Buck lost both his best friend and wife so quick after the war ended. Imagine having to be by yourself with all those memories of the war with no one to talk to about it.
In the documentary, there was a clip of Rosenthal where he stated being a prosecutor, during the Nuremberg trials, was his closure. What he saw in those camps in Poland, and coming home to Jewish communities left shattered because all their relatives in Europe had been murdered, really affected him. His final mission of the war was actually an airlift of survivors from those camps. The war was not over for him until the perpetrators were brought to justice. According to Crosby’s memoir, many of the men in the 100th believed Rosie had family in the camps, because they knew he was fighting for something more. (Apparently, Rosie’s entire family had already immigrated to America long before WWII, but his men did not know that.)
Sam Rosenthal, Rosie's grandson, plays Lt Jacobson who was a co-pilot. Since Rosenthal joined the crew as Command Pilot, he took Jacobson's seat and Jacobson was in the back. Jacobson survived but was captured by the Germans.
IMDB states in the film credits the small part actor Dam Rosenthal THE great grandson of the Legendary 100th BG Rosei Ronsethal, on episode 3 was the top turret gunner "Lt. Arthur L. Jacobson" who even got a leg wound from a German fighter plan attack.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 - IMDB states in the film credits the small part actor Dam Rosenthal THE great grandson of the Legendary 100th BG Rosei Ronsethal, on episode 3 was the top turret gunner "Lt. Arthur L. Jacobson" who even got a leg wound from a German fighter plan attack.
@@Filscout Sam Rosenthal is the grandson of Rosie Rosenthal. In episode 9 he definitely plays Jacobson but I think in episode 3 he is standing in for another character since I do not believe Jacobson was on the mission.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 Sam Rosenthal cannot be playing two separate characters in the series. Look him up in IMDB it is listed what his screen credits were as on E3 & E9.
According to him, when the Soviets confirmed his American identity, he was given his own bottle of vodka, showered with hugs and kisses, and a free ride back to the rear. People forget the Soviets are people too, and most Americans cannot possibly imagine how badly they suffered from the Nazi invasion. To them, any man who took the fight to the Nazis was a welcomed comrade.
How did they come home? Watch the movie “The Best Years of our Lives” from 1946. The first movie to really deal with PTSD. One thing sadly missed in the ending, one of those little kids grew up to create the 100th BG museum in the restored Thorpe Abbott control tower.
A thousand votes for "The Best Years of Our Lives". Saw it when I was a teenager in the 1970s. A lot of WW2 vets were the parents of the older kids on my street. The film really helped me understand some of the stuff they'd been through.
Just so you know just like Band of Brothers had the additional short documentary called "We Stand Alone Together", this series also has a short documentary called the "Bloody Hundredth"! It's a must-see, I think it's only an hour long just like the episodes, and Rosie Rosenthal himself tells the story of when he got found by the Russians!!! He also screamed "Pepsi Cola and Lucky Strike"!!!😅
One of the MOST Highly decorated B17 Pilot, only B17 to retuned from a total of 13 17s lost in that mission, was the first to make 25 combat missions in the 100th BG. Prosecuted Luftwaffe Commander Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials.
Not to mention met Winston Churchill on his personal converted B-24 and stared down Herman Göring at the Nuremberg trials. He truly was among the few American protagonists during the Second World War.
That was actually the second time he was shot down. He had just got back into combat after weeks in the hospital. He broke his arm in the first crash. Also.
Reports had come in about the camps in 1944, maybe even earlier. Some reports came from a guy, Witold Pilecki, who had intentionally gotten captured so he could document what was going on inside. The Allies refused to believe such things were possible. The guy chose to go back into the camps a second time and spent time in the Warsaw ghetto during the uprising and managed to survive. He tried to get the Allies to send in Polish paratroopers etc but they thought it was too likely to fail.
