Das Boot... questions??

Hanomag · 07-28-09, 04:39 PM

I just watched Das Boot, the 293 minute version recently with a friend and several questions arose.

1. The year in the movie is 1942, dont they get harrased a little too much for that early in the war? Aircraft attacks, DD detection etc. (besides the Gibraltar bombing) Being that my only knowledge about this is from the history channel and Das GWX, I could be wrong in this assumtion.

2. Their base gets bombed!

Isnt it supposed to be Lorient-ish or even Brest-ish? I thought these bases wouldnt be under air attack until after 43 at the very least.

Bonus question: The fighter aircraft shown in the movie were..?
My guess are Brewster Buffalos?

In a movie where such painstaking attention to detail prevailed how could they make such easy boo boos? Or am I way outta' wack here?

Oh and BTW I gave up using the search engine a long time ago because no matter what query I used it just listed every post on the site. :rotfl:
So if this has come before.. so sorry

07-28-09, 04:39 PM	#1
Hanomag Grey Wolf Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: LI NY Posts: 964 Downloads: 13 Uploads: 0	Das Boot... questions?? I just watched Das Boot, the 293 minute version recently with a friend and several questions arose. 1. The year in the movie is 1942, dont they get harrased a little too much for that early in the war? Aircraft attacks, DD detection etc. (besides the Gibraltar bombing) Being that my only knowledge about this is from the history channel and Das GWX, I could be wrong in this assumtion. 2. Their base gets bombed! Isnt it supposed to be Lorient-ish or even Brest-ish? I thought these bases wouldnt be under air attack until after 43 at the very least. Bonus question: The fighter aircraft shown in the movie were..? My guess are Brewster Buffalos? In a movie where such painstaking attention to detail prevailed how could they make such easy boo boos? Or am I way outta' wack here? Oh and BTW I gave up using the search engine a long time ago because no matter what query I used it just listed every post on the site. :rotfl: So if this has come before.. so sorry __________________ "Only if I can save first..."