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Best WWII documentary on netflix?
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:39 pm
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:39 pm
Been in the mood to watch one
Do any of yall have suggestions ?
Do any of yall have suggestions ?
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Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:40 pm to Tigerbait357
The World at War is the best WWII documentary, not sure if it's on Netflix Instant.
ETA: Also, might want to RA move this to the Movie board.
ETA: Also, might want to RA move this to the Movie board.
This post was edited on 9/27/17 at 12:41 pm
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:42 pm to Tigerbait357
might try asking on movie board
i know Five Came Back is on there
i know Five Came Back is on there
This post was edited on 9/27/17 at 12:44 pm
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:46 pm to Tigerbait357
Go to youtube and watch "WW2 from Space" and "D-Day 360"
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:53 pm to upgrayedd
following
Posted on 9/27/17 at 12:56 pm to Tigerbait357
WW2 in color is the best one i've seen. i know it used to be on netflix, but not sure if it's on there currently. it was done by canadians, and seemed to be less biased than some others done by American filmmakers.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:04 pm to lsujro
Apocalypse: The Second World War on Netflix is good too. Done by The Smithsonian Channel.
Also check out Nazi Megaweapons.
Also check out Nazi Megaweapons.
This post was edited on 9/27/17 at 1:05 pm
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:07 pm to Tigerbait357
'Night Will Fall' HBOGO
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:10 pm to upgrayedd
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Apocalypse: The Second World War
agree this one is good too.
Posted on 9/27/17 at 1:39 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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The World at War
Due to modern film making, this is one of the most underrated (for my generation) documentaries of all time. Certainly the most underrated WWII documentary.
It was filmed in early 70's just 25-30 years after the war. The interviews are with high ranking officials and close insiders to the war. A lot were WWI veterans. Most modern interviews are of people that were young during WWII with no WWI experience.
Ive also heard that World at War censored a lot of interviews and information due to it still being classified so close after the war. The search for war criminals was still very strong. Someday we may see a World at War release that includes previously classified footage and interviews.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:06 am to AutoYes_Clown
Bumping to say that I just watched first episode of WWII in color on Netflix(still there) and it was really well done. Explained what was happening politically that led to the nations entering or avoiding the conflict without taking sides. 
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:16 am to LSU_postman
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Bumping to say that I just watched first episode of WWII in color on Netflix(still there) and it was really well done. Explained what was happening politically that led to the nations entering or avoiding the conflict without taking sides.
I've got two episodes left of this and may finish it tonight. I watch it while riding my bike on the trainer. I hate riding my bike on the trainer as it's usually boring. But I can get through a few hours while watching this.
Only complaint I have is that the spent more effort making each episode about a certain topic (Russia, the Pacific, Normandy, etc.) instead of actually doing everything chronologically. They may start talking about the Pacific in '44, then jump back to western Europe in '42 during the next episode. I understand why they did it, but I just like things in order to get a better feel for what was going on at the time.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 9:57 am to Tigerbait357
I am not sure that there is a great one out there mainly because so many of them are so very old. SO MUCH new information from old Soviet Russia has been revealed since the old documentaries were made -- new archival materials revealed in the last 15 years.
Secondarily, so much of WW2 history is colored by politics that it is sometimes tough to get past that to find the truth. Good example: Who burned the Reichstag? Has History found the definitive answer? Or are the Historians and Scholars still debating the question?
Secondarily, so much of WW2 history is colored by politics that it is sometimes tough to get past that to find the truth. Good example: Who burned the Reichstag? Has History found the definitive answer? Or are the Historians and Scholars still debating the question?
Posted on 10/11/17 at 10:03 am to AutoYes_Clown
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It was filmed in early 70's just 25-30 years after the war. The interviews are with high ranking officials and close insiders to the war. A lot were WWI veterans. Most modern interviews are of people that were young during WWII with no WWI experience.
The interviews in World at War is what, in my opinion, make this documentary the greatest. Even a (distant) cousin of mine was interviewed in this series...
I have World War II in Color on my watchlist. I need to start it soon.
