Saving Private Ryan Historical Accuracy

Saving Private Ryan: The Reality Behind The Movie

Saving Private Ryan is a very realistic and accurate World War II movie and it is probably one of the best movies that have ever been created about World War II in my opinion. The movie is very realistic and because of this it was selected last year for long term preservation in the national film registry by the library of congress because of how vividly and accurately it depicts “war as hell” in the opening scenes. It is a movie I would recommend to anyone who would want to see an accurate portrayal of what some of World War II was like in a movie and it would be my first recommendation if you wanted a good depiction of what the events of D-Day were like.

Saving Private Ryan can be summarized

The movie was also inspired by the real story of Frederick Niland and his brothers. Private Ryan was a fictional character but he was loosely based on the story of Frederick Niland. Frederick Niland had three brothers. Two of his brothers were killed in battle and the third was missing and presumed dead. Frederick Niland just like Private Ryan in the movie parachuted in to France. He was knocked off course when his plane took fire. It took him a week to fight his way back to his regiment. When he returned he learned of one his brothers passing and sought out his grave. While searching for his grave with the help of a Champlain Father Francis Sampson that he discovered by accident that another of his brothers had fallen and he was also buried there. It was in the late summer of 1944 that the same Champlain came to see him and told him that he was going home by order of the president because he was a sole surviving son under the sole survivor policy. Like Private Ryan in the Movie Frederick Niland did not want to leave he wanted to stay and fight but he ended up going home. It is this story that was a huge inspiration for the

The Ludendorff Bridge shares a similar story to the one in the movie. American forces were surprised then they discovered the bridge was still intact as Hitler had ordered the bridges over the river be destroyed. American forces advanced on the bridge and explosives were set off but due to some faulty fuses the bridge only suffered minor damage. The American forces were able to capture the bridge after fighting their way across and it was dubbed the Miracle of Remagen. The bridge became an important foothold for allied troops just as the bridge in the movie was viewed as being an important foothold that needed to be