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DennisN
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I thought it would be a good idea to share a trailer of the upcoming WW1 movie, "1917" here... I am very much looking forward to see it.
Thanks, it looks interesting, I will definitely check it out!BWV said:This was a good relatively recent WW1 film, about the mining of Messine Ridge, the largest man made explosion until Trinity
The Soviet Union long denied that the secret protocol to the Molotov-Ribbentrop pact – which was signed on 23 August 1939 – ever existed, only acknowledging and denouncing it in 1989 under Mikhail Gorbachev. Now, Russia has sought to normalise the non-aggression pact, arguing that the treaty had been taken “out of context” of the vicious realpolitik of 1930s Europe.
- they remember too well that those fellows were terribly overfed with that American canned meat!BWV said:the German - do they forget who marched through Berlin?
BWV said:What is shocking is the German response - do they forget who marched through Berlin?
I lived on Kauai and have a collection of Nihau shells and many other shells from Polihale Beach. Hopefully, this year I will be traveling to Oahu where I was born to put a bouquet of flowers on my father’s gravesite in Diamond Head Memorial Park.mathwonk said:@Mary Conrads Sanburn: my wife's parents were also on Oahu during the bombing of pearl harbor, and married a week or so later. Her mom was a nurse and her dad a "beach bum", who joined naval intelligence for the duration. He recalled being sent up into the hills in anticipation of an invasion. My wife's older sister was also born on the island.
Klystron said:Reading English translations of Russian authors writing during and after the Stalinist period causes me to question how much domestic casualty figures can be attributed to invaders rather than the Soviet system.
Klystron said:Several posters have commented on the devastating losses suffered by the USSR during (what we call) WWII. Reading English translations of Russian authors writing during and after the Stalinist period causes me to question how much domestic casualty figures can be attributed to invaders rather than the Soviet system.
A recent article on Magadan in Siberia led me to read Varlam Shalamov's insightful "Kolyma Tales". His laconic brief writing style reminiscent of Hemingway, immerses the reader in the humiliating complexity of the forced labor camps and the mind set of common citizens thrown into a punishment system with actual criminals.
It's a hypothetical for the US, but it's the actual proportion lost by Poland.Drakkith said:Imagine if 1 out of 5 people in the U.S. were casualties during WW2. Absolutely insane.
DennisN said:I saw 1917 (2019) the other day and was completely mesmerized by it. Just an a-m-a-z-i-n-g movie.
Saving Private Ryan is one of my favorite movies, and I liked 1917 at least as much, maybe even more!
The filming is exceptional! They actually did something which has never been made before in the history of movies, but I won't reveal it since it would be a spoiler for those who have not seen it. If you want to see the movie, do not read about it until you've seen it. And if you have seen it, don't reveal it here, please.
What I am thinking of can not be seen in the trailer, which is here:
My rating:
Suspense/Thrill: 11/10
Filming: 10/10
Acting: 9/10
Story: 9/10
...so you may understand that I liked this movie a LOT.
An interesting thing is that even if it depicts mostly men, it was cowritten by one man and one woman.
And they sure did their homework.
If you are interested in WW1, you simply have to see this movie.
And if you are not interested in WW1, you still simply have to see this movie.
That sounds good!pinball1970 said:It's definitely one I want to watch
DennisN said:
- Erich Ludendorff had such extreme views that the Nazis did not want to associate with him (!).
Erich Ludendorff was one of the two de facto leaders of Germany during WW1, along with Hindenburg; Germany became practically a military dictatorship during the war. Ludendorff is very much connected to Hitler and the rise of the Nazis and therefore also World War II, which is another indicator of how much the two world wars are connected.
Ludendorff got quite extreme and crazy after the loss of World War I, and got into conspiracy theories and antisemitism. He got so extreme that the Nazis did not want to associate with him (!), quote:
"Ludendorff's behavior became more erratic. Years before, he had begun a romantic affair with psychologist Dr. Mathilde Kemnitz, a Nazi hanger-on with delusional theories that Word War I had been orchestrated by an alliance of Jews, Catholic Jesuits, and Freemasons. Former friends distanced themselves from him, with even the Nazis eventually declaring him too extreme."
He is also very much connected to the Stab-in-the-back myth which contributed to the political success of the Nazis in Germany, quote:
"Malcolm asked him: "Do you mean, General, that you were stabbed in the back?" Ludendorff's eyes lit up and he leapt upon the phrase like a dog on a bone. "Stabbed in the back?" he repeated. "Yes, that's it, exactly, we were stabbed in the back". And thus was born a legend which has never entirely perished."
Articles:
Stab in the back myth - Origins of the myth
Everything You Need to Know About the Nazi Villain from 'Wonder Woman'
I solemnly prophesy that this accursed man will cast our Reich into the abyss and bring our nation to inconceivable misery. Future generations will damn you in your grave for what you have done.[66]
Drakkith said:Barham sank in 4 minutes after being hit, taking 862 men down with her.
BWV said:Looking forward to it as well, hope it doesn’t suck
This was a good relatively recent WW1 film, about the mining of Messine Ridge, the largest man made explosion until Trinity
I will see it.BWV said:Another good WW1 movie, this was a 1928 play about a British unit unknowingly on the schwerpunkt of the German 1918 Operation Michael offensive.