OUR FIRST TIME WATCHING BAND OF BROTHERS EP 2 WAS HORRIFYING!!!
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- Easy Company paratroopers jump behind enemy lines in Normandy on D-Day and struggle to reunite in hostile territory.
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Remember, the war had been going on since 1939 and Germany and its allies controlled Western Europe. To the East the Soviets and Germans were fighting a really brutal war of annihilation against each other. US and British had been planning D-Day for close to 3 years with the intention to get troops onto the continent and open a second front. The plan for D-Day was to drop 13000 or so paratroops behind the beaches in Normandy a the night just prior to the landings that were to take place at around 6:00 AM. They were to land 156000 troops on those beaches and the paratroops were there to block the Germans from reinforcing the German positions on the beaches.
Actually, the second front started in 1943 with the in invasion of Sicily and then Italy, and moving up into Europe from the south. That is if you ignore the north Africa campaign from 1942.
@@tvc1848The Italian campaign was a disaster and and not much of a second front at all given the resources employed and the results. North Africa and then Italy were just side shows. You can't compare the. effort and resources put into the build up in England and the planning for the assault on the Atlantic Wall.
@ratesianThe Italian campaign was a slog, not a "disaster." It was slow and costly, but advanced. Without the Italian campaign tying down some German divisions, Normandy would have been a colossal version of Dieppe.
A slog to say the least. But Italy was never going to be the second front. The invasion of Italy took place in September of 43 if memory serves. The allies made the decision to move forward with the plans for the Normandy invasion at the Trident Conference in May of that year. The resources poured into it were enormously more significant than those poured into Italy for a reason.
@ratesian Don't forget that it knocked out an entire Axis power from the war, and the Germans weren't expecting it. They were expecting the invasion of _France_ in '43, but instead they were abandoned by a third of the Tripartite Pact and ended up having to carry Italy's full weight militarily. Churchill's "soft underbelly" comment was exaggerated but not wrong.
It adds some perspective to realize the company commander, Lt. Thomas Meehan was 22 when he was killed in action. Lt. Richard Winters was 26 on D-Day. Most of the troopers were around 19-20. Not old men.
You need to educate yourself about American history.
@@darrylkoehn-ec8mkOn what, exactly?
@@darrylkoehn-ec8mk. What was he wrong about ?
@@darrylkoehn-ec8mkbro what are talking about? I think you replied to the wrong post or something.
@@darrylkoehn-ec8mk you dumb?
"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops," Eisenhower wrote. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander. This was his other speech. D-Day was never a guarantee..
As a moment of light relief, I saw an interview with one of the Easy Company veterans who said he took off in 14 planes between 1943-45, but never actually landed in a plane until 1967 ...
now THAT is crazy
You kind of answer your own question from 4:00 at 17:20. The losses were calculated in. The moment the decision was made, that landing somewhere in France was necessary, the fates of thousands were sealed. To launch an offensive, you need a piece of land to start it from. If you don't have one, you have to land and win some terrain first - and this is the most disadvantageous position you can find yourself in. You can try in weakest place, with the biggest force you can gather, you can create the weakest place by confusing enemy and making them move some forces away, you can weaken it by aerial and naval bombardment, you can identify the most lethal means the enemy has and target them first - you can formulate a plan that includes all of these things, and the one plan, that predicts the least amount of your casualties is literally the best course of action - but the predicted casualties are always in the thousands.
Still, all told, the losses the Allies took establishing the beachhead were surprisingly light. They had a tougher go getting out of the hedgerows later than in the initial assault.
I appreciate your reactions to this series. My godfather was in the 101st and jumped into Normandy. I had the privilege of watching this series with him when it came out on HBO. You will learn a lot if you stay with the series until it conclusion. I will say about the incident where Spiers shoots the German POW's, that the paratroops were an advance attack force, they didn't have the manpower or other resources available to deal with prisoners, etc. One of the harsh realities of warfare. Best Wishes with your reactions.
Also, they were invading Europe, so they had to keep pushing forward. There were prisoners captured and held, not all were executed.
Well, this is when the sh*t gets real. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. And this soldier wasn't even a member of Easy Company. Currahee ♠
when Compton dropped that grenade because someone walked behind him and nudged him at that moment.
They also get Compton to throw Grenades a lot because he was athlete who was used to throwing and was a lot more accurate than anyone else. The more you throw them the more likely that eventually something goes wrong.
