This gets mentioned in every Band of Brothers reaction video, but Blithe didn't die in 1948. He just lost touch with the rest of the company after the war, and everyone assumed he died. He survived his wounds, and even went on to serve in the Korean war, and was awarded a Bronze an Silver Star. He passed away in 1967.
I'm glad that you two girls noticed that the last scene at the laundry meant something. Each of those unclaimed packages represented a person who didn't get to come back to England and pay the nice lady for taking care of "the little things" while they died taking care of the big thing. Human story. Your channel is my favorite 'Reaction' always.
Albert Blithe actually ended up being one Hell of a soldier. He survived his wounds in 1944, and, was sent back to a hospital in the States to recover, where he remained until his discharge in October, 1945. He was then called back to serve in Korea, where he was awarded 1 Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, and, 2 more Purple Hearts. He then decided to make the Army his career, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant. He died, from complications of ulcer surgery, in an Army hospital in Weisbaden, Germany, in 1967.
The parachute that soldier is saving he would send back to his fiancée. Silk was almost impossible to get for people back home. All silk was being used to make parachutes, and silk was generally imported from China, but because of the Japanese invasion of China and the war in the Pacific, none was being imported during the War. So if he sent her the silk parachute it would be valuable for making a wedding gown.
6:43 when any kind of ordnance hits a building you’re in, you lose a decent amount of your situational awareness, which is what happened with the German soldier.
When they kick in the door and find the family, they aren’t deciding whether to shoot, they’re frozen in shock because Luz had almost thrown in a grenade like with the rest of the houses, and if he’d done that the whole family would have been killed. Something to remember is up until they reach Germany, this is all friendly territory that has undergone brutal occupation for five years. So the civilians and ordinary people are on Easy’s side and vice versa.
Yes, Blithe survives. One of the few mistakes Band of Brothers makes. Then went on to serve, with distinction in the Korean War. "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.” - Captain Ronald Speirs. He's more than a man of his word and will soon prove it for the entire company. Currahee ♠
Always love watching your reactions to this. Eventually, you'll have to watch The Pacific... but it's far more intense, mentally. Some other things to note: - Some of the burning cars, buildings, and trucks were just from being hit by shells, bullets, and so on. We did burn *some* things down to make sure the enemy wouldn't be able to use it if the spot was ever taken back, but that wasn't much. - Luz didn't shoot the family, so no worries 🙂 - About Cptn. Winters getting hit in the ankle: I don't think people realize how far away they can be from combat and still be at risk of catching a stray bullet or shrapnel. People record big explosions during a war, just standing there, and I keep trying to shove them into cover, onto the ground, or tell them to get away from the window (yelling at my screen 🤣)
The taking of Carentan was intense. Overall the Normandy breakout campaign was a bloody grinding one that pushed many to their limits. Blithe's trauma was certainly widespread.
The guy that got stabbed when he woke up the sleeping soldier was wearing a German rain poncho Earlier in the episode he was showing it off, right after the guy who was showing off the Nazi flag.
Hi Movie Munchies!! Keep up the very good reaction to Band of Brothers. You have picked an amazing series to watch. Keep up your honest reactions, they are so good. Have a great day. beautiful ladies!! :)
9:55 As an English speaker I'm so impressed with the words these girls use. I've never used the word "careless" that much. Searching definitions on Google shows how commonly the word was used throughout history and in books especially. "Careless" has only decreased in popularity which is the same with many words used in these war films. Great video!
It's really good that you two are open to learning about the wars, it's not an easy subject. There is a really insightful book on the Vietnam war call "Last Night I Dreamed of Peace" by Dang Thuy Tram. It's from the dairy of a young North Vietnamese woman doctor during the war. It's really interesting and thought provoking. Aloha.
I am enjoying your reactions to this great series. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but know it does get pretty dark as it goes along, but the final episode really pays off with a great ending. I hope you can stick it through to the end!
Easy Co. of the 101st Airborne is composed of 8 officers and 119 men. They were part of the 160,000 men that were scheduled to land on Normandy. Most of the destruction you see came from attacks from air and sea or the other men in Normandy.
I just wanted to pop in and tell you I'm so happy that you're watching my absolute favorite show! Actually, if you guys don't mind, I would really love to send some things me and my teenagers have made while watching you guys. It's all cozy stuff and snacks! Lmk if that's ok with you guys, and if you'd mind a letter? If you don't hand it out for whatever reason, I have no issues giving you my email if that makes things easier? 🤗 Just let me know!
Blithe actually lived and didn't die till 1967 Also Spears understood how to use fear were Winters understood how to reach thru it. Spears said "accept that your dead" to say there is nothing to fear if you die we are all going to die someday one way or another. Were winters didn't say anything about him being afraid he just said stand up "you can do it" and he could and he did. Winters understood that blithe simply couldn't stop thinking about his dying and killing and it was consuming him he reached out and gave him a hand without physically doing it. Maybe people like blithe are a bit better then the rest of us we couldn't really have wars if everyone was like him, but they aren't and evil will always exist.
