OUR FIRST TIME WATCHING BAND OF BROTHERS EP 3 | Carentan
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- Опубліковано 3 бер 2024
- Easy Company sustains casualties while waging battle in Normandy; Pvt. Blithe has trouble adjusting to combat; the company returns to England.
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Hello, I am a historian and I enjoy watching historical shows with reactors because I like watching people learn about history. I've watched the last three shows with you both and I thought you both were doing fine. Honestly, there are some parts of these shows that most people miss and that is fine. I would suggest that every movie a person watches for the first time they will miss things regardless of the subject or their knowledge of the subject. I think you guys are doing great.
In fact, to illustrate the point, the writers and history researchers, missed that Blythe didn't die until 20 years later than reported in the show. He died in the 1960s. So even the show got some stuff wrong the first time.
I wasn't sure if you heard Blythe and Lt. Welsh discuss what happened with his vision. It was hysterical blindness, basically a PTSD response to stress. The mind will do things under great stress at times. I think that was why they showed the tank rolling over the German soldier reinforcing the idea that soldiers see things that people shouldn't see. So, the mind and body will naturally try and protect itself from these images and the tolerance is individualized, so some could see horrific things while others might see something minor and react that way.
Looking forward to seeing the rest of the series with you both, I enjoy watching you learn and you're doing fine.
Most excellent feedback; Sir!
100% agree.
It's tough to see, but we see blithe in a corner, staggering with two other soldiers, who roll by him and advance, but as Blithe starts forward again, there is a puff of smoke, inferring the two who went ahead got blown up mere feet in front of him, thus triggering his stress response as he slinks down into the corner of the building.
What Bryan said.
Quoting Donald Trump... lol...that's the real ignorance
Ignore the hateful comments. Coming from an accredited historian, there is nothing more enjoyable than spreading information about a topic you love. I truly do not understand why some people would hate on yall for simply not knowing a lot about this particular subject. Thank you for watching this amazing show and appreciating what these young men did for their families. Mind you winters is like 23
Winters was 26, Compton was 23, Welsh was 26, Spiers was 24, Lipton was 24.
Don’t forget this series has been out for over 20 years. People like to act like they picked up every little detail on their first watch. You two are doing amazing. I barely picked up anything on my first watch. I actually rely on reaction videos /comments to get a better understanding of what I just watched.
If you want to learn more about Easy Company I'd recommend "Parachute Infantry" by David Webster, it's his memoir. A very detailed and at times emotional read. Also the UA-cam channel "The History Underground" has made some very good videos were they go to places like Bastogne, Camp Toccoa and more. I would highly recommend both.
@@wolverine9787 thank you! I will definitely check it out! I bet it’s great!
When Talbert got bayonetted by Smith, he was wearing the German camouflage smock that he was showing off earlier in the episode. So when Smith looked up, all he saw was a guy in a German uniform standing over him. Add in stressed nerves, fatigue, and just waking up, and Talbert was pretty lucky to have survived.
I completely agree with you you, It's better to teach and coach someone/people on what you know rather than ridiculing them for what they don't. When it come to Easy Company, people know a lot about them and for some reason get hostile when others don't. I'll never understand that.
"Be curious, not judgemental." Ted Lasso
@@robling1937 Absolutely, knowledge comes with responsibility.
It's not important that you know all this, but what is important is being open to learning. You're taking the right steps by watching and understanding.
PS, I like that the two of you discuss the episode at the end.
Except about Trump. His followers refuse to learn anything so no mercy until that cult finally dissolves... but I keep watching these two because they're charming, curious and so obviously not dumb, so I don't get those comments at all.
@@Merble TDS is pathetic. Seek help.
Yes, Blithe survives. One of the few mistakes Band of Brothers makes. Then went on to serve, with distinction in the Korean War. "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.”
- Captain Ronald Speirs. He's more than a man of his word and will soon prove it for the entire company. Currahee ♠
Spoiler Alert 🚨 Actually no, you didn't see it. Speirs knew they couldn't take any German prisoners, he shot them all in the legs so they couldn't rejoin the fight, he didn't kill them. BUT he let the rumors spread to enhance his image and mystery or respect.
"Sparky." Legend.
