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Battle at Bloody Beach, (aka Battle on the Beach in the UK and Australia), [3] is a 1961 American CinemaScope drama war film directed by Herbert Coleman and starring Audie Murphy who had previously worked together in Posse from Hell. The film also features Gary Crosby and introduces Alejandro Rey.
This was the second of three major speeches given around the period of the Battle of France; the others are the "Blood, toil, tears and sweat" speech of 13 May 1940, and the "This was their finest hour" speech of 18 June 1940. Events developed dramatically over the five-week period, and although broadly similar in themes, each speech addressed ...
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The Dunkirk evacuation, codenamed Operation Dynamo and also known as the Miracle of Dunkirk, or just Dunkirk, was the evacuation of more than 338,000 Allied soldiers during the Second World War from the beaches and harbour of Dunkirk, in the north of France, between 26 May and 4 June 1940.
In his 1977 book The Comprehensive Guide to Board Wargaming, Nick Palmer pointed out the "unusual movement system" caused by the square grid, but noted that the game was "Highly tactical, with mines, strongpoints, a rough sea landing and a pitched battle on the beach." Palmer concluded by warning about the "Very considerable rule problems" and ...
China Beach is an American war drama television series set at an evacuation hospital during the Vietnam War. The title refers to My Khe [ 1 ] beach in the city of Đà Nẵng, Vietnam , nicknamed "China Beach" in English by American and Australian soldiers during the Vietnam War.
Removal of mines and obstacles from the beach, a job that had to be performed quickly before the tide came in at 10:30, was the assignment of 237th and 299th Combat Engineer Battalions and the eight dozer tanks. [68] The teams used explosives to destroy beach obstacles and blow gaps in the sea wall to allow quicker access for troops and ...
On the Beach is a 1959 American post-apocalyptic science fiction drama film from United Artists starring Gregory Peck, Ava Gardner, Fred Astaire, and Anthony Perkins. Produced and directed by Stanley Kramer , [ 2 ] it is based on Nevil Shute 's 1957 novel On the Beach depicting the aftermath of a nuclear war. [ 3 ]