Great series and we'll done! I will miss it on Fridays with new episodes. I read up on Buck in his final days. He had a good friend in North Dakota come to visit him for the final time shortly before his death. His friend made mention that Buck asked him to wheel him outside and to look at the sky together and he talked about his days flying. How fitting that his buddy recalled that last meeting with him and how Buck was remembering his youth and flying as they gazed up into the sky together. These men were simply extraordinary and so many were amazing contributors to helping the U.S economy become a power house after the war and laying a foundation for future generations. The men of the 8th Air force were incredibly courageous, without question. We stand alot to learn about how awful WW2 was and let's hope history never repeats itself with this type of death and destruction, ever again! Thanks for sharing a great series with us and Tom Hanks and Spielberg also have two really outstanding predecessor series called Band of Brothers and The Pacific, that are worthy in addition! More amazing men to admire doing courageous deeds! 🇺🇸
The old Biblical anthropology is true: the capacity for both good and evil is in every human, because we are made in God's image, but fallen from grace. Almost nobody ever believes they are the bad guys, and rationalises the evil things they do as necessary, or legitimate orders, or "the ways things are", or the only option in a moment. That's why you've got keep a vigilant eye on yourself, and work deliberately at kindness and justice, because it doesn't always come automatically.
Felt disappointed with this series, but your reaction was great to experience as a history buff. Your channel will definitely grow a lot if you keep up the great work. If you haven't watched Titanic, The Green Mile, Master and Commander; those would be great reactions. I suggest Downfall, although maybe for yourself, since I don't know how well that would do as a reaction.
The food drops were Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound by the RAF, USAAF and RCAF dropped over 11000 tons of food to combat the 1944-45 dutch famine and save people from starvation in german occupied netherlands. Think 20k people died or something from it.
This was such an amazing episode, with so many emotional moments. Not to mention the greatest game of capture the flag, ever. I've really enjoyed your reactions to this series. You guys are such a cute couple! Hope you had a great Paddy's Day. 🇮🇪🇺🇲🇮🇪
First episode: Like stone in my shoe. Last Episode: Like stone in my shoe. Those words where buck said to bucky in the first episode and the last episode.
Putting the flag up wasn’t pointless. They had to signal to the allies outside the gates to stop shooting. They had to signal to the planes in the air to stop shooting. They had to signal that they had to camp.
after that it was a huge influx of GI's coming home and the baby boom happen also everyone went back to there job if they had jobs to go back to or found new jobs as mechanics pilots probably pilots and mechanics for most of them became teachers and professors at colleges
It was a great series from episodes 1 to 6. Episodes 7 was ehhh and 8 really almost sent the whole thing into the toilet. Nine was full of made up bullsh*t so they can have a corny flying into the sunset ending that never happened but it was able to keep the thing from crashing and burning. Overall, if you take all nine episodes it was a good series, not a great one. Personally I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get started learning about the war in the air during WW2. There are not nearly enough shows like this on the subject. That said I loved your reaction videos. Great work.
12:10 - in the Christian religion, their 'holy text' has a chapter called "Revelations". In it (IIRC..it's been a while since I've read it) there is a metaphor for the forces that will end the world. Famine, War, Conquest, and Death. They're collectively called, "The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse". Part of the metaphor is that Death rides "a pale horse". I *was* a Christian as a child, that scene sent chills down my spine.
Sad part of Masters of the Air is that it took so long to come out after the first 2 mini series, they couldn't get the veteran interviews into the show.
For your own enjoyment - not suggesting you react to it - you must watch the movie Twelve O'Clock High. Brilliant film about US bomber groups operating out of England in WW2. You'll see much that is familiar after Masters of the Air. Sure it's old Hollywood, but it had a frankness about injuries and the emotional effects of the continual losses that was rare for the time. See ua-cam.com/video/-Ondb7TwDeQ/v-deo.html
truly the best generation risking their lives to free west europe including my country the netherlands and after all the fighting risking their lives again to feed them much love from the netherlands
Buck lost both his best friend and wife so quick after the war ended. Imagine having to be by yourself with all those memories of the war with no one to talk to about it.
😭😭😭
He did remarry so that is a good thing.
In the documentary, there was a clip of Rosenthal where he stated being a prosecutor, during the Nuremberg trials, was his closure. What he saw in those camps in Poland, and coming home to Jewish communities left shattered because all their relatives in Europe had been murdered, really affected him. His final mission of the war was actually an airlift of survivors from those camps. The war was not over for him until the perpetrators were brought to justice. According to Crosby’s memoir, many of the men in the 100th believed Rosie had family in the camps, because they knew he was fighting for something more. (Apparently, Rosie’s entire family had already immigrated to America long before WWII, but his men did not know that.)
