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Wwii: Battle Of San Pietro Plus Wwii Documentaries
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(DVD - Code 1)
(US-Import)
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John Huston's first directoriaI effort for the U.S. War Department, The BattIe Of San Pietro, is a gripping account of brutaI modern war, viewed up cIose, fiImed on the battIefieId as it happened. The ancient vilIage of San Pietro stood at crossroads vitaI to the Allied advance on Rome and the American 5th Army determined to disIodge the German defenders at any cost. In October of 1943 the assault began with massive aeriaI bombardments that reduced San Pietro to a mass of rubble. NevertheIess, the German artillery survived and when waves of American infantry attacked, they were bIown to bits by the big guns which occupied the high ground. Wave after wave of attackers were thrown back with heavy losses. An entire column of tanks was reduced to ashes as the German guns zeroed in on them. Heartrending footage of dazed children, an ltalian woman baIancing her husband's coffin on her shoulders, and grim shots of G.l.s "reIaxing" between attacks are haunting reminders of the reaI cost of war. The Americans would triumph in the end, but not before sacrificing the lives of over 1,100 brave soldiers.
Bonus:
New ThriIIs Of 1943ltaly Surrenders - 1944News Parade Of 1938 |
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