re: Ghosts of the Ostfront: A Review

Did you write all that for a school report?

I should have clarified that I liked Part I and I agree for the most part with Darth's opinion.

I'm glad to have the chance to clarify.

There was another thread about history podcasts and somebody linked this thread, which I hadn't seen before. That's why it's an extreme bump.

PS That 18 part Russian-made podcast about the War in the East seems entertaining. I watched the first part. I didn't like they way that they used the wrong German tank in their videos about the 1941 fighting. The tank showed is a Panzer III with the L/60 50mm main gun. That tank didn't appear on the battlefield until 1942. Still, it looks like entertaining popular history that provides an overview of that war. It's made by the Russians, so, it has some minor inaccuracies that benefit the Russians.

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The Germans didn't have the naval and air superiority necessary to launch any invasion of the British home island.

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At that point, Brits had nothing left to defend with. They were on the ropes.

I wish he would've discussed the Black Sea more and the US involvement in supplying the besieged city of Leningrad.

I had the same effect with Blueprint for Armageddon. He kept saying he wished he could spend more time on Africa, the Middle East and Asia. Well Dan, you had 24 hours. How was that not enough time? He spent at least 3 hrs of the series essentially just telling the audience how shitty things were. He spent like 3 hours on one naval battle.

Anyway, it is a very good "complaint" to have that you leave the audience wanting more.

Agree for a first timer its a good listen but for anyone who reads and researches ww2 it will be boring and almost comical as he takes forever to build up a shocker from mundane common knowledge of the front. That said I can't listen to a 5 hour podcast although the cold war episode is good but I am just starting to learn about it.

I liked GotO mainly because I'm profoundly intrigued in the Eastern Front and its sheet scale, as well as the horror of the human experience during that period of time in places like Russia, Belarussia, Poland, the Ukraine, and east Germany. However, it definitely left me wanting more and feeling like Carlin almost didn't do it justice given the potential of podcasting as a medium.

As odd as it sounds, his Blueprint For Armageddon series sort of left me with a sour taste in my mouth for what might have been with GotO. He spent multiple hours each episode in BFA exploring the battles and the corresponding human psychological experience in more depth.

I agree and I would call it an introductory course for the Soviet-Nazi War. It's supposed to be an inspiration to learn more by reading books. One must read books because that's where the details are.