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Nope 11:34 happened felschoyer the faithfully. Not that I hate Germans I hate German leaders in 1939. I'm Danish we resisted in ww2. We're an annoying people ask the sweeduah. Lol I kinda think a few sweeds are ok as well. Not that I'm an american not a fan we invited nazi rocket scientists pardoned war criminals gave them money and homes wow ull I got was dead family not even a thaka and yeah I built the rockets have done for a while now since retired I make rockets out of shit nazis have no ability to do mailing tubes beer cans cause minitureization is one of the most difficult things to do 35 years just saying and no nazis helped ill be launching a beer can special with a liquid oxygen engine cause I don't drink my big fat norwiegen friend drinks a lot of beer. Imagine I could make a rocket out a beer cans it cost maybe 3k cause copper isn't so cheap lately. Niether liquid oxygen or liquid hydrogen and you have to boil gasoline to refine it yes you can boil gasoline. Dont try it. The 101 wasn't the only unit in basoinge btw. But winters was a solid leader. The last words of winters in this episode my uncle had the same words he received a bronze star a silver star and he essential was doc roe. Saved 53 men bever fired a gun never killed combat medic his honor and strength was a resolve to save lives and had no fear. My uncle came home married his high-school seet hear and in the last years of his life a privelage to care and make dinner and keep company with my aunt and uncle who said never go through a day without learning something a word of egnglis lh or german or french or Arabic Spanish never took a class in Spanish learned 11,956 words of Spanish from a nice lady that was 53 and a busser and dishwasher. She passed away last year lost touch with her when the resturaunt closed (for a train and mass transit fedral) but when our resturaunt closed tried to keep in touch with everyone. Raquel was deported sadly and I never got the chance to say thank you. To her. How do yoy say thank you for someone teaching you to learn a language thanks canada for English to a viking dane . Thanks badd medicine. I just needed to vent a bit and set things right. Treason trump isn't a cause cause in new york in the 60 no one liked him he was a joke. For leagal. Aledgedly has always been a crroo creepy my opinion and a few hundred others similar opinions allegedly but you know we stamps are such gossips not alledgedly so cool hw walks into beauty gadgets with naked 14 yr olds that's fact cause it's on board what's his face show recorded dint listen to his show. Jon stewer and Jordan n klepper and desi lydic there my joy for the day.
What is going on with you guys?? You're only doing reactions to TV series only? Used to better when you did films but seems you changed course. Unsubscribed a while back but popped in to see if you're doing film reactions but it seems you're set on only reacting to long streaming series. Disappointing.
@@lion6460 how dare 4 grown men watch what they want to watch, how despicable. 😄 And for the record, they have uploaded 5 movie reactions in the last 14 days.
Interesting fact: Malarkey talking to the american-german POW actually happened with a little difference. They actually happened to have worked next to each other across the street. The authors of the series thought that the audience would think about this as highly unbelievable, so they made them being grown up 100 miles apart.
One of many instances of the showrunners changing up the story because the actual events were deemed "too unrealistic for the audience". Most of these involve the men performing what can only be described as superhuman feats in the field of battle, and they had to tone it down for the show
Malarkey also didn't see him on D-Day.. it was a few days later and the POW was not one of those killed by Spiers.. they combined 2 different events from different days into the episode. Also, the assault on the Manor took over 4 hrs.
My great uncle was in the 82nd Airborne (504) in WW2… he was killed as he parachuted into Italy in 1943. This ep always strikes me a certain way because of that. RIP to all the heroes!🇺🇸
I was in a Living History/Reenactment group that represented H Co, 2-504th. Had the honor of meeting a couple of the real Devils in Baggy Pants. Respect to your Uncle.
I love how quick you see Lieutenant Winters leadership and ability to adapt in this episode. Arrive on the battlefield with almost no gear, then he gathers troops and organize, find his bearing on a map and his objective, stabilize his troop and his command even after Guarnere outburst then already go with a brilliant battle plan for his mission...You want to follow that guy unlike Sobel !!
Lipton really did climb that tree. There were many instances of that kind of thing, and survivors would later say that they took risks that first time in combat that they never would have taken once they'd seen some action.
This episode doesn't truly convey just what Winters and the men of Easy Company accomplished here. Winters took 17 men and attacked an entrenched position manned by over 60 Germans, succeeding in his mission to destroy the German artillery with a loss of two men (one wounded -- Robert "Popeye" Wynn, and one killed -- John "Cowboy" Halls". Standard doctrine calls for such a position to be attacked with three times enemy forces. Winter had just over a quarter of the enemy's numbers. Those medals were deserved. And I can confirm the final card. When I was at West Point back in the 1980s studying to become a young officer, we studied this Battle.
In reality there was another squad in support but that doesn't change the fact that the engagement was such a textbook assault that it is literally THE textbook small unit engagement taught in most Western military academies. And again, even with the extra men involved, it's typically advised for an ambushing force to have a 3:1 advantage in manpower so even a 3:1 disadvantage is a massive handicap and to come out ahead like Easy did is just an incredible testament to their leadership and ability.
@@lsaria5998 Winters and his squad have great abilities, but one also needs to take into account the inabilities of the enemy. They clearly messed up the defense, at some point even engaging their own positions. If they defended properly then they would not have been overrun like that. Or am i wrong? Not picking the german side of course, just trying to look at it objectively.
I can't remember where I heard this, may have been the BoB podcast, I think it was the writer of this episode, John Orloff, who explained that much of the success at Brecourt Manor was due to the lack of combat experience from the men of Easy and their eagerness to engage in combat that resulted in them taking risks they wouldn't have otherwise taken after becoming hardened combat veterans. Makes sense.
What makes this show so powerful is that you're watching someone's memory of these events. The names are real and not changed. Multiple people aren't combined into a new character that didn't exist. These guys did this and were lead by Winters. Goddmamn.
The story with the German American POW was even more incredible than they showed. He and Malarkey actually worked across the street from each other (rather than in nearby towns) and at different times were members of the same sports league (ie knew the same people). Lipton climbing that tree was a big rookie mistake as it did make him a sitting duck. Compton was on the UCLA baseball team so was really good at throwing grenades. He made the rookie mistake of taking a replacement Thompson without realizing that the firing pin was broken which is why he can never fire his gun. There are many who think that Winters deserved the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day.
Fun fact: Buck's handsignals to Malarkey and Guarnere were as such He signaled 1, 4, 2, and then 2, 5, with his fingers. Then a closed fist and pointed in the direction of the MG. Translated: "1 MG42, 25 Feet, throw grenades that way." An MG42 is a preferred machine gun that the German army used. The 25 feet was helpful for Malarkey and Guarnere to gauge how far they needed to throw the grenades. Just to give you an idea of the casualty rate, here are the official numbers for that night: June 6, 1944 allied paratrooper strength -13,100 1,003 killed 2,657 wounded 4,490 missing in action (remains never identified or recovered).
Where did you find these numbers? There is never a need to artificially inflate the casualty numbers to, in some way, "enhance" the achievement. The 101st was a first-class unit that fought several savage engagements and constantly stymied their Nazi opposition. The heroism of these men is beyond contestation and does not need to be inflated by inaccurate reporting. Sorry, this is not an attack on you, but it is a personal hill promoting as much precise accuracy as possible that I always promote; such overinflation invites rebuttal and then actually allows people to diminish what should be (and is) a record of exceptional heroism and service. June 6, 1944 allied paratrooper strength -13,100 1,003 killed 2,657 wounded 4,490 missing in action (remains never identified or recovered). First "Allied Paratrooper?" Does this mean 101st? or the combined Divisions of 82nd, 101st and British 6th & the GPR? - Because many more than 13,000 landed in the 24 hours total across all three divisions. So, if you are only identifying 101st casualties, then you need to VERY carefully qualify the numbers you have given above as this (inaccurately) implies 24-hour losses totalling 8,150/13,100 (over 60%) and (again as BoB will show) the 101st casualties were nowhere near that high on 6th June - in fact those loss rates are more close to estimates for the 101st losses for the ENTIRE Normandy campaign (June-August) [consider this official US-army record for the 101st for the ENTIRE European campaign {June '44-May'45} history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/101ABN-ETO.htm] Second - missing includes a substantial number of men who were, in fact, still alive - some small number POW and a lot who were simply lost and later turned up and rejoined their units (as BoB will show). Third - the Allied casualties for the 24 hours of 6th June are highly unstable; most of the units involved did not produce combat reports until several days after the invasion, and the casualty figures were a combination of losses over those several days, making accurate counts of the 6/6/44 losses nearly impossible. However, the TOTAL (so airborne, seaborne, airforce & navy) losses for D-Day are reliably reckoned by my reading as somewhere between 10-15,000 dead + wounded + missing, with around 4,500 confirmed dead. That is across the 160,000 men in 3 airborne, 7 infantry divisions, and numerous supporting units.
@@sivonni Where do you get this number from? It is easy to say, but who "knows"? The reading I have done places the total D-Day casualties at about half that number (see above, with REFERENCE). I'm happy to be reliably corrected, so correct me, with references as support.
@@cyberdan42 my statistics are from several WW2 databases and the US Army reports. According to the after action report of the US VII Corps (I have had to write a number of these myself so I know how much verification is involved), there were 2,811 verified killed and 5,665 missing (presumed killed) and 13,564 wounded, with 79 prisoners. That's US troops alone. With Canada's reports, there were an additional 335 killed. Britain didn't publish their numbers for Operation Overlord (aka the Normandy invasion) but there were estimates of between 2500 to 3000 killed wounded and missing. That means around 6000 minimum, likely closer to 12,000 since the missing are also presumed dead. So, unless you don't count official Army records as accurate, that's the most accurate account of D-Day by the numbers I am aware of. Many others sites list it far higher (135,000 US troops alone) but some seem to be including the whole month of June as part of the "Normandy Invasion". The 101st Airborne Division lost 5 commanding officers on DDay, including 1st Lt Meehan, and one the next day. That's again, per the official Army after action reports.
