"Which movies got history right?" Topic

Any "Rambo" film ….. no, just shamelessly joking.

What comes to my mind as "legit" war films -
"Walk in the Sun"
"Away All Boats"
"Compass Rose"
"The Enemy Below"

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The Siege of Jadotville seems pretty accurate to me.

I'm told, by someone who used to be in the IDF, that they left out the two armoured cars which gave considerable help to the defenders; and they also had more heavy weapons.

"Now It Can Be Told" (1945)

Made in during the winter 1944. Used SOE agents as the stars, used RAF "Special Duty" Squadron aircraft for the stunt flying. Describes the operation of a resistance group in France. Can
t get much more authentic.

L'armée des ombres (The Army of Shadows)(1969)
Lucie Aubrac (1997)

Get an honorable mention.

Dunkirk…..

The second version is nearly as good as the first. John Mills in black and white (which is how WWII was actually fought)

Almost convinced me about the referendum we held here. For at least ten minutes anyway. I'll keep my Irish passport.

See it in the largest format possible. If you are US, forgive the lack of any US actors (even the pretends as Canadians), if you are French forgive the limited mention of your forces (and do not ask about the choice made by the 30% of everyone evacuated, when summoned to fight on after the film…I do not blame them, legally they were obliged, which is largely forgotten now). Watch real Spitfires, not CGI…nothing like the Pearl Harbour (sorry Harbor) Spits flown by Eagle Squadron and Brits (God how we all hate that term). OK Stukas are large scale models, but defy you to spot that.

Incredible. Not Spielberg first 24 minutes on Omaha Beach I admit. But, must see……..

Second trip to see Dunkirk whilst still on a big screen. Even better than I thought, especially the air sequences. But second time I have to concede the odd glitch.

The French are manning the perimeter behind sandbags approximately 100 yards from the beach, a Spitfire that flies faster when out of fuel and glides for miles and miles. Spits that ditch in the Briney and float, (they dropped nose down and sank like a stone). Too many torpedoes for Dynamo. Ships with radar the Allies would have killed for. The French are evacuated as an afterthought, instead. Spoiler alert though…..I can see at least one character reappear in a remake of The Great Escape. Serious discussions about the remake anyway!

Who cares? Brilliant film…not the same as 100% historically accurate.

Let me instead vote for Valkyrie. Tom Cruise a real surprise as von Stauffenberg. P40s, JU52 and Me 109s (OK Spanish ones) but the story is completely accurate. Even the gun fight in the corridor, which I mocked at the cinema, as a know all who thought that a daft invention

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