20thCentury Battlefields: STALINGRAD

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I just finished watching the Military Channel's show "20thCentury Battlefields" on STALINGRAD and it was one of the best documentaries dedicated to this famous battle. If you can watch a repeat definitely catch it.

They filmed in current day Stalingrad (Volgograd), had some crude but effective CGI wargame displays showing the battle plans, and even had a demo of the effectiveness of sniper warfare. It's a one hour show and considering the aforementioned items the period film was limited but noting that it's been rehashed a million times in other Stalingrad documentaries it wasn't missed much. Perhaps in a 2 hour version of the show it would have been the included and then it would have been the go-to show for Stalingrad.

Tony

[Martin W]

Tony,
i agree it is a very good series,hosted by Peter Snow,a British news anchor and his son.
I remember watching an episode on the Somme a couple of weeks ago,very well done.

Regards,Martin.

[behblc]

Father and son.

THis excellent father and son combination have made a series of programmes for BBc covering key battles in Britains history - they have a very natural way of imparting information and the presentation format is easy going and very informative.
( A combination of computer graphics , actors in period dress , modern film footage shot on location and in the acse of 20th century conflicts film footage of that time.).

They follow in the footsteps of Richard Holmes and the "Two men in a Trench" approach to telling history.

[Steve Campbell]

It's coming on here now in 10 minutes. I'll be watching.

[Steve Campbell]

That was excellent. I had already seen the one on the Somme. So, what happened to General Paulus after he surrendered?

[Adrian Stevenson]

Hi Steve, Paulus eventually started to collaborate with the Soviets doing propaganda broadcasts etc.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Paulus

Cheers, Ade.

[Steve Campbell]

Thanks. What is the final synopsis on the actions of Paulus, in terms of his surender and his actions in the Soviet Union after the war?

[mvm71]

I've found it to be a great series and have enjoyed it very much. Stalingrad and Hue have been my favorites so far, actually they have ALL been good.

Thanks,
Mike

[Martin W]

In about 10 min's from now,8:00pm Pacific Time on the Military Channel,the episode on Midway is airing.Looks like a good one.

Cheers,Martin.