I liked Band of Brothers, however like a bridge to far it made out the British to be incompetant also rans I wish that film producers would be just and give credit were it is due not just to the British but to all our commonwealth brothers in arms.

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I liked Band of Brothers, however like a bridge to far it made out the British to be incompetant also rans I wish that film producers would be just and give credit were it is due not just to the British but to all our commonwealth brothers in arms.

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"A Bridge Too Far" was a British Film ( directed by Richard Attenborough ) and I believe the criticisms of the British cock-ups were reasonably accurate.

This one starts here next month and I'll watch it. If it tends to be US-biased I don't mind, I can see that like BOB the audience is principally going to be the US and the reality of the Pacific war was that it was really two conjoined wars with the US doing the island hopping whilst the Commonwealth fought on the mainlands.

From a personal point of view I'm interested because my mother was the product of a US serviceman and a local girl so I had forefathers fighting for NZ in New Guinea and the US in the Pacific and I grew up surrounded by war stories from both the RSA and VFW as a result.

This one starts here next month and I'll watch it. If it tends to be US-biased I don't mind, I can see that like BOB the audience is principally going to be the US

I believe the "in Australia" parts were shot in Melbourne even if they were trying to depict Brisbane. Not too sure where the action footage was shot though.



Brian