Great Battles of WWII (Videobook)

Interesting look at some of the forgotten battles of WWII
It's a three DVD set with not a lot of extras but the documentaries themselves are well done (and in color) that features a series of episodes on the major battles of WWII as well as some of the less covered topics (like the Battle of Singapore).

On a scale of things, it isn't at the level of The War - A Film By Ken Burns and Lynn Novick but at the same time, it is a lot better than some of the other WWII DVDs that are out there that only feature a superficial look at the topic and the same tired footage.

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I own a lot of documentaries on WW2. I bought this one even though it had no reviews because it was cheap. The description does not detail what is contained in the package. It is actually a subset re-package of the "WWII Battlefront" series which I already own. I wish the contents of all the episodes would be listed so that we wouldn't be tricked into buying the same episodes in different collections.

This DVD package contains:

Disc 1
The Fall of Singapore
Pearl Harbor
The Battle of Midway
The Solomon Islands

Disc 2
Side A
The Gilbert Islands
Burma: The Forgotten Front
Battle in Palau
Liberation of the Phillipines
Side B
Operation Dragoon
Battle of the Bulge
The Last Stronghold
Mount Hot Rocks

As other have noted in other reviews of the other packages, these are colorized, not actual color film footage. But I enjoy them anyway.

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Movie of the WW II era
These DVDs are a must of WW II buffs. I am very pleased with
this buy. I bought them in the used category and they came
new. The quality is of the 1940s time frame and are not real sharp
but considering that time and the camera work I deem it good.
You will not go wrong if you buy this series from the used
category.

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