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Down Wind

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Down Wind

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Inspired by true events, Down Wind is sourced from an article concerning incidents that transpired in the U.S. Southwest towards the end of World War II.
The Hero Named Koxinga

2022

The Hero Named Koxinga

2022
Zheng Chenggong, Prince of Yanping (or Koxinga) was a Ming loyalist who resisted the Qing conquest of China. In 1661, Koxinga defeated the Dutch outposts on Taiwan and established a dynasty, the House of Koxinga, which ruled part of the island as the Kingdom of Tungning from 1661 to 1683.
Bullet in the Back

1976

Bullet in the Back

1976
This TV movie in two parts is one of the greatest movies filmed by Television Belgrade modeled on the BBC. At the end of the Second World War, coroner Ozne examines the surrender of captured partisans to the Germans, which is intertwined with the death of a young lieutenant who is a chetnik, who disappeared missing in November 1941. In this vetting the surface exposes many events and crimes that have been long hidden.
Company of Steel

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Company of Steel

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After enduring horrors during the War in the Eastern part of Ukraine (2015), three young Ukrainian war veterans return home, both stronger than before and full of scars. They try to find out how to belong in this old but new reality and win their private wars, try to understand how to live civil life. But in February 2022 full-scale Russian invasion of Ukraine started and they are faced with new challenges of reality. What experience do the heroes gain in these wars, and how are they initiated by accepting death?
In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain

1939

In Battle Against the Enemy of the World: German Volunteers in Spain

1939
Nazi propaganda film about the Condor Legion, a unit of German "volunteers" who fought in the Spanish Civil War on the side of eventual dictator Francisco Franco against the elected government of Spain.
Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military

2016

Jackie Speier: Sexual Assault in the Military

2016
Congresswoman Jackie Speier explains her approach to protecting victims of sexual assault within the military. Her goal is to take prosecuting powers out of the inner ranks and put it into the hands of properly trained detectives.
Tiffany McKinley: Sailor

2014

Tiffany McKinley: Sailor

2014
Tiffany McKinley dismisses the stereotype of a single female personality in the military. For Tiffany, her interest in the Navy was activated by the spread of patriotism after 9/11. In the Navy, she manned the control centers of deployed ships.
Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

2017

Brevet Major Pauline Cushman-Fryer: Civil War Spy

2017
Performed by Constance Smith, Pauline Cushman-Fryer tells us how she became a Union Spy, was almost hanged, was granted the rank of Major by Abraham Lincoln, and died lonely in San Francisco from an overdose of opium.
Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

2020

Alene B. Duerk: The First Woman Admiral

2020
Following the tradition of military service in her family, Alene Duerk enlisted as a Navy nurse in 1943. During her eventful 32 year career, she served in WWII on a hospital ship in the Sea of Japan, and trained others in the Korean War. She became the Director of the Navy Nursing Corps during the Vietnam War before finally attaining the rank of Admiral in the U.S. Navy. Despite having no other women as mentors (or peers), Admiral Duerk always looked for challenging opportunities that women had not previously held. Her consistently high level of performance led to her ultimate rise to become the first woman Admiral.
Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII

2021

Hidden Heroes: The Nisei Soldiers of WWII

2021
Featuring sit-down interviews with experts and historians, follows the story of the Japanese American soldiers of WWII who fought for the ideals of American democracy.
The Fight for Freedom: The Major Battles of WWII

2010

The Fight for Freedom: The Major Battles of WWII

2010
Before the bell of freedom could ring, these major WWII battles would define and reshape it at a tremendous cost to human lives on both sides of the battle lines. 10 outstanding segments in this stunning documentary series bring light to the darkness which was cast on the trenches, the skies and the open seas of combat between 1939 and 1945.
势不可挡

2020

势不可挡

2020
Ghosts of Pearl Harbor

2016

Ghosts of Pearl Harbor

2016
Over seven hours on the morning of 7th December 1941, Japan launched a surprise attack on a US naval base in Hawaii. It's the day the lives of thousands of servicemen were lost and the United States was thrust into WWII. Dramatic eyewitness accounts and expert testimony show this day as it has never been seen before.
Commando Rescue

2010

Commando Rescue

2010
Scott O'Grady's F-16 Fighting Falcon is blown to smithereens over Bosnia. Lucky to be alive, he needs to outmaneuver Serbian ground forces who want one thing only - his head. In Afghanistan, a US Marine accidentally falls out a chopper door and into the arms of heavily armed Al Qaeda terrorists. And in Sierra Leone, British soldiers are captured and exploited as live bartering tools by a gang of drunken guerilla warriors. Will these fallen heroes suffer the ultimate sacrifice? Or can their brothers in arms, risking life and limb, rescue them in time?
Headhunters of World War II

2010

Headhunters of World War II

2010
World War II, the island of Borneo, seven American downed airmen face an epic battle for survival in a dense jungle. Natives wielding blowpipes and spears are said to be headhunters along with Japanese soldiers hunting them down. To their rescue comes a British major hellbent on taking the war into his own hands. Together they will attempt one of the most audacious escapes of the war.
Revenge on the Nazis

2018

Revenge on the Nazis

2018
In the dying days of World War II, a secret organization of Holocaust survivors plans revenge to kill 6 million Germans.
Gallipoli's Deep Secrets

2010

Gallipoli's Deep Secrets

2010
Dr Robert Ballard dives into Turkish waters to discover the ships and submarines wrecked during the bungling of the WWII Gallipoli campaign and the heroic stories of their crews.
Weird Warfare

2011

Weird Warfare

2011
Weird Warfare reveals the most absurd, ridiculous and bizarre examples of warfare from the last century: From pigeon-guided missiles to an aircraft carrier made of ice, trained mosquitoes laced with poison, to incendiary bats. Within the records of strange-but-true warfare, there was even a plan to try to turn Hitler into a woman! While some have proved to be useless, the most surprising thing history reveals is that some of these bizarre plans proved devastatingly effective.
Nazis: Ultimate Evil

2014

Nazis: Ultimate Evil

2014
When we think of the most evil Nazis, the first that comes to mind is Adolf Hitler. But Hitler couldn't have done it alone. The atrocities of the Nazi party required a vast network of evil; from the intellectual elite who legitimized Hitler's ideas to the public, to the desk-jockeys who carried out his orders with ruthless efficiency, to the low-level thugs who delivered those orders face-to-face and blow-by-blow to their intended victims. Who were these people? What did they do? How did they become this way? And which ones--in some people's minds--are considered as evil--or maybe even more evil--than Hitler himself?
Inside Hitler's Reich Chancellery

2019

Inside Hitler's Reich Chancellery

2019
It was Hitler’s official residence, office and bunker; from here he planned the war and here it ended with his death – the New Reich Chancellery in Berlin. We approach this infamous place and its history from various perspectives accompanied with startling film footage. These include comprehensive film archive material, faithful and unique 3D animations and discoveries from the Moscow archives. An exciting investigation in central Berlin of what is to this very day, a place of myths, legends and secrets.