Suggestions for TV series or films set during war

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DD (17) is really enjoying All the Light we Cannot See (yes not nearly as good as book etc) and it’s set her on a train of wanting to watch wartime dramas.

So not battle heavy war films, more dramas set during the war. And I say war, either WW1 or WW2.

I’ve thought of Schindlers List which may be a bit much - and am stuck. Suggestions appreciated.

She didn’t do History GCSE so is finding it an interesting learning too.

My boy Jack- about Rudyard Kipling's son and the family's story of WW1

Another vote for Foyle’s war.
I think it shows very interesting angle of human relationship and atmosphere at the Home front with lots of little details. It’s not difficult to watch but provokes a lot of interesting discussions.

Land Girls
Mrs Wilson

Empire of the Sun

Hope and glory
Yanks
Atonement

and she should read “how the girl guides won the war”

Jojo rabbit
Birdsong is also great but a little saucy

Dunkirk is also amazing and the cast is easy on the eyes!

Also good night sweetheart is on britbox and is amazing

Absolutely adore Hope and Glory.
Goodnight sweetheart

A call to spy, the intial female agents in the SOE, including Virginia Hall who is one of those in the Helena Bonham Carter radio series mentioned in some earlier posts
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7698468/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

U boat war gamers, telling the story of the WRENS who produced anti submarine tactics to protect the Atlantic convoys (and tactics created by them are still used today) one of whom arrived as a meek schoolgirl about to become a lead military analyst
https://www.imdb.com/title/tt23258778/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk
It was on TV last year but is still available on some streaming subscriptions, and there are a few documentaries …

One to keep an eye out for is One Life, with Anthony Hopkins as Nicholas Winton who had been featured on That’s Life for arranging the saving of children from Prague as the war approached

For something a bit different, two films this year cover the story a few years ago of the man who disappeared from his old folks home to go to Normandy for the 70th anniversary of DDay

https://www.imdb.com/title/tt12404266/?ref_=ext_shr_lnk

My Dad is a big aviation buff so I asked him and he suggested Aces High, Mosquito Squadron and 633 Squadron. He said they all have their combat action but also portray the characters of the pilots and crews.

These are good

also glorious 39, jojo rabbit (ww2)
the village and parades end (ww1)

Catch 22 was quite unsettling

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TV series We'll Meet Again with Susannah York.

Also, this isn't a film or TV show but I completely recommend you visit RAF East Kirkby, in SPILSBY Lincolnshire.

LINCOLNSHIRE AVIATION HERITAGE CENTRE PE23 4DE

It has the most fascinating museum I have been to recently
We spent a whole day there so much to see and not expensive to go in

They have lots of fascinating exhibits to see especially about The Dambusters

They have a Lancaster Bomber & a Mosquito that goes along the runway which is really impressive and loud (you can pay to ride on it but booking is about a year in advance)

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If you’re ever around Goodwood in West Sussex, there is a Spitfire that regularly flies over the Downs and along the coast. You can have a trip in it if you have a spare £3k.

Not there but where we live they fly over every weekend in the summer! Literally right over our garden.

Narvik
On Netflix. One of my favourites.
True story

The Land Girls with Anna Friel
Another vote for Hope and Glory - such a good film
Mrs Miniver

Blitz Spirit with Lucy Worsley is on BBC iplayer, uses real experiences of six people

There are some classic 1950 films - and the people in them often had fought in WW2.

The Cruel Sea
Sink the Bismark
Battle of the River Plate

Films based in true stores - such as The Cockleshell Heroes, Dambusters

Big classics such as A Bridge Too Far, Battle of Britain.

A lot to choose from

A classic film.

The enemy was the desert.

Jojo rabbit

Band of Brothers (TV Series - 2001):
The Pacific (TV Series - 2010):
The Crown (TV Series - 2016–):
Atonement (Film - 2007):
The Pianist (Film - 2002):
Dunkirk (Film - 2017):
Foyle's War (TV Series - 2002–2015):
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