The book examines the Second World War through twelve films. The selected films include productions from the Second World War and from each subsequent decade, providing an insight into how different generations perceived the war. World War II on Film offers a concise and well-founded assessment of the war based on twelve representative films. The book separates fact from fiction, shows where the films correspond to reality and where they deviate from it, and places them in the larger context of historical and social events. Each selected film represents a specific aspect of the conflict, including the air wars over Europe, the plight of prisoners of war, the atrocities committed by the Nazis, and the British evacuation at Dunkirk. Unlike most accounts of Hollywood history during the Second World War or the war film genre, World War II on Film takes an in-depth look at the relationship between the portrayal of events, beliefs, attitudes and ways of life in films and the reality as documented by historians or recorded by journalists and eyewitnesses of the war.
