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1) Glory
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English
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Based on the true story of the first black regiment to fight for the North in the Civil War. Robert Gould Shaw and Cabot Forbes are two idealistic young Bostonians that lead the regiment; Sgt. Maj. John Rawlins is the inspiration who unites the troops ; Pvt. Trip is a runaway slave who joins the regiment.
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English
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Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elite rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge, and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose...
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English
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Includes the two ten-part HBO miniseries Band of brothers and The Pacific, with bonus material.
Band of Brothers: Follows the 101st Airborne as it prepares and lands on D-Day, and fights its way through Europe to the end of World War II.
The Pacific: The interlocked stories of three marines during America's battle with the Japanese in World War II.
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
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In the closing days of World War I, the men of the U.S. Army's 77th Division, 308th Battalion were surrounded by German troops in the Argonne Forest. Without food, water or reserve ammunition, cut off from supply and communication lines, and subjected to constant assaults and bombardments, they managed to hold off the enemy until they were finally rescued after five days of desperate action.
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