Thanks for reacting guys! Never mind the negative comments, you guys are learning as you go, and that’s awesome. Keep going! ✊✌️
Don't worry about the negative or demeaning comments. As someone with a military background, yes, it can be frustrating when people don't understand certain things, but I completely understand that not everyone comes from that kind of background. Happy to answer questions to the best of my abilities if you have any about the military or military history in general! Keep up the good work you two!
It’s a reaction channel, so please react. One of the great things about this series is that it is SO educational, both from a content standpoint and comments from proper commenters. Enjoy the series, enjoy the things you are learning. Thanks for being here!
Agreed, they are learning as they go and figuring things out. Ep 1 was a little sketchy for me but they stepped up as reactors in Ep 2, I hope they keep going on this series.
the main character of this episode is experiencing what we today would call PTSD, but back then he would have been diagnosed with a Combat STress Reaction or Battle Fatigue. That symptom is known as hysterical blindness. Trauma and the other stressors of war can do some CRAZY stuff to a human body. Source, I was an infantryman who did one semester of college before deploying, and so I was sent to do all the "smart guy" schools, including getting cross trained with as much medical training they could throw at me.
Yes, in any combat or stress situation, and particuarly under artillery fire, a man can have no physical damage but have a lot of a type of brain damage due to stress.
Not PTSD but combat stress. Two different conditions. Combat stress tends to be very short lived while PTSD which often results from sustained combat stress or moral injury can last a life time.
@@506thparatrooper Very true it wasn't PTSD, Blithe was suffering from Conversion disorder. For any who is wondering it's like a mild form of PTSD but instead of mental systems it's more neurological symptoms like fits, numbness or blindness, You have Conversion disorder, CSR, PTSD and then CPTSD. It's easy to get CSR (Combat stress reaction) and CD mixed up because they're so similar, but blindness is not a symptom of CSR but it is a symptom of CD. I can confidently diagnose Blithe with suffering from CD.
Answer again: That wasnt a medic, that was a Priest. Praying with the wounded and dieing.
Yes military chaplain. In this case, a catholic military chaplain.
Catholic delivering the Sacrament of Last Rites. Like medics, religious chaplains carried no weapons, yet still went into the field of battle to provide spiritual succour to injured and dying.
@@janeathome6643 yes. Military duties have expanded so much that all areas are covered. Physical, psychological and spiritual.
many miss that. sign of the times
He was a Catholic priest giving Last Rights to the dying (the 7th and final sacroment.)
Blythe's brain just decided, "OK, you've seen too much." Today we'd call it PTSD.
The D-day battle was where we lost the most. Its 4.5k.
But look at Stalingrad on the Eastern side of the war. Over a million in a 6 month battle. That is insane.
Quick note about this episode...the makers of the show could not portray the terrain around Carentan the way it really was, so it is really hard for people to understand why the troops went straight up the road to get into the town. The Germans had flooded all the areas around Carentan, and the only ways into the town were across the few raised causeways...which the Germans defended heavily. There was no option for the Americans trying to get into the town but to get across the causeways as fast as possible, there was no way to approach the town under cover or concealment. The makers of the show did the best they could, but there was just no way for them to show how really constrained the access points to the town were.
It is one of the reasons I recommend that channel The Operations Room to folks....because they show the real battles so you can see the few important things they could not get historically correct show in the series.
And try not to let the mean comments get you down...you are learning a lot of new stuff from watching this show.... and as long as you are open to that learning, you are all good. Only the haters will not see that.
And yes...Blithe was afflicted with hysterical blindness...it is a real thing. The mind is confronted with too much information that it cannot cope with. Also...the show makers actually got it wrong...Blithe survived after the war, served in Korea,and died in the late 1960s.
You might notice that the Germans retreating from the town were gunned down as they tried to escape across those flooded fields.
@@butnooneshome Yes...they do show some of the flooded terrain...you are correct...I should update my note a bit. Most folks do not really make the connection, but I should mention that scene...thanks.
Operations room is really great at breaking down the works of easy company. Love that channel!!
I second, or rather thrice the Operation Room.
This is a very powerful series. Every kid should be required to watch this series in high school.
Fun fact about the guy who played the priest in this episode - that's Doug Cockle. You may know him as the voice of Geralt in the Witcher video games.
This happened a long time ago and we aren't all history experts... that is why you are watching this series in the first place! To learn!
Try not to mind those people and just enjoy the show!
Answer: Did Luz shoot the civilians? Of course not, that's not what the scene was trying to depict.
