What would it be?

I would like to see a film set in Burma during ww2, it`s a forgotten part of the war and lots of different nationalities fought there, British. Indian and African etc. The jungle fighting was extremely hard for everyone involved and contains lots of stories of heroism and valour.

I'd like to see a movie about Leyte and the saga of Taffy 3. US escort carriers and destroyers vs. Japanese battleships, heavy cruisers and more. The charge of the USS Roberts alone swells my heart with pride at the courage and selfsacrifice of those men. It was David against Goliath with the success and safety of the transports and the landing sites at stake.

Halsey's greatest mistake would pain me though. Leaving the invasion area to chase Japanese carriers he had no way of knowing were impotent drew heavy criticism for him. For my part, I love the man. Not because he was such a great war leader but because I wouldn't be here without him. Admiral Halsey made an inspection of the battle site where my father was gravely wounded (not at Leyte). He ordered that the three most seriously wounded Marines be loaded aboard his personal plane (all he could carry). My father was one of those three Marines. He wouldn't have made it otherwise.

I would absolutely love to see an entire series devoted to accurately telling the tale of the Eastern Front of World War II. FAR too much happened on that front to hope to fit into a single film. That was the front where Europe was won or lost. Had the USSR been defeated, Nazi Germany may very well have had enough manpower and resources to knock down the rest of the world, bit by bit. Germany vs the USSR, is massively undervalued by most of the world. Many are barely aware of the importance of that front. If the USSR were defeated in 1941/1942, no D-day would have ever been possible and it is unlikely that Continental Europe could have been liberated from German control ... well for a very very long time indeed. Preferably, a non-biased telling from both sides would be great <- That is unlikely since the public always prefers to have a good guy and a bad guy, with the good guy winning out in the end. It's difficult to qualify either head of state (Hitler and Stalin) as being a "good guy" exactly. Truth be told, the lesser of two evils won that conflict.

Anything LRRP or MACV SOG. And the Fall of Lang Vei perhaps.

I would like to see a movie based on the North Africa battles from a little before El Alemien to Tunisia...and watch Rommel, Monty, Kesselring, Anderson, and Patton go at it. Along with Lendendal's sucky performance at Kesserine Pass which provided the British with not much hope in American troops.

crete, without a doubt.


dispite being a defeat for commonwealth forces there are so many stories of heroism tied up in it.


maori battalion soldiers with no ammo waiting to bayonet german paratroops as they landed...

...the actions of charles upham and the many many kiwis who found themselves cut off an fought on, with the help of the people of crete

Burma would be great. But also New Guinea would outstanding.

There were at least a couple of movies about the war in Burma. Objective Burma (1945) with Errol Flynn and Merrill's Marauders (1962) with Jeff Chandler. Of the two I prefer the latter. It showed more fully the harshness of the struggle there.

I've seen both of those so I should qualify it I guess. I'd like to see one based around the Chindits and Kachin Rangers

There ya go. Orde Wingate and the Chindits would definitely be cool.