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List of WWII Movies Based On Real Events is an incomplete collection of movies based on real events - sometimes very loosely due to when they were made and often with a fictionalise romantic sub-plot.
| Theatre of Operations | Real Life Event | Start Date | End Date | Movie Name | Movie Release Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Europe | Great Escape from Stalag Luft III | 24 March 1944 | 25 March 1944 | The Great Escape | 20 June 1963 |
| Europe | Battle of Remagen | 7 March 1945 | 25 March 1945 | The Bridge at Remagen | 25 June 1969 |
| Europe | Battle of the Bulge | 16 December 1944 | 25 January 1945 | Battle of the Bulge | 16 December 1965 |
| Europe | Normandy landings | 6 June 1944 | 6 June 1944 | The Longest Day | 25 September 1962 |
| Europe | Dunkirk evacuation | 26 May 1940 | 4 June 1940 | Dunkirk | 20 March 1958 |
| Europe | Dunkirk evacuation | 26 May 1940 | 4 June 1940 | Dunkirk | 13 July 2017 |
| Europe | Operation Market Garden | 17 September 1944 | 25 September 1944 | A Bridge Too Far | 15 June 1977 |
| Europe | SOE Operative Violette Szabo | 1 July 1943 | 5 February 1945 | Carve Her Name with Pride | 18 February 1958 |
| Europe | Oflag IV-C (Colditz) Prisoner of War Camp | 1 November 1939 | 16 April 1945 | The Colditz Story | 25 January 1955 |
| Atlantic | Last battle of the battleship Bismarck | 26 May 1941 | 27 May 1941 | Sink the Bismarck! | 11 February 1960 |
| North Africa | Operation Agreement at Tobruk | 13 September 1942 | 14 September 1942 | Tobruk | 7 February 1967 |
| Pacific | Battle of Midway | 4 June 1942 | 7 June 1942 | Midway | 18 June 1976 |
| Europe | Operation_Chastise (Dambusters Raid) | 16 May 1943 | 17 May 1943 | The Dam Busters | 16 May 1955 |
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