World War 2, the topic of debate and
controversies which brought great pain and trauma in the heart of the survivors
and reminds them about the ones that they lost in that dreadful time.
Sounds bad, sounds painful yet it is important to understand what affects war can bring in the life of all who may or may not related to war. But the sad thing about this situation is that we fail to capture the full scenario of what had happened.
So today for you I bring 5 best documentaries that will help you to understand the perception of soldiers, survivors, and their families. These documentaries also tell you about the incidents related to this historic event and connect you with the surging emotions of the people at that point in time.
So without much fuss let’s move forward and
let this new binge watch list begin.
War
7 part mini-series depicting the perception
of United States citizens during the world war 2.with the great play of voice
acting shown by Adam Arkin, Tom Hanks,
Keith David, Samuel L. Jackson, Josh Lucas, Bobby Cannavale, and Eli Wallach,
brings the real-life experience to the documentary.
The documentary involves details about how
the war unfolds in basically 4 main US towns and how its citizens reacted to
it.
The documentary starts with the Pearl
Harbor attack followed by European war, battle of Tarawa, d-day, operation
market garden, and ending with the battle of Okinawa and kamikaze attacks.
Overall it’s a series that is worthwhile
for a binge-watch.
Apocalypse:
The Second World War
Ok, so you may ask why is this documentary
on my watch list, but the one and the only reason why it is here because of the
fact that it is completely raw.
No, what I meant by that is, the series
shows footage of the war recorded by the war correspondents, officers, and
their families.
Now you would say ‘what’s the use of
watching black and white footage when the world is coming up with 4k and 6k.’
Well but to surprise you, the series is
filled with color, yes one exception to this is the infamous and dreadful
holocaust scenes being kept in the same dark as similar to nature.
The series starts with the rise of Nazism,
the phoney war, and ends with the surrender of Japan.
Auschwitz:
Inside The Nazi State
You probably know about the dreadful events
that took place in this Nazi concentration camp. The series covers the
motivation and mentality of the leaders which led the massacre of 6 million
men, women, and children.
Now for many of you, this may sound sadist
and dark to see the massacre of millions of people, but through Auschwitz
people are trying to draw a bigger picture.
It is necessary to know the thought process
that can lead one human to do this type of barbaric deed.
The series portrays the conversion of
Auschwitz from a house used for the care of polish leaders to a place infamous
for becoming an extermination center.
The
World At War
This series is the most expensive factual
series ever made in history with a budget of 900,000 pounds at that time
chronicling the events that took place during the Second World War.
The world at war shows the life and death
of sailors, soldiers, concentration camp inmates, and citizens and their
families.
The portrayal was made as real as it could
be by following the facts as carefully as it can be. The series involves 26
episodes based on different incidents yet related to each other.
The series starts with the barbaric
massacre of a French village of Oradour Sur Glane by the Waffen ss. The last
episode makes a reference note to the first event and tells the good and bad
experiences faced by the war survivors and how they remember it.
WWII
In HD
This is a TV series broadcasted on history TV
with two episodes per day, the series involves the unseen color footage that was
never seen on television.
The reason which makes it interesting is
the fact that this series is based on the storytelling concept of various
people who were directly or indirectly part of the war.
Like for instance one of the people
featured on the series was Jimmie Kanaya who was the son of the Japanese
immigrants he served in the US Army and was ultimately captured in Europe.
He served on the Korean War and Vietnam War
with distinction. He was 99 years old when he died which makes him the last
living person to be featured in World War 2 in HD documentary.
The idea behind this article is to pursue
people to learn the history and mindsets of the people at that time that forced
people to shed each other’s blood and shower cruelty on not just men and women
but also on children.
Written by - Yash Bundela
Edited by – Adrija Saha
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