And to be fair, the German film industry does make very good war films:
I'll tell you one thing that I do like about German made war films, and I think this is true for just about all of them...they are some of the most intense, dramatic and brutal depictions of war out there, there is no glorification, no flag waving, no message other than 'War is hell'.
Some English made films do capture that a bit, but German made ones tend to hit the nail on the head better, IMHO anyway.