The Pacific

[Godsahibby]

I'm sure it starts tonight on Sky Movies and i'd recommend you watch it if you can. I was a bit worried it wouldnt live up to the hype but I'm 4 episodes in and so far it has been fantastic. Been interesting to find out a bit more about the war in the pacific, something that before now i've not known much about with the History I've delt with more on the war in Europe.

Like Band of Brothers I will be getting this when it comes out on box set, purely just for the extras, they should be pretty interesting.

[Saorsa]

I'm sure it starts tonight on Sky Movies and i'd recommend you watch it if you can. I was a bit worried it wouldnt live up to the hype but I'm 4 episodes in and so far it has been fantastic. Been interesting to find out a bit more about the war in the pacific, something that before now i've not known much about with the History I've delt with more on the war in Europe.

Like Band of Brothers I will be getting this when it comes out on box set, purely just for the extras, they should be pretty interesting.I'll be watching it :agree: :thumbsup:

[HUTCHYHIBBY]

Is it being shown on a weekly basis? quite looking forward to it.

[Sylar]

I'm absolutely furious it's being shown on Sky Movies and not one of the more accessible channels - sheer profiteering from the *******s.

I watched this when it premiered in the USA on the Fox channel (channel FX over here) and was really looking forward to seeing it over here.

Sky Movies is the only part of their package I don't have and there's no way I'm subscribing just to watch something which shouldn't even be on there.

Their decision to put a drama series on one of their payment package channels is farcical.

[Lofarl]

Does it omitt everything the other allies did against the Japs too?

[Godsahibby]

Like Band of Brothers it follows one unit so not much mention of what else went on.

[EH6 Hibby]

I'm absolutely furious it's being shown on Sky Movies and not one of the more accessible channels - sheer profiteering from the *******s.

I watched this when it premiered in the USA on the Fox channel (channel FX over here) and was really looking forward to seeing it over here.

Sky Movies is the only part of their package I don't have and there's no way I'm subscribing just to watch something which shouldn't even be on there.

Their decision to put a drama series on one of their payment package channels is farcical.

Sounds like when Sky started showing Scottish European Football matches on Sky One when they were having their disagreement with Virgin which meant Virgins customers who were no longer getting Sky One couldn't watch them. I paid for Sky Sports at the time and I was furious. :grr:

[lyonhibs]

I've seen the first 3 episodes, and it's shaping up to be at least the equal of Band of Brothers.

[Saorsa]

Anybody who watched this live have any problems with it breaking up? I recorded it on Skyplus and when I tried tae watch it it kept breaking up :grr:

[bod]

anyone want to say who wins to save me watching it

[GhostofBolivar]

Does it omitt everything the other allies did against the Japs too?

It's about the Pacific campaign, which didn't really involve anyone other than the US and Japan.

Also, please don't use the word 'Japs'. It's generally considered racist these days. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap)

[Gatecrasher]

Watched it tonight, Brilliant!

im always amazed at what some of these people have went through and have my deepest respect.

It was good when they were steeling the army supplies :greengrin

[hibsbollah]

It's about the Pacific campaign, which didn't really involve anyone other than the US and Japan.

Also, please don't use the word 'Japs'. It's generally considered racist these days. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jap)

I'm sure the British veterans of the Burma campaign (as well as the Australians), and the Russians who made significant advances against the Japanese on the Northern front might disagree with you there.

[Heggie]

I'm sure the British veterans of the Burma campaign (as well as the Australians), and the Russians who made significant advances against the Japanese on the Northern front might disagree with you there.

Agreed, you can also add the estimated three to four million Chinese military casualties to that list. The Pacific is an awsome TV series thou.

[GhostofBolivar]

I'm sure the British veterans of the Burma campaign (as well as the Australians), and the Russians who made significant advances against the Japanese on the Northern front might disagree with you there.

What I said was right.

The series is being advertised as 'The Pacific' not 'The War against Japan.'

XIVth Army in Burma came under the aegis of Mountbatten's South East Asia Command in Ceylon.

The Pacific campaign was a different theatre of operations entirely and had two command structes. The first was Nimitz's Pacific Ocean Area command; the second MacArthur's South West Pacific Areas command. It was very much an American war. Other nations didn't have the resources to operate in theatre and, in any case, there were conscious efforts by US commanders to marginalise the forces of allied nations.

Midway, Guadalcanal, Tarawa, Kwajalein, Saipan, The Phillipine Sea, Leyte and the Phillipines, Peleliu, Iwo Jima, Okinawa.

American battles. American victories.