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Agreed, but certain Hollywood products cough cough U-571 make it seem like the Americans did everything in WWII all by themselves."Bomber" Harris put it this way,
Agreed, but certain Hollywood products cough cough U-571 make it seem like the Americans did everything in WWII all by themselves."Bomber" Harris put it this way,
Funny thing i read was a couple of American sergeant air-gunners in the RCAF, who were each making more $ than the station commander! Lol
Britons complained that the only problem with the Americans was that they were “overfed, overpaid, oversexed, and over here.”
As per this link, it looks like they will acknowledge RAF and RCAF bomber crews.
It makes sense since it’s the same folks who made Greyhound, which prominently included
Agreed, but certain Hollywood products cough cough U-571 make it seem like the Americans did everything in WWII all by themselves.
You just had to bring that up.Agreed, but certain Hollywood products cough cough U-571 make it seem like the Americans did everything in WWII all by themselves.
Lifeline to Victory is on YouTube!Is that Hollywood's or the USA's fault ? Or is it ours for not showcasing our own accomplishment and deeds ? But no, we get Paul Gross making love stories out of Passchendaele, and Afghanistan.
Only Canadians would expect someone else to show them pride in their own actions.
Or is it ours for not showcasing our own accomplishment and deeds ?
Only Canadians would expect someone else to show them pride in their own actions.
If Mamatha Gandhi was Canadian our culture class would find a way to make him look like a monster.Death by Moonlight: Bomber Command
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What I meant was that unlike in U-571 spits on ground, the show seems to acknowledge the historical fact that the USAAF wasn’t the only one doing that job - RAF Bomber Command (and the RCAF and other allied pers in it) did the nighttime bombing.Is that Hollywood's or the USA's fault ? Or is it ours for not showcasing our own accomplishment and deeds ? But no, we get Paul Gross making love stories out of Passchendaele, and Afghanistan.
I wouldn’t say that. Tall poppy syndrome is a thing in many other nations - I heard that term first by an allied servicemember, describing their country.Only Canadians would expect someone else to show them pride in their own actions.
I think they are better at it than they used to be, but US movies, docudramas, etc. are made for American audiences. They want to see a compelling US story with US actors or it won't make money. I think both the industry and the audience are somewhat more sophisticated now. Back in the day, all you needed was a few Hollywood names speaking with questionable accents while tossing in a few Brits or even Canadians (must have a French-Canadian or British accent) and you re-tell any story you wanted - like The Great Escape - and could be a blockbuster. Now, a movie like Dunkirk can make a decent buck, even in the US, but still down in the double digits in the rankings for the year with no A-list Hollywood types.Agreed, but certain Hollywood products cough cough U-571 make it seem like the Americans did everything in WWII all by themselves.
The only one that somewhat jumped out at me is Austin Butler, who played Elvis in his biopic a couple of years ago, and will be Feyd-Rautha in Dune Part 2. But, this will come out before Dune 2 so I don’t think he is super-well-known yet.I scanned the cast for Master of the Air and no name jumped out at me. So long as it is a good story well told, they don't need big names to detract from it.
Of a total of 125,000 aircrew, 57,205 were killed (a 46 percent death rate), a further 8,403 were wounded in action and 9,838 became prisoners of war. Therefore, a total of 75,446 airmen (60 percent of operational airmen) were killed, wounded or taken prisoner.
Nor the grease in their fryers.The costuming looks on point though, although for the RAF side it would be easy to do since they haven’t changed their dress uniforms since then
That’s where the flavour comes from!Nor the grease in their fryers.
They had the Condor which did long range coastal patrols, VIP transport and special tasks. They had another prototype of a 4 engine bomber, but they never got it to production. Regardless they never had the production capability to make a meaningful amount, nor the fuel reserves.A couple of things held the Luftwaffe back, I believe.
Allied bombers were most vulnerable during their marshalling and dispatch for a raid. It was an exercise of the utmost complexity, calling for precision timing at every airfield in eastern England. LW fighter Intruders could have cause a great amount of destruction and chaos over and around British airfields.
But, Hitler considered that only Allied bombers shot down over Germany were of value in convincing the German people that they were being defended.
Also, as far as I know, unlike the RCAF, RAF and USAAF, the LW had no four-engine bombers during the Battle of Britain. They couldn't handle heavy bomb loads.
They had the Condor which did long range coastal patrols, VIP transport and special tasks. They had another prototype of a 4 engine bomber, but they never got it to production. Regardless they never had the production capability to make a meaningful amount, nor the fuel reserves.