@@sivonni First, link these, please. Second, can you be certain these are accurate casualty figures for exclusively 6/6/44. Many units, in the chaos of the landings, only supplied figures post around 8th June (when many missing were located, units began to reform and true losses could be measured). So, are you looking at single D-Day losses or the losses across around 2-3 days starting June 6th?
Can you believe even 20 years later that intro music and this episode specifically still gives me goosebumps! 😣We never really had anything that paid tribute but also showed the realistic side of Infantry combat in WW2 and we had to wait til hacksaw ridge for anything even close to this masterpiece amazing job Spielberg 💯🔥
11:22 unfortunately it happened, some estimates say about 25,000 American went to fight for Germany in WW2. It's not taught in school here in the US, but it did happened.
I imagine if both of your parents were german, your grandparents, uncles and aunts were german etc there would have been a lot of pressure on a young man to 'fulfill his duty' and return to Germany rather than fight for america
Yeah a lot of people forget that America wasn’t directly involved in the war at the beginning. It was seen as the patriotic thing to do to go back and fight for the homeland by thousands of German families.
There was a lot of German support - not politically so much as throughout the population. It's why it took so long for America to get directly involved in the war.
I am sure in 1939-40 when the US was not in the war yet it did not sound as crazy to back to Germany to fight. Also at in 1940 nobody thought in Germany that the war be still going on 4 or 5 years later.
It didn't even have to have been that they went to Germany to fight. They could have been minors that moved back with the family then got conscripted into the German forces.
Fun fact, officers were given "hudden gear" that even the senior enlisted didn't know about. Such as the small compass inside the fly of their pants or the map attached to the back of a playing card. That is why the men looked so shocked when Winters reached down his pants and and pulled out a directional device and when he was also able to produce a map of the whole beach after soaking it in water for a few seconds
Just remember in every shot, every scene, every person in that shot are doing something as accurate as possible to the moment. Even if they’re just in the background. You watch this again, and guarantee you’ll catch something new each time.
Man, it still hurts to see the vets themselves cry during the pre-episode interviews. Can't imagine what it's like to relive the worst days of your life, on camera, decades later.
So the real Buck Compton was an All American Baseball player in college. McDonough (who plays Buck Compton in BoB) also played baseball in college. The depiction of Buck hitting the German with the grenade is true. And McDonough threw it accurately since he played Baseball before.
It has been mentioned, and I second the recommendation - "We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary" Also, Ron Livingston (playing Lt. Nixon) did a video diary of the boot camp that Dale Dye (playing Col. Sink) put together to get the actors ready for the series. It gives great insight into how well they worked in an ensemble, and what excellent performances they gave.
My own grandfather was in the Pacific Theater. Watching stuff like this amazes me that any of our grandfathers made it out alive. I feel like I can barely keep up with whats going on just watching it on TV. The sheer chaos of it. The insane fear they must've felt. And so many were so young. I think my grandpa was like 17/18 at the time. The willingness to push ahead knowing you could die and those around you *are* dying. It blows my mind. The sacrifice and bravery. Last episode when Oak said his grandfather said the scaredest he was, was when he no longer saw the shores of the US made me think about how for many men, leaving for war was the last they'd ever see those shores. Where did they find the courage to leave home knowing they were headed to a war like this?
I have to imagine most young people don't fully understand the horror of war until they are in the thick of it. I've seen plenty of interviews where people say they signed up for the adventure, like it was a camping trip or something.
Winters was put in for a Medal of Honor for Brecourt. However Army regs at the time of D-Day mandated on 1 man per division could be awarded the MOH. By the time Winters’ paperwork hit the higher ups the Medal had already been awarded to someone else so his medal was downgraded to DSC which is the 2nd highest Army award. Winters wasn’t the only soldier this happened to for their D-Day actions. This rule was done away with later and many different soldiers from the same division received MoHs. After the mini-series came out there was an attempt made to upgrade Winters’ medal from DSC to MoH but the Pentagon denied it.
Agree color shading, sound design & camera work with the shakes with the explosions makes it feel so realistic & you like you're right there, that fire city scene at 24:39 was wonderfully shot & actors did a excellent job of portraying it from the soldier's perspective.
There was large support for fascism in the 30s and early 40s in the US. Father Coughlin, a noted anti Semite. Also there was the German American Bund. Fritz Julius Kuhn who was active in the Bund helped lead a rally in NYC at Madison Sq Garden that drew 20,000 people or more. Let me assure, anti Semitic attitudes and lover for fascism were alive and well in the US then, as they are now.
Anti-Semitism in various forms has been around for centuries. In 1920's and 30's Europe the rise of fascism was the response to the threat posed by communism - and the more prolific leftist Jews were naturally associated with the communists. In Germany both sides had their own army, both of which were larger than the one the government had, so ... whatcha gonna do? Disarm to show the world you're the peaceful one?
@@altairtodescatto Well in the 30s people were quite open about fascism and now people are afraid to use the word even though its exactly what they advocate for so I would say by definition it cannot be
The guns at Brecourt had been pre-sighted to fire right down onto the only causeway leading inland from Utah Beach. Easy saved a lot of lives that day.
Yeah, I don't know what to think. In the 90s, he still said he did shoot the prisoners. But he also seemed like the kind of guy who would say he did it, even if he didn't.
@@Yora21 I believe it's in the book and in some other videos regarding Band of Brothers that POWs were indeed shot because they were behind enemy lines, had to be on the move constantly. So on D day paratroopers basically took no prisoners or had no other choice but to shoot them since they did not know if invasion is going to be a success and how long will it take for them to connect with main forces.
On D-Day, there were official instructions not to take prisoners since the troops would be moving inland. Gunning down captured troops might be seen as immoral and I understand anyone who argues that, but the men were following orders, during an invasion, with no reasonable alternative.
You guys missed the little moment when Hall is being introduced to some other guys in the company and his new nickname, cowboy, is brought up and someone asks if he's from Texas and he responds, "no, Manhattan." And the guys are all looking at each other like, "what?"
I remember the first time I watched this episode during its initial broadcast. All I could think of during the jump scene was, "These kids are jumping into hell." Gut wrenching and so, so sobering to try to grasp what that must have been like. It takes my breath away every time I watch it.
12:55 just in case you guys didnt know, the Allies were under "take no prisoners" orders until they had secured the beachheads. The Airborne were sent in to move fast and hard to disrupt German supply lines and make the landings go smoother as much as they could. This meant that they could not take any prisoners, as that would have taken up resources, slowed them down, and introduced the risk of prisoners rising up while captive. Its for these reasons that they were to take no prisoners, and if any had? they had to be executed as shown. It was only when the Allies had secured the beachheads, taken some territory and established their own supply lines that they could start taking prisoners. Realities of war.
5:22 The current airborne troops that do static line jumps out of C-130s and C-17s still use that style of parachute. It hooks up to the plane and the jump out at the green light. They can't control the opening and have very little steering. The special force guy that do free fall jump, they have crazy modern parachutes.
Although they do use t-10's (non directional) at times, the newer chutes they use are steerable. They're not overly nimble, but you can change the direction they're facing/ moving. At jump school in the 90's they used old ass t-10's. Dropped like a damn bag of rocks. 🤣
I like how they bring up that the engineering sometimes fails depending on exceptional circumstances. That is a lot of what happened on D-Day at Omaha beach, going from the amphibian tanks that were tested on a calm lake but then sank right to the bottom of the ocean because they were not tested in those rocky waters, to the grapple hooks that were never tested with wet rope prior to the battle, making it so that they never knew the watered ropes would be weighed down so much they would never even come close to hitting their intended targets
The idea of the para trooper was a new thing. So items like the drop bag did not work because the high speed of the planes trying to avoid flak literally ripped the bags off the troopers. Also because of the hectic drop it became a blessing for the troopers because the Germans had no idea where anyone was. It confused the Germans that they had no idea where to focus their defenses at.
That and the British didnt tell us that they weren’t supposed to be dropped first you were supposed to hold on and wait till after the jump to let them go, and that that they weren’t supposed to weight more then 10 pounds, leg begs were used to great affect by the British
Hello From canada! I have seen band of brothers numerous times I even have the full dvds Major Winter is one of my hero! and all these men on ww2 the respect I have for them is right down to my soul. Me and my brother are going to visit the shores of Normandy, France. code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. Thank you all for your reactions and input on BOB band of brothers.
Thanks to all of you for another great reaction. Since you mentioned the minimum of colour in these movies, I would like to share an experience of mine. In 1991 my country was suddenly at war. One thing I remember as if it was yesterday. In my eyes, the moment we learned that we were at war, in my eyes, all colours changed and went pale. After the war ended, it took some time for the colours to become as vibrant as they had been before the war. War is Hell in any shape or form. And yet, the Collective West is provoking other countries and pushing for war. All the warmongerers should go ahead and stand first in line. It`s easy to sit in a comfy armchair and send others "to do the fighting, suffering, and dying".
4:31 the field where Lt. Meehan’s plane crashed to this day the area is scarred. No trees grow in that spot. (Note: the planes were referred to as “sticks”.)
To answer Dave’s question the show allegedly took 8-10 months of intense filming to shoot, mostly in Ellenbrooke Fields, at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, England. The same location had previously also been used when filming the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Not sure if you know this, Rommel, the German defense strategist for D-Day had the French fields flooded. So many Allied paratroopers, with their heavy gear and leg bags, couldn't lift themselves up to stand and ended up drowning in less than a foot of water.
