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California during World War II was a major contributor to the World War II effort. California's long Pacific Ocean coastline provided the support needed for the Pacific War. California also supported the war in Europe. After the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941, most of California's manufacturing was shifted to the war effort.
The film focuses on the World War II experiences of Desmond Doss, an American pacifist combat medic who, as a Seventh-day Adventist Christian, refused to carry or use a weapon or firearm of any kind. Doss became the first conscientious objector to be awarded the Medal of Honor , for service above and beyond the call of duty during the Battle of ...
6th Marine Division on Okinawa. United States Marine Corps. The film details the actions of the 6th Marine Division during the Battle of Okinawa, released shortly after the event. 1945. The Rock. Michael Bay. Nicolas Cage, Sean Connery, Ed Harris.
Japan. The Legend of Tank Commander Nishizumi. Nishizumi senshacho-den (西住戦車長伝) Kōzaburō Yoshimura. Japanese tank commander fights in the Sino-Japanese War and dies in the Battle of Nanking. United Kingdom. Ten Days in Paris. Jeremy Brown. Comedy mystery.
Box office. $2,176,489 [1] Gung Ho! (full title: Gung Ho!: The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders) is a 1943 American war film directed by Ray Enright and starring Randolph Scott. The story is based somewhat on the real-life World War II Makin Island raid led by Lieutenant Colonel Evans Carlson 's 2nd Marine Raider Battalion.
The Fighting Seabees. The Fighting Seabees is a 1944 American war film directed by Edward Ludwig and starring John Wayne and Susan Hayward. The supporting cast includes Dennis O'Keefe, William Frawley, Leonid Kinsky, Addison Richards and Grant Withers. [4] The Fighting Seabees portrays a heavily fictionalized account of the dilemma that led to ...
Casablanca is a 1942 American romantic drama film directed by Michael Curtiz and starring Humphrey Bogart, Ingrid Bergman, and Paul Henreid.Filmed and set during World War II, it focuses on an American expatriate (Bogart) who must choose between his love for a woman (Bergman) and helping her husband (Henreid), a Czechoslovak resistance leader, escape from the Vichy-controlled city of ...
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.