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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 02:01 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


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Set during the period of daylight strategic bombing of Germany from mid-1942 to the end of the war, The Mighty Eighth is based on the book Masters of the Air by Donald J. Miller. It will be a ten part event that will tell the story of the U.S. Army Air Corps’ Eighth Air Force, which was the tip of the spear during the Allies’ daylight bombing campaign over fortress Europe.

With that backdrop, you can expect a very Band of Brothers like story arc which will focus on several crews who interact with one another, and who will suffer all the loss that comes with seeing whole crews of their friends shot of the sky by flak and defending Luftwaffe fighters. It will also feature documentary interviews from surviving members of those crews, much like Band of Brothers did with Major Dick Winters and members of Easy Company in the 101st Airborne.

Can't wait, should be good. HBO is spending half a billion dollar on this.

http://www.doddlenews.com/news-room/hbo ... ni-series/
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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 02:59 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Another WW2 show, just what I was looking for.



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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 03:01 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


hanks, spielberg, HBO, WWII, real veterans

usual drill. sounds promising tho
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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 03:20 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Are there any real veterans left alive who weren't 15yo office clerks at this point?
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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 04:37 PM           Profile   Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Sounds interesting. :up:
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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 08:28 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


seremtan wrote:
hanks, spielberg, HBO, WWII, real veterans

usual drill. sounds promising tho


Yea, sounds promising :up:



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PostPosted: 08-30-2017 08:41 PM           Profile Send private message  E-mail  Edit post Reply with quote


Pacific was a bit shit, so fingers crossed its better...
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