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• The Final Sacrifice | DVD | (24/01/2011) from £N/A   |  Saving you £N/A (N/A%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Final Sacrifice is one of the great untold accounts of World War II: its unique premise sees the combination of stories recounted in the undelivered letters of soldiers who died in the last days of the war. Featuring artful direction by a bright new cinematic talent this compelling film carefully balances perceptive storytelling with exciting wartime action. Set in Northern Italy during the last embers of the war the beleaguered vanguard of Axis forces suffer daily bombings and the constant threat of attack from local partisans. Tempers begin to flare between these 'allies' as they await their impending doom.

• The Fallen | DVD | (30/07/2007) from £5.38   |  Saving you £2.61 (32.70%)   |  RRP £7.99

  There Are Three Sides To Every Story...Ours Theirs And The Truth An unconventional war story The Fallen explores the soldier's experience on the battlefield at the end of World War II - from three different points of view. Set in Northern Italy this film humanizes the everyday gritty lives of German Italian and American troops simultaneously.

• World War II 3-Disc Boxset (Assault on the Pacific, The Final Sacrifice & Max Schemling; Fist of the Reich) | DVD | (31/10/2011) from £11.89   |  Saving you £8.10 (40.50%)   |  RRP £19.99

  Triple bill of features set during World War II.Assault On the Pacific: (2007) is a Japanese World War II drama about a squadron of Kamikaze pilots fighting in the Pacific. The film follows the training and final moments in the lives of young pilots including Bando (Yosuke Kubozuka) and Kaneyama (Yasuyuki Maekawa) as they bid farewell to their families and girlfriends and embark on their suicidal missions against the US Navy over the Pacific Ocean.The Final Sacrifice: (2010) tells the story of a doomed German army platoon, led by Lt. Gunther (Thomas Pohn), stranded in the mountains of Northern Italy in the last days of the war. Surrounded by Italian resistance fighters, including Gianini (Fabio Sartor), the demoralised and starving soldiers helplessly await reinforcement from Mussolini's remaining loyalists. When the Italian reinforcements do finally turn up, they are reluctant to take arms against their fellow Italians, sensing that the war they are fighting is a lost cause.Max Schmeling - The Fist of the Reich: (2010) is a sports biopic detailing the life and times of German boxer and heavyweight champion Max Schmeling (Henry Maske). Schmeling attained fame in the 1930s for a series of classic fights with American boxer Joe Louis (Yoan Pablo Hernandez) and became known after the Second World War for risking his life to save two Jewish children in 1938.

• The Fallen | Blu Ray | (21/05/2012) from £21.58   |  Saving you £-5.59 (-35.00%)   |  RRP £15.99

  The Fallen is a dramatic and gritty World War II drama the recounts the conflict through the eyes of an ill-fated unit of German soldiers, their dishevelled Italian allies, and an American supply group towards the end of the war.Shot on location in Italy and Germany, the film boasts a unique cinematic style that evokes the feeling of authentic newsreel footage of the time. In portraying the differences in values, morals and patriotism found between the various warring factions, while exploring the human similarities found in soldiers from all sides, the film exposes both the horror and the humanity of war.