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Old 07-04-2024, 07:56 PM
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The Siege of Jadotville

Has anyone seen this film yet? I just noticed it on Netflix yesterday and thought it might be worth a couple of hours. I'd hate to waste my time, though.

https://warisboring.com/the-siege-of...b15#.su7f5d5fl
I found it a bit cringey.
The soldier-philosopher guy gets his history muddled up and confuses Clausewitz with Rommel, insults a Frenchman for losing to the Germans (82,000 dead in seven weeks, that's a hard fight) when the Irish didn't even show up for that fight. It's got that sort of stuff all the way through it. It might have a better end but it diverges so far from what happened in Jadotville I didn't finish watching it.
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