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Horror in the East: Japan and the Atrocities of World War II (2000, 2 Episodes, 98 minutes, 4:3 Fullscreen, 1 Disc) Documentary on the Japanese Army's atrocities in the Asia-Pacific war and why the Japanese fought to the death. Supplements on the Indian Army and the Burma War. 7.
World War II Behind Closed Doors: Stalin, the Nazis and the West is a 2008 six-episode BBC/PBS documentary series on the role of Joseph Stalin and German-Soviet relations before, during, and after World War II, created by Laurence Rees and Andrew Williams.
Why We Fight is a series of seven propaganda films produced by the US Department of War from 1942 to 1945, during World War II. It was originally written for American soldiers to help them understand why the United States was involved in the war, but US President Franklin Roosevelt ordered distribution for public viewing .
Patten had been a USAAF navigator in World War II, the only member of the cast with aircrew experience. Sergeant McIllhenny was drawn from a member of the 306th Bomb Group, Sgt Donald Bevan , [ 7 ] a qualified gunner who was assigned ground jobs, including part-time driver for the commander of his squadron.
Prelude to War (Capra, 1942) is the first film of Frank Capra's Why We Fight film series commissioned by the Office of War Information (OWI) and George C. Marshall.It was made to educate American troops of the necessity of combating the Axis powers during World War II based on the idea that those in the service would fight more willingly and ably if they knew the background and the reason for ...
Ukrainians were urged to heed air raid sirens and stay in bomb shelters Monday, as Vladimir Putin presided over a vast display of firepower in Moscow.
An epilogue states that after three months of heavy combat, the Battle of the Hürtgen Forest claimed more than 24,000 dead and wounded and most historians today agree that there was little to no strategic justification for so great a sacrifice because German reinforcements ultimately thwarted the American offensive.
Justin Edgar, a well-established British filmmaker and advocate for disabled people, has pushed the boundaries for accessibility films with “The Letter,” a drama shedding light on a lesser ...