Band of Brothers | Complete Series Reaction Marathon | First Time Watching
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0:00 Start
2:09 Episode 1 - "Currahee"
27:21 Episode 2 - "Day of Days"
48:02 Episode 3 - "Carentan"
1:11:46 Episode 4 - "Replacements"
1:33:58 Episode 5 - "Crossroads"
1:54:58 Episode 6 - "Bastogne"
2:15:59 Episode 7 - "The Breaking Point"
2:41:14 Episode 8 - "The Last Patrol"
3:00:55 Episode 9 - "Why We Fight"
3:20:44 Episode 10 - "Points"
3:35:15 Post-Series Discussion - Розваги
I've seen this so many times, and I cry every single time even knowing what is coming. Band of Brothers was so masterfully done.
Makes sense. They guys that were actually there felt that way the rest of their life.
Any person who can watch this series from start to end without a tear is a psychopath in my eyes
@@Touchpadse i only drop some tears with ep 9 even that is going to far for me.
Albeit historically inaccurate. Its an american fantasy😂
@@codymiller9086 well the events did happen some worse than is portrayed some not as bad, some not exactly in the way they are shown and not all of them to this exact company
Let’s remember the original airing of Band of Brothers was on 9/9/2001. Two days later was 9/11. This show was needed. This show gave a America inspiration.
3:36:02 The "I served in a company of heroes" line wasn't actually from Winters but from a letter written to him by Staff Sergeant Myron Ranney who was one of the NCOs who mutinied against Sobel.
LT Dike was a "born with a silver spoon" guy who was reassigned to Easy, so the vets didn't take to him and told Ambrose their thoughts - which weren't good. But Dike had jumped into Holland, was awarded a Bronze Star during the fighting there as he organized a group that defended an important road junction near Eindhoven. At Bastogne, he was awarded a second Bronze Star as he "personally removed from an exposed position, in full enemy view, three wounded members of his company, while under intense small arms fire" per the citation. He obviously had PTSD, maybe not as bad as Buck but still he was no coward; just not a combat leader. At least one Easy Company soldier said Dike had been wounded in his right shoulder and that it was the wound, not panic, that caused him to stop. Dike was returned to the rear in the company of a medic. After the war he completed a law degree from Yale, worked several years for the CIA and his later years were lived out in Switzerland.
Relationship status: It's complicated
Yeah "Foxhole" Norman gets a bad wrap, he definitely seen his share of action before and after his time with easy, but he was an absolute liability during the assault on Foy
@@BasedPoliwhirlreally surprising the liberties they took with some of the portrayals in this series - considering the potential damage to these men's legacy. Webster, Blithe, Cobb, Dike, Sink, Sobel ... all portrayed within a definite negative context that contradicts the actual historical accounts.
I mean, i get it, it's based on true events and meant to be entraining to watch. But things like Blithe's story - which Winters' himself expressed in an interview he felt terrible about and that it was a very unfair depiction of the man - really makes you wonder "how could they be so reckless?"
@@folkblues4u I don't see that from any of them, every person has their strengths and weaknesses. As I've also researched more, you gotta remember some of these guys are who they are, but the guys below you also have an opinion of you and not all will be good.
When I heard that Dike won several medal for his performance before Easy, I felt that a good soldier does not necessary mean a good leader. Maybe Dike was able to do squad level command, but not a company level command.
However, PTSD may have made him lose self-confidence in commanding people, thus the poor performance before attacking Foy.
In 1:18, there is a kid who was given a chocolate bar by a soldier. I was in France studying cooking and our head chef was from Normandy and he had the same thing happened to him. Their home was close to the beach and they went to to basement for three days. When he came back out the Germans were gone, everything was burning and a GI walked up to him and gave a chocolate bar. He was 4 and looked at his mother. She say taste it. He had never had chocolate before and he said it was going to heaven.
Awesome story!!!
Guarnere is my favourite. Then Nix. The relationship between him and Winters, the way its portrayed is incredible
I got the chance to meet Guarnere (as well as several others), and he was a very colorful and energetic guy even in advanced age. He always had a sarcastic or funny quip, and was very humble and self denegratory. I cried the day I heard he died; even though I had only spoken to him for an hour once years before he left an indelible mark. They did an excellent job casting John Frank Hughs and he did an excellent job portraying Wild Bill Guarnere.
@@CoryBlissitte nice one... Agree, excellent casting
@@CoryBlissitte Before you got to see who was who at the end of the show, i think Guarnere and Winters were the only ones i figured out even we go to see for sure, and damn what great men they were. Obviously they all were, but those two stood out to me.
