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History Channel releasing 20-part series on World War II, hosted by Tom Hanks...
Posted on 3/4/26 at 4:34 am
Posted on 3/4/26 at 4:34 am
Starting Memorial Day weekend, in honor of America 250, the History Channel will begin releasing a new 20-part series on the Second World War. This might be the most ambitious documentary series the channel has done in years.
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Posted on 3/4/26 at 5:40 am to RollTide1987
I'm a sucker for a good WWII documentary.
I listen to the Rest is History podcast, and they've covered a lot of both WWI and WWII, but it is audio-only.
I listen to the Rest is History podcast, and they've covered a lot of both WWI and WWII, but it is audio-only.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 6:28 am to RollTide1987
The history channel hosting a show on history is wild. Never thought I’d see that again
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:16 am to OldmanBeasley
By episode 5 they will get to aliens
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:17 am to RollTide1987
Hanks should never be taken seriously. Remember these comments by him?
"Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods," he told the magazine. "They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?"
Hanks brought up the comparison again while promoting "The Pacific" during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
"'The Pacific' is coming out now, where it represents a war that was of racism and terror. And where it seemed as though the only way to complete one of these battles on one of these small specks of rock in the middle of nowhere was to - I'm sorry - kill them all. And, um, does that sound familiar to what we might be going through today? So it's-- is there anything new under the sun? It seems as if history keeps repeating itself.
The remarks have stirred a backlash from conservatives.
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly said Hanks is trying to "inject racism" into both wars.
"We had to kill the Japanese because the Japanese wouldn't surrender, period…and the jihadists, if they were Thais, Burmese, and they attacked us, we'd be doing the same thing today," O'Reilly said on Saturday.
Karl Rove, in an interview with O'Reilly on Monday, said that Hanks is "impervious to rational discussion."
Rove said Hanks is "a wonderful actor, he's a superb director, he's a good storyteller, but he's a conventional Hollywood liberal…He receives his opinions in whatever they drink or smoke or eat out there in southern California in the acting community."
Hanks defended his remarks to CNSNews.com during an appearance at the World War II memorial in Washington on Thursday.
"I said it's familiar with what's going on today," he said. "You can walk into the National World War II museum in New Orleans, in the Pacific wing, and Steven Ambrose himself has made that very point. It's up in black and white, that after Pearl Harbor, these people that were very, very different from each other, the Americans and the Japanese, who had different heritages, who had different theologies and different ways of government, had a different sense of society went at it tooth and nail."
Hanks continued, "I have talked to all sorts of people who have, in the vernacular, used incredibly racist terms about the people on the other side of the fence, and we can see all the time that comes over in the regular news media from their side, from the other side, terms that can only be viewed as racist. But let's just take the word 'racism' out of it and put 'ignorance' instead, because it's, racism, is a mere virulent form of what that ignorance is."
I'd like to think that as our time has gone by and as Americans have found themselves in 2010, ignorance is being replaced by a certain amount of enlightenment and racism is going to be replaced eventually by an acceptance. It's just taking an awfully long time."
"Back in World War II, we viewed the Japanese as 'yellow, slant-eyed dogs' that believed in different gods," he told the magazine. "They were out to kill us because our way of living was different. We, in turn, wanted to annihilate them because they were different. Does that sound familiar, by any chance, to what's going on today?"
Hanks brought up the comparison again while promoting "The Pacific" during an appearance on MSNBC's "Morning Joe."
"'The Pacific' is coming out now, where it represents a war that was of racism and terror. And where it seemed as though the only way to complete one of these battles on one of these small specks of rock in the middle of nowhere was to - I'm sorry - kill them all. And, um, does that sound familiar to what we might be going through today? So it's-- is there anything new under the sun? It seems as if history keeps repeating itself.
The remarks have stirred a backlash from conservatives.
Fox News' Bill O'Reilly said Hanks is trying to "inject racism" into both wars.
"We had to kill the Japanese because the Japanese wouldn't surrender, period…and the jihadists, if they were Thais, Burmese, and they attacked us, we'd be doing the same thing today," O'Reilly said on Saturday.
Karl Rove, in an interview with O'Reilly on Monday, said that Hanks is "impervious to rational discussion."
Rove said Hanks is "a wonderful actor, he's a superb director, he's a good storyteller, but he's a conventional Hollywood liberal…He receives his opinions in whatever they drink or smoke or eat out there in southern California in the acting community."
Hanks defended his remarks to CNSNews.com during an appearance at the World War II memorial in Washington on Thursday.
"I said it's familiar with what's going on today," he said. "You can walk into the National World War II museum in New Orleans, in the Pacific wing, and Steven Ambrose himself has made that very point. It's up in black and white, that after Pearl Harbor, these people that were very, very different from each other, the Americans and the Japanese, who had different heritages, who had different theologies and different ways of government, had a different sense of society went at it tooth and nail."
Hanks continued, "I have talked to all sorts of people who have, in the vernacular, used incredibly racist terms about the people on the other side of the fence, and we can see all the time that comes over in the regular news media from their side, from the other side, terms that can only be viewed as racist. But let's just take the word 'racism' out of it and put 'ignorance' instead, because it's, racism, is a mere virulent form of what that ignorance is."
I'd like to think that as our time has gone by and as Americans have found themselves in 2010, ignorance is being replaced by a certain amount of enlightenment and racism is going to be replaced eventually by an acceptance. It's just taking an awfully long time."
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:30 am to hogcard1964
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hogcard1964
The Pacific was a great show inspired by real Marines' experiences so yeah I'll trust him to be involved in another WWII show
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:31 am to RollTide1987
I recently finished Netflix's "Hitler and the Nazi's: Evil on Trial"
It was a decent doc.
