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The wife and I were digging through old doccos uploaded to Youtube and stumbled across The Occult History of the Third Reich, which sounds for all the world like a History Channel "OMG THE NAZI GOLD!" type sensationalist pile of bs. Surprisingly enough though it's a pretty detailed look at the roots and practices of the more esoteric side of everyone's least favourite fascists, and how it all tied into their genocidal ideology. I was extremely impressed.
So brainrot re-engaged we started watching The World At War, and it's cool but I desire a non-Western perspective. I realise that a lot of countries in say, Eastern Europe might not have as much reason to fetishise past wars through documentary as the US and its military industrial complex, but I'd really like to see the second world war through other lenses. Soooo much of American and British WWII doccos are sooooo bad. Pull up the 1995 Battlefield series and it's all "dyk that Hitler was actually a big stinky dumbdumb and his generals were all very sexy nicebois who oversaw no crimes and could have totes legitsies taken Moscow and Kursk if not for that meddling Adolf??" type garbage.
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Does anyone have WWII docs that say the dropping of the nuclear bomb was immoral? I only get bullshit about how in the end it saved lives because Japan would never surrender and it pisses me off.
Not aware of any docs, but the Based Talking Skull Guy made a lil video about the process, justifications, morality and effects of the nuclear bombs being dropped on Japan which is superb. Lot of insight into Imperial Japanese high command.
Have you seen "the atomic Cafe"? It's an essay film entirely made from found footage from after WW2 about the nuclear arms race and there's scenes in there that sure make the US seem absolutely insane.
Atomic Cafe is something everyone here should watch. It's a very good historical setpiece and also it's why the Fallout series exists.
Atomic Cafe is a classic for a reason, best way to feel grim and nihilistic.
It was to the hippies what Threads was to the punks