comments that he believes are off the record. The press then printed these comments andPatton is in trouble for insulting the Russians. Patton then has to promise to keep his bigmouth shut, or be left out of the war. Being part of the war was all that was important toPatton. The movie also has a segment showing the Patton prayer. When the Third Armyheadquarters were located in Nancy, France, they were bothered by bad weather. Pattonordered the chaplain, whose real name was James H. O'Neill, to write a prayer about theweather. The chaplain wrote a prayer. The prayer said, "Almighty and most mercifulFather, we humbly beseech Thee, of Thy great goodness, to restrain these immoderaterains with which we have had to contend. Grant us fair weather for Battle. Graciouslyharken to us as soldiers who call Thee that, armed with Thy power, we may advancefrom victory to victory, and crush the oppression and wickedness of our enemies, andestablish Thy justice among men and nations. Amen." This is just one of the trueinstances that showed Patton's deep belief in God. Patton actually had copies of theprayer made for each man in the Third Army, and when the weather cleared up, he toldthe chaplain that he knew the prayer would work.Historicals events Portrayed in the Movie American and British Troops who fought together under General Dwight D.Eisenhower began landing in Morocco and Algeria on November 8. The Germans sentreinforcements into Tunis and managed to get the Fifth Panzer Army to stop Eisenhowerin western Tunisia by mid-December. Rommel went into the Mareth Line in southeasternTunisia in early February 1943 and started an attack against the Americans on February14 that drove them back 50 miles and out of the Kasserine Pass. On June 6, 1944,D-Day, the day of invasion for Overlord, the U.S. First Army, under General Omar N.Bradley, and the British Second Army, established beachheads in Normandy, on theFrench channel coast. The German ...
