40s war films

During WWII, a platoon of American soldiers trudge through the Italian countryside in search of a bridge they have been ordered to blow up, encountering danger and destruction along the way.

During WW2, a Royal Navy Commander stumbles upon a murdered woman and discovers a network of Nazi spies and Fifth-Columnists.

During WWII, U.S. Army Major Joppolo and his troops are tasked with administering the war damaged Italian town of Adano where the locals decry the loss of the town bell.

The story of a large U.S. Marines invasion task force bound for Guadalcanal in the Solomon Islands in 1942.

December, 1941. With no hope of relief or re-supply, a small band of United States Marines tries to keep the Japanese Navy from capturing their island base.

An English village is occupied by disguised German paratroopers as an advance post for a planned invasion.

A tale of firefighters in London during the Blitz.

An American yacht is sunk by a Japanese submarine on its way to Pearl Harbour, and when the single survivor is picked up by a US submarine, the commander tries desperately to warn the mainland of the imminent attack.

In 1936, seven prisoners escape from a concentration camp. The Nazis put up seven crosses for demonstrative executions. This story about one of the fugitives, who relies on own courage and compassion of people to avoid the seventh cross.

In the wake of Pearl Harbor, a young lieutenant leaves his expectant wife to volunteer for a secret bombing mission which will take the war to the Japanese homeland.

A submarine lieutenant and his commander fall in love with the same girl.

A group of twenty-six Czechoslovakian citizens are jailed until a 50,000 crown reward by the Gestapo uncovers the supposed killer of a Nazi officer whom virtually everyone suspects committed suicide.

In occupied France, an elderly man and his niece are forced to give shelter to a German army lieutenant who seemingly loves their country and culture.

Na Segunda Guerra Mundial, os Aliados competem contra o tempo para convencer dois cientistas nucleares que trabalham para os alemães a mudar de lado.

John Davis, a married American newspaper reporter in London, covers the story of a home for children displaced by the war and meets two kids who grow attached to him.

The lives of a small Chinese village are turned upside down when the Japanese invade it, and a heroic young woman leads her fellow villagers in an uprising against these invaders.

O ditador Adenoid Hynkel tenta expandir seu império enquanto um pobre barbeiro judeu tenta evitar a perseguição por seu regime.

Shortly after the end of World War II, British Colonel Michael S. "Hooky" Nicobar (Walter Pidgeon) is assigned to a unit in the British Zone of Vienna. His duty is to aid the Soviet authorities to repatriate citizens of the Soviet Union, many of whom prefer not to return to their home country. Billeted in the convent run by Mother Auxilia (Ethel Barrymore), Nicobar, and his military aides Major John "Twingo" McPhimister (Peter Lawford) and Audrey Quail (Dame Angela Lansbury), become involved in the plight of young ballerina Olga Alexandrova (Janet Leigh), who is trying to avoid being returned to Moscow. Nicobar's sense of duty is tested as he sees first hand the plight of the people he is helping return to the Soviet Union; his lack of religious faith is also shaken by his contact with the Mother Superior.

Deresco, owner of a night club in neutral Portugal, works as a free-lance spy for everybody who can afford his price. He tries to get information from US agent John Craig with help from immigrant dancer Maritza, but she falls in love with him. Craig becomes a special guest at Deresco's casino, but there you can't be sure of the occupation of everybody, as well as in their political intentions.

Após a queda de Tobruk em 1942, durante a retirada dos Aliados no deserto da Líbia, um tanque americano pega um grupo heterogêneo de sobreviventes, mas eles enfrentam o avanço dos alemães e a falta de água.