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Downfall:
Hitler and the End of the Third Reich, The
It's the last days of Adolf Hitler, April 1945, and Hitler's personal
secretary Traudl Junge finds herself in the Der Fuhrer's bunker. Facing
inevitable defeat, Hilter's moods range from defiance to fight or flee, remain
loyal or opt for self-preservation. Eva Braun parties while Magda Goebbels kills
her children. The movie goes on to show how Hitler and Eva lived their last
hours in the Bunker.
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D-Day
the Sixth of June (1956)
En route to Normandy, an American and a British
officer reminisce in flashback about their romances with the same woman. 'Twas
the night before D-Day. One ship, carrying Special Force Six, leaves ahead of
the main invasion on a dangerous mission. |
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The Desert Rats
(1953)
Rommel has the British in retreat on his way to
the Suez Canal. All that stands in his way is Tobruk, held by a vastly out
numbered force of Australian troops. Richard Burton leads these troops on daring
raids against Rommel, keeping him off balance as they earn the nickname 'The
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The Dirty Dozen
(1967)
A Major with an attitude problem and a history
of getting things done is told to interview military prisoners with death
sentences or long terms for a dangerous mission; To parachute behind enemy lines
and cause havoc for the German Generals at a rest house on the eve of D-Day.
It is 1944 and the Allied Armies stand ready
for a major invasion of Germany from bases in England. As a prelude to D-Day, US
Army Intelligence orders a top secret mission where convicted criminals will be
offered a pardon in return for parachuting into the Reich on a suicide mission. |
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The
Devil's Brigade (1968)
During World War II a special fighting unit is
formed combining a crack Canadian outfit and a conglomeration of US Army misfits
previously serving time in military jails. After an initial period of conflict
between the two groups, their enmity turns to respect and friendship and the
unit is sent Italy to attempt a dangerous mission which has heretofore been
considered impossible to successfully complete
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