Best ww1 books

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poster The Way Ahead
The Way Ahead
(3.5/5)
115mn - Drama, War
A mismatched collection of conscripted civilians find training tough under Lieutenant Jim Perry and Sergeant Ned Fletcher when they are called up to replace an infantry battalion that had suffered casual…
poster Joan the Woman
Joan the Woman
(3.2/5)
138mn - History, Drama, Adventure
A WWI English officer is inspired the night before a dangerous mission by a vision of Joan of Arc, whose story he relives.
poster The Coward
The Coward
(3/5)
69mn - Drama, War, History
Set during the American Civil War, Keenan stars as a Virginia colonel and Charles Ray as his weak-willed son. The son is forced, at gunpoint, by his father to enlist in the Confederate army. He is terrifi…
poster The Last Outpost
The Last Outpost
(3.0/5)
89mn - Western
A Confederate cavalry captain leading raids on Union supply lines discovers his adversary is his own brother, a Union colonel, when they must unite against a deadly Apache uprising that threatens to destr…
poster My Four Years in Germany
My Four Years in Germany
(2.9/5)
127mn - War, Drama
The experiences of the American ambassador to Germany, James Gerard, are recounted in this semi-documentary.
poster Tunes of Glory
Tunes of Glory
(3.8/5)
106mn - Drama
In post-war Scotland, hard-drinking Major Jock Sinclair, who rose from the ranks to command his beloved Highland regiment, clashes bitterly with his Oxford-educated replacement Colonel Barrow, sparking a …
poster Beau Ideal
Beau Ideal
82mn - War, Adventure, Romance
An American joins the French Foreign Legion in order to rescue a boyhood friend.
poster Little Big Horn
Little Big Horn
(3.4/5)
86mn - Western
Two cavalry officers (Lloyd Bridges, John Ireland) lead a patrol to warn Gen. Custer about an ambush.
poster Waterloo
Waterloo
(3.7/5)
257mn - History, Action, Drama
After defeating France and imprisoning Napoleon on Elba, ending two decades of war, Europe is shocked to find Napoleon has escaped and has caused the French Army to defect from the King back to him. The b…
poster J'accuse
J'accuse
(3.9/5)
140mn - War, Drama, History
The story of two men, one married, the other the lover of the other's wife, who meet in the trenches of the First World War, and how their tale becomes a microcosm for the horrors of war.
poster The Island on Bird Street
The Island on Bird Street
(3.6/5)
0mn - Drama, War
Eleven-year-old Alex finds himself completely alone in the ruins of the Warsaw Ghetto during WWII, forced to master the deadly art of survival while hiding from Nazi patrols and searching for food in a wo…
poster Dangerous Days
Dangerous Days
(3.1/5)
70mn - Drama
Patriotism, love and treason in the United States during the First World War. Barker manages to give every scene the right climate through inventive use of color. From semi-documentary to cruel melodrama.
poster The Call of the Wild
The Call of the Wild
16mn - Comedy
George Redfeather, the hero of this subject, returns from Carlisle, where he not only graduated with high honors, but was also the star of the college football team. At a reception given in his honor by L…
poster Broken Arrow
Broken Arrow
(3.6/5)
93mn - Western
Indian scout Tom Jeffords is sent out to stem the war between the American settlers and Apaches in the late 1870s Arizona. He learns that the Indians kill only to protect themselves, or out of retaliation…
poster The Battle of the Somme
The Battle of the Somme
(3.3/5)
74mn - Documentary, War
A documentary and propaganda film which shows the British Army's preparations for, and the early stages of, the battle of the Somme.
poster Go for Broke!
Go for Broke!
(3.3/5)
92mn - Action, Drama, War
A tribute to the U.S. 442nd Regimental Combat Team, formed in 1943 by Presidential permission with Japanese-American volunteers. We follow the training of a platoon under the rueful command of Lt. Mike Gr…
poster The Sinking of the Lusitania
The Sinking of the Lusitania
12mn - War, Animation, History
Winsor McCay recreates the sinking of the ocean liner Lusitania by a German U-boat in this propaganda piece designed to stir up anti-German sentiment during World War I.
poster The Miracle at the Vistula
The Miracle at the Vistula
(2.6/5)
51mn - Drama, Romance, War
Eastern Borderlands, 1919. The Bolsheviks, taking part in the Polish-Russian war, appear at the Granowski manor house. It's a story based on the war of 1920, which ended with the Battle of Warsaw going do…
poster Bon Voyage
Bon Voyage
(3.1/5)
26mn - War
A young, Scottish RAF gunner is debriefed by French officials about his escape from Nazi-occupied territory. They are particularly interested in one person who may or may not have been a German agent.
poster The North Star
The North Star
(3.0/5)
108mn - Drama, War
A Ukrainian village must suddenly contend with the Nazi invasion of June 1941. Later re-edited and released as "Armored Attack."
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