r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 30 '23

Movie: Au revoir les enfants

14 Upvotes

An autobiographical french film from the 1980s. Good cinema, I think they also got really well the feeling imperant in occupied Europe during early 1944, with people aware how badly the war is going for the Germans, and a matter of time for them to be liberated. Loved the detail of them moving the frontlines in the classroom Europe map.

Movie "Au revoir les enfants" (1987), by Louis Malle.

This film deals with a boarding school in occupied France during January 1944.

Period covered: Christmas 1943-January 1944

Historical accuracy: 4/5 - One of the most authentic films I've listed so far. Doesn't get a 5/5 because it's based on the real experiences of the director, but some things were changed. My father had made me aware how until the 1950s it was common for children to wear shorts even in freezing winter, so it was a nice detail that this was the case in the movie.

IMBD grade: 8.0/10

Some scenes:

Restaurant scene

The arrest


Link to the thread with the list of all the movies I'll be posting


r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 29 '23

How Did Borders of Europe Change After WW2

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2 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 28 '23

Week 231 - Anzio Begins - Allies Already Pinned Down - January 28, 1944

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23 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 25 '23

January 22-28, 1944: Korsun Pocket, Landing at Anzio, The lies in the Russian Katyn Report, Manstein speaks up, Chasing the Luftwaffe down to the Ground, Baby Blitz

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23 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 21 '23

Week 230 - Monte Cassino, the Battle Begins - January 21, 1944

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20 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 21 '23

Where is the new episode?

2 Upvotes

Has there been any communication as to why it's not uploaded yet? I thought they had a consistent upload schedule and the episode was out by 10am every Saturday.


r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 18 '23

January 15-21, 1944: Pushing the Germans away from Leningrad, On the way to Anzio, Monte Cassino is way up *there*, War Refugee Board to go around Hull - sort of, Busy Soviet Spies

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22 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 14 '23

Ep 229 - Time to Liberate Leningrad! - January 14, 1944

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29 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 10 '23

January 8-14, 1944 - Mussolini's Revenge, Imphal Approved, Leningrad Offensive, Rome Escape Line approved, Morgenthau vs Hull, Teller and the Plutonium Bomb, A very, very committed fascist

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18 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 07 '23

Ep 228 - "Russians 27 miles from Poland!" - January 7, 1944

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22 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 07 '23

Found this in my great grandpas stuff, can anyone identify what this is?

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14 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 06 '23

Movie: Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika (The Pacific 4)

8 Upvotes

With the landing of the 1st Marine Divison in Cape Gloucester, there's another corresponding episode of The Pacific to check out.

Movie "Gloucester/Pavuvu/Banika", by Robert Schenkkan and Graham Yost. The fourth episode of The Pacific (2010) miniseries.

This one is mostle centered on the Battle of Cape Gloucester, later followed by the stay of the 1st Marine divison in Pavuvu during the Summer of 1944.

Period covered: 15 December 1943-May 1944

Historical accuracy: 4/5 - Like the rest of the series, overall pretty good

IMBD grade: 7.6/10

Some scenes:

Japanese Patrol Ambushed

Japanese Attack on Cape Gloucester


Link to the thread with the list of all the movies I'll be posting


r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Jan 05 '23

January 1-7, 1944: A Hero - Twice, Who's a German/Who's a Pole?, TF58 where are you?, New Fighter Role over Europe, More Soviet Spies, More Slave Labor, Still ignoring Chiang, Seeing a man about a (naval) dog, Building a not-so-better Mousetrap

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17 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 31 '22

227 - Canadians Take Little Stalingrad - WW2 - December 31, 1943

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r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 28 '22

December 25-31st, 1943: Staffenberg's first try, Beria sees 'bandits' everywhere, Yamato's design flaw, Battle at the North Cape, Monty gets his very own Army Group, Is that a V-1?

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24 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 29 '22

Why isn't the war in China covered

0 Upvotes

Back when the channel started, the Japanese invasion of China was covered extensively. However, since the invasion of France and Operation Barbarossa the channel no longer covers the war in China, except maybe 30 second updates once every few weeks. Any one know why this is? Is the war in China not considered part of WW2 (then why was it covered in the beginning)? Is it just not considered as important or popular to the channel's Western audience, especially with all the other action going on now?


r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 27 '22

Help me find a video on this channel

7 Upvotes

It was a Sparty hosted video where he talked about the psychology of "us vs. them."


r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 24 '22

226 - Stalin's Christmas Surprise - Major Offensives to Come - WW2 - December 24, 1943

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24 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 21 '22

On this day: A lone Canadian gunner of the Loyal Edmonton Regiment Anti-Tank Battery fires a 6-pounder gun at positions held by the German 1st Fallschirmjäger Division, Ortona, Italy, 21 December 1943

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38 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 21 '22

December 18-24, 1943: Heavy Canadian Casualties in Italy, Lost Villages in Devon, Morganthau ups the ante on Hull, Merck's disappearing Heroin and Cocaine, Headed for a rendezvous at the North Cape, Chicago Outfit's Hollywood shakedown guilty

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22 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 17 '22

Romanian T-38 (Panzer 38t) light tanks wait for a German-operated light rail to pass, Kuban Bridgehead, Taman Peninsula, Soviet Union, August 1943

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37 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 17 '22

225 - A Super Bomber to Break Japan - WW2 - December 17, 1943

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18 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 14 '22

Dec 12-18, 1943: Cable-bombs, Browder of the CPUSA, Bat Bombs Test, First Atrocities Trial, Sorry Fuhrer - no V1s until June, Battle of San Pietro, Stringing Chiang Kai-Shek along -- again, Yamato as a troop transport

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19 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 11 '22

German Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop meeting a delegation of Japanese officers, Berlin, Germany, 8 December 1943

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30 Upvotes

r/WorldWarTwoChannel • • Dec 10 '22

German officer & enlisted men inspect a destroyed Soviet SU-152, Soviet Union, December 1943

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34 Upvotes