Carentan O Carentan BY LOUIS SIMPSON Trees in the old days used to stand And shape a shady lane Where lovers wandered hand in hand Who came from Carentan. This was the shining green canal Where we came two by two Walking at combat-interval. Such trees we never knew. The day was early June, the ground Was soft and bright with dew. Far away the guns did sound, But here the sky was blue. The sky was blue, but there a smoke Hung still above the sea Where the ships together spoke To towns we could not see. Could you have seen us through a glass You would have said a walk Of farmers out to turn the grass, Each with his own hay-fork. The watchers in their leopard suits Waited till it was time, And aimed between the belt and boot And let the barrel climb. I must lie down at once, there is A hammer at my knee. And call it death or cowardice, Don’t count again on me. Everything’s all right, Mother, Everyone gets the same At one time or another. It’s all in the game. I never strolled, nor ever shall, Down such a leafy lane. I never drank in a canal, Nor ever shall again. There is a whistling in the leaves And it is not the wind, The twigs are falling from the knives That cut men to the ground. Tell me, Master-Sergeant, The way to turn and shoot. But the Sergeant’s silent That taught me how to do it. O Captain, show us quickly Our place upon the map. But the Captain’s sickly And taking a long nap. Lieutenant, what’s my duty, My place in the platoon? He too’s a sleeping beauty, Charmed by that strange tune. Carentan O Carentan Before we met with you We never yet had lost a man Or known what death could do.
Nice reaction. Not sure how far you have already watched but what I've said before about this series (other than that it is excellent) is that the first 5 episodes will hit you emotionally. The last 5 episodes up that exponentially.
Chi and Hella, I'll keep saying this until February. Please, please, PLEASE consider reacting to THE WIZARD OF OZ. It is rated as the greatest fantasy movie of all time, and it came out in 1939. I guarantee you will love it.
Cue blithe didn't die comments. But we should remember Blithe cause he was a hero. But yeah blithe returned to fight in the Korean war. The reason they thought he died was cause he never really reconnected with the men from easy company.
E Company is part of a Regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). The 506th PIR has 2 Battallions, about 500 men each, more or less. The 506th PIR has 9 companies, Able-Item (A-I). Easy Company is part of the 2nd Battalion. Easy company started out with about 100 men, more or less. You asked about Nixon, NIX. Nixon is an Intelligence officer. He is not typically involved in the combat, so that he is alive to assess the results and report this intelligence higher up the chain of command, as he did with the artillery posistions documents that Winters recovered at Brecourt Manor.
Chi and Hella, do you know the history of Vietnam during WW2? The people of Indochina and especially Vietnam suffered terribly under Japanese occupation. The US aided Ho Chi Minh in his fight against the Japanese. I believe it was one of the reasons Ho Chi Minh quoted the US Declaration of Independence on at least 1 occasion.
I love D company's Loutenant Spears, He's crazy, But brilliant. But yea, This war took a lot from a lot of people, Soldiers paid dearly in just about every battle. I'm not sure if you ladies knew, But it was Germany, Japan and Italy that started invadeing places, America joined the war after Peral Harbour, British forces as well as other were fighting for a long time before hand, Most say that when America joined the war when Japan attacked them it turned the war, The American soldiers in that war are hero's to more than just the American's, British people, French and others all are thankful for the sacrifice of the American's dureing WW2. I just hope there's never gonna be a 3rd World War, You'd think after two of them we'd know better by now, But.. Nope. Loved the reaction, Thank you ladies once again.
it doesnt matter what country your from respect our veterans. whether your country is on the right or wrong they are called to defend our nations from the stupidity of some leaders. not many common men and women want to fight each other. in war it is kill or be killed there is no other options. it is brutal and horrific and we should help and respect those who serve
@@mikealvarez2322 you're so right about that. They are beyond beautiful inside and outside. I can tell the girl with the pink had a delicate heart but toughs through the hard ti watch scenes. She's a sweetie.
12:00 thing is, noone know what trully happened there/then, but a lot of soldiers speculated on it, so they are each saying what they think happened... as if it was a fact
Spears all day long. The best. They could not take prisoners at the beginning of the allied invasion because they had no where to put them. Yes mam, you are right, it's true. Spears is right about the needed mindset of a soldier. I guess some guys just look at a parachute and think, "oh yeah, wedding dress". Lol.
the seargent was given and order and disobeyed it then raised his rifle up towards spiers who shot him with his pistol it was reported to his captain but the next day the captain died in combat but had said it was justified as there was witnesses
Spoiler alert for the young ladies: Whenever they mention anything about the officer named "Speirs" and talk about rumors about him, they are ALL true.
