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1. This film is a fictional tale of a World War I French colonel and regimental commander whose men are ordered to assault a virtually impregnable German position without adequate artillery support or reserve troops. When the attack fails, the division commander who ordered the attack insists on trying 3 men for cowardice. Can you name it?
2. What is this movie called? The film is a dramatization of the D-Day landings on the French coast in June, 1944. The story is told from both the Allied and German perspectives, and boasts a huge international cast, including some actors who took part in the historical battle. While not very bloody by today's standards, the film is very accurate.
3. Do you know the name of this movie? It is a depiction of the December, 1944 German offensive against the Western Allies in Belgium. Horribly inaccurate in the depictions of the equipment used as well as the terrain that the real battle was fought in, it still has some great scenes of World War II combat.
4. This film tells the story of an American unit in Vietnam in 1967. The soldiers endure sudden ambushes, an elusive enemy that uses tunnels and bunkers to avoid detection, and villagers who may or may not be aiding the enemy. Can you name this movie?
5. What is the name of this film? An American tank crew fights against fanatical German SS troops in the closing days of World War II.
6. This film tells a fictional story of a tough American Marine sergeant who leads his unit in the invasions of the Japanese-held islands of Tarawa and Iwo Jima in World War II. Do you know the name of this movie?
7. Can you identify this movie? During World War I, an eccentric British officer leads Arab tribesmen in a rebellion against their Ottoman overlords. He must overcome problems of logistics and tactics, as well as the distrust between the various tribes.
8. Do you know the name of this movie, which follows a squad of American infantrymen from the 1942 landings in North Africa through the end of the war in Germany in 1945?
9. Which movie is this? During World War II in Russia, a Soviet sniper engages in a personal duel with a German officer sent to kill him due to his success, while a Soviet propaganda officer uses the sniper's exploits to improve morale among the Russian people.
10. This film follows a Marine recruit through the ordeal of basic training to the reality of the Vietnam War during the 1968 Tet offensive. Can you name the title?
11. Can you name this movie? It is a fictional account of an American company attempting to take Japanese-held positions on a ridge on the island of Guadalcanal in a World War II.
12. Do you know what this movie is called? Set in Nazi occupied Belarus during World War II, it tells the true story of the Bielski brothers, who organized and led a group of Jewish partisans. They set up camps, schools, and hospitals in the forests and rescued some 1200 Jews from the Nazis.
13. This film is a fictional story about two Australian men who join the Army during World War I and are sent to the front at Gallipoli, where the Allies attempted to take Istanbul, open a supply line to Russia, and knock the Ottoman Empire out of the war. Can you name the movie?
14. Can you name this movie? It is a fictional tale of a US Army captain during the Vietnam War who is sent on a mission to eliminate a rogue Green Beret colonel. The colonel is running his own private army, consisting of his own men and local Montagnards, who treat him like a god.
15. This film is a reasonably accurate depiction of the Allied evacuation of a French coastal city during World War II, in which most of the British Expeditionary Force, as well as some French, Belgian, and Dutch troops, escaped capture by the Germans. Can you name the title?
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