[Moltke]

yet Hollywood is stampeding to crank out movies that will be essentially disinformation.

I have often doubted the historical accuracy of Hollywood war films myself.

Say, Hogan's Heroes...

(Point is, H'wood is in the entertainment business, not the documentary business - even if the underlying material is not pure fiction.)

[Brad from Tennessee]

[H’wood is in the entertainment business, not the documentary business. . .]

Some years ago I heard an acquaintance quote Wyatt Earp. I asked him where he had read it and he said it came from the movie, “Tombstone.” I told him he wasn't really quoting Wyatt Earp but some screenwriter. He just shrugged as if to say: What's the difference?