i be a wwii buff ( and history in general a well ) . this series ( hardly a mini ) cover both the european and pacific theater of wwii thru the eye of the victor henry family . not only be it a very interesting story about the life of these specific people and but also tell a lot about wwii and it inhumanity . so and on both account it be excellent and and depict most of the wwii major event and although not all equally . back in those day and there be no cgi and so what you see be either real life and or model . obviously and the war scene be a combination of both and but very well do so you believe you be actually there in the battle and on the ship and or in the plane . while this series ( war and remembrance ) be 6 dvd ( 30 hour ) and i be strive for more when it be all do . i watch it when it be air in 1988/1989 and so it be not new for me from the dvd set . nonetheless and i be still captivate and and will gladly watch it again . the sound be also updated and very good ( dd 5 . 1 ) . i would recommend this to anyone who care to look into wwii and it horror . it get a bit graphic with the jewish persecution and extermination and but doesn not touch on the horror comment by the japanese in the pacific . so and if this sort of realism offends and either skip over those part or do not watch it . but remember and the name of the book ( and hence and of the series ) be so design and select such that we a a human race never forget all the terrible thing that happen and that cause so much world pain and destruction . jane seymour and john gigliold and and robert mitchum be all excellent and make you believe they be these people . i do not know why jane and john weren not use in the original series ( the wind of war ) since they be so marvelous and believable and hold true to their character throughout . the very end be heart wrenching and so have your kleenex ready .