My grandfather drove a tank in Patton's army and fought in the battle of the bulge. He told me no plan ever went right, no matter how careful they were. In his opinion our NCO's, were the key to the Allied success. Our family was lucky. He joined up with both of his brothers and they all made it back. What I find astounding is that the average age of these men was 20 years old. They truly were the greatest generation.
Guarnere and Toye didn't even get full disability because they didn't fully lose their legs. Great way to treat your Vets. The book is an absolute must read to find out what happened after. There's videos of Guarnere with modern Vets racing them on his crutches they're great. They were some men
My grandpa's passed away now, but he was a sailor in the Royal Australian Navy - went up on frigates round the west coast of Australia, up through Indonesia to fight the Japanese. He was actually too young and put his age up a year to enlist. He came out the other side fortunately, but he had PTSD. He didn't talk a lot about the war, but the stories I did hear were fascinating and shocking at the same time.
The Dutch guy pulling out the bullet is a well-known Dutch actor called Jack Wouterse. No, we talk Dutch over here, not German. Big difference.
Most Dutchies do - however - receive education in multiple languages from about high-school onwards, the standard being: English, French and German.
But German accents are so specific, that any German will be able to sniff out an 'impersonator' almost instantly.
The Netherlands is located in between Germany and the UK, another interesting/well-known movie about Market Garden is 'A Bridge too Far'.
The Dutch Royal family and politicians fled the country to lead the Dutch people and resistance from the UK and Canada.
'Holland' are two specfic provincies near the coast, where the largest cities are located (Amsterdam, Rotterdam, etc.). Those are two of twelve total, though...
So it's a completly dif language ? Or related to german? You know like spanish is related to italian and portuguese, must be really cool been educated in 3 languages 😊
@@carpediem9750 Apparently the vocab is similar but has very different grammer
Speirs was such a beast in Episode 7. When Winters ordered him to take over the attack from Dike, Speirs said nothing and was already starting to run before Winters even finished the sentence.
Mrs. Movies is right. One of the best opening themes of any TV show.
My dad was a combat veteran and Glider Trooper of the 194th GIR, 17th Airborne who fought near Foy as well as the same battle Nixon describes jumping in in episode 9. He was also slated to jump into Japan as he was transferred to the 13th Airborne the summer of 1945 but fortunately, didn't have to when Japan surrendered. After the war, he moved home to Billings, MT where he married my mother, had 3 children, and worked various jobs for Carter Oil and later the US Government in the Bureau of Indian Affairs and Bureau of Land Management. He died in 1999 after a short retirement. Proud to be the son of one of the "Greatest Generation".
Fun fact I've not seen a lot of American reactors notice, the actor who plays Hall in episode 2 is also a rather well known Irish actor these days. I first saw him in this series but I also know him as Moriarty in the Benedict Cumberbatch starred Sherlock series. Fantastic actor, all of these folks. Also what a great idea to post it all in one video, thank you for that!
EDIT: I was corrected on the nationality of Mr. Scott.
Ah, yes. The hot priest 😉 He isn't very well known in the states. Shame too, because he is a phenomenal actor.
Funner fact a lot of the actors are british in this series
@@dale897 yeah, Damien Lewis (Winters) had to practice his american accent. At least that's what i heard.
There is a moment in episode 3(?) when Lt Welsh yells out "you beautiful babies, you" and the British actor completely loses his american accent. It always give me a laugh.
Actually Andrew Scott who played Hall is Irish, not British. Pretty big difference😁
The story of Alfred Blithe, Ep3, is somewhat at odds to that shown.
He didn't die in 1948 but 1967 (44 yrs) in Germany.
He re-enlisted twice and fought in Korea.
Ambrose's book now reflects this, but the series wasn't changed.
I don't get why HBO hasn't changed this yet.
@@Kasino80 It is a drama and he did die young at 44 so it may just have been a bit of artistic licence. But there was more steel in the man than portrayed.
See Pvt Hook (VC) in Zulu, shown as a bit of a waster, actually a dedicated professional soldier of over 20 years.
@@eltelsopwith6014 sure, sure. That might be it.
Yeah he did a total of 5 combat jumps between WWII and Korea, that's legit bad ass
@@Kasino80 Its the massage. He overcome his fear. He found his mind set to be a soldier whotries to contribut to men he fights with. With that a bukket out of nowhere killed him before he could do something. Thats shows. A bullet kills you, and it doesnt make a differnce how brave or what a great fighter you are. The best trained soldier can die before seeing the enemy and even without shooting his gun ones.
Its the strongest message of all the series. There are no heroes in war. Just the ones who got lucky and suvived. Its against the american view on a soldier. Maybe because america never suffered from a worldwar like other countrys.