Speirs did shoot the prisoners. Winters asked him personally and Speirs admitted it to him. I have read about it and there is an interview on UA-cam with Winters wgen he talis about it.
A lot of reactors wonder about that French family. American soldiers wouldn't kill French civilians on purpose, he just paused there in shock. If he'd followed standard procedure, he would have let his comrade toss in the grenade, but he, 'had a feeling.'
Imagine the times where they did it to the standard and had to walk in on what they did. That'd break you more than anything but you'd still have to find a way to keep fighting the war. The idea of uniforms to keep civilians safe from the fighting but they still die. Wars where there are no civilians and everyone is shooting are way worse.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 never really thought of it like that, you know it must have happened to a lot of soldiers. Every encounter after a event like that would be extremely conflicted, chance of you and your brothers dying or chance to kill helpless innocent.
Remember back to the first episode. There was a man who had so many love letters that Sobel got upset during the barracks inspection. That was Ed Tipper. He was the man who handed Sobel the map when the barbed wire fence was cut. He is the man who was hit by the mortar shell in the pharmacy. He survived his wounds and had a long career as a teacher in Colorado. He is the vet in the intros wearing a peach/salmon colored shirt.
This series is based on interviews of actual veterans so sometimes the story we see is more true to how they remembered things than what may have been actual fact. This episode shows this in the scene where everyone is talking about how Speirs shot the enemy prisoners but nobody saw it for themselves so they were just repeating different conflicting versions of the incident that they had heard from other people who didn't see it either.
I always found it odd that the series didn't really address the dark reality that until the beachhead was established, they were under orders to not take and keep prisoners because they didn't have resources, but also just not let enemy soldiers go in case they could give away numbers and positions. So, some officers... Took it upon themselves too... Eeesh... 😬
@@Knight-Bishop Bullshit. There were no official orders for no quarter on D-Day, Overlord. You wanna make an assertion based on internet lore, then link to the document, otherwise stop believing everything you read in UA-cam comments and the like.
The makers of the show could not portray the terrain around Carentan the way it really was, so it is really hard for people to understand why the troops went straight up the road to get into the town, and you wondered why they could not hide and sneak in through the woods. But the Germans had flooded all the areas around Carentan, and the only ways into the town were across the few raised causeways...which the Germans defended heavily. There was no option for the Americans trying to get into the town but to get across the causeways as fast as possible, there was no way to approach the town under cover or concealment. It is one of the reasons I recommend that channel The Operations Room to folks....because they show the real battles so you can see the few important things they could not show in the series.
If you are interested in war films, I recommend "The Longest Day." It's an old black-and-white film from the 60s but it shows the Normandy landings from all sides. "The Battle of Britain" is excellent, too.
when the guys were all joking and having a good time towards the end of the episode, the one was reciting a poem he had written about the incident where the sleeping soldier accidentally stabbed the man who had come to wake him
I don't usually watch reaction content, but I just like your personalities. Your reactions seem real and not over the top, and it's so interesting to see how people from a very different culture react to things I already know.
The story of Lt. Speirs killing the prisoners is meant to portray how rumors both get started and get overly exaggerated as time goes on. The real story, though still tragic and brutal, is more tame and actually makes sense when you understand the situation Speirs was in at the time.
The soldiers you see in battle are being paid $1.37 cents a day for their service, also for every soldier with a gun has at least 9 soldiers in support of him ,supplies and such. $1.37 a day!
Normally, US soldiers followed the Geneva Convention so they would not execute captured emery soldiers but from what I have read, the Airborne were behind enemy lines and were instructed to kill captured soldiers. It seems a bit strange to me but that it what I read. Maybe someone who knows better can fill us in.
@@jimglenn6972 Until the Airborne units had linked up with units moving inland from the beaches, they had no capability to take prisoners. They were outmanned & surrounded, and the fear was that prisoners could potentially overpower and kill their captors. So, until they linked up with units from the beaches, prisoners, esp if there were a lot of them, were executed.
@@jimglenn6972 If you watch carefully, Lt. Spiers' shooting of enemy prisoners was to shoot them in the legs to disable them. This is historically not true - but interestingly enough, after an engagement in Afghanistan portrayed in the movie 'Lone Survivor', the Australian Special Forces are now trained to cut the Achilles' tendon of anyone captured behind the lines who could give away their position when released.
The reason for the burning isn't that the Americans are burning everything in their path! Rather, these are previous battlefields, and this is burning debris and wreckage from the battle!
