Based on the autobiographical memoirs “The Pianist: The Extraordinary True Story of One Man's Survival in Warsaw, 1939-1945”, The Pianist depicts the life of the Polish-Jewish pianist and composer Władysław Szpilman in Warsaw during German occupation in WW II.
Based on the bestseller “We were Soldiers Once … and Young” written by Lieutenant General Harold G. Moore and war journalist Joseph L. Galloway, We were Soldiers tells the story of the US preparations shortly before entering the Vietnam War and then focuses on the 1st Battalion of the 7th Cavalry Regiment in the Battle of the La Drang Valley, the US’ first large-unit battle of the Vietnam War on November 14, 1965.
A German torpedo hit the RMS Lusitania on May 7, 1915. Shortly after, a substantial second explosion shook the ship. Within 20 minutes, the vessel known as the "Greyhound of the Seas" had sunk to the ocean floor, resulting in the deaths of almost 1200 individuals. A new two-step investigation...