Inglourious....

I wrote to my brother-in-law Rich about Inglourious Basterds: He's a huge WWII buff, so I thought I'd pull his chain a little by asking:

"So... it wasn't entirely accurate, right? There were a couple of minor changes to history in there? "

His response was incredible:
"Yes you are right.

The Tiger tanks portrayed in the movie are actually Soviet T-34s. You could tell by looking at their wheels. Real Tigers had interleaved wheels. These Tigers clearly had the T-34 suspension.

Also the Model 1939 "Shoes, Service, Compositon Sole" was an ankle high shoe/boot made of tanned leather in a dark red color, originally with leather soles, changed to rubber soles after 1940. The same shoe design was modified in early 1943 (called Type III) to reverse the leather (rough side out) and add reinforcing rivets.... LOL if Tarintino thinks this is what Jews in the Nazi killing business would be sporting.

All these guys should have had on Combat M-1943 (Double Buckle) boots on.

NICE CATCH JIM!!!

I thought the rest of the movie was spot on however."