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Aspect Ratio: 1.33:1
Audience Rating: NR (Not Rated)
Binding: DVD
EAN: 9780773314443
Format: Black & White, Color, DVD, NTSC
ISBN: 077331444X
Label: American Home Treas
Languages: EnglishOriginal Language
Manufacturer: American Home Treas
Number Of Items: 1
Publisher: American Home Treas
Region Code: 1
Release Date: May 01, 2001
Running Time: 156 minutes
Studio: American Home Treas
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This Documentary, many scenes reminded me
"Das Boot" and can hear crew's singing.......
Enemy Irish Song"Tipperlery"
That was glorious Victory Parade of returning home after completion of U-Boat operation.
Grew Beared Captain and crews were greeted by women with Flowers and Military Band.
Soon or Later, They will go out for anather Opertation like Destroying Amweican Cargos
which bound for British Assistance including weapons,food stuffs and fuels.
After the U-Boat crossed the Atlantic Ocan,America became vulernabble objects from New York
to Florida. At that times,US Coast Guards were essntially ,entirely unprepared to Attacking U-Boat.
Without any warnings from US Coast Guard, They were attacked, and sunk to bottom of the sea.
Even Americans entirely out of any knowledge about sailing U-Boats under the sea.
Fate of crews,U-Boats became worse day by day.Deloping technical methods like Mines,Ultrasondgraphy
of Destroyer,Anti- Submarine Attacklng bomber like B-24 Liberators.
Their crews became more disatrious situations----"Iron Coffins"--during WW11,total30,000 among
38,000 couldn't come back Home !
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U-Boat War is a great example of how to do a military history documentary the right way. Each of the three approximately 50-minute episodes smoothly blends archival footage, present-day footage of key locales and ships (including U-boat interiors), and intelligent, thought-prooking commentary by historians and participants in the war. Interview segments with famed U-boat captains like Kretschmer, Topp, and Werner (author of the gripping memoir Iron Coffins) are a particular highlight.
The episodes cover the major events, key players, and significant economic, political, tactical, and moral elements of the U-Boat war. The documentary understandably doesn't go into great technical detail--books will serve you better there--but it does discuss major devices and tactics in layman's terms: ASDIC, radar, HF/DF, depth charge and torpedo firing patterns, the Wolf Pack system, Enigma, schnorchels, and so forth.
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Extremely well done documentary. The DVD covers all aspects of the U-Boat war in excellent detail. The footage is relatively fersh and well reproduced. Both the axis and allied sides of the war are covered. If you are at all interested in the U-Boat battles of the Atlantic this is a must get.
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This is a set of 3 documentaries covering the U-boat's impact in WWII, from beginning to end. It is well-written, and supplemented with interviews with American, British, and German survivors (and also historians) as well as a good amount of archival footage. It is really interesting to hear the story from those who were there -- including a number of German U-boat commanders. The breadth of coverage is good, including both German and Allied tactics (and how these tactics changed during the war), as well as technical advances on both sides. Coverage also includes developments in the Allies' ability to read the German naval code. I think the most valuable thing it does is provide the human story without demonizing the German sailors.
DVD quality is generally good to satisfactory. In short, this is a very informative and comprehensive set of documentaries. Very highly recommended.
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This is an extremely interesting and highly informative documentary in three parts. Each segment is roughly 50 minutes long and covers the broad history of U-Boats during WWII. There is much archival footage which I have never seen before, all of which is excellent. The film reveals a visual history of U-Boats that really brings history alive. Much of the footage is somewhat obscure (and rarely seen) and focuses on daily activities including the minute details of life on a U-Boat, something which other documentaries on the subject seldom present in depth. Commentary is quite good and includes interviews with leading aces as well as historians. It appears to be a British or Canadian production (additionally, there is a reference to the Discovery Channel in the closing credits). The material is highly organized and can probably be considered required viewing for many U-Boat history enthusiasts.
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