C5 Golfer Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 Any of you been watching this wonderful piece on WW II? Ken does a wonderful job again Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted October 2, 2007 Report Share Posted October 2, 2007 I read something about this...it was a bit on the critical side. "Jazz" was awesome. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 didn't see it but read this review http://www.newyorker.com/arts/critics/television/2007/09/24/070924crte_television_franklin hope someone Tivo'd it, would like to watch it over the winter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 It has been a wonderful story – not the war of killing people but the stories the veterans tell 60 years later. My dad served during that time and was a WWII buff. He died a couple of years ago but it seemed he was there watching it with me – weird. I also served with the US Army 22 years after the war and was stationed for a while in Germany and Italy so it was of high interest to me when seeing some the film strips from the war. Some stories worth mentioning - the Native American from Montana who was brought up in the older warrior ways by his grandfather Chief and how he met the 4 requirements while fighting in Italy to be a chief himself. This guy even painted red war paint on his body under his uniform. Another story - The guy who returned from the Pacific Theater and called his mom and dad to tell them he was safely home and how his mom fainted, then his aunt and sister fainted while on the phone with him. To the best of all – Dan Inouye Senator from Hawaii and his stories of all his conquests and subsequent Medal of Honor. To the story of the way we treated African Americans during the war was/is beyond belief to the enlistment of Japanese Americans and sending them to fight in Italy while we interned their mom and dads. Some facts I did not know, USA asked Japan to surrender before they dropped the 1st bomb and they said no way, then they still wouldn’t surrender so USA dropped a 2nd bomb, Japan surrendered knowing they could not take a 3rd bomb but unbeknown to them USA did not have anymore. In the Pacific theater Ken Burns showed how the USA was surrounded in the Philippines and I they say it was the largest surrender of US troops ever. Approx 60 million people died during that war. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pebu Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 According to a couple of guys I work with it's prettymuch awesome. Put the two together and they'd be unstopable on jeopardy. I heard they are re-running the series for quite a while, so if you missed it, just keep watching. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
D-Sub Posted October 4, 2007 Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 Some facts I did not know, USA asked Japan to surrender before they dropped the 1st bomb and they said no way, then they still wouldn’t surrender so USA dropped a 2nd bomb, Japan surrendered knowing they could not take a 3rd bomb but unbeknown to them USA did not have anymore. I've heard and read a completely different account. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
C5 Golfer Posted October 4, 2007 Author Report Share Posted October 4, 2007 I've heard and read a completely different account. Where did you read this? I would like to read more about it. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
willywhit Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 http://www.pbs.org/itvs/thegoodwar/ The Good War and Those Who Refused to Fight It 016 WGBX 2002 | TV14 | 60 mins | [Dolby Stereo] [Closed Captioned] Fri, Oct 5, 3:00a - 4:00a Conscientious objectors to combat in World War II perform alternative services as medical-research subjects, as fire-jumpers, and in civil/public work camps. Fri, Oct 5 @ 9:01p, 209 WGBXDT2 Sat, Oct 6 @ 2:01a, 209 WGBXDT2 Sun, Oct 7 @ 1:00a, 016 WGBX Sun, Oct 7 @ 4:00a, 002 WGBH Sun, Oct 7 @ 11:00a, 209 WGBXDT2 http://www.bullfrogfilms.com/catalog/gwar.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mr. T Posted October 5, 2007 Report Share Posted October 5, 2007 Pretty amazing series, I was able to catch most of them over the past couple of weeks. The sacrifices made by that generation were awe inspiring as were the ideologies, numbers of people and losses involved. Lots of pretty brutal footage though, ( and great soundtrack ) seems as though most who survived have a part of them that is still there. Makes it hard to listen to people complain about sitting in traffic or not enough whipped cream on their latte. I spoke with a gentleman this past week who fought in the S. Pacific during the war and I found it interesting that he did not like the series because he felt that it glorified the event. He simply stated that it was something that he did because it was his duty and it was awful and it should be left at that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bumpyride Posted October 6, 2007 Report Share Posted October 6, 2007 This was the biggest shock to me. Hitler had an academy set up to train Administrators to rule the cities of the US. No accents, perfect command of the English (American) language and knowledge of the cities they were to take over. The GI that had captured the German soldier that was to be the Administrator of his hometown. Why haven't we heard about this before. Best series to date on the ramifications and costs of war. I wonder how many Americans would have ended up in mass graves? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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