"War Myths You Believe Because of the Movies" | history reaction

[@juliusperseus8612]

13:15 You Have that temporary deafness effect in "Black Hawk Down" and "Save Private Ryan" too

[@empoweryou1]

Also in the movie 'The Pianist' a Polanski film. There's one scene in particular where he's in a building that gets hit with a tank round(if I recall)with the temporary deafness effect.

[@HankD13]

There is scene in The Longest Day when a German Officer is on the receiving end of the shore bombardment, in his concrete bunker - that was well done, and gave a great impression of the power of artillery. Yep, as an ex soldier, guns are an awful lot louder than anything you ever see in a movie.

[@Outland9000]

Favourite war movie: Full Metal Jacket. As for movie inaccuracies, its got to be 'fire ball' explosions. HEAT (1995) did a decent job with the armoured car heist scene in terms of what explosives do in reality, that movie also did a great job with the sound of a gun fight in the 'run and gun' scene after the back heist.

[@Tancred2494]

Band of Brothers has terrifying artillery barrage scenes

[@jeffjaeger739]

at the gun range, people are required to wear ear protection because even the sound of a pistol firing can do damage to your hearing.

[@JeremiahHildebrandt]

ESPECIALLY if it’s an indoor firing range. 😅

[@barrystrachan6340]

The Deer Hunter is quite compelling. I can recommend it as a good watch.

[@mangelwurzel]

As far as hearing goes, one of the more fascinating phenomenon is that of discernment between outgoing and incoming fire. In Vietnam it was very common to sleep through outgoing artillery fire, even if the howitzers were only tens of feet away. In contrast, just one incoming round had everyone instantly wide awake.

[@twinshark429]

My co-worker was an army squad DMR in Afghanistan and he described his day as being 90 percent boredom, exhaustion and anticipation followed by 10 percent fear and adrenaline.

[@onnasenshi7739]

My colleague at work, a Bosnian who had also fought for his country, told me the same thing about the civil war in Yugoslavia.

[@markdecker6190]

I've heard that said as it relates to flying. Long periods of boredom broken up by short periods of sheer terror.

[@williambranch4283]

10 minutes of sheer terror?

[@Homefront-gq7sh]

because it’s Afghanistan your enemies with AKs, RPGs, and some MANPADS vs very modern army, imagine be now in Ukraine war when enemies and you in same condition, with all modern weaponry, your survival chances just like win a lottery

[@lkjhoiuy97yjhgghfyrthgvjhguty]

Sometimes expressed as "Hurry up and wait!"

[@SystematicUppercut]

If the film is so well made that your mind enters escapism mode, then the suspension of disbelief kicks in and inaccuracies are easily forgiven.

[@thewhat6219]

Hacksaw Ridge, following the awesome story of Desmond Doss. Dude never touched a gun and I won't spoil it from there. A more fantastical movie is Overlord, which is a zombie movie set during D-Day. Kinda related, but when he brought up revolvers, I thought of this scene in "I'm Gonna Git You, Sucka", where one of the main characters shoots a revolver upwards of 20 or so times without reloading and the guy he shoots at complains about it 😂 Starship Syncopation by Cory Wong.

[@gacaptain]

An interviewed WWII soldier that took part in the D Day invasion at Omaha Beach said that Saving Private Ryan got most of the details right except in real life there was so much smoke from exploding and exploded shells that it was very difficult to see anything. He said he understood that the directors didn't have it that way because they wanted the audience to see what all was happening instead of just a bunch of smoke.

[@markdeeming3451]

This is also the main reason why historic military uniforms were brightly colored with red or blue jackets etc. To make them distinguishable in the heavy smoke and help to reduce casualties from friendly fire. When a shadow is coming towards you through the smoke you have only have a second or two to decide whether it is a friend or foe.

[@nicholasdonohue7936]

The constant roar of artillery would sound like tinnitus

[@bs-calrissian2023]

2:15 I live a less than two hours drive away from Verdun. The landscape around it still looks bumpy and unnatural. Holes cover the ground and there are warning signs, not to leave the road cause bombs and pointy metal is still burried all around. Theres also human remains buried under the earth of all fields and woods around there, they never dug up everything. My favourite war movie is Platoon. Very "anti-war", very emotional, snapped me right out of my "I want ot go to the military" phase back in puberty.

