Allied soldiers from Belgium, the British Empire, Canada, and France are surrounded da the German army and evacuated during a fierce battle in World War II.
A U.S. General's roller-coaster rise and fall as part reality, part savage parody - raising the specter of just where the line between them lies today.
WWII American Army Medic Desmond T. Doss, who served during the Battle of Okinawa, refuses to kill people, and becomes the first man in American history to receive the Medal of Honor without firing a shot.
After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a zattera with two fellow crewmen before he's caught da the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp.