They went to the trouble to get a lot of things right, from the German artillery pieces to the T-34 tanks. Even the German trucks are mostly right. They didn't necessarily do such a good job on the colors. That Kubelwagen in the dark-gray color scheme is anachronistic for the period. But then we come to the aircraft. I was taken aback to see U.S. Navy Corsairs dropping bombs on the Eastern Front. And what are all those Heinkel 111s doing in the air on D-Day?
Some German soldiers are seen carrying American M1 rifles, even at the Russian front scenes.
Burton who is supposed to be a German soldier in 1944, is wearing. British Army DPM smock which didn't come in until the mid sixties.
When the Russian T-34 tank is in the tunnel a German soldier opens the hatch in the turret and throws a hand grenade in, but when in action this would have been locked shut from the inside to prevent enemy sabotage of this nature.
In reality the Allies offered only unconditional surrender.
And how about all those very shiny helmets the Americans are wearing? And how about the colonel (a veteran of the North African campaign) who wears all his bright shiny insignia to announce his presence, even when he's sneaking through the bushes on a recon mission between the lines.
German NCO parading his platoon with the command "Ten Hut", how very Teutonic.
American tanks shown are not WW II-era tanks.
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