Shall try put things in uncommon or not already covered
The Cruel Sea:
the story of WW2 Flower Class Corvette HMS Compass Rose and her successor
In Which We Serve:
a little stiff, an account told in reflection in a lifeboat of a Royal Navy destroyer. Fictional but said to be based on Mountbattens ship HMS Kelly lost in the Battle of Crete. Coward earned an Acedemy Award
Ice Cold in Alex
An ambulance crew making their escape from advancing Africa Corp in the North African desert. Starred John Mills, and probably one of his best performances as a drunk army Captain
Master & Commander, The Far Side of the World:
Meant to be the basis of other films that never eventuated.
I had the pleasure of videoing a quartet playing 'Musica notturna delle strade di Madrid at The Prince of Wales Lodge; In the Year of Our Grace 2012', that was featured in the film,
I cant play music worth a damn, so this was just facinating
Stalingrad:
German film of their experiences in Russia, said to be more of an anti-war film becuase it is so persuasively gruesome to watch
Valkyrie
Well only for the organisation of the Tomahawk (P40) air attack at the beginning, Im really not that fond of Cruise and can happily sleep through the rest
Dark Blue World
Czech film about Czechoslovakian pilots and the experiences in the RAF fighting in England in WW2.
If your into Spitfires its got some great scenes, it is as the best of war films are funny at times and yet incredibly sad
War Horse
I guess commonly known, but I knew ppl like that, and my grandparents used to breed clydesdales at that time
Passchendale
Canadian war film, pretty powerful combat and some real whoa moments
Beneath Hill 60
Prelude to the the Battle of Messines gigantic mines are dug beneath the opposing German garrisons to predictable effect
Kokoda, 39th Battalion
IMO more important an engagement that the entire Galipoli campaign, and tells the story of an army now prepared to go it alone against the tallest odds
Dunkirk
Television series that goes pretty much all the way with it and available on youtube.
your into tanks? check out
The Beast:
an interpretation of the Soviet experiences in Afghanistan from the point of view of a tank crew
Fury:
seems like a lot of folks arent happy with this film, myself I quite liked it. On my inf it took 4-5 Shermans to knock a Tiger, so ok maybe theyre rarer that I thought.
But it was good to see a real Tiger on the move instead of the modified T34 in Saving Private Ryan