What was being show was Luz and Hoobler were clearing out houses of enemy soldiers by breaking a window, flowing a grenade in, waiting for the explosion, and then bursting in to finish off any surviving soldiers.
What happens next in the scene is Hoobler is waiting with the grenade for Luz to break a window for him..... Luz SUDDENLY gets a bad feeling and instead of breaking the window, he kicks the door in to find the civilians.....THAT THEY HAD ALMOST THROWN A GRENADE IN BY ACCIDENT!
The point of the scene was to show the historical fact that civilians were unfortunately caught in crossfire a lot in WW2. I think the reason they are there in this case was that the Germans wouldn't allow the French civilians to leave the towns......which made it harder for the Allies when fighting battles.
So no, they didnt shoot them.
Yeah, but it is amazing how may reactors don't understand that scene. For some reason they all seem to think he did. I guess if you don't follow the sequence before, where they are tossing in grenades BEFORE kicking in the door, you miss that the fact that they just happened to kick the door in first which is the only thing that saved that family.
I've noticed this too. So many reactors seem to think they might have shot the French family. I never understood the thought process. No the US never had a policy of shooting civilians.
@@signalnine2601 Probably the only reason viewers think Luz did that is because they watched Lt. Speirs shoot prisoners 2 episodes earlier and they're unsure about how things will go.
@@vinniemoran7362 yeah I definitely get that. still it's a big leap from german war prisoners to french citizens.
Wow -- I am sorry you guys got any grief from anyone on your reaction! I teach US History on the college level and you both have what sounds like an average education. You don't need to apologize or take seriously these cranks. If someone feels that way about it, they can certainly go watch someone else. I so appreciate that you guys are taking on this series and you're open to finding out more about it! Good for you!!
Jared
Another note: The guy that tells Blithe its all "just a game" is Harry Welsh, one of the officers. He also is the one that is bringing back his parachute to make a wedding dress for his wife, and he also threw the grenade through the window when they attacked that town at the beginning of the episode.
The guy that tells Blithe that there's no hope is Lieutenant Spiers (the guy who is rumored to have shot the prisoners on D-Day), he is from Dog company, but already stories about him are growing.
Hey y’all! Love the reaction.
A quick point. Luz did not kill those civilians, he found in the house. I’m actually surprised how many reactors thinks he did. Americans were explicitly told not to do so and morally avoided it as well (for the most part).
Unlike in the last episode where Spiers killed all the German prisoners of war (because they were enemy combatants) the focus and the pause here is on the Civilians is to show how tragic it is that innocent people are caught up in the conflict. It wasn’t to build anticipation of him pulling the trigger. So don’t stress! 👍🏻
This is one of my favorite shows and I’m so happy to see more people react to it. Sorry so many people are ragging on you, it’s actually great you are watching and educating yourself like you did with Chernobyl! Much love and keep it up!
Blythe had 'hysterical blindness'. In the Post Traumatic Syndrome Disorder (PTSD). He is so horrified and scared of what is going on his nervous system shuts down. Physically he can see by his mind turns off that sense.
In the end with the laundry; Mularky is reaction because he knows they are dead!!!
I hope the negatives don’t ruin your liking or disliking (?) a show or movie. Just because there are dirty drops it doesn’t mean the whole ocean becomes dirty.
I LOVE how you guys open the reaction, and for reminding people that this is a reaction, not that you are experts or historians! The word "Reaction" literally means: "an action performed or a feeling experienced in response to a situation or event," and that is what you are providing. I believe it takes courage to record oneself's reactions and then make those reactions public. It does not take courage to complain in the comments. Keep on going, and keep being true to yourself!
I've enjoyed your first two episode reactions and especially with how invested you guys are in the historical context on what is going and trying to piece things together.
WWII, especially this story timeline, is one of my favorite points in history. I've watched many documentaries, movies, and shows, played video games, read books based around these events.
This show is really great, I promise you, and I hope these negative comments dont drive you away from these kinds of cinema pieces.
Really, I plead you guys to keep going and enjoy and keep doing what you're doing!
They didn't shoot the civilians. It just lingered on them to show their shock.
