1:00:04
-Amusing, isn't it?
-What?
1:00:06
That the plans for the
invasion of Sicily. . .
1:00:08
. . .should have been put forward
in an Algerian lavatory.
1:00:11
George, I have bad news for you
about your Sicily plan.
1:00:14
Ike has turned it down.
1:00:16
Since the Italians will be defending
their native soil for the first time. . .
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. . .and the German resistance is
stiffening, we shouldn't be divided.
1:00:26
-Well, where do my people land then?
-In the Gulf of Gela.
1:00:30
There's nothing there
but a beach.
1:00:32
Yes, but it puts you in a good
position to support Montgomery.
1:00:37
Where does Montgomery land?
1:00:39
He'll land in Syracuse and drive north
to Catania. Possibly even Messina.
1:00:43
And you'll be alongside,
protecting his left.
1:00:47
I see.
1:00:50
ln other words, we get the burden again
while good old Monty gets the glory.
1:00:54
Ike had to consider all points of view.
1:00:57
He made his decision not as an
American, but as an Ally.
1:01:01
Had it been the other way around,
I assure you, Monty would protest.
1:01:06
No. . .
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. . .I've been in the Army 30 years.
1:01:11
When I get an order, I say, "Yes, sir. "
And I do my best to carry it out.
1:01:19
This is what happens when your
commander stops being an American. . .
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. . .and starts being an Ally.