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Vasili Aleksandrovich Arkhipov ({{lang-rus|Василий Александрович Архипов|p=vɐˈsʲilʲɪj ɐlʲɪkˈsandrəvʲɪtɕ arˈxʲipəf}}, Order of Red Banner, Order of Red Star (30 January 1926 – 19 August 1998) was a Soviet Navy officer credited with preventing a Soviet nuclear strike (and, potentially, all-out nuclear war) was portrayed by Liam Neeson in movie K-19: The Widowmaker (2002) as Captain Mikhail Polenin (changed name) Assistant commander of Nuclear Soviet submarine K-19 averted possible nuclear blast at Norwegian Sea near the Norwegian Jan Mayen island, where a NATO base was located on 4 July 1961.{{Cite web|title=K-19: The Widowmaker|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0267626|publisher=imdb.com|access-date=31 March 2022}}{{Cite web|title=Gorbachev Proposes Soviet Sub Crew For Nobel Peace Prize|url=https://sgp.fas.org/news/2006/02/gorb020106.html|publisher=Federation of American Scientists|access-date=31 March 2022}}. Denzel Washington enacting him in Crimson Tide (film) (1995) as Supreme commander of Soviet submarine B-59 on 27 October 1962 averted launch of nuclear Ballistic Missile on USA during Cuban Missile Crisis. Leon Ockenden portrayed his character in Secrets of the Dead Season 12 Episode 1 The Man Who Saved the World aired 23 October 2012 on the 60th anniversary of Cuban Missile Crisis. {{Cite web|title=The Man Who Saved the World|url=https://m.imdb.com/title/tt2449004/?ref_=m_ttep_ep_ep1|website=imdb.com|access-date=31 March 2022}}

Ajay Singh Jasrotia, SM (31 March 1972 — 15 June 1999) was Major in Indian military with the 13 Jammu and Kashmir Rifles (13 JAK RIF) who laid down his life during Kargil War to save the lives of his six comrades while exposing himself to enemy shelling at base camp of Rocky Knob Drass (Kargil) Ladakh.{{Cite web|title='I threw the grenade back, but I'd lost 3 of 4 secs before it exploded'remembered|url=https://www.deccanchronicle.com/amp/nation/current-affairs/130719/i-threw-the-grenade-back-but-id-lost-3-of-4-secs-before-it-expl.html|access-date=13 July 2019}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.thequint.com/quintlab/from-kargil-with-love-indian-army-martyrs|title=From Kargil With Love, Remembering Heroes of Indian Army|first=The Quint|last=Lab|website=TheQuint}} was portrayed in the movie LOC: Kargil (2003) by actor Amit Behl and by Nikitin Dheer in Shershaah (2021).{{Cite web|title=Major Ajay Singh Jasrotia|date=29 June 2015|url=https://www.newsgram.com/major-ajay-singh-jasrotia-sacrificed-his-life-while-saving-others-at-kargil/amp|publisher=Newsgram|access-date=31 July 2021}}{{Cite web|url=https://www.hindustantimes.com/entertainment/bollywood/shershaah-actor-nikitin-dheer-will-not-jeopardise-anybody-s-well-being-because-of-a-film-s-release-101629125246158.html?|title = Shershaah actor Nikitin Dheer: Will not jeopardise anybody's well-being because of a film's release|date = 16 August 2021}}

Kurt Knispel German Cross in Gold (20 September 1921 – 28 April 1945

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) was a German tank commander during World War II with recognition from Guinness World Records as most successful tank commander of all time.{{Cite web|title=Most successful tank commander|url=https://www.guinnessworldrecords.com/world-records/most-successful-tank-commander|publisher=guinenessworldrecords.com|access-date=2 April 2022}} He was profiled extensively in the second installment of the popular historical fiction series Panzer Aces, which included an unfounded claim of having 168 tank kills.{{Cite book|last=Kurowski|first=Franz|title=Panzer Aces 2|publisher=J.J. Fedorowicz Publishing, Inc.|year=2000|isbn=0-921991-49-5|location=Winnipeg, Manitoba Canada|pages=159|translator-last=Johnston|translator-first=David}}

