Classic films based on true stories that got certain facts wrong

[post_page_title]U-571[/post_page_title]

The first thing this movie got wrong is that the commandeered ship was the U-110, and not the U-571. But even worse than that was the fact that the movie portrayed Americans as the sole masterminds behind it all.

U-571

In reality, all of the credit goes to the British and the Polish for helping crack the German codes. Apparently there were no Americans at all on that ship – so needless to say, the movie offended a number of people.

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