Eisenhower and Patton   Early in the movie Eisenhower upbraids Patton for predicting AngloSaxon world rule  Patton never did any such thing  The film is obviously referring to the infamous Knutsford incident when Patton allegedly said the British and the Americans would rule the world after the war  According to many eyewitnesses Patton actually said the British the Americans and the Russians would rule the world after the war but the part about the Russians was left out of many newspaper accounts   Eisenhower did nearly send Patton back to the States after this incident  Patton was still in hot water from the slapping incidents the previous August and Eisenhower was getting tired of covering for him