Uploaded July 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago
We love it, but can any historical truths be found in Tarantino's epic Inglourious Basterds??
War historian Jennifer Howe takes us through the real stories of the SS, Nazi occupation and The Richie boys, portrayed in this movie by Christoph Waltz, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, and Mélanie Laurent.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Overview of Inglourious Basterds
1:27 Historical context of the 1941 occupied France
2:54 Analysing Christoph Waltz's Hans Landa
4:54 Bureaucracy and systems of the Holocaust
6:15 Nazi propaganda and antisemitic rhetoric
7:59 Were German officers polite?
9:58 Did the SS knock on doors?
11:54 Real behind-the-lines missions and the Richie Boys
14:34 The myth of scalping
16:12 The mental state and decline of Adolf Hitler
19:06 We meet Shosanna hiding as Emmanuelle
22:51 Joseph Goebbels and Nazi propaganda films
27:33 Hans Landa interrogation scene
31:31 America's protection of Nazis
33:00 Kolberh (1945) Propaganda film
34:03 The Nazis burn in the theatre, ending the war?
#WW2 #InglouriousBasterds #MovieReview
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We love it, but can any historical truths be found in Tarantino's epic Inglourious Basterds??
War historian Jennifer Howe takes us through the real stories of the SS, Nazi occupation and The Richie boys, portrayed in this movie by Christoph Waltz, Brad Pitt, Diane Kruger, Eli Roth, and Mélanie Laurent.
0:00 Introduction
0:36 Overview of Inglourious Basterds
1:27 Historical context of the 1941 occupied France
2:54 Analysing Christoph Waltz's Hans Landa
4:54 Bureaucracy and systems of the Holocaust
6:15 Nazi propaganda and antisemitic rhetoric
7:59 Were German officers polite?
9:58 Did the SS knock on doors?
11:54 Real behind-the-lines missions and the Richie Boys
14:34 The myth of scalping
16:12 The mental state and decline of Adolf Hitler
19:06 We meet Shosanna hiding as Emmanuelle
22:51 Joseph Goebbels and Nazi propaganda films
27:33 Hans Landa interrogation scene
31:31 America's protection of Nazis
33:00 Kolberh (1945) Propaganda film
34:03 The Nazis burn in the theatre, ending the war?
#WW2 #InglouriousBasterds #MovieReview
You can now become a History Hit member right here on YouTube! Join for access to a new exclusive documentary every week, and access to over 160+ of our documentaries presented by world-renowned historians like Dan Snow, Eleanor Janega, Tristan Hughes, Mary Beard, Matt Lewis and more.
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