Historically Inaccurate

Rating: Null/10 (22 April 2000)

The story of U-571 is very American. The true story of the Enigma machine is that the Polish Secret Service took it before the war even started in Jan 1939. The Germans thought that no one had taken their machine, as the Polish played some tricks on them in stealing it. The Polish then gave it to the British and the French. The British used it and made their Ultra machine, which was the machine that decoded all of the Enigma messages.
Stories tell that the Enigma was stolen off of a British Sub, but in fact it wasn't. The story above was taken from an official British government document.
Now being Canadian, I am upset that the Americans made such a movie. Why can't they make a WWII movie about someone other than themselves?? The last WWII movie where they included other countries was in 1969 with the Devil's Brigade. I mean, why can't Americans understand that other Allies helped in winning the war?? There were other countries involved, such as Australia, New Zealand, Canada, South Africa, France, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK, and the USA, Russia, and China, and others. Why can't the American public see movies about these other countries?? Why must Hollywood skew history to make it so American?? They could make a historical WWII movie about the British, you know. When the American public, and in fact Canadian and British public see this movie, most will believe it to be historical truth, no matter what the movie says. They will believe it because they don't know of the true history, unfortunately so.
Too bad that the Americans had to make this movie. because I am tired of seeing American heroism everywhere. Why must Americans feel so good for themselves all of the time?? I hope they understand that they were certainly a great help in winning the war, but they were not the only ones.