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      DVD: Battle in the Atlantic 

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      fishface88
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      ‘Battle in the Atlantic’ is the latest in the long line of DVD’s that document the long and arduous campaign to control to North Atlantic sea lanes.

      I think I’m safe to presume that those reading this have a fair knowledge of the Atlantic campaign so instead of outlining the ‘story’ I’ll crack straight on with the content specific to this DVD.

      The DVD is a collection of footage of various elements of the Atlantic campaign with occasional commentary.
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      DVD Assault on Normandy – Pegasus Bridge 

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      Fang_Farrier
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      This DVD from those lovely people at Pen and Sword encapsulates all that is good about a modern multimedia resource. It is comprised of the main documentary, a shorter supplemental piece and then numerous printable maps, documents, photographs and even a complimentary battlefield tour if you are lucky enough to visit the site of Pegasus and Horsa Bridges.

      The main Pegasus Bridge piece is split into 4 sections. The first describes the raising of the Airborne Forces including their inspiration from the success of the Fallschimjagers during the campaigns against Belgium and Holland in 1940 as well as previous examples of even earlier paratroops. The second section, focuses onto the Horsa gliders and the training of the Gilder Pilot Regiment pilots, as well as the training of the Ox and Buck prior to D-Day. The next section deals with the actual landings on the bridges themselves before finally finishing with the holding of them until relieved.
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      DVD: The Waterloo collection - Cavalry Charge, La Haie Sainte & Plancenoit ... 

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      AlienFTM
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      ... The French and Prussian Attacks

      This is a Pen & Sword Digital DVD, part three of four devoted to the Waterloo campaign from Napoleon's return to France, ensuing battles, final pursuit and eventual surrender, running time approximately 95 minutes. (It is clearly three separate films of close to 30 minutes.) Being part three of four, it started with a commentator to camera, stating something like, "It was now early afternoon ..." It literally went straight in without pre-amble, obviously continuing straight on from where Episode Two finished.

      This DVD looks at the afternoon's fighting which sees Marshal Ney launching "thousands of France's finest heavy cavalry against Wellington's thinning lines", the battle of La Haie Sainte and von Blücher's army's arrival on the battlefield and the battles for the village of Plancenoit on the eastern flank of the battle.
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      DVD Review - Camp Victory, Afghanistan 

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      untallguy
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      This is a must-see documentary for anyone interested in or going to Afghanistan. Ninety minutes long, it shows the relationship between the ANA’s 207 Corps in Herat and their American training/mentoring teams over a three-year period. Capturing meetings, KLEs, briefings, memorials, patrols, training sessions and interviews with ANA and US soldiers, it gives a rarely-seen insight into the war in Afghanistan.

      The US National Guard mentors must cope with the frustrations of dealing with the cultural differences between the mentors and their ANA colleagues. Additionally, the illiteracy of many of the ANA, coupled with many recruits’ fluctuating motivation and sometime sympathy for the insurgents, creates friction. That said, I raised a wry smile on more than one occasion when the National Guard soldiers discover that the hidden talents within the ANA: when the US team’s Sergeant-Major discovers that his ANA counterpart speaks four languages – three more than him – I laughed out loud.
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      Firearms Guide with Schematics - 2nd Edition DVD 

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      ugly
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      I was asked by Bad CO if I would review the Firearms Guide 2nd Edition on DVD which he'd been offered by the publisher. The blurb states that it presents over 50,000 models of Firearms, airguns and ammo from 425 manufacturers worldwide which makes it pretty comprehensive. Using the capacity provided by the DVD format, it also includes 27,000 high resolution images with up to 12 per model. It works on XP, Vista and Windows 7 so not good news for you Mac and Linux users out there! ...
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