30:00 DDay is so well remembered because it was a huge moment and a huge attack. Individual companies had their own worst days but it gets lost in the size of the conflict
Hysterical Blindness - Conversion disorder (CD), or functional neurologic symptom disorder, is a diagnostic category used in some psychiatric classification systems. It is sometimes applied to patients who present with neurological symptoms, such as numbness, blindness, paralysis, or fits, which are not consistent with a well-established organic cause, which cause significant distress, and can be traced back to a psychological trigger.
This is how you learn, new material, new things. Screw people being negative. As an old man I like seeing younger people learning things they did not previously know. It is one of the reasons I hit the like button and continue to watch. As said in a previous episode everything you see is true and then had several people want to split hairs.... everything you saw in this episode was TRUE... they (the members of EZ who told the story) made a mistake, someone with the exact same name died and they all thought it was the same Blithe. Even with that mistake, everything you saw in this episode was true.
Definitely respect it! That's why I watch REACTIONS! THATS your individual personalities coming through unbiased!
Just to give some context the series doesn't necessarily show
LT Meehan's plane went down in episode 2. It's the plane shown that is engulfed in flames when they showed the cabin with the paratroopers burning. Sgt William Evans(Simon Pegg) was also on that plane. A farmer found his dog tags in a tree over 40 years later. There is also a monument with the names of those paratroopers on that plane near the crash site.
at the 10:30 mark, that was Ed Tipper, he survived the blast, had 2 broken legs and lost his left eye. His daughter Kerry Tipper was recently a Politician in the Colorado House of Representatives. I believe she still is a politician in Colorado in a different office.
I'm not gonna touch on Blithe because im sure the comment section is filled with the Blithe didnt die comments so I'm show thats been answered.
As someone who first video I’ve seen from y’all was the last band of brother’s reaction and a history lover y’all had I great reaction don’t listen to the hate I was really pulled in by your actual amazement and astonishment to what was happening and I like how y’all were even thinking of the logistics of the whole thing keep it up ✊🏾
Winters is the definition of a leader.
The civilians in the house were not shot (that's the way I took it). The soldiers had solid orders to minimize civilian casualties.
It's a standard German practice to pre-sight their artillery and mortar fire on the own positions. That's was they meant by " Zeroed ", it requires zero corrections, they are already on target.
Yeah, this whole episode was about how people deal with fear. You see it with Blithe. Harry Welsh tells him "It's all just a game," because that's how HE deals with it, then Speirs tells him he has to accept that he's already dead, because that's how HE deals with it, and then Winters just gave him direction to give him focus and ground him in reality in the midst of his fear.
Blithe didn't die. They didn't know he survived until after everything was filmed. Blithe went on to fight in the Korean war in the airborne. He won 2 bronze stars and a silver star, in the Korean war. He turned into a real badass.
Meehans plane went down in the beginning. When Malarkey went to get his laundry, they named most of the men that were on that plane.
Greetings Mair and Sophie! I am a retired Air Force veteran (non-combat). Even in the ranks of the military, we have our heroes. These guys are mine. We often say "We stand on the shoulders of giants." These guys were those giants. Ya'll are doing great! Don't listen to the creeps hiding behind their keyboards (Like a bunch of Nazi's hiding in their trenches). Stick to your plan for this channel. Those of us who are liking what you bring to the table, will always be here ..... All others can go kick rocks!
I find it so ironic that people are angry for you for being misinformed or ignorant to the events , When this is you trying to find out what happened and learning about it XD
Found your channel 2 night's ago, what I saw is that both of you have nice soul's!!! Watched reaction to comedy,and I thoroughly enjoyed it. Keep doing what you are doing!!!
It’s easy for us to jump all over these guys for not knowing all about the war before they see any of the series. We forget that they’re young. This was my Dad’s war. He and all 8 of my uncles on both sides served in combat. Dad was in the Army from Feb 1941, 10 months before Pearl Harbor. And he served until Oct of 45. I heard all his war stories all my life, but hearing Sears talking to Blithe always reminds me of 2 things Dad said on the 65th anniversary of D-day. 1) that there hadn’t been one single day since the war when something hadn’t reminded him of someone he knew or something he’d seen during the war. And 2) when he shipped out overseas in 42 he never expected to ever come back alive.
No, he didn't shoot the civilians. The guy with him told him to toss a grenade in the room ( Like the previous one they cleared) he was just coming to grips with what he almost did.
The scene with the German tank destroyer backing over the wounded soldier shows why armored crews refer to infantry as "crunchies".
The guy that played Blithe went on to play Count Dracula.
