Fiction · HISTORICAL PROFILE
The Big Red One
A veteran sergeant of World War I leads a squad in World War II, always in the company of the survivor Pvt. Griff, the writer Pvt. Zab, the Sicilian Pvt. Vinci and Pvt. Johnson, in Vichy French Africa, Sicily, D-Day at Omaha Beach, Belgium and France, and ending in a concentration camp in Czechoslovakia where they face the true horror of war.
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1942 → 1945
Primary placement confidence: high. Importance on the World History timeline: 5/5.
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- Historical accuracy
- 3/5
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- People
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Omaha BeachPrimary Setting · Landmark
One of the five Allied landing beaches in Normandy and the site of the film’s opening battle.
Open profile →BelgiumSetting · Country
Open profile →CzechoslovakiaSetting · Historical State
Former state in Central Europe, 1918–1992.
Open profile →GermanySetting · Country
Open profile →NormandySetting · Region
Open profile →SicilySetting · Region
Open profile →TunisiaSetting · Country
Country in North Africa.
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