
Hollywood's War with Poland, 1939-1945
During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nation''s morale. They often portrayed the combatants in very simple terms: Americans and their allies were heroes, and everyone else was a villain. Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, and England were all good because they had been invaded or victimized by Nazi Germany. Poland, however, wa...
During World War II, Hollywood studios supported the war effort by making patriotic movies designed to raise the nation''s morale. They often portrayed the combatants in very simple terms: Americans and their allies were heroes, and everyone else was a villain. Norway, France, Czechoslovakia, and England were all good because they had been invaded or victimized by Nazi Germany. Poland, however, wa...