Why was General Patton silenced during his service in World War II?Why was General Patton silenced during his service in World War II?Why was General Patton silenced during his service in World War II?
Franklin D. Roosevelt
- Self
- (archive footage)
Harry S. Truman
- Self
- (archive footage)
Dwight D. Eisenhower
- Self
- (archive footage)
George S. Patton
- Self
- (archive footage)
Neville Chamberlain
- Self
- (archive footage)
Peter Reznikoff
- Narrator
- (voice)
Drew Pearson
- Self
- (archive footage)
- (voice)
Charles M. Province
- Self - Patton Historical Society
- (as Charles Province)
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- TriviaBased on the book 'The Tragedy of Patton' by Robert Orlando.
- GoofsIn describing the invasion of Sicily the narrator says Patton commands the 7th Army Tank Division. No such command existed. In fact, Patton commanded the 7th Army.
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Well produced, but historically flawed
As a television production this documentary is quite well put together with good narration and a lot of excellent and unusual photographs, however, it's a conspiracy film that goes so far as to use fabricated evidence. The script includes an alleged quote from Stalin encouraging his troops to rape German women. In fact, though such behavior was common, it was absolutely forbidden and Red Army troops that engaged in it were severely punished or even shot if it came to light. In a war against a hated enemy, it's not terribly surprising that some commanders would look the other way, but the commissars and military police certainly did not. Stalin was smart enough to know that if this behavior was encouraged it would be used against the Soviet Union after the war. Though he can certainly be blamed for many atrocities within the Soviet union and postwar Eastern Europe, the rape of German women is not one of them. I gave it two stars for production values, and an additional star for selecting excellent period Photographs. It deserves zero stars on content though
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- arden66
- Jul 17, 2020
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- Silence Patton: First Victim of the Cold War
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