouse." "We've taken Sicily." "I'm ready for a new assignment." "Maybe you've got it." "Here's a radio message, just came in." "Cod." "I've been relieved." "They've relieved me from command of the 7th Army." "I don't believe it." "Happy New Year." "Just a minute, sir." "Since they're sure to give you another command isn't it logical they'd relieve you here first?" "You mean command of all American troops going into Europe?" "It's possible." "I know it's been discussed from time to time." "The logic of it is so obvious, it couldn't mean anything else." "Sir, I'm going to open this bottle of wine." "No, Sir Cod but if you find a bottle of cognac, I'll help you drink it." " How you feeling tonight, general?" " Not bad, not bad at all." " Get me some writing paper, will you?" " Yes, sir." "Your wife ever give you the devil for not writing?" "All the time, sir." "Only I don't write as often as you do." "Don't seem to get around to it." "Lucky for us we got them." "Who wants to marry a couple of broken-down old horse captains?" "That's what my wife says to me every time I come home, sir." "Why are you up so late, George?" "Thought you'd like a nice hot bath or something." "I got this sleeping pill from the doc, just in case you need it." "Sleeping pill!" " What's going on here?" " I heard the news, sir." " They announced it on the radio." " What news?" "About General Bradley, sir." "How they gave him the top American command." "Oh." "Oh, yeah." "I just thought you might be feeling kind of low, sir." "Your writing things, sir." "Here on the desk, sir." "Yeah." "Thank you, George." "One little dog face." "One measly little slap." "That's what done it." "Ah, George." "I wish I'd kissed the son of a bitch." "He's paying tribute to the Free French Forces under DeGaulle and Leclerc." "And to the people of the Resistance who risk their lives to help destroy the Germans." ""France will be free again." "I give you my word. "" ""Just as Free French troops liberated Corsica, Napoleon's place of birth I will someday land in France to liberate the birthplace of Lafayette. "" "General, the reporters would like a word with you." " Good afternoon." " General." "Can you tell us the purpose of this visit to Corsica?" "General Eisenhower ordered me here." "You wrote the mother of the boy you slapped, "The rat should've been shot. "" " Is that true, general?" " No comment." "Sir, I understand Gen. Alexander suggested you take over Gen. Clark's Italian campaign but it was killed due to the incident." " No comment." " Can you say where you're going, sir?" "Off the record, Eisenhower's ordered me to Malta." "Interview concluded." "You plan on slapping any soldiers there, general?" "Malta?" "Yes, sir." "Malta as a base then southern Greece." "That is possible." "Get me Field Marshal Keitel." "In 1528, these forts were defended by 400 Knights of Malta and 800 mercenaries against a force of 40,000 Turks." "Codman." " Still no word from Gen. Eisenhower?" " No, sir." "Not even a response about the two turkeys I sent for Christmas?" "No, sir." "Go ahead, gentlemen." "Take a closer look for yourselves." "Looks like you boys have hitched your wagon to a falling star." "Pass the word." "If anyone wants out, I'll understand." "Sir, I can speak for the entire staff." "We want to stay with you, no matter what duty you're assigned to." "Up in London, they're planning the invasion of Europe." "I've trained my mind, body and spirit for that." "What, in God's name, am I doing here?" "All right." "Let's get on to Cairo." "See if the pyramids are still standing." "There is only one reason for him to be in Cairo." "To confer with the Greek and Yugoslav governments in exile." "Let the Italians garrison Italy, it's their country." "We'll need our German troops to reinforce Crete and the Greek coast if Patton strikes from Egypt!" "I have some new information, sir." "Patton is under severe criticism." "He may even be court-martialed." "He slapped an enlisted man." "You believe their newspapers?" "Would they sacrifice their best commander because he slapped a soldier?" " This place is for me?" " Yes, sir." "This way, sir." "Whoever found it has a genius for cloak and dagger." "Who picked this cathouse?" "I think it was Gen. Smith, sir." "To spite me, that son of a bitch." " Welcome to London, Georgie." " Bedell." "How are you?" " Is Ike here?" " He asked me to brief you." "Would you excuse us, please?" "Let me put you straight about Ike." "We hear a lot about you criticizing his decisions." "Not really." "You know me." "I'm just an old fool." "At times, I do wonder whether he isn't a limey at heart." "George, this is the toughest coalition ever attempted in history." "Ike's trying to hold it together and lick the Germans at the same time." " It's a hell of a job." " I understand." "You have an important assignment connected to the Normandy invasion." "Good." "I've studied the Overlord Plan and there's a number of flaws in it." "You can't depend on Monty