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Axis and Allies

Axis and Allies · Total News:· Total Reads: 8358

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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Gaming: March Madness 2008 - The Quest for Gold (enzytebob)
Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Gaming: Axis and Allies March Madness 2v2 Tournament (enzytebob)
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March Madness 2008 - The Quest for Gold
by: enzytebob
2008-03-05 14:22:54

The Gold Medal from the KMA Mint
The Gold Medal*

 
The Gold Medal from the KMA Mint, Reserved for only the Absolute Best 2v2 Team in the World. To win the gold medal, simply win four games in a row versus the toughest competition known to man. The Gold Medal Winner is REQUIRED to submit all films, so we can do a story to embellish their 2v2 greatness, a preserve your ulimate moment of glory for all enternity. A streaming video "highlight reel" of your march to A&A immortality may follow in the weeks to come. One day, 16 teams, only ONE Champion of Champions, the Gold Medal WINNER!
 
2v2.kma-clan.com
 
 

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Battlefield 2

Battlefield 2 · Total News:· Total Reads: 4751

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New member in BF2, Vacuuous.
by: cmac
2007-11-13 16:44:50

Vacuuous, Godson's pappy has been added to the BF2 roster. He will be a welcome addition to our growing community of players. So all players welcome our newest member. [click here]

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Battlefield 2142

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BF2142 Reference Center
by: enzytebob
2007-10-01 20:14:38

Yet another of the cool module from http://www.clan-themes.co.uk/ and author Scorpion, the BF2142 Reference Center. Info on all Modes Ranks Medals Badges Ribbons Maps Weapons Vehicles and Classes - view it here

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Classic KMA

Classic KMA · Total News:· Total Reads: 1849

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KMA Archives | The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly 1v1 Tournament
by: enzytebob
2007-02-24 03:49:45

KMA 1v1 Tourney Axis and Allies Sept-Oct 2005Well couldnt let the old Clantoolz site expire without grabbing at least one more thing for our archives... All the info and results of our Axis and Allies 1v1 Tournament held in Sept-Oct of 2005. Including the tournament homepage, results from the first round and finals, as well as for the first time ever available to the public, 7 winning game films from tourney champion Goodfella. Not only was Goodfella the only player to go 5-0 in the first round, he swept thru the finals as well. Including defeating the #1 seed three times. We dug thru our archives and found seven of those films for your viewing and educational pleasure. Pay particular attention to the technique he used to rout enemy units!

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Company of Heroes

Company of Heroes · Total News:· Total Reads: 5657

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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Gaming Tips: Company of Heroes Reference Manual (enzytebob)
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Company of Heroes Reference Manual
by: enzytebob
2007-09-30 16:18:42

Company of HeroesA new feature has been added to the KMA site, the COH Reference Manual. Detailed information on all Medals, Units, Structures, Vehicles, and Maps, for the original COH game. Check it out!

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Government

Government · Total News:· Total Reads: 1718

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NSA TO LAUNCH NEW CONSUMER PHONE SERVICE
by: enzytebob
2007-06-12 21:31:33

NSA

May 12, 2006 in The Pavement.com

The National Security Agency announced today plans to unveil a new consumer phone service tentatively titled "SafeCall".  The service, a first for a governmental agency, will include unique features such as CALL MONITORING, CALL RECORDING, and CALL TRACKING.  In addition, consumers will be given the choice to use a pre-recorded statement from President George W. Bush on their voicemail instead of the usual welcome message.

Related:  Left And Right Question NSA Spying Program

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KMA General News

KMA General News · Total News:· Total Reads: 7291

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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Remembering (KMAOmaha)
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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Member Profiles: Shane Campbell aka (KMA)Sublime (1990-2007) (enzytebob)
Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  100,000 Page Views (KMAOmaha)
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Remembering
by: KMAOmaha
2008-01-11 16:20:19

It has been almost a year since Shane Campbell, known to us all as (KMA)Sublime, passed away.  While most of us old-timers of the clan got to know him very well during his time here, he and I were pretty much inseparable.  It seemed that Sublime and I played every game we could together, and spent time just screwing around with each other late into the night.

