References in Popular Culture
The book was referred to in the 1970 film Patton, when George C. Scott yells, "Rommel, you magnificent bastard, I read your book!" The movie states that Rommel was defeated partially due to his unfiltered military tactics and Patton's 'Guts'. " However, in the scene where Patton is woken by his aides with news that Rommel's attack is in progress, the camera focuses on a book on Patton's bedside table which is entitled "The Tank in Attack", a book which Rommel had planned to write but never completed.
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