taking Cannes by D-day." "He'll never make it." "I've drawn up an alternate plan to land at Calais..." " ...following an air bombardment " " Will you just listen for a change?" "Ike stood by you when everyone, I mean everyone wanted Patton with a rope around his neck." "We're gonna let it leak out that you are here undercover." "That you're preparing to invade at the Pas de Calais." "We hope to pin down the German 1 5th Army there so that they can't be used against us at Normandy." "Is that all I'm good for?" "We're going to build an army of 1 2 divisions around you." "All fictitious, of course." "Dummy troop concentrations, dummy landing craft simulated radio traffic." "The Germans are convinced that you will lead the main invasion effort." "Their agents will spot you soon then we can move you to Knutsford." " What do I do there?" " Nothing." "Absolutely nothing." "Frankly, George, you're on probation." "Take my advice and behave yourself." "Remember your worst enemy is your own big mouth." "Look at this nasty-faced son of a bitch." "Ready for combat." "I'll call him William as in "the Conqueror. "" " Sir, should we leave him in the car?" " No." "Good afternoon, ladies." "Good afternoon." "Watch this, Cod." " Sir, he'll kill that dog." " I'll hold him." "I'm terribly sorry, general." "Did Abigail frighten your dog?" "That's quite all right, madam." "This way, sir." "Your name isn't William." "It's Willie." "My dear friends." "General George S. Patton, Jr., has accepted our invitation to say a few words to you on the occasion of this inaugural ceremony." "General Patton is not here in an official capacity and I have assured him most earnestly that nothing he says will be quoted." "May I present General Patton." " Remember, sir, watch your language." " Yeah." "My dear ladies." "Until today my only experience at welcoming has been to welcome Germans and Italians to the infernal region." "At this I have been quite successful since the troops, which I have had the honor to command have, to date, killed or captured some 1 70,000 of our enemies." "I feel that such clubs as these are of very real value because I believe with Mr. Bernard Shaw that the British and the Americans are two peoples separated by a common language." "Since it is the destiny of the British and Americans to rule the world the better we know each other the better we will do it." "The Russians, don't forget the Russians." "I think that a club like this is an ideal place for promoting mutual understanding." "Because as soon as our soldiers meet and get to know the English ladies and write home and tell our women just how lovely you truly are then the sooner the American ladies will get jealous and force this war to a quick termination." "And then I'll get the chance to go to the Pacific and kill Japanese." "All over the nation mass meetings are held to protest General Patton 's statement  that Britain and America will rule the post war world." "That Russia will have no say." "Congressional leaders like Senator Clayburn Foss are quick to react." "This man has insulted our Russian allies implying Anglo-American world rule." "In my opinion, he should be severely disciplined." "This time I didn't do a damn thing." "They promised there wouldn't be any reporters." "I made a few remarks off the record." "Ike told you to keep your mouth shut." "You know how suspicious the Russians are of the British and us." "I was only trying to be polite to the old ladies." "If I'd seen the Russians there, I'd have mentioned the sons of bitches." "Bedell, I don't know anything about politics." "I have no political ambitions." "All I want to do is to command an army in combat." "Well, it's out of our hands now." "Ike sent a message last night to the chief of staff." "Now it's up to General Marshall whether you stay here as a decoy or he sends you home." "He's a good man." "At least he's a fair man." "I'll let it sit with him." "George our war is over." "Over, sir?" "It's just a question of waiting for the orders now." "I feel I'm... ." "I'm destined to achieve some great thing." "What, I don't know." "But this last incident is so trivial in its nature and so terrible in its effect " "It can't be an accident." "It has to be the work of God." "Yes, sir." "The last great opportunity of a lifetime an entire world at war and I'm left out of it?" "No, sir." "God will not permit this to happen!" "I am going to be allowed to fulfil my destiny!" "His will be done." "In the greatest amphibious operation ever attempted a predawn naval bombardment prepares the way for allied soldiers to assault the Normandy beaches and claw out a desperate foothold on the continent of Europe." "I knew Montgomery couldn't take Caen on D-day or D-plus-10." "And I said so." "And here they are all hung up in the hedgerow country." "They should pivot the way von Schlieffen planned it in World War I." "Then we might get a chance to do some real broken field running." "But they don't listen to