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lots of good war movies from the dawn of the film industry
kinda surprised no one has mentioned the movie "fury" that just came out
rented a redbox copy for under 2 dollars
pretty good movie actually. You do realize that the situation was completely unrealistic. There is no way a sherman sitting out in the open and unable to move would have a chance against a German Battalion of Waffen SS. fixed it for ya..................................... like no other war film ever produced was unrealistic............    I actually liked the film cause of the armor aspect of it and that they also had a real tiger used in the filming spent a lot of spare time making german ww2 armor models 1/35 scale the last time I was stationed in korea on 2ID general staff /purgatory mostly tamiya kits but I also had access to a lot of dragon brand models and others in the pacific /japan area actually won the 8th army model contest in 2005 and took 3rd in the 2005 army arts and crafts contest in models 100% hand painted and weathered used a fly tying jig with magnifier for painting with sharpened toothpicks shaved brushes regular assorted brushes cotton balls qtips all of my paint jobs are speckeled/dot camo the types a crew could apply with materials at hand in field conditions that is why I liked the movie and I would not spend money buying a Sherman kit ever if I did it would have been of a Sherman with a bunch of 88 holes punched thru it
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You do realize that the situation was completely unrealistic. There is no way a sherman sitting out in the open and unable to move would have a chance against a German company of infantry. That was one of my only contentions with an otherwise decent movie. There is no way any immobilized tank with no Infantry support, buttoned up and blind, at dusk, could have withstood a single squad with a couple of Panzerfausts, much less a company or battalion. Wait all of five minutes until dark, throw a couple of smoke grenades to further hide movement, make use of the extensive natural cover and concealment offered at that locale, sneak around to the sides or behind and launch a couple of shaped charges up their ass. Sing "Horst Wessel" as you march on... Of course, it makes a better movie to march up a road straight into the barrels of a 75mm and two .30 caliber machine guns on a tank you haven't checked out. 
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You do realize that the situation was completely unrealistic. There is no way a sherman sitting out in the open and unable to move would have a chance against a German company of infantry. That was one of my only contentions with an otherwise decent movie. There is no way any immobilized tank with no Infantry support, buttoned up and blind, at dusk, could have withstood a single squad with a couple of Panzerfausts, much less a company or battalion. Wait all of five minutes until dark, throw a couple of smoke grenades to further hide movement, make use of the extensive natural cover and concealment offered at that locale, sneak around to the sides or behind and launch a couple of shaped charges up their ass. Sing "Horst Wessel" as you march on... Of course, it makes a better movie to march up a road straight into the barrels of a 76mm and two .30 caliber machine guns and a .50 cal on a tank you haven't checked out. fixed it for ya....................
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My favorite was band of brothers. The one that made me think the most was platoon. My buddies dad always talked about nam but when we got home his mom gave us a case of brew and said leave. We were 16. I guess it struck a chord.
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I'm glad to see someone knows their WWII armor. It was a test and you passed! At least that's my story....
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the germans in that movie was thankful they didn't run into a Sherman firefly(brit version with their 17 pounder gun) hahahahaaaa!!!!!! (a panzerfaust woulda made that tank look like swisscheese also). slumlord teases me about my model display in my man cave he is just jealous cause he never followed instructions when he got models and stuck all his fingers together after sniffing the glue as a kid tankshipdinoplane thing he made looked like something outta transformers gone wrong I bet 
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Platoon
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iwo jima ,tora tora tora battle of midway and flying tigers are my tops but their are many more good ones
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I haven't read all the post. Has anyone mentioned The Young Lions yet? If you haven't seen it you've missed a good one.
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Lot's of great movies listed, let me add "The Devil's Brigade" to the list.
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Das Boot
Tora Tora Tora
The Sand Pebbles
Patton
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Bridge Over The River Kwai
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A movie that I have in my collection that I have always considered a good war movie is "The Bunker" it leads you to believe that its a horror movie, but in the end its about German soldiers who take shelter in an abandoned bunker at the end of WWII as the allies are approaching, they are all tired, miss their families, and are dealing with the horror of war.
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I believe most all of my favorites have been listed. I would add:
Generation Kill - the HBO mini-series
Jarhead
Letters from Iwo Jima
84 Charlie MoPic
Bat*21
Flight of the Intruder
M*A*S*H - the movie NOT the TV show!
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Another pretty good war movie I just remembered:
Mosquito Squadron
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Bridge on the River Kwai was great, but my personal favourite was The Alamo (the John Wayne movie). To this day I am in awe of the bravery of the men who actually fought in that battle.
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