Xlucine Posted May 29, 2018 Report Share Posted May 29, 2018 As everyone knows, modern documentaries are trash. Reduced to mere grout between advert breaks, with the same old stock footage repeated a hundred times, and the same old talking heads repeating conclusions that were debunked in the academic sphere decades ago. This thread is for proper documentaries, from back before millennials killed the documentary industry corporate media ruined everything. A time when (especially immediately post war) some knowledge of military affairs could be expected from the audience, and veterans were still around to give interviews. I'll start with The Silent Service: filmed in the late 50's, retelling true tales of heroism in the submarine branch of the US navy during WW2. Season 1 playlist: Season 2 playlist: These are definitely a product of their time (the footage of the Japanese sailors is often entertaining for the wrong reasons), but still worth watching Sturgeon and Jeeps_Guns_Tanks 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Collimatrix Posted June 17, 2018 Report Share Posted June 17, 2018 This quick summary of the bombardment of Iwo Jima is quite well done, and gives a brief glimpse into what a hellish battle it was: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted June 18, 2018 Author Report Share Posted June 18, 2018 Jeff Quitney is doing god's work Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sturgeon Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 1930s era histomap of religion: Xlucine 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Donward Posted August 14, 2018 Report Share Posted August 14, 2018 3 hours ago, Sturgeon said: 1930s era histomap of religion: Kind of downplaying Russia a bit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted August 23, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 23, 2018 Spoiler Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xlucine Posted August 25, 2018 Author Report Share Posted August 25, 2018 Things this battle teaches: - Radar > Visual spotting (in WW2 at night) - Information management is key Taken together you can end up with what should be a japanese advantage resulting an a pretty major beating, even with many unforced errors on the US side Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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