The true story of Germany's most famous anti-Nazi heroine, a fearless activist of the underground student resistance group, The White Rose, that dared call attention to the evil being perpetrated by the Nazi regime and paid dearly for doing so.
One of the greatest screen biographies ever produced, this monumental film won seven Academy Awards and gave George C Scott the greatest role of his career. It captures the spirit and essence of America's greatest fighting general, the man feared more by the German military than any other, complete with his strengths and flaws.
One of the most ingenious and suspenseful adventure films of all time, The Great Escape thrillingly celebrates the heroism of men who never gave up the fight.
28 Abbott & Costello films produced during the height of their popularity in one collection, including Buck Privates which features the Andrews Sisters doing the immortal classic Boogie Woogie Bugle Boy!
This must-have, powerful HBO miniseries takes you into the hellish heart of war like nothing else, following the men of Easy Company of the 101st Airborne as they take part in some of the most difficult battles of the European war.
An American masterpiece and one of the premier World War II films. The opening depiction of the D-Day landing on Omaha Beach alone makes this the most gut-wrenching, emotionally rocking movie about WWII ever made.
There's something about this film that's so irresistible, despite its grandiose manipulation. Maybe because it recounts the greatest air battle in history, achieving the greatest aerial battle in film history. Maybe because it has such a terrific cast. Maybe because it's so technically well-made.
In this, Charlie Chaplin's first talking film, he skewers both Adolf Hitler and Benito Mussolini on sharp spears of ridicule. Since Adolf Hitler had the audacity to borrow his mustache from the most famous celebrity in the world -- Charlie Chaplin -- it meant Hitler was fair game for Chaplin's comedy.
Clint Eastwood stars in this wartime comedy-adventure as a US Army lieutenant - busted down to private - who leads a ragtag band of soldiers on a dangerous mission behind enemy lines. But their motives aren't so much patriotic as greedy as it turns out they're looking to steal a fortune in Nazi gold.
Based on the incredible true story of Colonel Claus von Stauffenberg (Tom Cruise) and his ingenious assassination plot targeting Adolph Hitler, this engrossing thriller reenacts the daring operation to eliminate one of the most evil tyrants the world has ever known.
Three of the six films in this set are classics, and each of their admittedly lesser companions rates a look.
• Air Force (1943)
• Thirty Seconds over Tokyo (1944)
• The Hill (1965)
• Command Decision (1949)
• Hell to Eternity (1962)
• 36 Hours (1965)
Released 1994. A riveting historical drama portraying the precarious relationship between Franklin D. Roosevelt, Winston Churchill and Joseph Stalin at the pivotal moments when the final strategies of the war hung in the balance.
Charlton Heston and Henry Fonda lead an all-star cast, interweaving the dramatic personal stories of the men who fought one of the most important battles of World War II.
• They Were Expendable
• Operation Pacific
• Flying Leathernecks
• Back to Bataan
Third Disc is Double-Sided, Leathernecks is on Side A and Back to Bataan is on side B.
• The Battle of El Alamein
• Gung Ho
• Go For Broke
• Corregidor
• Ski Troop Attack
• Casablanca Express
• Desert Commandos
• Bombs Over Burma
• Commandos
• The Battle of the Eagles
• The Dawn Express
• Five For Hell
• Heroes in Hell
• Aerial Gunner
• The Steel Claw
• Minesweeper
• Pacific Inferno
• Submarine Alert
• Black Brigade
• Submarine Base