Ken Burns' The War on PBS ... You like?

[DreadPirateRoberts]

Originally Posted by innerSpaceman

I'm gonna wait for the DVDs. I've got zero time in my life right now to watch anything. I'd really be interested in this, but now's not the time.

How long till the series is out on disc, d'ya think?

I'm with you on the time crunch. It's coming out soon, 10/2.

[Strangler Lewis]

I've only looked in on it a bit, but so far it seems like a lot of time spent making the point that, unlike some wars we could name, this war touched everybody.

As far as the war stories go, between Band of Brothers, Studs Terkel and the like, I've definitely got a "seen it" feeling. In terms of jaw dropping footage, my favorites have been the home front mobilization with all the skinny men desperate for work.

[Alex]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

I'd have to go with "The Eastern Front" itself being his stupidest mistake. Had Hitler been able to share his sandbox with Stalin things would have worked out very differently but of course that's the problem with megalomaniacs they just can't stand to have another kid in the sandbox no matter how big it is.

I'd agree it was close, but if America hadn't entered the war officially I think he would have survived it. Not necessarily with the defeat of Russia and Britian but at least with a stalemate that eventually ended with four powers in Europe. And Pearl Harbor provided the opportunity to be sure we wouldn't enter the war (it should have been pretty obvious that Japan would not seriously distract Russia) so I think declaring war on the United States was stupider than the invasion of Russia, though not by much.

[Alex]

Oops. Should that be in spoiler tags for those still watching who don't know how it ends?

[wendybeth]

Nope- the thread was officially dead when Moon invoked Godwin's Law.

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Nope- the thread was officially dead when Moon invoked Godwin's Law.

Well excuse me but this is a thread about WORLD WAR II you jack booted thug!

[wendybeth]

Still, the 'H' word was invoked........


And I'm a Reebok-shoed thug, tyvm. Just what are 'jack boots', anyway? The precursor to Doc Martens?

[Moonliner]

Originally Posted by wendybeth

Still, the 'H' word was invoked........


And I'm a Reebok-shoed thug, tyvm. Just what are 'jack boots', anyway? The precursor to Doc Martens?

Oh and just for the record the 'H' word was first invoked on this thread in Post #5 (which does not belong to me).

I'm innocent I tell ya innocent.


Ps: Jack Boots.

[€uroMeinke]

I haven't seen the series, but NPR's morning edition has been doing some pieces in connection with it that have put me in tears two mornings in a row as I drive to work. I can't imagine what the corresponding images might do to me.

[wendybeth]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Oh and just for the record the 'H' word was first invoked on this thread in Post #5 (which does not belong to me).

I'm innocent I tell ya innocent.


Ps: Jack Boots.

You are absolutely right. Alex, as the author of post #5, is the guilty party. You were merely an accomplice.