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2) Sisu
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Formats
Description
During WWII, a solitary prospector crosses paths with Nazis in northern Finland. When the Nazis steal his gold, they quickly discover he is no ordinary miner. While there is no direct translation for the Finnish word "sisu," the legendary ex-commando will embody what it means: a white-knuckled form of courage and unimaginable determination in the face of overwhelming odds. And this one-man death squad will go to outrageous lengths to get his gold...
3) War Movies
Author
Pub. Date
1987
Language
English
Description
Includes: an entertaining history of the genre from its origin to 1987. Over 450 colorful A-to-Z entries on war films from around the world.
Pub. Date
2000, c1976
Language
English
Description
In 1943 a crack force of German paratroopers lands in England, prepared to kidnap Churchill. Disguised as Polish soldiers, the men are accepted by the villagers where they land, but are exposed when the German uniform of one of their number is revealed. The entire village is taken hostage, and the race to capture Churchill is on.
5) U-571
Pub. Date
2000
Language
English
Description
During World War II, a group of Navy men are sent to steal Enigma (the nazi's top-secret decoding device). When their own ship is destroyed, they must secretly make their way through hostile waters in a severely damaged Nazi U-boat to safety with the device
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
Shortly after receiving the news that they will soon be reunited with their families back in the United States, a unit serving in Iraq is deployed on one last humanitarian mission. Their objective is to deliver medical supplies to a remote Iraqi village. Upon arriving in the village, the unit is viciously ambushed and many lives are lost. Now, as the four surviving members of the battalion return home and attempt to readjust to civilian life, the...
7) Gung ho!
Pub. Date
[2002]
Language
English
Description
A dynamic documentary-like war movie highlighting the heroism of Colonel Evan Carlson's marine raiders. Taking us from the grueling and intense training to the attack and successful destruction of superior Japanese forces on Makin Island.
Pub. Date
2002
Language
English
Description
Navy flight navigator Lt. Burnett and his pilot are shot down over Bosnia during a routine reconaissance mission after seeing something the Serbian forces didn't want them to see. Once on the ground, deep inside enemy territory, the chase is on as they are tracked by rebel forces who want to make sure they are dead. Meanwhile back on the aircraft carrier, the commander, who wants to mount a rescue mission, must play political games to make it happen....
10) Father Goose
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
A man living in isolation on an island during WWII deals with a school teacher and her group of students that invade his private paradise.
Series
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Set in Nazi Germany in 1936, this is the story of George Heisler who along with six others escapes from a concentration camp. One by one the others are captured while George keeps one step ahead and is aided by others who risk their own lives to help him.
12) Gallipoli
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Two young men (Mel Gibson and Mark Lee) are brought together in the Australian army in 1915. They cross continents and great oceans, climb pyramids and walk through the ancient sands of Egypt to join their regiment at the fateful battle of GALLIPOLI. Nominated for Best Foreign Film at the **Golden Globes**. Official Selection at the **Venice Film Festival**. "*Weir's work has a delicacy, gentleness, even wispiness that would seem not well suited to...
13) Resistance
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
Before he was the world-famous mime Marcel Marceau, he was Marcel Mangel, an aspiring Jewish actor who joined the French Resistance to save the lives of thousands of children orphaned at the hands of the Nazis. A compelling drama about a group of unsung heroes who put themselves in harm's way to rise above hatred and oppression during World War II.
14) Anzio
Pub. Date
©2005
Language
English
Description
" ... After landing with Allied troops in Anzio Italy in 1944, war correspondent Dick Ennis and buddy Corporal Rabinoff tell Anzio commander General Lesley that the road to Rome is wide open. But instead of heading to Rome, Lesley attempts to build a coastal stronghold, only to discover that the Germans have outflanked them by enclosing the Anzio beachhead ..."
15) On the double
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
A timid American soldier bears a striking resemblance to a famous British Colonel. The Military Intelligence decides to use the poor chap as a pawn and recruit the naive soldier to impersonate the legendary Colonel, who's highly targeted by the Nazi assassins.
Series
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
"As the alarm wails, Joe McConnell's squad of Sabre pilots are airborne in seconds. The mission: keep enemy planes away from helicopters evacuating wounded infantrymen. The destination: the deadly corridor called MIG Alley ... In war, McConnell became America's first triple jet ace, downing 16 enemy planes. In peace, he braved the unknown as a test pilot in the jet era's infancy"--Container.
17) The great escape
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
A high-security German prisoner-of-war camp in 1942 holds only known troublemakers and risk-takers, all of whom are determined to pull off the war's most daring escape.
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"When Corrie ten Boom realizes the rising Nazi empire will swallow Holland and create the holocaust of every innocent Jew in secret death-camps, she faces the deadly threat of these "Death-Skull Storm Troopers" with a surprising remedy: an army of untrained teenagers. Around that same time, brilliant young physics student, Hans Poley, chooses not to join the Nazi party. To protect him, his parents force him into hiding in the home of Corrie ten Boom....
19) The great escape
Pub. Date
2007, c1963
Language
English
Description
The true story of 76 allied airmen who plot a massive escape from Stalag 3, a maximum security prison in World War II.
20) Flyboys
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
A story of the young Americans who volunteered to be part of the French military prior to the United States involvement in WWI, also known as Lafayette Escadrille, and how they became the country's first fighter pilots.
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