It's also probably why that incorrect image exists: projecting such an image would have been absolutely vital for morale, and those stories influence the stori

It's also probably why that incorrect image exists: projecting such an image would have been absolutely vital for morale, and those stories influence the stories we tell today. In many ways, it's still vital for morale today, but it would have mattered a lot more when morale was as decisive as it was then.