I know that British film studios made several war films about the desert campaigns but they were usually men on a mission style films,I wonder why they never made a big budget film about the El Alamein or the Taranto raid?
Seems odd Hollywood made this film about Australians but did not make many films about British campaigns.
It does seem odd. Perhaps they departed from their usual prejudice because the defenders were Australian, not "British". I saw this movie long ago, so cannot remember if it acknowledged the fact that Tobruk was not defended only by Australians. I'd love to see a big budget movie about Montgomery v Rommel and the battle of El Alamein, on a scale similar to A Bridge Too Far and The Longest Day, but I doubt whether the Brits could afford to finance it. I expect the Americans wouldn't finance it unless they could manufacture a huge fiction about their forces being involved and doing most of the winning.
shareThat would be an awesome film ... especially if it stayed true with history. I don't think people really appreciate what we on down there enough.