Memorial Day treat for this vet to see a new generation learn about the greatest generation. Mrs Movies seems to have the proper attitude for watching a series of this subject matter. btw Mr movies U-boats are German submarines, there is a captured U-boat (the U-505) on display in Chicago at the Museum of Science and Industry.
There is also a u-boat sunken in Potomac River off Piney Point it was captured brought to navy yard in DC then scuttled after engineers did what they do...
I think what you are referring to as U boats are Higgens Boats or landing craft.
Mozart was born in Salzburg in Austria.
Beethoven was born in Bonn in Germany
Thanks for this on Memorial Day from a 20 yr USN vet
My grandfather fought from D-Day through the end of the war as a medic. He helped liberate one of the concentration camps. After the war he became an FDA inspector at chicken processing plants all over Oklahoma. I’m probably the only grandson he discussed the war with. He was at our house the weekend before I shipped out to my basic training. He didn’t open up much, but told me that even if it sounds stupid, everything the drill sergeants say is important, and can save your life in combat.
You always take a drink when you’re trying not to cry
A few years ago, my daughter's American friend from Iowa came to stay, and while he was here, he saw our national televised Remembrance Sunday service. He said that where he was from unless you knew, were, or had a family member that was a veteran, no one observed Veterans Day. 11 am. on the 11th of the 11th.
For me, as a child and as a teen, my parents would make me get up and observe the 3 minutes of silence at 11 am.
Despite growing up in a house where my dad would watch movies like A BRIDGE TOO FAR, based on Operation Market Garden, and many others and documentaries on the war, I never got it. I just thought that it's just about a boring war. Until that is, I was 17.
Dad, being in the Merchant Navy, had been to the Netherlands (Holland) many times and had even learnt a bit of Dutch. He'd promised my mum that he would take us there one day and that we'd love it there.
And at 17 we went for two weeks. We stayed in Rotterdam and Amsterdam, and then dad wanted to go to Arnhem, so that was the next stop.
We went to the John Frost bridge and to the Airbourne museum, all which as a 17 yr old girl I found very boring as my parents decided to read everything about the Battle of Arnhem.
Several hours later, dad wanted to go to Oosterbeek, the Airboure War Graves cemetery. And again out of sheer boredom while I waited again for the to finish reading, I started to read the grave stones. Each pristine white stone was marked with names, ranks, companies, and their ages. All pretty standard. I was finding many men between 24-44, and older, then on to the next stone. Then I found a 20 yr old a 21 yr old, then another, and then a 19 yr old, and thought he was young! Then I found an 18 yr old and another, and another. I was 17 and a half at the time, these lads were only 6 - 18 months older than me! They weren't even old enough to drink, vote, or drive a car! I wondered if they were actually 18, had they lied about their age as others had?
They had their whole life a head of them, and they sacrificed that life, so a bored 17 yr old could be free to stand at their grave and pissy with her parents while waiting to do something in a country, that they and thousands like them, helped set free, and end the war!
That's when I finally got it. I started to cry, and couldnt stop.
That year, aged 17,and every year since, I've wached the Rememberance Sunday service, I'm now 51.
I've been back to Arnhem twice since then, and went on to Oosterbeek, to pay my respects to those brave men and those brave lads.
I look at my daughter, and think that right noww, she's already had ten more years than they did, and it still breaks my heart.
If you get a chance to go to the Netherlands, do so, it's a beautiful country. But even if they say they only speak a little English, they will speak better English than you'll speak Dutch!
Agree a good leader helps everyone up to achieve the objective. A great series. The greatest generation indeed.
I have to go to work, so I can't stick around to watch, but thanks for marathoning this great sries for Memorial Day.
My Great Uncle landed at Utah Beach..he was carrying a machine gun but had to drop it because it was sinking him to the bottom of the channel. He fought during the Battle of the bulge but was wounded in the ass and was taken prisoner right by the German lines. They were so close that troops would accidentally walk into enemy lines. I dont remember when exactly he escaped, but it was during an attack, as he was running....he saw a swastika, climbed up the flag pole and took it. He had that flag with him until he passed and was so proud that he took their flag he would roll it out on the floor and invited people to wipe their feet on it. That was a once in a lifetime type of thing. He definitely was a tough guy and a hero, and i will never forget him, and i hope ill see him again so that he might be willing to share more about his experience.
