Saturday, April 2, 2011

Apocalypse: World War II

You may think you’ve already seen just about every documentary ever made about World War II, but there’s enough declassified, colorized and restored footage in this fascinating series to prove how wrong you can be. The set is more than just as series of amazing images, though. By concentrating on the people who fought the war (the soldiers and the politicians) as well as their victims, it humanizes the conflict in fresh and unexpected ways.

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