Thank you for stepping out of your comfort zone to learn about an important time period. You will gain a lot of knowledge. We still do have many units that jump out of perfectly good airplanes. As a Veteran I appreciate you both for what you are doing.
Lt. Buck Compton was one of the paratroopers who lost his leg bag on the jump. His weapon was in his bag, so the Thompson he had at Brecourt was one he scrounged from a wounded paratrooper. The attack on the guns was his first time trying to fire it, and he didn’t know the firing pin had been damaged when the other trooper landed. That’s why his weapon misfired in the trench, and why he used grenades for most of the attack. He was a catcher for UCLA before the war, so he had a cannon for an arm.
The explosions (called flak) the airplanes took actually contain metal fragments as well that would shoot right through planes. Insane what airman went through in WWII.
Masters of the Air has opened my eyes to how awful it truly was for them.
The ambush they executed is actually still taught at military schools today. Show only gets better from here. When you are done I would recommend the show "The Pacific". It is by the same people but it is about the soldiers fighting the Japanese in the Pacific instead of the Germans. Fantastic show. Enjoy!
They’ll be shocked at how different the two campaigns were. The Japanese during WW2 were insane.
I would say 'assault' rather than 'ambush', if we're talking about the Brécourt Manor engagement. The Pacific is a big leap from Band of Brothers.
@@BarnDoorProductions assault, ambush. No worries over similar verbage. And of course the Pacific is a big leap. Different theater of war, different enemies. Doesn't negate that it's a hell of a show
As to your question about whether the man taking the fourth gun was “the guy who did that thing” (presumably, shooting the German POWs), yes, that was indeed Lt. Ronald Speirs who was a platoon commander in Dog Company. They made a few changes from reality. Firstly, Speirs did not voluntarily leave the trenches in that assault and pointlessly expose his men. I believe there was no trench that long to the fourth gun. He did essentially take that gun position single-handedly, but one of the Germans left a potato masher grenade in the dugout as he came in. You see a little explosion there in the show at the end, but what actually happened is that he kicked the grenade as it was going off. The explosion blew him backwards into the dugout, and dazed him. When he shook the cobwebs off, he saw that his boot was still smouldering. He had to stomp the fire out.
As for the shooting of the POWs, he and two other Dog Company soldiers did ambush three soldiers shortly after they landed, beat them senseless with their fists until they surrendered because they wanted information. Once they got the information, the one American started to prepare to march the prisoners to their rally point, but Speirs told his guys “we can’t take them with us” - so they gave each German a cigarette and then shot them. This was *not* anywhere near Brécourt (where these 105mm guns were) and it did not involve Malarkey’s fellow Oregon resident. But you will constantly hear about the rumours about Speirs - rumours Speirs himself refused to put an end to. You will eventually learn why.
In sum, Ronald Speirs is a really big deal. You will want to pay attention when he shows up.
Aye. The best way of summing him up is he scares the hell out of you ... but you damn sure want him on your team!
@@dallassukerkin6878 It’s funny, different people reacted to him differently. Guarnere was so impressed by Speirs’ charge towards that 4th gun at Brécourt he took off running after him to support the Dog Company guys. Lipton loved the man. Both Guarnere and Lipton were described as “killers” by Winters.
Malarkey was very wary of him and didn’t ever want to have him as a commanding officer, and ended up thinking he was a good commander but didn’t respect him fully because he was less scrupulous about protecting prisoners and stuff like that.
Talbert was described as a killer and the best soldier in the Company by Winters, and he couldn’t stand Speirs. I guess he grew accustomed to Winters’ more personable approach, and Speirs could display that on occasion but wasn’t as consistent.
Webster was a mediocre soldier by 506 PIR standards, was recognized as such by Speirs who kept trying to get him to improve. He probably got all out of Webster that he could have, not without a lot of pushing and cajoling. Oddly, although Webster disliked the Army and who had moderate commitment on a good day, he liked Speirs, which is just so odd.
Winters was very fond of Speirs, and gushingly so in his private communications with him. In public communication, a little more mixed in his opinion, calling some of Speirs’ actions “inexcusable”, etc., which is odd. But Winters basically forced him to attend the Normandy debut screening and was glued to his hip the entire time. Winters had weird relationships, it must be said.
