Hmmm. Whilst I agree that attitudes hardened I’m not so sure about your timescales Matt. You quote the release dates of films but maybe the more relevant date is when they were scripted and made, which would be earlier. In particular I believe that that there was a real hardening of mood during the blitz in the winter of 1940/41 . There are numerous contemporary references to demands to strike back and ‘give them some of their own medicine’ or similar - the line between Nazis and ‘other’ Germans is fading.
Hmmm. Whilst I agree that attitudes hardened I’m not so sure about your timescales Matt. You quote the release dates of films but maybe the more relevant date is when they were scripted and made, which would be earlier. In particular I believe that that there was a real hardening of mood during the blitz in the winter of 1940/41 . There are numerous contemporary references to demands to strike back and ‘give them some of their own medicine’ or similar - the line between Nazis and ‘other’ Germans is fading.
thanks for reading Alan