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WWII War Movies Quiz

Name as many of the WWII war movies as you can from the clues.
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Year of release
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Answer
2017
British soldiers are rescued from Europe by a fleet of small ships.
Dunkirk
1998
American soldiers go on a mission to save a man who's 3 brothers have been killed
Saving Private Ryan
1970
A group of American soldiers push through German lines to capture a bank full of gold
Kelly's Heroes
2014
A group of artists are assigned to rescue art from the Nazis
Monuments Men
2014
An American tank crew fights into Germany
Fury
1963
Germans put all the escaped POW into one camp, with understandable results.
The Great Escape
1968
Allied soldiers go on an undercover mission in the Alps to rescue an American general.
Where Eagles Dare
1976
Nazis disguised as polish soldiers parachute into England to kidnap or kill the British PM
The Eagle has Landed
1977
One to many bridges for British paratroopers to capture from the Germans.
A bridge too Far
2001
A Russian and German sniper engage in a duel in Stalingrad
Enemy at the Gates
2012
Russian soldiers hunt down mysterious German super tank
White Tiger
2016
A pacifist soldier saves 75 wounded soldiers in the Battle of Okinawa
Hacksaw Ridge
2008
A German boy develops a friendship through a fence with a Jewish boy in a concentration camp.
The Boy in the Stripped Pajamas
2004
Adolf Hitler's secretary narrates his last days.
Downfall
2002
A Polish Jewish musician struggles for survival in occupied Warsaw.
The Pianist
1993
A German industrialist saves Jews by offering them work in his weapons factory
Schindler's List
1998
A US army absconder is forced back into service to fight in the battle of Guadalcanal
Thin Red Line
1981
Grizzled German submarine crew struggle through Atlantic patrols.
Das Boot
1961
Commandos climb an un-climbable cliff on a Greek island to silence German guns.
The Guns of Navarone
1967
Twelve prisoners are freed from jail for a dangerous mission.
The Dirty Dozen
1993
German soldiers suffer in the Russian city on the Volga River.
Stalingrad
2014
Mathematicians at Bletchley park break enigma.
The Imitation Game
2009
A band of Jewish soldiers carve swastikas into Nazi's foreheads.
Inglorious Basterds
1970
Biopic of a controversial WWII American general.
Patton
1957
British POWs show the Japanese how to build a bridge.
The Bridge on the River Kwai
1970
The Japanese plan and conduct their attack on Pearl Harbour.
Tora! Tora! Tora!
1942
A cynical American nightclub owner protects an old flame and her husband from Nazis in Morocco.
Casablanca
1962
Allied forces fight through the Normandy beaches and make the first push into occupied France.
The Longest Day
Year of release
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1953
A suspected spy in a German POW camp tries to find the real spy to protect himself from his fellow American prisoners.
Stalag 17
1990
A US bomber crew in England prepare for their final mission.
Memphis Belle
1955
British bombers go on a daring raid using bouncing bombs to destroy German Ruhr infrastructure.
The Dam Busters
2013
A young girl borrows books from a German officers library.
The Book Thief
1987
A privileged English boy is captured by the Japanese and sent to a prison camp.
Empire of the Sun
1976
Dramatisation of the decisive battle of the Pacific theatre.
Midway
1969
British pilots rally against the forces of the Luftwaffe and win a decisive air campaign.
The Battle of Britain
1980
An American WWI veteran and the men in his unit try to survive WWII
The Big Red One
1977
German officers develop a rivalry on the Eastern front over the highest German military honour.
Cross of Iron
2008
4 Jewish brothers start a resistance against the Nazis in Eastern Europe.
Defiance
2008
German officer tries to assassinate Hitler with a briefcase bomb.
Valkyrie
1969
The RAF runs a daring raid to free a captured pilot and French Resistance fighters from a Gestapo stronghold.
Mosquito Squadron
1960
A US destroyer and German U-Boat meet in the Atlantic, their expert captains begin a deadly game of cat-and-mouse.
The Enemy Below
1957
The British Navy sets out to destroy a Nazi super-battleship in the Mediterranean.
Sink the Bismark!
2016
28 Russian soldiers stop German panzers from advancing on Moscow.
Panfilov's 28
2016
Secret operatives fall in love and hope to start new lives, but their relationship is challenged by the pressures of war.
Allied
2006
Japanese soldiers tell the story of the Battle of Iwo Jima from their perspective.
Letters from Iwo Jima
2003
Allied soldiers overcome their issues and struggle back to Allied lines.
Saints and Soldiers
1997
An Italian father tries to hide the horrors of the Holocaust from his son.
Life is Beautiful
1988
A brother and sister try to survive in Japan during WWII.
Grave of the Fireflies
1985
A Belorussian boy joins the Soviet resistance and experiences the horrors of Nazi actions.
Come and See
2017
Winston Churchill decides whether Britain should negotiate with or fight the Nazis
Darkest Hour
1965
Dramatisation of the final Nazi counterattack on the Western Front
Battle of the Bulge
1965
An American POW leads British soldiers to escape from the Nazis
Von Ryan's Express
1949
A despised sergeant leads his men through the Battle of Iwo Jima
Sands of Iwo Jima
2012
The Tuskegee Airmen defend US bombers from German attack.
Red Tails
1969
The Germans blow up the last bridge of the Rhine trapping their own men on the wrong side.
The Bridge at Remagen
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Level 37
Nov 16, 2018
It's the Guns at NAVARONE!
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Level 29
Nov 17, 2018
Updated, sorry.
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Level 70
Nov 20, 2018
the bridge on the river Kwai, not over.
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Level 28
Oct 9, 2021
It's "Inglourious Basterds", not 'Inglorious Basterds".
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Level 60
Nov 4, 2021
There was a far better film of Dunkirk in 1968(?) than that atrocious attempt in 2017.
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Level 26
Apr 14, 2022
Wasn't the Bismarck solely in the North Atlantic? IIRC the closest it ever got to the Mediterranean was the Bay of Biscay.