War Films By Description

Guess the war film by its description
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Description
Year
Answer
During World War II, a team of Nazi officers comes up with a plan to assassinate Hitler and destroy the Nazi rule by using Operation Valkyrie as a means to do so.
2008
Valkyrie
During the Second World War, a large group of imprisoned Allied soldiers, known for breaking out of prison, are confined in an escape-proof prison camp
1963
The Great Escape
Despite his guilt over a recent harrowing sea battle in which many of his men were lost, Lt. Cmdr. George Ericson (Jack Hawkins) is assigned to helm the new H.M.S. Compass Rose with the help of steadfast seaman Lt. Lockhart (Donald Sinden).
1953
The Cruel Sea
Colonel Nicholson reluctantly agrees to camp commander Saito's suggestion of getting the World War II POWs to build a railway bridge. However, the project soon becomes an obsession for him.
1957
The Bridge on the River Kwai
Captain Anson (John Mills) is tired and thirsty. Forced to leave his North African post when it becomes clear it will be invaded, Anson is on his way to Alexandria, Egypt, and looking forward to a nice cold beer
1958
Ice Cold in Alex
A German submarine patrols the Atlantic Ocean during World War II, manned by a crew that must contend with tense conflicts and long stretches of confined boredom
1981
Das Boot
During the Normandy invasion of World War II, Captain John Miller is assigned the task of searching for Private [BLANK], whose three brothers have already been killed in the war.
1998
Saving Private Ryan
Oskar [BLANK], a German industrialist and member of the Nazi party, tries to save his Jewish employees after witnessing the persecution of Jews in Poland
1993
Schindler's List
The Allied armies concocted a plan to win the World War II at Arnhem. Disaster ensues when the area around Arnhem, including the key bridges of Germany, is loaded with armoured assaults.
1977
A Bridge Too Far
Captain Willard is sent to Cambodia on a dangerous mission to assassinate a renegade colonel who has won the trust of a local tribe.
1979
Apocalypse Now
During World War II, soldiers from the British Empire, Belgium and France try to evacuate from the town of Dunkirk during a arduous battle with German forces.
2017
Dunkirk
During WWII, a British scientist develops a chemically modified bomb that skips across the waters until it meets a dam and causes a massive explosion. It is dropped on Germany's Ruhr Valley Dams.
1955
The Dam Busters
After the British destroyer Torrin capsizes, some of the crew members await rescue while remembering their families and loved ones.
1942
In Which We Serve
During World War II, the British Royal Air Force fights the Luftwaffe while trying to sabotage Adolf Hitler's plan of invading Great Britain.
1969
Battle of Britain
Description
Year
Answer
A missionary and his daughter watch the British soldiers battling African Zulu warriors at Rorke's Drift.
1964
Zulu
British Prime Minister Winston Churchill is faced with a tough choice as he must decide whether to sign a peace treaty with Adolf Hitler's Germany or continue fighting the war against them.
2017
Darkest Hour
Alan Turing, a British mathematician, joins the cryptography team to decipher the German enigma code. With the help of his fellow mathematicians, he builds a machine to crack the codes.
2014
The Imitation Game
During World War II, Nazi officer Max Radl (Robert Duvall) devises a plan to kidnap or kill the British prime minister. Approved by German Cmdr. Heinrich Himmler (Donald Pleasence), the scheme moves forward with Col. Kurt Steiner (Michael Caine) leading the mission
1976
The Eagle Has Landed
Lawrence, a lieutenant in the British Army, is asked by Colonel Brighton to moderately assess Faisal, their ally. Lawrence is impressed with Faisal and seeks his help to plan an attack on the enemy.
1962
Lawrence of Arabia
Two soldiers, assigned the task of delivering a critical message to another battalion, risk their lives for the job in order to prevent them from stepping right into a deadly ambush.
2019
1917
A lethal riot takes place in Belfast, Northern Ireland, between Catholics and Protestants. A young British soldier, abandoned inadvertently by his military unit, has to survive the riot alone.
2014
71
Wardaddy, along with his crew of five members, embarks on a mission that puts many lives in danger. The crew members realise that the odds are against them, but still decide to attack the Nazi army.
2014
Fury
Vasily Zaytsev, a Russian sniper, gains notoriety for killing numerous Nazis during the Battle of Stalingrad. Major Konig of Germany is then tasked to get retribution and kill Zaytsev.
2001
Enemy at the Gates
The Allied Forces and the U.S. Army plan an invasion landing in Normandy when General Eisenhower gives them the permission to do so.
1962
The Longest Day
Napoleon has returned from exile to the delight of his French countrymen and has assembled an army to conquer Europe. Wellington leads the allied forces of the British, Austrians, Prussians and Russians to fight the French, with the two armies finally meeting in Waterloo, Belgium.
1970
Waterloo
During the Crimean War between Britain and Russia in the 1850s, a British cavalry division, led by the overbearing Lord Cardigan (Trevor Howard), engages in an infamously reckless strategic debacle against a Russian artillery battery
1968
The Charge of the Light Brigade
A British Army Reserve Major leads a suicide mission, to destroy the German ships docked upriver at Bordeaux.
1955
The Cockleshell Heroes
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