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- DirectorMarcel OphülsStarsKlaus BarbieClaude LanzmannMarcel OphülsA documentary about Klaus Barbie, the Gestapo chief of Lyon, and his life after the war.II
- DirectorJohn MichalczykStarsDonald WinningArthur CaplanDonald DietrichIn the Shadow of the Reich: Nazi Medicine examines the step-by-step process that led the German medical profession down an unethical road to genocide.II
- StarsSamuel WestAdolf BuchnerJutta RüdigerAn examination of how a cultured people could have allowed Adolf Hitler's rise to power.II
- StarsSamuel WestAdolf HitlerJoseph StalinDocumentary examining Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941.II
- DirectorJudith EhrlichRick Tejada-FloresStarsEdward AsnerThe story of American conscientious objectors during World War II.II
- StarsEdward HerrmannSamuel WestAn examination of atrocities and depredations committed by Imperial Japanese military forces, from 1931 to 1945.II
- DirectorRichard SchickelStarsTom HanksStephen AmbroseRuss MeyerProduced by Steven Spielberg and presented by Tom Hanks this documentary tells how war photographers faced the horrors that looked both in Europe and in the Pacific during World War II .II
- DirectorBrian LankerStarsJason RobardsFranklin BoggsHoward BrodieThe story of World War II combat artists and their art.II
- DirectorMark CowenStarsJames Alley Jr.Roderick BainLynn 'Buck' ComptonCompiled over two years, an 'on-camera oral history' of Easy Company, told by the veterans themselves. Accompanies the mini-series Band of Brothers.II
- StarsChris BroylesBill PatersonThe story of the World War II effort by Nazi Germany to disrupt Allied shipping with U-boat attacks and the Allied efforts to prevent it.II
- StarsRobert PowellIn this BBC documentary series newly declassified documents are used to examine the strategic roles played in the war by thirteen of the world's regular and resistance land, sea and air forces.II
- DirectorJames MollStarsZenji AbeStephen AmbroseHal BraunThis powerful and thought provoking film chronicles the compelling events in the Pacific Theater of WWII, from the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1941 to the American occupation of Japan in 1945. It depicts the strength and courage of America's youth, while examining how these men and women dealt with being thrust into this brutal war. The film includes interviews with war veterans, both American and Japanese, from all branches of the military. It features testimony from medics, nurses, dog handlers, as well as Japanese-Americans who were imprisoned at internment camps in the United States. The film also includes a first hand account of the tragic impact of the atomic bomb on Japanese citizens. Among the veterans who appear is Zenji Abe, a Japanese veteran who flew the mission to bomb Pearl Harbor, and retired General Paul Tibbets who flew the mission to bomb Hiroshima. Steven Spielberg and historian/author Stephen E. Ambrose are executive producers of this feature-length documentary directed and produced by Academy Award winning filmmaker James Moll ("The Last Days"). The film is a presentation of the National WWII Museum in New Orleans, Louisiana.II
- DirectorCharles GuggenheimStarsCharles GuggenheimAl AbramsAnthony AcevedoBerga Soldiers of Another War reveals the untold story of 350 American prisoners of war caught in the tragedy of the Holocaust. It is the final work in the distinguished 50 year career of late documentary filmmaker Charles Guggenheim, winner of four Academy Awards. His personal connection to the story compelled him to write, direct and narrate the film.II
- DirectorMartin PailthorpeStarsKnut HauglandRay MearsJens A. PoulssonA group of both Norwegian and Britiish specially trained military team reenacts the WWII mission of the Grouse-Gunnerside commando which was crucial for the Allied Forces in the heavy water atomic bomb war. Focused on the difficulties these men had to endure in a frozen winter environment.II
- StarsBob van TolAlbrecht AppeltHans RostewitzThe World War 2 Battle of Stalingrad from the initial attack to the repatriation of the survivors after the war.II
- StarsSean BeanRene CostaNickolas GraceA 3-part BBC Miniseries depicting the Allied progress from the D-Day landings in Normandy all the way to Berlin. The Normandy breakout is covered, as well as the Battle of the Bulge and Operation Market Garden, to the eventual objective of Berlin. The Series is narrated by Actor Sean Bean.II
