U-571 - British Complaints

Rating: 9/10 (3 July 2000)

It is quite amusing to read about complaints relating to the actual history of the capture of the Enigma machine.
I am English and there has been a bit of a backlash over here. There have been complaints of Americans distorting history to create a good story.
I think it is extremely hypocritical of the English (yes, me) to take this stance as we have made plenty of films about WWII that have distorted the facts.
For instance, I have never seen anyone of any colour at all in any English WWII films! There were plenty fighting the cause for the freedom of the whole planet. (the same could be said about US WWII films too)
The one thing I would take note about in U-571 is that there was a token black man in the crew (shock, horror!). I thought that there was segregation of the whites and coloured throughout the war.
I only learnt of people of colour fighting in WWII 10 years ago when I was 24! This monumental fact is not in any history books, it is not depicted in British and US films.
So shut up, you whinging Brits. We've done the same and possibly worse!