After making it across the beach (and after we watch a surprisingly heavy-handed scene concerning General George Marshall back in the States), Hanks is given a unique mission.

CNN: From Reviewer Paul Tatara

His starting point is General George Marshall, the Army chief of staff during the Second World War, who culled underperforming generals and promoted the better ones, constructing a ruthlessly efficient fighting force.

NEWYORKER: General Principles

Comparing Lloyd George with Churchill, or Marshall Foch with General Eisenhower, is not very helpful, effectively though it is done here.

ECONOMIST: 20th-century history