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Subject: Re: gulf of america
Date: Sun, 16 Feb 2025 11:46:50 -0000 (UTC)
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Your Name <YourName@YourISP.com> wrote:
> On 2025-02-16 00:49:26 +0000, sticks said:
> 
>> On 2/15/2025 5:56 PM, Your Name wrote:
>> 
>>> Largely according to Hollyweird, rather than in actual reality. There 
>>> are a lot of movies about event in World War I and II were Americans 
>>> supposedly saved the day, but in real history they weren't even there 
>>> at all.
>> 
>> This is about the dumbest thing seen in some time.  Nice work.
> 
> Here are a few examples of Hollyweird war movies that made up lies to 
> suit themselves, but there are more.
> 
>   - "U-571" (2000)
>     This is probably the worst. An American submarine crew captures
>     a German Enigma machine ... WRONG! It was a British submarine
>     crew that found an Enigma machine.
> 
>   - "Enemy at the Gates" (2001)
>     Russian sniper Vasily Zaytsev embarks on a duel with a German
>     sniper which, the film implies, changed the course of the
>     Battle of Stalingrad ... except there is no proof any such
>     duel ever took place.
> 
>   - "Pearl Harbour" (2001)
>     Ben Affleck's US Air Force Pilot character joins the RAF Eagle
>     Squadron. Yes, the RAF Eagle squadron was made of US-born pilots,
>     but they were not serving US military pilots and most joined the
>     RAF after going to Canada and technically being Canadians.
> 
>   - "The Great Escape" (1963)
>     Portrays three Americans participating, but in the real event
>     there was only one American, who later became a British citizen.
> 
>   - The Battle of the Bulge" (1965)
>     This one is so bad that even Dwight D. Eisenhower, who was
>     involved in the real battle, said it was falsified history!
>     Among many "errors", it ignores the British forces, uses the
>     wrong tanks, and omits the battle's turning point by the
>     Allied air power.
> 
>   - "The Charge of the Light Brigade" (1936)
>     Not World War I or II, but this movie purposely moved the battle
>     to a completely different war and different continent to the
>     real event!
> 
> 
> 


As you certainly know, Hollywood embellishes everything to make the movie
more appealing and get more butts in the seats. 

This thread was originally all about the differences between Google Maps
and Apple Maps, but it quickly became all about bashing America. At least
all the haters have been exposed.