Part One
- Episode aired Jan 26, 2024
- TV-MA
- 1h 2m
IMDb RATING
7.9/10
3.5K
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Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.Led by Majors Cleven and Egan, the 100th Bomb Group arrives in England and joins the 8th Air Force's campaign against Nazi Germany.
Storyline
Did you know
- TriviaIn the first episode the oft repeated claim is made that the Nordon bomb sight could drop a bomb in a pickle barrel and the belief that the could hit specific targets accurately was one of the factors that led to the US adopting a daylight bombing strategy. Sadly, in reality, the USAAF gained a reputation for unbelievable inaccuracy with its bombing. On 1st April 1944, 50 Liberators which had been dispatched to bomb Ludwigshafen, accidentally bombed Schaffhausen, in Switzerland, 146 miles away from the target causing 310 Swiss casualties. On 22 February 1945, thirteen USAAF air attacks took place on Switzerland with Stein am Rhein receiving the most damage. Other places included Taegerwilen, Rafz, and Vals. Overall, 21 people were killed in these attacks. Overall, Switzerland was attacked over 70 times during the war.
- GoofsAfter aborting a landing (a "go around") just above the runway due to wind shear, a B-17 climbs away at a ludicrously steep angle at low speed. In reality, that aircraft would have just stalled into the ground and killed everyone.
- Quotes
Maj. Gale 'Buck' Cleven: So, you want to tell me about this unicorn story?
Maj. John 'Bucky' Egan: The unicorn is my favorite extinct animal.
- ConnectionsReferences Test Pilot (1938)
Featured review
Mediocre
Well, this series is finally airing now. My wife and I huge military history lovers, and so we were both quite looking forward to this series. I will start with that it seems rather obvious that it's not the same writers as Band of Brothers. As another reviewer said: very little character development and a lot of cliches. The CGI is rather low budget as well, so most scenes come across as cinematics from Call of Duty or the like. And I'll also say that the acting isn't all that great either. Somehow HBO pulled off a WWII drama perfectly, right from the start, with Band of Brothers.
Hopefully it improves in following episodes, because so far it's very mediocre.
Hopefully it improves in following episodes, because so far it's very mediocre.
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- josigreenaway
- Jan 26, 2024
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