History Buffs: The Pacific
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- Опубликовано: 28 сен 2024
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In this episode, we dive into HBO's The Pacific to explore its portrayal of World War II. How accurate is it to the real events and stories of the soldiers who fought in the Pacific theater? Join us as we break down the historical details, the storytelling, and what the show gets right (or wrong) about this crucial part of history!
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Welcome back! Love your content ❤❤❤
Thanks for your content
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THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO you really made my day
can you do full metal jacket?
Hey everyone just wanted to do a quick apology. I mistakenly referred to Marines as 'soldiers' earlier, and I know that’s not right. I understand the difference and I’m sorry this slipped through the cracks. I definitely respect the unique identity of the Marines, and I appreciate all of your service. Thanks for understanding!
you cant call a Navy corpsman a Army medic either we have a bunch of weird branch rivalries in the U.S. At least its not like Japan
@@jerrysmooth24what's it like in the Japanese military?
@@dominiqueodom3099 IIRC The navy and the army downright hated each other during WWII
"Dear Army soldiers
Army? Fck that!"
-Generation Kill
@@dominiqueodom3099in Ww2 the army and navy would sometimes literally leave each other for dead so not a great relationship to say the least
AN HOUR AN TWENTY SEVEN MINUTES!?!?!?! THIS IS GONNA BE THE BEST EPISODE EVER!!!!!
I JUST SAW THE TIMESTAMP OH FUCK YES
This just made the night shift 10 times better
Its 1:00pm where I'm from, (north Carolina) and I just woke up to this
I've been there. Good luck with the night shit.
Hope you're not a busdriver.
@jab01 same here my guy
HELL YES!
I saw this on my youtube page and audibly yelled "HOLY FUCK LETS GO"
Joe Pesci Remembers... watch your back
1hr30min history buff video, my sunday is complete
I loved The Pacific. Obviously not 100% accurate but no docuseries is. I thought it was still fantastic
Over an hour of History buffs?! YES PLEASE ❤❤❤❤
I love your videos, thanks for uploading
Oh boy I love the HBO World War 2 cinematic universe
Based on a true story
It's disappointing that Apple got what they call the 3rd part of the series.
Wow, this really makes my day a brand new history buff episode There are so many shows and movies that you could do more reviews on the next one I recommend you do is Chernobyl.
Wow, a new History Buffs, and it's almost 4 times longer than Band of Brothers!
There goes my next hour and a half!
I've heard it described thusly: History doesn't care about realism. And that is true.
Whether it is Audie Murphy in Italy, who had to cut about half of his Medal of Honor heroics from his biopic to avoid alienating the audience, to the utter insanity that was the Marines at Chosin, and even to stuff like Rorke's Drift or Daniel Inouye. History doesn't care about realism.
i think you mistake realism for verosimilitude but I get your point. History is not a movie genre, things that actually happen can be very far from what people expect or think possible. There's a common quote that puts it brilliantly: "truth is stranger than fiction."
@jforozco12 verisimilitude is the idea that stuff within a story makes sense in the context of said story. Realism is more about whether one can believe that such a thing can actually happen in real life.
Magic isn't realistic but it can still be made to make sense within the context of a story. But history, quite often, blatantly REFUSES to make any sort of sense in any sort of context.
Nick pronounces Guadal with 2 syllables. Gwah-doll In the US we just say "gwadal"
I noticed that too.
I looked up the British pronunciation and it’s the same so I have no idea where he got that
@@Pixiel711 This is indeed interesting
Very underrated series! Really unfair that that it was compared to Band of Brothers condescendingly.
Yes it was during the same period but in a different theatere of WW2 which next to the Eastern Front saw some of the most brutal fighting of the war.
I believe the Pacific showed how vicious WW2 really was.
it definitely deserved a darker tone. The fight in the Pacific was just an uglier more horrible fight compared to the Western Front of Europe, which might even be called gentlemanly in comparison. There was just an animosity in the Pacific that wasn't there in Europe (except between the Soviets and Germany) If you read Eugene Sledge's book, which the show was based on, they nailed it, mostly. It was just horrific. So I think it's silly that people didn't like the tone of the show. I don't know what they expected
"Looooong have I waited"
Personally, I always liked the pacific more. I love BoB but I found this series a lot more raw and intimate
I also prefer The Pacific, BOB is a bit too sanitized.