[@gertvanderstraaten6352]

Okay, so I'm from the Netherlands which was occupied in WW2. Wy father once told me about the looting going on in the region where they lived as the Germans were leaving and the Allies were coming in and then said the worst looters were Dutch as they didn't have to carry their loot as far. There was heavy fighting there and my father's family were not too happy about there being a British field gun near their farm as it drew German fire.

[@Vernon1960]

The sound of a Howitzer cannot be replicated in a theater... When in high school, I saw an artillery demonstration which caused multiple students to faint and/or piss themselves. It felt like someone kicked me in the chess... I'm certain that the "other end" of an artillery shell's trip is much worse. I was able to fire one multiple times. A television crew was there and when I watched me fire the thing during our viewing of the documentary, I had to leave the room.

[@Name_then_some_numbers]

Terrifyingly loud things. The sub-acoustic sound you can’t hear hits your body which urgently warns you about the very big and very dangerous thing nearby - and why aren’t you running? It’s still a huge explosion, just confined to a barrel which is pointed hopefully away from you.

[@atarisidequest]

Yes this. It's not just how loud they are but many people seem to be unaware of how exactly devastating a shell is. Even the term "shell" sounds almost friendly. They're cases filled with high explosive that tear people into pieces. They rip limbs off, liquify organs, turn people to jelly. A shelling leaves body parts everywhere. The sheer horror of a shelling is simply unimaginable.

[@hendy643]

my bunk in Basrah was 100m from the end of the AS-90 battery's barrels, directly under the flight path. It's the loudest noise I've ever heard. When they start firing at 3am, it's bloody terrifying, certainly wakes you up and leaves your ears ringing.

[@Name_then_some_numbers]

@@hendy643 What would happen if you asked for a better bunk? Would they move you closer to the battery? Increase the firing rate?

[@hendy643]

@@Name_then_some_numbers The base was huge, and it was sectioned off into different camps. The section my unit was in at the time was just unlucky. They did rotate units into different camps, for security reasons (so third-party nationals and local population workers couldn't memorise the layout etc...), so the next time i was sent there we were in a different camp.

[@rupeoverlay3153]

Das Boot is an amazing war movie, from the perspective of a German u-boat

[@topoe95]

submarine

[@Moritz19081980]

@@topoe95 U-Boot

[@daveffs1935]

The spitfire held around 15 seconds worth of ammo. You'll often see them in films flying around letting off burst after burst, shooting into nothing

[@Shwaglife]

I believe you're referring to "Grave of the fireflies". It seems to be wildly regarded as one of the most depressing movies you can watch. I just I haven't summoned the courage to sit through it yet, but you just may have provided the incentive for me to try after all. Thanks..maybe?

[@earthwormandruw]

It'll haunt you for months.

[@twig5543]

I'll see your Fireflies and raise you the russian film Leviathan. If you want ro be depressed, Leviathan will do it. I've seen both and I'd rather see Fireflies every day for the rest of my life than see Leviathan even once more 😅

[@VirusSI]

I once watched a video about how much a good old spear in underrepresented in war/conflict movies from a more distant past while over-highlighting the sword.

[@urizen7613]

Jeremy Clarkson's 'The Greatest Raid of All" is well worth a watch.

[@JonathanReynolds1]

And his documentary on the Victoria Cross.

[@mediaproductionpro]

Just when I thought I was done crushing, she mentions Inglorious Bastards is her favorite Tarantino film 😂 But answering 13:00… the biggest inaccuracy is that land mines trigger when you step off of them. Out of the hundreds of landmines in existence I have yet to see a single one that functions that way. Though there are some that are made to be triggered multiple times before detonating (often to break up vehicle convoys).

[@EBlank3807]

My dad and i go shooting a couple times a month. Full Indoor range. He slid his ear pro aside once to hear me better, and got his bell rung by about 20 firearms going off close together. His ear is still ringing almost a year later

[@cyberdan42]

Large tracts of Verdun are basically uninhabitable because, in the end (given the destruction to the surroundings of Verdun), huge numbers of those shells (many unexploded) remained littered throughout the area. To this day, the "Iron Harvest" of old shells (again frequently dangerously unexploded) across Europe and many Pacific battlefields still produced shells, bodies and fragments of war detritus from previous wars.