I was a paratrooper with the 325th AIR (82nd Airborne) infantry from 1991-1997. I ended up with 26 years in the Army by the time I retired in 2017, the last 20 years as a UH-60 Black Hawk Crew Chief/ Mechanic. I had the the honor of jumping from a C-47 one time, the same aircraft they jumped from in Normandy. My Grandfather and his twin brother both fought in Normandy and both were wounded twice. My other Grandfather fought and was injured in North Africa. I had 3 Uncles on my Father's side that served in Europe and Alaska. One Uncle on my Mother's side that was on the USS Missouri in the Pacific. Lots of history there. My time was in Kuwait, Bosnia, Iraq, and Kosovo, but never seen anything compared to the WW2 vets.
Hey im from the Netherlands (Holland) the country that borders Belgium and Germany. Dutch is indeed our language, but most of speak also a bit English. Thats why we apperently a great country in Websters eyes (episode 4).
I mean as someone who's family is from Friesland, the Netherlands is a nice country regardless but then I could be biased 😂
Eugene, "Doc" such a superhero, one of a kind those people.
My grandmother told me my uncle was in the first platoon to liberate Dachau. He would never talk about, and according to grandma he suffered nightmares for the rest of his life.
Still just one of the best pieces of television put on film. They made it just at the right time since so many of them passed soon after the series aired.
The greatest anime in history. The character development and design, the soundtrack, the ingenuity. This show took over a decade of my life. My wife, my kids, my whole family fell in love with this show. Welcome to Konoha my friend.
After spending 2 years in Iceland and then Belgium, my grandpa made a vow that he kept until his dying day in 2010….he never, EVER complained about being cold.
Legend has it, Nixon is still waiting on that bacon sandwich.
oh shit, a one take video on this?! PERFECT!!
I remember being about eight years old and my grandpa and I would be in his Kitchen where he would always tell me what he could about his time in Europe and was very proud of his military service. My grandfather was in the Berlin occupation force in 1945. I wish I could remember it all.
After the war he had four children and got a job at an iron mine in northern Minnesota, became foreman making roughly $6.50 an hour in the 1960's, after that he bought and operated a lodge/resort at Marsh in the Yukon territory in the 70's for about a decade and then he returned home to Minnesota where he passed suddenly one morning in 1989. My Grandmother found him on the kitchen floor, on his back because he had been working on the kitchen sink. He had a smile on his face.
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Yes, Auschwitz is in the South of Poland. Two of its camps have been turned into museums. Some local industry had onsite camps so had onsite free labour.
The Auschwitz 1 camp (Arbeit Macht Frei - Work Makes You Free above the main gate) was an old Polish army baracks the Nazi converted to a concentration camp as the location had good rail links from all over Europe. They built one gas chamber.
The Auscwitz 2 Birkenau camp (train tracks through middle of brick building) was built 2 miles away in the countryside, held around 90,000 people and was roughly half a square mile in size.
"A bridge too far" is a true depiction of operation market garden. Great movie, great cast.
Brig. General McAuffliffe was known not to cuss.
His response, "NUTS!"
It basically meant, "Are you crazy?"
One thing of note that the post production crew got wrong, Blithe did not die in ‘48. He lived until ‘67. Died of complications from surgery from a perforated ulcer.
When Winters said that he wanted to find a quiet place, a piece of ground, I was reminded of my NCO training days in the military. An officer speaking to us at the introduction to our course spoke some latin phrase and immediately took us out of our misery with a translation. 'A soldier without leadership or orders will become a farmer'.
One of my fave WW2 Series, definitely watch The Pacific next :)
I love this series. We had the actual Malarky come and talk at my high schoil. He was amazing! I've watched it so many times. I've never seen the Pacific series, I heard a few stories from my grandpa who served, it feels different. Glad I found this for washing dishes. Made my evening.
Well, since you asked! As a Dutch person, as in a person from the Netherlands ( Holland is not the name of the country but part of the name of two of our provinces: North- and South Holland): we do in fact speak Dutch. It's a Germanic Language as are German, English and the Scandinavian language group and thus these languages have a lot in common.
Dutch would be kind of in between English and German and if you would dive into it you would recognize a lot of words ( a lot more than with German or any of the Scandinavian languages). This probably helps explain why about 90% of us speak English and 70% speak German pretty well ( although often with a very specific accent for English). Then there's also the province of Frisia where they speak Frisian, which i guess is kind of a mix between Dutch and the Scandinavian language group and is basically only spoken by Frisians.
Final but not least there's Belgium where they speak French and Flemish ( French in the south, Flemish in the north). Flemish is probably best described as a Dutch dialect and we're able to converse without any problems whereas neither of us could understand Frisian, even if our lives would depend on it.
It is said that the Amish speak Dutch although from what i've heard it looks a lot more like German or even Swiss. I guess that explains why a lot of Americans think Dutch people probably speak German.