Idk if anyone mentioned this in the comments, but the reason why they ran up that road towards the town in the beginning of the attack, out in the open, was sort of explained, but not shown until later. All around the town was open, low-lying farmland, and the Germans had flooded it all like rice fields. It made a kind of flooded castle moat style defense around the entire town, where people would have to wade through water out in the open to get close. That meant that they just had to point their main guns towards the narrow paths and roads that weren't flooded, and only need to have a few people keeping watch over the flooded fields. So while it looks like they're just charging in out in the open... Their other ways in were even worse. Later in the battle, once they start driving the Germans out of the town, it shows them trying to get away through the same fields they had flooded, and how much it had made them slow, easy targets. That was why the army had to charge up those roads directly into gunfire.
By the way, if you're looking for a tip on a good movie, specifically a comedy, I would suggest watching a film called "Planes, Trains and Automobiles". Thank you for the wonderful content, I discovered your channel just today and I subscribed it immediately.
Taking prisoners is a specific mission that usually isn't instituted in the initial assaults/battles. It requires resources and personnel trained for prisoner handling, intelligence collection/interrogation, housing/food/medicine that can't/shouldn't necessarily be done by leading edge troops whose sole purpose should be combat operations and little else.
a WW2 American is squad is anywhere between 8 and 12 men; a platoon are some 3~4 squads + command personnel, for about 30~40 men, total; a company is between 3 to 5 platoons and will usually have anything between 100 and 150 men; an Airborne battalion have A(ble); B(aker), C(harlie), D(og), E(asy) and F(ox) companies + support and command personnel. Units larger than a Battalion are mostly administrative, so, while they may be deployed as a group, they will rarely be commanded as a single entity in battle
Two other good war movies are "Das Boot" (the original from 1981) and "All quiet on western front" (2022). But you should watch them in the original language (German) with subtitles, then they are better! The dubbing is simply terrible!
If you 2 are reading this......band of brothers got it wrong. ALBERT BLITHE actually survived the war! He actually was a very good soldier in the end and he continued on with life after the war.
The economic aspect of the war needs to be talked about more. Before getting fully involved, the United States was just supplying the Allies while maintaining a peacetime economy. After Pearl Harbor, the gloves came off and the entire economy moved to manufacturing weapons, vehicles, clothing and ammunition for the war. The United States had an economy that outweighed all other combatants combined
no spoilers but fot episode 6, Bastogne, have a blanket ready. I don't know how, but the director makes you feel the cold -even in warm room far, far away.
Have you ladies watched Gran Torino yet? Its a great film about friendship's, family relationships, a little racism, and there is so much more to this movie that you’ll be sucked right in, and it could feel emotional train wreck, but in a pleasant way. Just a suggestion, take care ladies and have a happy new year!!
This gets mentioned in every Band of Brothers reaction video, but Blithe didn't die in 1948. He just lost touch with the rest of the company after the war, and everyone assumed he died. He survived his wounds, and even went on to serve in the Korean war, and was awarded a Bronze an Silver Star. He passed away in 1967.
Daggone it, you beat me to it.
This should be pinned to prevent the comments getting spammed
@@jonathang9705 I'm glad there's some unspoken race to mention this face in all BoB reaction videos lol
that was itchin me the whole video lol
The trick is to spam the comment into the first 30 seconds of their upload, long before you reach the end.
I'm glad that you two girls noticed that the last scene at the laundry meant something. Each of those unclaimed packages represented a person who didn't get to come back to England and pay the nice lady for taking care of "the little things" while they died taking care of the big thing. Human story. Your channel is my favorite 'Reaction' always.
Albert Blithe actually ended up being one Hell of a soldier. He survived his wounds in 1944, and, was sent back to a hospital in the States to recover, where he remained until his discharge in October, 1945. He was then called back to serve in Korea, where he was awarded 1 Silver Star, 3 Bronze Stars, and, 2 more Purple Hearts. He then decided to make the Army his career, attaining the rank of Master Sergeant. He died, from complications of ulcer surgery, in an Army hospital in Weisbaden, Germany, in 1967.
What a G, he deserved more time on this earth
True, Blithe did survive. This was an error in the series, though unintentional. Thanks for clarifying for everyone. God bless Blithe!
The parachute that soldier is saving he would send back to his fiancée. Silk was almost impossible to get for people back home. All silk was being used to make parachutes, and silk was generally imported from China, but because of the Japanese invasion of China and the war in the Pacific, none was being imported during the War. So if he sent her the silk parachute it would be valuable for making a wedding gown.
6:43 when any kind of ordnance hits a building you’re in, you lose a decent amount of your situational awareness, which is what happened with the German soldier.
When they kick in the door and find the family, they aren’t deciding whether to shoot, they’re frozen in shock because Luz had almost thrown in a grenade like with the rest of the houses, and if he’d done that the whole family would have been killed.
Something to remember is up until they reach Germany, this is all friendly territory that has undergone brutal occupation for five years. So the civilians and ordinary people are on Easy’s side and vice versa.