When I first joined KMA in the summer of 2004, I didn’t really know many people in the clan.  Granted, KMA was much smaller than it is know, but aside from Jax, Sublime was one of the first people I talked to and befriended.  Our friendship grew over the next few months until we became inseparable.  Jax and Spastic, among others, often commented to me that Sublime and I were like 1 person.  Us 3 were probably hit the hardest from this tragedy.  I speak for myself when I say that I shed tears when I heard the tragic news, and I don’t doubt that both Jax and Spastic did.  I had grown away from the game in the few months preceding Shane’s death, and everyone, including Shane, tried to bring me back to the game I had obsessively played over the summer.  While I tried when I could, I had drifted so far away from Axis that I had basically forgot how to play.  When I learned of Shane’s death, there was almost no point for me to continue playing.  I stepped even further away from the game, and even from the clan.  I seriously considered removing myself because I felt like it reminded me too much of the great friendship I had built with Shane.   I spent a lot of my time contemplating what I could have done with those few months.  Shane and I would have, in all likelihood, grown closer.  I already thought of him as one of my best friends, and I just wish I had more time to get to know him, and think of him as a brother.

As the 20th of January approaches, I would ask our clan to do something in memoriam of Shane Campbell.  For someone you never knew face to face, and only by the name of (KMA)Sublime.  For a friend of mine.  For Shane.

(KMA)OmahaBeach[*]

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PC and Internet

PC and Internet · Total News:· Total Reads: 5241

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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Gaming Accessories: 3D Monitor - Available Now - Glasses Required (enzytebob)
Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Gaming Accessories: Monitor of the Future - Hologram - by 2012 (enzytebob)
Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Internet: KMA Clan Get's the Thumb Up from McAfee SiteAdvisor (Dr.Phil)
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What are Feeds?
by: enzytebob
2008-01-07 11:03:29

What are RSS Feeds?
Image Many websites have links labeled "XML" or "RSS" or "Atom". All this means is that you can find out about updates to that site, without having to visit it in your web browser. This feature is referred to as "syndication" or "aggregation" . Sometimes it's just called subscribing. And these days, instead of one of these words, lots of sites will use a little orange button. The standard one looks like this: Image It's also common to see buttons that say "RSS" or "XML", which looks like this: Image

All these links and buttons simply means this: The site you're viewing has a feed available.

Choosing the right Feed Reader
There are many different options when it comes to subscribing to feeds. A "Feed Reader" is required for using Web Feeds. This tool works like an e-mail program, but no e-mail address is needed. The user subscribes to a web feed, and then will receive updated content, every time updating occurs. Feed Readers may be online (similar to webmail) or offline. Feed readers are used in personalized home page services like iGoogle or My Yahoo or My MSN to put content such as news, weather and stock quotes appear on the user’s personal page. Content from other sites can also be added to that personalized page, again using feeds.

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Modern browsers have some functionality as feed readers, with Opera probably having the best features at the time of this writing. However, most lack alot the functionality available in other types of feed readers. We'd advise you skip using your browser as a feed reader, at least until the technology improves.

Image Software Based Feed Readers
Well I have to admit I have yet to try any of the software based feed readers. I'm sure there are alot of them. From a "gamers" perspective, I don't want any program that is going to automatically download anything and effect my internet connection. For this reason I've stayed away from these type of readers.

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Probably the easiest and most dynamic way to read all of your RSS feeds is to setup an online reader page. Many sites offer "custom home pages" and let you include the content you are interested in. These would be our TOP PICK and are profiled below...

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Recently a number of mobile readers have arrived to the market. Some newer cell phones and other mobile devices are including RSS reader technology. So, if you have the right device, you can even stay updated on the KMA site on the go... Smile

Here's our Choices for best web-based Feed Readers
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Protopage ( LINK )
Probably our favorite of all the web-based feed readers. Many features including public and private "tabs" - and even pages that your friends can edit. All sorts of built in modules and the ability to display just about any feed that you can find. Here's our protopage for just a small example of what you can do:

http://www.protopage.com/kma-clan

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Google Reader ( LINK )
Easy to use, and you can also "blog" or syndicate any news stories you like with a couple of clicks. Even your blog has it's own feed, so users can subscribe to your "blog". If you have an existing google account for services such as gmail, no extra registration(s) are required. Here's our shared page for an example of what you get:

http://www.google.com/reader/shared/09837831312260605727

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Pageflakes ( LINK )
Easy to setup and register. Probably the best collection of default content, but not able to make your page public. You can share the page via email, and your friends will receive a copy of the page, and they can customize it to their needs. Here's our shared page for an example of what you get:

http://www.pageflakes.com/RO.aspx?pfp=hIylaqZrN0m9qBO916G2RQ

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Netvibes ( LINK )
Probably the easiest setup and editing, and the feed reader itself has nice features. No sharing features at the time of this writing, but still everything you might need from a straight-up feed reader.