It was weird seeing him as a vampire after watching him in Band of Brothers.
Lt. Speirs did in fact shoot some prisoners on D-Day, but it was unlike what is portrayed here. That is intentional. You will see that every time a soldier talks about the stories, the details always change so wildly. The real Speirs is to blame because he intentionally let the stories circulate for his own purposes.
The real point of Speirs is to make you ask yourself the question, “how much do I care, really?” Malarkey obviously cares about them and is a little disturbed by them; that is true for the real Malarkey and the actor playing him did a great job displaying that discomfort/disgust on his face when Speirs was speaking with them. But Penkala brushes them off and starts talking about Speirs taking the last 105mm gun at Brécourt essentially single-handedly, and concludes “I don’t even care about that other stuff”. Talbert (the one who got bayoneted) couldn’t stand him, but Lipton (who got blown across the street by the anti-tank gun) adored him. You will have to ask that question for yourself. There are obviously time constraints in a mini-series so the show can’t tell all the details about him, but let’s just say that the man was a highly ruthless and cunning killer, as well as a highly composed and effective combat leader to boot. Even those who didn’t like him admitted that he was a great battlefield leader. You might be like most of the reviewers of this series whose opinion of Speirs will change over the course of the series.
Also, I would recommend the book written about him two years ago, “Fierce Valor”. It gives you a lot of the context of Speirs, and shows how enigmatic he really is, and how that sometimes doesn’t always work out well for him.
Remember, this is not a story but a historical timeline from the creation of the 101st airborne division to the end of the war. Everything you're watching is based on historical fact, Spielberg made a mistake with Blythe, he did survive the war and retired from the army as a master sergeant but these engagements are in the historical record. Like you said, you don't know history very well, because you're young and our schools don't teach as they should. What would be more important than educating young people as to the unbelievable sacrifice of these veterans. That's why I like programs such as yours because You don't know and it's enjoyable watching people learn so what actually happened is never forgotten.
Lt. Meehan is gone. He was in the plane you saw go down in flames after an engine exploded and sent a fireball through the plane.
The pair that were clearing houses with grenades did not shoot the French family. They were shocked because they had been tossing grenades in houses, and they could have killed that family if they had cleared that room with a grenade. The soldiers were liberating the French, not looking to kill them.
You two are doing fine. As many others have said, it is encouraging to see younger folks take an interest in American history. As a teacher of history and social studies, long ago, I enjoyed watching students learn at their own rates, in their own ways. This series is deep, layered and nuanced. Be yourselves. Pay no attention to the negativity.
Great reactions, you wont catch everything in BoB first time round or even the 2nd. Keep them coming, its nice to see someone still enjoying the series and learning about this period of history 70 years on
You're right "Zeroed" meant targeted, Germans had a small force in town & when/if Americans had took most of it they had artillery ready/targeted to kill as many as possible.
In the spirit of helping...
re: your not recognizing Blythe before now. You'll soon see that the episodes are not all told from the same perspective or focus on the same individuals. The actors each played their assigned soldier whether they were the focus of a story or not. If you rewatch the series, you'll appreciate seeing these actors remaining in character even though in one story they are the focus, and in other stories they're just background noise. This greatly contributes to the show's realism.
re: collecting watches. Soldiers took souvenirs and valuables from dead bodies and bombed homes and mailed them home, aka "the spoils of war". In their era, wristwatches were expensive items. Today, the rules of war are a bit different. Theft still happens, but not as much. It was accepted behavior during WWII.
re: temporary blindness. Blythe suffered from what was called "hysterical blindness" at the time, but is now called a "conversion disorder". It's a broad label for many conditions. The likely explanation is that his blindness was caused by mental trauma. There was nothing physically wrong with his eyes.
Re: the white flower. It was said in the show that hiking up to the high elevation in the Alps where the Edelweiss flowers grow is 'the mark of a true solider'.
Re: Blythe's death. The series got his history wrong. Blythe was sent home due to his wound in October 1944, and discharged from the hospital in October 1945. He also served in the Korean War and died in 1967 at the age of 44 while on active duty (he died from a perforated ulcer unrelated to his WWII injuries).
After you finish the series, you can google all of the factual errors the show made. This was one of the larger ones. The error was introduced into the show because the Band of Brothers book author took the word of veterans who thought Blythe died in 1948. New editions of the book are corrected, but the TV series has not been.