The $50 bonus is about $2,000 today. The $10,000 life insurance policy would be over $170,000 today.
Was in a Lebanese restaurant in london last thurs and dexter fletcher , sgt john Martin, was in there... Nice guy
More about Albert Blythe. "Blithe eventually recovered and received the Purple Heart, but was unable to return to duty. He was eventually released on 8 October 1945 and found a job in Philadelphia for Westinghouse Electric. The Army stayed with him, however, and he reenlisted on 28 March 1949. He was discharged on 27 March 1952, but he reenlisted again on 24 March 1954. He won his Masters Parachutist Badge on 13 May and served with the 187th Airborne Regimental Combat Team in post-war Korea. " - From Wiki of Brothers
I believe Dike was misrepresented. Dike was a rank climber, but he also received 2 bronze stars for bravery. One while in view of the enemy he pulled 3 wounded soldiers from a foxhole to safety. In the episode where he halted the Company while under fire, 1st Sgt Lipton reported that Dike fell apart but other soldiers reported that Dike was shot in the shoulder. He went on to have a successful military career serving in Korea and successful life.
fog of war. sometimes.. everyone has a different recollection of what really happened.
Both grandfathers served in the US Army, one -- landed in Moraco and was the HQ Radioman during the North African Campaign... The other -- spoke german and was a SS Hunter during the end of the war...
I served in the 90s, USN -- primarily in the Persian Gulf conducting VBSS (Visit, Board, Search, Seizure) operations.
I am so glad you two took this on. Thank you! I cannot think of a better miniseries ever produced.
My grandma and grandpa on my Mom's side were both WWII veterans, and Grandpa got called back for Korea, too. Grandpa was a Navy man and could speak a little French, but his college degree was in Chemistry. They were in need of degaussers (people to de-magnetize ships so that magnetic mines wouldn't be as big of a threat), so even though his degree wasn't Physics (which is what they usually wanted for this job) his Chem degree was close enough that they put him to work. He was also in the Shore Patrol (I think this was like a Navy police officer, but I'm not sure.) He was stationed in Casablanca, Morocco at first, but was moved to the Pacific before the end of the war, and was stationed in the Philippines and later, Japan. He was a Lt. Commander by the end of the Korean conflict.
Grandma was an Army nurse and an officer. She was stationed in the Philippines and that's where she met Grandpa. (The Naval Officer's club served steak and overall better food than the nurses got, so she jumped at the chance for a boat ride over to the Navy officer's island!) Back home in Kansas, the local VFW (Veterans of Foreign Wars - a kind of dinner club / bar for ex-military _men_) wouldn't let her come in to eat or drink or anything until Grandpa put his foot down. He told them that she saw much more bloodshed and was closer to combat than he ever was, and if she couldn't go in, he'd never go in there again. They voted to change the rules to let in women veterans at the local VFW club after that.
Grampa was a boss.
And to add, so was grandma.
My dad worked on PBYs. Float planes that were used as hospital planes. All I could get out of him was he was first in the Pacific, working on Mustangs and PBYs, then sent to England to help out with D-Day.
The ending of this when he's talking to the Grandson always get me.
Fun fact, actor that played German officer that surrendered to Winters also played a German Cannibal in "The IT Crowd"
You're welcome for my service hahahaha jkjk. Thank you from the bottom of my heart not only giving this series your attention and consideration. There are many war films, but to this day I am always impressed by the attention to detail and the amount of direction the film makers took and especially utilized from these War-Timers or Old Salt Dogs. It shows in the episodes patience and even more so, the in-between times. What we Marines and Soldier get up to when we aren't in combat. Vet TV shows a very VERY accurate pictation of what we think and especially talk about/do currently or atleast as of my EAOS a few years back. Again, thank you for giving this film your attention and any amount of new viewers you're bringing this to. Every war is fought differently, the Hell these boys survived, won, or made the ultimate sacrifice to end that dillusioned Fucktard with the 'Stache to allow for our blooming freedom and to cement that although our country makes mistakes as well as continues to deform currently, I can always find something to be thankful for. And these Men.... they deserve the proper praise and love and straight up neverending gratitude from every single breathing conscious human that calls this place home. For the last time, thank you for bringing attention to these war fighters. Even if you didn't understand something or missed just how hard war can be here and there, you commented and remarked with respect and I'm glad we all know Sobel was one hell of a Guber and would have gotten those boys killed all for his Ego. The name we have for a guy like that is Bravo Foxtrot, or BF, phonetic alphabet for 'B'uddy 'F'ucker. Basically somebody that f*cks over his buddies knowingly and willingly. They... dont... survive long. Take care and thank you for your patience to not skip the interviews pre episode and reading out the statements made pre and post episode. Eapecially death tolls and awards, because any time we can remember those achievements and ESPECIALLY the Fallen... is great. Take care
2:37:39 To answer the question about why we couldn’t effectively fight back was because the Germans had already set up their artillery in the town and fully occupied it, no civilians. Because our supply lines were cut off before Patton showed up, we couldn’t move our own artillery into a good support position. Even after Patron broke through it would have been a huge challenge to move a large artillery force into position for support. Also, like one of the veterans stated, the Germans knew exactly where our forces were and had those positions zeroed in for their artillery to bombard
holy crap, a marathon version of band of brothers reaction!?! this is a fucking amazing day, thank you! cant wait to watch this
Lets us remember all the veterans of world war 2. You have my absolute respect and forever thanks
On the dvd is a must watch documentary called. We stand alone together in every episodes you see the veterans talking. This was taken from this documentary.
