for the record, the date of hitler's death is correct in the script. the editors screwed it up. i know cause i wrote it. 😉 EDIT: In the script, there are numerable "date stamps" as the guys go through Germany. The one for Thalem, Germany, where the bookends occur, is dated "May 1, 1945" in the script. I really don't know how or why the error occurred, but when you have more than a thousand people working on a project, unfortunately, stuff gets through the cracks.
The night it aired, and I was pretty darn disappointed. I had written in the the script what's called a "TITLE" (where , in the script, the writer indicates a title on screen). I had it in two places: first, AFTER the opening, when we see the farm in the beginning of the flashback (TITLE: March 25, 1945), and then at the end, when we return to the bookends (TITLE: May 1, 1945). I have NO idea where they got the date they got. Someone in post production did it (who didn't read the script), and it was too late to fix.
such is life! I'm also more proud of that episode than anything I've done professionally, so all is not lost! But.... I am hoping that will change with my new project... MASTERS OF THE AIR....
My Great-Uncle Albert Blithe was in Easy Co and was portrayed in BoB. The show had implied he died during the war, but he actually had not. He passed away in 1967 while serving in Germany. My family is very proud of him and his service to our country!
@@mtf-epislon9555 Interestingly enough, my great-uncle Al kept the bullet the dr's dug out of him as a good luck piece. Just before he departed for his new post in Germany in the 60's he gave the bullet to his son Gordon as a memento. Not long after (in 1967), he died of peritonitis while serving (I believe) at Stuttgart. Thank you for your comment and thanks to your grandfather. They were 💜 warriors!
Holly Crap Please send more info There is no way he was a coward He jumped with everyone else. His character as portrayed was an amalgomation of fears felt by all and portrayed in one person. then again I personally knew a ww2 paratrooper who came back home and became a pretty evil sonof abitch of course he came from a mean family in the sticks. I hope and pray he's not burning in hell because he's already been there once.
+araknidude it just seems either SO lazy, or SO cheap to me. Can you imagine the backlash if they had the US troops armed with Enfield 1917s? Yes, I know it's not quite the same but even if they had not seen the weapon Winters was given, someone MUST have been on set that could have pointed out it was unlikely a WWII officer would have a Luger.
My father was a Sargent in 1st Army, third wave of Normandy. While his beach experience was not dramatic, his fighting in the French hedgerows and town clearings was. He was a very good man who came back from WWII a damaged person. He died in 1964, aged 44, but looking like 74. I never understood how he could have "lost" 30 years until I saw the Band of Brothers episodes surrounding Bastogne. I am indebted to the producers and production crew of that show, for helping me understand my father.
It's been my impression from my study of the Normandy campaign that, as horrifying as the thought is, fighting though the hedgerows made the landings look like the easy part of the campaign. Causality figures certainly support that idea though. I once read an interview with a veteran of that fighting and he wrote "We spent all day praying for it to get dark so the Germans couldn't see us, and all night praying for it to get light so that we could see the Germans." I can't imagine what it must have felt like being that stressed out for weeks on end or how one manages to cope with it. The toll it took on your father says a lot. I hope he found some peace before he died.
I'm not religious by any means, but God bless though man. My grandfather served in the 101st 501st PIR during the second world war. Sadly he passed away before I could meet him, but I heard the war made him bitter and cold. War always robs the souls of the youth in threnches. Band Of Brothers always reminded me of him, it made me love the series when I was younger.
Fighting in the French hedgerows was most murderous than the average battle in Eastern Front, and very stressful. It was one of the most brutal battle of the western front with the Battle of Hurtgen, Arnhem and the Battle of the Bulge... Salute to your father.
Did Blithe get another combat jump star in Korea? I know he jumped behind enemy lines in Korea but when I looked up his official medals he only had one star on his airborne wings for Normandy.
As a shut-in, disabled vet I want to say how much I appreciate your fine programs. I love studying history and it's channels like yours that help bring the classroom to my bedside. Keep up the superb work!
BoB got my respect so does saving private Ryan...but BoB is in my opinion the best till now...especially the music theme gives me the shiver..and in the background all those Brothers gathering to each other like brothers do..
SFC. ColdWar My son did come back from his deployment with the 101st Airborne. Although he did come back disabled, he is still able to get around on 2 wrecked knees. Over the years, I have become less and less fond of the VA. His older brother was also a Medic, but in shorter deployments and other places. It is now my opinion that the VA treats Veterans shamelessly. Thank you so very much for your service. - A thankful mother🌹
Well if you think they died in vain, then even people who die in their beds at the age of 80 'died in vain', so giving meaning to your life and decide what to die for, makes your death much less 'in vain' then living your life and dying in bed.
@@KD-kl4sx its an iconic line from the show.. its not "copied" from anyone you *utter* dolt I didn't endlessly scroll through the comments section looking for it first because it tends to be full of people like you 😂
I rewatch Band of Brothers once per year and it always makes me very emotional. Rest easy, men of Easy Company. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
Me too, I bought the box set 15yrs ago and I've watched the whole series many times, me being a brit my favourite actor is Damien Lewis and his portrayal of Winters. RIP ALL YOU VETERANS OF WAR
@@robertmiller6876 The Luger is iconic, although very old, where as the Walther people might think is British because it's James Bond's gun. That would be my guess.
Major Winters was a treasure not only as a leader, but as a human being. I had taught history when this series came out and asked him to autograph my DVD set. Not only did he do that but he sent along other information as well. He also answered questions about the series and how it differed from the actual events.
Major Winters was a class act and leader that I have only come across once in a blue moon in my military career. Everything about him that i have seen and read shows he was a gentleman leader who everyone loved, respected and followed. I swear if the world had more Major Winters we would be a better world.
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Not sure if it is true but I read once that it wasn't until the premiere (don't think they showed all 10 episodes maybe an edited 2 hours of them all or just the first two or something) that Winters found out how much had been made up. He went over to Tom Hanks and said "he'd expected it to be around 80% accurate but was sad to see it was less" to which allegedly Tom Hanks replied, "Major, people wouldn't care how accurate it was, we aimed for 10% and shot for about 5%" Given that Hanks attended Winters funeral though I guess it probably isn't true because I think Winters would have said he didn't want Hanks to attend had he been insulted like that.
@ i have read the book the movie is based on and while it was about 65% bang on they did fudge some things. Overall, we can all agree the series is fantastic
20 years on from its release. Band of Brothers is still the greatest mini-series ever made. Probably watch the series through 2-3 times a year. Every year without fail. Just epic
@@obiwankenobi1003 of course… although watched the pacific many times- but just doesn’t get close to Band of Brothers. They’re currently filming the next mini HBO series based on bomber command which will be epic
"Remember boys, flies spread disease. So keep yours clooosed." - George Luz Watched this series countless times. Thank you so much for doing this. Curahee!
Could you explain this to me? I've heard people say this quote before and I don't get it as a non-native English speaker, though I think my English is quite good. Thanks.
No problem. I'm assuming you know what flies are, the annoying insects that are associated with carrying diseases, flying around poop and dead bodies usually. Your fly is another word for the zipper on your pants, where you could pull out ones manhood. This is pretty much telling the guys to keep their dick in their pants while you are liberating all these wonderfully beautiful and grateful European women. I would like to take a moment to quote the great Ron Swanson. "History began on July 4th 1776, everything before that was a mistake." You're Welcome. - An American.
Have alot of combat vets in my family, and they all say that band of brothers shows the true brotherhood that soldiers have in war, hence why band of brothers has a higher impact on us. Pacific was, too me. Like the American version of Downfall. A madness that everyone thought would go on for forever.
German soldier here: A small addition/correction about the Edelweiss: The Edelweiss is still worn by Gerbirgsjäger roday. And there are some cases in which a Fallschirmjäger could wear an Edelweiss. Either he did basic as a Gebirgsjäger and then became a Fallschirmjäger, or he went through a certification called „Heeresbergführer“ (army mountain guide) as a paratrooper. In both cases he would wear his maroon beret and paratropper insignia, plus an Edelweiss.
Grandfather was 101st, never talked about combat. He did love to tell a rather amusing story about never learning how planes landed until the end of the war. Since all they ever did in training and deployment was leap out of them.
my great grandfather was in the 1st infantry division or "the bloody first". He served in Northern France and in the Rhineland but would unfortunately pass away in the Rhineland, i still have his dog tag and combat knife
@@magentuspriest ive heard he was a real joker, even in the midst of battle he would tell jokes to lighten up the mood, hes probably telling jokes with god
@@andrethe9540 Your g-grandad sounds like a saint. My great uncle was a sailor on the USS Arizona on December 7th 1941. (My mom's uncle.) He was known as "The Chew Guy", bringing that Tennessee chewing tobacco to Hawaii. I got to hear his stories up until I was about 5 or 6. He never talked about that day. He only talked about his buddies.
