I've always loved that blood on the hand shot... so meaningful. Glad to see you call that out. The last 5 episodes are way more emotional than the first 5, so buckle up.
+(no spoilers)+ Winters really is deserving of all of our awe and love that we feel for him and his skills as a leader. Made my way through his memoir recently and man... he was so incredibly dedicated to those men and fulfilling his duties to the best of his ability. Every second of his spare time was spent in this regard and he would even do things like go over manuals for hypothetical combat situations repeatedly (even after he already had them memorized) see where there were weak spots and find ways to improve upon them. I think that's another reason why he wasn't too psyched about going on leave to Paris. Most likely, he felt that it was a waste of his time that would've been better spent back in service to the men.
...I think the portrayal of his trip to Paris was done poorly. Winters stated that he did a lot of the typical tourist stuff while there and actually enjoyed himself and enjoyed Paris. You didn't get any inkling of that from the episode.
This episode is Tom Hanks taking the reigns and entering more of an introspective, perspective. P.S. "Is that Jimmy KIMMEL?" Both Jimmy's would greatly appreciate that comment. That's Jimmy Fallon, and they both recently hosted each others shows because they're always confused!
It reminds me a bit about Hot Fuzz, in that it got praised for being the only cop-movie to pay attention to _the paperwork_ that follows every action! Warmovies will skip straight past the report, because of course they will; who wants to watch an officer typing a bunch of papers? But yeah, it's essential as part of war, the chain of command needs detailed accounts of what's going on from every involved party, and I always liked how they not only focus deeply on that aspect, in this episode - but also give it some personality, with Winters treating it like prose, rather than just a pragmatic report :D
Those things are always so full of crap. "2nd platoon encountered small arms fire coming from the northwest quadrant. At which point we returned..." Someone shot at us and we shot back. Why are we turning it into a school assignment?
Jimmy Fallon is actually a distant relative of Lt. George Rice, whom he portrays. They had to push his Jeep into frame in the scene, because, Fallon had never driven a manual transmission before, and, he kept stalling it.
My grandfather served in f company of the same regiment this tv series covers And the guy with the jeep and the ammo is a real dude … he risked his neck driving often to the ammo dump even when the entire division was almost surrounded often under fire with his jeep riddled with bullets trying desperately to get some more ammo Some paratroopers went into Bastogne with less than 10 bullets
@3:01 I believe that the Germans were ranging their crew served weapons, using the traverse and elevation settings on the tripod to engage preselected targets at night or in low visibility. They then note these setting on a range card for quicker target acquisition.
Just before waking Nixon up, Winters looks out the window tilts his head back and smells the fresh air. I think he was reminded of home in Pennsylvania
Currahee is a Cherokee word, or at least a corruption of the word gurahiyi, which means "stand alone", but they modified it to be "stand alone together", based on how the paratroopers would operate. This was also the motto of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne.
10:54 the reason he smiled was because he was polish (when germans captured the polish they were forced to join the army), he thought he was gonna be saved and forgot he was in a german uniform
As Winters was on the dire talking to Nixon you can see him fiddling with tape. It's wrapped around the grenade until they are ready to toss it. Not shown in the series I gather Winters was not just shooting but chucking some nades
Eadi, you're the first person I've seen reacting to this episode with "warning shots, maybe?". You then became the first reactor I've seen actually guess the real reason they were making so much noise and giving away their position with "is it bait, are they doing this on purpose?" This is probably my favourite episode of BoB because it's the second of the two episodes in Holland for Operation Market Garden, a campaign that has fascinated me since reading Cornelius Ryan's famous book A Bridge Too Far back in 1977, shorly before the film version was released. This was back in the days before Star Wars when the merchandise and paperback 'film tie-in's were in the stores six months before the movie was released. In 'Crossroads', the Airborne Operation Market had been over for a couple of weeks and the ground forces Operation Garden was in its final days. The German attack you see at the beginning of the epsiode was one of several German diversionary attacks across the Rijn west of Arnhem, designed to tie down the 101st Airborne in support of a major counter-attack by II.SS-Panzerkorps to retake the Nijmegen bridges. The idea, if all went well, was that all these attacks would join up and eject all Allied forces from the 'island' between the River Waal at Nijmegen and the Rijn at Arnhem. All the attacks failed, and the Allied lines either held or were restored, like the Easy Company sector. The episode was directed by Tom Hanks, who seems to do a nice line in telling true stories these days (he's come a long way since 'Big'), and I like this episode because of all of them it is perhaps the most historically accurate, thanks to the War And Peace edition of Dick Winter's AAR (After Action Report) on the 5th October 1944 incident. This is probably the most intelligent reaction to BoB I've seen from someone with a non-military or historical background. Fabulous.
