"Ike: The War Years" Part One (1979) General Eisenhower WW2 TV-Movie

[@robertjones5086]

I'd like to add a comment reference the 80-year-old viewer who thought the movie "stunk." I am a 78-year-old son of a father who died four years ago just shy of his 102nd birthday, and who was a scout pilot during the war in Europe until he was shot-down and sent to a prisoner of camp in Germany. He thought this was a great movie, one of his favorites. Being a member of the greatest generation, he knew firsthand what the war was all about.

[@Kruppt808]

If he was good enough for Tom Dewey(a person who helped him get elected) then he is good enough for me.

[@Exotic3000]

Thanks for posting. My grandfather fought in North Africa. His name was Clarence Brown. He was a flight sargent with RAF and RCAF.

[@ronniebishop2496]

I agree with your father

[@chadczternastek]

When Winston Churchill gave the speech after the Battle Of Britain, the use of the words "finest hour" was the most beautiful words possible. The sacrifices the British made as a country was so paramount, and the way he made public appearances walking the streets with the people and visiting the troops was so brave and uplifting.

[@creighton8069]

Churchill was the best, and I think he was a much better orator and statesman than Hitler ever was. Hitler had to coerce and enslave his people for them to like him while Churchill was chosen by the people.

[@Rosebudbublegum]

I recall this mini-series, which I was following with interest at the beginning of the 80s, but which was broadcast very late at night on Algerian television, so that I missed my first session at school and was called in by the principal for my absence, I had honestly explained to him that I had slept late after having viewed the series IKE, for this the principal had not sanctioned me and had ordered me to return to my class, I was only 12 at that time, in 1980, now, as Sinatra said, I'm in the autumn of the year, and it was a very good year.

[@winstontoh6346]

Great show on Ike. Remember there was this series on TV in the late 70s starring Robert Duvall as Gen Ike. Finally get to see it again. Thanks for the upload!

[@hildasaldias8924]

que alegría encontrar esta serie. Voy a verla de nuevo como adulto.

[@agamemnongames886]

I was eight years old when I saw this movie. I think it was the first time I had become aware of Ike. I remember this was a Made for Television movie. Of all the Ike movies, this is my favorite movie. The cast in this movie were some of the best actors before the 1980s. I think this was Lee Remick's best movie.

[@RalphTempleton-vr6xs]

Good movie, but itd be nice if it had been remastered in HD. The tv quality film is evident but it doesnt detract from the story

[@donrobertson4611]

Great film, accurate. Kind of soft focus, agree that a remastering would improve the quality.

[@CplRoth]

That's what we need! Thank you so much!

[@jorge6207]

In its genre, this is quite watchable. Very much awaiting the rest.

[@Juan.C.Diaz.W610]

I have been looking for this beautiful miniseries for some time, all a classic, this contribution is exclusive, in addition to excellent quality, thank you so much😇

[@Carl-ht7cg]

A good movie in honor of our fathers and mother's that served in the war😎

[@DMS-pq8]

I have this on VHS tape that I bought used years ago but the picture and sound quality here is much better

[@smokeykitty6023]

I hear ya, I finally got rid of all my tapes. Most of them can be found online.

[@francesruthharris7601]

Love Duvall in this role.

[@CARLOLSVIDAL]

Good movie and history well narrated

[@danielku6124]

It’s so good to get this series on KZbin for my referring to my students and old friends in Taiwan , Hong Kong and overseas friends . I saw it during my staying in Worcester for orientation on abrasive polishing and bought the pocket book on Jan 29, 1979 in London . Now we ‘re facing would -be world war in the West & the East , those Allie reversed from World War Two .What those lessons we learned and shared for next steps ?

[@francesruthharris7601]

Thank you for this human history. It is much appreciated. Kaye shows us an important reality. We learn much about women during this time.

[@tusshannonjohnson1738]

LION HEART INCREDIBLE MEMORIES 🎉

[@the1magageneral323]

Decent movie the actor who plays Patton does not have the same flare as George C. Scott or the real life Patton.

[@ronlackey2689]

He doesn't have Patton's mousey voice either.

[@donpope5524]

@@ronlackey2689 D.M. is one of my favorite actors, I disagree.

[@the1magageneral323]

@@donpope5524 George C. Scott delivers Patton to a T.

[@Petal4822]

Seemingly Winston Churchill said make sure his driver is a pretty unmarried female so he will spent more time in Britain.

[@craigkidd4760]

Love for someone to explain to me why II Corps General Fredendall was replaced by a “General Hoffenberg.” They got it right in the earlier “Patton” movie so…..

[@johnmoorhousedecorated-nam899]

Would be nice if someone would redo this movie so it could be viewed clearly.

[@edtrine8692]

Now don't tell the President how to steer his wheel chair!

[@ronniebishop2496]

Well as a Vietnam vet raised by a WW2 vet and most of my family being vets, this movie doesn’t do these great military leaders justice.

[@jonelliott7199]

I went to a high school named after ike.