I've seen several channels reacting to this, and what I have heard by many of them is that this series have been a life changing experience. It made them interested in warhistory which they was not that into before and got a way different view of their kind grandfathers participating. When it comes to the legbags they killed a lot of the soldiers, because the Germand had flooded the field they drowned after being pulled down.
42:13 The reason a lot of them lost those bags is because the planes weren't at the correct altitude and speed for the drops due to all the heavy anti aircraft fire they were dodging.
Fun fact, the fact that they dropped in a random and large area due to the issues with the landing caused the LGOP (little groups of paratroopers) phenomenon. The effect of 5-30 man groups all over the place caused more problems and chaos with the Wehrmacht supply and information, then if they dropped in the original large groups.
@@DanielDaPonte-v9l makes sense, the Germans go from holding and guarding specific battle lines and fronts to suddenly having to deal with guerrila warfare tactics essentially
@10:31: "(planes soaring)" - Bad caption. Those were 14" projectiles from off-shore battleships screaming overhead. That's why Lipton said, "It's the Navy...."
Interesting fact about the American-German guy they ran into, him and Malarkey didn't live miles from each other, they actually worked across the street from each other. They didn't put this in the show though since they thought it would be too unbelievable.
I did my 20. One thing I'll never forget, PMA. Proper mental attitude. No matter what, it can always be worse. If you're alive, there's hope. If someone can survive, why not you (aka me). When in doubt, make a joke to lighten the mood. If you can't do that, suffer in silence.
The leg bag was an English concept. They gave it to the Americans but failed to tell them, it had to be held to their chest with crossed arms when they jumped. It could be released once clear of the plane. Our modern carriers are also an English design with the angled flight deck.
One of the best series out there. These soldiers where built different, ive fought in Afghanistan a couple of tours and couldn't even comprehend what they went through
Well, this is when the sh*t gets real. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. Imagine if Sobel had this map and compass in the middle of this chaos and death. There'd be no men of Easy left. Currahee ♠
First time I watched this episode, I kept getting distracted from the POW massacre by the revelation that Malarkey was a Goonie (from Astoria, OR). The historical richness of a well-told true story rewards a huge number of rewatches.
Winters was put up for Medal of Honor, but someone else in the 101st got it I believe and there was some rule about MoH in the same division. Something like that.
Another fun fact from the book about this raid and the medals. Winters was being interviewed later in the war, and the reporter asked him hid thoughts about another officer who was given the same award for taking out a similar gun position, but had 130 men. Winters responded "If I had 130 men, we'd be standing in Berlin right now"
This show actually debuted 2 days before 9/11. We (military guys) all watched the debut, (it was on Sunday night) of the first 2 episodes. Then on Tuesday was 9/11. So nobody watched episodes 3-10 because of the current events. Later, HBO re-aired it, but it had lost the excitement of the initial release. So it had a cult following at first, but didn’t become universally iconic until years later. I personally watch it every single year start to finish. I vividly remember when Winters passed away in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Greatest show of all time. The making of it is amazing too. You will never get that many actors to go through a boot camp & months of training again.
In the scene with Winters running in the trench, the cameraman is not running backward. The cameraman is sitting in a wagon, with someone hooked up and pulling like a horse, running forward, in the same direction as Winters.
The scene in the plane where the soldier was playing with a clicker, each man was given a clicker to identify themselves at night, one click was answered by two clicks if you didn't get those two clicks open fire
That probably wouldn't have worked. Even then there were plenty of Germans who could speak English quite well, and thunder really isn't one of the most difficult words. And you could have people with uncommon accents in the American or British units too. It also would be really hard to hear the exact pronunciation while whispering in a forest with nearby combat. Flash is just a really fast and simple way to say "Tell me the code word for allied soldiers." very quickly. And in case a surprised soldier doesn't remember the code word immediately, "Flash" works as a hint that the reply is "Thunder". But for a German soldier who doesn't know that Flash and Thunder are the code words for that operation wouldn't need a lot more time to think about what word could be the correct reply for Flash. If he would even figure out that he was being asked to say a code word in the first place.
Trivia- Series shows Compton’s gun malfunctioning at Brecourt. That actually happened. When he landed at Normandy Compton lost his mussette bag and weapon. The weapon he came across, and used at Brecourt, was broken.
It is worth noting this. A difference of 25km/hr in airspeed (for the C-47), assuming one paratrooper exiting the aircraft every 5 seconds, equates to roughly an EXTRA 35 metres between where each trooper lands - alone - at night - in unfamiliar territory - with enemy likely very close by. This is why, as the planes evaded, dove and sped up the paratrooper drop was so scattered and chaotic.
One of the filmmaking innovations they implemented in the show was a new type of squib. Old squibs were small explosive charges that the actors would wear, but there was an element of danger and other actors couldn’t be nearby when the squibs went off. The new ones were a system of hits put on the actors that were powered by compressed air. They could wear many hits and be right next to other actors without nearly as much risk.
Brécourt Manor Assault Turned out there were four 105mm artillery pieces at Brecourt. The Americans lost four men killed, and two wounded. Winters lost one man, Pfc. John D. Halls (of A Company) from an 81 mm mortar platoon. Another, Private Robert "Popeye" Wynn, was wounded during the attack. Another casualty was Warrant Officer Andrew Hill, who was killed when he came upon the battle while searching for the headquarters of the 506th PIR(he was not actually part of the attack). Also killed were Sgt. Julius "Rusty" Houck from F Company, who was with Speirs, and one soldier from D Company under Speirs' command. Another soldier from D Company was wounded.
🥰SOOO happy that all 4 of you are sharing your BoB journey w/us together to appreciate the best miniseries ever made (aside from 2000’s Dune miniseries😋)! The only thing I can’t unsee on this episode’s production is when Winters’ character is supposed to pull the TNT string on the 3rd German 105gun but didn’t. The tag is still there yet it explodes, lol! Other than that, every aspect of this series is so well done! Can’t wait for the next one, Badd Medicine!💛
17:28 Makes you give thanks that this series wasn't directed by Nolan, else there would have been a constant humming sound through the whole scene with synths going up and down...
For those visiting Normandy, I couldn't recommend enough taking a night walk alone deep in the countryside to feel a little bit of what the paratroopers must have felt... there are some deep trails in between hedgerows that are so dark that you can't even see your own hands... and it's a labyrinth of these. Apart from the absence of battle sounds, it has not changed a lot in those places.
When Diamond Dave was talking about the camera work. It reminded me of a movie i think you guys would like, if you haven't seen it. Hardcore Henry is a badass movie.
The leg bag often worked better than we see here. Correctly used it allowed a lot more weight which was responsible to allow a lot more ammunition as well as stuff like anti tank capabilities. They also don't show that they had a lot of transport crates that they droped on chuts as well. Problem on D-Day for some (by far not for all) was that correct use in combat conditions is hard and with the whole air drop thing being a relative new concept the soilders winged a lot of stuff and thus often overfilled a lot of the containers and bags. The air drop on D-Day also wasn't as chaotic everywhere. There also were the gliders that were distratious when shot down, but those who landed had the advantage of cohesive units and supplies being landed with them. Overall the chaotic nature was to some degree part of the intent and helped the allies. It created a lot of confusing reports of enemies sighted by the Germans on the ground to their superiors. Thus is was harder to decide how and where to respond.
I can't remember where I heard this, may have been the BoB podcast. I think it was the writer of this episode, John Orloff, who after extensive interviews with the men who were there explained that much of the success at Brecourt Manor was due to the lack of combat experience from the men of Easy and their eagerness to engage in combat that resulted in them taking risks they wouldn't have otherwise taken after becoming hardened combat veterans. Makes sense.
I read the book by Stephen Ambrose in 2001 and it was riveting. I was dubious but excited when the miniseries came out. I think it does the book justice.
Actually it was an issue in WWII and WWll. Everyone in America were immigrants or children or grandchildren of immigrants from every country in Europe.
Love the series! One of the finest TV events in TV history. Love all these brave men, and the brave actors who underwent some tough conditions to film it. Didn't like the way they portrayed Capt. Sobel, or Private Blythe in Ep. 3, or Lt. Dike in Ep. 7, and several other men who were portrayed in a less-than-flattering fashion.
18:34 - a "Luger" is a pistol produced in several Western European countries since 40yrs before the war started. Look up "Luger P08" for more. Think of it as the Euro version of the model 1911 "Colt .45" sidearm used by US troops in WW1 and WW2. As far as Easy Company's battle went..anything with ammo was worth taking.
For the leg bag, if you read the book that documented a lot of what Easy Co went through and this series main basis was from, apparently loosing the leg bag on the jump was a pretty universal experience. Not many who jumped that day managed to hang on to their leg bag. Especially with all the chaos those planes went through.
The British paratroopers had trained with the leg bags and when used correctly they worked very well. Unfortunately the Americans were given them just before the jump and had never used them before (a seen where Joe Toye asks if anyone knows how to use them). The Americans absolutely over filled the bags and didn't know they correct procedure to jump with them hence practically every paratrooper losing them on D-Day.
Important to remember that at least the guy in this episode's case said he and the family returned to Germany in time for '41, so this was before Hitler declared war on the US following Pearl. He didn't leave to fight against america
I got to ride a DC-3 once and one aspect I didn't expect was how shaky the ride is since they fly relatively slow and under 10,000ft. So imagine the fear and anxiety, plus you're being rocked back and forth probably as much as the people that would later follow you on boats.
My husband is from Germany and he told me a story once as his uncle that had moved to the USA in the '30s and when the war came he moved back to Germany to fight as a point of honor for his family, but when he got there they beat the shit out of him for moving there in the first place. Poor bastard couldn't win one way or the other! 🤷🏻♀️
I've never noticed this before, though perhaps others have. At the 18:39 mark, the second German from right is doing the US Army's hand and arm signal for "cease fire" while facing another German position which was firing on his. I wonder if that was due to a mix-up by the advisor(s) or if that is generally a universal signal when it comes to Western militaries. If it currently stands as their hand and arm signal for "cease fire," I wonder if it was back then.
