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The Rat Patrol (1966)
Another impossible series that make the Germans look bad
I recently watched the Rat Patrol. Its maybe the most ridiculous war related series ever shown. The 4 men occupy two regular issue jeeps with 50 caliber machine guns mounted. As part of there "missions" they regularly destroy Nazi tanks, armored troop carriers and other difficult targets or roll with impunity into Nazi camps to destroy a target. Like a jeep with a 50 caliber machine gun was going to destroy a heavily armored German tank. In every episode except the first (where an unknown gunner was killed)the rat patrol members are NEVER killed.The Nazis are lead by a bumbling idiot called Capt. Detrich who had to be a reject in any army. In reality Rommels Afrika Korps was one of the best fighting units in World War II. If Rommel was still alive I am sure he would die laughing at this show. I wish that a more realistic series could have been produced such as Combat or 12 Oclock high where at least battles were portrayed somewhat accurately.
Blue Light (1966)
Hilarious series that as usual makes the Germans look stupid
I recently saw a few episodes of Blue Light at a friends house. This series makes Hogans Heroes look like Saving Private Ryan. The hero David March is a traitor who is accepted by Nazi high command and is in reality a double agent. Despite the ridiculous idea you can see that March is a DUMB agent. In an early episode March is talking about a secret plan to blow up a German factory on a German plane with other Germans reading newspapers around him! This type of error was repeated continually throughout the series. Im surprised he lasted beyond the third episode.It seems that London would be angry at him for disclosing his "secret" identity to so many people that it had to be verified continually. The Germans themselves are portrayed as bumbling simpletons who at times wear helmets that were so large that they could not see with them on. March also continues to destroy the Germans despite the fact that it was obvious he was a traitor. Other than the fact that the series is hilarious at times Blue Light is a poor excuse for a action series.