Russell the fuck are you talking about we didn’t set up governments or social constructs in the nations they liberated. Any problems Europe is having is Europe’s fault not ours
"... this pistol never been fired. There's no blood on it. That's how all war should end..." this brought me to tears...RIP Maj. Richard 'Dick' Winters
Yes that was very moving but...I’d like to know how he determined it had never been fired? Surly if he was a competent officer he have spent some time on the range zeroing the pistol and making sure it actually works. As it might be the only thing between him and a sticky end.
@@python27au Well, I am not a soldier, but on top of my head, you can check the barrel of the gun... If it has scratches, it means that there was a bullet travelling through the barrel (firing the gun)
Cokie Nasution . Ex soldier a bullet is made of lead sometimes with a copper jacket. Both these metals are really soft. A pistol barrel is made from hardened steel. The odds on a bullet scratching a barrel is very low. It would be like scratching glass with a blob of plasticine. The question wasn’t aimed at you specifically, i was just putting it out there because I can’t tell the difference between a well maintained firearm and a new one. I think he was just a tired soldier looking for a symbol, which is fair enough.
Not only did Blythe survive the war, but he volunteered for service in Korea, where he earned both a Bronze Star and a Silver Star--this according to Richard Winters himself.
I think they chose Blythe as a composite of many troopers. They should have instead had a fictional character, and stated that at the end that he was representative of the fears and trepidation many troopers suffered during those days of days in each operation.
The one thing this series had an issue with was the sheer task of depicting Sgt. Bill Guarnere. That guy was a living, breathing badass, who could paste you to the floor despite only having one leg. I had the privilege of meeting him on his last trip to the UK. Even in his later years he was hard as nails, but a great conversation. The guy seriously felt like a real Frank Woods
Not to mention that when you look at the documentary bits, the guy they hired to portray him actually looks a lot like him. As the "old men" remain unnamed until the last episode, I tried to identify which one was which every time I saw one and I had immediately identified Bill Guarnere correctly.
"Band of Brothers" was an absolute blast for me to watch because I watched it in my History class with a really chill history teacher. He would pause after every episode and discuss what happened and how it affected the world outside of the show. Best show I've watched so far.
I hate when people make the blanket statement that schools don't teach this history anymore, obviously not true, school districts and teachers are all different.
Winters died in 2011 but he was an absolute legend. I'm happy to have met Damian Lewis who played Winters, but would have loved to have met the man himself
Band of Brothers may have a few factual inaccuracies, but it is 100% emotionally true. The spirit of those men brings tears to my eyes and fills me with awe every time I watch the series. It is one of the highest examples of story telling today.
spring He had some issues with some of the errors and a certain sexual scene in Episode 9 “Why We Fight” but he was overall very happy with the final result.
; - ) The Major and his men are not the kind of warriors you want to piss off at any time, any place or for any reason no matter their age or numbers, and that's for certain.
@@JoeTufanoTheMovieGuy Sure. He was portayed as a hero, with no hard questions asked about his actions, so of course he was happy - he allowed his men to commit war crimes, but that part is silencec. There were many errors in every episode.
@@JoriMikke78 They were fighting a cruel, tough, strong enemy, that has murdered millions without breaking a sweat. Sometimes you over react and want revenge, and sometimes you are just desensitized by the horror of war.
Jimmy Fallion and Abraham from TWD. Oh Bruce Banner, from Black Hawk Down and The legit Military actor that's in every Military movie role since Platoon.
Obviously I don't believe it should be other than I think it deserves to be on Nat geo or discovery and pay history buffs lots of bank I just mean the standard of quality the show is held to
I’m so incredibly obsessed with this series. The feeling it gives me even when I think about it, hear that music, or watch a recap like this gives me a sense of overwhelming gratitude and nostalgia. I’ve seen it at least 5 times and I still cry every time like my first. Makes me feel like I’m in college again when I saw it first 10 years ago. It was really well done and I’m so glad we get an idea of what those brave men went through together. Should be required for every adolescent to watch it in school growing up.
Sure made me cry tonight. Both my grandfathers served in that war and a few Pearl Harbor survivors were friends of mine. Every now and then it really hits me how much I miss them and how much the world is missing by not having them around.
I think the Blood part, was a just a saying. Like when you say that a Killer has his hands stained with Blood and etc.. The rest was already answered above
Band of Brothers has a lot of meaning to me. I was heading to Marine Corps combat training on September 11th 2001. I got to Houston and was delayed at the airport luckily there was a family there that was looking for there son that was a Marine too and mistook me for him. I helped them look for him and they let me stay with them which was nice especially since I was a Private with no money. I didnt leave Houston for almost a month and I watched the whole Band of Brothers series with them. I lost track of them once the war started.
What’s disappointing is that Sobel will always be remembered as an incompetent cruel coward. Everything he did was what helped shaped easy company to be the best. He also fought in Normandy with a different unit and was one of the only officers to serve in active duty in the Korean War.. he was disturbed to the point of attempting suicide that he survived from but went blind from.. he died in an army hospital old, blind, malnourished and alone... thank you for your service Lt. Col Herbert Sobel.. and to all the brave men who fought.. Edit: Jesus how the hell did I get so many likes?
He was imortalised as an amazing training officer, but a terrible combat leader, which was justified. A coward no, but a terrible combat leader yes. Also Blythe also served active duty during the Korean War
Yeah i read the book, and was shocked that Sobel did that, but the men did not like him, they thought he was gonna get all of them killed on D Day, but they were happy as hell because they had Major Winters to lead them
My Great Grandfather served in the 101st airborne. He wasn’t in easy so he didn’t serve under Winters and Sobel, but he fought alongside these men. He was there from Camp Toccoa in 1942 to Hitler’s Eagles’ Nest. It’s incredible what these men went through.
The thing is the story of E Company could have been the story of any company among any of the airborne regiments. Hell, every unit in the entire Army (The US Army had 91 divisions back then. To put it in perspective, the US Army currently has 10 active divisions).
During my tour in Germany, the family and I went up to the Eagle's Nest. The set people had it pretty accurate. The gold elevator was changed to brass. The family and I stayed at the General Walker. That was the fancy hotel, I think called The Berhof.
@@thatguy22441 all 10 are elite. When it works make more. The best of the best with the best armor, equipment, artillery, air cover, and command. 10 elite infantry divisons. Frankly it's over kill.
11:46 not quite true. german soldier here. when you are in Mountain training (whether you're a Gebirgsjäger or not) and you have gotten high enough on the mountains and also have the sheer luck to find one, it is tradition to pluck, preserve it and keep it with you as a piece of luck (especially in combat). the Coat of arms of the Gebirgsjägers is also an edelweiss, and yes, you would wear it as a metal badge, yet any Gebirgsjäger worth his salt would have an actual Edelweiss on him, same as any other soldier who had the fortune to find one. (he wouldnt wear it on his jacket though) it is a bit odd though, that in this episode they come across two Fallschirmjäger who both have one.
To be fair, none of Easy Company ever heard from Blithe again after he was shot. He never bothered trying to get into contact with any of them after he recovered from his wounds. Apparently, the first time they heard that he had survived was _after_ BoB aired and Blithe's family left an angry phone call. The Easy men felt absolutely terrible and guilty that they had assumed Blithe had died and that they never tried to find out what really happened to him.
Heard about a US paratrooper in Normandy that met a veteran and told him -I have made 20 jumps! And the veteran answered him -I only did three son, Sicily, Normandy and Holland.
I had the honor and privilege to present colors at a speaking engagement for Buck Compton in Burlington, WA. Met him after retiring that set of colors after the event. He did not have a " filter " for some of his remarks ...LOL !
Thank you for clearing up the mystery of Lieutenant Dyke. He was definitely not portrayed in the best light by the producers of Band of Brothers. And the fact that he was awarded those medals shows that he was a soldier and officer of the highest caliber.
Well 2 things, 1) in the military you find that being awarded medals and deserving them are two separate matters completely. Not that he didn't, just food for thought. 2) Its from the viewpoint of the men that served under him while having the privilege of serving under a whole host of great officers. A replacement officer not measuring up in a company this good at their job is a snapshot of this moment in time. Lipton says it best in the series, how can anyone measure up after all they've been through together without him?
It was a great sentiment but totally inaccurate.. theres no way of telling that a pistol has never been fired if it's been cleaned properly.. and to assume that the major didnt fire it even in practice is just silly... It's a great story but that's just inaccurate.
@@teeheeteeheeish youre thinking of cosmaline. And rifles and handguns are cleaned of that before they're issued to the officer receiving them. Also its very unlikely that a major in the German army would have gone his entire career without firing his handgun once even for target practice. ( which they're required to qualify in every year) The story just doesn't add up.
