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Why are you using Churchill's speech while talking about Americans?

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Loved the diagrams. Put it in perspective

Herbert Sobel deserves respect and not the derision he's gotten since Stephen E Ambrose's book came out. He did his bit, served in combat, was awarded citations for bravery.

God bless all those guys from Easy Company, the 506th, the 101st Airborne, all the guys on Utah, Omaha, Gold, Juno and Sword beaches, all the guys who came later, all the flyers who provided protection, the guys who flew the C47s, the glider pilots, the Navy, the intelligence staff, SHAEF, the British citizens who helped them all, all the people back in the US who worked to make this successful and every other person who was involved with the victory the Allies all shared in World War II. God bless each and every one of them and God bless all who were lost.

I’m a 70 year old Marine reported to a draft station July 71. This is very interesting to hear these programs. Thanks from Sc

They picked him because he wouldnt be drinking the Bourbon as soon as he showed up!

Really enoying your quality content. Thank you.

Lewis Nixon and whiskey rationing is a clear oxymoron

In B of B only one Court Marshal is shown there were as I understand it another two episodes were the two men clashed. Sink eventually had to act, if only for the good of the Regiment.

Sending the guy who doesn't drink to pick up a truckload of booze is brilliant. And what are the chances that the alcohol was purchased via the mob?

Shifty was basically a superhero with his eyesight

Thanks for the stories so we may never forget

I was lucky to be friends with Forrest Guth in his later years. Great man

Great videos

Really enjoying these videos

ill give Sobel his respect since he was always on time

We need a battalion of men like him today to take command of the Pentagon and of Congress. Instead, all we get is queer eye for the straight guy mentality. God bless you sir!!! You truly were a Great American Hero!!!!

I do really appreciate your videos, I am a subscriber and generally ‘like’ them… put PLEASE STOP appropriating Churchill’s famous speech, acknowledging the huge and critical debt owed to the few hundred hard pressed RAF fighter pilots of many nations who, in 1940, over many months, denied the Germans the Air Superiority that would have been vital to cover their planned invasion of the British Isles which, if successful, would have won them WWII at a stroke (and I would be speaking and writing German and ‘heiling’ some descendant or nominated successor to some toothbrush moustached ‘king madman!). I’m sure, if pushed, you could find an apposite quote from some American citizen of note which covers the similarly epic actions of the 506th without resorting to, what is effectively, ‘stolen valour’ (US = valor). Thanks.

Really good series so far. Thank you my friend!!

Liked and subbed homme' Tell it all, the good the bad and the ugly. Some kid is gonna need this later since WWII isn't really covered in school anymore.

You do spoil us with all your quality content. Thank you. Keep up the great work. It is very appreciated by all of us who watch. 👍😎

‼️ Now that’s Real Words to hold on to‼️

Respect the dead. It just feels bad your assuming things, or never met him.

Dick Winters seemed to think highly of Sink, according to his memoirs.

My father was Deputy Provost Marshall in the 18th A/B Corp at Fort Bragg when Gen. Sink was Post Commander. I personally shook hands with him three times. What your film left out was the fact that Sink was ordered to train a Regiment as tough as the German SS. I think he did a pretty good job. Also the military experts all said that the Airborne was a suicide mission, but look at the number of men who survived. I cannot say anything bad about the man.

Skorzeny was over bloated by this event (Mussolini)... He wasn't even invited to participate, and he bullied himself into it. He was mostly good at self-promotion. The only successful covert operation the german did during the war was their counterfeit brits money... it even paid the spy who got the US code for Rommel, among many things

I am at a loss as to why Colonel Sink was so draconian in his dismissal of the 9 men for returning late from furlough (leave as we call it in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧), he was right about them being disciplined as they should have returned early, by a day maybe 2, the men knew that the United States 🇺🇸 transportation system was in a mess and that they couldn’t guarantee getting to base on time, military personnel (especially in units that are supposedly the best in their respective country)are supposed to have the brains to realise that and should not rely upon a timetable, they should be able to Improvise, Adapt and Overcome, and those men didn’t do that, however, after all the cost of training and equipping them I would have thought that the military brass (except Colonel Sink) would not want to flush the cost down the toilet, yes they made a mistake but I don’t think it warranted the action that Sink took. Surely those men should have been brought up on charges before he did what he did, and they should have had their opportunity to defend themselves, but so far @ 6:02 it doesn’t appear that they did, and even though they didn’t I’m sure that given the choice of being drummed out of the regiment and some other form of punishment like doing basic training all over again, maybe doing some other physical punishment that would ingrain into them that failing to do exactly or more than any orders given and on time, they would have accepted that, they could have been made to wear the uniform of their previous unit until they were deemed to have been punished enough. I’m sure that some people would disagree with me, and that is fine, but I stand by my opinion 100%, other paratroopers would think that they could be drummed out for the slightest infraction of military law, or worse, Colonel Sinks personal list of infractions and disciplinary measures, and that would hurt morale and the determination to be the best of the best, unit cohesion in such a special, and relatively small, regiment is almost certainly going to have a breakdown in that respect. I think that Colonel Sinks behaviour would have been outside of his authority and would have needed support from the military brass who were further up the command chain, otherwise he would have left himself open to criticism at best, and disciplinary action at worst. I watched your episode about the pathfinder jump into Bastogne last night, and I think Colonel Sink got that question of the Silver star wrong as well.

