stutters September 29, 2007 Share stutters GC Alumni September 29, 2007 i. can't. wait. http://www.pbs.org/thewar/ http://www.pbs.org/thewar/broadcast_schedule.htm http://www.comedycentral.com/motherload/in...ml_video=103507 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation September 29, 2007 Share ConGregation Member September 29, 2007 The series started last Sunday. I was able to catch Monday and Tuesday's episodes. VERY well done. But I am a documentary junkie. My wife had to lock out the history channel. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
farmerisme September 29, 2007 Share farmerisme Member September 29, 2007 I watched most of the first four. I thought they were good. But for WW2 docs, 'World at War' is better. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brew September 30, 2007 Share Brew Member September 30, 2007 ever see "the fog of war" Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stutters September 30, 2007 Author Share stutters GC Alumni September 30, 2007 no, i haven't. i don't think i've heard of it. i also didn't realize this series already started, so sorry for bringing in the stale news. i was able to pick it up from episode 1, though, and i love it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad October 2, 2007 Share Mossad Member October 2, 2007 I've been watching whenever I see them on. Very good show, I'm kinda waiting to see what happened to the family in the phillipines that was stuck in the japanese camp for civilians. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation October 3, 2007 Share ConGregation Member October 3, 2007 Powerful ending. I feel this intense need to shake a veteran's hand and tell him thank you! I don't know of any WW2 veterans on this board but I know of some more recent veterans. I know I will never understand what you went through and that a 'message board' thank you is insignificant and trite compared to your personal sacrifice, but I want to look you in the eye and shake your hand and say thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad October 3, 2007 Share Mossad Member October 3, 2007 Just finished watching the series. It was really tough seeing the concentration camp stuff for me. I've heard many many stories from family members about what happened in those camps and I still shed a tear. Its funny if that war never happened I wouldn't be alive today, my family would of all eventually been killed off......kinda strange to take a step back and think about that. After watching that entire series I kind of feel emotionally drained and a little numb.....dunno where I'm going with this post so I'll just stop typing. Oh and if you haven't watched this series I highly suggest you do. And if you have children that are old enough to view horrible images of war and death, I would suggest that you sit down with them and help them understand what makes this country so great and to help them appreciate what those before them did to ensure their freedom. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
appalachian_fox October 3, 2007 Share appalachian_fox Member October 3, 2007 This is a well done series, but it's Ken Burns, so of course it is. I particularly like his choice of Tom Hanks for reading the articles from the Rock County Star Herald. It's too pricey for my blood to purchase outright, but I've been watching them on the DVR, and the footage is, at times, simply amazing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Allanon October 3, 2007 Share Allanon Member October 3, 2007 I wish they would have shown the British and Russian sides too but for what they were aiming at I really liked it. I had to switch the channel when they were running the segment about the death camps. As Mossad said it's almost impossible to comprehend the destruction of WWII including the deathcamps. While war is always terrible and I am not putting this in to downplay our soldiers in Iraq, we have lost around 3,000 (Not sure of the number) after being in for around 4 years. While the Russians lost an estimated 7 million soldiers and 27 million civillians. The numbers are simply too big to seem accurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ConGregation October 3, 2007 Share ConGregation Member October 3, 2007 Just finished watching the series. It was really tough seeing the concentration camp stuff for me. I've heard many many stories from family members about what happened in those camps and I still shed a tear. Its funny if that war never happened I wouldn't be alive today, my family would of all eventually been killed off......kinda strange to take a step back and think about that. After watching that entire series I kind of feel emotionally drained and a little numb.....dunno where I'm going with this post so I'll just stop typing. Oh and if you haven't watched this series I highly suggest you do. And if you have children that are old enough to view horrible images of war and death, I would suggest that you sit down with them and help them understand what makes this country so great and to help them appreciate what those before them did to ensure their freedom. Have you visited a Holocaust museum? They have one near Detroit and my church teen group went there. From what I hear it was a very moving experience. They had an actual holocaust survivor speak. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mossad October 3, 2007 Share Mossad Member October 3, 2007 I've been to the holocaust museum in NYC and in DC. I've also been to Auschwitz-Birkenau, Belzec, Majdanek, Sobibor, and Treblinka and they are very tough places to go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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