I just finished episode 9.
I almost feel like weeping. By far, the most disturbing concentration camp scenes I've ever seen in a movie. The discovery of the camp was just unsettling.This whole series is amazingly well done. Their exposure of each of the elements that made the war effort is a tribute to the men and women who made sacrifices. Beyond the explosions and gunfire, the mental anguish and trials of being under those conditions for such extended periods of time. It's hard to fathom, it really is, but after watching the story of these men for ten hours, and watching them go from Normandy to Holland to Germany over a two year period, being put into battle after battle after battle with little or no R&R you get to really empathize with them. I've spent a few nights winter camping, so I was really pained to watch their suffering through Bastogne. Sitting in foxholes for weeks in freezing weather, with no fires, little supplies, little food, not enough clothing, and artillery showers constantly at random times of the day and night. Watching most of their friends die in front of them or in their arms. I couldn't understand anyone watching it and not being touched inside as a human.
The series is far more instilling than Saving Private Ryan was for me. Next time I meet a vet, I'll be thanking them. Sincerely.
I've heard they (Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg) are doing a simillar series on the Pacific war. I look forward to it.
