The format is British based academic historians jostling for camera space together with docudrama interpretations of the behaviour of Hitler and his cronies.
It felt as if the myriad historians were mimicking the battle for attention which their subjects had engaged in. Some of them had only one or two lines in the whole production.
Several assertions made by the narrator are actually still the subject of debate (eg Goering's naive offer to supply the 6th Army by air).
I found the dramatic components unconvincing, with actors being swapped as their 'characters' aged. Who cast that guy as Hess? Also, anyone in the German military wearing his cap sloppily and his top button undone would have been on a charge at once. This lack of attention to detail impairs the viewer's understanding of the regime, in my view.
Overall, despite my concerns, I found this series engaging and I'm sure it mirrors present day Whitehouse machinations.
It felt as if the myriad historians were mimicking the battle for attention which their subjects had engaged in. Some of them had only one or two lines in the whole production.
Several assertions made by the narrator are actually still the subject of debate (eg Goering's naive offer to supply the 6th Army by air).
I found the dramatic components unconvincing, with actors being swapped as their 'characters' aged. Who cast that guy as Hess? Also, anyone in the German military wearing his cap sloppily and his top button undone would have been on a charge at once. This lack of attention to detail impairs the viewer's understanding of the regime, in my view.
Overall, despite my concerns, I found this series engaging and I'm sure it mirrors present day Whitehouse machinations.