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Pincer on Axis Europe is a 20-minute 1943 Canadian documentary film, made by the National Film Board of Canada as part of the wartime Canada Carries On series. [1] The film describes the Allied invasion of North Africa in 1942 during the Second World War .
The state of the Allies and Axis powers in December 1940, showing great Axis expansion in Europe and Northern Africa. 1-8 December: Greek forces continue to drive the Italian armies back, capturing the cities of Pogradec, Sarandë, and Gjirokastër. 1 December: Bombing raids are exchanged throughout the month between Germany and Britain.
The Heart of a Queen (German: Das Herz der Königin) (1940) – Nazi German biographical drama film making selective use of the life story of Mary, Queen of Scots, and her execution by Queen Elizabeth I for anti-English and pro-Scottish propaganda, in the context of the Second World War going on at the time [17]
1939–1940: Axis victory Occupation of most of Western and Northern Europe by Axis troops; End of the French Third Republic and creation of the Vichy regime; Strategic stalemate following the Battle of Britain; Continuation with the Defense of the Reich and the Battle of the Atlantic; Beginning of the North Africa and East Africa campaigns
The events were held in places far away from the Lido, and very few countries participated due to World War II and directors that were members of the Rome–Berlin axis. In fact the Festival lost its ‘international’ designation that year, as the war had reduced the number of participating nations to just three: Italy, Germany and, in a ...
Dramatic film of a confrontation between a Tommy and a German sniper. [20] YouTube: United States The New Spirit: Walt Disney (producer) Anti-Axis Disney cartoon in which Donald Duck learns to pay his taxes and fight the Axis, using only a "tax blank", pen, ink, and a blotter. [21] IA YouTube: United States Old Blackout Joe: Paul Sommer John Hubley
France and Britain tried during the 1930s to draw Mussolini away from an alliance with Germany but the rapid German successes from 1938 to 1940 made Italian intervention on the German side inevitable by May 1940. Italy declared war on France and Britain on the evening of 10 June, to take effect just after midnight.
It is one of three Nazi-era German films that provide an antisemitic retelling of an earlier film. The others, both released in 1940, bore titles similar to films released in 1934: The Eternal Jew was a documentary-format film with the same title as the 1934 film and Jud Süss was a drama based on a 1934 film adaptation of a 1925 novel.