This OSS Agent Turned Dinner Rolls into Bombs
Turned Dinner Rolls into Bombs The use of plastic explosives in WWII was widespread, given how easy they were to[…]
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Month: March 2020
War Movie : The Cockleshell Heroes (1955)
The Cockleshell Heroes During World War II, German ships are “safely” docked upriver at Bordeaux, but the British send a[…]
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War Movie : The Frogmen (1951)
Frogmen The new commander of a Navy Underwater Demolition Team–nicknamed “Frogmen”–must earn the respect of the men in his unit,[…]
Read moreWar Movie : Malta Story (1953)
Malta Story (1953) In World War II, the island of Malta, strategically located and vital to supply lines in the[…]
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Raising of WWII US Navy Submarine – USS Hoist – from the Bottom of the Sea
Sunken Submarine This U.S. Navy film shows how a Sunken Submarine can be raised from the depths using pontoons and[…]
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Why Depth Charges Don’t Have to Touch a Submarine to Sink It
USS Silversides It’s 1942 and the USS Silversides, a U.S. submarine submerged in the Pacific, is frantically trying to dodge[…]
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War Movie : Patton (1970)
George S. Patton The World War II phase of the Career of controversial American General George S. Patton. “Patton”[…]
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War Movie : Confirm or Deny (1941)
London Blitz Newsman Mitch and teletype operator Jennifer, whose job is to see he doesn’t send inappropriate stuff out of[…]
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War Movie : Operation: Daybreak (1975)
Operation: Daybreak (1975) In 1942, Britain sends a group of British-trained Czech commandos to Prague to assassinate SS-General Reinhard Heydrich,[…]
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