[Vanders9]

Agree re Cornelius Ryan. Excellent popular history books.

I prefer the film "Bridge too Far" to "The Longest Day". I thought the latter was far too bitty.

[SJSAMPLE]

Agreed.
It’s too easy to like a book or film when everything is going well for our side.

“A Bridge Too Far” captures all the arrogant hope and draws us back to the realities of war not a few months after the victories of D-Day+.

Better music in “Bridge”, as well. John Addison’s score was fantastic.

[CrazyIvan]

“bitty” Love that. I will have to remember to use it.

[SampleMan]

Very few movies were made of WWII, considering the magnitude of the event. Of those that were done, they are very light on actual combat. Clean, bloodless kills, limited mainly to rifle fire.

I've always assumed that it was a matter of men in their 30s-50s not wanting to revisit too closely the savagery of their youth. Too many painful memories and stories that weren't shared with families. I had a great uncle who fought as a Marine in the Pacific. He once shared his experience with my father, and it was brutal. I very much doubt he shared those stories with his own children.