WWII in HD (Collector's Edition) [Blu-ray] Reviews

The History Channel’s WWII in HD receives a quality repackage and reissue with some impressive additions to qualify as a collector’s edition. Originally released as a 2-Disc set on Blu-Ray, this release adds an hour long documentary on the brutal Battle for Iwo Jima, with extraordinary footage of the pounding the island took before the full-scale assault (the largest the Marines had ever mounted) was launched, and wrenching footage of the fierce fight the Marines undertook against a well-prepared and deeply entrenched Japanese force. Also included is the 90 minute documentary, The Air War, which aired on The History Channel for Veteran’s Day last year. This is a genuinely engrossing and potent documentation of the vicious and deadly fight the American 8^th Air Force fought against the German Luftwaffe and fortified anti-aircraft defenses in their effort to take the fight to Germany and bomb into submission the enemy in lead up to the D-Day invasion. One of the four men followed in this documentary is the late Andy Rooney, former commentator on CBS’s 60 Minutes, who died last week. Rooney was stationed in the UK during World War II writing for Stars & Stripes, and he, along with three pilots whose stories are told, make evermore real the danger and daring of those who served.  

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