I view that scene differently. I don't think those solider were bait. At the same time the Germans attacked the Head Quarters company and that was when Major Horton was killed. I always thought those soldiers with the machine gun were supporting that attack.
@@VonKraut - "bait" is indeed the wrong word, but I'm sure they were deliberately shooting at nothing, as a diversion and possibly also as a direction guide for the attack using the tracer ammunition. Firing a heavy (tripod mounted) MG42 on fixed lines only works in support at night if you have already set your lines during the daytime, when you can see what you're shooting at. This battalion - a mixed unit called Kampfgruppe 'Hansmann' - was a diversionary attack across the Rijn via the Renkum ferry crossing on 5 October 1944, in support of II.SS-Panzerkorp's counter-attack to retake the Nijmegen bridges. Another diversion a little further east was Kampfgruppe 'Oelkers', that had crossed the river from Kasteel Doorwerth under an SS officer from the NCO School 'Arnheim'. Both battalions were made up from odd companies of SS, RAD, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine training units that were part of Kampfgruppe Division von Tettau during the battle of Arnhem in September. Further west there was also the attack by parts of 363.Volksgrenadier-Division mentioned by Colonel Sink that had crossed the Rijn near Rhenen, and then advanced east across the full width of the 'island' to hit the 3rd Battalion 506th sector between Opheusden and Dodewaard. Major Oliver Horton was the 3rd Battalion commander when he was killed during the attack on Opheusden.
Winters apparently said he was never able to forget the face of the kid he shot; as depicted in this episode. I suspect his demeanour over getting the pass was due to that incident. kerk
It wasn't suppose to be Winters against the world. The smoke grenade malfunctioned and delayed signaling, which mistakenly put Winters out in front of the charge.
I love the episode, winters truly is the epitome of what every young soldiers imagine his leader is like...... Not like the salty experience NCOs that people prefer to behave like... we need more winters/sgt elias and less sgt barnes/capt sobel in the field.
We know Moose was shot because he could never remember the password, but were he and Winters correctly challenged? I only heard "halt!" and not a challenge for the password - the kid was trigger happy.
The next two episodes are really intense. Well, all of them are, but especially the next two. It may make you feel like you have frostbite, even though we’re just starting summer.
Why oh, why the spoilers? Every reaction channel there is always someone. Most of us want to watch a raw reaction. Did you want to seem smart? Did you want to warn her because of some heart felt concern?
@@bluebird3281 Srsly, there's always one! Such control issues. @epa316, just stfu and let everyone else enjoy a non "managed" reaction (unless the creator asks for spoilers) or go get a history degree, and teach a class if you can't stand it that much! (I wouldn't sign up for it.)
Jimmy Fallon, not Kimmel! 😅 Also, Buck Compton's attitude has been dampened because he was wounded (they had to use a door as a litter to get him back to friendly lines when they retreated in the last episode).
I think Winters relives how he shot that young Nazi ans see's his face in the young men in Paris as if to say they did terrible things but that boy was human too but this is what war makes you do, kill or be killed, it affected him deeply on his r and r...and you can trace that young boy back to Hitler and his monstrous dogma and how it had to be stopped...Winters was a very decent human being who knew the value of peace but knew too you have to fight for it...
I've always loved that blood on the hand shot... so meaningful. Glad to see you call that out.
The last 5 episodes are way more emotional than the first 5, so buckle up.
+(no spoilers)+ Winters really is deserving of all of our awe and love that we feel for him and his skills as a leader. Made my way through his memoir recently and man... he was so incredibly dedicated to those men and fulfilling his duties to the best of his ability. Every second of his spare time was spent in this regard and he would even do things like go over manuals for hypothetical combat situations repeatedly (even after he already had them memorized) see where there were weak spots and find ways to improve upon them. I think that's another reason why he wasn't too psyched about going on leave to Paris. Most likely, he felt that it was a waste of his time that would've been better spent back in service to the men.
...I think the portrayal of his trip to Paris was done poorly. Winters stated that he did a lot of the typical tourist stuff while there and actually enjoyed himself and enjoyed Paris. You didn't get any inkling of that from the episode.
I visited Bastogne and Foy in 2018 from the UK. The foxholes are still there in the woods. Was surreal to be there on a sunny summer's day.
This is actually my favorite episode. I loved the way it flashed back to what happened and then forward to Major Winters writing his report.
My favorite so far too! It’s brilliant!
10:46 - "They keep replaying that moment"
It's to signify the beginnings of PTSD
This episode is Tom Hanks taking the reigns and entering more of an introspective, perspective.
P.S.
"Is that Jimmy KIMMEL?" Both Jimmy's would greatly appreciate that comment. That's Jimmy Fallon, and they both recently hosted each others shows because they're always confused!