Yes, Blithe survives. One of the few mistakes Band of Brothers makes. Then went on to serve, with distinction in the Korean War. "The only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. The sooner you accept that, the sooner you'll be able to function as a soldier is supposed to function: without mercy, without compassion, without remorse. All war depends upon it.”
- Captain Ronald Speirs. He's more than a man of his word and will soon prove it for the entire company. Currahee ♠
24:37 "They got promoted because of all the winning." They got promoted because of all the dying.
The edelweiss flower is a symbol for the flower of youth, plucked in its prime
Oof
Always love watching your reactions to this. Eventually, you'll have to watch The Pacific... but it's far more intense, mentally. Some other things to note:
- Some of the burning cars, buildings, and trucks were just from being hit by shells, bullets, and so on. We did burn *some* things down to make sure the enemy wouldn't be able to use it if the spot was ever taken back, but that wasn't much.
- Luz didn't shoot the family, so no worries 🙂
- About Cptn. Winters getting hit in the ankle: I don't think people realize how far away they can be from combat and still be at risk of catching a stray bullet or shrapnel. People record big explosions during a war, just standing there, and I keep trying to shove them into cover, onto the ground, or tell them to get away from the window (yelling at my screen 🤣)
The taking of Carentan was intense. Overall the Normandy breakout campaign was a bloody grinding one that pushed many to their limits. Blithe's trauma was certainly widespread.
Those old people that speak at the beginning are the real soldiers that the actors are playing much respect to them🇺🇸💪🏼
"Careful, you're in a war" lol.
The guy that got stabbed when he woke up the sleeping soldier was wearing a German rain poncho Earlier in the episode he was showing it off, right after the guy who was showing off the Nazi flag.
Hi Movie Munchies!! Keep up the very good reaction to Band of Brothers. You have picked an amazing series to watch. Keep up your honest reactions, they are so good. Have a great day. beautiful ladies!! :)
Thanks for letting us watch with you. This is a great series. Seeing it with you is really uplifting. Thanks.
9:55 As an English speaker I'm so impressed with the words these girls use. I've never used the word "careless" that much. Searching definitions on Google shows how commonly the word was used throughout history and in books especially. "Careless" has only decreased in popularity which is the same with many words used in these war films. Great video!
It's really good that you two are open to learning about the wars, it's not an easy subject. There is a really insightful book on the Vietnam war call "Last Night I Dreamed of Peace" by Dang Thuy Tram. It's from the dairy of a young North Vietnamese woman doctor during the war. It's really interesting and thought provoking. Aloha.
Thanks for that recommendation we rarely get to hear from the Norths side
@@lickspittle1 I did the audio book, it was really interesting to hear her perspective.
I am enjoying your reactions to this great series. I don't want to spoil anything for you, but know it does get pretty dark as it goes along, but the final episode really pays off with a great ending. I hope you can stick it through to the end!
I love these 2. They're so damn cute.
Easy Co. of the 101st Airborne is composed of 8 officers and 119 men. They were part of the 160,000 men that were scheduled to land on Normandy. Most of the destruction you see came from attacks from air and sea or the other men in Normandy.
Albert Blithe did recover from his wounds.
Stay with it Ladies, enjoy watching with Y’all , thanks for sharing 😊👍✌️🇺🇸
I just wanted to pop in and tell you I'm so happy that you're watching my absolute favorite show!
Actually, if you guys don't mind, I would really love to send some things me and my teenagers have made while watching you guys.
It's all cozy stuff and snacks!
Lmk if that's ok with you guys, and if you'd mind a letter?
If you don't hand it out for whatever reason, I have no issues giving you my email if that makes things easier? 🤗
Just let me know!
Every veterans story from WW2 is compelling to me
one of the best mini series i have ever watched. can't wait to see more reactions of these series
Blithe actually lived and didn't die till 1967 Also Spears understood how to use fear were Winters understood how to reach thru it. Spears said "accept that your dead" to say there is nothing to fear if you die we are all going to die someday one way or another. Were winters didn't say anything about him being afraid he just said stand up "you can do it" and he could and he did. Winters understood that blithe simply couldn't stop thinking about his dying and killing and it was consuming him he reached out and gave him a hand without physically doing it. Maybe people like blithe are a bit better then the rest of us we couldn't really have wars if everyone was like him, but they aren't and evil will always exist.
Back the first episode of the Fury Blithe has passed away during a Korean War this is dangerous battle like no man ever leave a man behind
It is called hysterical blindness
Carentan O Carentan
BY LOUIS SIMPSON
Trees in the old days used to stand
And shape a shady lane
Where lovers wandered hand in hand
Who came from Carentan.
This was the shining green canal
Where we came two by two
Walking at combat-interval.
Such trees we never knew.
The day was early June, the ground
Was soft and bright with dew.
Far away the guns did sound,
But here the sky was blue.
The sky was blue, but there a smoke
Hung still above the sea
Where the ships together spoke
To towns we could not see.
