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  1. Saumur musée des blindés (tank museum) has the world largest collection of French WW2 and WW1 tanks in the world, along with 600 tanks of other nations, mostly of WW2 era. Panhard AMD 178, one of the most successful French armored scout cars. AMR 33, a fast cavalry French reconnaissance tankette, influenced by the British Carden-Loyd designs.

  2. 13 this week. Create a new list. List your movie, TV & celebrity picks. 12 titles. Sort by List order. 1. Army of Shadows. 1969 2h 25m Not Rated. 8.1 (26K) Rate. 99 Metascore. An account of underground resistance fighters in Nazi-occupied France. Director Jean-Pierre Melville Stars Lino Ventura Paul Meurisse Jean-Pierre Cassel. 2. The Old Gun.

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    English Title: The Roundup Genre: Historical War Drama IMDb: 7.1 / 10 Probably one of the most heart-breaking movies, this story relates the horror of the “Rafle du Vél d’Hiv” in Paris in July 1942. The French want to “offer” “some” of their Jews (24’000 to be exact) to Hitler. At 4am, they storm houses and take everyone: adults, children, the elde...

    English Title: A Bag of Marbles Genre: Biographical Drama IMDb: 7.3 / 10 This movie is based on a biographical book with the same title. A Jewish family in Paris flees the German-occupied city separately with the plan to meet again in the South of France that is still free. The story retraces the flight of the two youngest boys without their parent...

    English Title: Goodbye, Children Genre: Biographical Drama IMDb: 8.0 / 10 Based on a biographical book with the same title. It relates the story of a young Catholic boy who is sent to a Catholic boarding school during WWII for safety reasons. The school illegally hides two Jewish boys and a Jewish teacher.

    English Title: Come What May Genre: War Drama IMDb: 6.7 / 10 This movie depicts the mass exodus – or rather, flight – that took place in France in May and June of 1940, when the Germans entered the country through the North of France. Hundreds of thousands civilians fled the North towards the South to escape the German invasion. Until the Germans c...

    English Title: Django Genre: Biographical Drama IMDb: 6.3 / 10 Django Reinhardt was a very talented jazz guitarist of Romani-French origins. The movie shows how he coped during WWII in occupied French territory where gypsies were being persecuted and thrown into labor and death camps along with the Jews. A lot of good music and some local language ...

    English Title: Diplomacy Genre: War Drama IMDb: 7.1 / 10 This was originally a play that was later turned into a film using the same two lead actors of the play. It’s the story of the last hours of German-occupied Paris. Hitler had planned to completely destroy the city before the Allied forces (French, British and Americans) took it over again. A ...

    English Title: Don’t look now…we’re being shot at! Genre: Adventure War Comedy IMDb: 8.0 / 10 For 40 years, this was the most successful movie in France and it is still listed in the top 5 favorite movies of the French. It’s about two French men who help the crew of a Royal Air Force bomber that was shot down over Paris to get back to safe territor...

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  4. Les Croix de bois (1932) With cast and crew composed largely of World War I veterans, this brutal portrait of a soldier's life on the Western Front is harrowingly realistic. Read full review... La Grande illusion (1937)

    • Casablanca. Arguably Humphrey Bogart’s best movie of all time, Casablanca follows American Rick Blaine (Bogart) as he chooses between the women he loves and helping the Resistance during World War II.
    • A Man Escaped. One of the best war movies of the 1950s is A Man Escaped (Un condamné à mort s'est échappé) is based on André Devigny’s memoir about his time in Montluc prison as a member of the Resistance.
    • The Sorrow and the Pity. The Sorrow and the Pity (Le Chagrin et la Pitié) is a two-part documentary directed by Marcel Ophuls. The 1969 documentary discusses the collaboration between the Vichy government and the Nazis during World War II.
    • Au Revoir Les Enfants. Au Revoir Les Enfants is an autobiographical film that was written and directed by Louis Malle. The 1987 film stars Gaspard Manesse, Raphaël Fejtő, Francine Racette, and Philippe Morier-Genoud as Père Jean.
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  6. Aug 18, 2023 · World War II was global, complex, intricate, and comprised of more than a million events and individual stories. It's a goldmine for cinematic drama and tense action! Over 1,300 WWII movies have been made and released to date.

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