FWIW, I watched this series at least 3 times through before I picked up on a lot of things. There is a ton of nuanced information being thrown at you, and the violence in the stories is a major distraction until you get used to it. I've watched the whole series many times since and still pick up something new once in a while.
my father fought in WWII, he always had nightmares about it all the time, talking in his sleep, screaming sometimes, I would always wake up.
Have you heard something like being so scared you can’t see straight? It’s a real thing. As Blythe said, Hysterical Blindness. It’s a true reaction to life or death situation.
I enjoy your interactions while you watch programs...thank you for being you!
This series is based on the recollections of many of the surviving men of Easy company. Some of the events are attributed to other people in order to tell the story of the company in a timely manner. For example the paratroopers were under orders not to take prisoners. They had No place to keep them! Speirs also did shoot a drunk Sargent in self defense. And some of the stories are biased against officers like Sobel and Dike. Lipton and others credit Sobel with creating the company and training for War. Dike wasn't one of "them", he was from regimental headquarters. Decorated for defending a vital crossroads on D-Day, wounded in Holland and Decorated at Bastogne for saving the lives of 3 Easy company men, and being wounded during the attack when replaced by Speirs. Watch the follow up documentary, "We stand alone together" and you'll get a better understanding of the series and the men.
Love your reactions. Two points among the officers there are two that stand out. Winters, was a leader. You will see this in later shows. Spears, the one who told Blythe he needs to thing he is already dead, was a badass MF as a soldier. You will see this later also.
I am a Boomer and these people were my father's (12th Armored) generation. America was attacked and they answered the call. It was much different from the later wars that you are familiar with. We owe them a lot and they should not be forgotten.
pay no attention to people spouting hate. We should always be encouraging people to learn about history and the past so you can truly appreciate what people have done. I know the images and events might not be what people want to see, but its things people need to see. You learn about the horrors of the past to avoid them in the future as history is bound to repeat itself in time. They are called the greatest generation for a reason. Hopefully the show spurs you to look more into the history of the war. There are so many great stories in this time period. Another good small video is the fallen of world war 2 where it really puts the numbers into perspective.
I think that it is great to watch someone learn about something like WW2, which I know ALOT about ,for the first time and appreciate it as I do so kudos
The blindess that Blithe experienced was previously called hysterical blindness. It is a presentation of a dissociative and somatoform psychiatric disorder called conversion disorder or functional neurological symptom disorder. It is associated with a stressful psychological trigger, although that isn’t always the case. Feigning must be excluded.
Why did you guys take down all your better call Saul reactions?
I hope y'all keep on doing this exactly as you are doing it, don't pay any attention to negative comments. I watch reaction videos to hear what the reactors are thinking/feeling, not to just watch the topic again.
When Army combat units occupy a position they routinely establish it as a preplanned artillery target then if they must fall back they can call for fire support by simply providing the target number. Supporting artillery units have already calculated the firing data, which involved paper charts and slide rules in those days, so response is rapid and accurate. That is why Easy was "zeroed" by German artillery, or mortars, in Carentan. If you are attacking a well trained enemy which has fire support assets you should anticipate that response.
This show was made to show regular people what WW2 was like through the eyes of a specific unit. I like watching you guys and I would consider you as regular people who don't know a whole lot about WW2 and the military in general. It's a good thing! I'm not a regular person, I'm a 23 year army vet and a history nerd, lol. And I'm glad that this show can help regular folks learn more about weirdos like me. 😊
Him taking just the flower that is the mark of a true soldier when others look for watches or Lugers means he now sees himself as a true soldier
My grandfather fought in WW2 told me that in combat, they wouldn't stay near tanks. He said tanks drew artillery fire and the ppl in the tank couldn't see who was around the tank. When the tank maneuvered, you might get run over.
I love you guys
So humble and genuine.
Please ignore all the hateful comments. I’ve seen the show a million times and enjoy so much how you guys are reacting and learning about history❤️
Thank you guys for your content and I hope the negative comments don't discourage you from continuing with it
I never hit the "like" button until after I've finished watching a video. Today, during your introduction was THE first time I've hit that like button from the outset. You guys have the perfect attitude. Once again, I'm really sorry you've had to contend with such ignorance. The commenters who are just using this platform to bash you are just plain out of line.
