The Great War

Finding superior documentaries on WWI made in the states it tough.

This one has historians that are very knowledgeable (the user complaining about the Gettysburg death figure given by one, using that to denounce the whole documentary, that is the official number, though surely under counted given there were so many MIAs) with a few being considered tops in the field. The historical recreations aren't always the best with things like uniforms being occasionally wrong, but for most, that will be trivial. As far as giving average Americans a look at the war, it's very entertaining and informative.

If a historian in your show is saying "at Gettysburg we lost maybe 7,000 troops..." you should question whether you're using the best people.

When something so ridiculously wrong makes it in the final product, what other falsehoods are being presented?

The History Channel grows further and further from being historical every day. This level of professional scrutiny is what we expect from Netflix, perhaps I am expecting too much from the Aliens and Pawn Stars network.

My review is too short but that's really my main gripe. After hearing the numbers given by that historian I kind of checked out. That's what happens when you don't bother to actually check what you present. People check out or get confidently misinformed.