10 Most Historically Inaccurate War Movies Ever Made

With another incredibly original title, this film depicts one of the single-most influential events in the history of mankind. The Americans under President Roosevelt had been split since the start of WW2 into two groups: those who wanted to join the fighting and those who didn’t. The US would remain divided in regards to the War until the Japanese Empire’s attack on Pearl Harbour, Hawaii, on December 7, 1941, which killed 2,400 Americans. Subsequently, the US would formally declare war against Japan and Germany and become pivotal in destroying the Axis powers.

Despite it being one of the most famous moments in American history, the film includes a number of embarrassing mistakes and oversights. Starting with the small details of equipment, this included jeeps, guns and even cigarettes that were clearly not around in 1940s Hawaii. Even more hilarious is Ben Affleck’s 1990s hairstyle of frosted tips. Finally, perhaps most blatant of all is the obliteration of ‘soft targets’ such as hospitals (probably used by the director to generate more sympathy) which in reality, the Japanese purposely avoided.

The list is endless, to a point where you just think that the director simply didn’t care about history. As it appears, neither did the public as the film grossed $449.2 million.