Excellent job. My uncle and I were very, very close. He was a bombardier for the Navy in the Pacific. I'd mention all of his medals...but I know he wouldn't want me to. What I can say is that he was decorated for heroism above and beyond multiple times. He rarely spoke about his time served and when he did they were always stories about he and the men having fun. Upon retirement he worked for the classified portion of our Cold War radar response system then the aerospace industry building spaceships from Apollo through the shuttle.
Quick note. A U-boat is a submarine. The boats you saw in Saving Private Ryan were called Higgins boats.
Just typed same.
I've watched your viewing of this series many, many times. Each time is such a journey of emotion for what was endured and dealt with by these deservedly known as the greatest generation.
The "Band of Brothers" theme song is titled "Requiem for a Soldier" by Michael Kamen. It does have lyrics and Welsh singer Katherine Jenkins has a great recording of it on UA-cam.
By rights, it ought perhaps to be titled "Requiem for a World." 😕
Note, U-Boats are German submarines. The Higgins boats were the landing craft at Normandy.
The reason Jimmy Fallon was in this, is that his Grandfather was the soldier that scrounged up the ammunition for the 101st. In effect, Fallon was portraying his own Grandfather.
I could be wrong since I saw this scene at 36:22. He's saying 1 MG42 (german machine gun) 25 yards from our position, grenade toss. My friend group would do the hand signs when Band of Brothers comes up in discussion (which is a lot cuz we bonded so much watching the series together)
I'm glad you got it that the Sarge switched his coat on purpose with Bill, not many people do.
I dare anyone to find a series with a better and more fitting closing quote than this one
My father who passed away during the epidemic was a Naval Chief Petty Officer and a Vietnam vet. He was stationed on the destroyer USS Benjamin Stoddert out of Pearl Harbor. They basically "parked" and shelled the shore from a mile out. He worked at the post office for another 20 years after retiring from the Navy.
1:19 In Holland (Netherlands) they speak Dutch.
I don't believe I actually had family that fought in WWII, but my Grandfather did contribute to the defeat of Japan. He was a crane operator at the port of San Francisco with a high security clearance. After he passed we discovered his log book from that time, and one of the entries was the loading of atomic bomb parts on to the USS Indianapolis. (he was technically not supposed to have that log book). My uncles fought in Vietnam, and I was in Desert Storm. Most of my family has served though.
The mass murder in Hiroshima and Nagasaki defeated Japan.
The whole war was mass murder, we just put an end to it. Japan has never been a problem again.@@vioyotube6725
The fact that you uploaded the whole series in one video instantly made me hit the like. Even if it’s bad I appreciate you not chopping it up and making people wait a week for each episode
Blithe didn't die from his neck wound, the producers of BoB got this story wrong. Private Blithe survived his wound and continued to serve with Easy Company until the end of WWII. He remained in the Army and was eventually promoted to Master Sergeant, serving in the Korean War. He died from a burst ulcer while still on active duty in 1967
Here's a small list of the inaccuracies and fictional elements in Band of Brothers (It is not a complete list):
1) Renée Lemaire and Augusta Chiwy, known as the Angels of Bastogne, were volunteer nurses at the aid station of the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion, Combat Command B, 10th Armored Division. Renée Lemaire does not appear to have ever met Doc Roe (Eugene Roe) and she did not die in a church as shown in episode 6. And Yes, Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division with about 75 tanks and 18 tank destroyers plus the 705th Tank Destroyer Battalion with 18 tank destroyers were in Bastogne with the 101st, but that is not mentioned.
