The Dirty Dozen

Key Battles of American History

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🗓️ 23 September 2023

⏱️ 44 minutes

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The 1967 film The Dirty Dozen tells the story of a penal military unit of twelve convicts who are trained as commandos by the Allies for a suicide mission ahead of the Normandy landings. Join Sean and James as they discuss this fun and exciting...

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0:00.0	War has played a key role in the history of the United States, from the nation's founding
0:10.8	right down to the present. War made the U.S. independent, kept it together, increased its
0:16.5	size, and established it as a global superpower. Understanding America's wars is essential for understanding American history.
0:24.0	Welcome to Key Battles of American History,
0:26.8	a podcast in which we discuss American history through the lens of the most important battles of America's wars.
0:32.8	Here is your host, James Early.
0:43.5	Thank you. host, James Early. Hello and welcome to key films of World War II in Europe.
0:47.3	This is your host, James Early, as always.
0:50.6	And as always, I've got Sean McIre with me.
0:53.7	This week, we are going to discuss a much-loved,
0:57.4	especially by guys, a much-loved classic action war film from 1967 called The Dirty Dozen.
1:07.2	Oh, lots of people. Not just guys, men and women love this movie, and we're going to give a brief overview of it.
1:14.3	So we'll talk about the basics, as we always do.
1:17.3	And then I'm going to hand it over to Sean to give us a little bit of some interesting
1:21.3	background about it.
1:23.2	The movie is two hours and 30 minutes long on Rot Tomatoes.
1:27.6	81% of the critics gave it a positive rating, whereas 90% of the fans did.
1:32.7	It's a real fan favorite.
1:34.4	The rating on IMDB is 7.7.
1:37.9	The director is Robert Aldrich.
1:40.1	And the movie has quite a cast.
1:42.1	It's got Lee Marvin, who we've had before in the Big Red One.
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