I often hear people say this, but I think it’s an unfounded pessimism. I teach history to kids 12-14 years old and they absolutely LOVE hearing the stories of heroism from WW1, WW2, and Vietnam. They can’t get enough of it. I can’t tell you how many times year after year they come up to me and ask for recommendations of documentaries and movies they can watch to learn more about these guys. They do appreciate it. Boys and girls alike.
You are a sweet lady. And you like history American airborne ww2.thank you for having the heart for these American hero. I wish more people in America had your heart. From one older American thank you.
so nice to see a young person still respects what those men did for us. iam from the netherlands 33 years of age and i realize all to well that heroes like the men of easy company fought and sufferd so severly for the freedom that we as young people nowadays have. does allied heroes fought so we can enjoy our freedom and for that iam so thankfull. godbless with lots of love from the netherlands.
I don't know if this story is in the documentary, I haven't watched it in a while, but when Bill was walking through the woods with some of the people, he points and says, "oh look, there's my leg" :P that guy has a crazy sense of humor.
The worst part is that only 3 or 4 of these brave warriors are still alive and with the passage of time soon there will be no one left to share their story. We owe everything we have today to these men yet fewer and fewer peopke know anything about their sacrifices.
7:47 Somehow him saying, "I'd rather not talk about it," is harder to hear than the other soldiers detailing what happened. Just the amount of pain and suffering behind that statement, it's immense.
You have it right for how the recruits are treated. It has everything to do with getting to know them only to watch them die. Imagine having a brother and watching him die over and over again. That's what it was like for these men. They just weren't soldiers but a unit, a team, brothers in the field of battle. Better to not know them so you don't have to feel that loss anymore.
Had an uncle in the 10th Armored Division that stayed at Bastogne with the 101st Airborne. These vets went through the worst crap imaginable. Battle of the Bulge. Beat the Krauts.
I have seen this document several times and it moves me every time to tear what these men had to experience in a little over a year. Now imagine what German soldiers would tell who were sometimes 4-5 years in service and were not regularly pulled from the front line to recover. I know many will not agree with me, but basically the German soldiers were only 18-22 year old boys who would rather have had a girlfriend at home than shoot others at war
Those German soldiers fought bravely as well. I always think of Shifty talking about them doing their job the same as he was doing his and under different circumstances they may have been good friends. Not all German soldiers were Nazis and seldom if ever do they get the recognition they deserved. Proud, brave young men that also sacrificed for their country. They will always have my respect.
You're right, "Moe" Alley has to be one of the most underrated men of Easy, that guy was wounded 2 times (broken glass in Normandy, potato masher in Holland) and he kept coming back xd what a man! One of my favorites. It's a shame that he's very secondary in the series, but is cool that he's instantly recognizable because of his black hair and the scars on his face after Holland. He's the one that looked almost dead at the beginning of ep. 5 (he was in a patrol with Liebgott and Lesniewski); then he appears in 'Bastogne' singing with Liebgott in their foxhole; in 'The Breaking Point' he's singing with a group of men before the german sniper starts shooting at the end of the episode; and then he's seen on 'The Last Patrol' going to the patrol with Webster and the others... Malarkey is also one of my favorites, it's so hard to see him broken because of the memories of Bastogne and what happened to his friends there: Muck and Penkala died, Joe Toye and Guarnere lost a leg, and Buck was sent away... I'm so happy that you're back! And extra-happy that you decided to watch this documentary. You look amazing (I love your hair) and your cats are so cute! You made me laugh when you went to grab some toilet paper xd I hope everything is ok and that you keep reacting as long as you feel fine. Can't wait for your Attack on Titan reactions, they're so good :3 ps: by the way, if you don't mind me asking, from what part of the UK are you from? I've always loved your accent, but never asked :c
@@JulietteReacts Woo, I didn't know Kit Harrington was from Manchester, but yeah, your accent is a little similar. I love accents, especially from the UK and Spain, the little (or big) variations between them, but I still have problems identifying them xd I love how you pronounce words with "o" or "u", like "running", "gun" and "lovely", it's hard to describe it for me (i'm not native english speaker), but I just love it. Thank you for responding. Take care!