Yes, finally a bit of rest from the anxious waiting. This reaction series is now my most waited thing on ... the whole internet really. Great episode, good work!
There's a whole lot of commenters talking about how "true" this story is. It is... but, this series, throughout all of the episodes presents the story with various degrees of accuracy & inaccuracy simultaneously to help tell the story in a way that the viewer can follow better. Easy Company of course did exist, and we're about to follow events they experienced through the conclusion of the war. When they left England for D-day, there were 139 guys making up the company, and the company would shrink with casualties, and then beef back up with replacements throughout the war, so the neighborhood of "120-ish" is pretty much how many guys were in the company at any given time. Because of this, it would be logistically impossible to depict the experiences of every single guy in a ten episode series. So a lot of stories that happened to Easy company guys we're never introduced to were attributed to a small core of characters that we're going to be following. For instance, the paratrooper that landed near Winters that night wasn't Hall, but some supply Sgt from F company that Winters recognized right away. Then when he encountered Lipton (with that clicker), Lipton had twelve guys, not just two - although a few of the twelve were indeed stragglers with the 82nd. An interesting incident that's not depicted at all: when Winters stuck his knife in the ground and went under that poncho to look at the map, one of the group that was with Lipton swiped that knife. Winters was furious about it, but decided that it was neither the time or place to address the theft. In the night, several other Easy company guys latched on to the group, including Buck, Guarnere, and Malarkey. Winters, Lipton, Buck, and Guarnere had nothing but their knives - as all of their leg-bags had been torn away in the same manner. At about 3:00AM, they came across the Lieutenant Colonel of another unit, who had about fifty men with him. Winters and his men were headed in the same direction they were going, so they fell in with that group for a little bit. It was with this huge group that the Germans were ambushed. Several of the Lieutenant Colonel's men are the ones who opened fire prematurely, as Guarnere still hadn't obtained a replacement weapon yet. After that, Winters and Guarnere were finally armed - having taken pistols off the dead Germans. Malarkey did come across an American who had come to Germany after Hitler's call for "all loyal Germans" to serve the Reich. It wasn't quite as depicted here though. He was a German Master Sergeant, in the company of about twenty other German POW's. He was from Portland, Oregon, and had worked at Schmitz Steel Company up until 1938. Malarkey worked at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in 1942. The two places were very very near to each other. Due to the year differences, Malarkey had never seen him before, and said he had no idea what happened to him afterwards. Speirs did execute a group of German POW's, but it likely wasn't that group. If I remember correctly, the Germans Spiers executed occurred earlier in the night before dawn. The assault on Brecourt Manor is depicted as taking place in only a few minutes. In reality, the attack took about three hours. During which time Winters had to run back to the assembly area to get after them for not moving fast enough to help them out with fresh ammo and other assistance. The jeep driver Loraine is depicted as kinda a fifth wheel to the unit during the Brecourt Manor assault. In reality, he was very effective. When they were shooting the fleeing Germans while taking the first gun, Loraine is depicted as missing the guys while Guarnere takes them out. In real life it was actually the reverse. Guarnere missed the German he was shooting at, and Winters had to shoot him. All the while, the Germans that Loraine shot went right down. Later on, a German who was stunned by a grenade came out to surrender. Winters was trying to point him to leave the trench, but the German had a hard time understanding. Loraine slipped on a pair of brass knuckles and belted the guy. Winters didn't care for treating prisoners that way, but it did the trick. The German suddenly understood to leave the trench to go surrender to someone else. The show depicts Joe Toye as using brass knuckles on a German, but he didn't have any during that attack. It's pretty much like that throughout the series. Actual events are changed up so it's all easier for the viewer to follow.
If you ever get the change to visit Normandy, highly recommend it. It puts things like this and all that was done those days in a totally different perspective. And makes what was done at Utah/Omaha/Point du Hoc and other spots, gives u so much more respect to those men. Just driving through the surrounding area i was like "this is a mess to have to fight through" no visibility , small roads, open fields (often flooded back then).
My grandfathers fought in the European theatre of WWII. My uncle, my grandpa's brother and I went to Normandy for the 55th anniversary of D Day. I literally cried when we visited the beaches, you could just see the carnage. Saving Private Ryan was both better but worse than my imagination. Band of Brothers gives colour and movement to the supporting invasion of the 101st. There's that paratrooper statue hanging on St Marie Eglise (the church)? from the first town to be liberated.
@geckogo7328 I have always been interested in ww2 and that period of history. Visiting I couldn't help but sometimes just stand there, reflecting and thinking "damn" The museums at Utah beach and airborne museum at st maire eglise with their live size models of landingcraft and gliders were really good in showing how simple the equipment was. And to imagine standing in them, knowing what they had to go through..... On my way back, I visited the museum at bastogne. A big museum focusing on the battle of the bulge. Told through 4 people (audio tour): German soldier, us soldier, young local boy, and a local nurse. One of the best museums I have visited so far.
@@VeryFastRodi Had you already watched BoB when you visited? I wished I had, to have the overall context, at least. Never went to Bastogne, but I'm jealous you went. Some of my family is going to the Netherlands next year for the 80th year commemoration of Operation Keystone that GP fought in. How can it almost be 80 years ago already?
@geckogo7328 if there coming here to the netherlands, going to bastogne is just an hour (or two depending where they are) away by car. For sure worth it. Maybe can even fit in a visit to the airborne museum in oosterbeek. The museum is in the former hotel used as the hq during operation market garden. It's a small museum but they did quite a nice job with it, and it's also a nice area to visit. After watching A bridge to far, seeing it and the area. It's not on the same level as Normandy but it gives a very good impression
@@VeryFastRodi No way, you're in the Netherlands? GP was half Dutch. His father was English and captured in the first month of WWI and spent the war comfortably billeted with a Dutch Doctor, fell in love and married his daughter. So, GrandPa was in SOE (aka Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) as a spy in the Netherlands, cause he spoke Dutch and German, albeit with a Dutch accent. He (and 49 other agents) were betrayed and captured by the Nazis. During interrogation, he somehow got free, killed two, jumped through the window and then legged it to England. If I could, I would love to retrace the journey of his escape. I will definitely mention your suggestions of Bastogne and other significant sites to the rest of the family. Thank you!
Back in the day i got to have a late night drunken conversation with Bill and how he REALLY earned the nickname "Wild Bill" which did happen on D-Day but never mentioned in the any of the books or series. also the Ambush scene is wrong and Bill didn't have a weapon during the 1st ambush , but he did pick up 2 P38 German Pistols and used them till he picked up a thompson SMG.
From IMDB Joe Toye was actually not the soldier who hit the German gunner with brass knuckles. Buck Compton said it was a "desk jockey from headquarters" who threw the punch, using an old trench knife that had brass knuckles attached. This knocked out several of the German's teeth and might have even broken his jaw. Compton was so angry, mainly because the German was no longer posing a threat, that he grabbed the soldier, threatened him with a court-martial, and told him to leave the field of battle immediately. Compton made it clear that the soldier's help was no longer needed or wanted.
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Nope 11:34 happened felschoyer the faithfully. Not that I hate Germans I hate German leaders in 1939. I'm Danish we resisted in ww2. We're an annoying people ask the sweeduah. Lol I kinda think a few sweeds are ok as well. Not that I'm an american not a fan we invited nazi rocket scientists pardoned war criminals gave them money and homes wow ull I got was dead family not even a thaka and yeah I built the rockets have done for a while now since retired I make rockets out of shit nazis have no ability to do mailing tubes beer cans cause minitureization is one of the most difficult things to do 35 years just saying and no nazis helped ill be launching a beer can special with a liquid oxygen engine cause I don't drink my big fat norwiegen friend drinks a lot of beer. Imagine I could make a rocket out a beer cans it cost maybe 3k cause copper isn't so cheap lately. Niether liquid oxygen or liquid hydrogen and you have to boil gasoline to refine it yes you can boil gasoline. Dont try it. The 101 wasn't the only unit in basoinge btw. But winters was a solid leader. The last words of winters in this episode my uncle had the same words he received a bronze star a silver star and he essential was doc roe. Saved 53 men bever fired a gun never killed combat medic his honor and strength was a resolve to save lives and had no fear. My uncle came home married his high-school seet hear and in the last years of his life a privelage to care and make dinner and keep company with my aunt and uncle who said never go through a day without learning something a word of egnglis lh or german or french or Arabic Spanish never took a class in Spanish learned 11,956 words of Spanish from a nice lady that was 53 and a busser and dishwasher. She passed away last year lost touch with her when the resturaunt closed (for a train and mass transit fedral) but when our resturaunt closed tried to keep in touch with everyone. Raquel was deported sadly and I never got the chance to say thank you. To her. How do yoy say thank you for someone teaching you to learn a language thanks canada for English to a viking dane . Thanks badd medicine. I just needed to vent a bit and set things right. Treason trump isn't a cause cause in new york in the 60 no one liked him he was a joke. For leagal. Aledgedly has always been a crroo creepy my opinion and a few hundred others similar opinions allegedly but you know we stamps are such gossips not alledgedly so cool hw walks into beauty gadgets with naked 14 yr olds that's fact cause it's on board what's his face show recorded dint listen to his show. Jon stewer and Jordan n klepper and desi lydic there my joy for the day.
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What is going on with you guys?? You're only doing reactions to TV series only?
Used to better when you did films but seems you changed course. Unsubscribed a while back but popped in to see if you're doing film reactions but it seems you're set on only reacting to long streaming series. Disappointing.
