Talk:When Trumpets Fade

Relatively Unknown movie

This film was a victim of bad timing.It aired on HBO and featured excellent production standards, but it was pushed out of the way by all the hoopla surrounding Saving Private Ryan. Very well made and graphically realistic it does an outstanding job of showing what the soldiers went through in the fall of 1944 after the Germans reached defensible positions and we had overextended our logistics supply line.The Germans (on the other hand) had short supply lines and were dug in. We had yet to open up any of the major European ports such as Brussels and were still getting supplies from the Normandy beaches. In addition we were experiencing something of a manpower shortage and needed to consolidate, but Eisenhower, Bradley and Patton kept pushing the offensive which meant higher casualties since we were forced to engage in frontal attacks against strong, defensive positions. In the Fall of 1944 in Northwestern Europe conditions were similar to World War One. The deadlock really didn't break until Hitler foolishly ordered the Ardrennes Offensive (The Battle of the Bulge) in December of 1944. To be fair to Eisenhower he was under terrible political pressure from both Washington and London to end the war as quickly as possible. Anyone who believes that generals don't answer to the politicians is smoking some pretty good stuff.

Well anyway sorry for the history lecture. Got carried away. A very well done and relatively unknown movie. Similar to Hell Is for Heroes with Steve McQueen which also covered the stalemate in late 1944. If you get a chance watch this movie. --Jcordell 18:25, 21 November 2009 (UTC)

Yeah, I remember renting this (on VHS) when it first came out, and that it was really good. I'll have to re-watch it. - Nyles

Bazooka is a M9 or M9A1 but not the M1A1

I am rather sure that the Bazooka is the M9 or M9A1 but definitely not the M1A1. Look at the end of the barrel, and also the pipe can be separated into 2 parts, those features were first introduced by the M9. Am I allowedto change it? -- hchris