Greatest 21 History Movies Highly Recommended Released in 1943

During the Spanish Civil War, an American allied with the Republicans finds romance during a desperate mission to blow up a strategically important bridge. Learn about For Whom the Bell Tolls / IMDB / YouTube

The crew of an Air Force bomber arrives in Pearl Harbor in the aftermath of the Japanese attack on December 7, 1941, and is sent on to Manila to help with the defense of the Philippines. Get info on Air Force / IMDB / YouTube

Despite himself, accomplished physicist and avowed bachelor Pierre Curie falls for brilliant student Marie, and together they embark on the discovery of radium. Info on Madame Curie / IMDB / YouTube

Documentary revealing the nature and process of the fight between the Soviet Union and Germany in the Second World War. Check out The Battle of Russia / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of Carlson's Raiders and their World War II attack on Makin Island. Check out 'Gung Ho!': The Story of Carlson's Makin Island Raiders / IMDB / YouTube

An animated documentary promoting of the soundness of strategic aerial bombing in World War II. Read about Victory Through Air Power / IMDB / YouTube

Ambassador Joseph Davies is sent by FDR to Russia to learn about the Soviet system and returns to America as an advocate of Stalinism. Info on Mission to Moscow / IMDB / YouTube

The official World War II US government account of Nazi international aggression leading up to the British and French declarations of war. Find out about The Nazis Strike / IMDB / YouTube

Docudrama about the bombing of Pearl Harbor on December 7th, 1941 and its results, the recovering of the ships, the improving of defense in Hawaii and the US efforts to beat back the Japanese reinforcements. Read about December 7th / IMDB / YouTube

Story of the assassination of Reinhard Heydrich, Nazi SS commander, by Czech partisans and the reprisals inflicted by the Nazis on the Czechs. Find out about Hitler's Madman / IMDB / YouTube

The World War II US Government account of the European theatre of the war from after the English and French entry to the fall of France. Info on Divide and Conquer / IMDB / YouTube

During World War II, an American travels to Britain to sell an old house near London that belongs to his family. However, he meets Leslie Trimble who lives in the house and who is resolutely against the sale. While they spend the night in an air-raid shelter she tells him the story of the building from its construction in 1804 until the present. Explore Forever and a Day / IMDB / YouTube

Filmmaker John Huston narrates this Oscar-nominated World War II-era film about life among the U.S. soldiers protecting Alaska's Aleutian Islands. Info on Report from the Aleutians / IMDB / YouTube

Propaganda short film depicting the rise of Nazism in Germany and how political propaganda is similarly used in the United States to recruit Nazi sympathizers from the ranks of American racists. Find out about Don't Be a Sucker / IMDB / YouTube

During WW2, a British commando lands in German-occupied France to locate a German munitions plant and to mark the target with a beacon for the Allied night bombers sent to destroy it. Details on Tonight We Raid Calais / IMDB / YouTube

Paracelsus's unorthodox healing methods are opposed by the established doctors and rich trader Pfefferkorn. But when Paracelsus helps harness the plague and heals Pfefferkorn's daughter, the townspeople learn to value his merits. More about Paracelsus / IMDB / YouTube

The true story of the massacre of a small Czech village by the Nazis is retold as if it happened in Wales. See more about The Silent Village / IMDB / YouTube

A documentary recounting the experiences of the 351st Bombardment Group of the U.S. Army Air Forces, based in England during the Second World War . The group's air and ground crews are followed through a number of bombing missions over Hitler's Germany. See more about Combat America / IMDB / YouTube

A filmed broadcast of the Command Performance radio programs in which various Hollywood stars appeared and performed in accordance with letter requests from American service men stationed around the world. Transcriptions were made of each program and sent to American posts and camps around the world. This entry (Army-Navy Screen Magazine No. 20) was broadcast and film. Learn about Strictly G.I. / IMDB / YouTube