An Army historian felt that while the D-Day landing scenes were realistic, the rest of the film was a “typical World War II ...
World War II Memories: From Omaha Beach to Vienna tells the compelling story of Joseph Gorra, who gives a first-hand account of what it was like to be part of the first wave of soldiers to land on ...
DAN SNOW: June the 6th 1944 D Day. As dawn broke the largest armada in history stood waiting off the Normandy coast. JOHN C. RAAEN JR: It was an impressive sight, as far as the eye could see ...
John McManus, a World War II historian, looks at war scenes from "Saving Private Ryan" and rates them for realism. He breaks down the iconic movie opening of the landing on Omaha Beach during the ...