Bomber Harris

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................Colour - B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr25mins
Size:........................781Mb

A drama which follows the fortunes of Arthur Harris Commander in Chief of RAF Bomber Command in 1942. His vision is to put an end to Hitler's dominance and annihilate the German industrial heartland. Other British authoritative figures unhappy about this new kind of war ensure that Harris must look for enemies at home as well as abroad...

der Adler 1940 19-26

Hell is for Heroes

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr26mins
Size:........................705Mb

Don Siegel's only war film and unfortunately his only teaming with Steve McQueen, an actor whose rebellious persona jibed well with the director's vision, it puts the star in the familiar role of antihero. His character, Reese, is an embittered G.I. who has just been sent back to join his war-weary unit holding down a position opposite a pillbox on the Siegfried Line in Belgium. Recently demoted back to private from staff sergeant for drinking, he chafes under all authority, and is a pariah to fellow grunts, despite their awareness of his extraordinary courage in battle. A natural leader, he persuades his sergeant to implement a plan he's formulated to keep the Germans at bay by making them believe that the small outfit is larger than it is. While this is temporarily effective, Reese knows that it's only a matter of time before the enemy discovers the truth, and takes it on his own authority to lead an attack on the well-defended pillbox, although his unit has been assigned only to hold their ground.

Appointment in London

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr32mins
Size:........................699Mb

Set in 1943, APPOINTMENT IN LONDON stars Dirk Bogarde as Wing Commander Tim Mason. It is Mason's hope to complete 90 bombing missions before his automatic rotation to a desk job. After the 89th mission, however, he is grounded and ordered to remain so by his superior officer. When a bomber pilot is injured, Mason defies his orders and takes the pilot's place. By rights, he should be court-martialed for this, but the outcome is rather different that what he and the audience are led to expect.

Sahara

Genre:.....................WWII Film
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr34mins
Size:........................700Mb

Filmed during World War II, this film was intended to be a propaganda piece for the U.S. government. Sergant Joe Gunn (Bogart) leads an abandoned tank unit after the fall of Tobruk in North Africa. The tanks picks up British, French, South African, and Sudanese soldiers along the way, becoming a microcosm of the Allied troops. The group works together to defeat a much larger German force that wants the same water-well that they have. The film portrays all of the images that the U.S. deemed important for the American people see in regards to the war.

der Adler 1940 10-18

D-Day - the secret Battle

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................55mins
Size:........................442Mb
Extras:.....................183Mb

By 1944, the Germans on the French Coast knew the allies were set to invade. What they didn't know was where. If they could anticipate where the Allies would land, they could mass their forces and destroy the fragile beach-head before it was even established. It was vital for the Allies to mislead the waiting Nazis about their true plans for D-Day and so Operation Fortitude, the biggest deception of all time, was initiated.Fortitude was designed to convince the waiting Germans that the invasion would come in the Pas de Calais, and was so successful that, even after the Normandy landings were well underway, Hitler kept vital Panzer divisions in reserve in Calais, convinced that D-Day was just a diversion.

Hitlers Jewish Soldiers

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Audio2:...................German,Hebrew - with English Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................59mins
Size:........................702Mb

By Nazi law anyone who was 25% Jewish was a Jew. Remarkably, many of these partial Jews, or "Mischlinge" (the German word for "mutt") were proud Germans, with roots that went back hundreds of years. Many were drafted into the Nazi army. This fascinating documentary examines the life of four men who faced this paradox. "Hitler's Jewish Soldiers" tells an engrossing story of madness and vicious absurdity; a study into the systematic mind of Hitler's personal chaos.

