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Tonight, 10PM, sounds like it could be good...
Dogfight History, Search For The Bismarck on History channel at 10PM
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It does. I set a reminder for when it comes on.
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Well, it was OK.
Along with the computer graphics, they should have had more original footage like the documentary on the old Wings Channel. It shows again in a few hours.
tonycondon
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watching now...
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I won't spoil it and tell you the ending then... !
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well according to my history teacher in high school, bismarck was a big general in germany in late 19th century who died and was reincarnated as a battleship, and later sunk by the british...
I wasn't able to watch it, maybe I can catch a rerun.
The interesting thing to me was that the torpedo that damaged the Bismark's rudders, making her unmaneuverable and therefore a sitting duck, was fired from a Fairey Swordfish, a biplane. The Swordfish was also the test bed for airborne radar, carrying the first unit aloft.
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The interesting thing to me was that the torpedo that damaged the Bismark's rudders, making her unmaneuverable and therefore a sitting duck, was fired from a Fairey Swordfish, a biplane. The Swordfish was also the test bed for airborne radar, carrying the first unit aloft.
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Did anyone notice on the computer graphics of the side views of the biplanes, something strange about the portrayed perspective of the closer, upper wing compared to the farther one?
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I'm wondering how the British did so well at Taranto Harbor and against the Bismark at hitting their targets with torpedoes in such an obsolete airplane, when both the Americans and Japanese seemed to have a harder time of it in the Pacific in the 1942 carrier battles with better torpedo bombers. I guess having some fighter protection and escort ships made a big difference.
Dave Siciliano
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I always find something I didn't know re-watching these things. It said at the end, the Bismark had been hit by something like 400 shells (not counting smaller stuff)! In past accounts, British ships didn't rescue German sailors in the water for fear of U-Boats--that wasn't discussed at all.
These remakes always seem to change history a bit! I flipped back and forth on this one (channels); so, can't speak for everything, but as the vets die off, the historians seem to change their description of what happened.
Worse ones recently were the Battle of San Piedro in Italy and North Africa. The narrator didn't attribute any credit to the Anzio invasion relieving pressure on the German defensive line. In the past, the actual generals involved attributed most of the German withdrawal to the Anzio invasion (which was behind their line).
Also, battle in North Africa; major issues not mentions. Narrator from Sandhurst (so, I wonder why). Monty was given much more credit than when 'Mericans narrated. Noticeably absent from details was the fact that Monty was reading all of Rommel's mail! A lot of emphasis on how bloodied the 'Mericans were in their first battle and not a lot of mention of their help in pushing back Rommel.
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Dave
These remakes always seem to change history a bit! I flipped back and forth on this one (channels); so, can't speak for everything, but as the vets die off, the historians seem to change their description of what happened.
Worse ones recently were the Battle of San Piedro in Italy and North Africa. The narrator didn't attribute any credit to the Anzio invasion relieving pressure on the German defensive line. In the past, the actual generals involved attributed most of the German withdrawal to the Anzio invasion (which was behind their line).
Also, battle in North Africa; major issues not mentions. Narrator from Sandhurst (so, I wonder why). Monty was given much more credit than when 'Mericans narrated. Noticeably absent from details was the fact that Monty was reading all of Rommel's mail! A lot of emphasis on how bloodied the 'Mericans were in their first battle and not a lot of mention of their help in pushing back Rommel.
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Dave