World War 2 @ the movies

[renrich]

For those of you who want to see a remake of that piece of crap "Midway" I recommend to you a movie that I think came out in about 1949, "Task Force" It does a decent job with the Battle of Midway, has some good later war footage, the ordeal of the Franklin and some good footage of the Langley experiences.

 

[drgondog]

For me Band of Brothers (even though it implied 82nd AB was a b@st@rd stepchild when the 82nd already had two battle jumps plus Anzio before Puking Buzzards made it to ETO)


and

12 O'clock High (stories all true just not all the same bomb group).

The author Bernie Lay, in real life, was a pathfinder (B-17) pilot who survived a Company front attack on first Berlin raid to become guest of LW. He was reaching for his chute when his ship blew up, then next thing he knows he is in free fall with chute (unattached) in his hands.

The book is a must read.

Bill

 

[Grampa]

Theres one thing i notised to the Ki-43 in the videoklip YouTube - 俺は、君のたã'ã«ã"そæ*»ã«ã«ã"く + Letters from Iwo jima is that the Kamikazeplane in the pictures whas carring a droptank on the left wing and a bomb on the right side. Normally some of the fighterbomber who carried bombs and droptank at the same time in WW2 combinet by either put a droptank in the middle under the fuselage and bombs on the wings or reverse. so for the Ki-43 dident they have to chose to either carry droptank or bombs on the wings? those plane only had 1 raks under each wing, and if they did whouldent that create a unbalance speciallity when the Droptank getting empy and what fuelcapasity did that droptank have and what bomb did they carried, also what combat range did that plane whit that unusual combination had?

 

[hitoshi]

I have to agree with you guys on 'Pearl harbour' absolute "shite" but for the beautiful aircraft action.

Some of my all-time favs......


Cross of Iron
Stalingrad
Downfall
Leiji Matsumoto's 'Cockpit' ( animated)
Saving Private Ryan

.....and 'Flags of our Fathers' was quite impressive but I found 'Letters from Iwo Jima" far more powerful.