@@lion6460 how dare 4 grown men watch what they want to watch, how despicable. 😄 And for the record, they have uploaded 5 movie reactions in the last 14 days.
Interesting fact: Malarkey talking to the american-german POW actually happened with a little difference. They actually happened to have worked next to each other across the street. The authors of the series thought that the audience would think about this as highly unbelievable, so they made them being grown up 100 miles apart.
But that explains why he randomly chatted him up. Would have recognized each other.
essentially the american german POW was a traitor, same as 50% of americans nowadays
One of many instances of the showrunners changing up the story because the actual events were deemed "too unrealistic for the audience". Most of these involve the men performing what can only be described as superhuman feats in the field of battle, and they had to tone it down for the show
@@pabloc8808reality is unrealistic is the trope name for this.
Malarkey also didn't see him on D-Day.. it was a few days later and the POW was not one of those killed by Spiers.. they combined 2 different events from different days into the episode. Also, the assault on the Manor took over 4 hrs.
To think Winters pulled out that attack on the first days of real combat and that tactic is still shown in the military training is mind-boggling.
Some people are just naturally born to handle stuff like that. Just goes to show how squared-away Winters was.
My great uncle was in the 82nd Airborne (504) in WW2… he was killed as he parachuted into Italy in 1943. This ep always strikes me a certain way because of that. RIP to all the heroes!🇺🇸
I was in a Living History/Reenactment group that represented H Co, 2-504th. Had the honor of meeting a couple of the real Devils in Baggy Pants. Respect to your Uncle.
I love how quick you see Lieutenant Winters leadership and ability to adapt in this episode. Arrive on the battlefield with almost no gear, then he gathers troops and organize, find his bearing on a map and his objective, stabilize his troop and his command even after Guarnere outburst then already go with a brilliant battle plan for his mission...You want to follow that guy unlike Sobel !!
I would definitely follow Damian Lewis into battle
Lipton really did climb that tree. There were many instances of that kind of thing, and survivors would later say that they took risks that first time in combat that they never would have taken once they'd seen some action.
This episode doesn't truly convey just what Winters and the men of Easy Company accomplished here. Winters took 17 men and attacked an entrenched position manned by over 60 Germans, succeeding in his mission to destroy the German artillery with a loss of two men (one wounded -- Robert "Popeye" Wynn, and one killed -- John "Cowboy" Halls". Standard doctrine calls for such a position to be attacked with three times enemy forces. Winter had just over a quarter of the enemy's numbers. Those medals were deserved.
And I can confirm the final card. When I was at West Point back in the 1980s studying to become a young officer, we studied this Battle.
This gives me chills.
In reality there was another squad in support but that doesn't change the fact that the engagement was such a textbook assault that it is literally THE textbook small unit engagement taught in most Western military academies. And again, even with the extra men involved, it's typically advised for an ambushing force to have a 3:1 advantage in manpower so even a 3:1 disadvantage is a massive handicap and to come out ahead like Easy did is just an incredible testament to their leadership and ability.
Something I picked up from one of the BoB Books, podcasts, and 11th episode. Easy Company was the Assault company for the 2nd Batallion.
@@lsaria5998 Winters and his squad have great abilities, but one also needs to take into account the inabilities of the enemy. They clearly messed up the defense, at some point even engaging their own positions. If they defended properly then they would not have been overrun like that. Or am i wrong? Not picking the german side of course, just trying to look at it objectively.
I can't remember where I heard this, may have been the BoB podcast, I think it was the writer of this episode, John Orloff, who explained that much of the success at Brecourt Manor was due to the lack of combat experience from the men of Easy and their eagerness to engage in combat that resulted in them taking risks they wouldn't have otherwise taken after becoming hardened combat veterans. Makes sense.
What makes this show so powerful is that you're watching someone's memory of these events.
The names are real and not changed. Multiple people aren't combined into a new character that didn't exist. These guys did this and were lead by Winters. Goddmamn.
Thanks for spoiling it, reet
The story with the German American POW was even more incredible than they showed. He and Malarkey actually worked across the street from each other (rather than in nearby towns) and at different times were members of the same sports league (ie knew the same people).
Lipton climbing that tree was a big rookie mistake as it did make him a sitting duck. Compton was on the UCLA baseball team so was really good at throwing grenades. He made the rookie mistake of taking a replacement Thompson without realizing that the firing pin was broken which is why he can never fire his gun.
There are many who think that Winters deserved the Medal of Honor for his actions on D-Day.
Winters was submitted for the Medal of Honor, but it was downgraded to a Distinguished Service Cross.
Fun fact: Buck's handsignals to Malarkey and Guarnere were as such
He signaled 1, 4, 2, and then 2, 5, with his fingers. Then a closed fist and pointed in the direction of the MG.
Translated: "1 MG42, 25 Feet, throw grenades that way."
An MG42 is a preferred machine gun that the German army used. The 25 feet was helpful for Malarkey and Guarnere to gauge how far they needed to throw the grenades.
Just to give you an idea of the casualty rate, here are the official numbers for that night:
June 6, 1944 allied paratrooper strength -13,100
1,003 killed
2,657 wounded
4,490 missing in action (remains never identified or recovered).
Where did you find these numbers? There is never a need to artificially inflate the casualty numbers to, in some way, "enhance" the achievement. The 101st was a first-class unit that fought several savage engagements and constantly stymied their Nazi opposition. The heroism of these men is beyond contestation and does not need to be inflated by inaccurate reporting. Sorry, this is not an attack on you, but it is a personal hill promoting as much precise accuracy as possible that I always promote; such overinflation invites rebuttal and then actually allows people to diminish what should be (and is) a record of exceptional heroism and service.
June 6, 1944 allied paratrooper strength -13,100
1,003 killed
2,657 wounded
4,490 missing in action (remains never identified or recovered).
First "Allied Paratrooper?" Does this mean 101st? or the combined Divisions of 82nd, 101st and British 6th & the GPR? - Because many more than 13,000 landed in the 24 hours total across all three divisions. So, if you are only identifying 101st casualties, then you need to VERY carefully qualify the numbers you have given above as this (inaccurately) implies 24-hour losses totalling 8,150/13,100 (over 60%) and (again as BoB will show) the 101st casualties were nowhere near that high on 6th June - in fact those loss rates are more close to estimates for the 101st losses for the ENTIRE Normandy campaign (June-August) [consider this official US-army record for the 101st for the ENTIRE European campaign {June '44-May'45} history.army.mil/documents/eto-ob/101ABN-ETO.htm]
Second - missing includes a substantial number of men who were, in fact, still alive - some small number POW and a lot who were simply lost and later turned up and rejoined their units (as BoB will show).
Third - the Allied casualties for the 24 hours of 6th June are highly unstable; most of the units involved did not produce combat reports until several days after the invasion, and the casualty figures were a combination of losses over those several days, making accurate counts of the 6/6/44 losses nearly impossible. However, the TOTAL (so airborne, seaborne, airforce & navy) losses for D-Day are reliably reckoned by my reading as somewhere between 10-15,000 dead + wounded + missing, with around 4,500 confirmed dead. That is across the 160,000 men in 3 airborne, 7 infantry divisions, and numerous supporting units.
@@cyberdan42 They know 9000 allied troops died on the beach at Normandy. That's not inflated numbers.
@@sivonni Where do you get this number from? It is easy to say, but who "knows"? The reading I have done places the total D-Day casualties at about half that number (see above, with REFERENCE). I'm happy to be reliably corrected, so correct me, with references as support.
@@cyberdan42 my statistics are from several WW2 databases and the US Army reports. According to the after action report of the US VII Corps (I have had to write a number of these myself so I know how much verification is involved), there were 2,811 verified killed and 5,665 missing (presumed killed) and 13,564 wounded, with 79 prisoners. That's US troops alone.
With Canada's reports, there were an additional 335 killed. Britain didn't publish their numbers for Operation Overlord (aka the Normandy invasion) but there were estimates of between 2500 to 3000 killed wounded and missing.
That means around 6000 minimum, likely closer to 12,000 since the missing are also presumed dead.
So, unless you don't count official Army records as accurate, that's the most accurate account of D-Day by the numbers I am aware of.
Many others sites list it far higher (135,000 US troops alone) but some seem to be including the whole month of June as part of the "Normandy Invasion".
The 101st Airborne Division lost 5 commanding officers on DDay, including 1st Lt Meehan, and one the next day. That's again, per the official Army after action reports.
@@sivonni First, link these, please.
Second, can you be certain these are accurate casualty figures for exclusively 6/6/44. Many units, in the chaos of the landings, only supplied figures post around 8th June (when many missing were located, units began to reform and true losses could be measured). So, are you looking at single D-Day losses or the losses across around 2-3 days starting June 6th?
I think the intro with Band of Brothers should be "Somebody call a medic because BaddMedecine is back" 😅
Can you believe even 20 years later that intro music and this episode specifically still gives me goosebumps! 😣We never really had anything that paid tribute but also showed the realistic side of Infantry combat in WW2 and we had to wait til hacksaw ridge for anything even close to this masterpiece amazing job Spielberg 💯🔥
11:22 unfortunately it happened, some estimates say about 25,000 American went to fight for Germany in WW2. It's not taught in school here in the US, but it did happened.
I imagine if both of your parents were german, your grandparents, uncles and aunts were german etc there would have been a lot of pressure on a young man to 'fulfill his duty' and return to Germany rather than fight for america
Yeah a lot of people forget that America wasn’t directly involved in the war at the beginning. It was seen as the patriotic thing to do to go back and fight for the homeland by thousands of German families.
There was a lot of German support - not politically so much as throughout the population. It's why it took so long for America to get directly involved in the war.
I am sure in 1939-40 when the US was not in the war yet it did not sound as crazy to back to Germany to fight. Also at in 1940 nobody thought in Germany that the war be still going on 4 or 5 years later.
