1944 metų gegužės 6 diena. Tą dieną sąjungininkų armijos išsilaipina Normandijoje. Jauni amerikiečių kareiviai nežino, koks pragaras jų laukia, ir kupini ryžto bei vilties veržiasi į krantą, kur siaučia švininis priešo uraganas... Kapitonui Džonui Mileriui – tai didžiausias ir žiauriausias iš patirtų mūšių. Našlės Rajan trys sūnūs žuvo kare, liko vienintelis – eilinis Rajanas. Aukšti armijos pareigūnai nutaria, kad karas jau baigėsi ir jaunuolis privalo grįžti namo, rūpintis skausmo palaužta motina. Kapitonas Džonas Mileris ir septyni geriausi jo kareiviai gauna įsakymą rasti priešo užnugaryje besikaunantį Rajaną ir sveiką gyvą atgabenti į armijos štabą...
Karinė drama apie 1944-aisiais Varšuvoje vykusį sukilimą prieš hitlerinės Vokietijos okupacinę valdžią. Įvykiai filme vaizduojami jauno vaikino Stefano akimis. Paskutiniai karo metai. Nacių okupuota Varšuva ne tik laukia atvykstančios sovietų armijos – miestas ruošiasi sukilimui. Aštuoniolikmetis šokolado fabriko darbininkas Stefanas turi rūpintis motina ir jaunesniuoju broliu, bet svajoja kovoti. Viename iš konspiracinių susitikimų jis įsimyli Boružėle vadinamą Aliciją. Meilės trikampis, kiekviename žingsnyje tykantys pavojai verčia jaunus žmones kovoti ir dėl meilės, ir dėl savo miesto. Pralaimėjimo fone išlieka tai, kas svarbiausia – tikėjimas meile, drąsa, pasiaukojimas.
Waffen-SS officer Otto Skorzeny (1908-75) became famous for his participation in daring military actions during World War II. In 1947 he was judged and imprisoned, but he escaped less than a year later and found a safe haven in Spain, ruled with an iron hand by General Francisco Franco. What did he do during the many years he spent there?
WWII is entering its last phase: Germany is in ruins, but does not yield. The US army lacks crucial knowledge about the German units operating on the opposite side of the Rhine, and decides to send two German prisoners to gather information. The scheme is risky: the Gestapo retains a terribly efficient network to identify and capture spies and deserters. Moreover, it is not clear that "Tiger", who does not mind any dirty work as long as the price is right, and war-weary "Happy", who might be easily betrayed by his feelings, are dependable agents. After Tiger and another American agent are successfully infiltrated, Happy is parachuted in Bavaria. His duty: find out the whereabouts of a powerful German armored unit moving towards the western front.
Curt Jurgens stars as a courageous Luftwaffe officer. Jurgens loves the service, even though he barely tolerates the Hitler regime. Sickened by wartime Nazi atrocities, Jurgens renounces his government, and is imprisoned and tortured as a result. Once released, the general takes pity on a downtrodden Jewish family. This isolated act of kindness is a point in his favor when Jurgens stands before Satan himself for his final judgment. The Devil's General was based on an immensely successful postwar play by German author Carl Zuckmeyer.
A sad story of love between German soldier Franz and Russian girl Polina.
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During the Battle of Sutjeska, headquarters one of the a partisan detachment, decides to enter deeper into the forest to save a few soldiers and wounded from inevitable death. Commander of the detachment, sent a group of fighters in the reconnaissance. As time goes on, the Germans are getting closer to discovering the detachment and wounded, hunger, exhaustion, forcing people to surrender, but at the time of surrender, and when the Germans discovered detachment, there is a sudden rescue from the group that was in the field reconnaissance.
In 1944 prior to D Day the allied planners realised it was vital to isolate the Normandy Battlefield from reinforcements. In particular it was essential to delay or stop the movement of 2 SS Pz Div (Das Reich) from the south of France. The initial plan called for the French Resistance to interdict the French Railway system to stop their movements. Doubts over the effectiveness of the resistance led to the deployment of 1st SAS to do the task. This programme covers both the deployment of a troop of B Sqn into the Poitiers, in what was known as OP BULBASKET, to delay the Das Reich and the movements and actions of the Das Reich as they move through the Dordogne and Vienne Regions culminating in the massacre at Oradour. Part 2 of this programme will cover the SAS actions in delaying the Das Reich.
This programme follows the deployment of the main body of the SAS, the Recces on targets, the raids carried out both by the SAS and the bombing attacks they called in. As the SAS created havoc to the railway system the Germans were hunting them down. Eventually by the use of torture and information by collaborators the Germans tracked them down to their camp near Verrieres. The majority of the SAS were killed or captured. Those captured were later murdered by the Germans.. Their actions tied up large numbers of Germans in guarding the railways and imposed a severe delay on the movements of the 2nd SS Pz Div to Normandy. A few brave men had an impact on the liberation of France out of all proportion to their numbers
From 1940, around 25,000 Dutch people served in the Waffen-SS. In spite of their large number, they did not make much public disclosure after the war. Eight Dutch former SS men tell their story in this documentary. Never before have former SS men talked so openly about their motives, their (wrong) acts, their experiences on the (Eastern) front and their struggle with the memories of the past.
The most implacable opponents of the British and Canadians fighting in Normandy were the largely teenage soldiers of the Hitlerjugend. From D+1 through to attacking back into the Falaise Pocket, this unique division constantly thwarted Montgomery's plans and exacted a terrible price on the Allies for every mile gained. Formed from 'volunteers' from the Hitler Youth Movement in the aftermath of Stalingrad, this division of boys, aged 17 on recruitment into the SS, came of age and were declared fully operational just before D Day. Coming from a fully militarized society they made exceptional and highly committed soldiers but with officers and non-commissioned officers from the Leibstandarte commanding them, they were to become a ruthless and brutal arm of the Nazi fighting machine that battled towards the Eastern Front. Both Hitlerjugend's alleged atrocities and their remarkable doggedness in battle made them a loathed but grudgingly respected opponent to all who fought them.