Could you have seen us through a glass
You would have said a walk
Of farmers out to turn the grass,
Each with his own hay-fork.
The watchers in their leopard suits
Waited till it was time,
And aimed between the belt and boot
And let the barrel climb.
I must lie down at once, there is
A hammer at my knee.
And call it death or cowardice,
Don’t count again on me.
Everything’s all right, Mother,
Everyone gets the same
At one time or another.
It’s all in the game.
I never strolled, nor ever shall,
Down such a leafy lane.
I never drank in a canal,
Nor ever shall again.
There is a whistling in the leaves
And it is not the wind,
The twigs are falling from the knives
That cut men to the ground.
Tell me, Master-Sergeant,
The way to turn and shoot.
But the Sergeant’s silent
That taught me how to do it.
O Captain, show us quickly
Our place upon the map.
But the Captain’s sickly
And taking a long nap.
Lieutenant, what’s my duty,
My place in the platoon?
He too’s a sleeping beauty,
Charmed by that strange tune.
Carentan O Carentan
Before we met with you
We never yet had lost a man
Or known what death could do.
Nice reaction. Not sure how far you have already watched but what I've said before about this series (other than that it is excellent) is that the first 5 episodes will hit you emotionally. The last 5 episodes up that exponentially.
Chi and Hella, I'll keep saying this until February. Please, please, PLEASE consider reacting to THE WIZARD OF OZ. It is rated as the greatest fantasy movie of all time, and it came out in 1939. I guarantee you will love it.
Those who can make you believe absurdities can make you commit atrocities.
Voltaire
Cue blithe didn't die comments. But we should remember Blithe cause he was a hero. But yeah blithe returned to fight in the Korean war. The reason they thought he died was cause he never really reconnected with the men from easy company.
@Movie Munchies @8:49 Edward Tipper here makes it, to 95 years old.
Great reaction!
by the end you’ll love Spiers (the evil one 😊)…
E Company is part of a Regiment, the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment (PIR). The 506th PIR has 2 Battallions, about 500 men each, more or less. The 506th PIR has 9 companies, Able-Item (A-I). Easy Company is part of the 2nd Battalion. Easy company started out with about 100 men, more or less.
You asked about Nixon, NIX. Nixon is an Intelligence officer. He is not typically involved in the combat, so that he is alive to assess the results and report this intelligence higher up the chain of command, as he did with the artillery posistions documents that Winters recovered at Brecourt Manor.
You guys should react to glory and the patriot 😊
I totally agree. The Patriot is a great watch
Y’all should watch platoon a Vietnam war movie
Chi and Hella, do you know the history of Vietnam during WW2? The people of Indochina and especially Vietnam suffered terribly under Japanese occupation. The US aided Ho Chi Minh in his fight against the Japanese. I believe it was one of the reasons Ho Chi Minh quoted the US Declaration of Independence on at least 1 occasion.
Great reaction.
6:39 he was saying he surrenders pretty much
I love D company's Loutenant Spears, He's crazy, But brilliant. But yea, This war took a lot from a lot of people, Soldiers paid dearly in just about every battle. I'm not sure if you ladies knew, But it was Germany, Japan and Italy that started invadeing places, America joined the war after Peral Harbour, British forces as well as other were fighting for a long time before hand, Most say that when America joined the war when Japan attacked them it turned the war, The American soldiers in that war are hero's to more than just the American's, British people, French and others all are thankful for the sacrifice of the American's dureing WW2. I just hope there's never gonna be a 3rd World War, You'd think after two of them we'd know better by now, But.. Nope. Loved the reaction, Thank you ladies once again.
it doesnt matter what country your from respect our veterans. whether your country is on the right or wrong they are called to defend our nations from the stupidity of some leaders. not many common men and women want to fight each other. in war it is kill or be killed there is no other options. it is brutal and horrific and we should help and respect those who serve
You girls are so pretty. 😮
I would change the word pretty for beautiful. They are 2 class acts, smart, common sense, and are blessed with caring hearts.
@@mikealvarez2322 you're so right about that. They are beyond beautiful inside and outside. I can tell the girl with the pink had a delicate heart but toughs through the hard ti watch scenes. She's a sweetie.
You all sound like you need to go to Thailand to find yourselves some Thai brides. 🤣
Yall should really watch Platoon . It’s the best Vietnam war movie in my opinion
12:00 thing is, noone know what trully happened there/then, but a lot of soldiers speculated on it, so they are each saying what they think happened... as if it was a fact
Bravo.
Spears all day long. The best. They could not take prisoners at the beginning of the allied invasion because they had no where to put them. Yes mam, you are right, it's true. Spears is right about the needed mindset of a soldier. I guess some guys just look at a parachute and think, "oh yeah, wedding dress". Lol.
Your reactions are cute, but if I were watching this show in the same room I would have to kick you out. I mean that in the nicest way possible. :).
