Defeatist Movies

Just an excellent, excellent list from James Jay Carafano at PJM:

Americans prefer not to dwell on defeats, but they are worth pondering. Sometimes the worst setbacks can be the best teachers. Here, courtesy of Hollywood, are six cinematic accounts of thumping failures that are worth revisiting

He lists Khartoum, Zulu Dawn, Gallipoli, Dien Bien Phu, Hamburger Hill and He died with his Boots on. Each movie has a military lesson.

When discussing the British Empire I like to show the bloody British defeat at the end of the movie to my class. One of the interesting facts of Zulu Dawn is that its a prequel of the equally great Zulu. In both movies the actually Zulu tribe is used toe recreate the victory and defeat of their ancestors. The directors really went out of their way here to humanize the Zulus, only adding to the greatness of both movies.