When I first saw the 'Loot Train attack' scene from Season 7 (Episode 4) of Game of Thrones, I instantly thought it must have been inspired by the 'Highway of Death', an incident from the First Gulf War in 1991.
Highway of Death, aftermath (1991)
The incident occurred when coalition aircraft strafed and bombed the Iraqi army, who were retreating up Highway 80 back to Iraq from Kuwait, which they had invaded the previous year.
Watching the dragon strafe a hapless wagon train, carrying loot back from a conquest, I couldn't help but see the similarities. I assumed it was intentional, and probably public knowledge that the incident partly inspired this scene.
Having recently used googled to discover if the scene was, in fact, inspired by that real world event, I was surprised to discover that no member of the production team seems to have ever publicly referenced it, and no viewer seems to have pointed it out.
The photos of charred bodies at the Highway of Death are gruesome (see the famous one on reddit), and eerily similar to the ash corpses we see in this scene.
Ash Corpse prop in Game of Thrones
I cannot be sure the Highway of Death was an inspiration for elements of this scene. All I can say is that it instantly brought it to my mind.
I leave it to you to decide.
Submitted January 07, 2023 at 08:44PM by ScafellPike https://ift.tt/KfhoZ9X
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