me." "What a way to enter the continent of Europe." "Along with all the rest of the spare parts." "Sir, everything on this plane is high priority." "Gen. Bradley wouldn't send for you unless he had something in mind." "I'll tell you, Cod." "I've learned my lesson." "If I ever do get another chance, I'm gonna keep my mouth shut." "I'm gonna play the game." "If I forget, you remind me." " I'll give a gentle nudge in the ribs." " Give me a swift kick in the ass." "Yes, sir." "Welcome to France, sir." "Hope the war's still on." "Where's the boss?" "Right this way, sir." "Patton, haven't seen you since Messina." "How are you?" "You're doing a splendid job decoying the Jerries." "You'll forgive me, I'm off to the front." "Best of everything, old boy." "By the way intelligence confirms that I'm against Rommel again." "Rommel." "Hi, how are you, George?" " Pretty fair, Brad." "How are you?" " Fine." "Well." "My, my." "Isn't this plush?" "Looks like you're bucking for archbishop." "Chet Hansen had this rig built for me." "George, sit down." "Ike wanted me to talk to you since we can level with each other." "That's right." "We're making 3rd Army operational when I take over 12th Army group." "Do I get it?" "I'll be honest with you." "I've had reservations." "You've been my senior ever since I left the academy." "You were the boss in North Africa and Sicily and I just thought well, it might be a problem for us." "It wouldn't bother me." "There's one other thing." "We're different kinds of people." "Goddamn it, Brad, you're always right." "With your brains and my screwy ideas, we make a great team, like in Sicily." "Truthfully, if I had been your senior in Sicily, I would have relieved you." "Brad I'm not crawling on my belly to get a command." "For God's sake, get me in this fight." "The only way out of the doghouse is to do something great." "I gotta get back in the war!" "Hitler's own people tried to kill him a few days ago." "First thing you know, it'll be over and... ." "I'll keep my mouth shut." "I'll behave myself." "I give you my word." "George I've been working on a plan called Cobra." "I'd like your opinion." "We've been slugging through hedgerow country half an acre a day and we've got to find a way out." "I want to use this road." "The Saint Lô-Periers road." "Monty will pin down the enemy forces at Caen." "We'll pulverize an area 3 1 /2 miles wide with bombing." "Then seven divisions will follow." "The 3rd Army will swing around here, a sweeping end run right across France." "What do you think?" "I think you'll need a screwball old cavalryman to command the 3rd Army." "George Ike came to that conclusion in London three months ago." "He what?" "Why, that dirty -- !" "I'm sorry." "I'm sorry." "I promise to keep my mouth shut." "What's this activity near Coutances?" "Enemy armored forces driving through our defenses at Lessay." ""American tanks moving rapidly, slicing through to the rear areas"." "This sounds like Patton, Field Marshal." "Patton is in England." "Do we know this?" "The landing in Normandy is merely a diversionary maneuver." "The real invasion will come at Calais and Patton will lead it." "The FÃ¼hrer says that the Fifteenth Army is not to be moved to Normandy." "Those men are sitting on the beach at Calais throwing pebbles at each other while our men are being slaughtered in Normandy." "The Fifteenth Army is waiting for Patton at Calais and he will land there." "You seem perfectly willing to accept this nonsense, Jodl." "Why?" "Because I am not prepared to dispute the FÃ¼hrer." "George could have the courtesy to tell us where he's going." "Good God, look at that." "Where you going, general?" "Berlin." "I'm going to personally shoot that paper-hanging son of a bitch." "Hold it." "Hold it!" "This place isn't on the map." "You know why?" "We've run clear off the map." "Give George a headline, and he's good for another 30 miles." "Atten-hut!" "Hold it!" "Pay attention." "We're gonna clean this mess up right now." "Let's move this vehicle out this way." "This one out this way." "Back that thing up there, and we'll take this one here." "All right, get up off your ass." "Let's go now!" "That's it." "That's the way to move." "Good boy." "All right, come on." "Come on, now." "Here we go." "Come on." "That's it!" "That's it!" "Gun it!" "Gun that thing!" "Okay, come on." "Watch it!" "Go, go, go!" "Come on." "Hold it up." "Come on, baby." "Yeah, yeah." "Come on." "That's it." "Come on, now." " Chet." " Yeah, will do." "Come on, keep coming." "Keep coming." "Hold it up there." "Now come on!" "Hold it!" "Hey, dummy, hold the fricking tank!" "That's it." "Come on." "Good boy." " Hold it up there." " General!" "General Bradley wants to have a word with you." "Okay." "Come on!" "Okay." "Hold it up." "Take over." "George, you'd make a good traffic cop." "George this drive has been magnificent but I'm sorry to say I have to slow you down." " What the hell for?" " We'll have to cut off your