JACK DETH wrote:
Very true, was a great series and one I have watched many times. Still managed to get a couple of digs in though about the British didn't they? Hollywood just can't help itself can it?
I wish someone would do one from the commonwealth side of things or even a Russian one. Although, there is a new Stalingrad movie due to be released from a Russian movie company
I think it's potential profit (or lack of) and of course the film industry being dominated by the US that prevents a Commonwealth equivalent to BoB being made. I have seen a documentary on Pegasus Bridge featuring some of the veterans and that was very good.
I enjoyed BoB despite the annoying bits on the British. Can't remember if its ths series or saving Private Ryan but some of the British accents make Dick Van Dyke sound like a real Cockney in Mary Poppins.
I also read Ambrose's Pegasus Bridge and don't recall it being that bad (though comments about the para commander waning it changed are interesting) but I do seem to recall his view from somewhere the Brits were tired which I think is completely stupid given some of the actions in WWII such as Arnhem and Cassino. He is also of course ignoring the nightly suicide runs of Bomber Command which could hardly be characterised as timid.
One of my Uncle's fought in Italy and it was he who first told me the following well known anecdote:
When the British Artillery open up, the Germans take cover.
When the German Artillery opens up, the British take cover.
When the American Artillery opens up, everyone takes cover!
He wasn't just repeating an urban myth either. He wasn't very complimentary about the Yanks fighting ability.
Perhaps Ambrose should have stuck that in one of his books for a bit of balance!
