Battle of the Atlantic on Military Channel Friday

[kylania]

There's a show called Battlefield: Battle of the Atlantic Part II tonite (Fri, Sep 30th) on the Military Channel at 1800 EST.

Part I was on last nite and was superb! It was pretty much step by step from before the war to around 1941/1942. Went through the major players, how u-boot crews were trained, the goals and strategies of the Axis and Allies, the equipment such as the VII/IX u-boots, Flower Corvette, Condor, Liberator and more. A whole section about the Graf Spree.

Almost constant historical footage is shown and a lot of details are included. Definately worth trying to catch.

Early next week there's a two part show about the Hood vs Bismarck as well! Can't wait!

[Hylander_1314]

Yeah, part one was pretty cool to watch. Now if we could get some of those real worls effects ingame, like steam clouds as a ship slips quickly beneath the waves, or to have real explosions when the boilers blowup, and water and debris go out in all directions.

[kylania]

I had a tanker start to explode as it sunk beneath the waves while I was evading escorts almost under her. Scared me half to death, I thought it was MASSIVE depth charging it was so loud. :)

[Dowly]

Great great great documentary! :up: