Best War Movies

I assume because WW2 was the largest war in history (not even close) and is the most recent war between great powers so people can relate more to the situation.

WW2 was insane on the scale of how big a conflict it was when it comes to the use of total war, global involvement, and the amount of deaths and lives impacted by the war.
 
I will say this, I think World War 1 changed the world more than World War 2. World War 1 was basically the death blow to the old system of monarchs and imperialism. You saw four monarchs overthrown that had been around since 1500s: Ottomans, Hapsburgs, Romanovs, and Hohenzollerns. This is when the world really started to get behind Democracy as the best form of governments and Kings and Queens were out.

You had the first true anti-war movements.

You had the first true mass industrial war.

You had the beginnings of mechanized war although WW2 really saw it come to fruitation.

You had the formation of the League of Nations which basically was the UN prior to UN.

Basically a lot of modern thought started after WW1. Prior to WW1, war was seen as glorious, invading others was not a big deal, Kings and Queens still ruled most the world, colonialism/imperialism was a thing, etc.
 
Volbound1700 said:
I will say this, I think World War 1 changed the world more than World War 2. World War 1 was basically the death blow to the old system of monarchs and imperialism. You saw four monarchs overthrown that had been around since 1500s: Ottomans, Hapsburgs, Romanovs, and Hohenzollerns. This is when the world really started to get behind Democracy as the best form of governments and Kings and Queens were out.

You had the first true anti-war movements.

You had the first true mass industrial war.

You had the beginnings of mechanized war although WW2 really saw it come to fruitation.

You had the formation of the League of Nations which basically was the UN prior to UN.

Basically a lot of modern thought started after WW1. Prior to WW1, war was seen as glorious, invading others was not a big deal, Kings and Queens still ruled most the world, colonialism/imperialism was a thing, etc.
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The use of planes started in WWI. Carriers were the new thing in WWII. WWI was brutal in those trenches.
 
Pattersonca65 said:
The use of planes started in WWI. Carriers were the new thing in WWII. WWI was brutal in those trenches.
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Tanks as well. Interestingly, they got that name because a British soldier compared them to water tanks and it ended up sticking. In other languages, they were not called tanks for a long time, it only started sticking after the war.

Culturally, a lot changed after WW1. The soldiers came back from the trenches disillusioned about the government, modern world, etc. It was the first time the average citizen started questioning things on a grand scale.

This pushed the world towards democracy but it also opened the door to other dangerous ideas such as Communism and Fascism.
 
Volbound1700 said:
Tanks as well. Interestingly, they got that name because a British soldier compared them to water tanks and it ended up sticking. In other languages, they were not called tanks for a long time, it only started sticking after the war.

Culturally, a lot changed after WW1. The soldiers came back from the trenches disillusioned about the government, modern world, etc. It was the first time the average citizen started questioning things on a grand scale.

This pushed the world towards democracy but it also opened the door to other dangerous ideas such as Communism and Fascism.
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My parents grew up under Fascism during WWII and lived in the Nazi occupied territory. I have a lot of first hand accounts from that war.
 
Pattersonca65 said:
My parents grew up under Fascism during WWII and lived in the Nazi occupied territory. I have a lot of first hand accounts from that war.
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For anyone interested, I just stumbled on a damned decent movie on Youtube based on Robert Harris' Fatherland "alternative history" book. @Hank Kingsley I think you'd like the movie and books.

Germany won the war, it's the early 60's and Hitler is celebrating his 75th birthday and hopes to sign a peace accord with Joseph Kennedy, the President.

Rutger Hauer is great in this movie and I was very pleasantly surprised. Expected a 5, got a solid 8.

 
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HammerDown said:
For anyone interested, I just stumbled on a damned decent movie on Youtube based on Robert Harris' Fatherland "alternative history" book. @Hank Kingsley I think you'd like the movie and books.

Germany won the war, it's the early 60's and Hitler is celebrating his 75th birthday and hopes to sign a peace accord with Joseph Kennedy, the President.

Rutger Hauer is great in this movie and I was very pleasantly surprised. Expected a 5, got a solid 8.

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I will give it a looksee
 
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Cowboyinexile said:
Saving Private Ryan
The Thin Red Line
Letters from Iwo Jima
Fury
Dunkirk

In no particular order
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It took 8 pages before someone lists Fury??? WTF — Great War movie!!!
 
Not sure if any of you guys are as interested in obscure movies (mostly from the 1970's) as I am but I just found one I've been looking for for a long time on this site: Zeus DVDs

The very rare, obscure movie I found there was "African Gold" with Darren McGavin. African Gold (1965) DVD

If there are no copyright issues, I'll upload it to Youtube as soon as I get back to the States and get the DVD.
 
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