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Tuesday, December 27, 2011

BBC Document Unfinished Business - Croatian War Crimes in Mostar Dvdrip Xvid - NewMov

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BBC Document Unfinished Business - Croatian War Crimes in Mostar Dvdrip Xvid - NewMov

English | AVI | Mpeg4 | 640x480 | 00:44:08 | 29.970 fps 2214 kbps | MP3 128 kbps 48 KHz | 698 MB
Genre: Documentary
Unfinished Business, a BBC documentary about the bombardment of East Mostar by the Croatian Army in the fall of 1993, was first broadcasted in 1994. It was later shown in an ICTY (International Criminal Tribunal for the former Yugoslavia) court in November 2001.
Former Bosnian Croat leaders, Mladen Naletilic “Tuta” and Vinko Martinovic Stela were charged with crimes committed in the Croat-Muslim conflict in Central Bosnia and Western Herzegovina, including the town of Mostar. Portions of the documentary were shown by the prosecution .
The author of the documentary, Jeremy Bowen (below), was a key witness in the trial.
In the film, Bowen describes how about 60,000 inhabitants in East Mostar – most of them Muslims – face the choice: to fight or to die. The situation in East Mostar is described as worse than that in Gorazde, Sarajevo and Vukovar. Esad Humo, the BH (Bosnia and Herzegovina Army) Army commander in Mostar, was asked what he was fighting for. His answer to Bowen was, “for survival”.

The film shows the refugees expelled by the Croatian Army, HVO (Croatian Defence Council ) from their homes in West Mostar crossing the Neretva river at night, under fire from infantry weapons. Bowen calls that “a war crime with a military objective” in the film. He interviews a rape victim, doctors in the Mostar war hospital, the mother of a wounded daughter who did not live to be evacuated in the first batch of the wounded, a daughter who has lost her father and a number of other civilians.

The film also talks about the practice of using Muslim prisoners as human shields on the front lines. On the other hand, it also shows the “newly-acquired” cruelty of BH Army soldiers, taking the Croat prisoners to do forced labor. A soldier explains that it was “the law of the jungle” in Mostar at the time.

Vinko Martinović (below) was charged on the basis of individual criminal responsibility and superior criminal responsibility with crimes against humanity and war crimes. Martinović was arrested in Croatia and transferred to the ICTY on 9 August 1999. On 31 March 2003, he was sentenced by the Trial Chamber to 18 years. The judgement was confirmed by the Appeals Chamber on 3 May 2006.

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Secrets of World War II - part 2: Adolf Hitler’s Last Days PDTV DivX

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Secrets of World War II - part 2: Adolf Hitler’s Last Days PDTV DivX

During the chaos and destruction of WWII, ordinary men and women from all walks of life were thrown into fearsome, real-life situations worthy of any Hollywood movie - the only difference is that this series every story is true. Ordinary GIs and US Air Force and Navy personnel suddenly found themselves flying against the Japanese in China, jungle fighting in Burma and being dropped by submarine on enemy coasts at midnight. Each fifty-two minute story gives the viewer a clear view of the historical context, the strategic objective, and the tactical effort made by flyers, sailors and foot-soldiers – often in the most oppressive and life threatening situations – to win victory from the enemy.

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BBC - History Of World War II: Part 2 (2005) Complete NTSC DVD AC3 x264

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BBC - History Of World War II: Part 2 (2005) Complete NTSC DVD AC3 x264

BBC History of World War II is a 30-hour, 10-part, and 12-disc collection of documentaries about World War II.
The BBC History of World War II goes beyond even The World at War for its depth of scope, its breadth of analyses, and the high quality of its production values. This ambitious project by producer Laurence Rees, which also features a collector's booklet, is full of startling archival footage and illuminating eyewitness interviews that bring to life some of the most monumental events from the most monumental war in human history.

The focus on this set is clearly the war in Europe (only one disc, Horror in the East, is dedicated to the war with Japan) as told from an even-handed British perspective: interviews with German citizens make it understandable how Hitler appealed to a shattered and defeated nation, for example, and the The Road to War scrutinizes how a British government was caught unprepared for a re-armed Germany bent on domination. The collection is filled with poignantly fascinating moments, such as when an aging American veteran revisits the Omaha Beach he stormed on D-Day, and meets the elderly German who, as a teenager, was defending that section of the beach with his machine gun, or footage of Hitler's early political speeches, raging promises of things to come.

Roughly chronologically arranged, the set starts with The Nazis: A Warning from History, and works its way through all facets of the war, including the legacy of the Holocaust. (Some of the titles were previously released as single DVDs.) The presentation is particularly impressive. Each series has its own style: Dunkirk is a drama-documentary structured like a miniseries and reenactments are deftly interwoven with archival footage in a convincing motif. In War of the Century: When Hitler Fought Stalin, German and Russian veterans recall with chilling candor their particular universe of battle, and rare color combat footage combined with newly declassified Soviet documents offer new perspectives on the subject. The collection succeeds brilliantly in making it clear to a modern-day viewer what it was really like to live through those times.

For the war buff, the history enthusiast, the educator, or someone looking for a gift for any of the above, the BBC History of World War II is a title to consider. Even dedicated viewers of the History Channel will find something new and fascinating here. --Dan Vancini

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BBC - World War 2 : Behind Closed Doors COMPLETE (DVDRip/2009)

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BBC - World War 2 : Behind Closed Doors COMPLETE (DVDRip/2009)

In World War II: Behind Closed Doors, award winning documentary maker and historian Laurence Rees brings us a gripping new history of World War II one that is full of surprises, even for those who think they know the history. Drawing on material only available since the opening of archives in the East, Rees re-examines the key decisions made by Stalin, Churchill and Roosevelt during the war. And as the truth about Stalins earlier friendly relationship with the Nazis is laid bare, a devastating and surprising picture of the Soviet leader emerges one that is deeply embarrassing for many Russians. The emotional core of the book is the amazing new testimony obtained from nearly a hundred separate witnesses from the period. Former Soviet secret policemen talk frankly for the first time about their repressive work; Allied seamen reveal how they braved the Arctic convoys; and Red Army veterans talk of how they killed Germans in hand-to-hand fighting on the Eastern Front. Accompanying a major six-part BBC2 history series, this enthralling narrative is a mix of high politics including the inside story of the Allies meetings at Tehran, Yalta and Potsdam and the dramatic personal experiences of those on the ground who bore the consequences of their decisions. Award-winning documentary-maker and historian Laurence Rees brings us a gripping new history of World War II.

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