The Fighting 69th (1940)

A Brooklyn brawler (James Cagney) joins Father Duffy (Pat O'Brien) and Col. "Wild Bill" Donovan's (George Brent) Irish-American regiment in World War I.

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A Midnight Clear (1992)

This WW2 psychological drama plays out at Christmas. US GIs hold an isolated cabin in the Ardennes against a handful of Germans cut off from their main force. Combat-weary and short of rations, both sides are determined to survive.

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The Battle of Russia (1943)

Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War.

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The Eagle and the Hawk (1933)

The pilots of a Royal Air Force squadron in World War I face not only physical but mental dangers in their struggle to survive while fighting the enemy.

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Sands of Iwo Jima (1949)

Haunted by personal demons, Marine Sgt. John Stryker is hated and feared by his men, who see him as a cold-hearted sadist. But when their boots hit the beaches, they begin to understand the reason for Stryker's rigid form of discipline.

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Guns at Batasi (1964)

Anachronistic strict Regimental Sergeant Major Lauderdale (Sir Richard Attenborough), on a remote colonial African army caught in a local coup d'etat, must use his experience to defend those in his care.

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Pork Chop Hill (1959)

During the Korean War peace talks, U.S. troops fight to retake a hill from the Communist Chinese forces.

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El Alamein: The Line of Fire (2002)

War seen through the eyes of Serra, a university student from Palermo who volunteers in 1942 to fight in Africa. He is assigned to the Pavia Division on the southern line in Egypt. Rommel and the Axis forces are bogged down; it's October, the British prepare an offensive. At first, boredom, heat, hunger, and thirst bedevil the Italians; then the Brits attack, and ther...Read all

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The Ninth Day (2003)

A drama loosely based on Jean Bernard's Nazi-era prison diary.

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The Blood of My Brother (2005)

Filmmaker Andrew Berends profiles an Iraqi teen who considers joining the insurgents after U.S. troops kill his brother; American soldiers explain the dangers they face.

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