[@jamesvermeulen4695]

The Bridge Over the River Kwai, about the pacific theater during WW2

[@ronp1903]

Nice reaction! But I think some of these critics can be a bit nitpicky. Case in point, WW2 movies of the 60s & 70s portrayed German Tiger 1 tanks using American M46 & M60 tanks because, there were no operable Tiger 1 tanks available. They were either destroyed or were inoperable after WW2. A few movies you can check out to see the results are, 1965 'Battle of the Bulge', 1970 'PATTON', & 1967 ' Tobruk'. And a great biopic film of the WW2 Pearl Harbor attack is 1970 'Tora Tora Tora'. Thanks for your reaction! 🎥🍿👍

[@melbeasley9762]

On the ranges feeding the belt into the commanders GPMG on the turret cupola of our Chieftain tank, I'd forgotten my ear defenders and the pain from the gun was excruciating.

[@chriskelly4012]

Is that a Mondrian and Basquiat behind you? Props 🤩

[@bob_._.]

I'm going to recommend a war song -- "The Battle of New Orleans" Written in 1936 by Jimmy Driftwood and first recorded by him in 1958. Driftwood was an educator in Arkansas who wrote songs to get his students interested in History. Johnny Horton had a #1 hit with it in 1959 and a couple other covers made the charts in the '60s and '70s. My movie is a bit of a light-hearted one -- "Kelly's Heroes" from 1970. A little bit war movie, a little bit heist movie, a not-so-secret secret mission, and Donald Sutherland being absolutely iconic.

[@xerxestheimmortal1]

"All Quiet on the Western Front" is the greatest war movie ever made. Honorable mention to "The Hunt for Red October" and "Saving Private Ryan".

[@emil87th]

The 1970's version of "All Quiet" yes, the new version no.

[@xerxestheimmortal1]

@emil87th 100% agree

[@Name_then_some_numbers]

@@emil87th The 1930 original is the best and the ’22 version is also great. The 70’s TV movie? Each to their own, but I’m glad you’ve watched and appreciated them.

[@ragnarkekkonen]

''Come & See''

[@Name_then_some_numbers]

@@ragnarkekkonen YES! Amazing movie.

[@scottdebruyn7038]

'Saving Private Ryan' has several ear rung moments portrayed by Tom Hanks! 😏

[@louhill5448]

The picture you showed of the cannon firing was at the Castillo de San Marcos, near where I live. I've seen the cannon firing many times up close, but it's loud even a mile or so away. Quite strange when you're sitting in a bar or a cafe. The walls of the Castillo were made from Coquina so it would absorb canonballs rather than crack or crumble, making it almost impenetrable. One time, the Spanish hid inside the fort, and the British, unable to breach it, burned down the town and then left. Many of the holes from canon fire are still there, bullet holes as well.

[@musicplaylists59]

i think most the shells would explode into shrapnel and be irretrievable, but some would fail to explode and then be very dangerous to tamper with because of the possibility of suddenly going off lol

[@SadisticalTendencies]

Grave of the Firefles: "Quite sad". Now that must be up among the top 5 understatements of this century. :P

[@SPak-rt2gb]

Silly but fun to watch "Kelly's Heros" a star studded movie much like "One Flew over the Cuckoo's Nest" a movie before the cast became famous. Starring Clint Eastwood and many others.

[@QTGetomov]

I always enjoy that movie, especially every scene with Donald Sutherland's Oddball.

[@colormedubious4747]

The music's pretty good, too.

[@SpeedyCM]

There was a recent movie on the battle of Long Tan, "Danger Close", that did a good job of showing the major impact artillery had on the battle.

[@justtocomment5848]

Favourite war films with a historical setting: 1.Gone with the Wind (not necessarily a war film civil war significant part of the setting) 2.Grave of the Fireflies (probably most accurate to reality of these 3 picks) 3. Apocalypse Now

[@daletaylor5589]

Having been under mortar fire quite a few times, I can only imagine that artillery fire must be absolutely terrifying.

