Kelly's Heroes

[Mr Grumpy]

Having stood on Omaha beach with my back to the sea looking at the various pillbox's littering the buffs overlooking the beach the first thing that strikes you is the angle that pillbox's are laid out in, none of them face the actual beach but are angled at 45 degs to provide enfilading fire in conjunction with another pillbox maybe 100 yards away, this has the huge advantage that it protects the structures openings from supporting naval fire coming in from the sea.





So having seen SPR i was struck by the fact that the pillbox shown being attacked and burnt out actually faces the sea which historically is not correct (but maybe changed to make the film more watchable?) and a detail you would not have picked up unless you have actually been there. ;)