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Blogarithm ( LINK )
Mostly geared toward tracking blogs and RSS feeds, does offer a cool tool to "republish" all your feeds, called a "Blogroll" to add to your blog or webpage. EXAMPLE ( LINK )
http://www.kma-clan.com/blog-roll.html

Other popular web-based Feed Readers
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My Yahoo ( LINK )
Well registration was easy enough, but found the interface to be a little slow in IE. Visited the next day and cookies had already forgotten me. You dont really get a publicly share-able page either, can share only by email or IM, which is basically just a way to try and get your friends to sign up too. I suppose if you use yahoo services already it might be ok.... but otherwise not one of our favorites.

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My AOL ( LINK )
Visited the next day and cookies had forgotten me, very similar to yahoo, with no publicly share-able page, you can share only by email or IM, which is basically just a way to try and get your friends to sign up too. I suppose if you use AOL services already it might be ok.... but otherwise don't bother.

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My MSN ( LINK )
If you already have other msn services such as messenger you can use your same login. But that's about the only reason to use this service. Maybe others have had a better experience, but I found the MSN site to be very similar to their browser, incapable of processing the current version of many feeds. I'm sure MSN and Internet Explorer will catch up someday, but for now, use another service.

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KMA FEEDS
Well here's links to FEED PREVIEWS of our RSS FEEDS, and example of what they will look like when viewed with a proper feed viewer. There are multiple options for subscribing to our feeds on our:
FEEDS PAGE
http://www.kma-clan.com/feeds.html


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Society

Society · Total News:· Total Reads: 11099

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Santa Claus outraged by 'ho ho ho' ban
by: ColonelMustang
2007-11-15 11:10:57

By: Janet Fyfe-Yeomans and Amanda Grant
November 15, 2007 07:00am

HE  is an unlikely revolutionary but this Christmas, Santa is a rebel with a claus. He is having the last laugh on political correctness - and it's a great big fat belly laugh.  Santas across Sydney are rebelling against attempts to ban their traditional greeting of "ho, ho, ho" in favour of "ha, ha, ha".  Recruitment firm Westaff - which supplies hundreds of Santas across the country - has told its trainees that the "ho ho ho" phrase could frighten children and could even be derogatory to women.  Two Santa hopefuls reportedly quit the course because of the hullabaloo of the ho, ho, ho.

One would-be Santa has told The Daily Telegraph he was taught not to use "ho, ho, ho" because it was too close to the American slang for prostitute. He also quit. 
"Gimme a break," Julie Gale, who runs the campaign against sexualising children called Kids Free 2B Kids, said.
"We are talking about little kids who do not understand that "ho, ho, ho" has any other connotation and nor should they.
"Leave Santa alone."
Australian Childhood Foundation chief executive officer Dr Joe Tucci said it was the latest example of political correctness gone mad.
"There is no stronger tradition for children than Santa's ho, ho, ho," Dr Tucci said.
Yesterday department stores David Jones and Myers and the Westfield shopping centre chain moved to reassure children, and their parents, that Santa and his customary greeting was part of Christmas's present as well as Christmas's past.
A David Jones spokeswoman said they had discussed the situation with Westaff and their Santas would not besilenced.
"Senior management have assured us that Santas provided to David Jones have not been censored in any way," the spokeswoman said.

At Myer, where Westaff also train the fat men in red suit, Santa could not stop laughing about the suggestion.
"Myer has not directed our Santas to refrain from using 'ho, ho, ho' and believe the expression is an important Christmas tradition," a spokesman for Myer said.

Westfield's Santas are recruited and trained by RegProm Marketing and they will be "ho, ho, ho-ing" a Westfield spokeswoman said.
"Westfield Santas are known for their friendly and welcoming nature and know how to deliver a real festive 'ho, ho, ho'."
Sydney mother Maybel Lopez said she wanted her daughter Andria, 5, to grow up hearing Santa's "ho, ho, ho" just like she had and she did not realise it had other connotations.
"It's what Santa has been saying his whole life - my whole life. It is just a normal thing really for him to say 'ho, ho, ho'," Ms Lopez said.
Westaff's national Santa co-ordinator Sari Hegarty wrote to stores explaining the company's position.
"Westaff has been a provider of quality caring Santas for over 40 years," Ms Hegarty wrote in an email.
"Part of our advice to our Santas is that they should be mindful of children having their first Santa experience.
"We ask our Santas to try techniques such as lowering their tone of voice and using 'ha, ha, ha' to encourage the children to come forward and meet Santa. We wish you and your family a very merry Christmas."
Westaff national operations manager Greg Jansz said it was "misleading" to say the company had banned Santa's traditional greeting and it was being left up to the discretion of Santa himself.

