Date: Wed, 27 Nov 2013 00:53:12 -0500
Subject: [WSFA] Re: [wsfa-forum] The Great Martian War Centennial
From: Michael Walsh <walshmichaelj at gmail.com>
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On Tue, Nov 26, 2013 at 8:05 PM, mark <whitroth at 5-cent.us> wrote:
> On 11/26/13 11:28, Michael Walsh wrote:
>>
>> http://www.history.co.uk/shows/the-great-martian-war/videos/the-great-ma=
rtian-war-trailer
>
> Sorry, it won't play.

Did for me.  No problems.

>And besides, the Great Martian War isn't for another,
> um, 25 years.

The History Chanel UK is doing alternate history: Mars invades and
there is no incident in Sarajevo.

>From the above website:

"Combining period archive with state-of-the-art special effects and
featuring moving interviews with aging veterans, the show takes in the
entire sweep of the conflict: from the devastation of Western Europe
where a rag-tag alliance digs in against monstrous Alien war-machines
unaware that deep flaws exist in their Generals=92 central strategy, to
the political battle for the Whitehouse where President Wilson
struggles to maintain US Neutrality; from the skies of central London
where allied bi-planes do spectacular battle with a towering Alien
Tripod, to the War=92s catastrophic final act in which the Allies,
standing on the brink of total defeat, must decide if launching an
untested and potentially devastating secret weapon is worth risking
the lives of millions of men in the field and a global pandemic=85

"Unpacking and exploring these events are two Historians with opposing
views about the conflict's many controversies, in particular an
incendiary new discovery centred around the notorious =91Martian Code=92 -
Uncrackable for a century, the vast cache of Alien war documents
seized after the war have finally been deciphered, and appear to
contain the direst of warnings that the war is far from over."

mjw