Movies and TvShows featuring "western-front-of-world-war-ii" theme.

Dad's Army is a British comedy TV show that takes place during World War II in the fictional seaside town of Walmington-on-Sea. The series follows the antics of the local volunteer defense force, the Home Guard, as they prepare to protect their town from potential invasion. Led by the bumbling Captain Mainwaring and his loyal Sergeant Wilson, the ragtag team of soldiers navigate their way through comedic situations and mishaps while trying to fulfill their duty to the country.

May 10th, 1940, Hitler takes on the West. Will he precipitate Europe into the Apocalypse?

The Big Red One follows the adventures of a unit of US Army infantry soldiers as they fight their way across Europe during World War II. From the beaches of Normandy to the deserts of Africa, they face numerous challenges and witness the horrors of war firsthand.

Summer 1943: Hitler engages in a decisive battle in Kursk to win the war in the East. This is without counting on the pugnacity of the Red Army and the Allied intervention in the West. Month after month, the noose tightens on the Nazi tyrant who refuses to admit defeat and precipitates his country in its fall.

6 June 1944. A titanic fleet launched an assault on the beaches of Normandy. Objective: to liberate Europe from Hitler's yoke. Drawing on the lessons learned from the Dieppe raid in August 1942, the mission was a spectacular success.

This movie tells the story of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, a German officer in World War II. It focuses on his military leadership, his role in the North Africa campaign, and his eventual forced suicide due to his involvement in the conspiracy against Adolf Hitler.

In the winter of 1944, a small American combat unit is faced with the daunting task of holding off a much larger German force during the Battle of the Bulge. As they fight for survival in the harsh Ardennes forest, they must muster all their bravery, resilience, and resourcefulness to overcome the enemy and achieve victory.

Double Cross: The True Story of the D-day Spies is a gripping documentary that reveals the untold story of the undercover agents who played a pivotal role in the success of the D-day invasion during World War II. Through reenactments and interviews with surviving spies, the film takes the viewers on a thrilling journey into the dangerous world of espionage and deception.

A documentary about the historic Normandy Landings during World War II, showcasing the bravery and sacrifice of the Allied forces as they fought against the Nazis.

They grew up under the Nazi regime. They pledged to give their lives for Hitler. They were fanatics who would not be stopped. They were the 20,000 teenagers who made up the 12th SS Panzer Division. Unleashed in France to halt the Allied invasion, they would sow terror and destruction in their wake. Historical colorized archives and a handful of survivors tell us this story.

Alderney, a tiny island in the English Channel, is the site of one of the darkest and most mysterious chapters in World War II. Given the sinister codename 'Adolf Island', Alderney became a preoccupation for Hitler and was transformed into one of the most heavily fortified places on earth. Away from prying eyes, the Nazis also established a concentration camp, the only one on British soil, amid the idyllic scenery of woodlands and silver sand beaches. But how many people were murdered there and why were the Nazi killers never brought to justice? Over two 60-minute episodes, Hitler's British Island will reveal the startling death toll - far in excess of the number recorded by wartime investigators. And following painstaking research by expert historians, the show will reveal how Nazi war criminals were allowed to go free, with the reason covered up for 80 years.

To mark the 70th anniversary of the Dunkirk evacuation, Dan Snow tells the story of the 'little ships' which made the perilous cross-channel voyage, as 50 of them return to France.

Historian James Holland and ex-US Army Ranger, Dr Mike Simpson tour the wider Normandy battlefield in a fresh and original series that finally does justice to the scale and complexity of an epic, brutal campaign.

This WWII documentary uses current location filming and authentic historic film clips to document the Battle of the Bulge, the last big German offensive in World War II, which was launched through the densely forested Ardennes region of Wallonia in eastern Belgium, northeast France, and Luxembourg in December of 1944. The film also portrays the heroism, as well as the confusion and humiliation, that characterized both the Allied and the German troops. It contains rare or previously unseen archival film material as well as in-depth interviews with military leaders from both sides who gives their account of this battle.

Behind-the-lines documentary filmed by World War II correspondent Jack Lieb. Most of the footage shows areas already cleared by Allied forces as they made their way to Germany.