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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful
This is an excellent and well-funded documentary with the usual B&W footage from the war enhanced with modern dramatic re-enactments. It's also one of the few war documentaries to explain how WWII became the Cold War. The Americans and British had fought to free Europe from dictatorship. The USSR fought to replace one dictatorship with another.
Almost every aspect of the fighting is covered, except that no mention is made of the extremely wet weather that summer, weather than hindered the Allied advance almost as much as the supply shortages, which are mentioned. Since one major theme of the documentary is Gen. Montgomery's claim that, if given the great bulk of the supplies and men, he could win the war in 1944, that's a curious omission.
Keep in mind that this is a British documentary. Americans are accustomed to seeing Gen. Patton getting most of the attention. This documentary focuses far more on Gen. Montgomery, although it does not attempt to conceal his monumental vanity. Unfortunately, those who made it failed to mention the chief reason that Eisenhower rejected Montgomery's demand for enough resources to make a concentrated but narrow drive straight for Berlin. It's almost impossible for a narrow front to penetrate deeply. Mongomery's own attack into Holland (Market Garden, portrayed in the film, A Bridge Too Far) failed for that reason, as did the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge. To be successful, the Allied advance on Germany had to take place on a broad front. Eisenhower was right; Montgomery was wrong. It really is that simple. Any Montgomery fans who disagree with me are free to explain why.
--Michael W. Perry, editor of Read more ›
Almost every aspect of the fighting is covered, except that no mention is made of the extremely wet weather that summer, weather than hindered the Allied advance almost as much as the supply shortages, which are mentioned. Since one major theme of the documentary is Gen. Montgomery's claim that, if given the great bulk of the supplies and men, he could win the war in 1944, that's a curious omission.
Keep in mind that this is a British documentary. Americans are accustomed to seeing Gen. Patton getting most of the attention. This documentary focuses far more on Gen. Montgomery, although it does not attempt to conceal his monumental vanity. Unfortunately, those who made it failed to mention the chief reason that Eisenhower rejected Montgomery's demand for enough resources to make a concentrated but narrow drive straight for Berlin. It's almost impossible for a narrow front to penetrate deeply. Mongomery's own attack into Holland (Market Garden, portrayed in the film, A Bridge Too Far) failed for that reason, as did the German attack in the Battle of the Bulge. To be successful, the Allied advance on Germany had to take place on a broad front. Eisenhower was right; Montgomery was wrong. It really is that simple. Any Montgomery fans who disagree with me are free to explain why.
--Michael W. Perry, editor of Read more ›
3 of 4 people found the following review helpful
By N. Baldwin
Generally a very good documentary, but such a pity that no mention was made of the Russian offensive of June 1944, which prevented large German reinforcements in Normandy.
2 of 3 people found the following review helpful
By B. Watson
no mention of Operation Bagration; the biggest ever German defeat, which took place at about the same time as Overlord.
The treatment of Ops. Epsom and Goodwood was far too simplistic, with crucial details omitted to make the actions look like failures when the operations' impact was more nuanced.
Not bad though if you don't know much about that history; the trouble is you won't know much more by the time you've watched it.
The treatment of Ops. Epsom and Goodwood was far too simplistic, with crucial details omitted to make the actions look like failures when the operations' impact was more nuanced.
Not bad though if you don't know much about that history; the trouble is you won't know much more by the time you've watched it.
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