You think Patton will attack Sardinia? And why not?

8 seconds sound clip from the Patton (1970) movie soundboard.

You can hear this line at 00:55:03 in the Blu-ray version of the movie.

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- Meanwhile, General Montgomery, hero of El Alamein continues to lead his veteran and victorious British Eighth Army in a relentless drive against Rommel's vaunted Africa Corps.

- It is obvious that North Africa will soon be lost.

- We must now anticipate the enemy's next move.

- I shall expect a staff report within 24 hours. That will be all.

- Steiger, you have said nothing.

- I wasn't asked anything.

- I'm asking you now.

- You think Patton will attack Sardinia? And why not?

- Patton, sir is a military historian. He knows that Sicily, not Sardinia, has always been the key to Italy.

- If Patton has his way, he will attack Sicily at Syracuse, as the Athenians did.

- Steiger, this is the twentieth century!

- But you must understand, sir Patton is a sixteenth-century man. May I read an example?

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