[@ptome000]

"Glory" is a well done movie if you are into the Civil War. Also "Gallipoli" is beautifully done.

[@John-nr1tu]

I was going to add "glory" to the list for sure.

[@LordAlchemist]

"Johnny Got his Gun" is my favorite Film

[@rikleblond1698]

One of my favorites is Das Boot (in German w subtitles)

[@xerxestheimmortal1]

A good war song is "Uncommon Valor" by Jedi Mind Tricks. The 2nd verse, in my opinion, is the greatest rap verse of all time and is him telling about his father's experiences in the Vietnam war.

[@skramzjams]

Agreed!

[@TheGabrielPT]

Been listening to "Floating Points- Silhouettes I, II & III" a lot, 10 minute long jazz track with electronic elements here and there, gets super emotional with the vocals at one point. Coming from an electronic focused artist as well. I recommend it immensely

[@79geargrinder]

Run Silent, Run Deep.

[@atexandude8303]

6:33 as a tinnitus-caused-by-gunfight vet, gunfights, and explosives are incredibly loud.

[@Guildofarcanelore]

I was going to say “I hear you,” but as a vet too, you know I can’t hear anything except ringing.

[@Promatheos]

John Wick actually uses the water stopping bullets in some clever choreography.

[@manzell]

One of my favorite war films is the nearly-forgotten "A Midnight Clear" starring (very young) Ethan Hawke and Gary Sinise. From 1992 I believe?

[@ragerancher]

Where Eagle's Dare is one of my favourite war movies. Not accurate and pretty cheesy but still good. One of the inaccuracies I also find is that grenades go off with this massive fireball that chucks people around like rag dolls. Grenades will make a loud bang but the explosion itself isn't what does the damage, it's the shrapnel produced as the shell rips apart that causes the damage.

[@thatozarklife]

Tops, for sure… 1) Hacksaw Ridge 2) Blackhawk Down 3) The Deer Hunter 4) We Were Soldiers 5) American Sniper Honorable Mention (only because it’s a miniseries): Band of Brother Much love!

[@richardhead1727]

The movie Patton from 1970 is a good serious ww2 movie. For a fun goofy one Kelly's Heroes is great. And for the pacific side of ww2 my favorite is The Bridge on the River Kwai.

[@kauinoa2004]

One other kind of addon to his point about jets firing their guns specifically in movies is they pretty much always have the rate of fire showing as waay too low. These guns fire like a buzzsaw but if you watch like Top Gun when they’re firing it sounds like they’re firing a basic .50 caliber machine gun which has a much lower rate of fire than the m61 or the GAU that something like the F22 or the A10 have. I think the point about artillery and hearing damage just wouldn’t make sense to even fit into a war movie in most cases so those make sense to leave out. The tanks being both more and less vulnerable in different films drives some people nuts definitely and ditto with firing forever.

[@geoffconner6783]

My Father in Law (Nissei) would always pull out Grave of the Fireflies at family parties/gatherings. Really brought down the room.

[@Themata]

As an Aussie, Gallipoli (1981) resonates with me A lot of getting to know the characters, so won't appeal to everyone

[@yo_boi_biram8095]

1917 is really good. The way its made to look like one take is really cool👍.

[@danduntz2539]

Band of Brothers, though a series and not a movie that follows the true stories of the 101st airborne, using modern actors, had quite a bit of artillery both in displays of destruction, but also on the receiving end. To this day, it’s still one of my favorite wwII shows.

[@iddjutt]

whispering back "i also have not seen any john wick"

[@Nlcup]

one of my Fav war films is more of a action adventure heist film with WW2 as a back drop: Kellys Heroes staring Clint Eastwood, Don Rickles ,and Donald Sutherland just to name a few. otherwise best war film to watch is Band of Brothers

[@theshaggster5536]

Full metal jacket is the best hands down. You are the best. Love you so much 💗 💓

[@jeffjaeger739]

in high school, I used to read a lot about the resistance movements of WW2. not just the French, but in other countries, too. there was one story where the resistance fighters captured a tank by chopping down a tree and laying it across the road. when the approaching tank stopped and the driver popped up to get a better look, a sniper shot him in the head. I don't remember any of the details, but I assume they had armed men ready to rush in from the sides and take possession of the tank or perhaps just throw a grenade inside.

