The episodes are truly expertly made, especially when it comes to specific events (which are the main topic of most episodes).
Naturally, a lot of information is missing, especially when it comes to the background about many many leaders as well as Nazi officers, and many more people who are integral for understanding the second world war. Viewing the TV show as mostly "battle. (i.e as a show focusing on explaining in detail the battles of the WW themselves rather than the motives behind them and the background that led to them) - I am very much fine with giving up these important details, especially considering the short show's length.
I would like to talk extensively about the problems I've had with the 9th episode, talking about the Holocaust. The entire episode is pretty poorly made, you can't try to explain the holocaust well enough in just under 50 minutes, it's just not enough. It'd be fine if the show didn't even make a single episode about the horrors of the holocaust, as I said, it's not the main purpose of the show. But if you are going to talk about the holocaust then you better do it well and 50 minutes just isn't enough, it is clearly noticeable in that episode that they just tried to cram far too much information in such a short time, and so many important details about the holocaust were left missing as a result.
Lastly, the position of the show feels morally wrong to me, trying to justify the allies' decision not to take action knowing the atrocities the jews went through. They obviously knew of the holocaust (though not to the extent of it perhaps) and they could have tried to at least offer refuge to jews (which as was explained, just wasn't the case) and do much more than that. The allies stood and did nothing about the holocaust because antisemitism existed in the entire world, and frankly no one gave a damn about the jews. The entire existence of Israel as a state is strongly believed to be a result of the blame counties felt for looking away from the holocaust in WW2 and voting in favor of founding Israel in resolution 181 of the UN. The allies' fault is nothing compared to cruelty of the Nazis, but standing aside and letting those horrors happen are also unforgivable.
Naturally, a lot of information is missing, especially when it comes to the background about many many leaders as well as Nazi officers, and many more people who are integral for understanding the second world war. Viewing the TV show as mostly "battle. (i.e as a show focusing on explaining in detail the battles of the WW themselves rather than the motives behind them and the background that led to them) - I am very much fine with giving up these important details, especially considering the short show's length.
I would like to talk extensively about the problems I've had with the 9th episode, talking about the Holocaust. The entire episode is pretty poorly made, you can't try to explain the holocaust well enough in just under 50 minutes, it's just not enough. It'd be fine if the show didn't even make a single episode about the horrors of the holocaust, as I said, it's not the main purpose of the show. But if you are going to talk about the holocaust then you better do it well and 50 minutes just isn't enough, it is clearly noticeable in that episode that they just tried to cram far too much information in such a short time, and so many important details about the holocaust were left missing as a result.
Lastly, the position of the show feels morally wrong to me, trying to justify the allies' decision not to take action knowing the atrocities the jews went through. They obviously knew of the holocaust (though not to the extent of it perhaps) and they could have tried to at least offer refuge to jews (which as was explained, just wasn't the case) and do much more than that. The allies stood and did nothing about the holocaust because antisemitism existed in the entire world, and frankly no one gave a damn about the jews. The entire existence of Israel as a state is strongly believed to be a result of the blame counties felt for looking away from the holocaust in WW2 and voting in favor of founding Israel in resolution 181 of the UN. The allies' fault is nothing compared to cruelty of the Nazis, but standing aside and letting those horrors happen are also unforgivable.