Inglourious Basterds (commando unit)

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Inglourious Basterds is a fictional World War II-era Jewish-American commando unit in Quentin Tarantino's film "Inglourious Basterds," known for its brutal guerrilla tactics against Nazi forces.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf fictional World War II unit
fictional commando unit
fictional military unit
allegianceInFiction Allied forces NERFINISHED
appearsIn Inglourious Basterds NERFINISHED
appearsInWorkBy Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED
commanderInFiction Aldo Raine NERFINISHED
conflictInFiction Second World War NERFINISHED
countryOfOriginInFiction United States NERFINISHED
creator Quentin Tarantino NERFINISHED
ethnicIdentityOfCoreMembers Jewish-American
fictionalLanguageContext English
German
fictionalUniverse Inglourious Basterds (film) NERFINISHED
firstAppearance film Inglourious Basterds (2009)
genreContext black comedy
revisionist history film
war film
goalInFiction contribute to the downfall of the Nazi regime
kill large numbers of Nazi soldiers
spread fear among German forces
knownFor brutal attacks on German soldiers
guerrilla warfare tactics against Nazis
psychological warfare against Nazi troops
scalping Nazi soldiers
leaderCharacterPortrayedBy Brad Pitt NERFINISHED
mediumOfOrigin feature film
memberInFiction Donny Donowitz NERFINISHED
Hugo Stiglitz NERFINISHED
Omar Ulmer NERFINISHED
Smithson Utivich NERFINISHED
Utivich NERFINISHED
Wicki NERFINISHED
narrativeFunction revenge fantasy against Nazis
subversion of traditional World War II film tropes
nationalityOfMembersInFiction American
notableOperationInFiction plot to assassinate Nazi leadership at a Paris cinema
operationalMethod ambushes
behind-the-lines commando raids
hit-and-run attacks
terror tactics aimed at demoralizing the enemy
operationalTheaterInFiction European Theater of World War II NERFINISHED
primaryAdversaryInFiction Nazi Germany NERFINISHED
SS NERFINISHED
Wehrmacht NERFINISHED
settingInFiction occupied France
sideInFictionalConflict Allies of World War II NERFINISHED
timePeriodInFiction World War II NERFINISHED

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Hans Landa enemyOf Inglourious Basterds (commando unit)