[@Zebred2001]

Green Onions was in the American Graffiti soundtrack!

[@Name_then_some_numbers]

The Thin Red Line is an incredible movie. I haven’t seen the original but the 1998 movie is great. It really gets into the insanity of living on a remote pacific island, making friends and connections with the locals, all the while there’s a battle going on for a ridge which you’re fighting in medieval close quarters and could die any day. Trying to live optimistically while knowing you could be dead within days.

[@charlesf2804]

I know "Green Onions." a classic, and one of my favorites. Stax records unleashed! I haven't watched that many war movies ("Pork Chop Hill" comes to mind, but that was eons ago), but have seen TV shows (Combat, The Rat Patrol, The Gallant Men). As for war-related music, several come to mind: "War Suite" by Gino Vannelli, from his "Gist of the Gemini" LP; "Karn Evil 9: Third Impression" by Emerson, Lake and Palmer; "Gates of Delirium" by Yes (21 minutes!), with the last movement, "Soon," one of the most beautiful pieces I've heard in any rock track, progressive or otherwise; "Scarborough Fair" by Simon and Garfunkel; and "Russians" by Sting, more to do with the potential of a war and the foolishness of starting one.

[@topoe95]

"Im Westen nichts Neues" or in engl. "All quiet at the western front" especially the new one is the best depiction of war I've ever seen.

[@ezraanderson1190]

I will take this knowledge into my raid of Europe. Definitely had the wrong idea going in at first, but now I'm prepared.

[@shaunbyrne9037]

So many great war films over the decades but i think the Spielberg / Hanks mini series " Band of Brothers " from HBO is arguably the best . Even though not a movie but 9 one hour episodes. The true story of Easy Company , 2nd Battalion of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division . Following the company of men from training through D Day and their journey through Europe . With contributing interviews with the actual soldiers . It's a masterpiece .

[@caribbeanman3379]

Something else that's often misrepresented is the amount of blood that gushes out when someone is initially shot - though this is not unique to war movies but all action movies that feature persons getting shot. It's not like that in reality. People are not blood-filled balloons. It takes at least a second or two for someone to start bleeding after being shot. It's not instantaneous with the bullet impact. Also, the amount of bleeding could vary greatly from one bullet wound to another depending on where a person is shot.

[@luvr381]

There is a book titled 'Aftermath' that details the leftovers of various wars, the section on the aftermath of WW1 in France is fascinating. There are about 16 million acres fenced off in France around where the trenches were, they've been working since 1948 to clear unexploded artillery shells as about 20% were duds yet can still detonate, including poison gas shells. It's a fascinating read.

[@williamberry9013]

Among your favorites you don't have "Saving Private Ryan"? What planet are you from?

[@AndreKarlsen-d7v]

WW 2 movie recommendation : The 12th Man. Norwegian made, follows a Norwegian war hero, very accurate in it’s depiction of the true events! The main character is played by a distant cousin of Hugh Jackman. It’s an incredible movie showing a part of WW2 that often get’s overlooked, also not very well known so it’s an absolute banger of a suggestion! Ps : It’s hilarious how offended the Nazi’s got when the blonde, blue eyed Norwegians rejected them 😂

[@mazza4190]

Buster Keaton 'The General' just for the one line 'you can lose this war without me' after he is rejected when trying to enlist.

[@eddhardy1054]

One thing that a lot of (Hollywood) war films does is have US forces involved in events when infact they weren't. The two best known examples are probably 1)- Americans taking part in The Great Escape and 2)- capturing a German enigma machine in U-571.

[@danthebev]

Saving private Ryan is probably the most accurate and considering it was shot with practical affects and it still hold up today.

[@Tijuanabill]

It's based on hundreds of interview of survivors. We can't interview that many today, because almost all of them have passed. Everything that happens in that movie on that beach, happened in real life. Even the guy holding his own arm in vain.

