Behind-the-scenes tidbits of General Barton

Anachronism: A 1948 Packard car was parked in front of the helicopter.

Anachronism: Postwar tanks were used in major war scenes in North Africa. The Germans used M48 tanks (1953), while the Americans used M47 tanks (1952). Interestingly, the latter was named "Barton I" (Barton 1).

Found the mistake: In a scene after Barton's speech, a child tried to steal the ring of a dead soldier. When he left, he could see some scorpions crawling on the soldiers. In response, the muscles in his arm/shoulder twitched.

Barton is observing the battlefield with binoculars. When facing the camera, he can see the shadows reflected by various lights/microphones on the telescope lens.

Anachronism: On the map of Europe of the headquarters, we can see that the map of Germany has been divided into East Germany and West Germany. All national boundaries were drawn after World War II.

Fact error: When General Montgomery was told that Barton had occupied Palermo, Sicily, the British flag was hung upside down behind him.

Consistency: A German soldier is writing down the number of casualties. He marked thousands with commas, just like the British habit. Later, the same soldier used the cycle on thousands of people, which is like the German habit.

Mistakes found: In the process of local people watching the Moroccan military parade, a little boy can be seen making faces and waving at the camera in every shot.

Found the mistake: during the first war, he was inspecting the battlefield. The binoculars he used were clearly marked "Japan".