@@felipeaquitral he's not! He just does a Northern accent on the show. For someone who isn't a native speaker you've done a really good job picking out the parts of my speech where my accent is very prominent. I've noticed some native speakers (particularly Americans 😉) aren't as attuned to subtle variances like that. The 'uh' sound in 'running', 'gun' and 'lovely' is quite heavy in my accent. Whereas someone like Kate Beckinsale who has a posher, Southern accent, would sound a lot more delicate. Ha! We would also pronounce words like "bath" or "glass" differently. She'd say bahhth and glahhss. Using a long ahh sound. Whereas I'd say glass like 'ass' with 'gl' on the front lmfao. And bath like baff (but with a th at the end... though not always. I might say baff if I'm being lazy with my speech. Just like I might not say the t's in "bottle" - this is called a glottal stop). Probably more information than you care to know lol
@@JulietteReacts not at all! Thank you for all the info, it's great to learn more :) And yeah, I also noticed that you change the "th" to "ff" or "b" (like "ffink" instead of "think", or "wib" instead of "with"), and I find it lovely. I think I love Northern accents more than Southern's, 'cause appart from your Mancunian accent I love the accent from Liverpool and the Geordie accent too, I also like Jack O'Connell's accent (he's from Derby). And I *love* the scottish accents from Edinburgh and Glasgow (James McCavoy's and Grant Morrison's accent), which is kinda unintelligible, but I love it
I was there a couple of years ago, some of the foxholes are still visible as small pits. There's a video somewhere on YT where a guy said his dad came to Bois Jacques woods and walked straight to a pit and said "That's my foxhole, this is where I got shot"
Lot of reasons replacements are resented but the most poignant reason...you only need replacements when you've lost a man already and that replacement is stepping into the hole in your heart where a friend once stood. No matter how good a replacement might be, it's hard to see them as being as good as the man you lost.
You are humanly good. This bad one since is very bad. Also for my parents and grandparents. A bad time. Loyal, hateful and without mercy. Thank you that due tries to understand this. We remanber… Thanks---
It’s hard to try to get friendly with someone that you don’t think will live to see the end of the week. The replacements were not yet battle hardened, and if battle hardened warriors were dropping left and right, it was difficult to expect them to make it very long
The thing with replacements is that every time you see them you know they're there because they replaced your friend. Or maybe not even your friend, but your brother. You see them, you think of the man who died in the first place. Not a great position to be in, as a replacement.
Try reacting to the old movie "To hell and back" it's a autobiography of Audie L Murphy starring Audie L Murphy as himself.( He became a pretty famous actor after WWII...)
I know how they feel I was a platoon sjt in Afghan I deployed with 32 men in my platoon came back with 11 men 7 months later. My platoon till this day are the worst hit platoon in the British army since the Korean War. I find this hard to watch’ respect to them
You should’ve listened more closely to what he said about replacements. He didn’t say they resented them. He said he didn’t want to get to know them because he couldn’t stand to see them die. I believe he was saying that they were inexperienced and thus had less of a chance for surviving.
I got that, mate. I said that he didn't want to get close to them because they were green and more susceptible to dying. PS: when doing reactions, you're basically having a discussion yourself which leads to tangents and talking in a broader way about the topic at hand. Sometimes that leads to passing thoughts being said out loud that would usually have been dismissed and forgotten if I were just watching the show, silently and alone.
Juliette Reacts Point taken. Also, thanks for resting to this. Though a drama, it relates the true story of the hell of war and of ordinary people who must do extraordinary acts.
It wasn't resentment of the troopers part. They didn't want to get emotionally attached to a new person on the very likely chance that person would be killed in action like so many of their old friends before them.
Half or more of reaction commentary on UA-cam is not too insightful or well articulated. You on the other hand are in the top 99% on both metrics. Very enjoyable content and well thought out remarks. Cheers!
Just wonderful.
Next up is Attack On Titan. Then Generation Kill. Then a Premiere Pioneer.
Juliette Reacts have you read the band of brothers book, by Stephen E Ambrose??
Check out the german 3 part movie - Generation War
Juliette's reaction is precious. If only this generation would appreciate what they all did this world would be different in a good way.
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I often hear people say this, but I think it’s an unfounded pessimism. I teach history to kids 12-14 years old and they absolutely LOVE hearing the stories of heroism from WW1, WW2, and Vietnam. They can’t get enough of it. I can’t tell you how many times year after year they come up to me and ask for recommendations of documentaries and movies they can watch to learn more about these guys. They do appreciate it. Boys and girls alike.
their holes are still in the forrest of bastonge today
And the people of Belgium want those holes to remain untouched, to them, it is just as much as hallowed ground as it is to us.
Never fails to get me, every time Lip says "they got old Guarnere this time".
You are a sweet lady. And you like history American airborne ww2.thank you for having the heart for these American hero. I wish more people in America had your heart. From one older American thank you.
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so nice to see a young person still respects what those men did for us. iam from the netherlands 33 years of age and i realize all to well that heroes like the men of easy company fought and sufferd so severly for the freedom that we as young people nowadays have. does allied heroes fought so we can enjoy our freedom and for that iam so thankfull. godbless with lots of love from the netherlands.
Band of Brothers is my favorite of all time. I can't tell you how much I appreciate your emotions!
