| Title |
Release Year |
Location |
Theme |
| Wake Island |
1942
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Pacific
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US Soldiers fight Japanese following Pearl Harbor |
| This is the Army |
1943 |
Homefront |
Creation of moral-boosting musical |
| Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo |
1944 |
Pacific
|
US Bombers attack following Pearl Harbor |
| Flying Leathernecks |
1944 |
Pacific
|
The exploits and personal battles of Marine aviators |
| The Sullivans |
1944 |
Pacific |
Based on the true story of brothers in the service |
| The White Cliffs of Dover |
1944 |
Europe |
An American in England looses her son to the war |
| The Best Years of Our Lives |
1946 |
Homefront |
Vets return home to find things different |
| Sands of Iwo Jima |
1949 |
Pacific |
Marines vs. Japanese |
| 12 O'Clock High |
1949 |
Europe |
US Bombers working in UK |
| Desert Fox |
1951 |
Europe |
Bio on Rommell |
| Stalag 17 |
1953 |
Europe |
POW camp paranoia |
| Dam Busters |
1954 |
Europe |
RAFs attack Ruhr dams in Germany |
| To Hell and Back |
1955 |
Europe |
Story of the most decorated soldier of WWII |
| Bridge on the River Kwai |
1957 |
Pacific |
POWs forced to build a brige for Japanese army |
| Run Silent, Run Deep |
1958 |
Pacific |
Navy vs Japanese subs |
| Sink the Bismarck! |
1960 |
Europe |
Royal Navy attmepts to sink Nazi battleship |
| Guns of Navarone |
1961 |
Europe |
Allies attack German fortress in Aegean Sea |
| The Longest Day |
1962 |
Europe |
Normandy invasion |
| The Great Escape |
1963 |
Europe |
Escape from Nazi POW camp |
| The Thin Red Line |
1964 |
Pacific |
Strafe between ranks |
| Battle of the Bulge |
1965 |
Europe |
Allies vs. Nazis in France |
| Von Ryan's Express |
1965 |
Europe |
American leads an English POW escape |
| The Dirty Dozen |
1967 |
Europe |
Special force of brutes hunt Nazi officers |
| Where Eagles Dare |
1968 |
Europe |
Allie rescue mission against Nazis |
| The Battle of Britain |
1969 |
Europe |
Britian defends itself against Nazi forces |
| Tora! Tora! Tora! |
1970 |
Pacific |
Pearl Harbor Attack from US and Japanese POV |
| Kelly's Heroes |
1970 |
Europe |
US Soldiers hunt for hidden Nazi gold |
| Patton |
1970 |
Europe |
Highs and Lows of famous US General |
| Catch-22 |
1970 |
Europe |
A bombadier questions the war |
| Midway |
1976 |
Pacific |
US defeats the larger Japanese navy |
| A Bridge Too Far |
1977 |
Europe |
UK and US troops on suicide mission in Normandy |
| The Big Red One |
1980 |
Europe |
1st Infrantry battles in Europe |
| Das Boot |
1982 |
Europe |
German U-boat Crew |
| Memphis Belle |
1990 |
Europe |
B-17 bomer squad on German mission |
| Shindler's List |
1993 |
Europe |
Nazi persecution of the Jews |
| Life Is Beautiful |
1997 |
Europe |
Jews use humor to survive in concentration camp |
| Saving Private Ryan |
1998 |
Europe |
82nd Airborn attempt rescue mission |
| The Thin Red Line |
1998 |
Pacific |
Internal strife in the Battle of Guadalcanal |
| Enemy at the Gates |
2001 |
Russia |
Nazi vs Russian Sniper |
| Pearl Harbor |
2001 |
Pacific |
Attack on Pearl Harbor |
| Captain Corelli's Mandolin |
2001 |
Europe |
Italian soldier fights off Nazis in Greece |
| Band of Brothers |
2001 |
Europe |
Experiences of airborn division |
| Windtalkers |
2002 |
Pacific |
Two Marines protect Navajo code breakers |
| U-571 |
2002 |
Europe |
Allies sneak on to German sub |
| Hart's War |
2002 |
Europe |
American POWs conduct a trial in Germany |
| The Pianist |
2002 |
Europe |
Polish Jews find solice in music |
| The Great Raid* |
2005 |
Pacific |
Most successful rescue mission in US History |
| Flags of Our Fathers |
2006 |
Pacific/Homefront |
Soldier who fought in Iwo Jima stuggle with celebrity |
| Letters from Iwo Jima |
2006 |
Pacific |
Battle of Iwo Jima from Japanese perspective |
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| * Recomended by Jim Bogart –
Bataan Death March survivor |