Sensekhmet, whether Wikipedia's info is correct or not I don't know (but I don't doubt that it's true) what I meant was that the end of the film says that a British task force really did recover an Enigma machine from a German U-Boat - not necessarily that they cracked the code. From what I gather the Brits were ticked that the movie suggested the Americans got the Enigma. Well, same deal - it didn't say "based on a true story", and to their credit gave the accurate information at the end. As an American, no I don't want to see history twisted so that we "always get the glory", but like I said before I'm just watching a movie. If someone wants to make a "hollywood" feature film that actually has the right nations and/or characters doing their heroic deeds and still makes for a good movie, well hey I'm all for it and so much the better. Outside of documentaries or the History Channel getting into feature film production we're going to have to take what we're offered and hope it's enjoyable and not too far fetched. Actually, forget the latter - THC is more into truck drivers and lumberjacks now than history apparently. However...... maybe a "Battle 360" season or series of episodes on the Silent Service? That could be really good.
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