Those three were good men at the end of the day.

Ares99999 My comments were harsh and for that I apologize. I was referring to personality conflicts. I agree that Montgomery, De Gaulle, and Patton were great generals.

Patton could make a sober man drink but is an awesome general, a prima donna but also an excellent general .

@@Ares99999 At the end of the day, they were men. Eisenhower however was *the* man.

And having to send one of his best friends home....Ike was a great leader.

Nice try, but also a nice coincidence. Moon, tides, and weather were more important than Rommel being a good husband.

@@floydvaughn836 Yes. A very fortuitous condition that would not have existed during the next lunar/ tide cycle. It was then that one of the best field Commanders that the Whermact had would be absent. Not some other time.

Ike’s management style also benefited him during his presidency.

@@jerryx3253 Yes I was born and raised in his administration and overall it was really booming. He was such a ww2 hero nobody would publicly go against him and even democrats were helpless to stop him to do anything.

@@ronniebishop2496 He had the reps and the skill. The economy is well managed. And his unintentional Supreme Court judge nomination pioneered the civil rights movement.

@@jerryx3253 Do you think that was unintentional? Because he sent the 101st airborne to Arkansas to escort the Little Rock 9 into an all white high school, today to send federal troops to stop a domestic violence problem would have the media and democrats in war mode.

Great analogy.

USA is sliding uncontrollably into irreparable financial catastrophe. Commencing within the ensuing 20 years , drastic DOD cuts will be imposed and USA , followed timidly by it's poodle UK , will no longer police this planet , Spaceship Earth.

@@AlexanderDunetz you are correct Alex, what's truly messed up is the supposed genius of these pathetic pols who are allowing the country to decline, even helping to speed up the decline while lining their pockets. That's why these SOBs are actually hating on President Trump for exposing their actions, unlike these pols he was rich before coming into office and rescuing this country from their incompetence at all levels. The election was stolen from us and President Trump, the floorshow these liberal scumbags AND the RINOs wanted him gone and the fraud they allowed to happen is these libs now are trying to keep themselves indefinitely in power while silencing us and ignoring the constitution. My hands are shaking so I'm going to stop now, everyone of these idiot pols should be charged with TREASON for their ignoring their oath among many other crimes they pull and get away with while inventing crimes to charge President Trump with that never happened. Hypocrites is the least and most polite way to describe their disgusting anti-American attitudes and actions.

@@AlexanderDunetz The USA is actually better off than most economies. Even their debt as a percentage of their GDP is relatively low.

@@rangergxi Biden and Harris will soon change that. For some reason, they are determined to duplicate Europe's mistakes.

Me too

@@mossbrg5 It was a made for TV movie, not a series. I remember watching this when it originally aired on TV, it's quite good.

Seconded.

Wrong radio codes wasn't it?

Correct but that beach depicted in the film is definitely not Slapton Sands, Slapton Sands is ironically largely a pebble beach.

A little factoid, Bedfordshire is the only county where you have to travel across two other counties to get to the sea.

Agreed IKE was precisely the right man for that job. We can thank God that MacArthur got relagated to the South Pacific. MacArthur’s tolerance for high casualties he would have sent the Boys on the 5th and let them drown.

How did you know?

Don't forget this is Hollywood.

@@andym9571 Hollywood for sure but an accurate portrayal.

He's ego was monumental but no more than Patrons and he was respected by his men not feared.

@@frankw7091 Its a pile of rubbish.

As usual Hollywood takes huge liberties with the truth.

My father served directly under Monty and wouldn't have a bad word against him.

@@orwellboy1958 Probably because under Monty there would be no meat grinders like the Hurtgen Forest.

I just checking the filming locations on IMDb and it was filmed in NZ. Which you have to assume to get all of the tax breaks of filming in a place like that they had to hire a certain percentage of NZ cast and crew. Just like when Band of Brothers was filmed in UK they had to hire British actors.

I had a hard time accepting Tom Selleck as Ike. One does have to use one's imagination sometimes.

@@celticman1909 Ike is an odd guy to have to cast, especially with it being a TV movie at the time. Which means you probably weren't going to get any A List talent to do the role. But I guess that Ed Harris could've been a good choice.

@@joemckim1183 I think you're right.

@@celticman1909 With most of the movie filmed indoors they basically could've filmed it anywhere.

Rubbish.

No.

Montgomery was in charge of ALL ground forces on D-Day and beyond. American forces came under British control many times including at the Battle of the Bulge.

@@andym9571 ike was the supreme commander period.

@@mrdaleowen1 the political commander...of which he did a very good job.

5 star rank is permanent. His four star was temp.

Aman Peace It’s not worth thinking about!

@@tomhanna8508 no I think it's an interesting theoretical problem. Despite his faults McArthur was not without skills or talent. Inchon was brilliantly conceived and executed. However it's difficult to imagine the undiplomatic McArthur having a smooth working relationship with either Churchill or Monty, to say nothing of Patton.

Ian Mune www.imdb.com/name/nm0612786/ en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ian_Mune www.nzonscreen.com/profile/ian-mune

John Simpson thank you.

Monty's performance in Sicily was laughable. Patton our maneuvered him and made him look like an ass

@@brianwi1683 One could argue Patton raced around lightly defended coastal areas while Montgomery did the real work of pinning down the main German forces. One might also note that the portrayal of the invasion in the movie Patton is wildly incorrect, as it was Monty who suggested that Patton take Messina.

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony-, and foolish at getting guts killed and captured. Arnim was one of his brilliant plans

@@brianwi1683 He still oversaw the successful Normandy planning.

@@Bullet-Tooth-Tony- and couldn't complete his objectives without help

He did not.

Yeah, comparing a company commander to the Supreme Allied Commander. How many more times are you going to post your B.S.? We get it.

I doubt the Germans even knew who Dick Winters was.

Actually, Eisenhower was promoted to 5-star General on 20 December 1944 while D-Day occurred on 6 June 1944. But you knew that. And it's not 'are' but were since the last 5-star rank was awarded (not 'issued') to Army General Omar Bradley on 22 December 1950. Thanks for playing though...