Saving Private Ryan Power Point

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Historical Background


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World War II was a pivotal event of the 20thcentury and a defining moment for America

and the world. It shifted the borders of theglobe. It forever changed those who livedthrough it, and shaped generations to come. Ithas been called "the last great war."

D-Day, June 6, 1944, opened the long-awaited Second Front in

the war, an issue that ignited controversy and mistrust betweenRoosevelt and Churchill on one side and Stalin on the other.


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The Germans knew the Allies planned to invade, but they didnot know exactly where or when. To prepare for the invasion,Hitler ordered the building of the Atlantic Wall that consistedof mines, barbed wire, and other obstacles placed on the

beaches with concrete positions overlooking the landing areas.Also, the Germans laid mines on the beaches.

D-Day was the largest amphibious assault in history. The first forces

of about 23,000 men arrived in Normandy at 6:30AM. Over175,000 troops landed along the 60-mile coastline of Normandy onD-Day. Within a month, one million soldiers had arrived in Franceready to drive out the Germans.


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A large American force landed at Omaha Beach on D-Daywhere they encountered an elite German infantry division.Many American soldiers drowned in deep water before theirvessels were close enough to the beach.

Approximately 2,500 soldiers were killed on D-Day;2,400 of these died at Omaha beach.

Saving Private Ryan takes place during and immediatelyafter the June 1944 D-Day invasion of Normandy (France),codenamed Operation Overlord.


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Saving Private Ryan"

~ the story ~

The film's story is that PrivateRyan, a paratrooper, is behind

behind German lines when it isdiscovered that all three of hisbrothers have been killed: onewhile fighting in Italy, onewhile fighting in the Pacific,and the third during the D-Day invasion. In order toprevent Ryan's mother fromhaving all four of her sons

killed in the war, the armyorders Private Ryan, the last ofthe Ryan boys, to be removedfrom combat.

The military rule about sole surviving sons being allowed out of combat is true.

It was enacted after the five Sullivan brothers were killed in 1942 when theU.S.S. Juneau was sunk in the Pacific. The rule of the surviving son is commonto many armies, the American, the Canadian, the British and the Israeli.

The brothers on board the USS

Juneau; from left to right: Joseph,Francis, Albert, Madison andGeorge Sullivan.


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The story of Saving PrivateRyan is based on the real-lifeevents of the Nilandbrothers. Sergeant Frederick"Fritz" Niland was amember of the 101stAirborne's 501st Parachute

Infantry Regiment, and wasone of those that made thedrop into Normandy onJune 6, 1944.Niland's threebrothers served in otherunits. Edward had beenreported missing overBurma in the Pacific Theaterand Robert and Prestonwere killed on D-Day.

Unlike the fictional Ryan, however, there was no need to send out a rescue

mission to find Sergeant Niland. When Father Francis L. Sampson, chaplain of the501st, learned that two of Niland's brothers were dead and a third was presumeddead, he began the paperwork necessary to send Niland home. Once thepaperwork cleared Niland returned to the States, where he served in New York asan MPfor the rest of the war.

MAIN CHARACTERS


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Captain Miller!"#$ &'()*+

On D-Day, June 6, 1944, Millerled Company C of the 2ndRanger Battalion onto OmahaBeach. Miller's men suffered

high casualties during theattack. On June 9th, Miller

picked out a squad of men tocomplete a special mission toretrieve Private James Ryan,

whose three brothers had beenrecently killed in combat.

Sergeant Horvath

!"#$ *,-.$#/.+

Given the nickname Sarge bythe squad, Technical Sergeant

Horvath was a tough,experienced soldier who hadserved previously alongside

Captain Miller in North Africaand Italy. Miller relied heavily

on Horvath to help lead thecompany.


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Private Reiben(EDWARD BURNS)

Reiben was hand-picked byCaptain Miller for the mission to

retrieve Private Ryan. This 24yr-old smart New Yorker was the

first member of the squad toquestion the logic of their orders,and the most vocal in expressing

his displeasure at the risky

mission.

Private Caparzo!0,( 1,.*.2+

22 yr-old tough Chicago Italianwith a gentle side.


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Corporal Edward Wade!3,#0'((, /,4,*,+

Twenty-eight-year-old, fromCalifornia: the units sensitiveand dedicated medic. He takes

great risks in order to savewounded soldiers, often with

little success.

Private Daniel Jackson

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The units 23 yr-old, deeplyreligious, Tennessee

sharpshooter. His shooting skillsturn out to be invaluable to the

unit.


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Private Stanley Mellish!'1'$ 3#214./3+

21 yr-old Private Mellish was aJewish soldier nicknamed "fish."Handed a Hitler Youth knife byCaparzo shortly after making

their way off of the beach,Mellish joked that it was now aShabbat challah cutter, a Jewish

bread knife.

Corporal Upham!7./.$5 1'0,.*+

Twenty-four-year-old map-maker and translator who joins

Millers group when theirinterpreter is killed. More

accustomed to office work thanto fighting, he initially asks

Miller if he may take histypewriter with him, since he iswriting a book based on his war

experiences.


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Private James Francis Ryan!$'"" 1'$#(+

The youngest of four brothers,brought up on a farm in Iowa. A

simple soldier but with solidvalues of comradeship. He

becomes a symbol for Miller andhis men: if he goes home thewhole group can go home.

THE MOVIE STARTS NOW


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