Submitted by SolidAd6810 t3_11oocks in movies
Like beforehand you can tell me if I made any mistakes or if I missed any major events (again, I probably did) or if any movies will fit in better and I will add them to the list. Keep in mind some events might overlap as the movies (but not all of them) tend to go beyond the event I specifically used them for…
- 1918 - End of the first World War: "All Quiet On The Western Front" (2022)
- 1899-1934 - Hitler's early life, World War 1 service and rise to power: "Hitler: Rise of Evil" (2003)
- August, 1936 - Jesse Owens at the Berlin Olympics: “Race” (2016)
- 1937 - Japan’s Occupation of China - “City Of Life and Death” (2009) / “The Children of Huang Shi” (2008)
- November 9, 1938 - Night of the Broken Glass: “Europa Europa” (1990)
- December 1937 - Nanking Massacre: “Nanking” (2007)
- September 1938 - Signing of the Munich accords: "Munich: The Edge of War" (2021)
- 1939 - MI6 recruits Alan Turing to crack Nazi codes: “The Imitation Game” (2014)
- September 1, 1939 - Germany invades Poland: "The Pianist" (2002) / Battle of Westerplatte (2013)
- September 3, 1939 - Britain and France declare war on Germany: "Countdown to War" (1989) / “Hope and Glory” 1987
- September 17, 1939 - Soviet Union invades Poland: "Katyn" (2007)
- September 1939 - Battle of the Atlantic: Das boot (1981)
- Late 1939 early 1940 - Early days of Auschwitz: “The Champion” (2020)
- April 9, 1940 - Germany invades Norway: "Max Manus: Man of War" (2008)/ the king's choice (2016) / Narvik (2022)
- May 10, 1940 - Germany invades France: Forbidden games (1952)
- May 10, 1940 - Germany invades the Netherlands: Black Book (2006) haven’t found a specific movie about the Belgium and Luxembourg, would appreciate any suggestions
- May 1940 - Winston Churchill's early days as Prime Minister: "Darkest Hour" (2017)
- May 26-June 4, 1940 - Evacuation of Dunkirk: "Dunkirk" (2017)
- 1940 - Making of British Propaganda films and life in London during this period, also the general public’s reaction to the evacuation of Dunkirk: “Their Finest” (2016)
- June 22, 1940 - German occupation of France: "Suite Française" (2014) / "the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse"(1962)
- July 10-31, 1940 - Battle of Britain: "The Battle of Britain" (1969)
- June 22, 1941 - Germany invades Soviet Union: "Battle For Brest-Litovsk” (2010)
- December 7, 1941 - Japan attacks Pearl Harbor: "Tora! Tora! Tora!" (1970)
- The United States goes to war against Japan: Pearl Harbor (2001)
- Junuary 1942 - Wannsee Conference - Conspiracy (2001)
- February 19, 1942 - FDR issues Executive Order 9066, authorizing internment of Japanese Americans: "Snow Falling on Cedars" (1999)
- June 4-7, 1942 - Battle of Midway: “Midway” (2019)
- Anne Frank and her family go into hiding - Anne Frank: The Whole Story (2001)
- Jul 17, 1942 – Feb 2, 1943 - Battle of Stalingrad- "Stalingrad" (2015)
- August 23, 1942 - German troops surrender at Stalingrad: "Stalingrad" (1993)
- August 1942 - The beginning of the Manhattan Project - "Adventures of a Mathematician" (2020)
- April 1942- Assassination of Reinhard Heydrich - “Operation Daybreak” (1975) / “Anthropoid” (2016)
- November 8, 1942 - Allied invasion of North Africa: "Tobruk” (2008)
- Construction of the Burma Railway - “The Bridge on the River Kwai” (1957)
- February 1943 - First U.S. victory of the war at Guadalcanal: "The Thin Red Line" (1998)
- February 15-17, 1943 - Battle of Kasserine Pass: "Patton" (1970)
- July 1943 - Allied deception prior to the invasion of Sicily. "Operation Mincemeat" (2021) / The Man who never was (1956)
- July 10 1943- August 25, 1943 - Allied invasion of Sicily: "A Walk in the Sun” (1945) / “Anzio” (1968)
- June 1943 - Liberation of Sicily: Hell Boats (1970) / The Big Red One (1980) / Mussolini and I (1985)
- June 2, 1943 - The Tuskegee Airmen flew their first mission: “The Tuskegee Airmen” (1995)
- September 8, 1943 - Italy surrenders to the Allies: "The English Patient" (1996)
- 1944 - Sterilization and persecution of Afro Germans: “Where Hands Touch” (2016)
- March 1944 - Nazi Invasion of Hungary: “Sunshine” (1999) / “Walking with the Enemy”(2014)
- July 20, 1944 - Failed assassination attempt on Hitler: "Valkyrie" (2008)
- June 6, 1944 - D-Day invasion of Normandy: "Saving Private Ryan" (1998) / The Longest Day (1962) 4.6 September 1944 - the liberation of Paris: “Is Paris Burning” (1966) / “Diplomacy” (2014)
- September 1944 - Operation Market Garden: "A Bridge Too Far" (1977)
- October 1944- Uprising Inside of Auschwitz: The Grey Zone (2001)
- December 16, 1944 - January 25, 1945 - Battle of the Bulge: “Band of brothers” (2001)
- January, 1945 - Liberation of Auschwitzs: Auschwitz: “The Nazis and the final solution” Episodes 5 and 6.
- February 3-14, 1945 - Yalta Conference: "When Lions Roared" (1994)
- April 12, 1945 - FDR dies; Truman becomes president: “Truman" (1995)
- April 1945 - Allied Invasion of Germany: "Fury" (2014)
- April 1945 - Battle of Okinawa: “hacksaw ridge” (2016)
- April 30, 1945 - Hitler's suicide and the invasion of Berlin: "Downfall" (2004)
- August 6, 1945 - United States drops atomic bomb on Hiroshima: "Fat Man and Little Boy" (1989) / Hiroshima: Out Of The Ashes (1990)
- August 9, 1945: United States drops atomic bomb on Nagasaki: "Hiroshima" (1995)
- November, 1945 - Nuremberg Trials: "Nuremberg" (2000)