[@joeblow2069]

I'm not sure what people want in a tv mini series from 1979. All things considered they did a decent not good job. It is not the caliber of the better WW2 films made in the 60s and 70s.(Longest day, Bridge too far, Midway). You would not expect it to be. I think those films influenced this one.

[@ClancyWoodard-yw6tg]

The incident they mentioned in this movie about the Japanese submarine shelling Los Angeles actually did happen The captain of the sub was wanting revenge for an incident that happened when he visited California as a merchant man in the '30s

[@nickdanger3802]

"In writing thus, the General was but reflecting the views of Eisenhower, in due course to be chief of the invasion forces. On assuming command of the North African expedition, that great leader had from the first preached the doctrine of intimate and continuous co-operation between all Allied fighting men, and saw to it that, at least among his own staff, it was practised with conviction and success. At all times, and especially at moments of crisis, the whole weight of his influence was thrown on the side of unity, and it was decisive. This was not the least of the services he rendered to the Allied cause." page 81 Hyperwar Royal Air Force 1939 1945 Vol III

[@joeyperez8581]

Great movie, reminds me of the warrior spirit of US soldiers when led by true leaders, as in Ike, Patton , Bradley , Montgomery, unlike the candy ass perverted generals we now have.

[@albertrodriguez493]

Ike's own book on WW2 is much, much better.

[@francesruthharris7601]

IKE IN LOVE AND WAR by Richard Striner. Must read!

[@keithranker3908]

I think that Ike was a leader. unfortunately, like most other leaders, he at times got talked into doing things that were mistakes. I believe that I once read that possibly Montgomery had been told of the strong Waffen SS & other troops between the Allies positions & Arnhem. It seems Ike didn’t know.

[@thevillaaston7811]

Wrong. Eisenhower saw the same information about German forces at Arnhem that Montgomery did.

[@johnchrysostomon6284]

Right near the end there's a fighter attacking ground troops and someone calls out that it's am Me-109 (or Bf-109) but it has a radial engine so it's definitely not that plane And of course all the tanks are wrong

[@francesruthharris7601]

Ike loved Kay.

[@timothyspearman9347]

Kay: the war years.

I first saw this mini series in 1979 and to be perfectly honest, I was very disappointed by it. Because in my opinion too much time was spent on Kaye Summersby

[@HobbitHomes263]

was sort of wondering when they were gonna stop taking turns pointing that Beretta at each other.

[@ronlackey2689]

LOL too true. He even had his finger on the trigger one time. She went straight for the point blank breadbasket extended point lol

[@johnhill7058]

Who knew the European Theater was all about Kay Summersby?

[@angloaust1575]

A reconstruction of what might have happened between dwight and kay He wasnt allowed to take his wife to england so next best thing was his Driver!

[@timsparks1858]

Bobby Duvall was the best Eisenhower. Selleck couldn't touch him. McGavin like McRaney the 2 Mc's NO GOOD AS PATTON! They could have gotten George C. In '79 to reprise like he did in '86 for that TV movie.

[@LarryG-i7s]

All will see God one day and know that God is God.

[@marcolfo100]

''Ike'' wasn't a general in military sense,but he was an excellent diplomatic,he obtained succes in the command of a four nations army,British,Canadian,American and French,better than Foch in WWI (American,British and French armies) His tactical capacities weren't tested

[@billmoretz8718]

​@user-hj7go6md6qafraid your history is not up to snuff. Truman was president in Korea. Ike wasn't elected until 52 and was 53 before he took office.

[@billmoretz8718]

@user-hj7go6md6q I guess I am way smarter than you. Pathetic you seem to think it's a issue.

[@lisalaine4478]

20 minutes in and my declaration (from any historical realism) is that it's tosh!

[@completesalvation1755]

This movie should be named Ike’s aide. The movie is more about the woman than the war. She dominates the entire movie.

[@DMS-pq8]

Because it was based on her book

[@RobTaylor-ry2fk]

You know Eisenhower had an affair with her

[@DMS-pq8]

@@RobTaylor-ry2fk No proof that he did

[@RobTaylor-ry2fk]

@@DMS-pq8 if you don't believe me Google it

[@JS-fe8sx]

You should read the last chapter of The Generals Women, by Susan Wittig Albert. The book itself is fiction but the last chapter details her research, which was extensive. You may change your mind.@@DMS-pq8

[@kennethquinnies6023]

Ah, when he had his affair with his jeep driver.

[@janiekcarney5482]

His Wife did not deserve him being opening unfaithful to her. I can’t respect the man but I do respect the Officer.

[@Sz-lk4zq]

Hunny, there are only bear dens in Siberia .

[@brians1902]

Had no idea the French fought against the allies. What a bunch of nobheads

[@Bandeirante100]

Lastima que la traducción al Español es espantosa , horrible , muy mala , deberían haberla hecho mejor , es una pena .-

[@jefffriedberg]

I thought this movie stunk, and I quit watching. Maybe because I am 80 and I remember this -before they rewrote History.

[@garystrittmater8258]

Absolutely agree!

