I would refer you to my earlier posts
"I have watched the first four in 720p and it is top notch. The only thing that stops it from being as good as BofB is the nature of the war itself.
The European campaign did have some element of glory and romance to them. The great epic battles and battle lines.THe failed missions etc. There was aclear battleground with epic losses and victories.
In the Pacific the campaign was a nasty slog fromone shitty little island to another. No real sense of two sides indulging in epic battles.Just one nasty littlejungle fight after another. As a result the Pacific campaign is less glorious and has less of a clear and defined narrative. It was just like this programme...seriously disjointed and seriously fucking grim "
And
"However, it is grim, uncomfortable watching. B of B was alway superb and none of it was difficult to watch. It was actually quite heroic in the true sense (not in the bullshit Hollywood sense).
But the Pacific campaign and hence this programme is unremittingly fucking grim. One long, sweaty, jungle fight after another on shitty little islands.
A great programme but much more uncomfortable viewing that BofB "