Sunday, April 13, 2025

H is for ____

 

Hacksaw Ridge  (Nov., 2016)
# 70 – Hail Conquering Hero  (Mar, 2011)
Hair (June, 2014)
Halls of Montezuma  (Nov, 2011)
Hamburger Hill  (Aug, 2011)  and here  (May, 2021)
Hannibal (1959)   (Jan, 2021)
Hannibal: Rome's Worst Nightmare  (Oct, 2017)
Hanoi Hilton  (Jan, 2016)
Hanover Street  (Oct, 2011)
Hart's War  (Feb., 2022)
Heartbreak Ridge  (Jan., 2014)
Hearts of Darkness  (Sept., 2023)
The Hidden Fortress   (Mar, 2021)
Hook, The  (Dec., 2021)
Hope and Glory  (May, 2012)
The Hunters  (Sep, 2010)
The Hunt for Red October  (Sept, 2017)
The Hurt Locker  (Au., 2016)
Hyena Road  (May, 2017)

Friday, April 11, 2025

G is for "Glory"

 The G movie that best represents the genre is "Glory" because it is a great example of how a war movie can bring recognition to a military unit that was known by few.

The Gallant Hours  (Au, 2019)
Gallipoli  (Feb, 2011)
# 42 – The General  (Mar, 2012)
General Spanky  (May, 2023)
A Generation (1955)  (June, 2022)
Generation Kill (series)   (Mar, 2021)
Generation War  (series)  (June, 2020)
# 46 – Gettysburg  (Nov, 2011)
“Gettysburg” on THC  (May, 2011)
G.I. Jane (1997)  (Nov, 2022)
# 10 - Glory  (Dec, 2013)
God is My Co-Pilot (Dec., 2013)
Gods and Generals  (June, 2017)
Godzilla Minus One (Dec., 2023)
Go For Broke  (Nov, 2018)
Good  (Aug., 2021)
Good Kill (Feb, 2018)
Good Morning, Vietnam  (Aug, 2013)
Go Tell It To the Spartans / Incident at Muc Wa (April, 2014)
# 44 - The Great Escape  (Jan, 2012)
The Great War  (Sept., 2020)
The Great Wall (2016)  (Dec, 2022)
The Green Berets (June, 2015)
The Green Zone vs. The Kingdom   (May, 2021)
Greyhound  (July, 2020)  Book/Movie  (Au, 2020)
Grey Lady Down  (Oct., 2016)
The Grey Zone  (Dec., 2016)
# 69 – Guadalcanal Diary  (Apr, 2011)
Guernica  (Feb., 2017)
Gunga Din  (Nov, 2010)
Gung Ho vs. Darby's rangers (June, 2014)
Guns at Batasi  (Feb, 2016)

Monday, April 7, 2025

F is for "From Here to Eternity"

 

Fail Safe  (Jan, 2013)
Faith of My Fathers  (Sept, 2017)
Father of a Soldier  (June, 2023)
Fat Man and Little Boy  (Feb., 2022)
Fear and Desire (Dec., 2021)
A Few Good Men   (May, 2021)
Field of Lost Shoes   (May, 2021)
55 Days at Peking  (May, 2020)
Fighter Squadron  (July, 2015)
The Fighting Lady  (Oct, 2019)
The Fighting Seabees  (Jan., 2014)
The Fighting 69th  (April, 2014)
The Fighting Sullivans  (Oct, 2010)
Firebird (2021)  (Apr, 2023)
Firefox (June, 2015)
Fires on the Plain  (Jan, 2011)
The First of the Few  (Au., 2016)
Five Graves to Cairo  (Sep, 2010)
Fixed Bayonets  (Dec, 2012)
Flame and Citron  (Jul, 2012)
Flat Top  (Dec, 2018)
Flight of the Intruder - Book/Movie  (Nov, 2018)
Flight World War II  (Dec, 2015)
The Flowers of War (Feb, 2013)
Flyboys  (Sep, 2012)
Flying Tigers  (Sept., 2024)
Fog of War, The (2003)  (Aug., 2022)
Forbidden Games  (May, 2023)
Force Ten for Navarone  (Nov., 2016) 
Forgotten Battle, The  (Oct., 2021)
Fortress  (Jan, 2016)
Fourth War, The  (Apr., 2022)
49th Parallel  (May, 2011)
Foxhole (2021)   (May, 2023)
Frankenstein's Army  (July, 2020)
Friendly Fire (1979)  (July, 2022)
Friendly Persuasion  (Dec., 2021)
Frogmen, The  (Nov, 2019)
# 59 – From Here to Eternity  (Jul, 2011) Book/Movie (Au, 2021)
The Frontline  (May, 2014)
F.T.A. (1972) (doc)  (Aug., 2022)
#16 - Full Metal Jacket  (June, 2013)  Book/Movie
Fury  (Oct., 2014)

Friday, April 4, 2025

E is for "Escape from Sobibor"

 

  The choice for the letter E goes to a Holocaust movie that is the true story of the only breakout from a concentration camp.
 
