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Other Really Good ones:

Escape to Athena
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen
The Bridge on the River Kwii
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The Yosemite Bear wrote:Other Really Good ones:

Escape to Athena
The Longest Day
The Dirty Dozen
The Bridge on the River Kwii
ARGH! Forgot BotRK yep that one's very good too.
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Haven't seen many, but from the ones I have seen I'd say Full Metal Jacket.
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u-517 was an insult to the allies.

American movie writters are trying to re-write the war so they don't look like pussies who were sitting on the fence till Japan knocked them off it.
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American movie writters are trying to re-write the war so they don't look like pussies who were sitting on the fence till Japan knocked them off it.
Yeah, such pussies that we singlehandly defeated Japan whilst being essential to the downfall of Germany. :roll:
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Darth Pounder wrote:u-517 was an insult to the allies.

American movie writters are trying to re-write the war so they don't look like pussies who were sitting on the fence till Japan knocked them off it.
The UK didn't do shit until Hitler was on his fifth country :roll: Feel free to such the fuck up moron.
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Dirty Dozen, Force 10 from Navarone, Kelly's Heros, any of John Wayne's war movies (though I prefer his westerns)...
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Sea Skimmer wrote:
Darth Pounder wrote:u-517 was an insult to the allies.
American movie writters are trying to re-write the war so they don't look like pussies who were sitting on the fence till Japan knocked them off it.
The UK didn't do shit until Hitler was on his fifth country :roll: Feel free to such the fuck up moron.
The UK did shit after the first country was invaded jack ass :roll: know your bloody history. Ever heard of the Battle of the River Plate?

And the British also sank about 8 U-boats in 1939.
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Ted wrote: The UK did shit after the first country was invaded jack ass :roll: know your bloody history. Ever heard of the Battle of the River Plate?

And the British also sank about 8 U-boats in 1939.
Wow, what a big fucking DEAL. The Brits and Frogs just sat behind their
fortifications in France while Germany overran Poland....
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Go and buy The Winter War

In Finnish only but subtitles are good for your reading skills.
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Out of the very few I've seen, my favorite so far has been A Bridge Too Far.
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Patton
Bridge on the River Kwii
Dirty Dozen I
Dirty Dozen II
Kelly's Hero. Damn funny.
Battle of the Bulge
The Longest Day
Midway
Gettysburg
Glory
A Bridge too Far
Tora! Tora! Tora!
Iwo Jima
Enemy at the Gates
Band of Brothers
Full Metal Jacket
Three King(Not true, funny though)
Hamburger Hill
Das Boot
John Wayne Civil War Movies
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My favorite is Patton.
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