Description: War Movies and Documentaries. Mostly on WWII.
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The Rack
( 1956 )
A decorated Korean War hero inexplicably collaborates with the enemy while interred in a POW camp and is court-martialed.
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Submarine Command
( 1951 )
Submarine commander Ken White reminisces about his wartime years aboard submarine USS Tiger Shark and struggles with feelings of personal guilt.
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Against the Wind
( 1949 )
A secret London school trains a motley group of men and women for sabotage work in German occupied Belgium during World War II. When one of them is captured by the Germans, five others are parachuted in to rescue him.
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Hitler's Madman
( 1943 )
Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs.
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The Cruel Sea
( 1953 )
The World War II adventures of a British convoy escort ship and its officers.
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Too Late the Hero
( 1970 )
A reluctant hero, American Lieutenant Sam Lawson, is seconded to a motley British unit tasked with destroying a Japanese radio on a Philippine island.
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This Land Is Mine
( 1943 )
A mild-mannered school teacher in a German-occupied town during World War II finds himself torn between collaboration and resistance.
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Square of Violence
( 1961 )
In Nazi-occupied Italy, a local doctor, who is a resistance fighter, detonates a bomb to kill Germans but is faced with a moral dilemma when the Germans threaten to execute 300 Italian hostages if the culprit doesn't surrender.
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The Last Blitzkrieg
( 1959 )
The fanatical son of a Nazi General leads a squad of German commandos, disguised as American Troops, behind the lines in order to sabotage the Allied Forces. Stars Van Johnson, Kerwin Matthews, Dick York and Larry Storch.
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Mrs. Miniver
( 1942 )
A British family struggles to survive the first months of World War II.
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Saboteur
( 1942 )
A young man accused of sabotage goes on the run to prove his innocence.
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Submarine Seahawk
( 1959 )
For his first command in the Pacific war a by-the-book officer is ordered to take his submarine on a reconnaissance mission to locate a fleet of Japanese fighting ships the Allies have lost track of. At first, the rest of the crew resent his distant manner and the way he keeps avoiding taking on the Japs.
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Fräulein
( 1958 )
A Nazi's fiancee helps an escaped U.S. soldier, then meets him in postwar Berlin.
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Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo
( 1944 )
In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.
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King Rat
( 1965 )
Fast-talking wheeler-dealer Corporal King is stuck in a Malaysian P.O.W. camp during World War II and uses bribery and larceny to take de-facto control of the camp.
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Destination Tokyo
( 1943 )
In order to provide information for the first air raid over Tokyo, a U.S. submarine sneaks into Tokyo Bay and places a spy team ashore.
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The Proud and Profane
( 1956 )
In the Pacific during WWII, a Roman Catholic widow falls for a tough lieutenant colonel.
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The Man Who Never Was
( 1956 )
In order to fool the Germans into thinking the Allied invasion of Sicily will take place elsewhere, British Military Intelligence comes up with a cunning ruse.
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The Mortal Storm
( 1940 )
The Roth family leads a quiet life in a small village in the German Alps during the early 1930s. After the Nazis come to power, the family is divided and Martin Breitner, a family friend, is caught up in the turmoil.
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Passage to Marseille
( 1944 )
Five patriotic convicts are helped to escape imprisonment in Devil's Island so they can fight for occupied Free French forces against the Nazis.
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Men of the Fighting Lady
( 1954 )
A famous writer visits an aircraft carrier during the Korean war to learn more about it and the way it's run. He also gets to find out more about the Navy and Marine aviators themselves, their internal and external conflicts and dangers of their job.
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Overlord
( 1977 )
During the Second World War a young lad is called up and, with an increasing sense of foreboding, undertakes his army training ready for D-day.
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Carve Her Name with Pride
( 1958 )
During World War II, a recently widowed young woman is recruited to work as a spy in France.
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Strategic Air Command
( 1955 )
An ex-pilot and current baseballer is recalled into the U.S. Air Force and assumes an increasingly important role in Cold War deterrence.
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Cross of Iron
( 1977 )
A German commander places a squad in extreme danger after its Sergeant refuses to lie for him.
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Operation Crossbow
( 1965 )
This is the story of the methods used to defeat Hitler's V1 (doodlebug) and V2 (rocket) "revenge weapons" towards the end of World War II. Even though the Nazis were in retreat, these weapons could have turned their defeat into victory. This movie includes references to Hannah Reich, who was a German test pilot in real-life.
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Ice Cold in Alex
( 1958 )
During World War II in North Africa, a medical field unit must cross the desert in their ambulance in order to reach the British lines in Alexandria.
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A Walk in the Sun
( 1945 )
During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.
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D-Day the Sixth of June
( 1956 )
'Twas the night before D-Day. One ship, carrying Special Force Six, leaves ahead of the main invasion on a dangerous mission. On board are British Colonel Wynter and American Captain Parker, who each, in flashback, reminisce about their separate involvements with beauteous Valerie Russell. Will the coming battle (confined to the film's last fifteen minutes) determine which one comes home to her?
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One of Our Aircraft Is Missing
( 1942 )
When Nazi anti-aircraft fire damages a British bomber, its crew bails out and seeks help from the Dutch underground.
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Air Force
( 1943 )
The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines.
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Prelude to War
( 1942 )
The official World War II US Government film statement defining the various enemies of the Allies and why they must be fought.
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Jet Pilot
( 1957 )
Air Force Colonel Jim Shannon is tasked to escort a defecting Soviet pilot who is scheming to lure Shannon to the USSR.
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Here Comes the Navy
( 1934 )
A cocky guy joins the Navy for the wrong reason but finds romance and twice is cited for heroism.
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Fixed Bayonets!
( 1951 )
The story of a platoon during the Korean War. One by one Corporal Denno's superiors are killed until it comes to the point where he must try to take command responsibility.
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Raid on Rommel
( 1971 )
In 1942 Libya, a German-speaking British Intelligence officer uses former British POWs, some dressed in German uniforms, to fulfill a secret sabotage mission inside German-captured Tobruk.
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Underground
( 1941 )
A World War II Hollywood propaganda film detailing the dark underside of Nazism and the Third Reich set between two brothers, Kurt and Erik Franken, who are SS officers in the Nazi party. Kurt learns and exposes the evils of the system to Erik and tries to convince him of the immoral stance that marches under the symbol of the swastika.
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Castle Keep
( 1969 )
During the Battle of the Bulge, an anachronistic count shelters a ragtag squad of Americans in his isolated castle hoping they will defend it against the advancing Germans.
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Red Ball Express
( 1952 )
Story of the military truck drivers who kept the Allied armies supplied in Europe during World War II.
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Wings of the Navy
( 1939 )
Jerry and Cass have always been competitive. Now that Cass is a well respected Naval aviator like his father, Jerry leaves the submarine service to become a flying cadet with Class 61 at Pensacola. During training, Jerry meets and falls for Cass's fiancée Irene. After air sickness, jitters and a crash landing, Jerry gets his wings. Cass is not as lucky as he is crippled in a crash and must retire. Cass designs a new fighter for the Navy as Jerry pilots flying boats in San Diego. Jerry will do anything to show Cass that he is a better pilot, even if it means leaving the Navy to test the experimental fighter that killed test pilot Steve Conners.
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