OT:splendid WWII movie you'll never see:(

[gregebowman]

First of all, although you may not hear about foreign films being available in the states, I know for a fact that they are. Suncoast Motion Picture has a few. I even bought a German film called Stalingrad, about the events there as seen through the eyes of the German troops. Very interesting film. I'm just glad I wasn't there. If this PQ-17 film ever makes it to the states in dvd form, I'll buy it.

Speaking of this PQ-17, I admit I know nothing about it. In my teen years, I was an avid reader when it came to WWII. I must have read everythig in my high school library on the subject. But I don't remember reading about this. It's a shame, though, that the escorts ran when they could have at least made a try at defending the convoy. But if I was the commander, and I saw the Tirpitz, I might run too. Hard to tell what one will do unless you're in that position.

But speaking of Russians and tragedy, there's an event that happened at the end of the war that should make some Russians ashamed. There was a passenger ship, whose name I can't remember, crammed full of over 10,000 fleeing Germans, mostly civilians. I can't recall which body of water it was, but the ship was either torpedoed or shelled, and sank, killing most of those 10,000. This is a tragedy far greater than the Titanic, yet no one ever talks about it. I've only seen a couple of references to it in some of those books I used to read.

[ February 16, 2004, 13:31: Message edited by: gregebowman ]