That is one part of the film too where the terrain bears a passing resemblance to the Schnee Eifel and the area to the east of St. Few folks realize that during the opening days of the battle the Ardennes wasn't covered in thick snow, but mist, fog and a cold freezing drizzle blanketed the region. They even seemed to get the weather right. Based upon all the accounts I have read of the battle, that small segment of the film does a pretty respectable job at capturing that portion of the battle. I think the best sequence of the film is when the troops in the captured German bunker, lead by Charles Bronson, realize that something is amiss and are suddenly being overrun by the attacking Germans. Now that being said, I do think IMHO that one thing the film does have going for it is that it captures quite well the absolute shock and confusion that befell the U.S.troops at the beginning of the German offensive. Again, it is a movie, meant for entertainment. We could fill a book with the inaccuracies. Did one ever notice in the opening sequence, the narrator states " in the north General Montgomery's 8th Army"? and how the battle starts it what looks like the Skyline Drive portion of the Ardennes and ends on the plains of Spain. Compared with some before and many that have come since, it is short on both accuracy and authenticity. Even as a boy I knew that the Tigers were really M-47s and the Shermans really M-24s, but as was pointed out, it is a movie and not a documentary. what wasn't there to like? Lots of action, and tanks out the wazoo. It was one of my favorite films as a boy. I even have it on DVD and will watch it from time to time. This one has always been one of those movies I'll sit and watch when ever I run across it.
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