The Eagle  (Feb, 2011)
The Eagle and the Hawk  (May, 2020)
The Eagle Has Landed  (Jun, 2012)
Edge of Darkness  (Aug., 2021)
Edge of Tomorrow  (Feb, 2019)
Eight Iron Men  (Oct, 2019)
84 Charlie Mopic
El Alamein - The Line of Fire  (Dec., 2013)
# 63 – El Cid  (Jun, 2011)
Emancipation (2022)  (Dec, 2022)
Emperor (2012)  (June, 2022)
Empire of the Sun
Ender's Game  (Nov, 2013)  Book/Movie
Enemy at the Gates (Feb, 2013)
English Patient, The  (Nov., 2021)
Enigma  (Oct, 2012)
Escape from Mogadishu (2021)   (May, 2023)
Escape from Sobibor  (Nov, 2013)
Europa, Europa  (July, 2016)
Exodus (1960)  (May, 2023)
Eye in the Sky  (Jan, 2018)
Eye of the Needle  (Au, 2018)

Monday, March 31, 2025

D is for "Das Boot"

 

Dad's Army  (Mar., 2017)
Da 5 Bloods   (June, 2020)
Dam Busters  (Nov, 2010)
Damn the Defiant vs. Horatio Hornblower)  (Aug., 2012)
Danger Close  (June, 2020)
Darby's Rangers vs. Gung Ho (June, 2014)
Dark Blue World  (June, 2015)
Darkest Hour  (Jan, 2018)
#3 - Das Boot (July, 2014) includes Book/Movie
Das Boot (TV series) (Mar, 2020)
Day After, The  (July, 2023)
Day of Days (Band of Brothers)  (June, 2014)
Days of Glory  (Jan., 2014)
Days of Glory (1944)  (Jan., 2023)
D-Day - The 6th of June  (June, 2013)
Death Race  (Sept., 2020)
Decision Before Dawn  (May, 2015)
# 29 - The Deer Hunter  (Aug, 2012)
Defiance (June, 2014)
# 78 – Desert Fox  (Dec, 2010)
Destination Tokyo  (Aug, 2012)
The Devil's Brigade  (July, 2013)
The Devil's Disciple (July, 2014)
Devils in the Doorstep  (Sept., 2016)
Devotion (2022)   (Nov., 2022)
# 21 - The Dirty Dozen  (Dec, 2012)
Divided We Fall  (Apr, 2019)
# 84 – Dr. Strangelove  (Oct, 2010)
Doctor Zhivago  (June, 2023)
Dog (2022)  (Mar, 2023)
The Dogs of War  (Dec., 2015)
Dog Soldiers    (Mar, 2021)
# 35 - Downfall  (June, 2012)
Down Periscope vs. Operation Petticoat  (July, 2017)
Dresden  (Feb, 2019)
Drones  (Jan, 2016)
# 27 - Duck Soup  (Aug, 2012)
Duck, You Sucker  (Feb, 2018)
The Duellists (Jan, 2015)  Novella/Movie
# 89 – Dunkirk (1958)  (June, 2011 &  Aug, 2017)
Dunkirk (2004) doc. (May, 2023)
Dunkirk (2017)  (July, 2017)

