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Tetrachloride

(8,443 posts) Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:10 PM Feb 2022

War movies

Airlift. India dramatization of evacuation of India citizens from Jordan who had escaped from Kuwait

Some parts are fictional but its a very worthwhile movie

the wiki of the actual event

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1990_airlift_of_Indians_from_Kuwait

The Longest Day. Story of the World War 2 Normandy invasion

Downfall. the last days of Hitler

The Devils Brigade. highly fictional. very high casualty rate

Enemy at the Gates

Casablanca

Where Eagles Dare (fiction for the most part but instructive nonetheless)

Midway (over in the Pacific. )

Battle of the Bulge

Patton

Band of Brothers

Greyhound

Bridge of Spies (a significant characteristic of the Tom Hanks character is fictional but story is instructive nonetheless.)

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War movies (Original Post) Tetrachloride Feb 2022 OP

I'm thinking of streaming Mme. Defarge Feb 2022 #1

Winds of War and War and Remembrance wnylib Feb 2022 #2

"The Beast Of War". Aristus Feb 2022 #3

Post removed Post removed Mar 2022 #4

"Come and See" thucythucy Apr 2022 #5

Into the White & The Island on Bird Street bif Apr 2022 #6

Mme. Defarge

(8,503 posts)

1. I'm thinking of streaming

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Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:19 PM

Feb 2022

The Death of Stalin.

wnylib

(24,225 posts)

2. Winds of War and War and Remembrance

Reply to Tetrachloride (Original post)

Sun Feb 27, 2022, 03:40 PM

Feb 2022

TV series based on Herman Wouk's two books.

Available on DVD (expensive for the whole set) and on loan from many libraries.

Covers WWII battles, political moves and maneuvers of world leaders, and gives a view of the war through the experiences of both fictitious and real characters.

Aristus

(68,251 posts)

3. "The Beast Of War".

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Sun Feb 27, 2022, 06:39 PM

Feb 2022

1988 Kevin Reynolds film based on the William Mastrosimone play "Nanawatai".

A Soviet tank gets lost in the back-country of Afghanistan in 1981, pursued by the Mujahedin. The crewmembers start to turn on one another, leading to a deadly climax.

Most tankers and former tankers agree; it's one of the best tank films ever.

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thucythucy

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5. "Come and See"

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Sat Apr 9, 2022, 10:33 AM

Apr 2022

about the resistance to the Nazi occupation of Belarus.

"City of Life and Death" about the Japanese attack on and occupation of Nanking.

Both of these films are far more explicit about the horrors of war than most anything produced in Hollywood. Not even "Saving Private Ryan" comes close, so be forewarned--these are not easy films to watch.

bif

(23,887 posts)

6. Into the White & The Island on Bird Street

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Thu Apr 14, 2022, 05:53 PM

Apr 2022

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