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War Movie Summaries & Endings Explained
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The Bofors Gun
1968 · Drama
Elizabeth of Ladymead
1948 · Drama
The Captive Heart
1946 · Drama
Yesterday’s Enemy
1959 · Drama
Wooden Crosses
1932 · War
The Round-Up
1966 · War
The Journey
1959 · Romance
The Camp on Blood Island
1958 · War
Home of the Brave
1949 · War
Another Dawn
1937 · Romance
Yellow Canary
1943 · War
Dragonfly Squadron
1954 · War
Nine Men
1943 · War
Jamila, the Algerian
1958 · War
In Love and War
1958 · War
The Incredible Mr. Limpet
1964 · Comedy
High Flight
1957 · Drama
Northern Pursuit
1943 · Drama
High Barbaree
1947 · War
The Turning Point
1945 · War
Westfront 1918
1930 · Drama
No Regrets for Our Youth
1946 · War
The Torch
1950 · Action
Yangtse Incident: The Story of H.M.S. Amethyst
1957 · War
The Dawn Patrol
1938 · War
Passenger
1963 · War
Ten Seconds to Hell
1959 · Drama
Back Door to Hell
1964 · War
Stalingrad: Dogs, Do You Want to Live Forever?
1959 · War
I Wanted Wings
1941 · War
Marriage Is a Private Affair
1944 · War
Journey to Shiloh
1968 · Western
Operation Pacific
1951 · Action
Judith
1966 · Drama
Rendezvous
1935 · War
King of Hearts
1966 · Drama
Hell’s Horizon
1955 · Drama
Two Soldiers
1943 · War
Situation Hopeless — But Not Serious
1965 · War
Reach for the Sky
1956 · Drama
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