What I liked about it was it showed Hitler's character arc, and what went on in Germany to get from point A (Let's get out of the devastation of WWI) to point B (Let's kill all the Jews in Europe)
My grandfathers fought in WWII and they were heroes. Every piece of media/movie from my childhood until today reinforced that fact. The US saved Europe.
The reality was more complicated. 3/4 of the war was fought on the eastern front Germany vs Russia. By the time we put boots in Europe, Germany was on the ropes.
There was a ton of post-war propaganda that painted us as the saviors, I'm curious to see how this new Hanks doc plays out.
It was a decent doc.
What I liked about it was it showed Hitler's character arc, and what went on in Germany to get from point A (Let's get out of the devastation of WWI) to point B (Let's kill all the Jews in Europe)
My grandfathers fought in WWII and they were heroes. Every piece of media/movie from my childhood until today reinforced that fact. The US saved Europe.
The reality was more complicated. 3/4 of the war was fought on the eastern front Germany vs Russia. By the time we put boots in Europe, Germany was on the ropes.
There was a ton of post-war propaganda that painted us as the saviors, I'm curious to see how this new Hanks doc plays out.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:33 am to BitBuster
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The reality was more complicated. 3/4 of the war was fought on the eastern front Germany vs Russia. By the time we put boots in Europe, Germany was on the ropes.
Yeah let's ignore how Russia was able to stand up to the Nazis
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:34 am to hogcard1964
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hogcard1964
Will someone please put this miserable sack of shite out of his misery already? Is euthanasia legal in Arkansas ?
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:40 am to REG861
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Will someone please put this miserable sack of shite out of his misery already? Is euthanasia legal in Arkansas ?
He provided actual quotes from Hanks and not just his own opinion on Hanks. That seems pretty reasonable to me. Why don't you tell us why those quoted passages are not disturbing and wrong?
Posted on 3/4/26 at 7:44 am to rebelrouser
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He provided actual quotes from Hanks and not just his own opinion on Hanks. That seems pretty reasonable to me. Why don't you tell us why those quoted passages are not disturbing and wrong?
16 year old quotes promoting a great show. The show was really good, so I don't give a frick what he says or thinks. But snowflakes always have to have their safe space
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:50 am to BamaSaint
Let me guess America bad for dropping the bomb
Posted on 3/4/26 at 8:59 am to BamaSaint
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Yeah let's ignore how Russia was able to stand up to the Nazis
You get it. That's what I meant. I don't need another 20 part WWII doc focusing only on the US's involvement with the war. A 20 part doc showing the complete picture would be interesting. If you list a top 10 battles of WWII by number of Caualties, the USA wouldn't even appear on the list.
1 Battle of Stalingrad (1942–1943)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany, Romania, Italy, Hungary
Casualties: Estimated 1.9 million to over 2.5 million
2 Siege of Leningrad (1941–1944)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany, Finland
Casualties: Estimated 1 million to over 4 million (including 650,000+ civilians)
3 Battle of Moscow (1941–1942)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated 1.7 million
4 Battle of Rzhev (1942–1943)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated up to 2 million
5 Battle of Kiev (1941)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated 760,000+
6 Battle of Smolensk (1941)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated over 680,000
7 Battle of Berlin (1945)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated 1.3 million
8 Battle of Kursk (1943)
Opposing Forces: USSR vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated 1 million+
9 Battle of France (1940)
Opposing Forces: France/UK vs. Germany
Casualties: Estimated 523,000+
10 Battle of Shanghai (1937)
Opposing Forces: China vs. Japan
Casualties: Estimated 400,000–426,000
The USA doesn't come in until the Pacific kicks off.
15 Battle of Manila (1945): USA/Philippines vs. Japan (~500,000 casualties, largely civilian)
16 Battle of Okinawa (1945): USA vs. Japan (~240,000 casualties)
17 Battle of the Bulge/Ardennes (1944–1945): USA/UK vs. Germany (~218,000 casualties)
And for all the shite we hear about the UK's involvement, they don't enter until 17. They suffered bombing on their home soil for the majority of the war rather than troops in Europe.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 9:52 am to BitBuster
Too bad YouTube TV doesn't carry the History channel.
Posted on 3/4/26 at 12:46 pm to rebelrouser
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He provided actual quotes from Hanks and not just his own opinion on Hanks. That seems pretty reasonable to me. Why don't you tell us why those quoted passages are not disturbing and wrong?
Hanks is a major benefactor of the World War II museum. I think the work he has done supporting veterans causes speaks for itself. I’m pretty sure he’s pro America. Meanwhile, if you look around this thread…
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 12:48 pm
Posted on 3/4/26 at 3:30 pm to TulsaSooner78
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I'm a sucker for a good WWII documentary
Same here. I pretty much DVR anything the History Channel has on dealing with World War II. All the Nazi stuff is particularly interesting to me. Since I was a teenager, it fascinated me how an entire country could be mesmerized and brainwashed by a complete piece of filth like Hitler. Then Odumbf*ck came along and we all got to see it firsthand with the Democrats.
I will definitely watch this series. I have both Band of Brothers and The Pacific on DVD. As a kid (before cable) one of my favorite shows was Baa Baa Black Sheep. I’m still fascinated with the Corsair airplane. It didn’t last long, but I’m pretty sure I’ve watched every episode.
This post was edited on 3/4/26 at 3:37 pm
Posted on 3/4/26 at 3:37 pm to BitBuster
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The reality was more complicated. 3/4 of the war was fought on the eastern front Germany vs Russia. By the time we put boots in Europe, Germany was on the ropes.
It’s almost like there was a whole other theater.
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