I worked in a nursing home, low payed aids, too much work to preform your job- and then (normally), someone calls out sick (3-4 times a week) then just the bare minimum gets done.

The speaker doesnt mean to sound disrespectful. He sounds and acts it however. These guys stepped up after living through the great depression. This guy speaking needs to stop.

They protected a war criminal.

Sobel got lucky. I figured Sobel would of gotten fraged in Normandy.

My uncle Raymond Kenneth Billmeier jumped with the 82 near Sainte-Mère-Église. He was one of my heroes. No one in the family knew he had 5 Bronze Stars until after his death. I never got to talk to him after I went to Jump School in 64. All I knew about Normandy was from watching 'The Longest Day' the month before I went to Jump School.

for the record, it's pronounced "cohn nyack".....not "COG nack"

In the UK in 2024 nursing homes are the same... the truth is most people who aren't old have no clue about the abuse - more people are concerned about being vegan

What happens to Donald Sutherland and The Eagle Has Landed part of this video? It's mentioned at teh start as if it's the subject here, but then quickly ignored and never brought up again

As a former grunt, I had Officers I respected deeply, and ones I just simply disliked, they could have been outstanding human beings around their family/friends outside the military, but all I saw was their conduct in uniform. We all rarely got the "full picture", and based our opinions on the information at hand. Dike seemed a decent guy, and if he "froze" at Foy due to being SHOT, I can understand it totally. People react differently to injury, I always got mad as hell when hurt, pain came later, anger fueled me and adrenaline kept the pain away til well after the fact. Looking at the 30+ year old scar on my wrist from a ricochet as I type this, I can still remember only realizing what had happened after someone else pointed out I was bleeding. Combat is a totally different world, emotions and hormones are running high, and only the best can compartmentalize things and function at a high level. Regardless, those Easy Co. guys were a breed apart, they made history, and for that alone I respect the hell out of them. If any were still alive today I'd happily buy them a round and toast their achievements.

Overall he was good for the unit. Eventually he made questionable decisions out of bad information or judgement. It angered others. But that is not his whole whole contribution. Things like extra training or patrols are minor compared to the rest of what was going on. When there is a candy bar floating in the public pool, that is all you see.

What am I doing while watching this video? Drinking wine, eating cheese.

The quality of your content is going from strength to strength. Thank you.

Tragic and shameful. The western European countries these men heroically fought and died to liberate from Nazis Germany has better healthcare now than the US.

American-speaking...

Imagine having to march 100+ miles in shitty weather, destroying your feet, all for some old dudes ego lol

They should have done a scene where he saved a few soldiers from ambush and got a bronze star. Hindsight is 20/20. But this mini series should have been longer

This is making me very angry that they would treat a hero like this , the man deserved better he had already gone through hell and come back. Ashamed thats all I feel very much ashamed that this would be allowed to happen.

I could barely remember my chain of command back in my 20’s. Officers came and gone working their way up the corporate ladder. First sergeants were there for the long haul- they are the backbone of the army. I can’t remember too many officers’s names- now or back 40 years ago🤣

I read that the Graham Greene short story and subsequent film "Went The Day Well" was an inspiration for the idea that became Jack Higgins' book. The film was shot in England in 1942 and is worth watching. Sutherland was a fine actor and played some very memorable roles. RIP.

I don't really think that this counted as breaking any record.. unless they went to the jungle.. hung out for a few years and then did this.. in fact if easy had deployed to the Pacific they would have found out the hard way.

Still doing the Battle of Britain speech for people it didn't refer to... a bit brazen

In a later part of this series, you present a much more balanced perspective of Sobel. Everyone should watch those episodes. You acknowledge that all we have is one side to this story. Sobel did not write a memoir. Malarkey’s story that it the event was planned and coordinated by Winter suggests a possible different interpretation. You also, in a later episode give a different interpretation of the salute the rank story that casts Winter in a more petty light. The problem with the series, though I have been attacked for saying this, is that Ambrose wrote history based fiction and drama. The Winters of the series is set up to be the protagonist, the hero. All heros in drama need an antagonist. Real life is more complicated. The real story of Sobel, like Dike, Blithe, Liebgott were altered to serve the narrative. The problem is that Ambrose and Spielberg are so good at story telling that we want to believe that they are real. We want Winters and condemn Sobel. But it ain’t that simple.