Viggo Mortensen stars in The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. (New Line Cinema)
Is it really an ancient war or something from a parallel universe? The climax to the most successful fantasy movie series of all time features some of the greatest battle scenes ever committed to film. Director Peter Jackson and his effects crew absolutely were pushing the limits of CGI two decades ago when they made this movie, and despite all the technical advances we’ve made since, those scenes still look amazing today.
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Gary Sinise and Tom Hanks star in Forrest Gump. (Paramount)
General Patton was angered and revolted by what he saw at the Nazi concentration camp.
Here s What You Need to Remember: American officers tried to determine the exact number of persons who died during Buchenwald’s nearly eight years of operation, but it was no easy task.
The blue arrows on Lt. Gen. George S. Patton, Jr.’s Third Army situation maps in his mobile headquarters trailer all pointed eastward. From the vicinity of Frankfurt-am-Main, Patton’s three corps Troy Middleton’s VIII, Manton Eddy’s XII, and Maj. Gen. Walton H. Walker’s XX were plunging side by side over hills, across rivers, streams, and fields, through woods, and into towns and villages, through barricades, road blocks, and minefields, destroying all efforts by the Germans to slow the advance. This was all before the true horrors of the Nazi regime were known to Allied forces. Patton’s army had yet to learn of the atrocities that were taking place at Ohrdruf and the Buchenwald Concentration Ca
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âWar may be fought with weapons, but they are won by menâ (âGeorge S. Pattonâ). This quote was said by one of the greatest and most influential United States Generals we have ever had, General George S. Patton. During his childhood and his military training no one would have thought that Patton would one day lead the Third Army and play a major role in achieving victory over the Germans in World War Two. As a child and an adult Patton did not have very good academic skills and often struggled with
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This Soldier Fought Against the Axis in a Sherman Tank
In a gripping first-hand account, this veteran tells what it was like to be inside the famous Sherman tank and to help win World War II.
Key point: Some experiences were scary, some were mundane, others were heroic or depressing. Here is this veteran s story.
Private First Class Irving Bromberg saw a huge puff of smoke erupt from the German tank’s cannon muzzle as it headed straight for his M4 Sherman tank. The round streaked past and missed.
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