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ith all due respect Mark (DePue), I don’t know how the following battle films did not make your list (“War List: 10 Accurate Battle Films,” Summer 2022, ) or at least honorable mention: (1969); (1949); (1953); and (1959). Maybe your list should have been separated into genres, like: 10 Accurate Air Battle Films; 10 Accurate Sea Battle Films, etc. Another way to “bin” the films could be “most accurate battle films:” films that represent a single battle or event (e.g., ), and “most accurate campaign films”—films that represent an entire campaign (i.e., ) or contain a series of battle events that

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