World War II commando collection. [videorecording (DVD)]
TITLE:
World War II commando collection. [videorecording (DVD)]
Alternate Title:
World War Two commando collection
Publication Date:
2010
Physical Description:
2 videodiscs (424 min.)
Subject Term:
Additional Contributors:
Contents:
Desert commandos -- Go for broke -- Battle of El Alamein -- Ski troop attack.
Performer:
Lee Van Cleef.
Summary:
Commandos: An Army Sergeant assembles a crack force of Italian-American commandos to impersonate Italian soldiers in order to infiltrate an Axis stronghold in North Africa.
Desert commandos: Five German commandos parachute into North Africa on a secret mission to assassinate Churchill, Roosevelt and de Gaulle at a conference in Casablanca.
Go for broke: A film commemorating the 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a unit composed of Japanese-American volunteers from U.S. internment camps. They became the most decorated battalion in U.S. military history.
Battle of El Alamein: During Rommel's epic North African campaign, Nazi and Italian troops fight shoulder to shoulder to ward off British forces under General Montgomery.
Ski troop attack: American commandos cross behind enemy lines by skis to blow up a strategic railroad bridge. Their daring mission is compromised when they are double-crossed by a beautiful fraulein.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9781587104039
General Note:
DVD.
Unrated.
In Black and White, and Colour.
"5 World War II movies on 2 DVDs!"