Ps: Robert Rosenthal’s grandson plays the co-pilot/gunner in the tail of Rosie’s plane, in this episode.
You have to watch and react to Band of Brothers now
💙💙
The person in the tail of Rosies Aircraft in the opening scene is played by Rosies own Grandson.
Sam Rosenthal, Rosie's grandson, plays Lt Jacobson who was a co-pilot. Since Rosenthal joined the crew as Command Pilot, he took Jacobson's seat and Jacobson was in the back. Jacobson survived but was captured by the Germans.
IMDB states in the film credits the small part actor Dam Rosenthal THE great grandson of the Legendary 100th BG Rosei Ronsethal, on episode 3 was the top turret gunner "Lt. Arthur L. Jacobson" who even got a leg wound from a German fighter plan attack.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 - IMDB states in the film credits the small part actor Dam Rosenthal THE great grandson of the Legendary 100th BG Rosei Ronsethal, on episode 3 was the top turret gunner "Lt. Arthur L. Jacobson" who even got a leg wound from a German fighter plan attack.
@@Filscout Sam Rosenthal is the grandson of Rosie Rosenthal. In episode 9 he definitely plays Jacobson but I think in episode 3 he is standing in for another character since I do not believe Jacobson was on the mission.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 Sam Rosenthal cannot be playing two separate characters in the series. Look him up in IMDB it is listed what his screen credits were as on E3 & E9.
The words Rosie said to the Russians were the actual phrases he said to make them realise he was American
"No, no, American, Americanski, Roosevelt, Stalin, Coca-Cola"
@@tripsaplenty1227 Very helpful!
According to him, when the Soviets confirmed his American identity, he was given his own bottle of vodka, showered with hugs and kisses, and a free ride back to the rear. People forget the Soviets are people too, and most Americans cannot possibly imagine how badly they suffered from the Nazi invasion. To them, any man who took the fight to the Nazis was a welcomed comrade.
@@dastemplar9681 Hear! Hear!
How did they come home? Watch the movie “The Best Years of our Lives” from 1946. The first movie to really deal with PTSD.
One thing sadly missed in the ending, one of those little kids grew up to create the 100th BG museum in the restored Thorpe Abbott control tower.
A thousand votes for "The Best Years of Our Lives". Saw it when I was a teenager in the 1970s. A lot of WW2 vets were the parents of the older kids on my street. The film really helped me understand some of the stuff they'd been through.
Brilliant and moving film. Won Best Picture in 1946.
The Folks and children of the county ALL came in their Sunday best attire to honor and bid farewell to the men of the Masters of the Air.
And they also missed Ken Lemmon, the engineer.
That is an amazing film.
This was a great series. I hope Spielberg and Hanks do a WWII series on the Navy next. Thanks Danny and Niamh for reacting to this series.
Yeah but Soviets were not great as they showed them
Thank you so much for joining us 💙💙
What would make a great series is "John Brown's Body", by Stephen Vincent Benet. It has EVERYTHING.
I just learned that Rosie is actually buried in a cemetery in my hometown. It’s an honor knowing such a hero is buried so close by!
That’s so cool!
You guys have to watch the Bloody 100th Documentary (episode 10)
The documentary was fantastic.
Just so you know just like Band of Brothers had the additional short documentary called "We Stand Alone Together", this series also has a short documentary called the "Bloody Hundredth"! It's a must-see, I think it's only an hour long just like the episodes, and Rosie Rosenthal himself tells the story of when he got found by the Russians!!! He also screamed "Pepsi Cola and Lucky Strike"!!!😅
Thank you for sharing this 💙
There was another after the "The Pacific". "He has Seen War"
Rosie ended up flying 52 missions, double what was required, Rosie truly was the greatest of all time
One of the MOST Highly decorated B17 Pilot, only B17 to retuned from a total of 13 17s lost in that mission, was the first to make 25 combat missions in the 100th BG. Prosecuted Luftwaffe Commander Herman Goering at the Nuremberg trials.