Friday, March 28, 2025

C is for Cross of Iron

 C

The Caine Mutiny (June, 2013)
The Captain (Aug.,  2021)
Captain America: The First Avenger (June, 2014)
Captain Blood (Sept., 2014)
Captain Corelli's Mandolin (Jul, 2011)
The Captive Heart   (Mar, 2021)
Carter's Army  (Sep., 2014)
Carve Her Name With Pride  (Feb., 2017)
#65 - Casablanca  (May, 2011)
Cast a Giant Shadow  (Oct., 2014)
#66 - Castle Keep  (May, 2011)
Casualties of War (Jan, 2015)
The Catcher Was a Spy  (Feb, 2019)
Catch-22 Book/Movie  (Mar, 2019)
Catch - 22 miniseries  (Jan, 2019)
Centurion  (Jun, 2011)
Charge of the Light Brigade, The  (1968)  (Oct., 2021)
Cheyenne Autumn  (Jun, 2011)  Book/Movie
Chicken Run  (May, 2017)
Chips, War Dog  (Oct, 2023)
Christmas Truce   (Dec., 2021)
Civil War (April, 2023)
Closely Watched Trains (Aug., 2014)
The Cockleshell Heroes  (Jan., 2014)
The Cold Blue  (June, 2019)
The Colditz Story  (Jul, 2012)
Cold Mountain  (Jun, 2011)
#50 - Colonel Redl  (Dec, 2011)
Come and See  (Oct, 2010)
Coming Home  (July, 2013)
Contractor, The  (Feb, 2023)
Coriolanus (2011)  (Mar, 2023)
Corregidor (Nov., 2014)
Counterfeit Traitor, The    (Seot., 2021)
Courage Under Fire  (Jan, 2013)
Covenant, The (2023)   (Apr, 2023)
The Cranes Are Flying  (Sep, 2012)
Crash Dive  (July, 2017)
Crimson Tide  (Oct., 2016)
Cromwell  (Apr, 2012)
The Crossing (Feb, 2013)  and again  (Dec, 2020)
#64 - Cross of Iron  (May, 2011)  Book / Movie  (July, 2019)  Facts (July, 2024)
Culloden   (Apr, 2021)
Custer of the West   (Jan, 2021)

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

B is for "Battle of Britain"

 B

Backdoor to Hell  (Sept., 2021)
Back to Bataan (June, 2014)
#81 - Ballad of a Soldier  (Dec, 2010)
Barefoot Gen  (Aug., 2018)
Barry Lyndon  (July, 2015)
Bataan  (March, 2013)
Battle Circus  (Oct, 2013)
Battle for Sevastopol  (Au., 2021)
#36 - Battleground  (Jun, 2012)
Battle Ground  (Oct, 2017)
Battle: Los Angeles  (Mar, 2011 & Feb, 2019)
#24 - Battle of Algiers  (Oct, 2012)
#90 - Battle of Britain  (Dec, 2010)
Battle of Haditha (May, 2014)
Battle of Los Angeles  (Feb, 2019)
Battleship  (May, 2012)
Battleship Island  (Mar, 2021)
#47 - Battleship Potemkin  (Oct, 2011)
Battle Taxi (July, 2014)
Battle of Westerplatte  (Nov, 2017)
BAT - 21   (Dec, 2019)
Beachhead (Mar, 2015)
Beach Red  (Feb, 2011)
The Beast  (Aug, 2011)
Beasts of No Nation  (Dec., 2015)
Beaufort vs. Lebanon  (Aug, 2012
#52 - Beau Geste (1939)    (Sep, 2011) & here  
A Bell for Adano   (May, 2022) book/movie
Below (June, 2023)
Beneath Hill 60  (May, 2016)
Benediction  (Dec., 2023)
#96 - Ben-Hur  (Aug, 2010)
 Between Heaven and Hell  (Jan., 2017)
Beyond Valkyrie  (Mar., 2017)
#58 - The Big Parade  (Jul, 2011)
#71 - The Big Red One  (Feb, 2011)
Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk  (Nov., 2016)
Birdsong  (Feb, 2016)
Birdy  (Sep, 2011)
The Birth of a Nation  (Au., 2016)
Bitter Victory  (Aug., 2023)
Black Book  (Nov, 2010)
Black Crab (2021)  (Feb, 2023)
#13 - Black Hawk Down  (Aug, 2013)
Blood and Gold  (May, 2023)
The Blue Max vs. Aces High  (Feb, 2012)
The Blue Max (July, 2015) Book/Movie  (Sept., 2021) 
Bombardment, The  (Mar., 2022)
Born on the Fourth of July (June, 2014)  includes History or Hollywood
Boys From Brazil, The (Nov., 2023)
The Boys in Company C (Sept., 2014)
#67 - Braveheart  (Apr, 2011)
Bravo Two Zero  (Jan., 2014)
The Breadwinner   (Aug., 2021)
#91 - Breaker Morant (Sep, 2010)
Breakthrough (1950)  (Nov., 2014)
Breakthrough (1979)  (Oct., 2016)
The Brest Fortress  (Best/Worst 2015)  (Feb, 2016)
The Bridge (June, 2015)
Bridge at Remagen (Aug., 2015)
#12 - The Bridge on the River Kwai  (Aug, 2013) includes book/movie
A Bright Shining Lie   (Aug., 2021)
Buffalo Soldiers(Apr, 2013)
The Bunker  (July, 2016)
Burmese Harp  (Dec, 2019)