supplies." "Gasoline, ammunition, everything." "We're up against new priorities." " I think I smell Montgomery." " Take it easy, George." "There are serious issues involved." "Political issues." "By God, it is Montgomery." "The launching sites for the B-2 bombs are all in his area." "Churchill wants those bases destroyed." "Hitler kills more civilians in London than soldiers." "Expect Montgomery to do anything?" "You give me gasoline and I'll gain ground with it, kill Germans too." "Give me 400,000 gallons." "I'll go to Berlin." "George, I can't do it." "The Siegfried line is an empty shell." "They stripped the equipment and sent it east." "It's crawling with cows." "I can punch through in two days." "There's no use in arguing with me." "It wasn't my idea." "Why did you pick me to command?" "I didn't pick you." "Ike picked you." "George, you have performed brilliantly." "You are loyal, dedicated." "You're one of the best I've got, but you don't know when to shut up." "George, you're a pain in the neck." "I have a lot of faults, Brad." "But ingratitude isn't one of them." "I owe you a lot." "Hell, I know I'm a prima donna." "I admit it." "What I can't stand about Monty is, he won't admit it." "Captain, the Bailey's run out of gas." "The point tank has run out too." "And there's a kraut column up ahead." "Yeah, I know." "Were you in command here, captain?" "I was in command." "My tank platoon was supporting an infantry company." "Tanks ran out of gas, so we had to fight it out." "We started 11:00 last night." "Finished a couple hours ago." "This morning the fighting was hand-to-hand." "I had a dream last night." "In my dream it came to me that right now the whole Nazi Reich is mine for the taking." "Think about that, Cod." "I was nearly sent home in disgrace." "Now I have precisely the right instrument at precisely the right moment of history and exactly the right place." "The Saar?" "This will change too, very quickly." "Like a planet spinning off into the universe." "A moment like this won't come again for 1 000 years." "All I need is a few miserable gallons of gasoline." "Right now, the weak spot is here." "In 1 0 days, we could be in Berlin." "What about the fortifications that were done in Metz?" "Fixed fortifications, huh?" "Monuments to the stupidity of man." "When mountain ranges and oceans could be overcome anything built by man can be overcome." "You know how I'm sure they're finished out there?" "The carts." "They're using carts to move their wounded and the supplies." "The carts came to me in my dream." "I couldn't figure it out." "Then I remembered that nightmare in the snow." "The agonizing retreat from Moscow." "How cold it was." "They threw the wounded and what was left of the supplies in the carts." "Napoleon was finished." "Not any color left." "Not even the red of blood." "Only the snow." "Look at this, Cod." "I love it." "God help me, I do love it so." "I love it more than my life." "Paris is liberated, and French troops lead the way." "The Allies march into the city after four years of Nazi occupation." "The hard-fighting French 2nd Armored Division under Major General Jacques Leclerc gets an unforgettable welcome as they enter their beloved Paris." "In a powerful drive to the north  General Montgomery cuts off and bypasses the French coastal towns of Boulogne, Calais and Dunkirk." "Pushing on to capture the vital Belgian port of Antwerp." "Meanwhile, the main body of Patton 's army resupplied now and rolling like a juggernaut, slashes toward the Saar." "Nazi resistance appears to crumble." "It seems that nothing can stop our troops from driving on into Germany." " Sir, General Bradley on your line." " Good, good." "Brad, listen, I've got a bridgehead across the Saar." "I'm on my way to Germany." "Wait a minute, George." "There's a lot of trouble up north." "I want you to transfer tank armor to Middleton's 8th Corps right away." "Brad, you can't do that." "George, listen." "I don't have time to argue." "There's a lot of enemy activity up around Ardennes." "No, I don't know how serious it is but Ike wants us to meet with Bedell Smith tomorrow at Verdun." "Be there at 1 1 00." "Yes, sir." "There's absolutely no reason for us to assume that the Germans are mounting a major offense." "The weather is awful and their supplies are low." "The Germans haven't mounted a winter attack since Frederick the Great." "Therefore I believe that's exactly what they're going to do." "I want you to start making contingency plans for pulling out of our eastward attack." "Changing directions 90 degrees, moving up to Luxembourg." "Don't look so stunned, gentlemen." "I want you to plan for three possible axes of attack." "From Diekirch, due north." "From Orléans to Bastogne." "From Neufchâteau against the German left flank." "We've identified four German armies:" "The 7th, the 5th Panzer, 6th SS Panzer and the 1 5th." "They've hit us with 26 divisions." "They've overran two regimens of the 1 06th Division." "And 7500 of our