Every story happened somewhere. Explore WWII through the films and series that portrayed it.
Saving Private Ryan was filmed on Curracloe Beach in Ireland. That is just a set, chosen for logistics.
Saving Private Ryan is pinned to Omaha Beach, Normandy. Because that is where D-Day happened on June 6, 1944.
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Every film. Every location. All pinned to where the history actually happened.
View all 74 locationsBand of Brothers was set at the real locations where Easy Company fought: Brécourt Manor in Normandy, Carentan, Eindhoven, Nijmegen, Bastogne in the Ardennes, and the Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. All 9 locations are pinned on CinemaMapped.
Saving Private Ryan is set at Omaha Beach in Normandy, France, where the D-Day landings took place on June 6, 1944. The film was shot in Ireland, but the story takes place on the real beaches of Normandy.
Most WWII films shoot at convenient stand-in locations rather than the actual historical sites. CinemaMapped only shows where the story happened, not where the camera was placed. Every pin is a real historical location tied to what the film portrays there.
Band of Brothers, Saving Private Ryan, Schindler's List, The Pacific, Dunkirk, Downfall, The Pianist, Enemy at the Gates, A Bridge Too Far, Das Boot, Patton, Fury, Valkyrie, The Great Escape, Inglourious Basterds, and more. 33 titles, 74 locations across Europe, the Pacific, and North Africa.