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For this blog I watched the movie Devil's Arithmetic.  It begins with a young girl named Hannah, who is Jewish, is celebrating the passover with her family.  Her aunt Eva has been through the Holocaust, but yet Hannah does not seem to not care about

Saving Private Ryan

This movie takes place after the landings on Normandy as a group of a soldiers are sent on a mission to retrieve the last alive of 4 brothers. The head out, first finding a Private Ryan but realizing that it isn't the Ryan they're

For my assigned blog I watched the movie Patton.

Patton was about General George C. Patton and his part in WWII. The movie begins with Patton as a two star general giving a speech to his troops about how they need to be good soldiers. Then it goes to

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i watched the movie The boy in striped Pyjamas.

it took place in WWII.

Bruno is a 9year old boy that lives in berlin with his mom and dad after Hitler talks to his dad and they move to berlin. they live in a big house close to a concentration camp that

The Movie I watched was Saints and Soldiers.

Characters:

Gordan Gunderson is a sergeant, has a heart on both sides of his helmet, and he is the leader of the group. Deacon is the guy you go to if you need someone shot because he has a dead shot. He has

A Midnight Clear

This movie was taken place in December of 1944. The movie is from the point of view of William Knott and he often narrates it adding personal thoughts. It is about a group of 6 men who are sent to go to an abandon to see if there are

For this assigned blog, the class was told to watch a WWII movie that is based off fact, not historical fiction.  For this, I chose Patton.  If you have been reading any of my forum posts on If I Picked the Oscars, you will see that I gave great favo

I watched Hiroshima: BBC History of World War II

It is about the making and use of the atom bomb. The bomb was tested in Los Alamos, New Mexico. on July 16, 1945. it cost $2 billion to make. The force of the explosion is thought ot by the same as 67 m

 Defiance.

          Well this movie took place  in WW2 and it was based the terrible things that the Jews had to go through. They were either put into concentrations and be starved and eventually be killed. The only option was to escaped the concentr

 Defiance.

          Well this movie took place  in WW2 and it was based the terrible things that the Jews had to go through. They were either put into concentrations and be starved and eventually be killed. The only option was to escaped the concentr

The movie I watched this week was Hart’s War.

Lieutenant Thomas Hart hasn’t seen much battle, but he gets sent out on a mission of sorts and gets captured by Germans. He endures 3 days of interrogations, and he eventually breaks and gives out some inf

SUMMARY: Memphis Belle is the nickname of a Boeing B-17F Flying Fortress. The movie narrates the story of the crew of the plane, and their 25th and final mission. During WWII The US Army Air Core had an agreement with the bombers that if they complet

We watched a documentary on the Mediterranean and North African fronts.

Mussolini was in conflict with Hitler quite a lot during the invasion of the Mediterranean area. The Mediterranean was important for trade and fuel. Allied troops defended against

          Saving Private Ryan starts out with the invasion of Normandy. There are two brothers in that invasion and they both die. Earlier at New Guinea, the third brother dies. Mrs. Ryan is to receive all three death letters on the same day. When Jo

Thursday night I watched the movie Defiance Starring Daniel Craig from James Bond: Quantum of Solace. This movie was based on a true story about 4 farm boys named the Bielski brothers. Zus the second oldest one and the 2 younger brothers see that the

 I watched the documentary The Third Reich. The documentary talked about the Hitler youth and the fall of the Nazis. I though the documentary did a good job at giving a lot of detail into WW2 and the Nazis. I thought it was very disturbing how Hitler

I watched Saints and Soldiers. The movie was about these five allied soldiers who were caught and held captive under the German army. As the German soldiers took the allied soldiers belongs a man tried to run and then the Germans started shooting, fo

I watched the movie The Devil's Arithmetic. It is about a teenage girl who is jewish. This girl doesn't really believe in her faith. During one of the jewish celebrations, there is this thing that has to do with the door. She opens the door and finds

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