How do Movie Depictions of World War 2 Negatively Alter American Memory?

As such films and series become increasingly popular, much of the American public, unfamiliar or otherwise disconnected with the generation of the 1940’s, is at risk of accepting these false film narratives of the war as facts, leading to a fictionalized, homogenized interpretation of World War II. It is no secret that war films, particularly World War II films, have a large and enthusiastic audience in the 21st century, especially in the United States. The film has been hailed as one of the most authentic depictions of the American soldier’s experience in World War II put into film.