men were forced to surrender." "Our concern is that von Rundstedt has the 1 01 st Airborne trapped here at Bastogne." "Bastogne, by the way, is the key to this entire area." "If we can hold it, we can break up the entire German offensive." "If they take it, we're in serious trouble." "Ike wants to know if anybody can go and relieve the 1 01 st before they're torn to pieces." "There's nothing Montgomery can do." "At any rate, not for some weeks." "What about you, George?" "I can attack with three divisions in 48 hours." "I'd give myself some leeway." "Ike wants a realistic estimate, George." "You're in the middle of a fight now." "It's over a hundred miles to Bastogne." "My staff's already working out the details." "Frankly, I don't see how it's possible." "Not in this kind of weather." "I should have thought you'd want to fall back and regroup." "Not me." "I don't like to pay for the same real estate twice." "But what about your men?" "You can't cart them off 1 00 miles, expecting them to attack without rest." "I trained these men." "They'll do what I tell them to do." "We hadn't realized you were so popular with your troops, general." "I'm not." "They'll do it because they're good soldiers." "And because they realize, as I do, that we can still lose this war." "Then I think I can speak for Field Marshal Montgomery." "He'd say you're asking the impossible of your men." "Of course he would." "Cause he's never realized that's what we're in business for." "General McAuliffe refused a German surrender demand." "You know what he said?" "What?" "He said, "Nuts. "" "Keep them moving, colonel." "A man that eloquent has to be saved." "This is where it pays off." "The training and discipline." "No other outfit in the world." "Pulled out of a winter battle, move a hundred miles." "Going to a major attack with no rest, no sleep, no hot food." "God!" "God, I'm proud of these men!" "Sir, von Rundstedt's thrown another panzer division against Bastogne." "101 st Airborne's barely holding on." "We need damned air cover. lf we had decent weather, we might make it." "General Mason, sir." "Hello, Mase?" "Listen, we're short on foot soldiers." "Cannibalize your antiaircraft units and turn them into riflemen." "Yes, every last one you can find." "Good evening, general." "I just got the weather report for tomorrow." "More snow." "There goes our air cover." "We may have to wait for better weather." "Brave men dying up there." "I won't wait, not an hour, not a minute." "Going to keep moving." "ls that clear?" "We're going to attack all night and attack tomorrow morning!" "If we're not victorious let no one come back alive." "You know something, general?" "Sometimes, they can't tell when you're acting and when you're not." "It isn't important for them to know." "It's only important for me to know." " You want to see me, general?" " Oh, yeah, chaplain." "I'm tired of 3rd Army having to fight Germans with supreme command, no gasoline and now this ungodly weather." "I want a prayer, a weather prayer." "A weather prayer, sir?" "Yes, let's see if you can't get God working with us." "Gonna take a thick rug for that kind of praying." "I don't care if it takes a flying carpet." "I don't know how this will be received, general." "Praying for good weather so we can kill our fellow man." "I assure you, because of my relations with the Almighty if you write a good prayer, we'll have good weather." "And I expect that prayer within an hour." "Yes, sir." ""Almighty and most merciful Father we humbly beseech Thee of Thy great goodness to restrain this immoderate weather with which we've had to contend." "Grant us fair weather for battle." "Graciously hearken to us as soldiers who call upon Thee  that armed with Thy power  we may advance from victory to victory and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies and establish Thy justice among men and nations." "Amen. "" "Weather's perfect." "Cod, get me that chaplain." "He's in good with the Lord and I want to decorate him." "Hiya, general!" "Supported by medium bombers and fighter bombers flying sorties against German positions elements of the 3rd Army spearheaded by the 4th Armored Division drive into Bastogne  to relieve its 18,000 defenders on the day after Christmas." "During this operation, 3rd Army moved farther and faster and engaged more divisions in less time  than any other army in the history of the United States." "This is the end the end." "Hurry, Steiger." "I want everything destroyed." "Papers, maps, everything!" "Everything will be destroyed, General, that I can promise you." "I'll never let the Russians take me!" "I'll kill myself, like the FÃ¼hrer!" "He, too, will be destroyed." "The absence of war will kill him." "The pure warrior a magnificent anachronism..." "Excuse me, sir." "General Katkov would like to know if you'll join him to drink to the surrender of Germany." "My compliments to the general." "Please inform him that I do not care to drink with him or any