[@mikearmstrong8483]

​@Tijuanabill Not exactly. There were significant differences brought about by the realities of filmmaking. Notably, GIs were not mown down by MGs as soon as the ramps dropped. Because the majority of GIs landed at Omaha came in British landing craft that were much larger than the LCVPs shown in the film and due to landing at the lowest tide, they had hundreds of yards to go before they reached the actual beach. Artillery and mortars caused most of the casualties before they got into effective range of MGs. But showing American troops being shot at by German defenders with only 100' or so between has much more dramatic effect. Also, despite internet warriors always exaggerating things, the KIA rate at Omaha Beach was under 10%. It was the most thoroughly documented event in history up to that point, with photographers all over the place, but you'll never find a real photo showing the corpses piled around like in the film. Not to say it wasn't horrible, or that the men landing weren't awesome heroes, but there's Hollywood and then there's factual. BTW, these aren't just my opinions; it's easy enough to do a couple minutes research and get the real history.

[@Tijuanabill]

@@mikearmstrong8483 🤡🤡🤡Starts with "significant differences" but the meat is just low tide and "not everyone landed on the same boats". You have failed hard in your effort to drag down a completely accurate depiction of the day's events, backed by hundreds of survivors who somehow all came to the same conclusions, that you didn't. As for what films "highlight", yes every war movie ever downplays artillery. But that doesn't mean what you saw in the film was a falsehood. You didn't see every person die in the film, and you literally saw dozens of artillery hits on soldiers. Which deaths they chose to highlight, isn't intended to follow an accurate percentage of causes of deaths; it's a film made for entertainment. I'm sure more than they showed drowning actually drowned, etc. But a person with a brain can see the overall depiction of the battle as WHOLE, was completely accurate.

[@IanDarley]

Blanks and squibs are nowhere near as loud as live ammunition because the pressure generated is much lower.

[@scottdebruyn7038]

The album 'Dire Straits' by Dire Straits from 1976. Genre? I'd say rock but, most disagree. It's easy going with some of the most amazing guitar work you can find and lyrics that I think you'll love. All from a four piece band... drummer, bass guitar, rhythm guitar and lead guitar. All the guitars are electric but finger-picked. Lead guitarist, Mark Knopfler, is under-rated, IMHO... even though he is in most GOAT lists in the music industry. Unless one pays close attention to guitar in most music, the greatness is lost on 'head-banger' types or those enamored with amazing vocals. 😏😁

[@myles_dc]

music reco: Tomas Novoa - Cienaga. Enjoy!

[@baronimhoof4042]

Val Kilmer as Doc Holiday in Tombstone (1993) had magic revolvers with a never-ending supply of bullets in the shootout at O.K. Corral.

[@black.sasuke.uchiha]

14:15 i’ve actually never looked up any of the songs that the reactor has mentioned, but I had to look this one up, and lo and behold, I did recognize it!

[@wulfgold]

I'm calling it - Band of Brothers, masterpiece. Amazing re-watch value. A fitting tribute to the participants. Other than that, The Great Escape, Come and See, Apocalypse Now (Aguirre for an honorable mention), The Thin red Line, Platoon, Full Metal Jacket. There' s a lot of contenders. I'll also chuck in Maus as a graphic novel for the aftermath. Chat Pile, Nick Cave and Ry Cooder/Paris Texas.

[@weirdscix]

We wore tactical earplugs or tactical communications in the UK for hearing protection during exercises or deployment.

[@ant1her0]

Black Hawk Down is pretty good

[@user-si3gu8pm6j]

Good commentary channel 👍

[@charliebrooklin]

.. MUSIC about .. Tribo de Jah - Guerra .. it's a brazilian version of the song War from Bob Marley.

[@YuryVVV]

Hi No Protocol! Wish you a calm and peaceful weekend. And have a good day today, too 😄

[@NoahFroio]

War Movie: The Great Santini (1979)- Not really about being at war, but, the affects of war on a person, when there is no war to be fought. About a Marine fighter pilot who served in Korea and WWII, but, now has no war to fight, and in turn is at war alternately with the service that he loves and his family. In my opinon, Robert Duvall's finest performance.

[@johanvanaelst8976]

Fav war movies: Stalingrad, the 1993 one directed by Joseph Vilsmaier. Letters from Iwo Jima. Master and commander, the far side of the world. And the Band of brothers series, the one on the european ar theatre. I think there's now also one on the pacific theatre but haven't seen it.

