re: Can you recommend any good/great WW2 movies that...

Winter in Wartime was good. About the dutch resistance/occupation.

Wind Talkers is all about the Pacific Front

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Twelve O'Clock High is the greatest war movie ever made

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Eh... It's a good movie -- the climax is especially unexpected -- but let's not go overboard.

There was a 12OH TV show in the '60s. It deserves to be better known -- not quite on the Combat level, but well-done.

This episode is notable for the fact that over two thirds of the running time takes place within the confines of the airplane -- a cinematic challenge for the director that gives it the feeling of a mini-movie.

Twelve O'Clock High - "The Mission" (1965)

A US airbase in England c. 1943. While preparing for a top priority mission, Gen. Savage replaces a sick crewman with hotshot gunner Joe Waller. Gen. Savage discovers too late that Waller is a washed-out pilot trainee who has a negative attitude because he is blamed for the deaths of his previous crew. Waller takes out his resentment on his fellow crew members and the resulting friction threatens the success of the mission.