100 Great War Movies: The Real History Behind the Films
66 CROSS OF IRON Walden’s UH-1H Medevac he li cop ter goes into action without a gunship escort— something that would never occu ...
CROSS OF IRON 67 and logistical prob lems. Wolf Hartwig had bud geted $4 million to make the movie but had managed to secure onl ...
68 CROSS OF IRON to credit Meyer, and has consequently been nominated for the Iron Cross. Stran- sky named as witnesses Lt. Trie ...
CRUEL SEA, THE 69 the Kuban bridgehead and the Taman Peninsula— the setting of Heinrich’s novel and Peckinpah’s film. On 17 May ...
70 CRUEL SEA, THE the Royal Hellenic Navy—in Malta, where it was awaiting breaking. After undergo- ing repairs, K32 steamed back ...
CRUEL SEA, THE 71 three years on the water, the Compass Rose falls victim to a torpedo attack and sinks. Forced to abandon ship, ...
Dam Busters, The (1955) Synopsis The Dam Busters is a British war film based on The Dam Busters (1951) by Paul Brickhill and Ene ...
DAM BUSTERS, THE 73 gun turrets were removed to mimic 617 Squadron’s special- purpose aircraft). The planes, supplied by the RAF ...
74 DAS BOOT [THE BOAT] reviewer for the London Times (17 May 1955) termed The Dam Busters “a film of unusual merit.” Brigid Murn ...
DAS BOOT [THE BOAT] 75 production with an international profile, Bavaria initially sought Hollywood prestige and expertise. In t ...
76 DAS BOOT [THE BOAT] Plot Summary Lt. Werner (Herbert Grönemeyer) is assigned as a war correspondent to U-96 in October 1941. ...
by a British fighter plane, and the boat’s navigator, Kriechbaum (Bernd Tauber), is badly wounded. U-96 crash dives but when it ...
78 DAWN PATROL, THE [AKA FLIGHT COMMANDER] dove and remained submerged for only 6 hours, not 16, before returning to its base at ...
DAWN PATROL, THE [AKA FLIGHT COMMANDER] 79 Production The shoot for The Dawn Patrol started on 28 February 1930. The En glish ai ...
80 DAWN PATROL, THE [AKA FLIGHT COMMANDER] was being rebuffed. Courtney feels the full responsibility of sending newer pi lots i ...
DEER HUNTER, THE 81 similar attack mounted by WWI Canada’s top flying ace, William Avery “Billy” Bishop (1894–1956). On 2 June 1 ...
82 DEER HUNTER, THE Background The Deer Hunter began as a story idea by actor/screenwriter Quinn K. Redeker, circa 1971. After ...
DEER HUNTER, THE 83 Follansbee and Weirton, West Virginia. The deer hunting scenes were shot in the Heather Meadows area of Moun ...
84 DEER HUNTER, THE then turning on their enemies. Nick and Mike kill the guards and rescue Steven; then the trio floats down th ...
DEER HUNTER, THE 85 an instrument of torture on American POWs. At Oscar night (9 April 1979) 13 members of Vietnam Veterans agai ...
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