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re: History Channel releasing 20-part series on World War II, hosted by Tom Hanks...
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:53 pm to UnluckyTiger
Posted on 5/27/26 at 7:53 pm to UnluckyTiger
Also, any time I watch a war related documentary now I think of this:
It's so true
It's so true
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Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:00 pm to RollTide1987
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hosted by Tom Hanks
Posted on 5/27/26 at 8:13 pm to rich4pres
quote:I learned one thing from those three hours... the Molatov visit to Germany. I hated how they skipped around. They went through the invasion of Poland and then backtracked to cover the treaty between Stalin and Hitler. Monday is Pearl Harbor. After promoting the series as stressing things not covered in decades, they're blowing past the embargo and diplomacy. E04 should be about the build up to Pearl Harbor with E05 covering new ground (the Japs missing the carriers/the breakdown of communication at the top of the DOW/the sailors who just spent all night with the ladies).
Was anybody else watched the first three episodes so far? It’s been ok but I have seen better. I am wondering how they how they are gonna do 20 parts for this. They are already on the siege of Britain by episode 2.
If E04-06 are a repeat of E01-03, all of the build up to this was complete bullshite. Just the same stories with a famous movie star narrating. The EP credits on this makes Jon Meacham an absolute joke of an unbiased "historian".
Posted on 5/28/26 at 12:18 am to MSUDawg98
Yeah...I've seen mixed reviews about this. I feel like The World at War is a much better series. Not only that, instead of talking heads, you actually get first person accounts because the witnesses were still alive to be interviewed.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 7:22 am to rich4pres
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Has anybody else watched the first three episodes so far? It’s been ok but I have seen better. I am wondering how they how they are gonna do 20 parts for this. They are already on the siege of Britain by episode 2.
That is sort of my concern with this. 20 episodes is a fricking TON, and a hell of a time commitment. And apparently I missed that it came out this past weekend, and I'm already three episodes behind.
I still have the KB WWII doc sitting in my living room waiting to watch it. Is this new one something that should be required viewing for someone into history, or is it just another WWII doc..?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:37 am to BamaSaint
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But snowflakes always have to have their safe space
You saying this while crying about someone else’s opinion in this thread is peak.
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:42 am to RollTide1987
Seems like WWII has been well covered already. What more is there to say?
Posted on 5/28/26 at 9:45 am to CocomoLSU
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Is this new one something that should be required viewing for someone into history, or is it just another WWII doc..?
Definitely not required viewing so far. There has been nothing new that I can remember. It is just ok.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:03 pm to rich4pres
Ok, I think we’ve been sleeping on this after the first three episodes were just ok. This series is actually pretty good. The following episodes are things that are not overly covered in other WWII documentaries. I’m enjoying this.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 6:32 pm to RollTide1987
Agreed! As another poster stated who would have ever thought that the History Channel would ever have shown a history show again.
Posted on 6/16/26 at 8:07 pm to Bayou Warrior 64
I started watching, watch one episode a night and finished up Ep. 2 tonight. Anyone heard of any of these historians, experts, and professors? Are they legit? I only recognize the GOAT Dan Carlin.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 6:49 pm to rich4pres
I might be the only one here still watching this but it is really really good. It has been one of my favorite WW2 documentaries so far. It goes into a ton of detail that isn’t necessarily covered in other documentaries. Like I have stated earlier, the first three episodes are weak and generic but then it really picks up. They just showed episode 16 of 20. I highly encourage people to check this out. It’s been fantastic.
Posted on 7/14/26 at 8:02 pm to rich4pres
On episode 14
I’ve enjoyed it
Learned some things I’ve never heard about
I’ve enjoyed it
Learned some things I’ve never heard about
Posted on 7/14/26 at 9:28 pm to nicholastiger
I have been watching a few episodes here and there trying to let it build up. I agree ,it has been a great series. Lots of cool details
Posted on 7/15/26 at 6:46 am to RollTide1987
Cut out Hanks, and it’s a definite watch.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 7:10 am to BitBuster
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A 20 part doc showing the complete picture would be interesting.
Have you not seen The World at War?
Posted on 7/15/26 at 12:12 pm to rich4pres
Been watching it evenings when I am cooking dinner. Great series. It is shaming me though, as an American History major from college. So many details I never knew.
Posted on 7/15/26 at 3:25 pm to RollTide1987
Most enlightening one I've seen was about B-29s in China. I thought they were pretty much only used from Tinian, etc
Posted on 7/15/26 at 3:41 pm to REG861
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Hanks is a major benefactor of the World War II museum. I think the work he has done supporting veterans causes speaks for itself. I’m pretty sure he’s pro America. Meanwhile, if you look around this thread…
Nothing screams "pro-America" like some rich celebrity victimizing a country that was twice as "bigoted" as Americans were and also sided with the Nazis... oh, and were responsible for the death of nearly 2,500 Americans... on U.S. soil.
Yeah, look around this fricking thread...
This post was edited on 7/15/26 at 3:45 pm
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