@@codyleslie478 I know what cosmaline is, but pistols were typically test fired and oiled afterwards. So effectively you are totally correct but I think he mostly meant it as an expression. Like a car salesman who says a car has never been driven.
People revere celebrities and long for the chance to meet one, but not me. People like Richard Winters are as high on the celebrity status list as it gets for me. In fact I would much rather spend my time with any veteran versus a celebrity. From the time I was old enough to remember anything my Father held veterans in VERY high regard and raised my brother and I to do the same. My father never served do to health problems, but in his heart he always wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself. Thank you for your service Evan. Your sacrifices and the sacrifices of anyone that has fought for our country will never be lost on me, I sleep much better at night knowing we have the finest military in the world.
kwantoon I a free with that. I just find stories from historical wars, especially WWII, to be very interesting. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s neat to meet a celebrity, though. I’d just rather hear a veteran’s story. I also agree that veterans should be held in a very high regard. Every veteran I meet, I thank for their service and the few I’ve told about my Grandpa get a kick out of the little story. Both of my grandfathers served during Korea. My Popou (Greek for Grandpa) was stationed in Italy. But my Grandpa’s platoon was shipped off to Korea. Problem was that my Grandpa was too short for the uniforms and didn’t fit any of them. So he was moved to a cook in the mess hall. Me and a few others find it a little funny so I hope anyone reading gets a nice chuckle. With that being said, I’d like to thank you Evan for what you and all other soldiers do for our country. I appreciate what you did and every time I do the pledge or hear the anthem, I think of those who served our country and those who have fallen for it.
Also, fun fact: The US Air Force has the largest Air Force in the world. And the US Navy has the 2nd largest. (I could be wrong or it might’ve changed but I’m pretty sure it’s still true.)
Having the inaccuracies laid out like this has given me a renewed appreciation of how accurate this show actually was. This is such a powerful series and the snippets of interviews at the beginning of each episode makes it feel so real.
Vonluck HFKT - It's a beautiful, beautiful theme. I was very disappointed to learn that the composer, Michael Kamen, died only a few years after Band of Brothers was made.
@@hughmungus1767 Michael Karen, really? I didn’t know that. Thanks! My gawd that makes two pretty iconic theme songs, as he wrote the one for Chariots of Fire as well.
The only inaccuracy I know of in the Pacific (Just from hearing it, never did research myself) is that John Basilone didn't die from being shot like its shown, apparently he died from a mortar shell, but I guess it's slightly less cinematic that way
The Pacific had even more character development, The affect on the home front of an even more terrible war, Lena Basilone and her suffering. Eugene Sledge's depression, and Robert Leckie's courtship There were liberties taken with the Pacific as well and you must read the books by Robert Leckie, a magnificent writer, as well as Eugene B. Sledge and R. V. Burgin.
First let me say that this is my third viewing of this particular episode of History Buffs and this is what UA-cam should have more of. Well produced, well researched and very well presented content. It is an example of what can happen when an opportunity to to create and present something of substance is given to an individual who would have had no similar creative outlet 20 years ago. Second, I want to applaud you for your very true and important statement regarding all who seek to judge. It is a failing in man to judge others with little or no first hand knowledge of the pain, shock and suffering endured by the unfortunate few who have been called upon to sacrifice all if needs be to fight, to kill and to die in the name of whatever circumstance that may have created that hell through which they walk. Only a handful of men and women have earned the right to judge by taking that same walk.
I remember one day I was heading to subway for some food..ran across an older gentlemen heading the same way, he had a hard time walking so I went ahead and helped him up (since there some stairs to climb). ..he remarked how much it sucks to get old..and remembers the days when he was in young and fighting in WWII and felt like he could do anything. He remarked how time flies. I told him it was alright since he was still walking around. He just laughed.
And a hamfisting to make it clear.... I mean it's how almost every movie or TV show is done - characters are turned to 11 for their traits, cuz they are afraid someone might misread the intended moments.... which is DUMB.
I met the real Don Malarkey from Band of Brothers at a book signing. He mentioned that, unlike as depicted in the series, he was not with the others at the liberation of the concentration camp, as an Army doctor misdiagnosed him as having contracted malaria on the Rhine. He also mentioned that he never directly saw or heard Spiers kill any prisoners. He heard about it as a rumor through the grapevine. One interesting bit of trivia he mentioned: Due to the heavy German AA defenses along the English Channel, the transport planes had to first fly west over England, south over the western English Channel, and then turn east toward Normandy. This explains why the series shows the C-47s taking off before dusk, but not deploying the paratroopers until the middle of the night.
The actual liberators of the Kaufering Concentration Camp complex, located in Landsberg, were the forward elements of 328th Engineer Combat Battalion attached to the 411th Infantry Regiment in the 6th Army, and not the 101st Airborne. The singer, Tony Bennett, was one of the men who actually liberated the camp, which was accomplished 2 days before the liberation of the one at Dachau (on April 29th). My grandfather was one of a few forward scouts who initially found Kaufering.
Just finished this series again for about the millionth time, and it's every bit as incredible as I remembered. Those men were truly a different breed and the definition of heroes.
Paul cox That could’ve been my words. Easy Company depicted in BOB has really grown on me. They are almost like a family member. I watched the series 3 times from start to end now, I think. I just love movies and tv shows.
Everytime I watch it I tear up at the end. Sometimes I have even started it over as soon as it ends
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Lol I’m a woman and I felt the same way. To be honest, I admit that I envy the camaraderie men have under these circumstances. It’s something I’ve never experienced among women. We are too catty, lol.
I know I’m not alone here in stating that I really enjoyed this series. I’m pretty certain BoB is what helped my Grandpa open up and tell me about his time spent island hopping in the Pacific. It wasn’t until years after he passed that I learned I was the only person he ever shared his infantry experiences with. Definitely an amazing generation. God bless all our brave souls who’ve served.
Wow! He must have been very fond of you, for him to tell his experiance of those times, too just you. Cherrish this and all the other great memories you have of your grandfather. Thank you for sharing this!
My dad fought in the pacific. Never talked about it. It wasn’t until he was in the hospital with a brain tumor that I found a medal he won for valor. I also discovered that he played professional baseball before the war. He never mentioned that either. He used to tell me “I played a little ball as a young man”. I’ve never met a more humble, honest man than my dad.
Probably the greatest TV mini series I've ever watched, I seen it over 10 years ago and still remember it very well. The amount of detail, emotion and realism is amazing and really makes you feel what these men must have went through. Really need to rewatch this show someday, amazing piece of history in entertainment.
@SpartanUrUK Spartan's comment should be PINNED by the channel holder ! I was going to say this morning, so all kudos to the actors for their dedicated professional way of bringing a major historic happening to the screens in such a brutally heartfelt manner so that people like myself who have absolutely no idea what it was like to experience now have a fraction of a split fraction of an idea what these men went through. An eternity of love and gratitude is quite rightly given to the military of all countries who went to war and fought the good fight against Hitler and his army but the actors of this mini series have brought the whole thing to life with the assistance of history itself plus each survivors accounts of so many personal stories so all kudos and respect to these great actors and of course an eternity of gratitude and love to all those who went to war to fight the good fight in horrific circumstances. God bless you all.
I love how the actors were all impacted and changed by their experiences reenacting and portraying the heroes. They all concur how much this film meant to them and they all respect the men they portrayed.
I remember watching BoB when it first aired in the UK. It was the first tv program I was allowed to watch past my bed time and I loved every minute of it. I watch it every year and it never loses its emotion. Definitely the best TV series I've ever seen.
Saw an interview with Tom Hanks where he said Dick Winters did have concerns with accuracy. Tom told Dick that most war films were about 12% accurate and he would strive to get Band of Brothers 17% accurate.
I’m watching this in social studies class right now, and I have to say it’s really, really, really good!! Rest In Peace all the soldiers that died in the war.
I served in the 101st airborne division and my favorite part of this mini series is the end where you get to see so many fine men continue on with their lives in peace. It is one of the most emotional endings in cinema history.
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I really hope that pistol that was presented to Winters goes forever without ever being fired. That was clearly very important to him that it remain unused and it's something I hope never happens to respect those wishes.
Hopefully it becomes a family heirloom and always ends up in the right hands, would be a shame if it ends up on the hands of the black sheep of the fam and sells it for drug money.
I read Major Winters’ book and he actually comments on Blythe. He said even he didn’t understand why the killed him in the show when everyone knew he survived
and you know what 21:29 it's a Walther PP(K?) but the show has the dude giving him a luger they couldn't just look at winters' gun and realize "oh snap that aint no luger"?
"We fall upon the risers, We fall upon the grass! We never land upon our feet, We always hit our ass! Highty tidy Christ almighty Who the hell are we? Zim-zam goddamn We're airborne infantry!"
