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1000s if not more interesting stories from WWII and a number which


would seem improbable now but actually occurred and....we have this. WHY? This reminds me of Destination Tokyo about a U.S. submarine entering Tokyo Bay. I loved it as a child and it was a propaganda piece for wartime audiences. But now in the late 20th/early 21st century we regress back to the 1940s? Ridiculous.

Good cast and production values with the most improbable story. Reminds me of Below which at least was a horror/suspense film and so held to a lower standard.

Surprises me though the Brits having their panties all twisted over such a stupid film.

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It's a shame no-one will probably ever make a film about HMS Petard's capture of an enigma machine and the all too vital codebooks:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U-559#The_sinking_of_U-559

"Oh dear. How sad. Never mind!"

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IIRC correctly Petard also sank three different submarines-Italian, German and Japanese.

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