[Old Teufel Hunden]

"I thought the miniseries “The Pacific” was not half as good as the earlier “Band of Brothers.”

I agree with you. I think the main reason for that is that it takes place over a longer period of time and because of how the war was fought you could not really concentrate on one unit. In Band of Brothers, you had one unit that the main characters stayed in for the whole time and it took place a little under a year. During the Pacific war, hardly any Marines were in one unit from beginning to end fighting in all of their campaigns. That took place over the course of three years. Even people that were in from the beginning campaign to the ending campaigns usually moved from one unit to fill other units (such as the 3rd, 4th, 5th and 6th divisions) because they needed experienced people. It does not make for as good a storyline.

[wordsofearnest]

I would agree also, but from my limited knowledge I believe it captured the essence of the Pacific Theater. The distances and the fact that it was an island hopping campaign makes it very different from the eleven months from D-Day to VE day.

I’m sure we only got a glimpse of the savagery our forces had to face.