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The Sea Wolves is a 1980 war film starring Gregory Peck, Roger Moore and David Niven. The film, which is based on the 1978 book Boarding Party by James Leasor , is the true story of Operation Creek during the Second World War .
A major expansion of Special Forces occurred during the 1960s, with a total of eighteen groups organized in the Regular Army, Army Reserve, and Army National Guard. As a result of renewed emphasis on special operations in the 1980s, the Special Forces Branch was established as a basic branch of the Army effective 9 April 1987, by General Orders ...
A Walk in the Sun was reissued by Realart Pictures in 1951 as Salerno Beachhead. In the 1980s the film was released on VHS tape. In the 1980s the film was released on VHS tape. In 2022, A Walk in the Sun was reissued after restoration by the UCLA Film & Television Archive in cooperation with the British Film Institute using a 35mm nitrate fine ...
This list of World War II films (1950–1989) contains fictional feature films or miniseries released since 1950 which feature events of World War II in the narrative. The entries on this list are war films or miniseries that are concerned with World War II (or the Sino-Japanese War ) and include events which feature as a part of the war effort.
Legends of the Fall (1994), American brothers go off to war with the Canadian Army; Regeneration (1997), British medical staff deal with PTSD; The Trench (1999), depiction of British troops in the Battle of the Somme; The Lost Battalion (2001), American battalion during the Argonne Forest battle; Deathwatch (2002) Company K (2004), U.S. Marines ...
Empire of the Sun (1987) – epic war film based on J. G. Ballard's semi-autobiographical 1984 novel of the same name, telling of a young English boy struggling to survive under Japanese occupation of China during World War II [428]
Philip Madoc (born Philip Arvon Jones; 5 July 1934 – 5 March 2012) [2] was a Welsh actor. He performed many stage, television, radio and film roles, and was recognised for having a "rich, sonorous voice" and often playing villains and officers. [3]
Against the Sun is a 2014 American survival drama film. Based on a true story from World War II, the film was written, produced, and directed by Brian Falk and starred Garret Dillahunt, Tom Felton, and Jake Abel. The film was released via video on demand on January 23, 2015.