Generation War
Great Historical miniseries from the same folks (Germany) that brought you the original:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Generation_War
Is on Net-flic's streaming. My wife and I both found it good.
The Eastern front looks like those places where the diggers find all the Soviet and German battlefield remains. Lots of action, military equipment but an interesting enough story line, too. Familiar scenes from all war movies, but this works, especially as the various characters are asked to get deeper and deeper in the Nazi required Scheisse storm.
How they prepare naively for Kursk and other battles is good.
From Wikipedia:
<<Generation War (German: Unsere Mütter, unsere Väter, literally "Our mothers, our fathers") is a German World War II TV miniseries in three parts. It was commissioned by public broadcasting organization ZDF, produced by the UFA subsidiary TeamWorx, and first aired in Germany and Austria in March 2013. The series tells the story of five German friends, aged around 20, on their different paths through Nazi Germany and World War II: As Wehrmacht soldiers on the Eastern Front, war nurse, aspiring singer, and Jewish tailor respectively. The narrative spans over five years starting in 1941 Berlin, when the friends meet up for a last time before embarking on their journeys, enthusiastically vowing to meet up again the following Christmas. The story's conclusion is set in a time shortly after the end of the war in 1945/46>>
In short an interesting peek into current Germans dealing with their parents/grandparents war.
On so many levels good, that my wife and I watched the whole thing straight through.
best,
Sully
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