It would have been interesting to see how Buck would have done under Speirs’ command. Probably quite well. Kind of interesting that Buck, Speirs, and Dike all retired with the same rank (Lt. Col). One of those three is not like the other…
@@va3svd Just a quick thanks for all that additional background, mate :salute:
@@dallassukerkin6878 Thanks, this Easy Company stuff is interesting. I’m more into Canadian WW2 history at the moment, which I am finding even more interesting. That’s probably because I’m a Canadian and both my grandfathers and all my great-uncles of age volunteered and fought in WWW. But we grew up learning so much that was pure government propaganda. Like, “we won the Battle of the Atlantic” (we lost, badly). “We saved the Dutch” (well…we dithered because we were grossly undermanned for the Scheldt campaign), “our country bravely volunteered for the war effort” (well, British immigrants did; everyone else, not so much), etc. etc. etc. I’m coming to the conclusion that MacKenzie King was as much of a collaborator with Hitler as Pétain was.
Not wanting WWII "spoilers" had me dead 💀
well, they don't know what is going to happen to individual soldiers or on specific operations that they won't have learned about
In the beginning, they didn't jump out yet because that wasn't their designated landing. Their mission was to get behind enemy lines, take out artillery and other military assets. But if you jump too far away you're gonna have a hell of a long walk.
Not just that, but the Germans had flooded many fields in Normandy and jumping into a "lake" with all that heavy equipment could mean drowning.
Glad you guys are watching tbis. Its an amazingly well done series, and teaches us some importent history while entertaining us. The men who fought are the reason many of us are alive and free today, and we owe them a dept of gratitude, and to not lose what they sacrificed to preserve.
Super simplified history: we are placing soldiers in these dangerous situations because the Germans started it and are still invading other countries and want to conquer the world. Japanese and Italians are a part of that as well and want to take over shit.
Don’t sweat all the history and enjoy the show and the stories! and if this show piques your interest into history then do some reading and learn something new! If not like I said don’t sweat it! Hope you guys continue to enjoy the show it’s one of my favorites ever!
PLEASE, PLEASE remember that once you've watched episode 10, you must watch " We stand alone together " the accompanying Documentary, which is effectively episode 11 ...
This is just the start, the show and the reality it's based on, gets more intense with each episode from here..
The MG42 was a standard German machinegun. Buck's 1-4-2-2-5 hand signal to Bill and Malarkey was that the was one MG42 twenty-five yards the other side of the hedge so they would each throw a grenade that distance. They would have practiced throwing grenades different distances.
Love learning things like this! Thanks for the info.
Just remember that the series is based on documented factual events, even the scene where Buck Compton's weapon jammed, that really happened.
I have really enjoyed your reactions to the show so far! You two are awesome!
One of the beautiful things about life is that there is always something new to learn. We aren't born with knowledge implanted in us, it takes time and experience.
The 2 world wars are such fascinating history topics because their impact is still felt so strongly today. They dont really teach much more than the bare basics about it in NA high schools. It's a deep rabbit hole!
Fascinating to watch the current young generation watching & commenting on a previous young generation's dedication, bravery and commitment to a cause greater than themselves. The reason a large majority of young American men even as young as 16 volunteered to fight and die for their country was a commitment to defeating an evil tat killed over 100 million people in the European theater during WW2. Over 2,500 American paratroopers were killed, wounded or missing in action on that pre-DDay airborne opeeation. The number of American Soldiers who died landing on the beaches of Normandy was 11,000. Those disciplined American paratroopers ensured that number was not much higher destroying German artillery and blocking German troops rushing to the stop the allied invasion on the beaches of Normandy.
While not as large as WW2 airborne, American paratroopers, JTACS and Special Forces Teams did parachuted into Afghanistan. Today, technology ensures those anti-aircraft missiles and artillery are silenced prior to the parachute drop.
What is wrong with us? Without God we all are capable of doing the most unspeakable evil to one another. This is why the rule of law and the just use of deadly force is the only way to insure a lasting peace. America's often vilified military has ensured that peace for America and millions of other people for over a 200 years. Most often, those un willing to fight and die for a cause greater than themselves, live meaningless lives.
3:27 "What is wrong with us? We are all human. What is wrong with us? This is horrible. If I was the higher ups, I can't imagine sending any of my people out to do this."
