Only 66 years ago- so really 'Recent History'?

Rating: 4/10 (23 June 2009)

The story concerning a group of Wehrmacht Officers who in 1943-4 finally decide that 'all is not well with the Fatherland'thanks to Adolf Hitler.
Tom Cruise might look like Count Stauffenberg,great acting, but I doubt any German Colonel could have been so noble after having been part of their brutal militarism? The depiction of this small group at last wanting to get rid of this madman raised the question,where had they been since 1933 when it all started?
I recall most Germans (after all we know post war it was hard to find any Nazi's) soldiers,civilians,the whole lot of them enjoyed VICTORY- the Condor Legion in Spain,Anschluss,conquering Europe & Russia-always remembering it was only those damned English who spoiled things by not surrendering in 1940. As for those Russian animals,Serbs,Jews etc.-
Well,the Wehrmacht were only good soldiers,just like the U Boat crews who never really liked their job!So the movie shows that finally the proud Prussian spirit rose up & tried to straighten things out- a little late,though I feel this film may not be too popular in Leningrad, Stalingrad,Moscow or Tel Aviv?
With no thanks to the Count & colleagues, Operation Sealion postponed, Dunkirk & the Flying Few saved us & the world from being 'Germanized'
So this good Movie makes me rethink how 'lucky' we were to survive- and how so few Germans ever realized the horror they inflicted & tried finally to do something;sadly in the movie their motivation is not well discussed,other than now WE are suffering?
I suspect if they had succeeded their new autocracy would have still fought to the bitter end? 'D'land uber alles'is still a fine tune?