other Russian son of a bitch." "Sir I cannot tell the general that." "You tell him that." "Tell him word for word." "The general says he thinks that you are a son of a bitch too." "Okay." "I'll drink to that." "One son of a bitch to another." "Is it true that Roosevelt, before he died promised you a command in the Pacific?" "Yes." "But now that he's gone, I don't think there's much chance of that." "Doug MacArthur doesn't want me up there." "We're told of "wonder weapons" the Germans were working on:" "Long-range rockets, push-button bombing weapons that don't need soldiers." ""Wonder weapon"?" "My God, I don't see the wonder in them." "Killing without heroics." "Nothing is glorified, nothing is reaffirmed." "No heroes, no cowards, no troops." "No generals." "Only those that are left alive and those that are left dead." "I'm glad I won't live to see it." "It's said you're still using former Nazis in key positions." "Despite the denazification policy." "Well, if I'm supplied with trained personnel I'll get rid of the Nazis." "Until then, I'll use them to keep the railroads and telephones working." "After all, didn't most ordinary Nazis join the Party in about the same way Americans become Republicans or Democrats?" "Yes, that's about it." "You agree that national policy be made by civilians, not by the military?" "Of course." "But the politicians never let us finish." "They always stop short and leave us with another war." "You thinking about our Russian allies?" "Did you say if you found your army between the Germans and the Russians you'd attack in both directions?" "No, I never said that." "I never said any such thing." "But I wish I had." "Sir, there's a call on your line from supreme headquarters, General Smith." "Bedell?" "Ike is furious." "How could you compare Republicans and Democrats to the Nazi Party?" "And the statement that you refuse to denazify has the Russians, the British, everybody, screaming." "Well, the hell with the Mongoloid Russians." "We've given them Berlin, Prague, God knows what else." "They gonna dictate policy too?" "George, don't be a fool." "The war in Europe is over." "Washington dictates policy." "The war shouldn't be over." "We should stop pussyfooting about the Russians!" "We'll have to fight them anyway." "Why not do it now, when the army's here?" "Instead of disarming Germans let's get them to help fight the Bolsheviks." "You better shut up." "This line may be tapped." "I don't care." "I'll tell you we've been fighting the wrong people." "You and I don't have to get involved, you're so soft about it." "Leave it to me." "In 1 0 days I'll have us at war with them and make it look like their fault!" "George, you're mad." "You're absolutely out of your mind!" "Well, I'm no diplomat." "I'm a combat soldier." "That's all they understand." "Get Ike to give me the word, and I'll kick them back to Russia!" "Shall I call the artist back, sir?" "Oh, the hell with it." "Nobody wants to see a picture of me." "I'm mad!" "Don't you know that?" "Field Marshal Montgomery, his majesty is prepared to receive the next chief of the imperial general staff." "Thank you." "Thank you." "Take care of yourself." "George." "Well, gentlemen all good things must come to an end." "And the best thing that's happened to me in my life has been uh the honor and privilege of commanding the 3rd Army." "Goodbye and God bless you." "Brad they've taken the 3rd Army away from me." "I know." "I thought we could have dinner together tonight." "Thank you, Brad." "That's damn thoughtful." "I appreciate it." "Right now, I think I'll take Willie for a walk." "George, look out!" "After all I've been through imagine getting killed by an oxcart." "No, Brad, there's only one proper way for a professional soldier to die." "That's from the last bullet of the last battle of the last war." "At least the 3rd Army earned its pay." "In our drive across Europe, we liberated  12,000 cities and towns and inflicted a million and a half enemy casualties." "I sense from now on, just being a good soldier won't mean a thing." "I'm afraid we're gonna have to be diplomats, administrators, you name it." "God help us." "George, I want to say one thing." "You've done a magnificent job here in Europe." "That's right, George." "That soldier you slapped did more to win the war than any other private." "I'll see you for dinner." "Six-thirty?" "For over a thousand years Roman conquerors returning from the wars enjoyed the honor of a triumph, a tumultuous parade." "In the procession came trumpeters and musicians and strange animals from the conquered territories  together with carts laden with treasure and captured armaments." "The conqueror rode in a triumphal chariot  the dazed prisoners walking in chains before him." "Sometimes, his children, robed in white stood with him in the chariot, or rode the trace horses." "A slave stood behind the conqueror holding a golden crown and whispering in his ear a warning  that all glory is fleeting."