This was an excellent commentary I'm, just rewatching it now. But he did miss one thing: Speirs actually did an interview where he said the stories were true. And he gave the impression of having no regrets.
As Winters explained it, they were under orders to move fast and not get bogged down with anything. Time was of the essence. Of course, command conveniently did not go into detail how to keep moving and keep prisoners at the same time. Spiers was convinced he was following the orders they just hadn't said out loud. Hence his willingness to say what he'd done
Somewhat true. USAFE, USAREUR, NAVEUR all had 21st century active duty military personnel and family members in attendance at the ceremonies. The different branches of US gov't, including members of the House and Senate sent reps. This is probably the last big one (maybe another at the century mark). but the whole Normandy coast is frequently visited. A walk on those beaches makes it hard to envision the scenes of D-Day.
@@randallstephens8273 really? I was in Normandy for the 75th anniversary and I can tell you everywhere was packed with people from all over the world who had come to commemorate it
Ironically, from what I read the Soviet airborne only made one combat jump during ww2. As a matter of fact they made more amphibious landings than airborne jumps, I think they made more amphibious landings than the Soviet Marines.
Actually, nobody ever knew that Blithe was alive UNTIL episode 3 was aired. His family contacted the show and the rest of Easy was hit hard when they learned that he didn't die in 1948. Winters got most of the blunt out of that.
To be fair, it was not easy to track someone back then. It would take going through a lot of paperwork just to find out where he was sent to. Then going to the Hospital and more documents have to be inspected in finding out if he was still there. Many of those men didn't went straight back home past VE. Some went to the Pacific theatre and some stayed in Germany until the Nazi resistance died down in 1948.
@@Philtopy Not after the war. After hostilities ended. The war never ended. They signed an armistice. However in 2018 (this year) N. Korea and S. Korea agreed to sign a real peace treaty before the end of the year. Let's see if they hold to that.
this is the only "movie" or miniseries that has ever made me cry. I wept when i first finished the "points" episode and listened to Winters say "my grandson asked me "grandpa, were you a hero in the war?", grandpa said no: but i served in a company of heros". I lost it.
Other great military films are "Tora Tora" the attack on pearl harbour & "the raid on Entebbe" when talking about based upon real people unreal events.
Best series of all time. Also one of the best depictions of the war in Western Europe there is. I think it blows saving private Ryan out of the water. The pacific made by the same ppl is fantastic also. But the cast of band is unreal
nearly 10 years ago we sat at a table in austin and shared a drink among strangers we called friends. You and I never got along Nick, but I'm super proud of everything you've accomplished with this channel. It's very inspirational.
Mr. Orloff. Thank you again for this great series. I watch it at least once a year, usually around Memorial Or Veterans Day. It will be a rite of passage for my 7 grandchildren to watch as they get old enough to comprehend the weight of the subject matter. I need some advice, and without making this post too long, here’s the deal. I buried my Uncle, a WW II veteran at Arlington National Cemetery, in May of 2018. He was 92. He joined the army at 14, trained in the Philippines with the 42nd. Escaped the death march at Bataan, but captured when Corregidor final fell a few months later. He was 16 yrs old and grew up in Japanese Labor Camps. He was 5’7” and 135 lbs when he joined up, and 6’5” , 100 lbs when the war ended. He published his memoir “Baby of Bataan” ( this is what the local newspapers called him). There is much much more to his story, and I would like to get his book in front of someone like you. Can you give me any suggestions on how to get this process started?
+The Medic aka the damn fiddle I saw him in "Uprising" prior so BoB so that must of better prepared me for his role as Sobel. Otherwise, I probably would have felt the same way.
Fun fact about the Edelweiss: It is still used today on all the rank insignias of the Austrian Armed Forces, but because it's so small and undetailed, it is commonly mistaken for a star.
My grandmother brought a couple of edelweiss from Austria and cultivated them in Mankato, Minnesota. They were still growing when grampa died and we sold the house in '09.
I think that like most who have been in war, he loved peace more than almost anything in the world. It will never happen, but he's still a role model for our generation.
Thank you for making this one Nick. Being from South Philly I was VERY fortunate enough to get to speak with and meet Ed “Babe” Heffron & Bill Guarnere. Both awesome guys! May they Rest In Peace. I always stop and talk to any WWII men I see wearing their hats and thank them and even volunteered to help vets of this Great War any way I could. It inspired me so much I took a course for a degree in History of WWII. I’m just so fascinated by it and have nothing but admiration and the upmost respect for that generation and the vets of that war. What a series. And what a shame they are all almost all gone.
Thanks John, what a powerful story. I remember my dear old mum sharing of the comradeship she experienced during her war years. It's many years ago now, but I seem to recall my mum remembering with fondness her experience of having good friends. I think she missed those days in some ways. Regards, Dave
Man, I love Band of Brothers so much! It’s legitimately one of my favorite shows of all time and will always be. I literally went Airborne when I was in the Army because of this show. I didn’t go 101st though because by the time I went Airborne the 101st wasn’t an Airborne unit anymore. It was only Air Assault by that time. But with all that being said I used to wish and still do wish that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg would’ve made a series about the Triple Nickels aka The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion! I literally had no idea about the Triple Nickels until one day I was on the 82nd 3rd Brigade Staff Duty. I just so happened to be walking to the restroom and there was a picture of the Triple Nickels right there on the wall. If I remember correctly it was a picture with the paratroopers, names, and unit on it. I thought I was tripping and asked myself “Am I tripping? I know I’m not tripping that’s an all Black Airborne Battalion! So, I asked the Ssgt/NCO that was on Staff duty what he knew about the 555. And he just broke it down and told me what he knew about them. So, after that we still sat there looking stupid at each other for about another 20 hours me Ssgt Fisher the Staff Duty NCO for that day and another Trooper that I can’t remember who it was. But Staff Duty you have to sit at Brigade for 24 hours straight with no sleep unless you get a cool NCO and Ssg Fisher was cooler than wet bologna!!! Lol, but for those who hadn’t figured it out by now yes, I am Black and that’s why I’m so fascinated by the “555th” and wish there could’ve been one of those shows made for them)! Damn, I apologize that this got so long smh.
@@JaEDLanc I know what Airborne means in the literal sense lol. I’m saying I literally went to Airborne School, literally graduated from said school, went an Airborne unit, was stationed at Ft Bragg North Carolina the Home of Airborne and Special Operations, and jumped out of an airplane on 24 separate occasions! Well, I’ve actually jumped out of a plane twice in one day in Airborne school due to the weather the next day and we had to have 5 jumps to graduate on time and if was supposed to rain a lot the next day so it was either jump twice in one day or be held over for an extra day so we jumped twice in one day. But yeah, I was in the BSB, HHC, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg North Carolina 28310. 🤷🏾♂️ I know what you mean but looking up what Airborne is and I know what it means in the literal definition sense of the word, but I mean I literally went Airborne as in literally going to Airborne school graduating and being in and Airborne unit. Hence the (I went Airborne). Idk how else you’d like for it to be said but that’s literally how we say it in the Airborne said of the Army “I went Airborne” lol. I’m not being an A$$hole or anything like that, I’m really not but legit that’s literally how we say went to an Airborne school and then unit. We say “we went Airborne” and in a sense we do go Airborne! I mean get in a plane sometimes for over an hour to like 3 or 4 before you exit the bird. And then you jump out at anywhere from 800ft up to 1,500 or sometimes more but not too much more than that because we have to have a quick exit and landing in time to be mission ready. But I’m pretty sure what I did would be considered if not literally than the next closest thing to be considered as literally going Airborne which means “to fly or travel through the air”. And if you don’t consider parachuting from a plane as airborne then at least the travel in the bird(plane) is considered going Airborne!
Just wanted to share something about the first time I watched "Band Of Brothers". I had it on DVD and was watching Episode 7, which is the second part of the Battle of The Bulge. If you remember, it is EXTREMELY INTENSE with shells exploding in the trees and guys getting blown away. I was watching it at about 3 am on a Spring night and I was VERY into the episode. What I did NOT know was that a "Popcorn Thunderstorm" (Those of you who live in the midwest KNOW what they are) was brewing. During one of the more intense bombardments, without any warning whatsoever--a bolt of lightning struck about 100 feet outside my window--with the accompanying instantaneous clap of VERY loud thunder, of course!!! Scared the living shit out of me!!!! LOL!!
A US Army officer who fought in Belgium in late 1944, Lt. Tony Moody, later spoke about how he and other American GIs had regarded their adversaries: “We felt the Germans were much better trained, better equipped, a better fighting machine than us.” Even during the final weeks of the war Hitler’s men continued to battle with astonishing verve -- as a Soviet intelligence report of March 1945, acknowledged: “... there is no sign of a collapse in enemy morale. They are still fighting with dogged persistence and unbroken discipline.”
