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Publisher
Kultur
Pub. Date
[2007?]
Physical Desc
2 DVDs (300 min.) : sound, color and black and white ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Like old soldiers everywhere, they are fading away, but these German veterans of World War Two have an incredible and sometimes shocking story to tell. This is a unique opportunity to see and hear the last testimonies of Hitler's armies."--Container.
2) My Lai
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The words 'My Lai' are seared into our memories of the Vietnam War, but few know what really happened in the small Vietnamese village on March 16, 1968. Now, drawing on 400 hours of recently discovered audio recordings and new interviews with participants, eye witnesses, and investigators, the complete story can finally be told about one of the most shocking atrocities in modern times, and about lesser-known acts of remarkable courage.
4) Glory
Series
Language
English
Description
Col. Robert Gould Shaw is the 25-year-old white son of Boston abolitionists who volunteers to command the first all-black 54th Regiment of the Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry. Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the inspirational sergeant who unites the troops. Pvt. Trip is the runaway slave who embodies the indomitable spirit of the regiment. After months of tough training and eventual small battle experience, they are lead to glory in their final assault...
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
1 DVD (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The place: World War II Burma. The mission: drive a fatal wedge between an enemy link-up. The troops: the 5307th Composite Unit, led by Brig. Gen. Frank Merrill and manned by Stock, Chowhound, Kolowicz and other young dogfaces who after a few weeks of basic training had the fate of the world loaded on their backs.
Publisher
Home Box Office
Pub. Date
[2011]
Edition
[Blu-ray version].
Physical Desc
13 Blu-rays (1,235 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Contains the two mini-series "Band of Brothers," which chronicles the 101st Airborne as it prepares and lands on D-Day, and fights its way through Europe to the end of World War II; and "The Pacific," which tracks three U.S. Marines and their fellow soldiers across the Pacific theater during World War II; as well as the bonus documentary "He Has Seen War," that examines the postwar lives of veterans of both Band of brothers and The Pacific.
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