It's silly to make a subject like this. If you did a whole true story of WW2 you would need huge posting space and a person like me, lol!

Britain and France did what they could! It would probably be too costly to ship heaps of soldiers to Poland. But they invaded just like they should have. Not all Germans were Nazis, just bear that in mind when you say the Nazi Germans invaded. Sure the guys who told them to go to Poland were Nazi, but Quote:
. Ozzy, I've seen some of those movies!

U-571, anyone? (It's a movie).

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Damn right.


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...and it sucks arse.

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I think you're missing the point Bomber old chap.

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Pure fiction presented as fact. The sort of rubbish Skörpion is complaining about.

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I was thinking of the lesser-known films made in the late 40s & 50s. The sort of thing they used to show on British TV during the afternoons before those stupid "reality" shows became popular. They might seem corny & over-sentimental now but are far better than many modern feature films. Some don't have much gung-ho action or even footage of aircraft or combat. No huge multi-million dollar budget either. What they do have is a darned good story, well told & competently acted. 'The Way to the Stars' (1945) ('Johnny in the Clouds' in the US) is just one example & deals with the experiences of the USAAF bomber crews when they first came to England. Treated suspiciously at first but gradually accepted by the locals. The script was by the famous dramatist & playwright Terence Rattigan. http://www.learmedia.ca/product_info.php/products_id/94 Lots more like that.
'Dunkirk' (1958 ) is another black & white classic. http://www.radiodirectory.com/ukstoreproductsB00004CWKU.html (Look at the bottom of that page for more of the same.)
'The Cruel Sea' starring Jack Hawkins is another classic film of a classic book. They just don't make 'em like that any more.

I also thought the more recent 'Memphis Belle' was very well done.

What stands out in all those old classics is the lack of special effects & graphic violence. Those old film-makers could portray the horror of war & every other emotion without that being necessary. You could also understand every word without turning the volume up full-blast or learning to lipread. I think some of the modern film-makers could benefit from watching them too.

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Except the point that the gunners were destroying at least 2183248956 german aircraft in that movie.
Unrealistic.

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I'd say Britain did a lot more than "hold the line" in WW2 considering the size of the country compared to Germany and might even go as far to say that they probably did more to defeat the Germans in WW2 than the Americans did.

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  I don't think Hollywood has a fscination with Nazis, its just that they, and what they stood for, makes them the perfect bad guys and easy targerts for our hate.

  Also, in the "politically correct" world we now live in, its more palatable to show caucasian males as villians than Asians, even though the atrocities done by the Japanese during World War 2 were just as brutal as those done by the Nazis.