2) The camp liberation and associated scenes shown in episode 9 are fictional. The camp depicted in Band of Brothers is Kaufering IV which was actually liberated by the 12th Armored Division on April 27, 1945, with some units of the 101st Airborne Division arriving on April 28 and Easy Company arriving on April 29 (with the 522nd Field Artillery Battalion and 36th Infantry Division arriving on April 30). And there were only about 7 prisoners found alive along with about 500 bodies.
3) Easy Company did not liberate Berchtesgaden nor were they the first to reach the Eagle's Nest as shown in episode 10. The 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division is credited with the liberation of Berchtesgaden on May 4, 1945, and members of the French 2nd Armored Division are credited with being the first to reach the Eagle's Nest in the early morning of May 5. Easy Company arrived a few hours later.
4) Also, in episode 10 members of Easy Company did not kill an unnamed commandant of an unnamed concentration camp. This is based on the shooting of Franz Ziereis who had been commandant of Mauthausen. He had tried to hide out at his mountain hunting cabin but was spotted and reported. On May 23, 1945, U.S. Army soldiers attempted to arrest him, and he was shot three times trying to escape. He died the next day in a U.S. Army hospital. No members of Easy Company were involved.
Sorry about all the comments, Bastogne is near the borders of Belgium, France, Luxembourg and Germany. There are still tanks and artillery pieces left in place as memorials there. It is actually quite a beautiful place.
Natalie - Albert Blithe did survive the war. He served again in Korea and became a Master Sergeant. He passed in 1967.
Mozart was born in Austria; Beethoven in Germany. Austria is a separate country but throughout history has been part of Germany at times and was one of the places the Nazis occupied. Both Mozart and Beethoven are considered among the greatest composers.
There’s a 99% chance that Luger went off by itself
2:33:53 This was an incredible shot by Shifty. It was at a distance of ~75 yards. When they went and inspected the sniper they said Shifty got him right between the eyes
They are all my favorite. They are all hero’s!
I had none that I know of in d day, but I had one in Africa, one in Italy, one in the navy son my dads side, my dads dad wasn’t in the military due to medical issues. But he tried. He worked in what become the aerospace industry though, later being one of the people that worked on all the Apollo missions and one of the people who helped develop and make the tomahawk cruise missile as his last project. Before retirement. On my moms side, her dad was in the pacific campaign as part of the army, also served in Korea and the first two tours of Vietnam that were official, after being only “advisors” he retired in 68 as an E-9. So far, I’m the only Marine known to our family or where we came from, and will probably be the last in the military, as I’m the last male that still recognizes our name and isn’t a loser in our family, my cousins and uncles, no good, at least not by my standards, none have served, they wouldn’t even go tk my dads funeral after he beat stage 4 cancer and a heart attack got him, when I was paying for everything and even offered a lot of money for work lost, I know time off is expensive if you don’t have any or enough vacation, they said they would, then bailed, losers and cowards. They didn’t answer their phone, let alone call back. The only one who came, who wasn’t near was my sister and her husband. Then he caused drama, being army, was like oh ptsd, imma cry and make it about me, instead, like dude stfu, this isn’t about you, it’s about my dad, and the dad of your wife, he pushed me over the edge, I blew up on him big time, he’s not the only one who served, barely older than me, I’ve seen and been through plenty of bad shit as a Marine, and civilian before that. Told him I’d rip out guys with my hands and stomp a mud hole in his ass, of he didn’t straighten up and provide for my sister and his daughter, my niece, that I don’t care what he went through, you better work, or I will kill you, as my sister will jo pinger provide for you and your daughter or you’ll be dead, and I will, as I’ve been helping to support them for almost a decade as is. Sire things are bad and rough, but he’s hit the only the one, I’m the youngest. Most responsible o it if everyone. The one all come to for advice and help. Me, I was tired of it. And having none of it anymore. Shorty I had to do it at our private, ceremony for my dad, he wanted his ashes in the pacific, so that’s what I did. Close to where I spent about half my life in the southern Oregon coast. He still won’t talk to me this day, cause I told him to man up, shut up, work for a living, or leave her like the coward you are. Or I’ll kill you, cause my sister isn’t gonna kill herself to support you and your daughter. I CC hall it up as a win, as he rifised to deal with me, but guess what he got a good job and helps provide my sister and his daughter, at least 60% of the financial cost and tries to be a dad now, I could care less if he hates me forever, he finally mostly snapped out of his problem and became a useful human again. My sister is still mad. But also thankful. I can’t even keep track of how many thousands, into over 20k she borrowed to provide, as she still lives in SoCal, refuse to leave there, where we were both born. I haven’t given any Kinsey a long time, and she didn’t waste it on dumb shit, just expensive, especially with a kid.
I am deeply in love with this beautiful woman. Thanks for always brightening my day and inspiring me.
