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To: Michael.SF.
In no particular order:

Cross of Iron

Patton

Das Boot

MacArthur

Russian Movies:

Zvezda

"The Star" a fairly recent Russian movie about a Russian Special Operations unit crossing/recrossing German lines to collect intelligence ahead of Operation Bagration. Need to turn CC on to get English captioning. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vcGC2JDh-pc

Chistilishche

"Purgatory" - A 3 part Russian movie with English subtitles about the Battle of Grozny during the Chechen War. The women snipers were rumored to be mercenary Olympic biathletes from one of the Baltic States. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AQ2XZ8W2t-o

Finnish Movie

The Winter War

Long movie with English subtitles about the winter war of 1939-1940 between Finland and the USSR. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NWEt20DwcmQ
German Movies

Die Brucke

"The Bridge" - 1959 film with English Subtitles about a group of German teenagers assigned to defend a small bridge against advancing Americans in late April 1945. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1JHG2SD-9fI&list=PL600436C863A6468B

81 posted on 05/31/2015 8:33:27 AM PDT by fso301
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To: fso301
"The Bridge" - 1959 film with English Subtitles about a group of German teenagers assigned to defend a small bridge against advancing Americans in late April 1945
Yes, a great flick. I saw it back in the 60s-70s and have never forgotten it.
It was remade in 2008 for TV, although I don't recall seeing it.
93 posted on 05/31/2015 10:39:09 AM PDT by oh8eleven (RVN '67-'68)
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