Military historian Dan Snow MBE examines various historical films and explains what is accurate and what isn't in the movies. Snow looks at over 250 years of military battles, exploring the battle tactics, strategies, and evolution of weapons throughout the years, and how these factors played into the historical war films ' timeframes.

In one episode, Snow looked at three very different films, discussing what was right and wrong about the American War of Independence in The Patriot , the Civil War in Glory , and finally the Middle East during World War I in Lawrence of Arabia . While a masterpiece, the David Lean movie was not accurate in many areas .

What Lawrence Of Arabia Gets Wrong About The Real-Life Story

Peter O'Toole as Lawrence and a man with a gun in Lawrence o

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