I think your analysis of the feelings of the men of Easy Company towards replacements was spot on.
just grateful to see that someone your age is willing to appreciate what troops go through.
Sixty years on and these tough as nails men still cry as they recall their time in World War Two.
Your comments and insight are so heartfelt.
I don't know if this story is in the documentary, I haven't watched it in a while, but when Bill was walking through the woods with some of the people, he points and says, "oh look, there's my leg" :P that guy has a crazy sense of humor.
I love your reactions to band of brothers, it’s beautiful 😊😊
The worst part is that only 3 or 4 of these brave warriors are still alive and with the passage of time soon there will be no one left to share their story. We owe everything we have today to these men yet fewer and fewer peopke know anything about their sacrifices.
You have such empathy. As a combat veteran, I appreciate it. Thank you.
Sorry, just saw this.
One my favorite series. The song at the end of each episode gets me every time. I love watch this with you and your take , wonderful !!!
i watch it once every
year
7:48 5th time watching your react. Malarkey lost his three close friends Hoobler, Skip Muck and Penkala.
That's so sweet. There's various reactions on UA-cam I watch multiple times and it's nice to know someone does that with mine!
7:47 Somehow him saying, "I'd rather not talk about it," is harder to hear than the other soldiers detailing what happened. Just the amount of pain and suffering behind that statement, it's immense.
You have a Beautiful soul, young lady!
Juliette, I admire you for your honesty and compassion describing these videos. Keep fighting the good fight.
Nice to see your reaction and appreciation for my grandfather's generation, they were made of TITANIUM.
Love your work Juliette !!! thanks for your wonderfull work !!
in this f---g world, we need people like you.
Gud bless you.
You have it right for how the recruits are treated. It has everything to do with getting to know them only to watch them die. Imagine having a brother and watching him die over and over again. That's what it was like for these men. They just weren't soldiers but a unit, a team, brothers in the field of battle. Better to not know them so you don't have to feel that loss anymore.
Had an uncle in the 10th Armored Division that stayed at Bastogne with the 101st Airborne. These vets went through the worst crap imaginable. Battle of the Bulge. Beat the Krauts.
I have seen this document several times and it moves me every time to tear what these men had to experience in a little over a year. Now imagine what German soldiers would tell who were sometimes 4-5 years in service and were not regularly pulled from the front line to recover. I know many will not agree with me, but basically the German soldiers were only 18-22 year old boys who would rather have had a girlfriend at home than shoot others at war
Those German soldiers fought bravely as well. I always think of Shifty talking about them doing their job the same as he was doing his and under different circumstances they may have been good friends.
Not all German soldiers were Nazis and seldom if ever do they get the recognition they deserved. Proud, brave young men that also sacrificed for their country. They will always have my respect.
Thanks for doing this kind of reaction; nice to see the men that contributed in this action.
If I had to guess. I would say part of the animosity was that you can’t look at the replacements without remembering the men they replaced.
The finest tv series ever made! One day i will get to Normandy Belgium and Germany to tour the battlefields etc..
You're right, "Moe" Alley has to be one of the most underrated men of Easy, that guy was wounded 2 times (broken glass in Normandy, potato masher in Holland) and he kept coming back xd what a man! One of my favorites. It's a shame that he's very secondary in the series, but is cool that he's instantly recognizable because of his black hair and the scars on his face after Holland. He's the one that looked almost dead at the beginning of ep. 5 (he was in a patrol with Liebgott and Lesniewski); then he appears in 'Bastogne' singing with Liebgott in their foxhole; in 'The Breaking Point' he's singing with a group of men before the german sniper starts shooting at the end of the episode; and then he's seen on 'The Last Patrol' going to the patrol with Webster and the others... Malarkey is also one of my favorites, it's so hard to see him broken because of the memories of Bastogne and what happened to his friends there: Muck and Penkala died, Joe Toye and Guarnere lost a leg, and Buck was sent away...
I'm so happy that you're back! And extra-happy that you decided to watch this documentary. You look amazing (I love your hair) and your cats are so cute! You made me laugh when you went to grab some toilet paper xd I hope everything is ok and that you keep reacting as long as you feel fine. Can't wait for your Attack on Titan reactions, they're so good :3
ps: by the way, if you don't mind me asking, from what part of the UK are you from? I've always loved your accent, but never asked :c
Thankyou for your lovely comment! I'm from Manchester in the North West. So I basically have a milder version of Jon Snow's accent
@@JulietteReacts Woo, I didn't know Kit Harrington was from Manchester, but yeah, your accent is a little similar. I love accents, especially from the UK and Spain, the little (or big) variations between them, but I still have problems identifying them xd I love how you pronounce words with "o" or "u", like "running", "gun" and "lovely", it's hard to describe it for me (i'm not native english speaker), but I just love it. Thank you for responding. Take care!