Peace-Of-Mind lol persistence? Millions of them surrendered, compare that to the Japanese who fought until last man standing, and it took several nukes killing tens of thousands of innocents to get them to kneel, otherwise they would’ve literally fought to the last man.
They may have been willing to fight still but they had been fighting for years non-stopped and losing badly for the last two. The war machine based on experienced, well trained and equipped individuals was long dead, literally in most cases considering the had been taking horrific casualties from the start of barbarossa and said numbers had been growing almost exponentially the closer they got to Germany. Then again its easy to feel real shitty and outmatched when watching your friends die.
@@khouse1554 Don't blame Peace-Of-Mind. Blame the Russians that had to fight them. Then again, they were there fighting them... What would they know? I heard once that if you were a German boy entering the military, you would prefer to go to the submarine service. There you had only a 75% chance of death. On the Eastern front, it was 90%. So- yeah, I guess the German soldiers were neither disciplined nor persistent.
Re: The Albert Blithe Story I served in a US Navy Aviation Squadron in the 1970s and one of the guys in our squadron was in a major motorcycle accident on base. He was air evac'd to another base that had a bigger hospital. We never heard from or about him after that and most everyone in the squadron thought he had died. A few years ago he showed up at a Squadron reunion and shocked everyone (unfortunately he passed away about a month ago).
In the early stages of Desert Shield/Desert Storm I was wounded severely. My Reserve unit held a memorial service for me. The look on their faces when I walked in to my first drill after getting back was extraordinary. I can relate to Pvt Bithe...
The interviews throughout always brought tears to my eyes. They were the greatest generation. I'm glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Getting to meet these men and women of an entirely different Era. If such history isn't adored and cherished, we will forget the horrors and honor, we will forget the lessons learned in blood.
Yes. I enjoyed The Pacific but the sad fact with that series is that they didn’t do many veteran interviews simply because many had passed on. It’s actually been awhile so not even sure if they interviewed anyone.
What lessons? Right as we speak there is a bloody war going on between Russia and Ukraine with eyewatering casualties on both sides. The US has been involved in a clutch of different bloody wars.... Korea, Vietnam, two Gulf Wars, Afghanistan.
for the record, the date of hitler's death is correct in the script. the editors screwed it up. i know cause i wrote it. 😉 EDIT: In the script, there are numerable "date stamps" as the guys go through Germany. The one for Thalem, Germany, where the bookends occur, is dated "May 1, 1945" in the script. I really don't know how or why the error occurred, but when you have more than a thousand people working on a project, unfortunately, stuff gets through the cracks.
When did you see the mistake? And what was your reaction?
The night it aired, and I was pretty darn disappointed. I had written in the the script what's called a "TITLE" (where , in the script, the writer indicates a title on screen). I had it in two places: first, AFTER the opening, when we see the farm in the beginning of the flashback (TITLE: March 25, 1945), and then at the end, when we return to the bookends (TITLE: May 1, 1945). I have NO idea where they got the date they got. Someone in post production did it (who didn't read the script), and it was too late to fix.
John Orloff don't worry too much, that's one of the best programs ever, great job guys :)
such is life! I'm also more proud of that episode than anything I've done professionally, so all is not lost! But.... I am hoping that will change with my new project... MASTERS OF THE AIR....
Thanks, I'm not too worried. The film biz is imperfect, like all of us!
My Great-Uncle Albert Blithe was in Easy Co and was portrayed in BoB. The show had implied he died during the war, but he actually had not. He passed away in 1967 while serving in Germany. My family is very proud of him and his service to our country!
Hey I know the feeling, my grandfather fought along side your great uncle
@@mtf-epislon9555 Interestingly enough, my great-uncle Al kept the bullet the dr's dug out of him as a good luck piece. Just before he departed for his new post in Germany in the 60's he gave the bullet to his son Gordon as a memento. Not long after (in 1967), he died of peritonitis while serving (I believe) at Stuttgart. Thank you for your comment and thanks to your grandfather. They were 💜 warriors!
Holly Crap Please send more info There is no way he was a coward He jumped with everyone else. His character as portrayed was an amalgomation of fears felt by all and portrayed in one person.
then again I personally knew a ww2 paratrooper who came back home and became a pretty evil sonof abitch of course he came from a mean family in the sticks. I hope and pray he's not burning in hell because he's already been there once.
Didn't your great uncle Albert serve with the 187th regiment in Korea? It's interesting to me because I was with 2/187th in Panama.
@@mtf-epislon9555 what kind of name is Soap?
That pistol story is one of the most amazing I have ever heard. One of the main reasons I love history, the story behind the bigger picture.
I don't know why, but I'm in tears right now after hearing him say it will never be fired.
I find it intriguing that the people in the show had Winters deny a Luger P08 when Winters accepted a Walther PP.
damn pistol making me cry. that would have been such a great scene in the series.
+araknidude it just seems either SO lazy, or SO cheap to me. Can you imagine the backlash if they had the US troops armed with Enfield 1917s?
Yes, I know it's not quite the same but even if they had not seen the weapon Winters was given, someone MUST have been on set that could have pointed out it was unlikely a WWII officer would have a Luger.
RainRed1000
History: a romance, a poem, a legend, and a fact
My father was a Sargent in 1st Army, third wave of Normandy. While his beach experience was not dramatic, his fighting in the French hedgerows and town clearings was. He was a very good man who came back from WWII a damaged person. He died in 1964, aged 44, but looking like 74. I never understood how he could have "lost" 30 years until I saw the Band of Brothers episodes surrounding Bastogne. I am indebted to the producers and production crew of that show, for helping me understand my father.
I salute your father.
Sorry to hear that, war does to some men what the office does to most presidents. It hardly seems fair.
It's been my impression from my study of the Normandy campaign that, as horrifying as the thought is, fighting though the hedgerows made the landings look like the easy part of the campaign.
Causality figures certainly support that idea though.
I once read an interview with a veteran of that fighting and he wrote "We spent all day praying for it to get dark so the Germans couldn't see us, and all night praying for it to get light so that we could see the Germans."
I can't imagine what it must have felt like being that stressed out for weeks on end or how one manages to cope with it. The toll it took on your father says a lot.
I hope he found some peace before he died.
I'm not religious by any means, but God bless though man. My grandfather served in the 101st 501st PIR during the second world war. Sadly he passed away before I could meet him, but I heard the war made him bitter and cold. War always robs the souls of the youth in threnches. Band Of Brothers always reminded me of him, it made me love the series when I was younger.
Fighting in the French hedgerows was most murderous than the average battle in Eastern Front, and very stressful. It was one of the most brutal battle of the western front with the Battle of Hurtgen, Arnhem and the Battle of the Bulge...
Salute to your father.
Not only did Blithe recover from his wounds, he also served with the 187th airborne in Korea and was in the military until his death.
Rakkasan!
And earned both a Silver and Bronze stars in his service in the Korean War.
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@@SpartakMs83 The truth outweighs the fiction, sadly it takes too much time to correct the TV assertions.
Did Blithe get another combat jump star in Korea? I know he jumped behind enemy lines in Korea but when I looked up his official medals he only had one star on his airborne wings for Normandy.
As a shut-in, disabled vet I want to say how much I appreciate your fine programs. I love studying history and it's channels like yours that help bring the classroom to my bedside.
Keep up the superb work!
BoB got my respect so does saving private Ryan...but BoB is in my opinion the best till now...especially the music theme gives me the shiver..and in the background all those Brothers gathering to each other like brothers do..
SFC. ColdWar My son did come back from his deployment with the 101st Airborne. Although he did come back disabled, he is still able to get around on 2 wrecked knees. Over the years, I have become less and less fond of the VA. His older brother was also a Medic, but in shorter deployments and other places. It is now my opinion that the VA treats Veterans shamelessly. Thank you so very much for your service. - A thankful mother🌹
@@steffenritter7497 thanks for being great!
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That’s nice of you to share.
SFC. ColdWar Thank you for your service
"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said no.
"But I served in a company of heroes."
Hazy what a joke every American soldier since 1913 up until today died in vain
Did any soldier 'ever' die in any other way than "vain"
Richthofen Friedrich They died for what they believed in, so it cannot have all been in vain.
Well if you think they died in vain, then even people who die in their beds at the age of 80 'died in vain', so giving meaning to your life and decide what to die for, makes your death much less 'in vain' then living your life and dying in bed.
That's what you would read in a newspaper, just like in this video in the beginning most people signed up for a paycheck.
"We're Paratroopers, Lieutenant - We're supposed to be surrounded..."
