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HR: During the summer and autumn months of 1940, the German Air Force tried unsuccessfully to gain air superiority over the Royal Air Force (RAF) of England. (Battle of Britain: August 1st, 1940-September 17th, 1940)
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2) The Desert Rats (1953) shows how the allied troops were able to hold Tobruk for 240something days and provide Hitler with one of his earliest defeats.
HR: In North Africa, the only thing stopping famous German General Erwin Rommel and his troops for taking control of the strategically important Suez Canal were the Allied troops in Tobruk. (Seige of Tobruk: April 11th, 1941-November 27th, 1941)
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3) The 11th Day (2005) chronicles the story of the men, women, and children of the Cretan civilian resistance movement and their relentless battle against Nazi occupation forces from 1941-1945.
HR: The Battle of Crete ("Operation Mercury") was fought during the Second World War on the Greek island of Crete. The Battle of Crete was the first occasion where Fallschirmjäger (German paratroops) were used en masse, the first mainly airborne invasion in military history, the first time the Allies made significant use of intelligence from decrypted German messages from the Enigma machine, and the first time German troops encountered mass resistance from a civilian population (Battle of Crete: 20 May – 1 June 1941)
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4) Casablanca (1943) The Germans are in control, Americans (Bogart) are neutral, and everybody else (Bergman) is trying to escape the grip of the Germans. - MUST WATCH FILM DAMMIT -
HR: Europe was at war. The United States was on the sidelines, but that was about to change with the bombing of Pearl Harbor only days away. (Early December 1941)
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5) Tora! Tora! Tora!(1970) a dual viewpoint of the Pearl Harbor situation.
HR: Pearl Harbor. The Japanese threw bombs and pilots at it. (December 7th, 1941)
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6) Das Boat (1981) it's about a U-Boat (German submarine that was the bomb in the WWI) that was in the Antlantic when the USA decided to join the Allied forces. Whoops. -MUST WATCH WAR FILM-
HR: German U-boats were creating havoc in the Atlantic Ocean, especially around the British shipping routes. Mortality Rate of U-Boat crews: 75%. (Battle of the Atlantic: Late December 1941-Early 1942)
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7) Destination Tokyo (1943)
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