A fictional story, but gives us a great opportunity to discuss D-Day and the end of the European theater of WWII.

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The story behind the most iconic photograph in American military history.

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Iconic best picture winner about US general George Patton. He was a big personality and often his own worst enemy.

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A look at the home front during World War II. While the characters here are fictitious, the league and the teams shown were real.

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A very detailed look at the lead up to the attack on Pearl Harbor from both the American and Japanese perspective.

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Martin Scorsese’s biopic of the eccentric billionaire Howard Hughes.

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As we prepare for World War II, we look at the life of Charlie Chaplin and discuss his lampooning of Adolf Hitler in The Great Dictator.

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Based on John Steinbeck’s novel of Oklahoma farmers moving to California during the Great Depression.

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A bit too Hollywood, but this film gives a good look at the career of James Braddock and the Great Depression.

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An almost-entirely fictionalized account of Elliot Ness and his quest to bring down Al Capone.

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