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BIG BATTLES AND GREAT INFO TOO!!!
I really enjoyed this package of DVDS on the 2nd World War battles . It covers the European and Pacific wars. I found it to be very informative and told stories I was unaware of. I have watched hundreds of hours of World War 2 films and some are better than others. I think this group although some could have transferreed better are an exceptional group of informative and entertaining films. I dont remember the films jumping as one reviewer stated during the Russian sequence. A lot of the pictures were completely new to me! Hey! The price isnt bad either !!!

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aka The War Years
This series of programs was shown on the History Channel during the early 1990s titled "The War Years" (as a subset of that series). I had recorded them when they were broadcast, and had been searching for a few years to see if I could find this on DVD as my VHS was becoming a bit dated.<
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>I agree with the reviewer regarding the bad video transfer. Too much pulsating at least during the Battle of Moscow which was better contained on the program on the History Channel. They could have done a much better job at controlling the contrast on the transfer to minimize on that. At times, the video is almost unwatchable because of the pulsation. <
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>Despite the "narration blunders" described by another reviewer, this series IMO is on par with the other great WW2 documentaries such as World at War. The sheer amount of footage that you do not see elsewhere is well worth the price. It is also a very transitional documentary, working between the Victory at Sea style and the 1990's Nugus-Martin style. <
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>If you are comparing this series to what was broadcast on the History Channel, obviously all of the World War I episodes are not contained in this volume, as well as the Korea and Dien Bien Phu episodes. <
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Good film clips and interviews, the narration is just bad
I found the DVD set well restored from the original film. There are some glitches with the audio track and film lines in the display, but one expects that from such a transfer. The archival footage is vintage, with some clips preserved here that would otherwise be lost forever. The interviews provide insights you don't normally see from even the great World at War series. <
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>However, I knock this series for the somewhat dated, and outright slanted storyline and narration. While hearing over and over of the valiant fighting of the Russian soldiers, we see repeated references to American "disasters" in the Italian campaign or Ardennes or the Pacific. The narration is lacking factually elsewhere. For instance, the French 2nd Army is credited with securing the Eagle's Nest, when the actions of the US 101st Airborne Division is pretty well documented. Details of the Normandy breakout are likewise either confusing in portrayal or just incorrect. And of course just two installments to cover the war in the Pacific.<
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>Watch this set for the footage, ignore the narrators. <
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