I was looking forward to this series, and had the opportunity to watch a little bit the other night before going to bed. I noticed the part about the Russian Revolution, and then they got to America’s entry into WWI. They made it sound like the Zimmerman telegram was the sole cause for America’s entry. Nothing about Germany resuming unrestricted submarine warfare.
Next came George Patton in Mexico and WWI. They chose an actor to look nothing like George Patton, had him unshaven, with an unbuttoned collar which seems completely out of character for him. They showed him writing on a tank in World War I, which is actually a World War II M-5 Stuart tank. I realize there are not a lot of World War I tanks running around, but there are some small Renault tanks that the US used at the time in various museums. It would have been better to use CGI in long shots, with a close-up of the actor on a tank where you couldn’t really see the detail of the vehicle.