HBO: The Pacific

[Gasbag]

Thanks Antoni, actually: not. I am after the Discovery Channel's what I now assume must be a new series of episodes on battles mostly from WW II. Some Iraqi scenes included in at least one or two episodes as well.

They've done a good job at having some actual footage, CGI "footage" (a'la Combat mission, I guess, but with tanks and arty alone), and then having veterans from both sides reminescing (sp) events of that time, something at times on a larger scale of company or battalion operations, but mostly on a personal level.

There's been some excellent CGI re-enactments of various events the GIs faced in the normandy, also on the Kursk episode the followed a Stug commander's story (he was telling the story himself), that at some point included getting stuck while there were several T-34s approaching. Wheew...

Some pretty good stuff, and done a bit differently from what I've seen before...

Sounds like your talking about Greatest Tank Battles. It's a Canadian series narrated by Robin Ward (Canadian TV personality). History Channel (Canada) has been running it since late last year (in reruns now). Good series but not without it's flaws: in one Battle of The Bulge episode a Jagdpanzer IV is identified as a Jagdtiger.:rolleyes: The Gulf War & Mid East episodes were good though. I don't think that it's been released on DVD/Blu-Ray yet. Could be wrong though.

BTW I picked up The Pacific on the day that it was released. Saved $15 because my friend had given me a gift card.