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Documents WW II – Part 7 of 7 in the “Why We Fight” series

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Dir. John Huston’s record of life on a lonely airbase in Alaska. HA official documentary about the misson of the US forces on an island of the Aleutians, from which US bombers are attacking the Japanese occupied island Kiska. Includes footage from a bombing raid over Kiska with B-17 and B-24 bombers. In Color.

  • February 3, 2021
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Events leading up to the storming on the beach of Normandy.

Autobiography of Harold Russell who lost both hands in battle during World War II.

GENERAL J. LAWTON COLLINS TELLS OF THE FIGHT TO TAKE THE SIEGFRIED LINE IN WORLD WAR II, AND OF THE CAMPAIGN TO CROSS ONTO THE SOIL OF GERMANY.

The fall of Nazi Germany including Normandy, the Battle for Paris, and allied bombing of German industrial centers.

A legendary propaganda/documentary of the Third Reich’s 1934 Nuremberg Party Rally. Featuring a cast of thousands as well as, of course, Hitler, Himmler, Goebbels, Hess, Goering and other top party officials.

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This World War II documentary follows the battle in securing the Anzio beachhead. Shows the fighting and the casualties involved in this important battle.

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