Holland are 2 provinces (kind of states) on the coast of The Netherlands. we speak dutch and NOT german (just some of us) and many people in the south adopted the graves of vallen American soldiers and take care of the graves and bring flowers several times a year even after 78 years there is a list of people who want to adopt a grave
Sobel was a tool. The leaders need to push guys past what they think they can do, to get the best out of them. I learned that watching Navy SEALS Buds Class 234 documentary on UA-cam. One of the instructors told the camera, "We're not trying to make them quit. We're showing them how much they have left AFTER they reach, what they think is their limit." (That's close to the quote) Probably a good reaction series for you guys. Love your work!
When I was in high school, Malarkey came and talked at an assembly. He was super funny, a really great storyteller. This was 20ish years ago now, but its still a cornerstone memory for sure. So glad you all watched this.
Dike was quite a hero, but he had much the same problems as Buck and by the time he took over E company he was a shadow of his former self. He eventually died in 1989.
At the end there the story actually happened to Mike Ranney. Winters does actually say that but Ranney only appears in the first 2 episodes and played by Steven Graham. He features more heavily in the book.
Not sure if this has already been shared, but:
The Netherlands = the country
Holland = A usual name The Netherlands is called, because the largest province in the country is North Holland.
People from the Netherlands are called Dutch, and the language they speak is also Dutch
Ah this was amazing! So glad you did the full reaction. I must have watched Band of Brothers seven times! Saving Private Ryan, Battle of Britain, Fury, Eagle has Landed and this are top 5 WW2 watching.
3:16:28 Dachau was a concentration camp just like Auschwitz - death camps were: Sobibor, Majdanek, and Treblinka but these camps were dismantled by Germans when they were retreating and they are in remote locations which makes them not as popular as Dachau and Auschwitz museums. Also, the Polish resistance sent numerous reports to Western allies about Holocaust from the start they were simply ignored.
Glad you're doing Band of Brothers, absolutely epic series. 'The one where ross revokes the weekend passes'.
Episode 2: they weren't U-boats, they were landing craft, mostly British Lca's (landing craft Assault) but also mixed in American Higgins Landing craft... uboats were submarines
We had some of the best artillery and coordination for it. We could set up small batteries and have them hit the same target nearly at the same moment. This war was where artillery was truly "King of the Battlefield". You just don't see in the series much because Easy Company is right up front. Mostly are guns were hitting rear areas to interdict reinforcements and supplies as well as perform counter-battery missions to suppress their artillery.
Actually Albert Blithe did survive the war.... actually got promoted later and stayed in the military..... eventually the director finds out after the release that Albert continued on thanks to his family letting them know. That def was one fact they got wrong.
Great group of men. Unfortunately, the last surviving member of Easy Company passed last year.
Opening comments: would you ? ... no, but I'm so grateful they did .. greatest generation ... Amen
It has probably been mentioned here already, but...Albert Blythe did not die in 1948 as mentioned at the end of episode 3. He actually recovered from his wounds and later went on to serve in the Korean Conflict where he made another jump behind enemy lines, Surrounded by a Chinese Battalion, earning a Bronze Star and a Silver Star. He later died in 1967, while still in the service of the Army. (EDIT: Of course I paused the video to correct the issue on Blythe only to restart it and have you correct that he hadn't actually passed from his wounds.)
Love this show I watch it regularly. Episode gets me everytime, no matter how many times I see it. Never a dry eye in sight after that episode. The interviews with the real vets before each episode make the show as it hits the emotions and lasting feelings they have, especially after all this time has passed.
Apparently, when Blithe approached the farmhouse, he spotted the sniper up in a tree, diving for the ground, his training kicked in, and he yelled "Bang Bang" instead of shooting, and the sniper got him.
As for the attack on the ferry crossing, Winters late wrote that he didnt actually start off first, he was just at his physical prime at that point that he ran so much faster than the other men. They dont touch on it, but Winters was, especially before the war, a very fit and active man (above what is shown in the show). He was very into almost all manner of physical activity and sport, lots of calisthenics, boxing, wresting etc.
You two did a good job with this series. Thank you. Never forget...
This is widely considered as one of the greatest pieces of television, good choice
Interesting fact, the average age of US soldiers in WWII was 26; but in Viet Nam the average age was 19…. I wonder if that factors into the much higher incident of PTSD among Viet Nam war vets…. Also, ‘The Pacific’ is JUST as good!
age difference between both wars plays a deffently big difference, at age 26 your brain is fully grown and understand things much better, at age of 19 your brain is still growing and also at that age mentaly health is also much higher then at age 26 during WW2.
is proven research but can't find it atm.