I've been watching "WWII in Color: Road to Victory" on Netflix and learning quite a bit about WWII that I had no idea about. Some examples:
UK supposedly entered the war because a german U-boat commander mistakenly sank a civilian ship full of British citizens.
When Roosevelt sent troops to North Africa to fight the Germans in Lybia, instead of welcoming them, the French attacked the Americans. This was in part because the local installed govt. was afraid of what the Germans would do to the some 2+ million french POWs.
While soldiers were sacrificing their lives so larger numbers could be evacuated at Dunkirk, some were having a grand ol' time at the beaches, having parties and live circus entertainment.
When the US troops landed in Africa, they brought with them 6 tons of lingerie to bargain with the locals.
There's a lot more, but overall it's an interesting show that ties a lot of the things together for me. I've learned about the individual events and various parts of WWII battles, but never quite fit them into one picture - a sequence that made sense.
Of course, we don't know the full scope of what happened behind the decisions that were made, but it's still interesting.
Worth a watch if you like that sort of thing: https://www.netflix.com/title/81488464
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It's a fascinating series.
I've watched many movies and shows, and played a bunch of different games in the past set in WWII campaigns but never quite understood how or why people were fighting in various places. This show helped connect the dots.
Same, this is remarkably detailed with no politics or drama—pure knowledge & 'HD' color footage. Quality content of this kind is very rare.
One of the best WWII series' out there and one of the best shows on Netflix
Band of Brothers was great, I think on HBO
Saving private Ryan was on tv the other night. I’m listening to a podcast called wars that shaped the world. First few episodes are about ww2
I've watched SPR countless times by now
If you can find Oliver Stone's untold history of the United States. Watch it when you get a chance. It's great. When you watch that up till the Korean war and stop. Then watch world war II in color. Go back to Oliver Stone. Watch through Vietnam, and then go back and watch the Netflix Vietnam series. Then you go and watch the Oliver Stone documentary to completion and you can see the immense amount of policy failures done at the federal level and it is terrifying and interesting at the same time. It's just a lot of work to do all three movies like that. I just have a short memory
I think I’ve seen it but can’t recall the details 😂
Welp, now I have something else to watch! Thanks
If you can remember when you're done let me know what you think.
It's really interesting to see the policy objectives from early century play through and see the impact on late century foreign policy through the actual lense instead of just a history book.
If I could combine all three of those into a series I would in a heart beat and make it required watching along with a The Creature from Jekyll Island being required reading
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