I've been glued to it for days. Neither of my grandfathers (rest their souls) ever talked about it, except for one (in the VA with advanced Alzheimers) that told my sister about 20' tall piles of Japanese bodies in Burma. The videos and stories really put my life into perspective. None of us would be here without them, and the sacrifice they made is unreal. Without the public's backing, it would have never happened. Propaganda can be good sometimes...
I saw this playing NHL 10 advertised on the boards and looked it up to see if it was a real show and sure enough it was. I set up my dvr to record yesterday. I'm looking forward to checking it out.
yup, been watching it. Very good documentary. I've always been interested in the history of WW2 though...incredible what impact it had on almost the entire world, just incredible.
My granddad was a radio operator in Lancaster bombers, and my great uncle was an infantryman on the Normandy beaches. Apparently, the bomber flights really did get chewed up on a regular basis by fighters and flak, and most of them never did know what hit them. Granddad's planes were hit from time to time, but never bad enough that they were brought down. My uncle once told me about a mortar round going off right in front of him on the beach. He was unharmed, but a large chunk of shrapnel took the head off the lad crouched next to him. He said Saving Private Ryan was the truest to life WWII movie he'd ever seen. It's peculiar how these experiences affect people differently. While my uncle went on to lead an amazingly generous and joyous life (scout leader, charity worker, faithful employee, choir singer etc), granddad was extremely withdrawn most of the time, and it wasn't until after he was gone that we realised he was the poster child for PTSD before it had ever been invented. Oh, great, now I'm welling up :emo:. Stuart.
Wait, did I miss something from the OP? Is this a TV show? Movie? What channel? I'm usually pretty interested in war documentaries.
My grandfather flew thousands of bombs from the factories where they were manufactured to the bases to be loaded. He's also the one that taught me how to fly an airplane.
I had a good talk with my Grandfather not too long ago. He moved to the US from Germany literally a year before the war started. He enlisted in the navy and was stationed at the Panama Canal because the US was afraid the Germans would bomb it and disrupt the transport of ships from the Pacific to the Atlantic. The funniest part is that he told everyone on the boat he was born in the US and was from Brooklyn because he didn't want to be discriminated for being from Germany. Turned out the Captain of the boat found out and gave him lots of respect for joining the Navy and gave him an honorary green card on the spot. Pretty cool if you ask me. I also talked to my Grandma (other side of the family) and she spent years working at the Red Cross making bandages. She said it was the weirdest thing, there were no men around and everything shut down, the entire country focused everything on the war effort. Too bad I don't have cable, I would love to watch this documentary, but maybe I'll catch it on DVD or download it or something.
I'm addicted to this series. Love it. It's really just asstounding to me. My grandfather was in the war, but he passed away afew years after he returned (cancer). Never got the chance to meet him, or hear the stories.
Crap, I totally forgot about this series! <--- Grandpa was a WWII POW for 8 months in Germany. In that 8 mo. span, he went from 175 solid lbs. down to 98 lbs.
yea this has been on at work over the lunch hour.....i was hooked from just the prviews..... hope it comes out on dvd.....or blu ray. either way its good. and Thank you all who have/are currently serving.
Just turned it on now. I've been seeing previews of it. My grandfather was a POW camp MP in France (he was also French). He became good friends with one of the prisoners. That prisoner just so happened to be a skillful watchmaker, and made a wristwatch timepiece for him. It was passed down onto my father, and now I have it.
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Hahaha! I know, I thought of the same scene myself when my dad originally told me about it. Fortunately, this one is feces-free.
show is on right now, watched some of it yesterday, and catching the rest today. Very good series, and amazing stories.