@@felipeaquitral he's not! He just does a Northern accent on the show.
For someone who isn't a native speaker you've done a really good job picking out the parts of my speech where my accent is very prominent. I've noticed some native speakers (particularly Americans 😉) aren't as attuned to subtle variances like that.
The 'uh' sound in 'running', 'gun' and 'lovely' is quite heavy in my accent. Whereas someone like Kate Beckinsale who has a posher, Southern accent, would sound a lot more delicate. Ha!
We would also pronounce words like "bath" or "glass" differently.
She'd say bahhth and glahhss. Using a long ahh sound.
Whereas I'd say glass like 'ass' with 'gl' on the front lmfao. And bath like baff (but with a th at the end... though not always. I might say baff if I'm being lazy with my speech. Just like I might not say the t's in "bottle" - this is called a glottal stop).
Probably more information than you care to know lol
@@JulietteReacts not at all! Thank you for all the info, it's great to learn more :) And yeah, I also noticed that you change the "th" to "ff" or "b" (like "ffink" instead of "think", or "wib" instead of "with"), and I find it lovely. I think I love Northern accents more than Southern's, 'cause appart from your Mancunian accent I love the accent from Liverpool and the Geordie accent too, I also like Jack O'Connell's accent (he's from Derby). And I *love* the scottish accents from Edinburgh and Glasgow (James McCavoy's and Grant Morrison's accent), which is kinda unintelligible, but I love it
I was there a couple of years ago, some of the foxholes are still visible as small pits. There's a video somewhere on YT where a guy said his dad came to Bois Jacques woods and walked straight to a pit and said "That's my foxhole, this is where I got shot"
Great reaction!
Lot of reasons replacements are resented but the most poignant reason...you only need replacements when you've lost a man already and that replacement is stepping into the hole in your heart where a friend once stood. No matter how good a replacement might be, it's hard to see them as being as good as the man you lost.
You do so well.
You are humanly good. This bad one since is very bad. Also for my parents and grandparents. A bad time. Loyal, hateful and without mercy. Thank you that due tries to understand this. We remanber… Thanks---
Malarkey always gets me.
It’s now 78 years after DDAY. Very few WWII veterans live. Are we teaching our young about the greatest generation…and why we call them that?
In any war. In any army, it is hard to get close with new recruits because you'd get sad if they got killed.
It’s hard to try to get friendly with someone that you don’t think will live to see the end of the week. The replacements were not yet battle hardened, and if battle hardened warriors were dropping left and right, it was difficult to expect them to make it very long
You would like the Ambrose book by the same name. The series is based on it. There is also a D Day paperback written in Britain that is excellent.
The thing with replacements is that every time you see them you know they're there because they replaced your friend. Or maybe not even your friend, but your brother. You see them, you think of the man who died in the first place. Not a great position to be in, as a replacement.
Try reacting to the old movie "To hell and back" it's a autobiography of Audie L Murphy starring Audie L Murphy as himself.( He became a pretty famous actor after WWII...)
I know how they feel I was a platoon sjt in Afghan I deployed with 32 men in my platoon came back with 11 men 7 months later. My platoon till this day are the worst hit platoon in the British army since the Korean War. I find this hard to watch’ respect to them
Imagine getting your leg blown off and referring to it as "BONGO"
You should’ve listened more closely to what he said about replacements. He didn’t say they resented them. He said he didn’t want to get to know them because he couldn’t stand to see them die. I believe he was saying that they were inexperienced and thus had less of a chance for surviving.
I got that, mate. I said that he didn't want to get close to them because they were green and more susceptible to dying.
PS: when doing reactions, you're basically having a discussion yourself which leads to tangents and talking in a broader way about the topic at hand. Sometimes that leads to passing thoughts being said out loud that would usually have been dismissed and forgotten if I were just watching the show, silently and alone.
Juliette Reacts Point taken. Also, thanks for resting to this. Though a drama, it relates the true story of the hell of war and of ordinary people who must do extraordinary acts.
It wasn't resentment of the troopers part. They didn't want to get emotionally attached to a new person on the very likely chance that person would be killed in action like so many of their old friends before them.
If you’re in the UK and have the time or the £££ catch a train to France and visit the cemetery at Omaha beach.
I would like to do that! I'm going to the Netherlands next year. Wonder if I can hit up some sites.
@juliettereacts yes the foxholes in bastogne still do exist
Would you react to some of the *Memoirs of World War II* interviews
listen to that accent she's got.
I have the series, every time I watch it I skip Bastogne, it's heart breaking.
you need to stare into the camera more often show us those eye's.
Half or more of reaction commentary on UA-cam is not too insightful or well articulated. You on the other hand are in the top 99% on both metrics. Very enjoyable content and well thought out remarks. Cheers!