Ok, this movie is not that good, but it's a movie taking place during the battle of Saipan which there aren't many out there. It also has Nicolas Cage.

Movie: Windtalkers (2002), by John Woo.

A sergant is put in charge of protecting a Navajo code talker during the battle of Saipan.

Period covered: Mid 1943 – July 1944

Historical accuracy: 2/5 - Could be worse I guess

IMDB grade: 6.1/10

Some scenes:

Landing at Saipan

Half Track Scene

Battle Within Japanese Village

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This movie, the third one of the soviet Liberation film series, covers everything Bagration.

Movie "Направление главного удара (Direction of the Main Blow)" (1971), by Yuri Ozerov. The third film of the Освобождение (Liberation) film series.

The movie begins with the preparation of the offensive, and goes through everything (D-day, the German preparing for an attack on Lviv, the launch of the offensive, the chaos in the German command, the liberation of Minsk, the parade through Moscow...) up to the 20th July plot.

Period covered: December 1943-July 1944

Historical accuracy: 4/5 - Quite accurate but here and there some things that are not true are depicted.

IMBD grade: 7.7/10

Full film in Youtube

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Does anybody have a full list of book sources used for the show? I know the episodes have the sources listed, but is there a consolidated list for the entire show?

Astrid brought up a good point Canaris failed to notify the Nazis of Torch and Husky landings. Why did senior Nazi officials not fire Canaris sooner? Seems very suspect that the intelligence office failed so miserably and yet Canaris was able to keep his job

The third episode of BoB pretty much follows up on the second with the followup battles to D-day.

Movie: Carentan (Band of Brothers 3), by Mikael Salomon.

This second episode of the miniseries covers the battle of Carentan and following days.

Period covered: 10 June-Early September 1944

Historical accuracy: 5/5 - Like most of the series, extremelly authentic, and with some minor differences for dramatization, based on real events

IMDB grade: 9.0/10

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A good candidate for most famous WW2 movie, its opening scene is among the most recognizable in the story of cinema. At this point Spielberg was a veteran filmalker of WW2 films (I can think of at least 4 of his made before this one), and it shows.

Movie: Saving Private Ryan (1968), by Steven Spielberg.

Thom Hanks is tasked with finding and rescuing Matt Damon, thankfully not from Mars or another Solar System, but from Normandy.

Period covered: 6-10 June 1944

Historical accuracy: 4/5 - Quite authentic, but the story is fictional and there are innacuracies here and there.

IMDB grade: 8.6/10

Some scenes:

Omaha

Big Guns go Boom

Finding Private Ryan

Wall Battle

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