He's writing an After Action Report. Required as soon as possible after enemy encounters.
It reminds me a bit about Hot Fuzz, in that it got praised for being the only cop-movie to pay attention to _the paperwork_ that follows every action!
Warmovies will skip straight past the report, because of course they will; who wants to watch an officer typing a bunch of papers? But yeah, it's essential as part of war, the chain of command needs detailed accounts of what's going on from every involved party, and I always liked how they not only focus deeply on that aspect, in this episode - but also give it some personality, with Winters treating it like prose, rather than just a pragmatic report :D
Those things are always so full of crap. "2nd platoon encountered small arms fire coming from the northwest quadrant. At which point we returned..." Someone shot at us and we shot back. Why are we turning it into a school assignment?
Jimmy Fallon is actually a distant relative of Lt. George Rice, whom he portrays. They had to push his Jeep into frame in the scene, because, Fallon had never driven a manual transmission before, and, he kept stalling it.
My grandfather served in f company of the same regiment this tv series covers
And the guy with the jeep and the ammo is a real dude … he risked his neck driving often to the ammo dump even when the entire division was almost surrounded often under fire with his jeep riddled with bullets trying desperately to get some more ammo
Some paratroopers went into Bastogne with less than 10 bullets
@3:01 I believe that the Germans were ranging their crew served weapons, using the traverse and elevation settings on the tripod to engage preselected targets at night or in low visibility. They then note these setting on a range card for quicker target acquisition.
Interesting, I always thought it was drunk soldiers that were bored. What you say makes sense though.
this episode was actually directed by Tom Hanks himself, and he also made a minor cameo in this episode too!
He’s also in 8&9 in a couple more easy to miss cameos.
Just before waking Nixon up, Winters looks out the window tilts his head back and smells the fresh air. I think he was reminded of home in Pennsylvania
Currahee is a Cherokee word, or at least a corruption of the word gurahiyi, which means "stand alone", but they modified it to be "stand alone together", based on how the paratroopers would operate. This was also the motto of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne.
0:50 It is called wounded! Injured is if when you fall down a tree or somethin'!
I might be quoting a late episode!
Episode 7. I believe it was Johnny Martin saying it to Ken Webb.
That handprint was a cameo by Wilson from "Cast Away"
Yeah, Tom Hanks is one of those Hollywood class acts who will always make sure that his friends are employed.
Keep up the great work. Thank you. Wear warm weather gear for the next episode.
10:54 the reason he smiled was because he was polish (when germans captured the polish they were forced to join the army), he thought he was gonna be saved and forgot he was in a german uniform
As Winters was on the dire talking to Nixon you can see him fiddling with tape. It's wrapped around the grenade until they are ready to toss it. Not shown in the series I gather Winters was not just shooting but chucking some nades
Thank you for recognizing the film making masterpiece that this series is. Well done. Great reaction.
The really scary thing about the tracers"sparks" is that only 1 out of 5 bullets is a tracer. There's 4 more in between that you can't see.
I love your reactions.
Eadi, you're the first person I've seen reacting to this episode with "warning shots, maybe?". You then became the first reactor I've seen actually guess the real reason they were making so much noise and giving away their position with "is it bait, are they doing this on purpose?"
This is probably my favourite episode of BoB because it's the second of the two episodes in Holland for Operation Market Garden, a campaign that has fascinated me since reading Cornelius Ryan's famous book A Bridge Too Far back in 1977, shorly before the film version was released. This was back in the days before Star Wars when the merchandise and paperback 'film tie-in's were in the stores six months before the movie was released.
In 'Crossroads', the Airborne Operation Market had been over for a couple of weeks and the ground forces Operation Garden was in its final days. The German attack you see at the beginning of the epsiode was one of several German diversionary attacks across the Rijn west of Arnhem, designed to tie down the 101st Airborne in support of a major counter-attack by II.SS-Panzerkorps to retake the Nijmegen bridges. The idea, if all went well, was that all these attacks would join up and eject all Allied forces from the 'island' between the River Waal at Nijmegen and the Rijn at Arnhem. All the attacks failed, and the Allied lines either held or were restored, like the Easy Company sector.
The episode was directed by Tom Hanks, who seems to do a nice line in telling true stories these days (he's come a long way since 'Big'), and I like this episode because of all of them it is perhaps the most historically accurate, thanks to the War And Peace edition of Dick Winter's AAR (After Action Report) on the 5th October 1944 incident.
This is probably the most intelligent reaction to BoB I've seen from someone with a non-military or historical background. Fabulous.
I view that scene differently. I don't think those solider were bait. At the same time the Germans attacked the Head Quarters company and that was when Major Horton was killed. I always thought those soldiers with the machine gun were supporting that attack.
