What hurts is that overall this was a very well done and entertaining mini-series. But I also noticed the several errors on some very basic stuff. They really marred what could have been a great work.
Agreed. However, part of the fault lies in what I call the format; i.e. attempting to cover thirty years in three days.
The Stuart tanks shown fighting in World War I did it for me.
Two big errors I saw:
In 1941-42 MacArthur was commanding troops in the Philippines wearing M1 helmets, they should have been wearing M1917 helmets.
In another scene they had a modern US warship depicted as a WW2 cruiser.
I agree. I’m enjoying the insights into the major figures of WWII, and I also yelled at the TV a couple of times about the obvious (to me) historical errors.
It is misleading
Claims Wilson “kept us out of war” — the exact opposite was the case
Neglects to mention that both Hitler and Mussolini got public approval because they were stopping Bolsheviks from taking over German and Italy
Doesn’t mention that Churchill considered BOTH Nazism and Communism to be evil.
Doesn’t mention the plethora of Stalin admirers (and other Communist “fellow travelers”) in FDR’s administration.
Doesn’t even mention that Lenin and Stalin were Communists
I loved the WWI segment showing of WWII M-3 Stuart tanks attacking the Germans at Belleau wood.