It didn't even have to have been that they went to Germany to fight. They could have been minors that moved back with the family then got conscripted into the German forces.
Fun fact, officers were given "hudden gear" that even the senior enlisted didn't know about. Such as the small compass inside the fly of their pants or the map attached to the back of a playing card. That is why the men looked so shocked when Winters reached down his pants and and pulled out a directional device and when he was also able to produce a map of the whole beach after soaking it in water for a few seconds
Just remember in every shot, every scene, every person in that shot are doing something as accurate as possible to the moment. Even if they’re just in the background. You watch this again, and guarantee you’ll catch something new each time.
Man, it still hurts to see the vets themselves cry during the pre-episode interviews. Can't imagine what it's like to relive the worst days of your life, on camera, decades later.
So the real Buck Compton was an All American Baseball player in college. McDonough (who plays Buck Compton in BoB) also played baseball in college. The depiction of Buck hitting the German with the grenade is true. And McDonough threw it accurately since he played Baseball before.
He also became a laywer and was the lead prosecutor in the trial against Sirhan Sirhan, the man who assassinated Robert Kennedy.
@@Alexs.2599 right but I didn’t want to say any spoilers. Trying not tor reveal anything to the guys in case they hadn’t reached the end yet.
@@annekapio945 Yeah you're right true gotcha👍
He was also the starting QB at UCLA.
It has been mentioned, and I second the recommendation - "We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary" Also, Ron Livingston (playing Lt. Nixon) did a video diary of the boot camp that Dale Dye (playing Col. Sink) put together to get the actors ready for the series. It gives great insight into how well they worked in an ensemble, and what excellent performances they gave.
Both excellent.
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My own grandfather was in the Pacific Theater. Watching stuff like this amazes me that any of our grandfathers made it out alive. I feel like I can barely keep up with whats going on just watching it on TV. The sheer chaos of it. The insane fear they must've felt. And so many were so young. I think my grandpa was like 17/18 at the time. The willingness to push ahead knowing you could die and those around you *are* dying. It blows my mind. The sacrifice and bravery. Last episode when Oak said his grandfather said the scaredest he was, was when he no longer saw the shores of the US made me think about how for many men, leaving for war was the last they'd ever see those shores. Where did they find the courage to leave home knowing they were headed to a war like this?
My grandfather also served in the Pacific, I was young when he passed so never got the chance to talk to him. Such brave men, heroes.
That’s why I like that series _The Pacific_ as well, because it shows you just how chaotic and bloody some of those battles actually were
I have to imagine most young people don't fully understand the horror of war until they are in the thick of it. I've seen plenty of interviews where people say they signed up for the adventure, like it was a camping trip or something.
Winters was put in for a Medal of Honor for Brecourt. However Army regs at the time of D-Day mandated on 1 man per division could be awarded the MOH. By the time Winters’ paperwork hit the higher ups the Medal had already been awarded to someone else so his medal was downgraded to DSC which is the 2nd highest Army award. Winters wasn’t the only soldier this happened to for their D-Day actions. This rule was done away with later and many different soldiers from the same division received MoHs.
After the mini-series came out there was an attempt made to upgrade Winters’ medal from DSC to MoH but the Pentagon denied it.
I remember reading this. Think the guy it was awarded to charged a machine gun nest and took it out saving his men.
Agree color shading, sound design & camera work with the shakes with the explosions makes it feel so realistic & you like you're right there, that fire city scene at 24:39 was wonderfully shot & actors did a excellent job of portraying it from the soldier's perspective.
There was large support for fascism in the 30s and early 40s in the US. Father Coughlin, a noted anti Semite. Also there was the German American Bund. Fritz Julius Kuhn who was active in the Bund helped lead a rally in NYC at Madison Sq Garden that drew 20,000 people or more. Let me assure, anti Semitic attitudes and lover for fascism were alive and well in the US then, as they are now.
Don't forget Henry Ford
Anti-Semitism in various forms has been around for centuries. In 1920's and 30's Europe the rise of fascism was the response to the threat posed by communism - and the more prolific leftist Jews were naturally associated with the communists. In Germany both sides had their own army, both of which were larger than the one the government had, so ... whatcha gonna do? Disarm to show the world you're the peaceful one?
And Communism.
Do you think there is equivalent love for fascism now as there was in the 30's?
@@altairtodescatto Well in the 30s people were quite open about fascism and now people are afraid to use the word even though its exactly what they advocate for so I would say by definition it cannot be
The guns at Brecourt had been pre-sighted to fire right down onto the only causeway leading inland from Utah Beach. Easy saved a lot of lives that day.
I don't know why but my favorite part of each episode is the interviews with the vets.
This will forever be my most favorite TV series ever.
The beginning of the legend of Lieutenant Ronald Speirs and his balls of steel !! And war crime ? Very mixed character...
Yeah, I don't know what to think. In the 90s, he still said he did shoot the prisoners.
But he also seemed like the kind of guy who would say he did it, even if he didn't.
@@Yora21 I believe it's in the book and in some other videos regarding Band of Brothers that POWs were indeed shot because they were behind enemy lines, had to be on the move constantly. So on D day paratroopers basically took no prisoners or had no other choice but to shoot them since they did not know if invasion is going to be a success and how long will it take for them to connect with main forces.
On D-Day, there were official instructions not to take prisoners since the troops would be moving inland. Gunning down captured troops might be seen as immoral and I understand anyone who argues that, but the men were following orders, during an invasion, with no reasonable alternative.
You guys missed the little moment when Hall is being introduced to some other guys in the company and his new nickname, cowboy, is brought up and someone asks if he's from Texas and he responds, "no, Manhattan." And the guys are all looking at each other like, "what?"
I remember the first time I watched this episode during its initial broadcast. All I could think of during the jump scene was, "These kids are jumping into hell." Gut wrenching and so, so sobering to try to grasp what that must have been like. It takes my breath away every time I watch it.
12:55 just in case you guys didnt know, the Allies were under "take no prisoners" orders until they had secured the beachheads. The Airborne were sent in to move fast and hard to disrupt German supply lines and make the landings go smoother as much as they could. This meant that they could not take any prisoners, as that would have taken up resources, slowed them down, and introduced the risk of prisoners rising up while captive.
Its for these reasons that they were to take no prisoners, and if any had? they had to be executed as shown. It was only when the Allies had secured the beachheads, taken some territory and established their own supply lines that they could start taking prisoners.
Realities of war.
5:22 The current airborne troops that do static line jumps out of C-130s and C-17s still use that style of parachute. It hooks up to the plane and the jump out at the green light. They can't control the opening and have very little steering. The special force guy that do free fall jump, they have crazy modern parachutes.
Although they do use t-10's (non directional) at times, the newer chutes they use are steerable. They're not overly nimble, but you can change the direction they're facing/ moving.
At jump school in the 90's they used old ass t-10's. Dropped like a damn bag of rocks. 🤣
I like how they bring up that the engineering sometimes fails depending on exceptional circumstances. That is a lot of what happened on D-Day at Omaha beach, going from the amphibian tanks that were tested on a calm lake but then sank right to the bottom of the ocean because they were not tested in those rocky waters, to the grapple hooks that were never tested with wet rope prior to the battle, making it so that they never knew the watered ropes would be weighed down so much they would never even come close to hitting their intended targets
The idea of the para trooper was a new thing. So items like the drop bag did not work because the high speed of the planes trying to avoid flak literally ripped the bags off the troopers. Also because of the hectic drop it became a blessing for the troopers because the Germans had no idea where anyone was. It confused the Germans that they had no idea where to focus their defenses at.
That and the British didnt tell us that they weren’t supposed to be dropped first you were supposed to hold on and wait till after the jump to let them go, and that that they weren’t supposed to weight more then 10 pounds, leg begs were used to great affect by the British
Four years USAF 2000 - 2004, everyone couldn't believe that we were old enough to fight for our country but not old enough to drink.
Hello From canada! I have seen band of brothers numerous times I even have the full dvds Major Winter is one of my hero! and all these men on ww2 the respect I have for them is right down to my soul. Me and my brother are going to visit the shores of Normandy, France. code names UTAH, OMAHA, GOLD, JUNO, and SWORD. Thank you all for your reactions and input on BOB band of brothers.
Thanks to all of you for another great reaction.
Since you mentioned the minimum of colour in these movies, I would like to share an experience of mine. In 1991 my country was suddenly at war. One thing I remember as if it was yesterday. In my eyes, the moment we learned that we were at war, in my eyes, all colours changed and went pale. After the war ended, it took some time for the colours to become as vibrant as they had been before the war.
War is Hell in any shape or form. And yet, the Collective West is provoking other countries and pushing for war. All the warmongerers should go ahead and stand first in line.
It`s easy to sit in a comfy armchair and send others "to do the fighting, suffering, and dying".
This was on repeast when i was in the army. These men are legends in the service.
4:31 the field where Lt. Meehan’s plane crashed to this day the area is scarred. No trees grow in that spot. (Note: the planes were referred to as “sticks”.)
To answer Dave’s question the show allegedly took 8-10 months of intense filming to shoot, mostly in Ellenbrooke Fields, at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, England. The same location had previously also been used when filming the movie Saving Private Ryan.
Not sure if you know this, Rommel, the German defense strategist for D-Day had the French fields flooded. So many Allied paratroopers, with their heavy gear and leg bags, couldn't lift themselves up to stand and ended up drowning in less than a foot of water.
I've seen several channels reacting to this, and what I have heard by many of them is that this series have been a life changing experience. It made them interested in warhistory which they was not that into before and got a way different view of their kind grandfathers participating. When it comes to the legbags they killed a lot of the soldiers, because the Germand had flooded the field they drowned after being pulled down.
