War Movie : Platoon Leader (1988)
Young Officer A young officer, just out of West Point is sent to Vietnam, where the men don’t respect him[…]
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War Movie : Strike Commando (1987)
Strike Commando While operating behind enemy lines, Sgt. Mike Ransom learns of a Russian presence in North Vietnam. Ordered to[…]
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Missing in Action 2 : The Beginning (1985)
American POWs Prequel to the first Missing In Action, set in the early 1980s it shows the capture of Colonel[…]
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War Movie : The Iron Triangle 1989
The Iron Triangle 1989 An American soldier and a Viet Cong guerrilla find common ground and become allies during the[…]
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Why Aircraft Patrols Were a Source of Fear for Nazi U-Boats
Air Patrols While U-boats were able to evade Allied warships, the odds were much lower with Air Patrols. Aircraft could[…]
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War Movie : Go Tell the Spartans – 1978
South Vietnam During the early 1960s, U.S. military advisers in South Vietnam discover the same challenges that plagued the French[…]
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Combat S05 – E03 – Ollie Joe
Ollie Joe Saunders’s squad is disrupted by Ollie Joe Brown, a young soldier determined to be “GI Perfect.” Credit[…]
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War Movie : The Lions of Tobruk (1970)
The Lions of Tobruk Action packed war epic about a group of British commandos who find themselves trapped behind enemy[…]
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War Movie : Hell Commandos (1969)
Elite Soldiers An American major trains a group of elite soldiers for a dangerous covert mission behind enemy lines during[…]
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German Frogmen Attack – Nijmegen Bridge 1944
Daring German Commando Attack The daring German commando attack to destroy the road and rail bridges at Nijmegen just after[…]
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