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[Premium Access] The Pacific - 1x6 Peleliu Airfield - Group Reaction + Uncut
Added 2020-12-24 14:23:10 +0000 UTCThe dehydrated and exhausted Marines attempt to take control of Peleliu Airfield.
Reaction: https://youtu.be/71klGQ5hBo8
Uncut: https://vimeo.com/489373006/9ecf061367
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I know it's unlikely, but after the whole conversation of just/unjust wars, I'd like to see them watch Legend of the Galactic Heroes. Mostly since that show has a lot to say about the nature of war, history, and human nature; as well as the overarching conflict about whether a corrupt democracy is better than an enlightened autocracy. To quote Yang Wenli: "There are only two current lines of thought in all of human history. The belief that there are things more valuable than human life, and the belief that there is nothing preferable to human life. When Wars start, it is based on the pretext of the former type of people; and when it ends, it justifies the latter. For how many hundreds of thousands of years has that been continuing?"
Andy C
2020-12-25 17:47:28 +0000 UTCRemember in BoB when the Easy Company guys were on the ship headed to Europe? They were talking about how lucky the soldiers headed to the pacific were? How they would be chilling under palm trees in the beach eating coconuts? If only they knew.
SeymourAsces
2020-12-25 06:25:55 +0000 UTCThank you for saying this. I had a weird look on my face when Marketa said that about WWI. It's arguably the dumbest war in human history. Soldiers in that war quickly realized they're nothing but meat in a grinder for imperial leaders who were essentially just playing a large scale version of Risk because they could. You're right. The Great War was essentially a family argument that got millions of people killed and it's effects had long lasting impact including the rise of Hitler, the stupidity of the Middle Eastern borders, rise of communism, etc. I don't think the British and French get enough blame for breaking the world in the 20th Century.
Chaos T
2020-12-24 23:19:21 +0000 UTCAlso about the discussion about WWI and WWII being some of the few "just" or "necessary" wars, I would argue that WWI was a really stupid war. The leaders of UK, Germany and Russia were cousins, the king of England and the Czar of Russia looked so similar they could have been mistaken for brothers rather than cousins. So Great War was essentially a family argument that got millions of people killed.
Frankie H
2020-12-24 23:06:05 +0000 UTCI could be wrong because it's been a few years since I read the book, but the guy who was killed was killed by accident. They meant to hit him with the flat side of the entrenching tool, but missed and hit him with the edge. I also think that the guy who hit him was a friend, making the situation all the more tragic.
Ceruleo
2020-12-24 22:16:28 +0000 UTCEspecially with the conversation at around 25:00 about Iraq, I hope you guys complete this trilogy of non-fiction HBO war miniseries with Generation Kill. It's such a wild contrast to Band of Brothers/The Pacific. Also seeing how much you guys are loving The Wire you're kind of guaranteed to love it.
outdoorcats
2020-12-24 21:14:17 +0000 UTCThis series does an amazing job showing how brutal the Pacific theater was. I've said it before but the Eastern Front was probably the most brutal, inhumane fighting in WWII but the Pacific theater isn't that far behind and would argue the Japanese were the most extreme fighting army in the entire war. The Russians were crazy and had a lot of balls but even they surrendered in battles. There's a good reason, besides geography, why The Japanese have rarely lost a war against a foreign opponent.
Chaos T
2020-12-24 21:14:10 +0000 UTCThe officer running the company is Captain Haldane, not a lieutenant, also known as "The Skipper" or his nick name "Ack-Ack." Captains usually command a company, in this case K company or "King" company. The younger guy with southern accent who is often alongside Captain Haldane is a lieutenant. I think, but I could be wrong that the Lieutenant runs Slege's heavy weapons unit. The Lieutenant's nickname is Hillbilly because of his thick southern accent.
Frankie H
2020-12-24 20:32:23 +0000 UTC