Anyway, enough of that. You guys have had your channel for nearly two years now, so I don't have to tell you "welcome to the internet".
On to the good stuff... nearly everyone, and their grandma, and their dog has come on by now letting you know that Blithe actually survived and went on to live another twenty years as a successful career soldier in the army.
A bit of insight into Blithe and why he was portrayed this way. The real Blithe was from Philadelphia, and talked more like Guarnere. When the British actor was cast to play him, he used that deep southern accent for some reason, and the producers of the show just went with it.
When he was shot, it was a lot crazier than portrayed. During training leading up to their deployment into the war, the soldiers had been instructed that whenever they saw a sniper, they would aim their rifle and yell out "BANG BANG". This was training, so obviously it was for safety, etc.
Well, during the patrol where he got shot, Blithe saw the German sniper first and did *exactly* as he was trained. He raised himself up, aimed his rifle, and yelled out "BANG BANG" instead of actually pulling the trigger. The German sniper - obviously - immediately shot Blithe.
At the end of this episode, you see the guys being told that they're heading back out to Germany. This would be one of many preparations that went nowhere. They would be told they were about to be deployed again, only to have whatever objective they were supposed to be going after cancelled. The beginning of episode four shows them in the same place, being told the same thing. They're still in England two months later.
Great reaction you two. Don't let the jerks dissuade you from reacting to this awesome series.
Also, brace yourselves! There's a whole year worth of war ahead in those remaining seven episodes, and it's only going to get rougher.
Love you guys. Thanks for the reaction 😊
There are more intense episodes ahead. You guys are doing just fine so far. Keep enjoying the series, and I'll keep enjoying your reactions. CURRAHEE !!
I'd say historian Bryan couldn't have stated it better, I enjoy seeing two young people taking their time to lean an important piece of history. Good for the both of you, stick with it, never mind the mindless.
hysterical blindness is what they used to call it. it's shell-shock or PTSD. basically, parts of his brain shut down as a protective mechanism after overwhelming stress.
In an autobiography, one of the main veterans of Easy explains that Blythe's eyesight being temporarily lost (due to what we now know as a trauma/PTSD response); the veteran states, "I remember trying to comfort him by saying, 'It's okay, relax. They will have you out of here..." The autobiography goes on to say, "As soon as Blithe regained his vision, he immediately returned to duty. If you think about that for a minute, that boy had been paralyzed by fear, yet he had the guts and dedication to stick to his buddies in Easy Company. As soon as he relaxed and pulled himself together, he returned to the front rather than taking the easy way out with an evacuation. Sometimes all a soldier needed was a calm voice reassuring him that everything was fine." (Beyond Band of Brothers, page 105).
God bless your efforts to educate yourselves. For those of us who grew up (1970s and 80s for me) around many of these vets, it's amazing to us that so little of this world changing catastrophe and the major sacrifices made by this generation is remembered, or even taught in schools. Don't take it too personally, but try to educate your friends/peers on what your learn.
Just a little history, Lieutenant Meehan and his plane crash landed, and he died. His wedding ring and dog tags are in the Dead Man's Corner Museum. The plane crash landed near Brecourt Manor,i.e. episode 2 where they took over those guns firing on the beaches of Normandy. To this day,where that plane crashed nothing grows but it grows around it. It's weird and I seen it first hand.
You are taking the opportunity to learn, that is good. Keep going.
Severe trauma can cause the brain to shut down your senses (such as sight) to protect against experiencing further trauma.
My grandfather fought in WW2. He said there was a guy in his platoon that would collect nazi gold rings off dead soldiers. If the guy couldn't get the ring off, the guy would cut the finger off, to get the ring.
Some background information on what happened between this episode and the next. Why at the end of this episode they are moving out and going back to combat, and he beginning of the next they're still in Aldbourne chilling.
Basically, between the end of their involvment in the Normandy campaign and the start of Market Garden, there was several (I think 4 or 5) airborne operations planned to assist retaking France. However, the German army was in full retreat, and General Patton's army was gaining ground so fast that for every single one of those, the planned drop zones were overrun by allied troops before the operation was sprung and the whole thing was cancelled, sometimes on the tarmac as they were about to go, as mentionned by Guarnere at the beginning of next episode.
Important Answer/Correction: Blyhte actually survived. Its one of the few historical mistakes the show ever made.
Blythe recovered and served in the amry through the Korean War.
