Are you going to watch the PBS special ?
MEMBERS of the Greatest Generation - especially those with weak hearts - might want to steer clear of an upcoming PBS documentary that suggests the Allied victory in World War II was “tainted” and questions whether it can even be called a victory.
Moreover, the documentary, titled “The War of the World: A New History of the 20th Century,” asserts that the war could only be won by forming an unholy alliance with a dictator - Joseph Stalin, who was as brutal as the one they were fighting, Adolf Hitler - and by adopting the same “pitiless” and “remorseless” tactics practiced by the enemy.
The three-part documentary is a companion to the best-selling book, “The War of the World: Twentieth Century Conflict and the Descent of the West” by Harvard and Oxford historian Niall Ferguson. The one-hour Part One of the documentary premieres Monday night at 10 on Ch. 13. The other two parts air the following two Mondays. World War II is the focus of Part Two.
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Certainly, things would have been much different in Europe and North Africa without Stalin's help
who was as brutal as the one they were fighting, Adolf Hitler
Sounds accurate enough
- and by adopting the same “pitiless” and “remorseless” tactics practiced by the enemy.
Certainly true on the Eastern Front. On the western front, the comment could be questioned, although the British bombing campaign would run afoul of modern conventions.