The Most Historically Accurate Hollywood Films

Sole-Survivor Policy

Though the actual search for "Private Ryan" is fictional, the film is based on a real directive that was enacted in 1942. The "Sole-Survivor Policy" stated that if only one member of a family remains, they were to be protected from military duty. There was a real search and rescue mission for a man named Frederick Niland, who lost three of his brothers died at war over just one month.

The More You Know

The Dutch declared a war against the Royalists but no battles happened or deaths caused. It went on for 335 years.
The Sixteenth President of the USA, Abraham Lincoln was declared as a wrestling champ. He had concurred one loss among 300 matches.
The shortest war in history was between England and Zanzibar, and only lasted 38 minutes.
The first-ever animated film to be nominated for Best Picture was Beauty and the Beast in 1981

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