Not to mention met Winston Churchill on his personal converted B-24 and stared down Herman Göring at the Nuremberg trials. He truly was among the few American protagonists during the Second World War.
If I remember what I read right, Marge went to visit her parents and contracted Polio. Buck remarried and was with his second wife until he died.
the actor who plays Crosby, plays John Wilkes Booth in the new Apple TV series "Manhunt"...
loved all your reactions to MOTA - I was lucky enough to be on the crew for all 9 episodes - was great to watch along with you guys!
Thank you so much!!! We have loved every minute of this show. 💙💙
Band of brothers and the Pacific next!
If you liked this series you'll need to watch Band of Brothers and the Pacific. Both are excellent.
We’ll be getting to these for sure 💙
That was actually the second time he was shot down. He had just got back into combat after weeks in the hospital. He broke his arm in the first crash. Also.
that photo of buck and gale at the end looks like it could have been the inspiration for the entire show.
Their friendship was at the heart of this story 💙 so beautiful
Isn't it Bucky and Gale? 😅
Reports had come in about the camps in 1944, maybe even earlier. Some reports came from a guy, Witold Pilecki, who had intentionally gotten captured so he could document what was going on inside. The Allies refused to believe such things were possible. The guy chose to go back into the camps a second time and spent time in the Warsaw ghetto during the uprising and managed to survive. He tried to get the Allies to send in Polish paratroopers etc but they thought it was too likely to fail.
Thanks for this 😊
I love the moment at 14:30 when Croz is standing by the fireplace. There's the Toby Mug on the mantle! Just like '12 O'Clock High'. 🙂
The greatest generation ever 🫡
What a fantastic final episode! Loved this series.
Hopefully Niamh can do some reactions to Band of Brothers and the Pacific soon.
We have to agree and yes, that will be coming in the near future 💙
Stalag XIII. I know a real camp and think was an army one but it just reminds me of Hogans Heroes hahaha.
Hogan's heroes was in a fictional Stalag 13 which was actually set near the same town as the real stalag 13.
Thank you two so so much for reacting to this series, it was such a pleasure watching every episode with you!!
Thank you, thank you, THANK YOU for watching. We have loved every second 💙💙
@@CoyzyMovieNight Awww, I’m so glad🥹, made my day
Band of brothers and the Pacific, Let's gooo!
Let’s gooooooo
Awesome reaction of my favorite episode of Masters Of The Air!!!!!!!!!!!😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
Please do Band of Brothers next!
We plan to start it in the near future, going to take a little break and do something else first though 💙
If your also a fan of the movie 12 O'clock High there is a nice Easter egg in the scene where Crosby and Rosenthal talk. Hint: Dean Jagger bought one.
Great series and we'll done! I will miss it on Fridays with new episodes. I read up on Buck in his final days. He had a good friend in North Dakota come to visit him for the final time shortly before his death. His friend made mention that Buck asked him to wheel him outside and to look at the sky together and he talked about his days flying. How fitting that his buddy recalled that last meeting with him and how Buck was remembering his youth and flying as they gazed up into the sky together. These men were simply extraordinary and so many were amazing contributors to helping the U.S economy become a power house after the war and laying a foundation for future generations. The men of the 8th Air force were incredibly courageous, without question. We stand alot to learn about how awful WW2 was and let's hope history never repeats itself with this type of death and destruction, ever again! Thanks for sharing a great series with us and Tom Hanks and Spielberg also have two really outstanding predecessor series called Band of Brothers and The Pacific, that are worthy in addition! More amazing men to admire doing courageous deeds! 🇺🇸
The old Biblical anthropology is true: the capacity for both good and evil is in every human, because we are made in God's image, but fallen from grace. Almost nobody ever believes they are the bad guys, and rationalises the evil things they do as necessary, or legitimate orders, or "the ways things are", or the only option in a moment. That's why you've got keep a vigilant eye on yourself, and work deliberately at kindness and justice, because it doesn't always come automatically.
Felt disappointed with this series, but your reaction was great to experience as a history buff. Your channel will definitely grow a lot if you keep up the great work. If you haven't watched Titanic, The Green Mile, Master and Commander; those would be great reactions. I suggest Downfall, although maybe for yourself, since I don't know how well that would do as a reaction.
