It’s a deliberately inflammatory post title but I can’t be the only person getting a little fed up with the dominance of Americans in any modern media relating to World War II.
Take a look at this, a trailer for ‘The Pacific’, the latest HBO TV series from the Spielberg and Hanks stable (Saving Private Ryan & Band Of Brothers) :
It will be a quality mini-series. Have no doubt of that. However, I can’t help lamenting the lack of any reference to Britain, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and the rest of the commonwealth along with Poland etc (let alone the likes of Russia) whenever depictions of World War II are produced. It’s the same problem whether it’s TV, Film or increasingly, video games (Call Of Duty, Battlefield etc). I don’t know for sure they’ll be missing in ‘The Pacific’ but given the fact it’s set in the Pacific theatre, coupled with Mr Spielberg’s utter disregard for any non-American forces in their previous outings, it seems almost a given.
I wish some UK TV company would grow some testicles (that immediately removes the BBC from the equation) and made something from a wholly non-US perspective. If only so that in 50 years, when people glance back through all the literature and media they don’t come to the conclusion that World War II was a purely American war.
