UNITED STATES · 1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Frank Capra
Classical Hollywood World War II Nazi Germany British resistance aerial warfare propaganda
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The fourth of Frank Capra's Why We Fight series of seven propaganda films, which made the case for fighting and winning the Second World War. It was released in 1943 and concentrated on the German bombardment of the United Kingdom in anticipation of Operation Sea Lion, the planned German invasion.

Year1943
CountryUnited States
DirectorFrank Capra
Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain poster

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