Surprisingly, former Army historian Dave Hogan, in preparation for the U.S. Army's upcoming 250th anniversary, identifies five specific movies that authentically represent the military experience ...
McManus also explains the real-life inspirations for the film and the search ... He discusses the realism of the weapons and strategies used by the American and German troops, including the ...
Hogan's standards for realism appear stringent ... a green typist who has never seen combat. In the film, the Shermans are outclassed by German Tiger tanks, which wreak havoc on their progress.