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7/10
Well-done documentary on WWII
bolei13 November 2021
Warning: Spoilers
I enjoyed the combination of historical footage, family member accounts, and retelling of the battle history. I have only seen one episode so far, the Battle of the Bulge. For me, a map showing the layout of the towns the drone overflies would have been helpful, as the drone footage goes by fairly quickly, and its tough to understand the relationship of the towns. Also, I was hoping for more Lydar analysis of the various areas; the best part was the battlefield forensics/archeologic examination of the actual sites, but they only did one area. For a person who is familiar with WWII history, I was looking for more new information, and less hisorical review.

That said it, is a well created effort, and worth a watch. I give it 7 stars from a historical perspective, but was hoping for more site analysis.
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2/10
Blegh. Watched 2. Shallow even by the normal standards for these.
steve_t50915 November 2021
So I watched 2. Monte Cassino and Malta. Both contain about 15 minutes of content, stretched over an hour and constantly repeated. Lots of stock footage of planes flying and bombs being dropped. A few surprisingly explicit death images - they usually leave those out of this level of documentary. I learned a few details I didn't already know, but none of them had anything to do with new information gleaned from the new perspective. No depth at all to the analysis, and essentially nothing contributed by the 3D drone reconstructions. There are some shows that use 3D CGI reconstructions to show things normally invisible, and do a good job of orienting the viewer and letting them get inside the location. This isn't one of them.

If you're completely unfamiliar with these topics it passes as a brief introduction. If you're already at all familiar with the subject matter, it's thin gruel indeed.
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