The screenplay for the sequel was written by Eric Roth in 2001. It is based on the original novel's sequel, Gump and Co. written by Winston Groom in 1995. Roth's script begins with Forrest sitting on a bench waiting for his son to return from school.
The battle of Vicksburg was important because secured the control of the whole Mississippi River to the Union, split into two parts the Confederacy and eliminated a Confederatâ¦e Army and its weapons. The great Union leader who emerged was Ulysses S. Grant.
One reason the battle at Stalingrad was a turning point in the war was that it forced Germany to fight a defensive, rather than an offensive war. The German victory at Stalingrad was their last great victory of WW II. The battle of Stalingrad was important because _______.