I watched it last night and was generally impressed but one thing bothered me. He criticized cities on the East Coast for not turning their lights off at night and implied this contributed to the German submarines' success early in the war.
I thought submarines relied mostly on Sonar to find targets so what difference would it make if cities were blacked out? I know that some of their deadliest attacks took place miles from land where there was no light anyway.
It just seemed like a willful distortion of facts to make a point but I could be wrong.
I'd love for someone whose more knowledgeable than I am to clarify this.
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