Man, I feel that, but let me tell you something. This is one of a handful of wars in history where we can honestly say, if those people didn't go and do that, our lives today would like A LOT different... And we sure would NOT want the Nazis to have won WWII... let's not forget they ALMOST did win... The invasion of Europe by the allied forces (US/UK/AU/NZ/CA) was the only possible way to stop the conquest of the German war machine. That's why they waited YEARS before doing it. They waited almost until it was too late. Because they knew they would lose a lot of people, and there was no other way than a full scale war if you wanted to stop Germany from just taking over all of Europe and killing EVERYONE they deemed "ethnically inferior"... So yeah, that's probably the only scenario in which the higher ups would send people out there like that. And if it wasn't for Russia draining the German army in 3 years of warfare before the Allies launched their attack, Germany might have won.
Anyway, ya'll won't regret watching this show. It's absolutely amazing and almost everything depicted in it ACTUALLY happened! Some of it was even so unbelievable they had to tone it down otherwise people wouldn't believe it was real. You'll find out who the real veterans at the start of each episode are at the end of the last episode. Don't be surprised if you find yourself shedding a tear or two by the end of this journey.
“Tick thing” = Morse code
This is a great series; you'll learn a lot from it and it'll probably inspire you to want to learn more. For now, just enjoy the journey. It's well worth it. I really enjoyed your reaction and I'm looking forward to the next one. CURRAHEE!
"What is wrong with us?" Well, at that moment what was wrong had very specific names: fascism and nazism. And they had to be defeated. When I rewatch this amazing show, I always remember the famous speech by Winston Churchill: "We shall go on to the end, we shall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, we shall fight with growing confidence and growing strength in the air, we shall defend our Island, whatever the cost may be, we shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landing grounds, we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shall fight in the hills; we shall never surrender, and even if, which I do not for a moment believe, this Island or a large part of it were subjugated and starving, then our Empire beyond the seas, armed and guarded by the British Fleet, would carry on the struggle, until, in God’s good time, the New World, with all its power and might, steps forth to the rescue and the liberation of the old."
The irony of England invading Europe with one of their ex-colonies through Normandy is bittersweet.
That man Winters was talking to near the end, who was also on the tank, is Nixon and is Winters best friend. Nixon was trained the same as everyone else but I don’t believe he ever actually engaged in combat. He was in battles but not sure if he was actively involved because he was in the command part of the division.
Also about the map. I recently learned, by a comment on another reaction, that Nixon ran that map several miles over to Utah beach where they were just setting up Command. The Commanding officers were so happy for that piece of info they sent the first two tanks that had landed on the beach to reinforce the paratroopers Winters and Easy company were with and its those Tanks that you see arriving after the fight in this episode that Nixon is riding.
The series is based on a book about Easy Company. As you learn these men and what they go through, it will give a better perspective of war, and the greatest generation. Enjoy the experience.
Following the action of the battles is sometimes difficult, so I highly recommend the channel Operations Room, which has top down animated videos that cover all the details of most of the battles depicted in the show. There is one about the action to take the guns at Brecourt that is shown in this episode, and whether you do a reaction to it or not it is a really good short video to watch. The videos on that channel become increasingly helpful as the series progresses due to the battles getting much more confusing, but also because it was impossible to recreate some of the future battles on the show exactly as they happened in reality...so the Operations Room's analysis will fill you in on all the variances.
Top tip! Off to "Operations Room Band of Brothers playlist" I go!
A good reaction peeps, I just wish you could make them a bit longer as we have to miss so much more than other streamers I have followed.
Imagine being 18 years old in World War 2 and you were allowed to join if you were 17 years old if you had your parent’s signature… that’s how much Americans loved their country. And I’m not even American, just love history and veterans!
Alo bear in mind these guy parachuted into GErman lines the night before the Normandy beach assaut in Saving Private Ryan.
The Brecourt Manor assault became a textbook case for assaulting a fixed enemy position with a smaller force.
This was a quick reality for Airborne operations throughout WWII, this is why Paratroopers were considered the Special Forces of their day, they were trained to essentially fight as one-man armies until they find others in their unit.
One case was there was a crossroad that was supposed to secured on DDay, it was assigned for a company to secure and hold it. Only 5 men showed up, and the only member of that assigned company was one of its platoon commanders, the other four paratroopers came from different regiments.
