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Posted on December 20, 2018February 14, 2019

“Have yourself a merry little Christmas…” – the execution scene from “The Victors” (1963)

The Victors is a 1963 film depicting American GIs over the course of World War II. Portrayals of World War II now tend to be reverent and serious, ever since…

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