Sort by Popularity - Most Popular Movies and TV Shows tagged with keyword "precision-bombing"

1. September 11: The New Pearl Harbor (2013)

300 min | Documentary, History

An investigation of 9/11.

Director: Massimo Mazzucco | Stars: Joseph Culp, Alberto Angela, Paolo Attivissimo, George W. Bush

Votes: 582

2. Bombardier (1943)

Passed | 99 min | Drama, War

Major "Chick" Davis is convinced that high-level bombing will win the next war. He convinces the powers-that-be to set up a bombardier school. He efficiently sets about training the USAAF's first generation of high-level bombardiers.

Directors: Richard Wallace, Lambert Hillyer | Stars: Pat O'Brien, Randolph Scott, Anne Shirley, Eddie Albert

Votes: 900

3. Masters of the Air (2024)
Episode: Part Two (2024)

TV-MA | 55 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

The 100th bombs German U-boat pens in Norway. With the help of Lt. Crosby's navigating, a damaged B-17 struggles to get back to Britain.

Director: Cary Joji Fukunaga | Stars: Austin Butler, Callum Turner, Neil Pendleton, John Hopkins

Votes: 2,968

4. Battle Honours (2021– )
Episode: The Mighty Eighth (2021)

Documentary, History, War

The 8th United States Army Air Force flew some of WW2's most daring raids and sorties over Germany and mainland Europe.

Director: Adam Luria | Stars: Robert Ricks, Bill Toombs, Flint Whitlock, Henry Hughey

5. American Experience (1987– )
Episode: The Bombing of Germany (2010)

TV-14 | 53 min | Documentary, Biography, History

On September 1, 1939 the first day of World War II in Europe President Franklin D. Roosevelt appealed to the warring nations to under no circumstances undertake the bombardment from the air... See full summary »

Director: Zvi Dor-Ner | Stars: Joe Morton, Carl Spaatz, Tami Davis Biddle, Conrad Crane

Votes: 103

6. The U.S. and the Holocaust (2022)
Episode: The Homeless, The Tempest-Tossed (1942-) (2022)

TV-14 | 131 min | Documentary, History

A group of government officials supports and finances rescue operations. Allied soldiers begin to liberate concentration camps and find mass graves. The public sees the sheer scale of the Holocaust.

Directors: Sarah Botstein, Ken Burns, Lynn Novick | Stars: Peter Coyote, Daniel Mendelsohn, Deborah Lipstadt, Eva Geiringer

Votes: 146

7. The Dambusters (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.1 (2020)

Documentary, History

Aircrew have eight weeks to train for a top secret mission.

Director: Jamie Simpson | Stars: Gary Bainbridge, Hilary Costello, Graham Duff, Guy Gibson

8. The Dambusters (2020)
Episode: Episode #1.2 (2020)

Documentary, History

Barnes Wallis has to create an entirely new aiming device.

Director: Jamie Simpson | Stars: Gary Bainbridge, Graham Duff, Guy Gibson, Arthur Harris

9. VisualPolitik EN (2017– )
Episode: Why Is Russia Terrified of Winter in Ukraine? (2022)

15 min | Documentary

Common knowledge says winter favors Russia in battle. But for the winter of 2022-2023 Ukraine appears better prepared for winter operations in addition to the existing advantages.

Star: Josh Faulks

10. Dark Docs (2020– )
Episode: The Most Destructive Attack in History - Night of the Black Snow (2022)

13 min | Documentary, History

The fire bombing of Tokyo in 1945 was the worst calamity of World War Two but is less well know than the comparable raids on Hamburg, Dresden and the nuclear bombings of Hirshima and Nagasaki.

11. AllthingsWW2 (2021– )
Episode: De Havilland Mosquito - The Menace in the Dark (2022)

19 min | Documentary, History, War

Built of wood the de Havilland Mosquito was naturally lightweight making it a fast air frame that would serve throughout World War Two. It was also durable and versatile leading to 40 variants and a diverse repertoire of missions.

Star: António Lopes

12. Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode: War Without Boundaries (2022)

Documentary, History, War

When the Second World War broke out, bombers were one of the first weapons used in it. Bombings forced the use of gas masks and the construction of shelters, and children were evacuated from bombed-out cities.

Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: James S. Corum, Richard Muller, Stephen Huggins, John Buckley

13. Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode: 'By Night & By Day' (2022)

Documentary, History, War

The bombing of Tokyo demonstrated the power of the B-29 bomber. The cost of creating this machine exceeds that of the Manhattan Project, which developed the first atomic bomb.

Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: Victoria Taylor, Ian Gooderson, John Buckley, Stephen Huggins

14. Bomber: Terror of WWII (2022)
Episode: Terror of the World (2022)

Documentary, History, War

In the final months of the Second World War, Adolf Hitler's miracle weapons emerge to turn a lost cause into a victory: the V1 cruise missile and the V2 ballistic missile.

Director: Dan Jobson | Stars: Sarah-Louise Miller, Donald Nijboer, Samuel Hideo Yamashita, David Sears

15. How to Lose a War (2023)
Episode: The Homefront (2023)

Documentary, History, War

In our final episode, we examine how each Axis Power had troubles on their own home front, leading to disaster in the final days of the war.

Director: Tim Bosanquet | Stars: Alexander Henry, Giuseppe Finaldi, Russell A. Hart, Guy Walters

16. Our Girl (2013–2020)
Episode: Love (2014)

TV-14 | 53 min | Action, Drama, Thriller

Molly strikes up a special friendship with a young Afghan girl. She has to learn that the Army rules are there for a reason, and she cannot overstep the rules.

Director: Richard Senior | Stars: Lacey Turner, Ben Aldridge, Arinzé Kene, Nick Preston

Votes: 196