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It's hard to sum up what happened, but basically the germans spread themselves too thin, the americans joined in, the allies consistently gained ground, won in Normandy, Hitler committed suicide and Germany surrendered.
Have you really seen people mix up the facts? It's hard to imagine anyone accidentally thinking a bunch of Americans killed hitler and all of those german figureheads.
In an interview Tarantino said he was originally planning to stay true to history, but then realized that his characters, all of them, if they had really existed (and some did, like the guy who made the propaganda german film) then this might've really happened, so why not let it.
Personally, I don't see any problem with the history change. Anyone who is ignorant enough to believe this version isn't worth considering.
The film never says the soldiers weren't important. In the film, things are still going badly for Germany, and the war would still have ended as it really did. These characters just sped up the process. I don't see how that's disrespectful.
And I don't think you should be looking to films for truth.
I actually have seen people mix up the facts. A British guy I know thought that Canada's only involvement with WW2 was the air force. He had no idea that we had land forces and we liberated The Netherlands, etc. I guess that really got my goat, especially because he's British and I just kind of figured he should have known more about history like that! Anyway, to be fair, I adore the guy but he's really not the brightest bulb on the Christmas tree.
A lot of the characters in the film actually existed, which was nice.
My problem with this film is that something as sensitive as WW2 and what happened needs to be handled with respect. No one knew what was happening to the Jews until the very end of the war, when the Allied forces broke into German lines and found the camps. So really, what point did they have of going in and scalping people who thought they were just doing a good thing for their country? The same kind of patriotism that the Allied forces had.
And I'm not looking for films for truth. I certainly knew it wasn't going to be very on par with history, I just didn't know he was going to change the whole ending of what really happened for a nice demolition and people burning to death scene.
But do you think he thought that because of the movie?
Actually, news of the extermination camps reached allies in 1942. On December 17, 1942, the Allies issued a proclamation condemning the "extermination" of the Jewish people in Europe and declared that they would punish the perpetrators.
I dunno, I thought it was plenty respectful. I guess it's not really for either of us to say though, since we weren't there.
Have you really seen people mix up the facts? It's hard to imagine anyone accidentally thinking a bunch of Americans killed hitler and all of those german figureheads.
In an interview Tarantino said he was originally planning to stay true to history, but then realized that his characters, all of them, if they had really existed (and some did, like the guy who made the propaganda german film) then this might've really happened, so why not let it.
Personally, I don't see any problem with the history change. Anyone who is ignorant enough to believe this version isn't worth considering.
The film never says the soldiers weren't important. In the film, things are still going badly for Germany, and the war would still have ended as it really did. These characters just sped up the process. I don't see how that's disrespectful.
And I don't think you should be looking to films for truth.
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A lot of the characters in the film actually existed, which was nice.
My problem with this film is that something as sensitive as WW2 and what happened needs to be handled with respect. No one knew what was happening to the Jews until the very end of the war, when the Allied forces broke into German lines and found the camps. So really, what point did they have of going in and scalping people who thought they were just doing a good thing for their country? The same kind of patriotism that the Allied forces had.
And I'm not looking for films for truth. I certainly knew it wasn't going to be very on par with history, I just didn't know he was going to change the whole ending of what really happened for a nice demolition and people burning to death scene.
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Actually, news of the extermination camps reached allies in 1942. On December 17, 1942, the Allies issued a proclamation condemning the "extermination" of the Jewish people in Europe and declared that they would punish the perpetrators.
I dunno, I thought it was plenty respectful. I guess it's not really for either of us to say though, since we weren't there.
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