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Directed by Devon Chivvis
The Story:
The National Geographic Channel offers up a documentary about Operation Drumbeat, one of the most successful, yet unknown battles of World War II.
Why?
Because it was waged right off of the Atlantic seaboard of America and the government did not want Americans to panic!
Now, settle in and learn a few things.
This is the story of how Germany sailed U-boats right off the East coast just days after Pearl Harbor, and then began sinking American (and other) boats.
Using recreated footage, file footage and speculation, the tale unfolds fairly fast in this 45 minute documentary.
Much of the documentary also unfolds in the present, as divers attempt to locate and actually dive shipwrecks of some of the ships lost by the U-boat attacks, and perhaps a German sub as well.
Some pretty interesting things to learn in the documentary, one of which is how close the Germans came to coming ashore for some diabolical plots to unfold.
If you've got an hour to spare, you can stream this on Netflix as of this writing.
Be advised, a little over halfway through, the audio went out on this program. I attempted to watch it again for 3 or 4 days until the problem finally corrected itself for me.
Hopefully your audio experience is better.
Final Grade: B-
Rewatchability/Purchase Factor: Nah, this is a one-time visit. Interesting subject to be sure, but not interesting enough to come back to on multiple visits.
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