Virendera Singh Pathania VrC, VM (6 November 1937 - 20 November 1995) was an Indian Air Force (IAF) fighter pilot reputed for making the first confirmed aerial dogfight kill{{Cite news|title=The day nothing happened|url=https://www.ajaishukla.com/2014/09/the-day-nothing-happened.html?m=1 |first=Ajai|last=Shukla|publisher=Business Standard|access-date=2 September 2014}} of independent India when he shot down a Pakistan Air Force (PAF) Sabre Jet with his Folland Gnat on 4 September, 1965. For this action, he was awarded the Vir Chakra.[http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Awards/db/namepage.php Indian Air Force awards] {{Cite web|title=Group Captain Virendera Singh Pathania|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/IAF/Database/5198|access-date=13 July 2021}} On 14 December, 1971, he was awarded the Vayu Sena Medal for his role as a commander. While working under him, twenty-six-year-old flying officer PVC Nirmal Jit Singh Sekhon single-handedly engaged with six Sabre Jets. Pathania made another unconfirmed kill on 16 December, 1971, the day Gen. Niazi, Commander of the Eastern Command of the Pakistan Army surrendered to Gen. Aurora in Bangladesh.{{Cite web|title=THE LAST DOG FIGHT OVER SRINAGAR 16 DECEMBER 1971 NO 18 SQN|url=http://www.bharat-rakshak.com/archives/gnat50/?p=469|first=Wg. Cdr.(Retd.) G.M|last=David|access-date=20 November 2008}} He was portrayed by Shaurya Singh on Epic TV aired Episode. Air War of Kashmir {{Cite web|title=Air War of Kashmir|url=https://www.youtube.com/lZWLLbjavjE|access-date=14 January 2022}}

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List of World War II films{{efn|Thousands of movies have been made about World War II (nearly 6,000 movies listed in IMDb, 1300 movies in Wikipedia enlistment mention WWII as one of their plot keywords).{{Cite web|title=Poll: WWII Movies From a Nazi German Perspective|url=https://m.imdb.com/list/ls020577802/|publisher=imdb|access-date=19 August 2021}}. There are very few Hollywood WWI movies as compaired to WWII movies due to late entry of USA in Great War in 1917. We are obsessed with World War movies that nearly 77 years on WWII, it seems that the demand for second world war movies appears unstoppable, the supply inexhaustible. In fact, we can broadly understand the evolution of the second world war movie as a process of redefining the war's meaning.{{Cite web|title=Why are we so obsessed with films about the second world war?|url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2014/jul/17/why-so-obsessed-second-world-war-films|publisher=The Guardian|access-date=17 July 2014}}}}
List of World War II films (1950–1989)
List of World War II films since 1990
List of World War II short films
List of World War II TV series
List of war films and TV specials
List of World War II television series

Links to Category Country World War II Film

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Eastern_Front_of_World_War_II_films {{efn|File:WorldWarII-DeathsByCountry-Barchart.png attributed to World War II, around 30 million occurred on the Eastern Front, including 9 million children.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ed9jDwAAQBAJ&q=World+War+2+eastern+front|title=The Eastern Front: The Germans and Soviets at War in World War II|first=Robert|last=Edwards|date=15 August 2018|publisher=Rowman & Littlefield|isbn=9780811767842|via=Google Books}}]]}}

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:German_World_War_II_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Russian_World_War_II_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Yugoslav_World_War_II_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Polish_World_War_II_films

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:Indian_World_War_II_films {{efn|Not even 10 movies were made in Indian subcontinent which then consisted of present day India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Burma while approximately 1.3 million Indian soldiers served in World War One (28 July 1914 - 11 November 1918), and over 74,000 of them lost their lives. But history has mostly forgotten these sacrifices, which were rewarded with broken promises of Indian independence from the British government{{Cite web|title=Why the Indian soldiers of WW1 were forgotten|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/magazine-33317368|first=Shashi|last=Tharoor|access-date=2 July 2015}} 2.3 million soldiers manned the Indian army in World War Two (1 September 1939 - 8 May 1945 V-E, 2 September 1945 V-J), and 89,000 of them died in military service with allies, 26,000 died with INA Axis, about three million Bengalis were killed by British created famine, more than half a million South Asian refugees fled Myanmar (formerly Burma).{{Cite web|title=Has India's contribution to WW2 been ignored?|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-asia-india-33105898|first=Yasmin|last=Khan|access-date=17 June 2015}}}}

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