I'm a big history guy. I watched your reaction to the first episode a few days ago, and I can't recall y'all doing anything wrong. But maybe it's because I'm one of those "people don't know anything until they learn" guys. Sorry some other people were harsh with you. They were out of line. I, personally am so glad you're watching this!
I'll try to give you a bit of insight here or there about why events are portrayed. Please remember that this is a dramatization of actual people in an actual unit during an actual conflict. This show presents the story with various degrees of accuracy & inaccuracy simultaneously to help tell the story in a way that the viewer can follow better.
When they left England for D-day, there were 139 guys making up the company, and the company would shrink with casualties, and then beef back up with replacements throughout the war, so the neighborhood of "120-ish" is pretty much how many guys were in the company at any given time.
Because of this, it would be logistically impossible to depict the experiences of every single guy in a ten episode series. So a lot of stories that happened to Easy company guys that aren't depicted in this series end up being attributed to a small core of characters that we're going to be following. Like, you'll see a true event that happened to one soldier, but the series will depict it happening to a soldier that's one of the regular characters.
To start with: on D-Day, the paratrooper that landed near Winters that night wasn't Hall, but some supply Sgt from F company that Winters recognized right away. Then when he encountered Lipton (with that clicker), Lipton had twelve guys, not just two. Although a few of the twelve were indeed stragglers with the 82nd. An interesting bit that's not depicted at all, when Winters went under that poncho to look at the map, one of the group that was with Lipton stole Winters knife. Winters was furious about it, but decided that it was neither the time or place to address the theft.
In the night, several other Easy company guys latched on to the group, including Buck, Guarnere, and Malarkey. Winters, Lipton, Buck, and Guarnere had nothing but their knives - as all of their leg-bags had been torn away in the same manner when they jumped.
At about 3:00AM, they came across the Lt Colonel of another unit, who had about fifty men with him. Winters and his men were headed in the same direction they were going, so they fell in with the group for a little bit. It was with this huge group that the Germans were ambushed. Several of the Lt. Colonel's men are the ones who opened fire prematurely, as Guarnere was still without a weapon. After that ambush, Winters and Guarnere were finally armed - having taken pistols off the dead Germans.
As far as the American that Malarkey spoke to: Malarkey did come across an American who had come to Germany after Hitler's call for "all loyal Germans" to serve the Reich. It wasn't as depicted here though. He was a German Master Sergeant, in the company of about twenty other German POW's. He was from Portland, Oregon, and had worked at Schmitz Steel Company up until 1938. Malarkey worked at Monarch Forge and Machine Works in 1942. The two places were very close to each other. Due to the year differences, Malarkey had never seen him before, and said he had no idea what happened to him after he spoke with him that one time. That group of prisoners is not the group of Germans that Speirs executed.
You two are doing great! Looking forward to your next reactions.
My compliments, saber - an excellent post covering a lot of groud nice and clearly.
I am looking forward to your next episode!
Congratulations on watching this mini-series, I loved it from the beginning, they took a single unit and covered their story from training through the end of the war, and Easy Company was a great company to follow, not only were they always on the leading edge of the fighting, and sustained one of the very higest casualty rates, they also inflicted one of the higest killing rates on the enemy.
Great reaction yall 🙏🏼 by the way groups of soldiers can still parachute in this era, so long as you can find or create an area with no air defenses
Don't let the perpetually online WWII nerds flame you for not being WWII scholars. Yall are going to enjoy the heck out of this show as you continue.
Agreed. I love learning about WW2 but snobs can be the worst. I knew people who literally fought in WW2 who didn't know as much about it as a lot of history buffs. If something didn't effect them they didn't need to know about it lol.
funny. Now basic 9th grade level history class is excessive.
We're doomed.
@@bryce253people discard information from HS that doesn’t spark an interest them. Can you break down all the components of a molecule right now? Appreciation of history is something that often comes with age anyway.
I totally agree.. I appreciate especially for people born 2 generations after this happened.. it’s always good to see young people learning from the past
@@bryce253oh hey, this post was about you!
The tactics used to take out the three German artillery pieces are still taught at west point to this day.
Nice reaction from you guys, get ready for a wild ride. It will get more intense, especially the next one, and then 6 and 7. Ep 7 is called the breaking point, and it really does break you when you watch. I can’t imagine how these guys felt during those days.
