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1943

Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain

Directed by Frank Capra

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.

Duration

0h 53m

Released

October 10, 1943

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6.7

Rating20

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Lists9

Cast3

  • Walter Huston
  • Frieda Inescort
  • John B. Hughes

Part ofThe Why We Fight

Includes Why We Fight: Prelude to War (1942), Why We Fight: The Nazis Strike (1943), Why We Fight: Divide and Conquer (1943), Why We Fight: The Battle of Britain (1943), Why We Fight: The Battle of Russia (1943), Why We Fight: The Battle of China (1944), and War Comes to America (1945).

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