5:47 : looks like the us soldiers are fighting german paratroopers
22:46 😢 blithe
Is 65 men a lot? Yes considering that they jumped in with a full company strength of 120 that is more than 50% losses
the seargent was given and order and disobeyed it then raised his rifle up towards spiers who shot him with his pistol it was reported to his captain but the next day the captain died in combat but had said it was justified as there was witnesses
BarkBarkimShark Much the same could be said about Lt.Dike.
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Never understand the hammer the windows bit, what does that do
Spoiler alert for the young ladies: Whenever they mention anything about the officer named "Speirs" and talk about rumors about him, they are ALL true.
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React to generation war please!!!
Bro I seriously love these hot girls for reacting to such good movies & series ❤❤❤
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Another one who needs to find himself a Thai brides. 🤣
The girls are cute, but no need to waste cuteness on feeling bad for Nazis.
Speirs did NOT execute prisoners. He did shoot a drunk sergeant in self defence when the sergeant tried to attack Speirs.
Speirs did shoot the prisoners. Winters asked him personally and Speirs admitted it to him. I have read about it and there is an interview on UA-cam with Winters wgen he talis about it.
Hysterical blindness occurs when you witness something so horrific that your brain decides to switch off your eyesight.
Great reaction!
‘’Careful, you’re in a war” ~ best advice ever given 😂🎉
Yeah, I caught that too and heck if it's not the wisest words ever uttered.
A lot of reactors wonder about that French family. American soldiers wouldn't kill French civilians on purpose, he just paused there in shock. If he'd followed standard procedure, he would have let his comrade toss in the grenade, but he, 'had a feeling.'
Imagine the times where they did it to the standard and had to walk in on what they did. That'd break you more than anything but you'd still have to find a way to keep fighting the war. The idea of uniforms to keep civilians safe from the fighting but they still die. Wars where there are no civilians and everyone is shooting are way worse.
@@jayeisenhardt1337 never really thought of it like that, you know it must have happened to a lot of soldiers.
Every encounter after a event like that would be extremely conflicted, chance of you and your brothers dying or chance to kill helpless innocent.
Remember back to the first episode. There was a man who had so many love letters that Sobel got upset during the barracks inspection. That was Ed Tipper. He was the man who handed Sobel the map when the barbed wire fence was cut. He is the man who was hit by the mortar shell in the pharmacy. He survived his wounds and had a long career as a teacher in Colorado. He is the vet in the intros wearing a peach/salmon colored shirt.
He also fathered a child when he was in his late 60s (Curahee!). He died relatively recently I his 90s.
He was the last of Easy to die, I believe.@@alanholck7995
@@alanholck7995 What a stud! Old boy don't quit lol
Bro spoilers wtf
Spoilers my dude, chill the fuck out
This series is based on interviews of actual veterans so sometimes the story we see is more true to how they remembered things than what may have been actual fact. This episode shows this in the scene where everyone is talking about how Speirs shot the enemy prisoners but nobody saw it for themselves so they were just repeating different conflicting versions of the incident that they had heard from other people who didn't see it either.
I always found it odd that the series didn't really address the dark reality that until the beachhead was established, they were under orders to not take and keep prisoners because they didn't have resources, but also just not let enemy soldiers go in case they could give away numbers and positions. So, some officers... Took it upon themselves too... Eeesh... 😬
@@Knight-Bishop Bullshit. There were no official orders for no quarter on D-Day, Overlord. You wanna make an assertion based on internet lore, then link to the document, otherwise stop believing everything you read in UA-cam comments and the like.
Hello again Ladies.. I have said it before, your kindness and innocence is such a breath of fresh air, Love your reactions..
Best wishes from France
Hella, you've just added, "I think we'll need a bomb," to "Hit him with a brick."😂 Watching you and Chi add so much to these movies.
War is brutal, ugly and unfair. I like how this series and Saving Private Ryan don't sugar-coat war.
The makers of the show could not portray the terrain around Carentan the way it really was, so it is really hard for people to understand why the troops went straight up the road to get into the town, and you wondered why they could not hide and sneak in through the woods. But the Germans had flooded all the areas around Carentan, and the only ways into the town were across the few raised causeways...which the Germans defended heavily. There was no option for the Americans trying to get into the town but to get across the causeways as fast as possible, there was no way to approach the town under cover or concealment.
It is one of the reasons I recommend that channel The Operations Room to folks....because they show the real battles so you can see the few important things they could not show in the series.
If you are interested in war films, I recommend "The Longest Day." It's an old black-and-white film from the 60s but it shows the Normandy landings from all sides. "The Battle of Britain" is excellent, too.
"A bridge too far" is pretty good too.