Just copying off previous comments written nearly a year and half before you, at least be original
@@KD-kl4sx its an iconic line from the show.. its not "copied" from anyone you *utter* dolt
I didn't endlessly scroll through the comments section looking for it first because it tends to be full of people like you 😂
They got us surrounded the poor bastards
@@KD-kl4sx "NUTS"
@@unbearifiedbear1885 👍👍👍👏👏👏
I rewatch Band of Brothers once per year and it always makes me very emotional. Rest easy, men of Easy Company. Thank you for your service and sacrifice.
same, followed by The Pacific
Me too, I bought the box set 15yrs ago and I've watched the whole series many times, me being a brit my favourite actor is Damien Lewis and his portrayal of Winters. RIP ALL YOU VETERANS OF WAR
The story behind that pistol is freaking amazing and nearly brought a tear to my eye. I love history
The production even got the type of pistol offered for surrender wrong. It was not a Luger.
@@robertmiller6876 what was it, a Makarov?
@@HSolo7 A Walther. Which the Makarov is based on.
@@robertmiller6876 The Luger is iconic, although very old, where as the Walther people might think is British because it's James Bond's gun. That would be my guess.
It is a great story. But I don't believe there is any way to tell if the pistol had ever been fired or not.
Major Winters was a treasure not only as a leader, but as a human being. I had taught history when this series came out and asked him to autograph my DVD set. Not only did he do that but he sent along other information as well. He also answered questions about the series and how it differed from the actual events.
Major Winters was a class act and leader that I have only come across once in a blue moon in my military career. Everything about him that i have seen and read shows he was a gentleman leader who everyone loved, respected and followed. I swear if the world had more Major Winters we would be a better world.
Not sure if it is true but I read once that it wasn't until the premiere (don't think they showed all 10 episodes maybe an edited 2 hours of them all or just the first two or something) that Winters found out how much had been made up. He went over to Tom Hanks and said "he'd expected it to be around 80% accurate but was sad to see it was less" to which allegedly Tom Hanks replied, "Major, people wouldn't care how accurate it was, we aimed for 10% and shot for about 5%"
Given that Hanks attended Winters funeral though I guess it probably isn't true because I think Winters would have said he didn't want Hanks to attend had he been insulted like that.
@ i have read the book the movie is based on and while it was about 65% bang on they did fudge some things. Overall, we can all agree the series is fantastic
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@ Not that I agree or disagree with your points there, but just so I’m clear, you’re judging the whole series based on the first three episodes?
20 years on from its release. Band of Brothers is still the greatest mini-series ever made. Probably watch the series through 2-3 times a year. Every year without fail. Just epic
Have you ever watched ‘Roots?’
@@fifthbusiness1678 The fantasy movie which the creator himself described as "a myth"?
I'm assuming you already have but if not you should check out The Pacific as well
@@obiwankenobi1003 of course… although watched the pacific many times- but just doesn’t get close to Band of Brothers. They’re currently filming the next mini HBO series based on bomber command which will be epic
I watched it atleast every 2 to 3 years since i first watched it back in 2003
On this day in history the last member of easy company has passed, may the men of easy company never be forgotten!
I wish them all a peaceful rest.
Rest easy brothers
They fought for what we all want to believe in...
Truth
Freedom
And Freedom
May They All RIP
Honor
Unnecessary repetition
And unneccessary repetition...
It's already been a year since your comment. You still around?
"Remember boys, flies spread disease. So keep yours clooosed." - George Luz
Watched this series countless times. Thank you so much for doing this.
Curahee!
Could you explain this to me? I've heard people say this quote before and I don't get it as a non-native English speaker, though I think my English is quite good. Thanks.
No problem. I'm assuming you know what flies are, the annoying insects that are associated with carrying diseases, flying around poop and dead bodies usually. Your fly is another word for the zipper on your pants, where you could pull out ones manhood. This is pretty much telling the guys to keep their dick in their pants while you are liberating all these wonderfully beautiful and grateful European women.
I would like to take a moment to quote the great Ron Swanson. "History began on July 4th 1776, everything before that was a mistake."
You're Welcome.
- An American.
Placebo I don't agree on your quote, but thanks for your explanation.
-A Dutchman ;)
"The costume department set me up with these great Navy whites!" - George Luz.
Dik van Achteren, his explanation is right
Best miniseries ever. Absolutely no question.
I know it's not technicallya miniseries and there are two HB episodes dedicated to it, but have you seen ROME? Fantastic short series.
The Pacific is more mentally impactful
A very good miniseries, but I think the Das Boot miniserie rivals it.
The pacific was a great one too
Have alot of combat vets in my family, and they all say that band of brothers shows the true brotherhood that soldiers have in war, hence why band of brothers has a higher impact on us. Pacific was, too me. Like the American version of Downfall. A madness that everyone thought would go on for forever.
German soldier here:
A small addition/correction about the Edelweiss:
The Edelweiss is still worn by Gerbirgsjäger roday. And there are some cases in which a Fallschirmjäger could wear an Edelweiss. Either he did basic as a Gebirgsjäger and then became a Fallschirmjäger, or he went through a certification called „Heeresbergführer“ (army mountain guide) as a paratrooper.
In both cases he would wear his maroon beret and paratropper insignia, plus an Edelweiss.
Grandfather was 101st, never talked about combat. He did love to tell a rather amusing story about never learning how planes landed until the end of the war. Since all they ever did in training and deployment was leap out of them.
my great grandfather was in the 1st infantry division or "the bloody first". He served in Northern France and in the Rhineland but would unfortunately pass away in the Rhineland, i still have his dog tag and combat knife
nuzuk hey so was mine he said something similar once
@@andrethe9540 Your grandfather is probably having drinks with God.
@@magentuspriest ive heard he was a real joker, even in the midst of battle he would tell jokes to lighten up the mood, hes probably telling jokes with god
@@andrethe9540 Your g-grandad sounds like a saint.
My great uncle was a sailor on the USS Arizona on December 7th 1941. (My mom's uncle.)
He was known as "The Chew Guy", bringing that Tennessee chewing tobacco to Hawaii.
I got to hear his stories up until I was about 5 or 6.
He never talked about that day.
He only talked about his buddies.
Donald Malarky died a month back aged 96, he was the last living survivor or easy company.
Yes, he died and I am sick over hearing about all these men dying now, The greatest generation should all be forever young
Ben Rowe There are I think 2 more guys. They weren't in band of brothers but they were in Easy.
people die bro ...u will die and other will die ,,we all will die...its a matter of how we die.....relaks
Malarkey is slang for "bullshit," isn't it?
Russell the fuck are you talking about we didn’t set up governments or social constructs in the nations they liberated. Any problems Europe is having is Europe’s fault not ours
"... this pistol never been fired. There's no blood on it. That's how all war should end..."
this brought me to tears...RIP Maj. Richard 'Dick' Winters
Yes that was very moving but...I’d like to know how he determined it had never been fired?
Surly if he was a competent officer he have spent some time on the range zeroing the pistol and making sure it actually works. As it might be the only thing between him and a sticky end.
@@python27au Well, I am not a soldier, but on top of my head, you can check the barrel of the gun...
If it has scratches, it means that there was a bullet travelling through the barrel (firing the gun)
How did Major Winters know the pistol had never been fired?
Cokie Nasution . Ex soldier a bullet is made of lead sometimes with a copper jacket. Both these metals are really soft. A pistol barrel is made from hardened steel. The odds on a bullet scratching a barrel is very low. It would be like scratching glass with a blob of plasticine.
The question wasn’t aimed at you specifically, i was just putting it out there because I can’t tell the difference between a well maintained firearm and a new one. I think he was just a tired soldier looking for a symbol, which is fair enough.
@@python27au I hope someone with military experience can explain it...
Not only did Blythe survive the war, but he volunteered for service in Korea, where he earned both a Bronze Star and a Silver Star--this according to Richard Winters himself.
Thanks, saves me writing it.
I think they chose Blythe as a composite of many troopers. They should have instead had a fictional character, and stated that at the end that he was representative of the fears and trepidation many troopers suffered during those days of days in each operation.
Yep I red Beyond Band of Brothers. It was a good book.
If im not wrong her retired as a Msgt
Makes you wonder why this info wasn't used in the show's end title card.
The one thing this series had an issue with was the sheer task of depicting Sgt. Bill Guarnere. That guy was a living, breathing badass, who could paste you to the floor despite only having one leg. I had the privilege of meeting him on his last trip to the UK. Even in his later years he was hard as nails, but a great conversation.
The guy seriously felt like a real Frank Woods
Did he still have his iconic accent?
@@mareklwhip4590 why wouldent he
@@mareklwhip4590 if you watch the show at the end where they interview the actual Bill, he’s still got the accent
Brother. I have found you. Come you must help me feed our starving family of 7.
Not to mention that when you look at the documentary bits, the guy they hired to portray him actually looks a lot like him. As the "old men" remain unnamed until the last episode, I tried to identify which one was which every time I saw one and I had immediately identified Bill Guarnere correctly.
