While its historical accuracy is highly questionable, the level of action and tension created when an American Navy crew overtakes a German U boat is quite unbelievable | Loss position - Wolfpack operations U-571 operated with the following Wolfpacks during its career: 30 Oct 1941 - 4 Nov 1941 4 Nov 1941 - 17 Nov 1941 17 Nov 1941 - 22 Nov 1941 27 Dec 1941 - 16 Jan 1942 12 Jun 1942 - 17 Jun 1942 10 Oct 1942 - 20 Oct 1942 20 Oct 1942 - 7 Nov 1942 26 Dec 1942 - 19 Jan 1943 19 Jan 1943 - 28 Jan 1943 27 Mar 1943 - 30 Mar 1943 7 Apr 1943 - 13 Apr 1943 13 Apr 1943 - 25 Apr 1943 15 Jan 1944 - 26 Jan 1944 26 Jan 1944 - 28 Jan 1944 Attacks on this boat and other events 22 Mar 1943 At 21 |
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David Balme, the Royal Navy officer who led the boarding party on U-110, called U-571, "a great film" and said that it would not have been financially viable without being "americanised".
11There are the mandatory depth-charge scenes--which I generally like, but in this film there's one after another after another | Emmett is beheaded by flying debris |
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The Allies captured Enigma-related codebooks and machines about fifteen times during the War; all but two of these by British forces | Type Ordered 24 Oct 1939 Laid down 8 Jun 1940 werk 547 Launched 4 Apr 1941 Commissioned 22 May 1941 Kptlt |
I've seen enough blood to know that it's surprisingly bright red when fresh, but this goop is candy-apple red.
20After making repairs and restoring its power, Tyler decides to route the disabled submarine toward in | According to Britain's Channel 4, "the captured codebooks provided vital assistance to British cryptographers such as , at the code-breaking facility of , near |
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As the crew sigh in relief, Tank reports Trigger's death | The stalwart US Navy heroes are not to be denied their prize, and the prize crew takes the U-571 underwater and does battle with the German resupply sub |
Of course, now we all know better because we've seen True Detective and the various other good things he's done since somehow pulling his shit together.