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May 8, 2024 · Synopsis. When Allied forces liberated the Nazi concentration camps in 1944-45, their terrible discoveries were recorded by army and newsreel cameramen, revealing for the first time the full horror of what had happened. Making use of British, Soviet and American footage, the Ministry of Information’s Sidney Bernstein (later founder of Granada ...
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May 12, 2024 · On Sept. 1, 1939, Germany invaded Poland, forcing the second world war in 25 years. The massive and lengthy war resulted in an estimated 75 million deaths before it came to an end on Sept. 2, 1945 ...
6 days ago · 3. The Imitation Game. It wasn’t just blood, sweat, and bullets that ended WWII. Brain power was utilized just as much as brawn and bravery during WWII, and The Imitation Game is here to show us ...
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6 days ago · Enemy At The Gates. Joseph Fiennes, Jude Law, Rachel Weisz. 99 votes. Enemy at the Gates, a war drama, is set amidst the ruins of Stalingrad during World War II. It follows the harrowing exploits of Russian sniper, Vassili Zaitsev (Jude Law), and his relentless duel with German sharpshooter Major König (Ed Harris).
1 day ago · The Continuation War, [f] also known as the Second Soviet-Finnish War, was a conflict fought by Finland and Nazi Germany against the Soviet Union during World War II. It began with a Finnish declaration of war and invasion on 25 June 1941 and ended on 19 September 1944 with the Moscow Armistice.
- 25 June 1941 – 19 September 1944, (3 years, 2 months, 3 weeks and 4 days)
6 days ago · Intertwined with interviews of both survivors and liberators, as well as short newsreel films and raw footage from the original film, the 2014 documentary chronicles the atrocities that occurred in the concentration and labour camps of Bergen-Belsen, Auschwitz, Majdanek, Dachau, and Buchenwald, also including footage from Soviet cameramen.
1 day ago · Soon after that, the Soviet Union demanded significant territorial concessions from Finland, and after Finland rejected Soviet demands, the Soviet Union attacked Finland on 30 November 1939 in what became known as the Winter War – a bitter conflict that resulted in a peace treaty on 13 March 1940, with Finland maintaining its independence but ...