"Band of Brothers" was an absolute blast for me to watch because I watched it in my History class with a really chill history teacher. He would pause after every episode and discuss what happened and how it affected the world outside of the show.
Best show I've watched so far.
DrunkenLupus lucky. My school won't let us watch anything like this.
ilovemanunited that’s very unfortunate. School these days is an absolute joke.
@@urbandekay8337 not quite
My kids' school showed Schildlers list.
I hate when people make the blanket statement that schools don't teach this history anymore, obviously not true, school districts and teachers are all different.
Winters was buried in my town we have a memorial/park named after him
What town?
Aye your from Hershey too?
Erik Horn I believe he died last year at the age of 91 or it was a few years ago now
Winters died in 2011 but he was an absolute legend. I'm happy to have met Damian Lewis who played Winters, but would have loved to have met the man himself
In 50 years they'll tear it down because of future presentism.
Band of Brothers may have a few factual inaccuracies, but it is 100% emotionally true. The spirit of those men brings tears to my eyes and fills me with awe every time I watch the series. It is one of the highest examples of story telling today.
If this Band of Brothers has Dick Winter's blessing, the whole mini-series, errors and all, is fine by me.
spring He had some issues with some of the errors and a certain sexual scene in Episode 9 “Why We Fight” but he was overall very happy with the final result.
; - ) The Major and his men are not the kind of warriors you want to piss off at any time, any place or for any reason no matter their age or numbers, and that's for certain.
@@kmaassociates7999 Sure. They do shoot unarmed soldiers that have already surrendered and civilians too, so you sure shouldn't aggrevate them.
@@JoeTufanoTheMovieGuy Sure. He was portayed as a hero, with no hard questions asked about his actions, so of course he was happy - he allowed his men to commit war crimes, but that part is silencec. There were many errors in every episode.
@@JoriMikke78 They were fighting a cruel, tough, strong enemy, that has murdered millions without breaking a sweat.
Sometimes you over react and want revenge, and sometimes you are just desensitized by the horror of war.
*The one where Ross trains a company of paratroopers*
Jimmy Fallion and Abraham from TWD. Oh Bruce Banner, from Black Hawk Down and The legit Military actor that's in every Military movie role since Platoon.
Hahahahahahahaha
@@nickdanger3802 Hes not scotty hes shawn of the dead. Scotty was an actual WW2 vet.
Don't forget Tom Hardy! Though it was a small part he played.
F-r-e-I-n-d-s joke?
History buffs has got to be one of the overall just highest quality channels on youtube i feel like im watching something that deserves to be on T.V.
Except if it was on TV it wouldn't get as many views, because no one watches TV anymore.
Obviously I don't believe it should be other than I think it deserves to be on Nat geo or discovery and pay history buffs lots of bank I just mean the standard of quality the show is held to
National geography and discovery channel is so 20th century :D
It would beat aliens and jesus myths on history channel by far:)
exactly tv is overrated. The bigger shows in UK will get 2m viewers, others will be getting
I’m so incredibly obsessed with this series. The feeling it gives me even when I think about it, hear that music, or watch a recap like this gives me a sense of overwhelming gratitude and nostalgia. I’ve seen it at least 5 times and I still cry every time like my first. Makes me feel like I’m in college again when I saw it first 10 years ago.
It was really well done and I’m so glad we get an idea of what those brave men went through together. Should be required for every adolescent to watch it in school growing up.
The opening music to Band of Brothers makes me almost cry.
SuperGaleford try finding Amici Forever’s version “Requiem for a soldier”. Same music with added lyrics. Beautiful.
The opening music to The Pacific makes me cry every time
give me chills everytime i hear it
Sure made me cry tonight. Both my grandfathers served in that war and a few Pearl Harbor survivors were friends of mine. Every now and then it really hits me how much I miss them and how much the world is missing by not having them around.
Almost?
Anyone else really moved by the 'The way all wars should end' speech?
I was
same here.
But how did he know for sure the pistol hadn't been fired? Maybe the blood was washed off or it had been fired from a distance.
The pistol and its grease gets black inside over time. And in the Inside of the bore you see if its used or not.
I think the Blood part, was a just a saying. Like when you say that a Killer has his hands stained with Blood and etc.. The rest was already answered above
"Remember boys, flies spread disease! So keep yours closed!"
Makes me laugh out loud every time! All time likable character
It’s actually “lice spread disease so keep yours close”. It took me like 2 years to realize he was saying that lol
@@50shekels that makes little sense unless it shows up as a screen caption
@@Dutchball Hm, no you should look at it again
@@50shekels why would they keep lice closed? He means flies as in the insect AND the zipper.
Band of Brothers has a lot of meaning to me. I was heading to Marine Corps combat training on September 11th 2001. I got to Houston and was delayed at the airport luckily there was a family there that was looking for there son that was a Marine too and mistook me for him. I helped them look for him and they let me stay with them which was nice especially since I was a Private with no money. I didnt leave Houston for almost a month and I watched the whole Band of Brothers series with them. I lost track of them once the war started.
I hope you're getting on okay these days
What’s disappointing is that Sobel will always be remembered as an incompetent cruel coward. Everything he did was what helped shaped easy company to be the best. He also fought in Normandy with a different unit and was one of the only officers to serve in active duty in the Korean War.. he was disturbed to the point of attempting suicide that he survived from but went blind from.. he died in an army hospital old, blind, malnourished and alone... thank you for your service Lt. Col Herbert Sobel.. and to all the brave men who fought..
Edit: Jesus how the hell did I get so many likes?
He was imortalised as an amazing training officer, but a terrible combat leader, which was justified. A coward no, but a terrible combat leader yes. Also Blythe also served active duty during the Korean War
He was also hilarious in Friends
Yeah i read the book, and was shocked that Sobel did that, but the men did not like him, they thought he was gonna get all of them killed on D Day, but they were happy as hell because they had Major Winters to lead them
I thought Speirs served in Korea as well? Or was he not active duty?
@@Red_Beard2798 i believe he did serve in korea, but i have to look that up
My Great Grandfather served in the 101st airborne. He wasn’t in easy so he didn’t serve under Winters and Sobel, but he fought alongside these men. He was there from Camp Toccoa in 1942 to Hitler’s Eagles’ Nest. It’s incredible what these men went through.
My father was in Able company.
The thing is the story of E Company could have been the story of any company among any of the airborne regiments. Hell, every unit in the entire Army (The US Army had 91 divisions back then. To put it in perspective, the US Army currently has 10 active divisions).
Did he take a dump in their foxholes like in the show? Lmao no disrespect intended
During my tour in Germany, the family and I went up to the Eagle's Nest. The set people had it pretty accurate. The gold elevator was changed to brass.
The family and I stayed at the General Walker. That was the fancy hotel, I think called The Berhof.
@@thatguy22441 all 10 are elite. When it works make more. The best of the best with the best armor, equipment, artillery, air cover, and command. 10 elite infantry divisons. Frankly it's over kill.
11:46 not quite true.
german soldier here. when you are in Mountain training (whether you're a Gebirgsjäger or not) and you have gotten high enough on the mountains and also have the sheer luck to find one, it is tradition to pluck, preserve it and keep it with you as a piece of luck (especially in combat). the Coat of arms of the Gebirgsjägers is also an edelweiss, and yes, you would wear it as a metal badge, yet any Gebirgsjäger worth his salt would have an actual Edelweiss on him, same as any other soldier who had the fortune to find one. (he wouldnt wear it on his jacket though) it is a bit odd though, that in this episode they come across two Fallschirmjäger who both have one.
Thanks for the insight
Hmmm 🤔
Franz Bauer that’s awesome.
Thank you for your service. ✌️
@S A i don't think i could have kept my fingers to myselft :-D
Franz Bauer Forgive my incompetence, but what’s an Edelweiss?
To be fair, none of Easy Company ever heard from Blithe again after he was shot. He never bothered trying to get into contact with any of them after he recovered from his wounds. Apparently, the first time they heard that he had survived was _after_ BoB aired and Blithe's family left an angry phone call.
The Easy men felt absolutely terrible and guilty that they had assumed Blithe had died and that they never tried to find out what really happened to him.
fr?
@someasiankid6323 happens in war unfortunately you serve with your boys and then 99 percent of them never see anyone ever again after they get out
yes.
Heard about a US paratrooper in Normandy that met a veteran and told him -I have made 20 jumps! And the veteran answered him -I only did three son, Sicily, Normandy and Holland.
101st wasn't in Sicily.
@@JoriMikke78 Could have been from the 82nd
@@Alguien0101 Yep, 82nd was definitely in Sicily. They had a nasty blue-on-blue incident over there
@@JoriMikke78 82nd was!