@@VonKraut - "bait" is indeed the wrong word, but I'm sure they were deliberately shooting at nothing, as a diversion and possibly also as a direction guide for the attack using the tracer ammunition. Firing a heavy (tripod mounted) MG42 on fixed lines only works in support at night if you have already set your lines during the daytime, when you can see what you're shooting at.
This battalion - a mixed unit called Kampfgruppe 'Hansmann' - was a diversionary attack across the Rijn via the Renkum ferry crossing on 5 October 1944, in support of II.SS-Panzerkorp's counter-attack to retake the Nijmegen bridges. Another diversion a little further east was Kampfgruppe 'Oelkers', that had crossed the river from Kasteel Doorwerth under an SS officer from the NCO School 'Arnheim'. Both battalions were made up from odd companies of SS, RAD, Luftwaffe and Kriegsmarine training units that were part of Kampfgruppe Division von Tettau during the battle of Arnhem in September.
Further west there was also the attack by parts of 363.Volksgrenadier-Division mentioned by Colonel Sink that had crossed the Rijn near Rhenen, and then advanced east across the full width of the 'island' to hit the 3rd Battalion 506th sector between Opheusden and Dodewaard. Major Oliver Horton was the 3rd Battalion commander when he was killed during the attack on Opheusden.
We're paratroopers, lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded. 😏😎 AATW!
Enjoying the reactions. Where are the rest?
Best ep of show possibly
The best episode is either the one I just watched or the one I’m watching next!
geez. how come i've never seen your reactions! oh, i subbed, so dont disappoint.
Winters apparently said he was never able to forget the face of the kid he shot; as depicted in this episode. I suspect his demeanour over getting the pass was due to that incident. kerk
It wasn't suppose to be Winters against the world. The smoke grenade malfunctioned and delayed signaling, which mistakenly put Winters out in front of the charge.
so . . . after all of this, there are some books you should read . . . ;) , love your reactions, take care
My grandfather fought in the Bulge. He said it was the worst time of the entire war.
Winters was feeling guilty killing that really young soldier. Some ptsd there.
gdeffing youtube , i subbed specifically for this and yt just tells me now im 3 episodes behind
I love the episode, winters truly is the epitome of what every young soldiers imagine his leader is like......
Not like the salty experience NCOs that people prefer to behave like... we need more winters/sgt elias and less sgt barnes/capt sobel in the field.
Love your reactions. Can we get more than one of these a month?
Ep 6 should be up in a few days and ep 7 probable next week! 🙂
♥
When guard yelled halt who goes there , should of yelled back password,not it’s moose , ,
We know Moose was shot because he could never remember the password, but were he and Winters correctly challenged? I only heard "halt!" and not a challenge for the password - the kid was trigger happy.
Hey when are you gonna react to "rocky Balboa" ? Also Beautiful smile love it
Strap in. The last half of this series is a glorious emotional meat grinder.
A.D Knox, AD?
"Is that Jimmy Kimmel?" XD. Well, yes, but also no.
I really enjoyed watching this with you, confusion & all o), The only thing I disagree with is BK really isn't that bad 😋
The next two episodes are really intense. Well, all of them are, but especially the next two. It may make you feel like you have frostbite, even though we’re just starting summer.
Why oh, why the spoilers? Every reaction channel there is always someone. Most of us want to watch a raw reaction. Did you want to seem smart? Did you want to warn her because of some heart felt concern?
@@bluebird3281 Srsly, there's always one! Such control issues. @epa316, just stfu and let everyone else enjoy a non "managed" reaction (unless the creator asks for spoilers) or go get a history degree, and teach a class if you can't stand it that much! (I wouldn't sign up for it.)
Jimmy Fallon, not Kimmel! 😅
Also, Buck Compton's attitude has been dampened because he was wounded (they had to use a door as a litter to get him back to friendly lines when they retreated in the last episode).
I think Winters relives how he shot that young Nazi ans see's his face in the young men in Paris as if to say they did terrible things but that boy was human too but this is what war makes you do, kill or be killed, it affected him deeply on his r and r...and you can trace that young boy back to Hitler and his monstrous dogma and how it had to be stopped...Winters was a very decent human being who knew the value of peace but knew too you have to fight for it...
Winters is the first veteran that talks before the episode starts
Nice spoiler
@@christianforsstrom2222 There's always one, two or three at least every reaction & is why so many reactors simply don't read chat.
@@steveswafen2528 Drives me #$%^ing crazy! Self-important *&^% heads that want to seem smart. Can't keep their mouths shut.
Why ruin it for her and for us that want to see a raw reaction as it happens?
Oof come on man