[@HT-io1eg]

The King of Battle is the most devastating and frightening and drove thousands insane in WW1

[@MRtreeguy904]

You can go online and find pictures of the brass casings from the artillery and it's just like mountains and mountains of these brass shells like it's just nuts and collecting them was literally millions of dollars worth of brass and Metal in scrap it was crazy

[@thgeremilrivera-thorsen9556]

One of my favorite - and most brutal and honest - war movies out there is the German film Stalingrad from 1993. It is following some of the Nazi German soldiers invading the city during WWII, of which only a few survived. Much, much better than the awful and polished Enemy At The Gates from 2001.

[@srottfaen]

Maybe Full Metal Jacket? Haven't really thought about it. Under Krameria by Freekbass and Jukebox Babe by Moon Duo.

[@Tijuanabill]

Dunkirk is about when the German army foolishly stopped pushing the allies towards the coast of the English channel, and Brits in boats saved all the soldiers by carrying them away. I never saw the movie, but it's rooted in a great historical tale.

[@jeffjaeger739]

infinite ammo is a problem in ANY action movie. my friends who are gun nuts will even tell me... "no, that magazine would only allow X shots! he's over his limit!" I've even caught one guy counting the shots under his breath during a fast paced scene.

[@tearsoflight]

Saving Private Ryan, To Hell and Back, Patton, and Greyhound (still apple tv+ only).

[@georgemartin1436]

They still find unexploded,...and unstable shells all over the UK and Europe from time to time. Mark Felton covers the big ones like 500KG's...

[@dawatcherz]

one of my favorite war movies isn't really a war movie. it is called 'The Wind Rises'. it is an anime about the desiner of the japanese fighter aircraft, and it was made by Hayao Miyazaki who is known for Spirited Away.

[@SimonJM]

Some years ago whilst I was eating a burger in a local cafe I was 'amused' (concerned?) to see two Royal Navy bomb disposal unit men walk in. After realising the coffee shop did not have a bomb (they had been called to deal with a WW2 era unexploded anti-air round on the beach) I had a chat with them and, based on what a friend had said, asked them about The Hurt Locker - they laughed; in essence, no, NOT realistic! From memory, though, quite an enjoyable film. There are probably some quite realistic war films out there, but I think one of my favourites is The Battle of the River Plate - based on real events (the search for the commerce raider Graf Spee). Books: Under the Wire, by William Ash (there is another book with same title), and Between Silk and Cyanide, by Leo Marks. Music: theme tune to 633 Squadron, by Stanley Black; Manhattan Project, by Rush

[@rickybuhl3176]

Always liked 'The Machine Gunners' by Robert Westall - from the perspective of a bunch of young kids during WW2.

[@9thSapper]

Some tactical formations are rarely depicted accurately. A wedge formation can have soldiers spaced at 10 meter intervals thus making the formation about 40 meters in length.

[@orlock20]

How do you get all of them and the enemy in the same frame when you do that?

[@JoanHolt-yb1ds]

The best historical accurate films i have seen are Dunkirk by Christopher Nolan and battle of Britain. My favourite fictional war film has to be where eagles dare which has so many twists and turns. Have you ever thought of reacting to war films on your channel?

[@carlobinda1127]

You should definitely give John Wick a try, they're pretty entertaining! 😁👍 That song Mi Viejo by Piero is good, but fairly sad as well. 🙁

[@musicplaylists59]

i love instrumental music, so here's another one (also funky) Jeff Beck - Come Dancing

[@buddystewart2020]

My favorite war films? I can't narrow it down to just one, I just can't do it. In no particular order: * Saving Private Ryan * In Harms Way * 13 Hours * Das Boot * Platoon * Patton * Midway (the older one) * The Dirty Dozen * Kelly's Heros * Lone Survivor * A Bridge Too Far * The Longest Day * The Bedford Incident * The Guns of Navarone * We Were Soldiers Music choices? Wow, kind of an odd ask for this video content but, here it goes. My music choice for you, to check out, would be... Gino Vanelli - Where Am I Going. You'll have to get back to me with what you think about it, if you actually check it out. I hope you do.

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Why isn't "Tora Tora Tora" on your list?