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Originally Posted by Axis Trooper This thread is for pointing out the historically incorrect, down to the smallest detail.
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Battle of the Bulge 1965, to really appreciate my post look at the making of in the special features of the DVD.
I could teach a class on this.
First Milton Sperling lies to the audience in the "Making of" portion of the DVD by saying great pains were taken to find the equipment for this film.
Buzzer sound
He called the Texas National Guard and said, How would you like to paint some tanks with a Kraut scheme?
M 26 Pershing for King Tiger
M 24 Chaffee for Sherman, This is particularly strange because the M 24 was in operation in 1943 and reached Europe in large numbers in late 44.
The German Hanomags were all Whites or Autocars and not authentic, they even mounted M-2s when they had MG34s and MG42s in the film.
The action was a C
The acting, What acting?
Robert Shaw didn't do a bad job but the uniforms were wrong.
He was supposed to be either Remer or Peiper and should have been SS Panzer Truppen.
There is an interesting but brief glimpse of a WWII German General who was an advisor to the film but they don't do a proper interview with him.
The only reason I have this film is I remember it was the first War film I watched with my Dad as a kid.