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re: World War ll Movies - what are your favorites?

Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:45 am to
Posted by auyushu
Surprise, AZ
Member since Jan 2011
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:45 am to
Kelly's Heroes
Dirty Dozen
Where Eagles Dare
Guns of Navarone
Posted by List Eater
Htown
Member since Apr 2005
23559 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 1:55 am to
Kelly's Heroes

Tora! Tora! Tora!

Saving Private Ryan?
Posted by mr. penguin
Member since Jun 2009
7467 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 4:03 am to
Band of Brothers

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If it has to be a movie, Saving Private Ryan.
This post was edited on 11/10/12 at 4:04 am
Posted by drexyl
Mingovia
Member since Sep 2005
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 6:44 am to
Dirty Dozen
Posted by tylerdurden24
Member since Sep 2009
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 10:31 am to
If you're serious about historical accuracy, Battle of Britain and Tora! Tora! Tora! must be seen
Posted by Sunday_Tiger
Napoleanville
Member since Mar 2012
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:11 am to
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Saving Private Ryan
Posted by The Dude Abides
Atlanta, GA
Member since Feb 2010
2226 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:23 am to
In no particular order

Saving Private Ryan
The Dirty Dozen
The Thin Red Line
U-571 (bite me)
Patton
Posted by Xenophon
Aspen
Member since Feb 2006
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:49 am to
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Can you also recommend any great books/movies of the recent conflicts in the Middle East?


Books

Generation Kill
The March Up (About the assault on Baghdad with the 1st Marines)
Boots on the Ground (82nd Airborne in Iraq)
War (Restrepo)
Thunder Run (About the armored assault on Baghdad)
American Soldier (Tommy Franks biography)
Outlaw Platoon (10th Moutain/Rangers in Afghanistan)
Lions of Kandahar
Not A Good Day To Die (Operation Anaconda)
Posted by PurpleandGold Motown
Birmingham, Alabama
Member since Oct 2007
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Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:51 am to
Dirty Dozen
Posted by prplhze2000
Parts Unknown
Member since Jan 2007
51316 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 2:01 pm to
1. Battle of Britain
2. Sands of Iwo Jima
3. Bridge on the River Kwai
4. Midway
5. Tora Tora Tora
6. where eagles dare
Posted by dutchtiger
Member since Jun 2012
511 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 2:47 pm to
Band of Brothers
THe Pacific
Saving Private Ryan
Pattton
Dirty Dozen
Longest Day
Kelly's Heroes
Tora Tora Tora
To Hell and Back
Pearl Hsrbor
Posted by Escobar600
Member since Jan 2011
4777 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 8:24 pm to
The Thin Red Line
Memphis Belle
Posted by JawjaTigah
Bizarro World
Member since Sep 2003
22493 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 10:09 pm to
Patton
Casablanca
From Here to Eternity
Shining Through
Schindler's List
A Bridge Too Far
This post was edited on 11/10/12 at 10:11 pm
Posted by parrotdr
Cesspool of Rationalization
Member since Oct 2003
7506 posts
Posted on 11/10/12 at 11:39 pm to
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Band of Brothers

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If it has to be a movie, Saving Private Ryan.



This...

quote:

Pearl Harbor. With affleck.


While not the worst movie in the world, should be nowhere NEAR a "best" war movie list.
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