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Introduction: Absolutely amazing — a short film chronicling conflicts from World War II — as food. I think this has to have the highest amount of Wikipedia-linkable references per second of any film I’ve seen. Yes, it’s U.S.-centric, but so is Wikipedia, which makes cataloguing it easier. At the very least: World War II Persecution of Jews and The Holocaust Invasion of France The Blitz Pearl Harbor , Pacific Theater D-Day Liberation of France Invasion of Germany – Western and Eastern fronts Atomic bombing of Hiroshima 1948 Arab-Israeli War Korean War Cuban Missile Crisis Vietnam War French Indochina War U.S. involvement US/USSR nuclear arms race First Gulf War Invasion of Kuwait Israeli-Palestinian conflict Judging from its timing in the film, maybe specifically the First Intifada ? 9/11 attacks War in Afghanistan Taliban falls, but some escape , with Osama bin Laden
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