Quote Originally Posted by McClef View Post
Hollywood always has a crying need to get as many Americans as they can into a movie about WW2.
That's because 16.5 million Americans served in the military during WWII, as opposed to 3.5 million Britons. In terms of sheer box office numbers (never mind defeating fascism in Europe and crushing Japanese Imperialism in the Far East) Hollywood perceives the American involvement in WW II to have greater audience interest.