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1) The Pacific
Pub. Date
c2010.
Description
The experiences of three men and their fellow Marines take them from the first clash with the Japanese in the haunted jungles of Guadalcanal, through the impenetrable rain forests of Cape Gloucester, across the blasted coral strongholds of Peleliu, up the black sand terraces of Iwo Jima, through the killing fields of Okinawa, to the triumphant, yet uneasy, return home after V-J Day.
Pub. Date
c2007
Description
Based on the true story about the Atlantic Ferry Operation during World War II. As the Germans continue their way across France, England makes ready for an imminent invasion. A young couple must put country before love in this epic tale of courage and heroism in the Royal Air Force.
Description
Torn from his homeland and the woman he loves, Spartacus is condemned to the brutal world of the arena, where blood and death are prime time entertainment. But not all battles are fought upon the sands. Treachery, corruption, and the allure of sensual pleasure will constantly test Spartacus. To survive, he must become more than a man and gladiator. He must become a legend.
Pub. Date
[2006]
Description
Four hundred years after the founding of the Republic, Rome is the wealthiest city in the world, a cosmopolitan metropolis of one million people, epicenter of a sprawling empire. The Republic was founded on principles of shared power and fierce personal competition, never allowing one man to seize absolute control. But now, those foundations are crumbling, eaten away by corruption and excess. After eight years of war, soldiers Lucius Vorenus and Titus...
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
Alexandria, Virginia, 1862. The lives of two volunteer nurses on opposing sides of the Civil War--Mary Phinney, a staunch New England abolitionist, and Emma Green, a native Confederate belle--collide at Mansion House, the Green family's luxury hotel that has been transformed into a Union Army hospital. Ruled under martial law, the border town in Alexandria is now the melting pot of the region, filled with soldiers, civilians, female volunteers, doctors,...
11) The crossing
Pub. Date
c2002
Description
It is Dec. 17, 1776. Hounded by superior British forces, his army decimated by disease, desertion and lack of funds, General George Washington faces the unthinkable: he is losing the war for American Independence. A week later, on Christmas Eve, Washington will make one of the most courageous decisions in military history. Staking everything on a risky surprise attack against a garrison of battle-hardened Hessian mercenaries, Washington sets out across...
12) The World Wars
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Description
A dramatization that looks at how Adolf Hitler, Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill, Joseph Stalin, and other leaders during World War II were affected by their experiences as infantrymen and privates during World War I.
Adolf Hitler. Franklin Delano Roosevelt. Benito Mussolini. Winston Churchill. Charles de Gaulle. George Patton. Before they were the giants of WWII, they were infantrymen and privates in WWI, the war to end all wars. The story...
13) Hitler's Britain
Pub. Date
2008
Description
Filmed in England and using Allied And German documents, blueprints, and archive film, this two-part documentary answers one of the most intriguing questions in history: What would the Nazis have done if they had conquered Britain?
17) Anzac Girls
Pub. Date
2014
Description
Compelling Australian drama about WWI nurses based on true events, this uplifting drama tells the story of five Australian and New Zealand nurses during World War I. Drawing on the real participants' diaries and letters, this six-part drama celebrates the contributions of women to the war effort.
20) Birdsong
Pub. Date
[2012], 2011
Description
"Shifting in time between 1910 and 1916, Birdsong is the story of Stephen Wraysford, a young Englishman who arrives in Amiens in Northern France to stay with the Azaire family and falls desperately in love with Isabelle Azaire. They begin an illicit and all-consuming affair, but the relationship falters. Years later, Stephen finds himself serving on the Western Front in the very area where he experienced his great love, and is haunted by memories...