Last week the History channel ran a really good 2 part series on the rise and fall of the 3rd reich through German eyes. If it were up to me it would be shown in classrooms across America but it won’t happen because the teacher’s unions wouldn’t want the students putting the pieces together.
The history channel runs a lot of crap but occasionaly stumble across something really good.
The cherry pick certain things and ignore others.
Agreed. As an architect/engineer, I enjoy some of the “Modern Marvels” programs, where some background history is provided.
R. Lee Ermy’s “Lock ‘n’ Load” was a lot of fun on the History International channel as was the “Dogfights” and “Sniper” programs. The latter reinforced my belief in the M-14 and my Springfield M1A (civilian version of the M-14). There’s nothing like 7.62mm NATO.
Well put..
I watched “The Rise and fall of The Third Reich” also.
One of the finest programs I have seen in a long while. I have been thinking a great deal about WWII since seeing the program.
After Stalingrad, I can better understand the fear of German civilians contemplating a Russian invasion of Berlin.
Crap, I don’t recall the name of the show, but was that the same one that was giving the German perspective on the “appeal” Hitler had?
I caught part of one this week that had interviews of Germans giving their version of events at the time indicating why Germans followed the Nazis as willfully as they did.
Would love to see this program and keep a copy. Do you remember the name?
Given that, one imagines ther should be room for a few ads reviving an unresoleved historical issue.
Agree that the show on National Socialist Germany was worhwhile.