[Brit1]

No doubt we Brits have some big problems with the way Hollywood portrays America..... 'U571' an example....so it was the Americans who captured that Enigma code machine and saved us from the Uboats...It never happened it was the Royal Navy.... and more recently and even worse.. the 2 American pilots that saved us from the nazis and won the Battle of Britain .... having met Battle of Britain pilot Robert Stanford Tuck, 'Fly for your Life' (recommended reading) in the early 1980s and having a father who was a WWII pilot B24s and Lancasters its difficult to respond to such drivel.
You guys don't need to claim our victories for gawds sake you have enough of your own heroes.We here know well of the 8th Army Air Force and the part they played over nazi Gemany, Omaha beach and the courage shown there and the fight to retake the pacific islands. Best thing the US could do to improve relations with more of us Brits is to stop Hollywood presenting your history with so many untruths for no other reason than the need for a quick buck. Nothing wrong with making a quick buck unless you undermine your countries credibility by doing so.
Going to watch Blackhawk Down over the weekend excellent film portraying some very courageous actions Gary and Randy earning Postum CMoHs. Its a fair balanced film politically right and it makes you think.No credibility Lost there thank god .

[getmeouttaPalmBeachCounty_FL]

I know you've been here a few months already, however, welcome to FR!

[eddie willers]

When John Lennon wrote _The English army had just one the war_ in "A Day In The Life", I wanted to say "Hey....WE won that thing!" ;-)

[WOSG]

"U571' an example....so it was the Americans who captured that Enigma code machine and saved us from the Uboats.."

Hollywood is awful with history.
There have been a lot better sub movies than that one.

"You guys don't need to claim our victories for gawds sake you have enough of your own heroes."

... but worse, they dont like American Govt.
50 years ago, they'd do good movies about brits (like
the life story of Clive, Gunga Din, or my favorite move "Laurence of Arabia")
Look at most of the movies, the US military guys are the *bad* guys unless it is WWII. They made the new version of the Alamo and made out some of the heroes like Davey Crockett there to be cowards, and made it a boring overlong movie to boot.