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The World Wars

Is anyone else watching this? It is actually pretty interesting.
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Re: The World Wars

  • We're recording it :)

     







  • what is is about?






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  • lyndausvi said:
    what is is about?
    I'm guessing WWI and WWII, probably how WWI affected Germany and led, eventually, to WWII. Just a guess? It is on History Channel

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  • lyndausvi said:

    what is is about?

    The tagline is,' WWI changed their world; WWII, they changed the world.'

    It's about Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Mussolini -- how and who they were in WWI, and how that shaped who they became and what they did in WWII.
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    I'm gonna go with 'not my circus, not my monkeys.'
  • FI and I am. Really interesting!
  • what is is about?
    The tagline is,' WWI changed their world; WWII, they changed the world.' It's about Hitler, Stalin, Churchill, Roosevelt, Mussolini -- how and who they were in WWI, and how that shaped who they became and what they did in WWII.
    Yep. They talk about Patton as well. It is interesting to see how WWI led these men to become the powerful figures that led WWII
  • I meant to set the dvr. My WWII history is decent but my.knowledge of WWI is downright embarrassing. Went to the Patton museum at Ft Knox a couple of years ago. Insanely egotistical and was jealous of the attention his wife gave to their first child. I truly.do think those who fought in WWII are the greatest generation in history. Our lives could be so very different right now if not for them.
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    Got it. 

     I love WWII history. I've been to the beach of Normandy, cliffs of Saipan, Hiroshima, various battlefields in Belgium, Tours of bomb shelters in London, Berlin when there were 2, so we went through Check Point Charlie. 

     Pretty much watch every old WWII black and white film

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  • Fi recorded it. He'll likely watch it next week while I'm away at a work training.
  • I'm so busy I keep seeing it on I hope to catch it at some point.

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  • They keep repeating it. FI said the first episode has already been on 4 times and it just premiered yesterday. They are re-showing the first two episode tomorrow.
  • That sounds awesome.  We don't get History channel but I'll try to find it online.  Fi loves that stuff.
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  • DVR here. I'm not sure I will watch it as WWII history is far too close to home. I'm first generation American on my father's side.
  • Fi and I both have grandfathers who fought in WWII.  Neither of them ever liked to talk about it much.  But I feel like knowledge is power and I enjoy learning about the history.
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  • My father served in WWII as a pharmacist mate on a hospital ship in the Pacific.  He died very young.  I still have some of the souvenirs he bought in Shanghai, and some letters that he wrote home to his mother.
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  • I was glued to it. I love when History Channel does history instead of reality shows. WWII is my second favorite historical thing to learn about, the first being the Renaissance.
  • My paternal grandfather fought in II, but was called away to build the Governor's desk and lay the tile in the Rotunda in the Capitol Building in Austin. Most of his unit died in France I believe, while he was gone. He never got over it.
  • My great-grandpa served in WWII (for US). He said "I dug holes and I shot people, what more do you need to know". Later we found out that he was in battle of the bulge and they robbed german banks for marks to use as toilet paper when they ran out (not during that battle, in general)

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  • We are recording it. It looks very interesting.  My great-grandfather was a prisoner of war during WWII so I have always had a fascination with WWII history. I am excited to watch it next week when I get back in town.
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  • Allow me to throw in my token, "Damn, I miss cable" whine...
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  • CMGragain said:
    My father served in WWII as a pharmacist mate on a hospital ship in the Pacific.  He died very young.  I still have some of the souvenirs he bought in Shanghai, and some letters that he wrote home to his mother.
    Both of my dads served in WWII.  My parents were married on Valentine's Day 1944, probably while my dad was on leave?  Anyway, I have a shoebox of the letters they sent back and forth that year.  They died when I was 3 and 10 so maybe 8--10 years ago I decided to sit down and read some of the letters.  After the second one I had to put them away for two reasons.  #1, these were conversations between 2 newlyweds.  Not really my business.  #2, my dad didn't like my mom's hair in a picture she had recently sent him and he went on and on about it, sounding like a jerk.  I remember him from the eyes of a kid who was almost 4 when he died, I don't want to remember him as being a jerk.  He was at war so I can't exactly expect him to be all nicey nice and whatnot all the time.  I just decided those letters weren't meant to be shared so I keep them privately.
  • DVR'ing it. We still have cable at FI's apartment but not at our house (moves are weirdly progressive things), so we'll take camp chairs over there and watch it after all three parts air.
  • We've watched the first episode and are recording the rest. I'm out of town for work so FI's waiting until I get back so we can watch together.

    The wars shaped my family history dramatically. My dad has lots of family members who fought in both wars. My mom's side is made up of German and Russian Jewish war refugees. I find the show fascinating because it's already talking a bit about the things I grew up hearing.
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  • We're watching last night's episode. DH was very quick to point out a historical inaccuracy. There was a scene where Roosevelt is making decisions to slash the military budget and he references the Air Force. DH pointed out the Air Force did not exist then. Interesting catch!

     







  • good catch Mr Jells






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  • Not to be too nit picky, but we've also been complaining about how the time jump was 10-15 years, but they aged the characters 30 or more years in terms of looks. I suppose nothing is perfect in life. LOL

     







  • Not to be too nit picky, but we've also been complaining about how the time jump was 10-15 years, but they aged the characters 30 or more years in terms of looks. I suppose nothing is perfect in life. LOL

    That bothered me too but FI told me to get over it. Just pretend that people aged faster then.
  • DH is on a roll. During the scene where they showed Germany invading Poland using the new "blitzkreig" method, they showed an American bomber flying overhead.

    DH is hard to impress! 

     







  • LOL - I've only watched some of it.   I'm kind-of disappointed.  It had potential, but It's just not doing it for me.






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  • It feels like a high-drama miniseries. We're looking at it more as entertainment than fact.
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