42:13 The reason a lot of them lost those bags is because the planes weren't at the correct altitude and speed for the drops due to all the heavy anti aircraft fire they were dodging.
The way they attack that artillery position that day is still taught at west point to this day...Winters literallly wrote the book
Fun fact, the fact that they dropped in a random and large area due to the issues with the landing caused the LGOP (little groups of paratroopers) phenomenon. The effect of 5-30 man groups all over the place caused more problems and chaos with the Wehrmacht supply and information, then if they dropped in the original large groups.
Oh wow, first time hearing about this. That makes so much sense. What a fortunate mistake!
@@DanielDaPonte-v9l makes sense, the Germans go from holding and guarding specific battle lines and fronts to suddenly having to deal with guerrila warfare tactics essentially
@10:31: "(planes soaring)" - Bad caption. Those were 14" projectiles from off-shore battleships screaming overhead. That's why Lipton said, "It's the Navy...."
This channel makes me feel so safe for some reason LOL its my source of comfort.
Interesting fact about the American-German guy they ran into, him and Malarkey didn't live miles from each other, they actually worked across the street from each other. They didn't put this in the show though since they thought it would be too unbelievable.
I did my 20. One thing I'll never forget, PMA. Proper mental attitude.
No matter what, it can always be worse. If you're alive, there's hope.
If someone can survive, why not you (aka me).
When in doubt, make a joke to lighten the mood. If you can't do that, suffer in silence.
The leg bag was an English concept. They gave it to the Americans but failed to tell them, it had to be held to their chest with crossed arms when they jumped. It could be released once clear of the plane.
Our modern carriers are also an English design with the angled flight deck.
And the planes were in a bit more of a hurry than the bags were designed for!
IIRC the Brit legline also had a bit of give in it to dampen the load when released, whilst the US ones just snapped.
@@lsaria5998 I had not heard that. Thank you.
That and it wasn’t supposed to weigh more than 10 pounds problem is we overstuffed them
You all gonna love all the characters in this series.. 😊😊😊😊
This and The Pacific are the craziest series ever produced, hands down! So awesome!!!
One of the best series out there. These soldiers where built different, ive fought in Afghanistan a couple of tours and couldn't even comprehend what they went through
Well, this is when the sh*t gets real. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. Imagine if Sobel had this map and compass in the middle of this chaos and death. There'd be no men of Easy left. Currahee ♠
First time I watched this episode, I kept getting distracted from the POW massacre by the revelation that Malarkey was a Goonie (from Astoria, OR). The historical richness of a well-told true story rewards a huge number of rewatches.
Speirs was a true hero in my opinion. When you watch this series further on, you will see what I mean. Him and Winters.
Winters was put up for Medal of Honor, but someone else in the 101st got it I believe and there was some rule about MoH in the same division. Something like that.
This episode is easily one of my favorite.
Another fun fact from the book about this raid and the medals.
Winters was being interviewed later in the war, and the reporter asked him hid thoughts about another officer who was given the same award for taking out a similar gun position, but had 130 men.
Winters responded "If I had 130 men, we'd be standing in Berlin right now"
This show actually debuted 2 days before 9/11.
We (military guys) all watched the debut, (it was on Sunday night) of the first 2 episodes. Then on Tuesday was 9/11. So nobody watched episodes 3-10 because of the current events.
Later, HBO re-aired it, but it had lost the excitement of the initial release. So it had a cult following at first, but didn’t become universally iconic until years later.
I personally watch it every single year start to finish.
I vividly remember when Winters passed away in Hershey, Pennsylvania. Greatest show of all time.
The making of it is amazing too. You will never get that many actors to go through a boot camp & months of training again.
In the scene with Winters running in the trench, the cameraman is not running backward. The cameraman is sitting in a wagon, with someone hooked up and pulling like a horse, running forward, in the same direction as Winters.
The scene in the plane where the soldier was playing with a clicker, each man was given a clicker to identify themselves at night, one click was answered by two clicks if you didn't get those two clicks open fire
Would suck if you lost your clicker
@@timh8324 Hence why they then show the scene with the "Flash" call and "Thunder" response
Fun fact: the Flash-Thunder call was to help identify American troops. The German opposition can't pronounce the Th sounds in the word Thunder.
That probably wouldn't have worked. Even then there were plenty of Germans who could speak English quite well, and thunder really isn't one of the most difficult words. And you could have people with uncommon accents in the American or British units too. It also would be really hard to hear the exact pronunciation while whispering in a forest with nearby combat.
Flash is just a really fast and simple way to say "Tell me the code word for allied soldiers." very quickly. And in case a surprised soldier doesn't remember the code word immediately, "Flash" works as a hint that the reply is "Thunder". But for a German soldier who doesn't know that Flash and Thunder are the code words for that operation wouldn't need a lot more time to think about what word could be the correct reply for Flash. If he would even figure out that he was being asked to say a code word in the first place.
Imagine Arnold Schwarzenegger trying to say "thunder." It would sound like "duhnder."
@@Yora21 "though" is harder than "thunder"... as a french 😂😂😂
i can't pronounce this f*** word 😅
Depending on the dialect it would sound like "dunder," "tunder," or "tsoonder"
Oak's going to Love "Masters of the Air" when they get to it! Might be awhile but im excited for "The Pacific" and "masters of the Air"!!!
Trivia-
Series shows Compton’s gun malfunctioning at Brecourt. That actually happened. When he landed at Normandy Compton lost his mussette bag and weapon. The weapon he came across, and used at Brecourt, was broken.
It is worth noting this. A difference of 25km/hr in airspeed (for the C-47), assuming one paratrooper exiting the aircraft every 5 seconds, equates to roughly an EXTRA 35 metres between where each trooper lands - alone - at night - in unfamiliar territory - with enemy likely very close by. This is why, as the planes evaded, dove and sped up the paratrooper drop was so scattered and chaotic.
One of the filmmaking innovations they implemented in the show was a new type of squib.
Old squibs were small explosive charges that the actors would wear, but there was an element of danger and other actors couldn’t be nearby when the squibs went off.
The new ones were a system of hits put on the actors that were powered by compressed air. They could wear many hits and be right next to other actors without nearly as much risk.
Many lost their bags because the planes were going too fast. As soon as the chute opened, it ripped the bags right off.
Brécourt Manor Assault
Turned out there were four 105mm artillery pieces at Brecourt. The Americans lost four men killed, and two wounded.
Winters lost one man, Pfc. John D. Halls (of A Company) from an 81 mm mortar platoon. Another, Private Robert "Popeye" Wynn, was wounded during the attack. Another casualty was Warrant Officer Andrew Hill, who was killed when he came upon the battle while searching for the headquarters of the 506th PIR(he was not actually part of the attack). Also killed were Sgt. Julius "Rusty" Houck from F Company, who was with Speirs, and one soldier from D Company under Speirs' command. Another soldier from D Company was wounded.
🥰SOOO happy that all 4 of you are sharing your BoB journey w/us together to appreciate the best miniseries ever made (aside from 2000’s Dune miniseries😋)! The only thing I can’t unsee on this episode’s production is when Winters’ character is supposed to pull the TNT string on the 3rd German 105gun but didn’t. The tag is still there yet it explodes, lol! Other than that, every aspect of this series is so well done! Can’t wait for the next one, Badd Medicine!💛
17:28 Makes you give thanks that this series wasn't directed by Nolan, else there would have been a constant humming sound through the whole scene with synths going up and down...
For those visiting Normandy, I couldn't recommend enough taking a night walk alone deep in the countryside to feel a little bit of what the paratroopers must have felt... there are some deep trails in between hedgerows that are so dark that you can't even see your own hands... and it's a labyrinth of these. Apart from the absence of battle sounds, it has not changed a lot in those places.
When Diamond Dave was talking about the camera work. It reminded me of a movie i think you guys would like, if you haven't seen it. Hardcore Henry is a badass movie.
This sort of camera work can be seen in Sam Peckipah's "Cross of Iron" 1977.
It’s when you watch things like this you truly realise that the term “Greatest Generation” was 100% earned.
100%
Private Hall stepped on a defensive landmine during the assault on brecourt, for those wondering
The leg bag often worked better than we see here. Correctly used it allowed a lot more weight which was responsible to allow a lot more ammunition as well as stuff like anti tank capabilities. They also don't show that they had a lot of transport crates that they droped on chuts as well. Problem on D-Day for some (by far not for all) was that correct use in combat conditions is hard and with the whole air drop thing being a relative new concept the soilders winged a lot of stuff and thus often overfilled a lot of the containers and bags.
The air drop on D-Day also wasn't as chaotic everywhere. There also were the gliders that were distratious when shot down, but those who landed had the advantage of cohesive units and supplies being landed with them. Overall the chaotic nature was to some degree part of the intent and helped the allies. It created a lot of confusing reports of enemies sighted by the Germans on the ground to their superiors. Thus is was harder to decide how and where to respond.
Thanks for reacting to this amazing series! I appreciate your commentary. Can't wait for the next episode to drop.
did you notice Buck never shot his gun, in this episode, his gun was malfunctioning. it was something that the real buck said happened
I can't remember where I heard this, may have been the BoB podcast. I think it was the writer of this episode, John Orloff, who after extensive interviews with the men who were there explained that much of the success at Brecourt Manor was due to the lack of combat experience from the men of Easy and their eagerness to engage in combat that resulted in them taking risks they wouldn't have otherwise taken after becoming hardened combat veterans. Makes sense.
I read the book by Stephen Ambrose in 2001 and it was riveting. I was dubious but excited when the miniseries came out. I think it does the book justice.
Actually Band of Brothers originally aired on HBO from September 9th to November 4th 2001.
Actually it was an issue in WWII and WWll. Everyone in America were immigrants or children or grandchildren of immigrants from every country in Europe.