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Historical Movies/Shows to review next:
- Catch Me If You Can (2002 Movie)
- 12 Years a Slave (2013 Movie)
- Hacksaw Ridge (2016 Movie)
- Greyhound (2020 Movie)
- Theodore Rosevelt (2022 Television Series)
- Masters of the Air (2024 Television Series)
- Chernobyl (2019 Television Series)
- The Post (2017 Movie)
- Denial (2016 Movie)
- The Imitation Game (2014 Movie)
12 Years a Slave would be crazy.
Catch me if you can would be 20 minutes of "This didn't happen and this never happened and no, not true" since it a con-man BS-ing about his non-existent escapades.
He probably won't touch that one lol@@DiviAugusti
I would love to see him review Hacksaw Ridge, given his hatred of all things Mel Gibson & historical.
They did a great job. All war is hell, but the pacific was a special kind of hell altogether.
Iv been waiting for this one for a long time
These videos are better than what tv or multi billion company can produce. Keep up the good work ❤❤
Nice vid as usual.
Now do Masters of the Air.
Aight boys grab a drink and a pizza the chief just dropped another classic episode
LETS GOOOOOO
absolute legend for choosing this series
OOOOOORAAAAAHHHHHH 🦅🌐⚓️ LONG LIVE GUNNY BASILONE
I think The Pacific was better than Band of Brothers. Don't @ me.
I used to be a massive fanboy of Band of Brothers but the extent of how poorly researched the story is has diminished it in my eyes.
@badcornflakes6374
History Buffs is like Santa. He shows up, gives us a fantastic gift, then leaves for a year
The Pacific is the most important show ever made, in my opinion.
Need you to do Masters of the Air! Thank you for your work Nick!
OH SHIT!!!! Here we go again 🚶🏽
BABE, BAAABE TURN OFF THAT FUCKING PHONE! I DONT CARE IF YOU’RE TALKING TO YOUR MOM, NEW HISTORY BUFFS VIDEO JUST DROPPED
Thank you for your video! Did you already think about covering "Generation Kill"? Would be a nice addition to the HBO line up. ;)
On Leckie sending letters to Vera--This was even addressed in the show. He wrote the letters but never sent them, said that the "rain on Cape Gloucester probably wiped away every word."
I prefer The pacific tbh. BoB put easy company in a golden throne and downplays other allies.
What's up, @HistoryBuffs? I got this series on my birthday last year. I have to finish it. I got three episodes left.
I kid you not, I just finished the show yesterday. Perfect timing.
Do you know how long I wanted you to do the pacific and you finally did 😭😭😭😭😭
Loving the mix of historical and miniseries footage in this one.
20:59 My Brother In Law helped build that!
Been waiting for this one!! Love this channel!
13:44 Did you seriously censor the word "Jap"?
RUclips clearly telling them to censor it 😒
Yassss King. You dropped this 👑
Oh I’ve been hoping for this one
YES! IVE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS!
History Buffs, if you ever are looking at pacific books like E.B Sledge, I cannot enough recommend William Manchesters Goodbye Darkness. Easily one of my favorite memoirs and I believe his accounts of the Pacific Theatre blow E.B Sledges account out of the water!
I read Sledges account back in 82. A gift from my dad who read it. Bad memories for him
58:51 that soundeffect 💀
Gunny Basilone is one of the top 10 most well known Marines, and all of us who have been in The Corps know his name and actions very well.
He’s a legend, a man who we as Marines revere and will never forget.
The pacific was so heavy metal
Wake up, it's TIIIIIME!!!!
Nick, this is just amazing. Thank you for making these amazing videos! Greetings from Colombia!