Beiderseits der Rollbahn

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W
Runtime:..................1Hr35mins
Size:........................1.07Gb

In the time immediately after the end of the second world war, a whole series of documentaries were produced in Germany about the period from just a few years earlier. One of these full-length films, produced by Anton Graf Bossi-Fedrigotti,called: "on both sides of the track" was considered lost forever, until recently, when a 35 mm copy of the original version was found and digitally processed. The film`s première already caused a sensation, because of its authenticity and gripping sensation.

der Adler 1940 1-9

Schlachtschiff Bismarck - EP2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr16mins
Size:........................799Mb

On the morning of May 24, two heavy ships appeared from the southeast and at 0532 the leading vessel, the battlecruiser Hood, opened fire on Prinz Eugen at a range of 24,232 m (26500 yards). The second ship, the battleship Prince of Wales,
opened fire shortly afterwards while the German ships replied at 0535 hrs, both firing on the Hood. The Bismarck straddled her target with her third and fifth salvos, the latter achieving one or two hits. At 0601 hrs the after magazines of the British flagship exploded. She broke in two and sank in three minutes, leaving only three survivors. Fire was shifted to Prince of Wales but after about ten minutes the British ship broke off the action and retired.The German flag ship had been hit by three 14-in (355- mm) shells from the Prince of Wales - one damaged and contaminated an oil fuel tank, another hit the side armour and caused a leak which later put one boiler-room and one dynamo out of action, while the third hit did no important damage. The contaminated oil reduced the ship's endurance and the loss of one boiler-room reduced the speed by 2 knots, so it was decided to call off the operation and make for St Nazaire for repairs.

Schlachtschiff Bismarck - EP1

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................46mins
Size:........................758Mb

The battleship Bismarck being laid down on July 1 of 1936 at the Blohm und Voss yard in Hamburg and launched in February 14, 1939. She was commissioned on August 24, 1940 and immediately began an extensive programme of trials and training which continued until May 1941.In that month, in company with the cruiser Prinz Eugen, she sailed for the Atlantic to raid and disrupt the Allied convoy routes. It was hoped to break out undetected, but late on May 23, while passing in fog through the Denmark Straits, they were sighted by the British cruiser Suffolk. She was soon joined by a second cruiser, the Norfolk, and despite efforts to shake them off the British cruisers began to shadow and report on the position of the German force.

Schlachtschiff Gneisenau - EP2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr09mins
Size:........................697Mb

After the channel-dash breakthrough "Gneisenau" suffers from a direct-hit
by a bomb on 13th of February 1942 and is put out of action. On the 27th of March 1945, the "Gneisenau" was used as a block ship at the entrance of Gothenhafen harbour and was sank by torpedoes from German E-boats.

Schlachtschiff Gneisenau - EP1

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................German - No Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................46mins
Size:........................697Mb

This two-part documentary tells the history of the battleship "Gneisenau", from the early beginning, up to her end on the 27th of March, 1945. From unpublished color and black and white film, partially made by crew members,show the "Gneisenau" from numerous perspectives. This includes life onboard, the equipment, the propulsion, the armament and the accommodation of the ships company. Besides peacetimemanoeuvres, it shows some wartime action.

der Adler 1939 10-22

Stukas of the Sea

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Audio 2:...................German - English Subs
Picture:...................B&W - Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr05mins
Size:........................763Mb

High speed patrol boats, the smallest surface torpedo carriers, had already made an appearance in the First World War. "The Stuka dive bombers of the seas" was how the high speed German patrol boats of the Second World War came to be known. They were the most important offensive weapon amongst the warships deployed along the coastline. During the War approximately 200 boats were built in several versions. These were deployed in all the maritime theatres of war, especially in the Channel, but also in the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, to which they had been transported by land.

The sinking of the Laconia - EP2

Genre:.....................WWII Documentary
Language:.................English - No Subs
Audio 2:.....................German - English Subs
Picture:...................Colour
Runtime:..................1Hr25mins
Size:........................550Mb

The conclusion of the two-part drama following the RMS Laconia's crew members after their ship was sunk by a German U-boat during the Second World War.The submarine's deck is crowded with Allied survivors fished out of the Atlantic by the Germans, but in the confusion an American bomber moves in to attack the enemy...