[@ritchiesokol1061]

If Kate kissed me I would have gone AWOL ❤.

[@powell4661]

My grandfather was close friends with FDR. My mom worked in Washington during the war. Met Churchill when visited. She was an original CIA analyst. After she married, she went on to become a historian and taught til she was 85 and kept writing til 90. She taught for so long because she said they longer teach the truth, and it was her obligation.

[@grettagirl2884]

​@@powell4661your grandmother seems like a remarkable woman ❤!

[@powell4661]

@grettagirl2884 she was , but I think you are referring to my mom.

[@billhuber2964]

Kay somersby my kind of smart ass !!!😅😅

[@cooljets]

Doesn't look anything like IKE.

[@brians1902]

29:01 gruesome.

[@ricardohighlander1984]

WW2..!!

[@bill2066]

Robert Duvall as Eisenhower? He's a Fantastic Actor, but I would not have casted him for this. Jus my two cents.

[@HIOP0]

Luckily for the rest of us, you had absolutely NOTHING to do with this movie, not even a cent's worth of comment from you.

[@bill2066]

@@HIOP0 Hey Professor...were u responding to my comment or someone else's?

[@HIOP0]

@@bill2066 It wasn't in any doubt that you are 5tup1d, now we know just how much.

[@adamscott7354]

That was my first thought about Tom Selleck but... ...well, here we are...

[@bill2066]

yah, not wild about Selleck either. I used to Live up the street from me in Honolulu, back in the day..@@adamscott7354

[@michelmendoza1769]

I am somewhat ambivalent about the alleged romance between IKE and Kaye Summersby not saying it wan impossibility but I find it improbable IKE had the eyes of the free world on him 24/7 when, how and why( I guess the why is evident)

[@powell4661]

All the Generals had misstreess

[@billmoretz8718]

You do know FDR also had an affair. Just because items were not widely known doesn't mean human weakness weren't part of these people.

[@13579TV]

Albert Speer

[@ElkoJohn]

doesn't hold a candle to this movie Ike: Countdown to D-Day kzbin.info/www/bejne/aIiWpmR8h7qFeLM

[@mehdifarmanbar]

خیلی خوب میشد توی فیلمهاتون زیرنویس فارسی هم میزاشتید.اما حیف..به هر حال ممنونم

[@TowGunner]

Tora Tora Tora

[@traktor7777]

Quite modest skip the raid on veterans camp part of career. Pikaboo.

[@peterturner905]

They always used American tanks with swastika's on them in 1970's American war/love movies. Their shitty Shermans have been replaced with bigger more modern tanks the type of movie where its best not to think to much.

[@michelmendoza1769]

Indeed FDR had affairs but bear in mind his Polio probably made him impotent

[@dannykeane6565]

im 100

[@Carl-ht7cg]

Great movie, Did you know that one of Iks for father was black? Donate to the "Wounded Warrior Project ' 😎

[@peterpluim7912]

The anti British sentiment in this movie is disgusting. Montgomery was a capable general with a lot of personal quirks and the same can be said about Patton. Mark Clark was promoted beyond his capabilities by his friend Eisenhower and made a big mess of the war in Italy.

[@thomasgreen9454]

Kay Summersby wrote in her memoir that Montgomery was an insufferable jackass to everyone. Even Churchill that Monty was a prick.

[@peterpluim7912]

@@thomasgreen9454 You can be a prick while being a capable general. Mark Clark was both a prick and out of his wits as was British air chief Marshall Trafford Leigh-Mallory. MacArthur was insufferable and behaved like prick to Nimitz, Marshall, Eisenhower and everyone beyond his entourage but he was a capable general. As far as the reliability of Churchill as a source is concerned, I can recommend the unfiltered diaries of Lord Alanbrooke, the Chief of the Imperial Staff who had to deal with Churchill on a daily basis and who wrote a contemporaneous diary that was not intended for publication. Movies have a tendency to paint the worst of people if useful. If you watch “The Last days of Patton” here on KZbin, you’ll probably be convinced Eisenhower and Bedell Smith were pricks.

[@thomasgreen9454]

@@peterpluim7912 I concur with the gist of your post, though I take issue with your assertion that the movie was anti-British. Anti-French , perhaps. Anti-Axis, definitely.

[@thevillaaston7811]

@@thomasgreen9454 All American Second World War films are anti-British.

[@justinnelson7658]

War is idiotic. Given every one will die, to kill one another, even by combat, point less.

[@HerrKurt]

I disliked IKE at all

[@MrDurcon]

They should have fought harder for drag queens.

[@rolfagten857]

Ike killed 4000000 German's in his prison camps of War.

[@billotto602]

Boy ! Im sure glad you warned us about taking some liberties (sic) with the HISTORICAL TRUTH ! THIS SUCKS !

[@RUHappyATM]

I respected Ike until I found out about his alleged infidelity.

[@johncordes7885]

This captures perfectly why the bwits lost the empire and set up 80 years of misery

[@johnhopkins6260]

YIKES!! Horrible, cheap, hollow, portrayal of Ike 👎👎👎