The Germans were secretly massing an attack force under cover of night and radio silence. Even though the Allied advance had slowed in the Hurtgen Forest and Vosges mountains, there was still the sense that the war was nearly won and ultimate victory was very near as the year drew to a close.Īdolf Hitler had other plans. In Europe, the successful D-Day landings had given way to the liberation of France and Allied forces now were into Holland and Belgium, poised along the German border.Ī sense of overconfidence began to infect the Allied leadership, where some even predicted that the war would be over by Christmas. Then read a book afterwards if you worry you have not been sufficiently educated.As 1944 was drawing to a close, the Allied forces could look back on a year of great strides towards victory over the Axis powers. Watch the movie, you will like it for entertainment. Even if I was a fly on the wall watching one of my ancestors participate in the Battle of the Bulge, that would not qualify me to comment on the entire battle. My family goes back to the Revolutionary War, the Civil War, WW1, WW2, the Korean War, Vietnam, and afterwards. Lest you think I am not an educated reviewer, you should know I was an enlisted Marine, then an Officer of Marines 30 years ago. Titles of movies are meant to bring people to the theater, not teach history. But there never was a "Longest Day" battle. There actually was a Battle of the Bulge in military history. Another gripe I have with reviews on this movie is with those that question its title. If you want an entertaining war flick, watch this one! There are none much better. Was the TV show Combat accurate? Was the popular movie Dirty Dozen accurate? If you want accuracy, stick to the History channel, and even then there will be debates. Some of them give one star because they say the movie is so historically inaccurate. I read other reviews and many of them I don't understand. The song the panzer commanders sing is a great moment in movie history.
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