[quote=“Harz Mountains”][quote=“zeppelincheetah”]well like he’s said in interviews, if his characters did exist during that time history would change. It makes sense. There are two kinds of WWII movies. One type accurately sticks to the facts and uses characters that were there in real life, and the other makes up characters that exist during the time period. Private Ryan and co. didn’t exist and if you think about it if there was an alternate reality in which they exist things probably would’ve been very different. It’s like the butterfly effect. Tarantino researched WWII extensively first intending to make it based on real events but then I think he reached the same conclusion. If he’s going to make up a story with made up characters, why not have the characters change history?
If the events in the movie did happen the Russians would help the U.S. fight the Japanese as promised (promised to help after they win the war against the nazis). The events take place in 1944, a year before the war actually ended. With Russian help, the United States might not have needed to use the atom bomb to end the war against the Japanese. The atom bomb was what prevented the cold war from being a real one. After the war instead of Europe being divided into east and west because of the territory gained in WWII the dominoes would fall in eastern Europe to communism. Dwight D. Eisenhower would never have risen to General of the Army and perhaps Robert A. Taft (the son of William Howard Taft) would instead be president in the 50’s (he was the runner up Republican to Eisenhower).
There would be a lull like the lull between WWI and WWII and then WWIII would break out between the East and West in the late 50’s or early 60’s and would end with the U.S. using atomic bombs on Russia, instead of on Japan. Russia, like Japan and Germany, would become a free country.[/quote]
Interesting vision and you certainly know your history/mid 20th century politics. But I dont see your vision happening myself.[/quote]
thanks. the politics i had to look up on wikipedia actually...