FACT IS —having made BILLIONS upon BILLIONS
outsourcing, and catering to the franchise-slum
dumb-down and denial needs of history’s MOST
awesomely genocidal regime —ACROSS the Pacific (FACT)
—Hollywood is continuing to run for moral cover
behind ad nauseum, anachronistic PC WWII retreads
—EVEN on this! the once again ‘mysteriously overlooked’ 60th Anniversary of the genuinely epic,
relevant —indeed! STILL unfolding
——–KOREAN WAR!

DON’T buy into the hype —OR the set-up!
—–It’s deadly…

1. The series isn’t intended to be an overview of the war in the European theater. Its just the story of a few men in one extraordinary Company of Americans, from Advanced Training to Hitler’s Eagles Nest. The Allies rarely make it into the stories, most of the American military doesn’t make it in, most of the 101st Airborne doesn’t make it in, most of the 506th PIR doesn’t make it in. The series’ focus on a few characters maintains the emotional connection with the viewer.

2. Americans didn’t like being placed under the command of General Montgomery. That is a historical fact. Their brief groan accurately reflects that. But the rivalry went both ways in the BoB. When Easy Company crossed the river to bring the Red Devils back across, one of the Brits remarked, “never thought I’d be glad to see a bloody Yank.” Now, I could be all sensitive like ThunderBadger and be insulted. But I won’t.

3. As for the claim that America’s allies were either ignored or portrayed as idiots, well, if in the series a British tanker ignores Easy’s warnings and gets himself blown up, then that’s what happened. But there were other meetings with Allies who were portrayed in a positive light. The Dutch resistance was shown to be effective, and the citizens helpful to the Americans. The Red Devils were shown to be tough, well trained, and tightly disciplined. Canadian engineers took Easy across the river in Operation Pegasus. The French hospital workers did amazing work under impossible conditions. And it should be noted that American soldiers and officers in BoB often did stupid things, and American officers were often incompetent.

4. The complaint that American-made war movies are always have an American as the hero. Well, this is usually true, because the movies are made for American audiences. But I’ll bet I can find a lot more American-made war movies with non-American protagonists than you complainers can find war movies from non-American countries with an American in the lead role. Seriously, does the BBC make war movies with an American as the main good guy? How bout you other countries? Why do you whine about American films when your filmakers do the same thing?

And that was a false fact at the end of Operation Market Garden, thousands not hundreds of americans were killed including commonwealth and polish (didn’t show SS units in that ep). That tank commander that said ‘if I cant see it then I cant hit it’ just because you cant see it doesn’t necessary mean its not there he should of open mortar fire on it from a distance, barrage fire or outflank it.

Just remember if there is a hollywood film the lead actor or main hero is always american (which is typical) from The Great Escape to Von Ryan’s Express etc.

In BoB there’s the briefing for Operation Market Garden when the troppers ‘groan’ when told it’s under Montgomery’s leadership. Then the episode portrays a British tank commander as an idiot for advancing into an ambush.

To be fair, in the end titles after mentioning how the Airborne lost 750 men, they go on to say that the British lost 8,000 in the same op.

In Saving Private Ryan, again, for no apparent reason, Montgomery is called “Overrated” by Ted Danson’s para, and let us not mention U-571.

I don’t have a problem with Americans telling American stories, but the danger is that they risk offending other countries who fought longer and lost more than they did.

I mean, what if the BBC did a film about the Twin Towers, focusing on the British killed there, portraying them as heroic and the Americans as stupid?