I got a chuckle out of your comment about not jumping out airplanes behind enemy today. Yes we very much still have paratroopers today. The 101st and 82nd airborne still exist today, but not Easy Company. The military isn't tying to find the worst way to do it. They are trying to mitigate lose. However like saw stuff goes wrong. The German army was a highly train force. They were jumping into a country that had been under German occupation for four years. They also prepare and expecting an invasion by the Allies at some point. As you stated no training can't help you prepare you for every situation, but being well train can help you adapt and think under pressure. Another video you should watch is the Fallen of World war 2. It will help you get an appreciation of the scale of the death and destruction of the war. It's about 20 minutes long. It breaks everything down into numbers. I like your reaction. There is a sister series to this based on the Pacific theater of the war by the same producers. It's called the Pacific. Ask questions, people will be glad to answer.
Not to be that guy but the 101st is now airborne in name only. They are organized, trained, and intended for Air Assault operations, not airborne. The 82nd is still a division sized airborne unit as is the 173rd Airborne Brigade although it's obviously smaller since it's a standalone brigade. I believe one of the 25th ID brigades is airborne as well
You have to wait to jump till you get over your drop zone.
"What is wrong with us? We're all humans" My brother, it pains me to say, but you answered your own question.
If you have ever watched Saving Private Ryan, this is all going on while they are storming the beaches, so 2 very cool perspectives of Normandy
I am a Native American and culture is always keen with me. In the BoB ep 1, in the ship ride to England the Italian guy guy slams Jews and Liebgott ( German for God's love) instantly jumps out of his bunk and says " I'm a Jew". and a fight happens. Remember that. It comes back in episode 9. I love these episodes. Cold War vet. trained. trained. trained. Never saw war. I was in Germany for 2 years. I left when people were dying trying to get into weat Germany because East Germany had a wall in the city of Berlin. It was the Soviet Union, East Germany when I was there. The wall came down a few years later.
To survive, combat and do what you have to do you have to already see yourself as dead… but make no mistake. Everybody’s scared shitless everybody, including the enemy.
Glad you are learning about WW2. Enjoy the series. It is amazing.
This mini series is so great because you don't have to be a historian or a scholar to get a real understanding of what these men went through. War is horrible and nightmarish, and anyone who says otherwise either doesn't have first had experience or is profiting off it. There is no honor or accolades to be won; just dead young men and women.
nicht schießen(do not shoot)! the soldiers in the show feels so real!
So guys. On D-Day, since the Paratroopers were surrounded until the regular infantry successfully landed on the beaches and started taking ground. Any German POW’s (prisoners of war) taken would be a threat the US, Canadian and British Paratroopers. Therefore, the order was given to kill all enemies and take no POW’s until the reg. Infantry caught up to the paratroopers.
Thank you for your reaction. Welcome to the followers of BoB! What is amazing to me is that they took the guns being outnumbered 5 to 1 - on their first day in combat. Currahee!
Paratroopers dropping everywhere all over (instead of landing together as units) confused the Germans they didn't know what was going on for a time...
I'm glad you guys said it's crazy when the guy said yeah we killed about 20. That's the way it is in war. We are trained (Australia) (USA) (UK)... To do our jobs and we learn to do them well. That's why it's so hard for soldiers to just adapt to normal life. We handle death so long and comfortably, when we get out we're meant to be normal people. Poor words, but I'm sure you guys understand
Congrats on watching the series.. they also have another one called the Pacific about the war in the pacific against the Japanese.. And Sophie don’t trip about not knowing the in’s and outs of World War 2.. my public school didn’t teach a lot about it.. I would never know the details if it wasn’t for my grandfather’s.. it’s a great series and it will teach you a lot about the craziness of war from people who were there.. much pleasings to you guys.. love the movie reactions 💯👏🏻
Oh man this intro of sophie seeming to apologize about getting things wrong or misunderstanding in the last video (to nitpicking nerds in the comments i assume 😅) hurts my heart: youre doing the right thing cold reacting this way, keep up the great work
yoooooo!!! enjoy the series yall
I've seen some harsh comments on the last video - and a lot of constructive one - but it's clear to me that you're open to learn about all this and that's actually interesting to watch people learn. I get that for some people it might be frustrating seeing people getting some facts and analysis wrong, but it's never too late to learn and that's completely okay. These movies were made to make people aware of these historical events and a lot of people who do know a lot about WWII were initiated with movies or series such as this one. I know it because it's the case for me: I remember calling my father as a young teen after seeing the first episode of Band and Brothers, happy to tell him "now I understand all these things you said about D-Day" and talking about it with him for an hour. I didn't know much either at the time and now, because of this series that started a passion, I certainly do.
