World At War: Morning 1 of 5

[xpat73]

Welllas a Brit ...with regrd to Churchill....I think it's a case of "winning covers a multitude of sins."

[xpat73]

Wow...the hairs go up on the back of your neck listening to churchill and the narrartion by Lawrence Olivier in the first 30 secs.....great series...best ever

[Noid111]

@xpat73 I know exactly what you mean. A Churchill speech totally forgotten about till the World at War put it on here and put it in true perspective. If there was any doubt that we were on the right side just these words rub it out.

[corn1971]

This theme music is burned into my brain since watching this as a kid on PBS in Chicago in the late 70's. Still an incredible documentary on the war with the added value of having many of the actual persons involved in the war telling the story directly.

[Devatipan]

Excellent series, this. I didn't see it when it first aired, but Channel 4 repeated it in the 80s and I now have it on DVD. It has stood the test of time well. Pictures and music are well matched and the narration is superb.

[woolvett22]

i love how when covering the dieppe raid canada wasnt mentioned once

[Molo9000]

I think this episode (together with the first and the last episode) has the best intro of the series.

There is something in the narrators voice which really makes this one work.

[jmmypaddy]

@Molo9000

yeeah lawrence has a very powerful. perfect narrater

[randy95023]

There is no way that Allied Command would have thought the Dieppe Raid would succeed in getting a foothold on occupied Europe. Dieppe was a way to test weapons and tactics for the "real" invasion of northern France. The men sacrificed at Dieppe did not die in vain. They sacrificed their lives in order that the eventual invasion would succeed. They are heroes, and their sacrifice saved many thousand allied lives and helped insure success of Operation Overlord. God Bless the Canadian Army!

[habsmeister09]

Dieppe was a total disaster for Canadians. The British did not care how many Canadians got killed because Canada meant nothing to them. To hear Mountbatten, one of the architects of Dieppe talk about the three criteria for a successful invasion makes me want to vomit.

[ferchrissakes314159]

No invasion like this had ever been tried. It's easy to say what the order of battle should be now that it's been done, but it had to be done to see what would work. It's sad that so many Canadians lost their lives at Dieppe, but it makes no sense to say the British didn't care about it. The Brits were losing their lives in North Africa, New Guinea, Burma, and all over London. They knew all about it. They wanted Overlord to succeed.

[teslagod2003]

@ferchrissakes314159 ever heard of the xerxes' invasion of greece?although there was no airforce during that time...

but such great invasion had been done before by xerxes,with superbly overwhelming forces,he wanted to taze athens to the ground...

[Lachausis]

@teslagod2003 The Greeks didn't have superb intelligence back then, nor did they have coastal batteries, costal bunkers and fortifications, radar, MG nests, spotter planes, radio messages from their spies. It took a long time to move armies. Xerxes could have landed almost anywhere without any serious resistance on the beaches

[teslagod2003]

@Lachausis yeah right,why didnt he just have landed much closer to athens or directly to athens itself?actually his father did,but failed because the greeks may have no spy intelligence,but they do have scouting intelligence.greeks generals and commanders have their own brilliance...

ever wondered why the battle of marthon was won by the athenians?why xerxes finally have been pushed away after many battles?

[teslagod2003]

@Lachausis with due respect with the persians,they did great thing,too,such as building the hellespont bridge,as well as doing their best to bypass greeks defences and avoid passes,until they were blocked in thermopylae.the persians are also have much better leadership,since they dont actually conquer and enslave.they were the most civilized people and advanced in technology in their time...

[teslagod2003]

@Lachausis in short,xerxes cant just simply have landed closer to athens because the athenians have great defences as well as passes.even though some greeks have surrendered to the persians,there are still many greeks who have formiddable army that can stop xerxes,actually if the phocians did not abandoned their posts,thermophylae and artemesium could have been a disaster to xerxes.

[happosai27]

i wonder how they could learn anything of that failed invasion try since all were captured like the narrator said

[jon1156]

It's true that Dieppe wasn't nearly as big as the Normandy landing but it looms large in Canadian history since it was largely carried out by Canadians under British command. Maybe a bit like Gallipoli for Australians.

[pix042]

That Bob Hope was born in Feltham.

[DJgaZman]

Lawrence Olivier makes this documentary as great as it is. Legend!

[davidperi]

This is the first time I have heard of that first invasion that turned out to be a horrible turn_out.

[78bobob]

ya it was prepared by the brithis but it was canadian troops that had to get killed

[DJgaZman]

I think the Americans got it worse at Omaha.

[woolvett22]

your a fucking idiot

[teslagod2003]

@davidperi actually if hitler listened well to rommel ang gave him enough forces he wants,then this overlord probably got totally in vain,rommel is a master tactician,he just didnt had enough forces and supplies to stop this invasion...

[rexmonster66]

Churchill may have been a bit of a blunderer when it came to military decisions but he was an inspiration to his country when his country needed him.

[FordPrefect23]

Churchill was as much a curse as he was a blessing. Just go ask any miner or anzac from the great war. Out of war he was an absolutely appalling leader and drunkard.

[mard420]

i'm glad we won, but it shocks me that it took everything the allies had to defeat Germany, which tale of the tape we should have beaten like nothing

[daltonagre]

Churchill was a terrible military commander.

Churchill also put the last Shah of Iran in power.Churchill also created Iraq.

But Churchill wasthe less terrible real choice in 1940.

[bazwaldo33]

Thank you damoosebelly excellent collection

[DoperwtRoberwt]

did you see it in brazil ;) ? And i agree, lovely collection. Would love to see similar series, maybe about world war 1.

[thegreatokie]

There is one about World War One here on youtube. I Faved one of the Eposiods Called The First World War Jihad 1/6 on Shinobi022 Channel. Just use my fav list to get you to the videos you need. Page 5 on the list

[trumpetlegs]

There is one- The Great War narrated by Michael Redgrave, done by the same people who did this. Also, Kenneth Brannagh narrated The Cold War series, also from this stable (although I might be wrong, but it's still an excellent series)

[TheBelovedButterfly]

@DoperwtRoberwt There is one, made about the same time.