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Movies: World War II 1939AD -1945AD (Part II)

The Resistance The Resistance Banker (2018) (Deborah Southwell) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt4610378/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 In Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, banker brothers Walraven and Gijs van Hall face their greatest challenge yet when they decide to help fund the Dutch resistance. Zwartboek (The Black Book; 2006) (Jaap Boender) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0389557/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 In the Nazi-occupied Netherlands during World War II, a Jewish singer […]

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By Deborah Southwell
March 2, 2022
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Movies: World War II 1939AD -1945AD (Part I)

1939 Battle of the River Plate (2006) (Peter Merritt) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0875504/plotsummary?ref_=tt_ov_pl On December 13th 1939, the first great naval battle of World War II took place off the coast of Uruguay. Known as the ‘Battle of the River Plate’, it set as rivals two great naval officers in a deadly psychological duel. 1940 The […]

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By Deborah Southwell
March 1, 2022
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Tagged Africa , Alan Turing , Arnhem , Asia , Battle of Britain , BEF , Belgium , Burma , de Gaulle , Deborah Southwell , Dunkirk , El Alamein , Enigma Code , Fire Service , France , Germany , Guadalcanal , HMS Torrin , Iwo Jima , Kokoda , London , Market Garden , Midway , Nazi Germany , New Guinea , Nijmegen , normandy , North Africa , norway , Nuremberg , Oslo , Pacific , Pearl Harbour , River Plate , Royal Navy , Singapore , Soviet Union , Stalingrad , the Blitz , The Netherlands , Tobruk , Uruguay , Violet Szabo , Western Front , World War II , WW2

Movies: Early Modern Military History 1450AD – 1750AD

1600s Michiel de Ruyter (Admiral; 2015) (Jaap Boender) https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2544766/?ref_=fn_al_tt_1 When the young republic of The Netherlands is attacked by England, France, and Germany, and the country is on the brink of civil war, only one man can lead the country’s strongest weapon, the Dutch fleet: Michiel de Ruyter (1607-1676) Cromwell (1970) (Andy Grainger) […]