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Teamspeak

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Teamspeak Cockfag Mod v1
by: enzytebob
2006-11-27 22:19:54

Teamspeak Cockfag Mod v1

Why have those same boring old Teamspeak sounds, when you can have the Teamspeak Cockfag Mod v1 from KMA. Changes to some of the original Teamspeak sounds. For example: Player Joined=Cockfag Joined | Player Kicked=Cockfag Kicked, etc......Hear a demo at http://www.rtsforce.com/ranks/21.playerkicked.wav

All done in a Sassy British Female Voice! Download Here

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TV and Films

TV and Films · Total News:· Total Reads: 718

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Read this articlePrinter ready versionE-mail to a friend  Entertainment: KMA's Top 10 War Films of All Time (enzytebob)

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KMA's Top 10 War Films of All Time
by: enzytebob
2007-07-05 14:27:33


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Just thought we would get the war film discussion going, with our top 10 war films of all-time list...(in no particular order) A couple of lesser known films we would recommend would be The Guns of Navarone (1961) and The Great Raid (2005). Your comments and suggestions are encouraged and appreciated! Make sure to vote in our Best war film of all time poll or comment in our War Films Forum Thread

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Apocalypse Now (1979)
Vietnam, 1969. Burnt out Special Forces officer Captain Willard is sent into the jungle with top-secret orders to find and kill renegade Colonel Kurtz who has set up his own army within the jungle. As Willard descends into the jungle, he is slowly over taken by the jungle's mesmerizing powers and battles the insanity which surrounds him. His boat crew succumbs to drugs and is slowly killed off one by one. As Willard continues his journey he becomes more and more like the man he was sent to kill.
Written by Michael Arndt

 



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The Bridge on the River Kwai (1957)
The film deals with the situation of British prisoners of war during World War II who are ordered to build a bridge to accommodate the Burma-Siam railway. Their instinct is to sabotage the bridge but, under the leadership of Colonel Nicholson (Alec Guinness), they are persuaded that the bridge should be constructed as a symbol of British morale, spirit and dignity in adverse circumstances. At first, the prisoners admire Nicholson when he bravely endures torture rather than compromise his principles for the benefit of the Japanese commandant Saito (Sessue Hayakawa). He is an honorable but arrogant man, who is slowly revealed to be a deluded obsessive. He convinces himself that the bridge is a monument to British character, but actually is a monument to himself, and his insistence on its construction becomes a subtle form of collaboration with the enemy. Unknown to him, the Allies have sent a mission into the jungle, led by Warden (Jack Hawkins) and an American, Shears (William Holden), to blow up the bridge.
Written by alfiehitchie


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Das Boot (1981)
It is 1942 and the German submarine fleet is heavily engaged in the so called "Battle of the Atlantic" to harass and destroy English shipping. With better escorts of the Destroyer Class, however, German U-Boats have begun to take heavy losses. "Das Boot" is the story of one such U-Boat crew, with the film examining how these submariners maintained their professionalism as soldiers, attempted to accomplish impossible missions, while all the time attempting to understand and obey the ideology of the government under which they served.
Written by Anthony Hughes


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Saving Private Ryan (1998)
Opening with the Allied invasion of Normandy on 6 June 1944, members of the 2nd Ranger Battalion under Cpt. Miller fight ashore to secure a beachhead. Amidst the fighting, two brothers are killed in action. Earlier in New Guinea, a third brother is KIA. Their mother, Mrs. Ryan, is to receive all three of the grave telegrams on the same day. The United States Army Chief of Staff, George C. Marshall, is given an opportunity to alleviate some of her grief when he learns of a fourth brother, Private James Ryan, and decides to send out 8 men (Cpt. Miller and select members from 2nd Rangers) to find him and bring him back home to his mother...
Written by J.Zelman

 



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The Great Escape (1963)
Based on a true story, a group of allied escape artist type prisoners of war are all put in an 'escape proof' camp. Their leader decides to try to take out several hundred all at once. The first half of the film is played for comedy as the prisoners mostly outwit their jailers to dig the escape tunnel. The second half is high adventure as they use boats and trains and planes to get out of occupied Europe.
Written by John Vogel

 



 

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Full Metal Jacket (1987)
A two-segment story that follows young men from the start of recruit training in the Marine Corps to the lethal cauldron known as Vietnam. The first segment follows Joker, Pyle and others as they progress through the hell of USMC boot-camp at the hands of the colorful, foul-mouthed Gunnery Sergeant Hartman. The second begins in Vietnam, near Hue, at the time of the Tet Offensive. Joker, along with Animal Mother, Rafterman and others, face threats such as ambush, booby traps, and Viet Cong snipers as they move through the city.
Written by Derek O'Cain