Thank you so much for your support and the recommendations. We will take them on board 💙
I have enjoyed your reactions to this series so much 😊 Thank you!
We appreciate you joining us on the journey, thank YOU 💙
Great video guys, love the reaction from you both!
Thank you for watching!! We hope you enjoyed the series as much as we did 💙
'They can be a great people . . . they wish to be.' Superman's dad was on to something.
Please react to Band Of Brothers and The Pacific, your reactions are fantastic
We will be getting to these in the future 💙 thank you for watching
The food drops were Operation Manna and Operation Chowhound by the RAF, USAAF and RCAF dropped over 11000 tons of food to combat the 1944-45 dutch famine and save people from starvation in german occupied netherlands. Think 20k people died or something from it.
You guys are so cute. Aw.
Ah thanks 😊
Hoping that Saving Private Ryan reaction clears YT, love to see it, great reaction for this whole series as well!
Us too 😢 hahaha thank you!!
This was such an amazing episode, with so many emotional moments. Not to mention the greatest game of capture the flag, ever. I've really enjoyed your reactions to this series. You guys are such a cute couple! Hope you had a great Paddy's Day. 🇮🇪🇺🇲🇮🇪
Thank you so much for watching!! We appreciate the support so much
BUT - we are cousins 😂😂😂 not a couple ahahaha
@@CoyzyMovieNight that would be awkward, I suppose.
Thanks for your great review/reaction to this series. Job well done!
First episode: Like stone in my shoe.
Last Episode: Like stone in my shoe.
Those words where buck said to bucky in the first episode and the last episode.
Putting the flag up wasn’t pointless. They had to signal to the allies outside the gates to stop shooting. They had to signal to the planes in the air to stop shooting. They had to signal that they had to camp.
I really enjoyed watching along with you. Until the next series… ❤🙏😎
Thank you for joining us 💙💙💙
after that it was a huge influx of GI's coming home and the baby boom happen also everyone went back to there job if they had jobs to go back to or found new jobs as mechanics pilots probably pilots and mechanics for most of them became teachers and professors at colleges
Band of Brothers
It was a great series from episodes 1 to 6. Episodes 7 was ehhh and 8 really almost sent the whole thing into the toilet. Nine was full of made up bullsh*t so they can have a corny flying into the sunset ending that never happened but it was able to keep the thing from crashing and burning. Overall, if you take all nine episodes it was a good series, not a great one. Personally I would recommend it to anyone who wants to get started learning about the war in the air during WW2. There are not nearly enough shows like this on the subject. That said I loved your reaction videos. Great work.
Nobody questions, is that the White Horse that Brad Pitt released in Fury?
Detroit representing.
12:10 - in the Christian religion, their 'holy text' has a chapter called "Revelations". In it (IIRC..it's been a while since I've read it) there is a metaphor for the forces that will end the world. Famine, War, Conquest, and Death. They're collectively called, "The Four Horsemen of The Apocalypse". Part of the metaphor is that Death rides "a pale horse". I *was* a Christian as a child, that scene sent chills down my spine.
Sad part of Masters of the Air is that it took so long to come out after the first 2 mini series, they couldn't get the veteran interviews into the show.
I hope you guys react to The Bloody Hundreth documentary which is a companion piece to the series.
Great reaction to finish the series guys! 😊❤ What's next?
Something a little bit different… just for a bit x (we’ll be back with the war stuff we PROMISE)
1:41 Fun mood? good alcohol then 😂
Always
Did y'all actually say Slante'?
For your own enjoyment - not suggesting you react to it - you must watch the movie Twelve O'Clock High. Brilliant film about US bomber groups operating out of England in WW2. You'll see much that is familiar after Masters of the Air. Sure it's old Hollywood, but it had a frankness about injuries and the emotional effects of the continual losses that was rare for the time.
See ua-cam.com/video/-Ondb7TwDeQ/v-deo.html
Thank you for this recommendation! (AND for watching) 💙
Watch the Pacific
Yeah West Won but East Lose war because Soviets took over
How about some Sci-Fi?
Sounds good
truly the best generation risking their lives to free west europe including my country the netherlands and after all the fighting risking their lives again to feed them much love from the netherlands