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  1. Merrill's Marauders

    An officer strives to motivate his loyal infantrymen in Burma during WWII.

    BBC Two

  2. To End All Wars

    World War II drama. Four Allied POWs endure harsh treatment from their Japanese captors.

    BBC Two

  3. None but the Brave

    Atmospheric antiwar drama, directed by and starring Frank Sinatra.

    BBC Two

  4. Bitter Victory

    Wartime drama which follows a deadly feud between two soldiers in the Second World War.

    BBC Two

  5. Voyage of the Damned

    A ship of German-Jewish refugees is obliged to return to Nazi Germany.

    BBC Two

  6. Zulu Dawn

    Follow-up to the historical epic Zulu, which documents the events preceding the battle.

    BBC Two

  7. The Charge of the Light Brigade

    Errol Flynn and Olivia de Havilland star in this lavish Crimean War epic.

    BBC Two

  8. King Rat

    Drama about a group of allied prisoners in a Singapore PoW camp during World War II.

    BBC Two

  9. Battle Cry

    The dramatic story of US marines in training, in combat and in love during World War II.

    BBC Two

  10. Alvarez Kelly

    A cattle drover is kidnapped by a band of ruthless Confederate troopers.

    BBC Two

  11. Von Ryan's Express

    World War II story about Allied prisoners who stage a breakout from an Italian POW camp.

    BBC Two

  12. They Came to Cordura

    Drama about a major sent on a suicide mission by his resentful commanding officer.

    BBC Two

  13. Atomic Twister

    Disaster tale in which a nuclear power plant near a small town is hit by a tornado.

    BBC One

  14. The Four Feathers

    A British army officer is branded a coward after resigning his post.

    BBC Two

  15. Shout at the Devil

    An Englishman and an American attempt to destroy a German warship.

    BBC Two

  16. A Game for Vultures

    War drama, following the implications of an illegal arms deal into Rhodesia.

    BBC One

  17. U-571

    World War II adventure. An crew seek to capture a sub with the key to the Enigma code.

    BBC Two

  18. Pearl Harbor

    A Second World War pilot returns to find that his girlfriend and best friend are an item.

    BBC One

  19. Trapped

    The designer of a luxury ski lodge struggles to free his family after an avalanche.

    BBC One

  20. Earthquake

    Disaster epic about a series of devastating tremors that cause havoc in Los Angeles.

    BBC One

  21. Enemy at the Gates

    Fact-based drama. A Russian marksman is given the task of killing a German major.

    BBC One

  22. Julian MacLaren-Ross - I Had to Go Sick

    Will a soldier ever get signed off sick? A tale of service life in the Second World War.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  23. Julian MacLaren-Ross - Second Lieutenant Lewis: A Memoir

    World War Two - a soldier recalls an unlikely friendship with Welsh poet Alun Lewis.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

  24. Platoon

    War drama following a 19-year-old college drop-out who signs up for service in Vietnam.

    BBC One

  25. Two Men Went to War

    Comedy drama about two men who go to occupied France and fight the Germans in 1942.

    BBC Two

  26. Massacre in Rome

    A Vatican priest opposes an SS general's decision to kill more than 300 Roman hostages.

    BBC One

  27. Not About Heroes

    First World War Poets Siegfried Sassoon and Wilfred Owen meet for the first time.

    BBC Radio 7

  28. Das Boot

    Powerful tale of submarine warfare following the perilous 1941 voyage of a German U-boat.

    BBC Two

  29. The Heroes of Telemark

    The Norwegian resistance try to destroy a Nazi heavy water plant. Starring Kirk Douglas.

    BBC Two

  30. Overlord

    Drama following a young man's military service during WWII, including the D-Day battle.

    BBC Four

  31. The Blue Max

    During World War I, an ambitious German fighter pilot becomes obsessed with the Blue Max.

    BBC Two

  32. WarHorse

    The story of Joey, a horse sold to the army at the outbreak of the First World War.

    BBC Radio 2

  33. Memorials to the Missing

    During the First World War, an internal battle is fought for decent burials and graves.

    BBC Radio 7

  34. Shooting Dogs

    Drama. A British priest and a teacher face the reality of the 1994 Rwandan massacres.

    BBC Two

  35. Dark Blue World

    Drama in which the friendship of a top pilot and a promising young flier is tested by war.

    BBC Two

  36. Poseidon

    On New Year's Eve, disaster strikes when a freak wave causes a cruise liner to capsize.

    BBC One

  37. A Walk in the Sun

    Drama about a US infantry platoon fighting in Italy during World War II.

    BBC Two

  38. The Eagle Has Landed

    World War II action about a German plot to kidnap Winston Churchill. With Michael Caine.

    BBC Two

  39. Das Boot

    Powerful tale of submarine warfare following the perilous 1941 voyage of a German U-boat.

    BBC Two

  40. Two Men Went to War

    Comedy drama about two men who go to occupied France and fight the Germans in 1942.

    BBC Two

  41. Bat 21

    Factual drama. An American officer is shot down on a reconnaissance flight over Vietnam.

    BBC Two

  42. The Caine Mutiny

    Classic naval drama starring Humphrey Bogart as the commanding officer of the USS Caine.

    BBC Two

  43. The Cockleshell Heroes

    Royal Marines carry out a covert canoe raid on the docks of Bordeaux during World War II.

    BBC Two

  44. The Captive Heart

    An English-educated Czech captain attempts to escape the Gestapo.

    BBC Two

  45. Up Periscope

    A US Navy lieutenant (James Garner) is sent to retrieve a top-secret code book.

    BBC Two

  46. Glory

    The story of the first black regiment in the American Civil War. With Denzel Washington.

    BBC Two

  47. Women of Valour

    A group of American nurses are captured and tortured in a Japanese POW camp in WWII.

    BBC One

  48. Blue Water in Helmand

    Drama set during the current conflict in Afghanistan.

    BBC Radio Scotland

  49. Force 10 from Navarone

    A crew of commandos is dropped behind enemy lines in an attempt to blow up a bridge.

    BBC Two

  50. Neville Watchurst - A Vital Flaw

    A German doctor's dilemma as his wartime patient Heinrich Himmler grows dependent on him.

    BBC Radio 4 Extra

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