A good portion of the author's introduction is spent preparing faithful war movie fans for the shock of finding out their personal favorites have gone missing. Sacrifices were made to leave room for the requirements of a new kind of omnibus video guide, one with a sense of historical accuracy. Some of these war films were made in wartime, with inevitable effects otherwise unnoticeable to the average civilian.
Bad guys can be good and good guys can be bad under pressure of combat.
In moviespeak, war's got legs. But its range is wide, with classic battle movies such as Henry V , Braveheart , and Gallipoli joining ranks with Vietnam dramas such as Platoon and The Siege of Firebase Gloria . International sections cover British, French, Japanese and Russian war stories, while times between the World Wars, during the Korean and Vietnam conflicts, and postwar adjustment periods are also given unique treatments. Chuckle at the title cards from silent dogfight film Wings . Note how Waterloo is like a spaghetti western.