This makes the Nazi movement look less than lethal while in fact it threatened to end civilization as we know it. Grant and Rogers made this movie before December 7, 1941 although it was released in 1942. During the time the movie was being made many Americans wanted the USA to stay out of the war. If this movie had been more realistic it would have been so horrible than in would have been banned until after the war. What was happening in the conquered countries could not be shown in the true light of day as it would have blinded the public. It is amazing that so few European countries were willing to stand up for their Jewish population like Denmark was. If anyone really wants a first class look at Europe before the was they could read TWILIGHT OF COURAGE. It is a shame that this is the only book on the prelude to WWII that these authors wrote.
The comedy in this movie makes it hard to sit through in this post WWII era but is all that could have been endured at the time it was produced.
Roosevelt was severely criticized for declaring was on Nazi Germany at the time he did it. What we need to realize is that if Hitler had won the war he would have exterminated 90% of the Americans, not just the Jews. This movie is a must see for anyone interested in the feelings of America before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The distressing thing is that if Hitler had not been crazy and had not declared war on America after Roosevelt had declared war on Japan, those of us who had survived the Nazi victory would now be speaking German.
The comedy in this movie makes it hard to sit through in this post WWII era but is all that could have been endured at the time it was produced.
Roosevelt was severely criticized for declaring was on Nazi Germany at the time he did it. What we need to realize is that if Hitler had won the war he would have exterminated 90% of the Americans, not just the Jews. This movie is a must see for anyone interested in the feelings of America before the attack on Pearl Harbor. The distressing thing is that if Hitler had not been crazy and had not declared war on America after Roosevelt had declared war on Japan, those of us who had survived the Nazi victory would now be speaking German.