- DirectorRichard BergeBonni CohenNicole NewnhamStarsJoan AllenE. Randol SchoenbergMaria AltmannThe story of Nazi Germany's plundering of Europe's great works of art during World War II and Allied efforts to minimize the damage.II
- DirectorTom PutnamThis little-known World War II battle with Japanese forces on the Alaskan island of Attu includes the accounts of two surviving soldiers. The film tells of the tragic operation that saw ill-prepared American troops take on massive casualties.II
- DirectorEdvins SnoreStarsJon StricklandVladimir BukovskyVladimir LeninThe Soviet Story offers an alternative history of an Allied power, which helped the Nazis to fight Jews and which slaughtered its own people on an industrial scale.II
- StarsAleksey PetrenkoBob GuntonPaul HumpoletzA story showing the 3 allied leader's, Churchill, Roosevelt and Stalin's actions and relationships behind the scenes during World War 2. It isn't as friendly as it seems. Shows how close the war was to favoring the axis if the Soviet Union joined forces with Hitler's Nazi's.II
- DirectorRichard RhodesStarsPatrick DesboisUncover the story of perhaps the most horrific chapter of the Holocaust - the two year killing frenzy of the Einsatzgruppen. Sift through the evidence left behind: photographs and one rare film that documented the inhuman attempts to carry out Hitler's Final Solution. Compared to what the Einsatzgruppen did on a daily basis, the killing chambers of Auschwitz almost seem humane. This terrible story is brought to life in one town that stands in for Einsatzgruppen's countless victims - one community where the faces and stories of the victims miraculously survived - although the men, woman and children behind the images did not.II
- DirectorAaron YoungStarsJames HollandJohn CanmoreDaniel GodwardJames Holland presents an analysis of the legendary 1943 Dam Busters raid.II
- DirectorTim GrayNarrated by 2012 Emmy Award-winner Damian Lewis, who played Richard D. Winters in HBO's Band of Brothers. Tells the story of the building and dedication of the Richard D. Winters Leadership monument in Normandy, France in June of 2012. The film focuses on the leader of World War II's "Band of Brothers" and the leadership skills he possessed. A never before seen interview with the late Major Winters is utilized, as well as interviews with the "Band of Brothers" who are still alive. The film also touches on the relationship the Major had with those in Normandy post-WWII, including the family who has owned Brecourt Manor for centuries. Brecourt was the location of famed assault (then) Lt. Winters led on D-Day to take out the four German 105mm guns firing on American troops landing on Utah Beach. Airing on American Public Television.II
- DirectorMin Sook LeeStarsRobert NolanPatrick O'DonnellFred MayerThe Office of Strategic Services parachutes two Austrian naturalized citizens, Fred Mayer and Hans Wijnberg, back into the Austrian Alps to strike back at Nazi Germany during "Operation Greenup."II
- StarsJames HollandTony PollardRichard LinternAn examination of Nazi Germany's various military engineering projects during World War II.II
- DirectorCaroline AmiardDaniel AblinStarsFrançois DelplaMark FeltonLuc FournierAt the end of the 1930s, Hitler ordered the construction of a special train that could transport him around safely and appease his growing paranoia. A veritable fortress on rails, this armored fifteen-carriage convoy served as his mobile headquarters, and was where he met privately with Pétain, Franco and Mussolini. It was also the target of numerous assassination plots by the British secret service. Equipped with the most advanced communication facilities and a battery of anti-aircraft cannons, its construction called for a team of the biggest names in engineering, while the luxurious interior of each coach was designed by the Führer himself. We travel to Germany to discover what's left of these exceptional trains, and dig through the few surviving archives to retrace the little-known history of this special train and pierce the secrets behind Hitler's beast of steel.II
- StarsJulian ForsythJ. David HinzeRupert WickhamHigh-tech superguns. Weapons of mass destruction. In the quest for world domination, the Nazis built some of the biggest and deadliest pieces of military hardware and malevolent technology in history.II
- StarsRichard LinternJames HollandTony PollardA close look at the engineers who designed powerful military technology for the Nazis and who also encouraged a technological revolution that would forever change warfare.II