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The Battle of Kursk is known for being the largest tank battle in history. In mid-1943, the Soviet forces had decisively defeated the Germans at the Battle of Stalingrad. However, contrary to what most people think, the Battle of Stalingrad was not the real turning point on the Eastern Front. This is because the German […] More

The Battle of Iwo Jima was one of the most famous battles in World War II, largely due to the famous photograph of the American soldiers raising the flag that was taken on the island and later became the subject of the film and book “Flags of our Fathers.” The Americans invaded the island with […] More

The Battle of the Bulge was fought in December of 1944 and January of 1945. In the battle, Germany committed the last of their reserves in an attempt to smash through the American forces in the Ardennes forces in Europe. The goal was to drive all the way to Antwerp and split the British and […] More

The Battle of Berlin was the final battle on the Eastern Front in World War 2. The Soviet forces advanced to only a few miles short of Berlin, where the front lines stabilized. By now, the Germans were in a desperate situation. They had used up the last of their reserves, most of the men […] More

More Americans were killed at the Battle of Gettysburg than during the entire Vietnam War. The film Gettysburg is the longest Hollywood film ever made at nearly four and a half hours, and depicts the entire battle from both the Union and Confederate sides. But the real standout of the film is when a force […] More

Lone Survivor depicts Operation Red Wings, which was fought between the Taliban and United States forces in Afghanistan in 2005. The main focus of the film is on four United States Navy SEAL’s who were supposed to embark on a secret reconnaissance mission, but were instead discovered by a force of over 250 Taliban fighters […] More

If there’s one battle that the Star Wars franchise is the most well known for, it’s undoubtedly the Empire’s assault on the Rebellion base at the ice planet of Hoth. The Rebels have their base stationed in secret on Hoth, but the Empire, led by Darth Vader, discover their location and launch an assault on […] More

The 1964 film Zulu depicts the British-Zulu War that was fought in 1879, and specifically focuses on the Battle of Rorke’s Drift, where a force of only around 100 British soldiers, many of them wounded or sick, held off a force of over 4,000 Zulu warriors for more than twenty four hours. In the Zulu […] More

The opening scene of Gladiator, depicting a Battle in Germania between Roman soldiers and an army of barbarians remains a favorite among audiences. The film begins with the Roman soldiers and barbarian forces on opposite sides of one another in the dead of winter. The Romans open fire on the barbarians with scorpions and flaming […] More

The 1992 film The Last of the Mohicans is one of the few that depicts the French and Indian War in the 1750s. There are numerous battle sequences in the film, but one of the most notable is when a column of a few hundred English infantry in an open field are surrounded and then […] More

When Saving Private Ryan was released in 1998, the film shocked audiences solely because of its opening depiction of the Invasion of Omaha Beach. The film depicts American infantry swarming in boats across the English Channel to the German defenses. The soldiers vomit and shake horrifically, and the moment the front doors are lowered at […] More

The Battle of Helm’s Deep, as written by JRR Tolkien in The Two Towers and then visually depicted on screen in the cinematic adaptation, is without question one of the most iconic battles ever written or filmed. In the battle, roughly 400 Rohan soldiers and 100 elves defend Helm’s Deep under the command of King […] More