This series contained some information that was new and interesting to me, a layman fairly well-read on WW II. So I have to give it that. But the series undermines itself in small but cumulative ways. The video clips are a really weird grab bag. Many are clearly from old movies, not war footage, so you never know if what you're seeing is real or some director's fantasy. Some clips seem like they were randomly drawn from a hat. For instance, in describing Patton's traffic accident there are random shots of different vehicles driving in varied terrain, in summer and winter, and one shot of a guy in shades who looks like a truck driver from a 70s road movie toolin' down the road. Just weird.
In addition, the narrator clearly has little knowledge of the topic, so mispronounces words and place names. (e.g., "Afrika Corpse" comes up again and again). Little things like this undermine the authority of the series.
In addition, the narrator clearly has little knowledge of the topic, so mispronounces words and place names. (e.g., "Afrika Corpse" comes up again and again). Little things like this undermine the authority of the series.
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