Few movie scenes capture the horror of war like Saving Private Ryan. Seeing the storming of the beach in all its ugliness—the fear, the seasickness, the bullets, the desperation, the death—gives us a cold look at the reality of D-Day and how terrifying it must have been. But just how historically accurate is that scene? History Buffs analyzes scenes from Saving Private Ryan to point out what actually happened versus what is Hollywood fiction.
Source: Gizmodo – How Historically Accurate Is Saving Private Ryan?