Colombia fought brave in WW2 thank you
Oh I've been waiting for this one for a LONG TIME 👏👏👏
Omg the pacific!!! 😍😍😍
The Japanese got off light in terms of historical acknowledgement of their barbarity. Everyone knows what Germany did. Only a percentage know what Japan did.
Fantastic as always. Both my grandfathers fought in the Pacific. One a Navy veteran of Coral Sea and Guadalcanal (his ship managed to detonate a Japanese destroyer) the other fighting with the 3rd Marine Division after surviving the attack on Pearl Harbor.
I agree with you and Dale Dye. A convincing combat veteran on screen is something only total immersion into the culture and time period and respect of those they are portraying can produce.
Also, tbh, I wish there would be a series aboout the Naval war and the Africa and Italy campaigns.
Alabama Polytechnic Institute is now Auburn University. War Eagle !!!
Just a minir correction, now I could be wrong, google was no help but I am pretty sure Basilone firing the machine gun like he did in thr show wasn't a problem, he was using a watercooled machine gun which will not over heat with continuous fire as long as it has a supply of water
My great grandpa faught in the pacific in the army so I lean more towards this show then band of brothers.
Please please please do reviews on The Last Duel and Napoleon, both directed by Ridley Scott. Would love to hear how your historical research compares to the films
You should check out the movie “City of Life and Death” which is about the Rape of Nanking
Sir, I was about to go to bed. I'll be sleepy at work tomorrow and that's on you. Shame! 😀 No, but really, thank you for your work.
HE HAS RISEN!!!
Im all for 90 minute 1 parts over 45 minutes 2 parters. Can’t wait to ignore everything I’m supposed to do for over an hour!!
1.6k likes & posted 1 hour ago but the video is 1.5hours long! Love how everyone here already knows the quality your videos bring to our table.
Proud owner of the boxset absolutely love this series I rate it a bit higher than band of brothers
I just finished watching the last episode of the pacific this exact minute, only to be greeted by this youtube notification
I never even knew this show existed...I am now, and like 'The Terror' hope it moves me as much.
I love your work! We get a massive 1.5 hours of your content? I am about to go to work…but I can’t wait to watch.
Special shoutout to the main intro to The Pacific. Spine tingling.
Yesssss finally let’s go request to do Pancho Villa with Antonio Banderas
dude thank you for giving me the strength to finish my paper 😭
Nobody wants to see war, they only want heros and victory.
Babe wake up, new History Buffs video just dropped.
i am once again requesting the Shogun episode
(Said in Obama's voice)
Funny, I was thinking about this channel the other day.
This is one of my favorite TV series. Thank you for covering it.
Finally! Some more history from the Pacific Theater
Now you’ve gotta finish the trifecta with Masters of the Air
When the world needed him most, he uploaded a video.
HELL YEAH WE GOT ANOTHER GOATED VIDEO FROM THE GREATEST BRO
About damn time.
Cheers to a good take.
I’ve been waiting for this video for so long
Yesssssss! Do The Alamo next (2004)!!!
Hands down, one of the best shows of all time
Babe wake up nick uploading a new video
Holy shit he's ALIVE
Another post from a GOAT
Best Sunday night!
The king is back
I LOVE your work.
Outstanding!
Glad I'm early!
OMG!
Mind F'NG Blown!!!
Babe wake up, History Buffs just posted and it's a movie length video
Babe Ruth. Wake him up
Is it just me or is Call of Duty World at War still the best depiction of the War on the Pacific Front?
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while i cannot recommend this show on the same lines of Band of Brothers. what i can recommend is the book "with the old breed at peleliu and okinawa" that Eugene Sledge, wrote after the war.
the main fault of the show imo, is that it had too large of a cast. if it had followed Sledge and Sanfu, and had john basilone as a side story. i think the over all show would have worked a lot better.
I turned it off when they went to Australia. I just didn't care it was just really boring
@@musstakrakish do you need family guy funny moments in the corner so your tiktok brain doesn’t get bored? If you want mindless explosions for two hours watch a transformers movie
You would cut out Robert Leckie entirely?
@@ayoa1173 yes, but not because his story is bad or anything. but it drags on for too long and should have been it's own show.