Love the series! One of the finest TV events in TV history. Love all these brave men, and the brave actors who underwent some tough conditions to film it. Didn't like the way they portrayed Capt. Sobel, or Private Blythe in Ep. 3, or Lt. Dike in Ep. 7, and several other men who were portrayed in a less-than-flattering fashion.
18:34 - a "Luger" is a pistol produced in several Western European countries since 40yrs before the war started. Look up "Luger P08" for more. Think of it as the Euro version of the model 1911 "Colt .45" sidearm used by US troops in WW1 and WW2. As far as Easy Company's battle went..anything with ammo was worth taking.
For the leg bag, if you read the book that documented a lot of what Easy Co went through and this series main basis was from, apparently loosing the leg bag on the jump was a pretty universal experience. Not many who jumped that day managed to hang on to their leg bag. Especially with all the chaos those planes went through.
The British paratroopers had trained with the leg bags and when used correctly they worked very well. Unfortunately the Americans were given them just before the jump and had never used them before (a seen where Joe Toye asks if anyone knows how to use them). The Americans absolutely over filled the bags and didn't know they correct procedure to jump with them hence practically every paratrooper losing them on D-Day.
and just think, this series gets better and better with every episode
I love this miniseries, and I have seen many reactions to it. I think yours is going to end up being the best.
Important to remember that at least the guy in this episode's case said he and the family returned to Germany in time for '41, so this was before Hitler declared war on the US following Pearl. He didn't leave to fight against america
I got to ride a DC-3 once and one aspect I didn't expect was how shaky the ride is since they fly relatively slow and under 10,000ft. So imagine the fear and anxiety, plus you're being rocked back and forth probably as much as the people that would later follow you on boats.
When you get done with the series, you have to watch the documentary. "We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary"
My husband is from Germany and he told me a story once as his uncle that had moved to the USA in the '30s and when the war came he moved back to Germany to fight as a point of honor for his family, but when he got there they beat the shit out of him for moving there in the first place. Poor bastard couldn't win one way or the other! 🤷🏻♀️
I've never noticed this before, though perhaps others have.
At the 18:39 mark, the second German from right is doing the US Army's hand and arm signal for "cease fire" while facing another German position which was firing on his.
I wonder if that was due to a mix-up by the advisor(s) or if that is generally a universal signal when it comes to Western militaries. If it currently stands as their hand and arm signal for "cease fire," I wonder if it was back then.
Yes, finally a bit of rest from the anxious waiting. This reaction series is now my most waited thing on ... the whole internet really.
Great episode, good work!
Really hope yall watch the documentary about Easy Company once you finish Band of Brothers. It's titled, "We Stand Alone Together."
There's a whole lot of commenters talking about how "true" this story is.
It is... but, this series, throughout all of the episodes presents the story with various degrees of accuracy & inaccuracy simultaneously to help tell the story in a way that the viewer can follow better.
Easy Company of course did exist, and we're about to follow events they experienced through the conclusion of the war.
When they left England for D-day, there were 139 guys making up the company, and the company would shrink with casualties, and then beef back up with replacements throughout the war, so the neighborhood of "120-ish" is pretty much how many guys were in the company at any given time.
Because of this, it would be logistically impossible to depict the experiences of every single guy in a ten episode series. So a lot of stories that happened to Easy company guys we're never introduced to were attributed to a small core of characters that we're going to be following.
For instance, the paratrooper that landed near Winters that night wasn't Hall, but some supply Sgt from F company that Winters recognized right away. Then when he encountered Lipton (with that clicker), Lipton had twelve guys, not just two - although a few of the twelve were indeed stragglers with the 82nd.
An interesting incident that's not depicted at all: when Winters stuck his knife in the ground and went under that poncho to look at the map, one of the group that was with Lipton swiped that knife. Winters was furious about it, but decided that it was neither the time or place to address the theft.
In the night, several other Easy company guys latched on to the group, including Buck, Guarnere, and Malarkey. Winters, Lipton, Buck, and Guarnere had nothing but their knives - as all of their leg-bags had been torn away in the same manner.
At about 3:00AM, they came across the Lieutenant Colonel of another unit, who had about fifty men with him. Winters and his men were headed in the same direction they were going, so they fell in with that group for a little bit. It was with this huge group that the Germans were ambushed. Several of the Lieutenant Colonel's men are the ones who opened fire prematurely, as Guarnere still hadn't obtained a replacement weapon yet. After that, Winters and Guarnere were finally armed - having taken pistols off the dead Germans.
Malarkey did come across an American who had come to Germany after Hitler's call for "all loyal Germans" to serve the Reich. It wasn't quite as depicted here though. He was a German Master Sergeant, in the company of about twenty other German POW's. He was from Portland, Oregon, and had worked at Schmitz Steel Company up until 1938. Malarkey worked at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in 1942. The two places were very very near to each other. Due to the year differences, Malarkey had never seen him before, and said he had no idea what happened to him afterwards.
Speirs did execute a group of German POW's, but it likely wasn't that group. If I remember correctly, the Germans Spiers executed occurred earlier in the night before dawn.
The assault on Brecourt Manor is depicted as taking place in only a few minutes. In reality, the attack took about three hours. During which time Winters had to run back to the assembly area to get after them for not moving fast enough to help them out with fresh ammo and other assistance.
The jeep driver Loraine is depicted as kinda a fifth wheel to the unit during the Brecourt Manor assault. In reality, he was very effective. When they were shooting the fleeing Germans while taking the first gun, Loraine is depicted as missing the guys while Guarnere takes them out. In real life it was actually the reverse. Guarnere missed the German he was shooting at, and Winters had to shoot him. All the while, the Germans that Loraine shot went right down.
Later on, a German who was stunned by a grenade came out to surrender. Winters was trying to point him to leave the trench, but the German had a hard time understanding. Loraine slipped on a pair of brass knuckles and belted the guy. Winters didn't care for treating prisoners that way, but it did the trick. The German suddenly understood to leave the trench to go surrender to someone else. The show depicts Joe Toye as using brass knuckles on a German, but he didn't have any during that attack.
It's pretty much like that throughout the series. Actual events are changed up so it's all easier for the viewer to follow.
If you ever get the change to visit Normandy, highly recommend it.
It puts things like this and all that was done those days in a totally different perspective. And makes what was done at Utah/Omaha/Point du Hoc and other spots, gives u so much more respect to those men.
Just driving through the surrounding area i was like "this is a mess to have to fight through" no visibility , small roads, open fields (often flooded back then).
My grandfathers fought in the European theatre of WWII. My uncle, my grandpa's brother and I went to Normandy for the 55th anniversary of D Day. I literally cried when we visited the beaches, you could just see the carnage. Saving Private Ryan was both better but worse than my imagination. Band of Brothers gives colour and movement to the supporting invasion of the 101st. There's that paratrooper statue hanging on St Marie Eglise (the church)? from the first town to be liberated.
@geckogo7328 I have always been interested in ww2 and that period of history. Visiting I couldn't help but sometimes just stand there, reflecting and thinking "damn"
The museums at Utah beach and airborne museum at st maire eglise with their live size models of landingcraft and gliders were really good in showing how simple the equipment was. And to imagine standing in them, knowing what they had to go through.....
On my way back, I visited the museum at bastogne.
A big museum focusing on the battle of the bulge. Told through 4 people (audio tour): German soldier, us soldier, young local boy, and a local nurse.
One of the best museums I have visited so far.
@@VeryFastRodi Had you already watched BoB when you visited? I wished I had, to have the overall context, at least. Never went to Bastogne, but I'm jealous you went. Some of my family is going to the Netherlands next year for the 80th year commemoration of Operation Keystone that GP fought in. How can it almost be 80 years ago already?
@geckogo7328 if there coming here to the netherlands, going to bastogne is just an hour (or two depending where they are) away by car. For sure worth it.
Maybe can even fit in a visit to the airborne museum in oosterbeek.
The museum is in the former hotel used as the hq during operation market garden. It's a small museum but they did quite a nice job with it, and it's also a nice area to visit.
After watching A bridge to far, seeing it and the area. It's not on the same level as Normandy but it gives a very good impression
@@VeryFastRodi No way, you're in the Netherlands? GP was half Dutch. His father was English and captured in the first month of WWI and spent the war comfortably billeted with a Dutch Doctor, fell in love and married his daughter. So, GrandPa was in SOE (aka Ministry of Ungentlemanly Warfare) as a spy in the Netherlands, cause he spoke Dutch and German, albeit with a Dutch accent. He (and 49 other agents) were betrayed and captured by the Nazis. During interrogation, he somehow got free, killed two, jumped through the window and then legged it to England. If I could, I would love to retrace the journey of his escape.
I will definitely mention your suggestions of Bastogne and other significant sites to the rest of the family. Thank you!
Back in the day i got to have a late night drunken conversation with Bill and how he REALLY earned the nickname "Wild Bill" which did happen on D-Day but never mentioned in the any of the books or series. also the Ambush scene is wrong and Bill didn't have a weapon during the 1st ambush , but he did pick up 2 P38 German Pistols and used them till he picked up a thompson SMG.
My uncle was in high school in Tokyo. He had dual citizenship and got drafted by the Imperial Army. Fortunately the war ended before he got deployed.
Well looks like I might be a few minutes late picking up the kids. I need to watch this right now.
From IMDB
Joe Toye was actually not the soldier who hit the German gunner with brass knuckles. Buck Compton said it was a "desk jockey from headquarters" who threw the punch, using an old trench knife that had brass knuckles attached. This knocked out several of the German's teeth and might have even broken his jaw. Compton was so angry, mainly because the German was no longer posing a threat, that he grabbed the soldier, threatened him with a court-martial, and told him to leave the field of battle immediately. Compton made it clear that the soldier's help was no longer needed or wanted.