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Kirkus Reviews called The Short-Timers "a terse spitball of a book, fine and real and terrifying, that marks a real advance in Vietnam war literature." [ 5 ] The Washington Post wrote: "There is a vivid description of Hue in the aftermath of the 1968 Tet offensive and a grimly realistic portrayal of Marines under siege at Khesanh.
The fifth book spans from 1942 to early 1943. Having once again switched sides, the British and French have reopened the Western Front and are also fighting the Germans and Italians in North Africa. Because of the shift in German resources, the Red Army is finally able to break through and liberate Belarus and Ukraine near the end of the book ...
Time Limit is a 1957 American legal drama film directed by Karl Malden, based on the 1956 Broadway play of the same name by Henry Denker and Ralph Berkey. The film is Malden's only directing credit; in his autobiography, Malden stated that he "preferred being a good actor to being a fairly good director."
The short film The Big Picture: Wars End (1955) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. The short film WAR'S END (1959) is available for free viewing and download at the Internet Archive. S. L. A. Marshall Photograph Collection at US Army Heritage and Education Center; S. L. A. Marshall at Find a Grave
The book tells the story of two sisters in France during World War II and their struggle to survive and resist the German occupation there. The book was inspired by accounts of a Belgian woman, Andrée de Jongh, who helped downed Allied pilots escape Nazi territory. [1] [2] The Nightingale entered multiple bestseller lists upon release. As of ...
(short film) 2011 United States Breakdown: Thomas Lynskey Short film. A vignette driven film about a Soviet trap against a squad of German soldiers. (short film) 2011 United States Courage Too Late: Thomas Lynskey Short film. A romance brews between a male and female Soviet soldier while their platoon is sent to capture a German colonel.
After this incident, Manning is scorned by his peers and berated by newly assigned First Lieutenant Terrence Lukas. Manning's company makes a push toward the town of Schmidt in order to take and hold a key bridge. However, they move into an enemy minefield and are fired on.
Decision Before Dawn is a 1951 American war film directed by Anatole Litvak, starring Richard Basehart, Oskar Werner, and Hans Christian Blech.It tells the story of the U.S. Army using potentially unreliable German prisoners of war to gather intelligence as clandestine "line-crossers" in the closing days of World War II.