Not totally unrealistic....in spite of what people think.

Rating: 6/10 (22 May 2017)

Having read all of Stephen Ambrose, I recall one hedgerow story in which the Germans fought SO badly and lost so many soldiers that the Americans felt bad for them. The Germans walked right into an entrenched American force who mowed them down left and right with very little loss of American life. Stuff like this happens in war. Late in the war there would not have been "crack" German forces left to defend Germany. All these complaints about how badly the Germans fought are not that unrealistic. But, yes, there were a lot cliché scenes and characters in this movie.