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My question on the B17's probably related to the fact the program
totally
ignored the Dams,the Tirpitz,etc all involving a touch of precision
Yes the so called pundits with the most resources to get A message
out to the public are the ones ignoring the facts, but it is also
the consumers of these so called facts who want their
fables fed to them by spoon rather than consulting
reputable historians who are at fault as well.

There was that fairey tale about U-571 which claimed
that the US Navy intercepted secret signals from a U-Boat,
decyphered the signals and using these spectacular results
sent a force and captured said U-Boat. A true work of fiction,
however people who saw this fairey tale asked me
in all seriousness whether I had heard about this
heroic episode of the anti submarine war.

For military movie fiction you can't "The Sound Barrier"
showing the British being the first to achieve supersonic
flight.

http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0044446/
I am surprised that you could find that one
what with the extensive air brushing out of any
British accomplishments.
I assume that you are stating that the British
did nothing in the attempts to fly faster
than the speed of sound. No surprise there.
Air brush away!


No, just that British complaints about the inaccuracy
of "U-571" need to take into account their country's own
loose treatment of history.

And then there is British director David Leans' "Bridge
Over The River Kwai", which credited the British for an
action that in fact Americans accomplished.........


I noticed this review of U-571:

"Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre, Mostow's
(BREAKDOWN) submarine thriller pays earnest homage to the pluck and
determination of ordinary people forced to overcome extraordinary odds.
The mostly young and inexperienced crew of the S-33 is deployed on a top
secret, high-priority mission to intercept a disabled German u-boat (the
titular U-571) and capture the ship's encryption system--the Enigma--in
order to crack the Nazi's communication codes and hasten an allied
victory in the North Atlantic. Racing against a German rescue effort,
the S-33 stages a daring raid on the U-571. But after capturing the
U-571, the Americans find themselves its prisoner as they must pilot the
leaky, disabled vessel through hostile enemy waters. McConaughey (EDTV,
DAZED AND CONFUSED) leads a strong cast (Keitel - HOLY SMOKE, Paxton - A
SIMPLE PLAN) in this fast-paced, tense, submarine adventure."

Presumably "Faithful to the conventions of the World War II genre"
relates to rebranding all WW2 coups and victories as being down to the USA?

The big US propaganda machine was even at work in WWW2, possibly
starting with "Objective, Burma", to belittle the endeavours of their
allies, or to ignore them completely.


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