The project
About
WW2 Film Map started as a personal list of the war films I had watched. It grew into a 3D atlas of war cinema: pick a film, see where it happened, learn what really happened there, and find where to watch it.
By the numbers
- Films & series
- 222
- Places
- 78
- Historical events
- 105
- Animated operations
- 151
Field manual
How to use it
Step 1
Pick a moment
Drag the timeline from 1914 to 1945 and watch borders, fronts, tanks, ships and planes move across the globe.
Step 2
Open a film
Every poster sits where its story happens. Open one to follow its journey stop by stop.
Step 3
Learn and watch
Read the real history behind the story, watch the trailer and see where it streams in your country.
Sound design
Hear the eras
Each era on the map has its own signal. Try them here; you can turn sound on or off at any time with the speaker button in the header.
Dossier
Sources and credits
Film data, posters, trailers and streaming availability come from TMDB and JustWatch. Historical borders come from the historical-basemaps project; history and places are researched from Wikipedia and Wikidata.
- 01
Films, series and trailers
This product uses the TMDB API but is not endorsed or certified by TMDB.
- 02
Streaming availability
- 03GPL-3.0
Historical borders
- 04CC BY-SA
History, places, events and posters
Wikipedia · Wikidata
- 05OFL
Typefaces
Big Shoulders · Inter · JetBrains Mono
- 06MIT
3D globe engine
three.js
- 07CC0 · CC BY 4.0
Sound effects
Freesound (opens in a new tab)
Recordings by juskiddink, relwin, duckduckpony and Cheeseheadburger (CC BY 4.0) and CC0 contributors, trimmed and mixed for this site.
- 08Public domain · CC BY-SA
Historical flags
Wikimedia Commons (opens in a new tab)
Flags as flown on each date, from Wikimedia Commons; authors and licenses in /flags/CREDITS.md.