They DID NOT kill the civilians in that home.
when the guys were all joking and having a good time towards the end of the episode, the one was reciting a poem he had written about the incident where the sleeping soldier accidentally stabbed the man who had come to wake him
I don't usually watch reaction content, but I just like your personalities. Your reactions seem real and not over the top, and it's so interesting to see how people from a very different culture react to things I already know.
The story of Lt. Speirs killing the prisoners is meant to portray how rumors both get started and get overly exaggerated as time goes on. The real story, though still tragic and brutal, is more tame and actually makes sense when you understand the situation Speirs was in at the time.
Speirs gets more intense as the series goes on.
The soldiers you see in battle are being paid $1.37 cents a day for their service, also for every soldier with a gun has at least 9 soldiers in support of him ,supplies and such. $1.37 a day!
Normally, US soldiers followed the Geneva Convention so they would not execute captured emery soldiers but from what I have read, the Airborne were behind enemy lines and were instructed to kill captured soldiers. It seems a bit strange to me but that it what I read. Maybe someone who knows better can fill us in.
@@jimglenn6972 Until the Airborne units had linked up with units moving inland from the beaches, they had no capability to take prisoners. They were outmanned & surrounded, and the fear was that prisoners could potentially overpower and kill their captors. So, until they linked up with units from the beaches, prisoners, esp if there were a lot of them, were executed.
@@jimglenn6972 If you watch carefully, Lt. Spiers' shooting of enemy prisoners was to shoot them in the legs to disable them. This is historically not true - but interestingly enough, after an engagement in Afghanistan portrayed in the movie 'Lone Survivor', the Australian Special Forces are now trained to cut the Achilles' tendon of anyone captured behind the lines who could give away their position when released.
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The reason for the burning isn't that the Americans are burning everything in their path! Rather, these are previous battlefields, and this is burning debris and wreckage from the battle!
Hamburger Hill is another excellent war movie that shows a little perspective of African American soldiers and local Vietnamese forced to adapt.
I'm guessing you didn't understand the 'flies spread disease' joke which is why the punchline was cut out of the video
Idk if anyone mentioned this in the comments, but the reason why they ran up that road towards the town in the beginning of the attack, out in the open, was sort of explained, but not shown until later. All around the town was open, low-lying farmland, and the Germans had flooded it all like rice fields. It made a kind of flooded castle moat style defense around the entire town, where people would have to wade through water out in the open to get close. That meant that they just had to point their main guns towards the narrow paths and roads that weren't flooded, and only need to have a few people keeping watch over the flooded fields. So while it looks like they're just charging in out in the open... Their other ways in were even worse. Later in the battle, once they start driving the Germans out of the town, it shows them trying to get away through the same fields they had flooded, and how much it had made them slow, easy targets. That was why the army had to charge up those roads directly into gunfire.
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Over 60 million people were killed in that war
Great reaction as always!
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Taking prisoners is a specific mission that usually isn't instituted in the initial assaults/battles. It requires resources and personnel trained for prisoner handling, intelligence collection/interrogation, housing/food/medicine
that can't/shouldn't necessarily be done by leading edge troops whose sole purpose should be combat operations and little else.
a WW2 American is squad is anywhere between 8 and 12 men;
a platoon are some 3~4 squads + command personnel, for about 30~40 men, total;
a company is between 3 to 5 platoons and will usually have anything between 100 and 150 men;
an Airborne battalion have A(ble); B(aker), C(harlie), D(og), E(asy) and F(ox) companies + support and command personnel.
Units larger than a Battalion are mostly administrative, so, while they may be deployed as a group, they will rarely be commanded as a single entity in battle
Two other good war movies are "Das Boot" (the original from 1981) and "All quiet on western front" (2022). But you should watch them in the original language (German) with subtitles, then they are better! The dubbing is simply terrible!
If you 2 are reading this......band of brothers got it wrong. ALBERT BLITHE actually survived the war! He actually was a very good soldier in the end and he continued on with life after the war.
11:53 that’s just them making assumptions. Non of that actually happened.
The economic aspect of the war needs to be talked about more. Before getting fully involved, the United States was just supplying the Allies while maintaining a peacetime economy. After Pearl Harbor, the gloves came off and the entire economy moved to manufacturing weapons, vehicles, clothing and ammunition for the war. The United States had an economy that outweighed all other combatants combined
no spoilers but fot episode 6, Bastogne, have a blanket ready. I don't know how, but the director makes you feel the cold -even in warm room far, far away.
Yall should definitely watch a good movie called "O Brother, Where Art Thou?"
I have patron. How come UA-cam gets an edit before I get a full reaction…
Makes me feel like I should just wait for UA-cam
Have you ladies watched Gran Torino yet? Its a great film about friendship's, family relationships, a little racism, and there is so much more to this movie that you’ll be sucked right in, and it could feel emotional train wreck, but in a pleasant way. Just a suggestion, take care ladies and have a happy new year!!