World at War - Uboats

bigboywooly · 08-11-06, 01:08 PM

Just watching the series World at war - episode 10 which is about wolfpacks

Most of the interviews in the program are online here

http://www.theworldatwar.com/

Interviews with Admiral Donitz , Otto Kretschmer and Peter Cremer and others

Great stuff

CruiseTorpedo · 08-11-06, 01:20 PM

I love that series! Best WW2 documentary I've ever seen! The uboat section was one of my favorites, I think the desert war being close second. They did both theaters justice! I wish the part about battle of britain had more gun cam video in it though.

bigboywooly · 08-11-06, 01:32 PM

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Originally Posted by CruiseTorpedo

I love that series! Best WW2 documentary I've ever seen! The uboat section was one of my favorites, I think the desert war being close second. They did both theaters justice! I wish the part about battle of britain had more gun cam video in it though.

Yes its being rerun on UKTV History in England at the moment
Compulsive viewing

CruiseTorpedo · 08-11-06, 01:49 PM

I bought the dvd series a few years ago, think at the time it was 140 bucks or something. Was well worth it

bigboywooly · 08-11-06, 01:59 PM

Some great footage in this Wolfpack episode
The sequence of the hedgehogs being fired off and exploding as they find the sub and the subs stern clear out of the water before sinking was stunning

mr chris · 08-11-06, 02:49 PM

fantastic it's on again at 11 uk time. Midnight here i will watch it then.
Thanks for the info BBW

HunterICX · 08-11-06, 05:18 PM

the hedgehog action scared the sh!t out of me.....
give me the depthcharges

but an amazing bunch of story's

makes you feel to join those Wolfpacks for real

bookworm_020 · 08-13-06, 06:24 PM

It it one of the best series I have ever watched on WWII. It didn't just give facts and figures, but let people who had been there and had gone through it a chance to tell what happened. It didn't dumb it down or act high minded. It just told what happend from all sides.

I wish more could have followed in the footsteps of this program, instead of trying to tell us what to think.

The fact that it was done almost 30 years ago and is still as powerful as it was then, shows how good it is. It couldn't be done as well today as they who lived through it are dying out.

A must watch for anyone who wants to get an execellent overview of the war

P_Funk · 08-13-06, 09:38 PM

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"The Battle of the Atlantic was the only thing that really frightened me" - Winston Churchill.

That's on the site. I believe that's a misquote of the big guy. The real quote is on the first page of the SH3 manual. That or that's the wrong one. But I'm pretty sure.

Another possibility is that he said it more than once and revised his statement.

Safe-Keeper · 08-13-06, 09:42 PM

It's actually possible that the widely accepted quote is the false one, you know. It's happened before:p!

Admiral Dönitz - wow. It never occured to me that he might still be alive (or is it an old interview?). I just never think of people of history that way

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John Pancoast · 08-13-06, 10:25 PM

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Originally Posted by Safe-Keeper

It's actually possible that the widely accepted quote is the false one, you know. It's happened before:p!

Admiral Dönitz - wow. It never occured to me that he might still be alive (or is it an old interview?). I just never think of people of history that way

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These films were made in the '70's

bookworm_020 · 08-13-06, 10:27 PM

He died in 1980. World at war series was done in the 1970's

IrishUboot · 08-14-06, 10:35 AM

I've seen them all before but I'll have to tune in to catch them again. Good WWII documentaries are hard to find on tv. Most of them are just attempts to demonize the German side and the SS in particular. Some of those Channel 5 attempts were laughable.

STEED · 08-14-06, 12:11 PM

A good series for it's time.

08-11-06, 01:08 PM	#1
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	World at War - Uboats Just watching the series World at war - episode 10 which is about wolfpacks Most of the interviews in the program are online here http://www.theworldatwar.com/ Interviews with Admiral Donitz , Otto Kretschmer and Peter Cremer and others Great stuff __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

08-11-06, 01:59 PM	#5
bigboywooly Rear Admiral Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Swindon, England Posts: 10,151 Downloads: 35 Uploads: 0	Some great footage in this Wolfpack episode The sequence of the hedgehogs being fired off and exploding as they find the sub and the subs stern clear out of the water before sinking was stunning __________________ My mediafire page http://www.mediafire.com/?11eoq19bq9r41

08-11-06, 02:49 PM	#6
mr chris Silent Hunter Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Herefordshire, England Posts: 3,562 Downloads: 216 Uploads: 0	fantastic it's on again at 11 uk time. Midnight here i will watch it then. Thanks for the info BBW __________________

08-11-06, 05:18 PM	#7
HunterICX Rear Admiral Join Date: May 2006 Location: Malaga, España Posts: 10,750 Downloads: 8 Uploads: 0	the hedgehog action scared the sh!t out of me..... give me the depthcharges but an amazing bunch of story's makes you feel to join those Wolfpacks for real __________________

08-13-06, 06:24 PM	#8
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	It it one of the best series I have ever watched on WWII. It didn't just give facts and figures, but let people who had been there and had gone through it a chance to tell what happened. It didn't dumb it down or act high minded. It just told what happend from all sides. I wish more could have followed in the footsteps of this program, instead of trying to tell us what to think. The fact that it was done almost 30 years ago and is still as powerful as it was then, shows how good it is. It couldn't be done as well today as they who lived through it are dying out. A must watch for anyone who wants to get an execellent overview of the war __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-11-06, 01:20 PM	#2
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I love that series! Best WW2 documentary I've ever seen! The uboat section was one of my favorites, I think the desert war being close second. They did both theaters justice! I wish the part about battle of britain had more gun cam video in it though.

08-11-06, 01:49 PM	#4
CruiseTorpedo Torpedoman Join Date: Jul 2006 Posts: 112 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	I bought the dvd series a few years ago, think at the time it was 140 bucks or something. Was well worth it

08-13-06, 09:42 PM	#10
Safe-Keeper Ocean Warrior Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Norway Posts: 3,234 Downloads: 11 Uploads: 0	It's actually possible that the widely accepted quote is the false one, you know. It's happened before:p! Admiral Dönitz - wow. It never occured to me that he might still be alive (or is it an old interview?). I just never think of people of history that way. __________________ First Strike Mod tester. Hardcore sub skipper.

08-13-06, 10:27 PM	#12
bookworm_020 Navy Seal Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Sinking ships off the Australian coast Posts: 5,966 Downloads: 1 Uploads: 0	He died in 1980. World at war series was done in the 1970's __________________ "There is always one person in any organization who knows whats going on, That person must be fired"

08-14-06, 10:35 AM	#13
IrishUboot Sparky Join Date: Apr 2005 Location: Malin Head, Eire/Ireland Posts: 156 Downloads: 22 Uploads: 0	I've seen them all before but I'll have to tune in to catch them again. Good WWII documentaries are hard to find on tv. Most of them are just attempts to demonize the German side and the SS in particular. Some of those Channel 5 attempts were laughable. __________________ "A braver man than Arthur Griffith, I never met" - Frederick Edwin Smith, The First Earl of Birkenhead, British negotiator of the Anglo-Irish Treaty 1921. Last edited by IrishUboot; 08-14-06 at 10:47 AM.

08-14-06, 12:11 PM	#14
STEED Lucky Jack Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Down Town UK Posts: 27,695 Downloads: 89 Uploads: 48	A good series for it's time. __________________ Dr Who rest in peace 1963-2017. To borrow Davros saying...I NAME YOU CHIBNALL THE DESTROYER OF DR WHO YOU KILLED IT!