I'm also starting to see more and more Russian-made movies coming out on Amazon Prime about World War II. I'm not saying they are the most accurate things in the world and the subtitles are sometimes a little off, but they are interesting to watch because there isn't a lot of western made material dealing with the Eastern Front.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 10:07 am to AutoYes_Clown
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Due to modern film making, this is one of the most underrated (for my generation) documentaries of all time. Certainly the most underrated WWII documentary.
I hate that the kids don't get more exposure to this. It is stupidly high quality from a content standpoint. Sir Laurence Olivier doing the narration. The one-on-one interviews of folks from all levels of involvement, from those who were kids, to those were at upper echelons - just incredibly, comprehensibly put together in such a way that cannot be matched by third party accounts or even Ken Burns excellent method of having voice actors for historical individuals.
Now, it isn't perfect, but about as close as there is. Anyone studying WWII by reviewing documentary (and dramatic) films and series from the era are at a disadvantage if they don't watch The World at War, period.
(Full disclosure, I'm a military historian.)
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 10:08 am
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:42 am to Ace Midnight
I have seen it. IMHO it is out-dated. I like the interviews with the participants. Very important to see for all interested in learning about the conflict. I think we have to keep in mind that what people say in an interview on for example 24 October 1970 may not accurately and fully reflect their thoughts on the matter during the war. And, who knows? They may have changed their mind later. Who knows? They may have expressed an opinion based on wrong information. So interviews are certainly not infallible but they are valuable.
IMHO, WaW documentary provides a nice overview for those beginning to show interest in learning more about WW2.
The whole conflict is probably too complex to allow any adequate coverage in any kind of film documentary. As such, I doubt that any new film documentary can improve very greatly on WaW. But as with any film documentary, don't take what you learn as the absolute final word, because the archives may say something different.
IMHO, WaW documentary provides a nice overview for those beginning to show interest in learning more about WW2.
The whole conflict is probably too complex to allow any adequate coverage in any kind of film documentary. As such, I doubt that any new film documentary can improve very greatly on WaW. But as with any film documentary, don't take what you learn as the absolute final word, because the archives may say something different.
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 11:45 am
Posted on 10/11/17 at 11:49 am to Champagne
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the archives may say something different.
Certainly - thus my "it's not perfect" comment. In particular, some things gleaned from Nazi archives were deliberately withheld and still classified as of the time WaW was produced.
Ditto for Soviet archives, obviously - things that only they had access to, either that they captured in Poland and Germany, or their own internal documents were certainly not well known until the 1990s or later.
So, you will have to fill in the gaps/get your corrections elsewhere. But, overall, it remains as comprehensive and accurate as such a product can be. Although focused on the breadth of the entire conflict, there was a surprising amount of depth, largely through those lower level interviews. Anything that approaches 50 years of age will appear dated. I think that's not necessarily a criticism, but a fact.
But, I agree that nothing newer could exceed it in other categories - other than, perhaps, a deeply intensive research into specific figures, battles, operations, on the depth side.
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 11:50 am
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:17 pm to StrongBackWeakMind
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The World at War is the best WWII documentary, not sure if it's on Netflix Instant.
No, but it's in their DVD library. Just added it to my DVD queue.
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:22 pm to Tigerbait357
WWII from space is excellent. It's also on YouTube
Posted on 10/11/17 at 12:48 pm to Ace Midnight
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1990s or later.
Glantz says in he newest revision of his book When Titans Clashed that more than half of what we know for sure about the Eastern Front has come to light since 1995. That really underscores the necessity of updating everything that we learned about WW2 before then.
For example, arguably the biggest secret of WW2 was the Ultra Secret about cracking the Enigma code. The general public first learned of this in 1973. This is the same year that the World at War documentary was completed, so, obviously, many of the participants in making WaW had no idea about Ultra/Enigma. That's a fairly significant flaw in WaW -- a flaw that's not its fault. Was the Ultra/Enigma secret mentioned at all in WaW? If not, then, I would argue that NONE of the people involved in making the documentary had any knowledge of Ultra/Enigma.
It is tough to gain a full understanding of that very complex and long period of history from the popular history sources, the film documentaries and the movies. That's the challenge that every good citizen who wants to be informed faces.
Haven't you and I spent our whole lives studying WW2? We and a bunch of other people, too.
This post was edited on 10/11/17 at 1:06 pm
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