Movies that taught you something you didn't know.

mako88sb · 08-04-13, 12:36 AM

Hmm! I guess I should of stated my intent here better. I should of worded it to say what movies did you learn a historical fact that you were unaware of?

Here's another one for me. The 1987 movie "The Lighthorsemen" has a opening battle scene were the British are attacking Gaza on April 19 1917. They showed some British tanks in the mix which I figured were just added to make things interesting for the movie. I didn't think they actually participated in the battle.:

Checking into it I soon found that yes indeed, the British had actually sent 8 tanks to beef up the attack. They were suppose to send 12 but looks like there was a mix-up. This link has more details:

http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...owtopic=149709

08-04-13, 12:36 AM	#22
mako88sb XO Join Date: Mar 2005 Location: Calgary, Canada Posts: 423 Downloads: 0 Uploads: 0	Hmm! I guess I should of stated my intent here better. I should of worded it to say what movies did you learn a historical fact that you were unaware of? Here's another one for me. The 1987 movie "The Lighthorsemen" has a opening battle scene were the British are attacking Gaza on April 19 1917. They showed some British tanks in the mix which I figured were just added to make things interesting for the movie. I didn't think they actually participated in the battle.: Checking into it I soon found that yes indeed, the British had actually sent 8 tanks to beef up the attack. They were suppose to send 12 but looks like there was a mix-up. This link has more details: http://1914-1918.invisionzone.com/fo...owtopic=149709