George S. Patton's speech to the Third Army

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The American general George S. Patton gave a series of speeches to troops of the United States Third Army in 1944, before the Allied invasion of France during World War II. The speeches were intended to motivate the inexperienced Third Army for impending combat. Patton urged his soldiers to do their duty regardless of personal fear, and he exhorted them to aggressiveness and constant offensive action. His profanity-laced speaking was viewed as unprofessional by some officers but the speech resounded well with his men. Some historians have called the oration one of the greatest motivational speeches of all time.

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