Just a few seconds delay could mean you landing far away from the rest of the unit. They were trained to jump no less than 2 seconds apart.
Great reaction! Keep it up!
6:45 you hit the nail on the head about Bill, and that's actually extremely historically accurate. The real life Guarnere said that he was so infuriated with the news about his brother, he swore he'd kill every Kraut he saw on D-Day. He said he thinks that's why they gave him the nickname "Wild Bill." Because he did, in his words, "a lot of killin' on D-Day."
For anyone who will say that this is a spoiler confirming Bill survived the war, I would remind you that letters home were a thing and this doesn't actually confirm anything about Bill post D-Day.
First and last combat jump at night for theese paratroopers in WW2. And for a good reason
Need a reaction to Saving Private Ryan, so you can see what the boys on the beaches were experiencing.
Although out of respect for the filmography and the depictions of that awful day, you guys soak it in instead of narrating the whole time.
this assault is legendary. 8 men take out 3 guns that were shelling the beach.
Old School weapons will still take you out today😂😂, enjoyed watching, thanks for sharing 😊👍✌️🇺🇸
The opening scene of the D-Day beach landing in Saving Private Ryan? This jump happened the night before that a few miles behind enemy lines that were guarding the beach…they did this jump the night before to cause havoc with the Germans before the beach landing happened the next morning.
So Easy company actully saved Sobel when he go reassigned. Because LT Meehan replaced Sobel. If Sobel was going with Easy, he had ended up dead. You see the plane went up in flames in the Ep 2
you guys should check out Saving Private Ryan if you haven’t had the chance to, really good movie
Great movie. But it's fiction and Band of Brothers is based on actual events.
@@TheSocratesian i’m aware :p i just think its an amazing movie :)
As terrible as this may sound the lives lost here saved thousands of other lives.
When Compton Dropped he lost his rifle, he bought the Thompson of a random guy (I think) who had a massive collection of guns. The problem was the gun was a prop and had the fire pin retaining pin removed. That's why the gun kept jamming and didn't work.
And that's how Guarnere earned his nickname "Wild Bill".
This is a great miniseries. You should check out The Pacific and Masters of the Air.
"What is wrong with us?" Man, that's the question right there.
Movies about events in time are not supposed to TEACH you about events. They are re-enactments and they are told from certain perspectives...sometimes mixed with distorted or even fictional elements. It is assumed viewers come into viewing with a basic knowledge of the subject matter as a prerequisite. The exception is a true documentary. Anything outside of that (including so-called docudramas) are made primarily to entertain foremost, not to teach. It is assumed you have a basic knowing of the truth.
How can someone know fact from fiction if they never research and study the actual event depicted in a movie? They can't which is why I get weary when people rely on Hollywood movies as their teacher of history. That's like going to Burger King to teach you nutrition. 😄
What should come out of viewing shows like Band of Brothers is either sparking interest to research and learn the true events and what led up to it and what actually happened or spark someone to learn more to add to what they already know. What it is NOT supposed to do is replace researching and learning about the event. That's dangerous. That's the area where you get people thinking they are celebrating Black History Month by watching Jango to learn about the American Slave Trade.
13,000 men jump out of the sky at midnight on top of the German Army ;-(
You can learn the history. You can look at maps. You can read books on these people. But empathy and understanding are part of your character. You will understand these people even if you don’t know all the technical stuff. Keep it up.
Our tech will never win a war. It always takes boots on the ground. You're generation has no idea what the generations went through to fight and win freedom for you today. The best comment you made is, "What do we know about war?" Well, I'm glad you both are taking the time to educate yourself. So many don't bother. That says a lot about your character. Respect to you both. There is hope in America after all. War really is hell...and yes, intense.
The generation saying your generation doesnt know anything about war is walking your generation right into a war
They will have an idea what they went through by the end of the series.
Just sayin”…..
Remember that he ( "Guarnere " ) Staff sergeant ' William J. Guarnere Sr. .......... found out hours before that his brother is dead, that is why his courage...
William "Wild Bill" J . Guarnere Sr.
Meehan's was in the plane that went down in flames.
The unique thing on the series is the real stories are so outrageous that they had to dumb them down for the audience.
