U-571: Historically Accurate?
U-571: Historically Accurate?
U-571 was a movie released in April 2000 and directed by Johnathan Mostow. This movie depicted the capture of the Enigma cipher machine and other cryptographic documentation from a German U-boat by American forces disguised as Germans during spring 1942. According to the film makers, this film promised to be thrilling and exciting. Although the movie did live up to its promise, it fell short in the historical accuracy department.
This film was split in terms of what perspective it was told from. The movie began with the German perspective. The Germans carried out a routine mission in which they located an Allied ship, most likely a supply ship or merchant ship, and destroyed it in an effort to hinder supplies to the Allied forces in Britain. This already slightly skewed history since these attacks usually occurred between a convoy of ships and a team of U-boats in a system called the Rudel (wolf pack) by the Germans.
During this attack, all of......
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