I believe his actual death was like 1967-68.
Actors in military movies are impossible to tell apart, so no judgment. But you should know Ron Livingston (playing Lt Nixon who was surprised at the end that Lt Welsh with the parachute thought they were going to make it back to England; NOT playing Lt Spiers who told Blythe he had to accept that he was already dead). I encourage you to add Office Space to your playlist. Great movie that introduced the older people watching your channel to Ron Livingston.
Actually Blithe lived until 1967. There was another Albert Blithe who died. They mistakenly thought it was the one portrayed in this show. This Albert Blithe pretty much drank himself to death.
Everyone has a part of their brain that decides FIGHT or FLIGHT as instinctive reaction to survive. Training conditions the brain to not panic in those situations. When that part of the brain is activated, it limits your logical thinking to avoid paralysis by analysis overload. Your reaction is thus more on your emotions than critical thinking. FYI - projections for the airborne on D-Day was 80% casualties. 20,000 were deployed = 16,000 possible casualties on the FIRST Day! The actual casualties were about 2,600! The unpicked-up laundry was for those wounded and killed. Beyond the bullets, the shock waves from the explosions can do you harm too.
Ignore the haters. Yall doing well. As a afghan vet I'd like to reply to that comment. How yall suppose to know? Isn't that our job? To shield the eyes and ears of innocent Americans so that they don't have to deal with that trauma? God bless
One of the few things Band of Brothers actually got wrong, Blythe did not succumb to his injuries. That was written in the original non fiction series and they did not correct it before filming. Blythe survived the war and later died of kidney failure during a surgery in 1967.
I'm holding in my rage. These "commenters" dishonor the things these men fought and died for. You guys keep doing you and learning about these great men
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"Gotta keep on keeping on" I love your reactions y'all....those negative people are every ten feet and will always be out there.
This is my first time watching a series on your channel, but I'm really enjoying your commentary and hearing you both work through and process your thoughts. I'm sorry some people only find meaning in their lives by trying to make others miserable.
Lasalle!!
Fun fact: Bill Guarnere & babe Heffron were both south Philly guys. Philly & PA as a whole produced some of the toughest people in the war.
Winters - Lancaster county
toye - reading
Guarnere - South Philly
Heffron -south Philly
Harry welsh - Scranton/Wilkes Barre area
I’m sure I’m missing some.
You're both doing great. Just keep on doing what you're doing.
Answer: It was answered fir you in the show....but.......Blythes condition was legitimate. A condition referred to as "hysterical blindness". Basically the brain suffers from too much sensory input and shuts down the eyes.
It's not too much sensory input but rather trauma that triggers it. I've commented with a more detailed explanation.
A lot of the knowledge that commenters like me came from reading books like Stephen Ambrose's Band of Brothers and Dick Winter's Beyond Band of Brothers. Every commenter who was dissing you was a person who didnt have the knowledge of the story until they watched the show or read the books. If they are making such a big deal out of minor things then consider them acting out the worst parts of Captain Sobel.. Im so glad you are reacting to this. Im so glad you are sharing this. If you ever need a book about leadership i highly recommend Dick Winters book/audiobook. Peace!
"not that much people died"?! ( Looking at Lt. Meahans ENTIRE plane of like 25 guys. )
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@@betathoughtexperiment thank you. Wasnt sure
Enjoying these videos and your reactions 🙂👍. One of my top 5 series and still better than many series that are out today.
The soldier (George Luz) DID NOT shoot those civilians. It's just unfortunate timing with the bullet SFX as they cut to the next shot that makes some people misunderstand. This was based on a real moment that happened to some of the Easy Company guys. They tossed grenades into one house, and later they were gonna toss more grenades into another house, but for some reason they felt like they shouldn't so they just broke in and were startled to find civlians there because the town was supposed to have been evacuated with only Germans left. So they were shocked to find civilians in the middle of that chaos, and they later wondered if they ended up hurting civilians without knowing it when they tossed grenades into some of the houses they thought were full of German soldiers. But they definitely did not hurt any civilians on purpose.
PTSD or possibly overpressure caused by an explosion closeby grenades, cannon rounds, morter shells and artillery can also cause injuries unseen due to the pressure of a blast
I really enjoy you both. Keep doing you and don’t change for anyone! Much Love from Utah USA 🇺🇸 ❤️