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That's an interesting observation. I think there are a few times in the series where you get the feeling that it is celebrating the war - but it is usually in the context of emphasising the leadership qualities of an individual, the resilience of the soldiers or their camaraderie. The series...

...thing, whenever I watch war movies, I always think of the prologue in Slaughterhouse Five and I ask myself, "Is this portraying the war or celebrating it?" I think they could have portrayed it a little better. An entire episode in the plane towards Normandy could have been quite intense. 4...

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The WhiteShip A 12th century vessel that went down outside the harbour of Barfleur in Normandy, with only 2 survivors from the ~300 on board. Several members of the (Norman) English royal family drowned in the wreck, including the heir to the throne, William Aetheling. His death sparked a...