A perfect example is Malarkey talking to the German prisoner. The real story is they worked across the street from each other. No one would believe it so they made it a different town in the show.
Never had a history class?
Ww2 isn't covered much in history any more
They seem like interested and decent people, why so condescending?
The 1962 film "The Longest Day" covers many of this episode's events in detail. A lot of people who were actually there directly consulted on scenes. The action is still hair-raising.
There are reasons not to jump until they are in the right place- first they had to cross the English Channel, and then the Germans were all along the coastline, so the paratroopers were trying to go in a little farther inland so they could be behind the German frontline. (There was a huge force that would be landing on the beach directly facing the Germans who were dug in along the coast and well protected.) Another consideration was that the paratroopers needed to jump from the best height but the planes were off course because they were trying to avoid getting shot by the anti-aircraft weapons.
The D-Day landing had been planned for several years. The Germans controlled the Atlantic coastline so the only way to get onto Europe was a frontal assault from the water, and the paratroopers jumping out of planes. Once the Allies had a foothold, then ships could arrive with tanks and more, and aircraft could fly over without getting shot and everyone could start moving in.
Some paratroopers landed in trees or on buildings or got twisted with their chutes or could have their bones broken; the man hanging in the tree was an example of these accidents.
They executed the POWs b/c they were too mobile and small of a unit to set up POW camp is my guess.
8:14 spot on - you get it. 💯
Guy's buckle in this is the best WW2 series I have ever seen based on true events Easy Company was real and the men at the beginning of the show's are members of Easy Company
Welcome to the best ever one season show of all time!
3:00 You are gonna enjoy Masters of the Air -series then 😘
You two need to watch Saving Private Ryan
Please watch Saving Private Ryan (1998) as a companion movie for Band of Brothers!
I really appreciated your Ep.1 reaction, but I have to say I’m impressed with how much more understanding you achieved by Ep.2. Don’t let the history snobs dissuade you from learning more! And hopefully the show piques your interest in researching more about WW2 in general by the end of it. Very cool of you guys to put yourselves out there. See you on the next one!
Great suggestion. Spielberg and Tom Hanks produced "Band of Brothers" and Spielberg directed Hanks in "Saving Private Ryan". And while Band of Brothers is based on real events and people, Private Ryan is fictional. But "Ryan" packs an extremely powerful punch on the reality of World War II and war in general. I would also suggest "Schindler's List" another Spielberg World War II era epic that everyone should see. Don't let the film being in black and white fool you, it actually makes the film better.
when you react to the "why we fight" episode, you will understand why!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
"What is wrong with us?"
Greed. Hate. Apathy.
Technically there is nothing *wrong* with us. We are exactly as we evolved to be to survive. If you don't fight to get what you need or keep what you have then you die, pretty much.
The problem is that we have been a *very* successful species and we are extremely social (I always grin when I hear that given how bad we think things are in cities). That means we are very good at building hierarchies and working together in groups to achieve goals.
We are also evolved to be able to think of things in the abstract and project the effects of actions into the future, forming plans off of those thought experiments. It's one of the big traits that makes us what we are and allows us to do things like prepare for the winter and ration resources and so on. But it also ties in with our ability to cooperate and form hierarchies and that eventually gives us religions and governments.
And that gives us wars ... and technology makes those wars extremely deadly.
You think the air drop was bad....wait to episode 6&7....that was absolutely brutal....awesome reaction...I love how you guys remember every ones name in the show...shows you really pay attention
Neither of those episodes include air drops of troops..? tf you talking about? They haven't remembered characters (real life people who died and/or sacrificed for their freedoms) names for shit. they dont pay attention for fuck-all....totally understandable why they get shit for not understanding basic WORLD history....
I like your reactions. It's cool to see you learning while you're enjoying the show! These guys were brave in ways I can barely comprehend.
YALL ARE GONNA GO NUTS IF YOU THINK THIS IS GOOD IT GETS BETTER
No one is asking you to read up on Band of Brothers..but for you to react to a war based series you must know about WWII....Do you know which nations were on either side of the conflict..who.was fighting who..etc.
Starts to ramp up from here. Also, its kind of hilarious how upset people were with your reaction.
genuinely don't understand that, it was a great reaction.
There is always some WW2 elitist mad about other people not being as knowledgeable as them.
You think this is bad? You ain't seen nothing yet. 😕