 

 


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The Deer Hunter (1978)
Michael, Nick, and Steven are three buddies from the steel mill town of Clairton, Penn.They are like schoolmates, hanging out in a local bar and enjoying weekends of deer-hunting. Michael and Nick are also both in love with Linda, who seems to juggle both of the men. But their placid life is soon to be changed after they are enlisted in the airborne infantry of Vietnam. So they all celebrate a goodbye at Steven's wedding and they leave to Vietnam, where they are captured by the enemy and forced to play a game of Russian Roulette. They escape and return home, but their lives are forever changed. Nick stays in Vietnam, Michael returns to Linda, and Steven is handicapped after losing a leg in the war.
Written by Jasper Yangchareon

 

 
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Platoon (1986)
Chris Taylor (Charlie Sheen) is a young, naive American who gives up college and volunteers for combat in Vietnam. Upon arrival, he quickly discovers that his presence is quite nonessential, and is considered insignificant to the other soldiers, as he has not fought for as long as the rest of them and felt the effects of combat. Chris has two commanding officers, the ill-tempered and indestructible Staff Sergeant Robert Barnes (Tom Berenger) and the more pleasant and cooperative Sergeant Elias Grodin (Willem Dafoe). A line is drawn between the two officers and a number of men in the platoon when an illegal killing occurs during a village raid. As the war continues, Chris himself draws towards psychological meltdown. And as he struggles for survival, he soon realizes he is fighting two battles, the conflict with the enemy and the conflict between the men within his platoon.
Written by Jeremy Thomson



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The Guns of Navarone (1961)
1943. With the battle of Stalingrad turning the war against them, the Germans are attempting to bully neutral Turkey into joining the Axis; to this end they have trapped 2,000 British soldiers on Kiros, an island in the Aegean, with only one sea route for evacuation, a sea route commanded by two gigantic German antiship batteries deployed in a massive cliffside bunker on the island of Navarone. Immune to air attack and too much for Allied battleships to suppress, the British muster Keith Mallory, a commando officer who has been working on occupied Crete for nearly two years and who is an expert mountaineer, to ferry a team of British commandos to the only area of Navarone that is not monitored by the Germans, a 400-foot cliff. Greek resistance is to meet the team inland and guide them around German patrols to the area of the German guns. However, the commanding officer of the British team suffers grave injury in the climb and Mallory must take control of the mission, despite clashes with explosives expert John Anthony Miller, who upon the arrival of the night of the raid finds his equipment has been sabotaged, thus exposing a traitor in the team's ranks.
Written by Michael Daly


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The Great Raid (2005)
Set in the Philippines in 1945 towards the end of WWII, under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Henry Mucci and Captain Robert Prince, the 6th Ranger Battalion undertake a daring rescue mission against all odds. Traveling thirty miles behind enemy lines, they intend to liberate over 500 American Soldiers from the notorious Cabanatuan Japanese POW camp in the most audacious rescue ever.
Written by themusicman999

 

 

 

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Black Hawk Down (2001)
Action/war drama based on the best-selling book detailing a near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele, were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord which lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen which led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters in Mogadishu, and the heroic efforts by various Rangers to get to them, centering on Sgt. Eversmann, commanding one Ranger unit named Chalk Four, leading Rangers to the first black hawk crash site, to Warrant Officer Durant who was only survivor of the second black hawk crash site and whom was captured, to Col. McKnight who leads a rescue convoy for the Rangers only to get lost within the hostile city, to Sgt. Sanderson desperately trying to get to the first crash site, to Staff Sgt. Yurek who leads two fellow Rangers, Nelson and Twombly to meet with up their squad, Chalk Four, at the first crash site, to many others involved who where either killed or survived.
Written by Matthew Patay




Honorable Mention
Letters From Iwo Jima (2006) - well done but not a film I would see again and again..
Enemy at the Gates (2001) - Good Film, almost made my "Top 10"

Other Popular War Films
Sergeant York (1941)
The Pianist (2002)
Stalag 17 (1953)
The Thin Red Line (1998)
Downfall (2005)
All Quiet on the Western Front (1930)
The Longest Day (1962)
Paths of Glory (1957)
Flags of our Fathers (2006)
The African Queen (1951)
Braveheart (1995)
Lawrence of Arabia (1962)

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