Overlooked WWII Media

With so much WWII content out there it's hard to know what's worth your time and what isnt - enter this blog! Reviews of movies, series, and books that often get passed over looking for hidden gems. Lists of upcoming media under Links. New reviews temporarily on Sunday evenings. Submissions, suggestions, or requests are always welcome!

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Overlooked WWII Media’s Rec List 2.0

Tumblr won’t let me update the original post so I’m making a new one with a couple new recommendations!  All the old recommendations are still here, and the Rec List link on my blog has also been updated.  Enjoy!

Posted 2/8/2021.

Updated 11/9/2024.

The Dawns Here are Quiet (2015)

Bomb Girls (2012)

The Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society (2018)

Suite Francaise (submission)

Land Girls (2009)

Catch-22 (2019)

Generation War (2013)

Jojo Rabbit (2019)

The Monuments Men (2014)

The Man in the High Castle S1 S2 S3 S4

Home Fires (2015)

Remembrance (2011)

Charité at War (2019)

El Alamein - The Line of Fire (2002)

The Windermere Children (2020)

World on Fire S1 (2019)

Greyhound (2020)

Canopy (2013)

Foyles War (2002-2015)

A Call to Spy (2019)

Land of Mine (2015) *

The Defeated (2020) *

The Gathering Storm (2002)

Darkest Hour (2017)

The Railway Man (2013)

Night Train to Munich (1940)

Into the White (2012)

Jaguar (2021)

A League of Their Own (2022)

A Matter of Life and Death (1946)

SAS Rogue Heroes (2022)

All Creatures Great and Small (2020)

The Best Years of Our Lives (1946)

We Were the Lucky Ones (2024)

The Four Days of Naples (1962)

Five Graves to Cairo (1943)

*These movies/series contain graphic violence, watch at your own discretion.

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BAND OF BROTHERS (2001) Part One: Currahee

HBO WW2 Rewatch Week 2: Jump Wings

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A Vickers Wellington GR.VIII (serial W5674, 'DF-D’') of No. 221 Squadron RAF based at Limavady, County Londonderry (Northern Ireland, UK). 1941

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Conspiracy (2001)

Basic Story: The dramatization of the Wannsee Conference where different departments of the Nazi government coordinated their implementation of the 'Final Solution'.

Fan Thoughts: While dramatized to emphasize the bigger picture the film was portraying, the script was based on the sole surviving transcript from the meeting. The callous discussion of how to implement their 'Final Solution' is truly the most chilling aspect of the film, and likely is not far off from the actual statements made that day. While it is a made for TV movie, the cast is loaded with top tier actors: Kenneth Branagh, Stanley Tucci, Colin Firth, Brendan Coyle, Owen Teale, and Ian McNeice just to name a few. Kenneth Branagh won an Emmy for his portrayal of Reinhard Heydrich, leading the meeting and coercing the other to agree to his ideas before revealing they have already begun implementing them. The combination of the script and the acting across the board make this an engaging film to watch, with palpable tension on-screen as they tread the line between following the party line and arguing for their own interests. An stellar cast, excellent performances, and a script that makes the meeting tight and tense makes this film one to watch.

Warnings: none

Available On: HBO Max, Apple TV, Prime Video, Hulu, YouTube

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HBOWW2REWATCH, WEEK 15: Isolation

Joseph Mazzello as Eugene Sledge in THE PACIFIC (2010) ↳ Part Ten: Home

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Chinese and American armorers inspect the guns of a Curtiss P-40E Warhawk of the 74th Fighter Squadron, 23rd Fighter Group, at Kunming, China. February 1, 1943.

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HBO WW2 REWATCH » Masters of the Air, Episode 1.

— Son of a bitch, THAT'S FRANCE!

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A US 2nd Infantryman takes the opportunity to write to his loved ones at home - France 1944

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↳ CINEMATOGRAPHY OF THE PACIFIC: EPISODE 5

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The crew and ground crew walk across the apron toward an Avro Anson of No. 502 Squadron RAF. The gunners carry a 100-pound (45.4 kg) bomb. The gunner carries a 7.7 mm (0.303 in) Vickers K machine gun mounted on the dorsal fuselage. 1939

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Henry Cavill as GUS MARCH-PHILLIPPS In The Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare (2024), Dir. Guy Ritchie

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An American SB2C Helldiver carrier-based dive bomber from Bomb Squadron VB-61 flies in front of the aircraft carrier USS Wasp (CV-18) in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of Japan. F6F Hellcat fighters are visible in the background. 1945

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Doc Roe holding medical supplies in his mouth

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British soldiers take part in a training exercise on the streets (possibly Marine Parade) of Worthing, West Sussex - England 1940

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Alan Ritchson as Anders Lassen THE MINISTRY OF UNGENTLEMANLY WARFARE (2024) Dir: Guy Ritchie

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HM Queen Elizabeth inspecting flight and ground crews on a visit to Warboys, a station of No 8 Pathfinder Group. An Avro Lancaster of No 156 Squadron, Royal Air Force is seen in a T2 hangar. 1944

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Dunkirk (2017)

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