@@pellepet2 Yes, I know. I somehow thought that you were talking about veteran from the 101st - my bad.
I met Major Winters once. It was such a huge honor to shake his hand.
Great profile picture too
I had the honor and privilege to present colors at a speaking engagement for Buck Compton in Burlington, WA. Met him after retiring that set of colors after the event. He did not have a " filter " for some of his remarks ...LOL !
@@NamVetBuck Hell yeah!
Seeing Lynn Compton basically collapsing into himself after seeing his friends all shot to hell was one of the saddest scenes I’ve ever seen.
Exquisitely performed as so many of the roles in this series are. The acting is so underrated in this show.
Absolutely. I did some research on him and if memory serves, he became a judge and prosecuted the killer of Robert Kennedy.
@@ktvindicare As good as the wire
When he tries to call out for a medic, and all he can muster is "muh-... muh-..."
Him and the medic that did so much work saving lives just to see that the girl he liked was killed by an artillery strike on the field hospital
Thank you for clearing up the mystery of Lieutenant Dyke. He was definitely not portrayed in the best light by the producers of Band of Brothers. And the fact that he was awarded those medals shows that he was a soldier and officer of the highest caliber.
Well 2 things, 1) in the military you find that being awarded medals and deserving them are two separate matters completely. Not that he didn't, just food for thought. 2) Its from the viewpoint of the men that served under him while having the privilege of serving under a whole host of great officers. A replacement officer not measuring up in a company this good at their job is a snapshot of this moment in time. Lipton says it best in the series, how can anyone measure up after all they've been through together without him?
@@bmagadaI was just about to say the same thing
@@bmagada But he was shot, why exclude that at all...
MAJ Winters’ monologue regarding the pistol is incredible and represents how honorable the men of that age were.
They were people, no more or less honorable than today.
It was a great sentiment but totally inaccurate.. theres no way of telling that a pistol has never been fired if it's been cleaned properly.. and to assume that the major didnt fire it even in practice is just silly...
It's a great story but that's just inaccurate.
@@codyleslie478 it could have been in the factory oil still 🤷🏼♂️
@@teeheeteeheeish youre thinking of cosmaline. And rifles and handguns are cleaned of that before they're issued to the officer receiving them. Also its very unlikely that a major in the German army would have gone his entire career without firing his handgun once even for target practice. ( which they're required to qualify in every year)
The story just doesn't add up.
@@codyleslie478 I know what cosmaline is, but pistols were typically test fired and oiled afterwards. So effectively you are totally correct but I think he mostly meant it as an expression. Like a car salesman who says a car has never been driven.
I got to meet Maj(ret.) Winters when he did a USO tour when I was in Iraq. Very humble man.
People revere celebrities and long for the chance to meet one, but not me. People like Richard Winters are as high on the celebrity status list as it gets for me. In fact I would much rather spend my time with any veteran versus a celebrity. From the time I was old enough to remember anything my Father held veterans in VERY high regard and raised my brother and I to do the same. My father never served do to health problems, but in his heart he always wanted to be a part of something bigger than himself.
Thank you for your service Evan. Your sacrifices and the sacrifices of anyone that has fought for our country will never be lost on me, I sleep much better at night knowing we have the finest military in the world.
kwantoon I a free with that. I just find stories from historical wars, especially WWII, to be very interesting. But that doesn’t mean I don’t think it’s neat to meet a celebrity, though. I’d just rather hear a veteran’s story.
I also agree that veterans should be held in a very high regard. Every veteran I meet, I thank for their service and the few I’ve told about my Grandpa get a kick out of the little story. Both of my grandfathers served during Korea. My Popou (Greek for Grandpa) was stationed in Italy. But my Grandpa’s platoon was shipped off to Korea. Problem was that my Grandpa was too short for the uniforms and didn’t fit any of them. So he was moved to a cook in the mess hall. Me and a few others find it a little funny so I hope anyone reading gets a nice chuckle.
With that being said, I’d like to thank you Evan for what you and all other soldiers do for our country. I appreciate what you did and every time I do the pledge or hear the anthem, I think of those who served our country and those who have fallen for it.
Also, fun fact: The US Air Force has the largest Air Force in the world. And the US Navy has the 2nd largest.
(I could be wrong or it might’ve changed but I’m pretty sure it’s still true.)
I met him when he was selling feed......preBoB
776^i
"That's the way all wars should end."
Man.
Having the inaccuracies laid out like this has given me a renewed appreciation of how accurate this show actually was. This is such a powerful series and the snippets of interviews at the beginning of each episode makes it feel so real.
Everytime I hear the BoB theme song, I get goosebumps all over!
Vonluck HFKT - It's a beautiful, beautiful theme. I was very disappointed to learn that the composer, Michael Kamen, died only a few years after Band of Brothers was made.
Its my ring tone on phone
Yes, it’s become iconic.
@@hughmungus1767 Michael Karen, really? I didn’t know that. Thanks!
My gawd that makes two pretty iconic theme songs, as he wrote the one for Chariots of Fire as well.
Love this show so much Gotta do the pacific now
The only inaccuracy I know of in the Pacific (Just from hearing it, never did research myself) is that John Basilone didn't die from being shot like its shown, apparently he died from a mortar shell, but I guess it's slightly less cinematic that way
Yes please
Aye it’s nice to see a great UA-camr in the comment sections of another
THIS COMMENT NEEDS WAAAAY MORE LIKES!!
The Pacific had even more character development, The affect on the home front of an even more terrible war, Lena Basilone and her suffering. Eugene Sledge's depression, and Robert Leckie's courtship There were liberties taken with the Pacific as well and you must read the books by Robert Leckie, a magnificent writer, as well as Eugene B. Sledge and R. V. Burgin.
i always get chills when i hear that theme song
me too. In my opinion the best opening credits ever. Beautiful and evocative. Perfect.
Meaty Gorak
I like more the theme of The Pacific. For me it sounds better.
idk mang the part where he's eating a huge fried chicken drumstick next to the black man gladiator is a bit wierd
It's playing as I write this, and the goosebumps are forming. It is one of the most moving pieces I've ever heard.
Yea
First let me say that this is my third viewing of this particular episode of History Buffs and this is what UA-cam should have more of. Well produced, well researched and very well presented content. It is an example of what can happen when an opportunity to to create and present something of substance is given to an individual who would have had no similar creative outlet 20 years ago. Second, I want to applaud you for your very true and important statement regarding all who seek to judge. It is a failing in man to judge others with little or no first hand knowledge of the pain, shock and suffering endured by the unfortunate few who have been called upon to sacrifice all if needs be to fight, to kill and to die in the name of whatever circumstance that may have created that hell through which they walk. Only a handful of men and women have earned the right to judge by taking that same walk.
I remember one day I was heading to subway for some food..ran across an older gentlemen heading the same way, he had a hard time walking so I went ahead and helped him up (since there some stairs to climb). ..he remarked how much it sucks to get old..and remembers the days when he was in young and fighting in WWII and felt like he could do anything. He remarked how time flies. I told him it was alright since he was still walking around. He just laughed.
Legit ?
Generation war is better.
100th like
r/thathappened
Cool story hansel
The Lieutenant clearly wasn’t a coward. Looks more like PTSD than cowardice.
And a hamfisting to make it clear.... I mean it's how almost every movie or TV show is done - characters are turned to 11 for their traits, cuz they are afraid someone might misread the intended moments.... which is DUMB.
Lucky for him general patton didn t use his 44 calibre bedside manner on him
Also he took two shoots to the chest during the opening attack on Foy, witch many in easy did not know until later.
I was hoping there'd be a General Patton joke comparing PTSD (or "Combat Fatigue" as they called it) and Cowardice in the replies.
I'm satisfied
The thing is, they still didnt acknowledge or understand it enough back then...
I met the real Don Malarkey from Band of Brothers at a book signing. He mentioned that, unlike as depicted in the series, he was not with the others at the liberation of the concentration camp, as an Army doctor misdiagnosed him as having contracted malaria on the Rhine.
He also mentioned that he never directly saw or heard Spiers kill any prisoners. He heard about it as a rumor through the grapevine.
One interesting bit of trivia he mentioned: Due to the heavy German AA defenses along the English Channel, the transport planes had to first fly west over England, south over the western English Channel, and then turn east toward Normandy. This explains why the series shows the C-47s taking off before dusk, but not deploying the paratroopers until the middle of the night.
The episode where Speirs supposedly shoots the prisoners kind of shows that, it shows malarkey looking, but doesn't show what he actually saw.
Regarding the flight to Normandy... I was thinking they probably had to piss pretty bad, after all that time on the tarmac and on the plane.
@snausegman lol. I think I remember that also. Who knows what really happened.
The actual liberators of the Kaufering Concentration Camp complex, located in Landsberg, were the forward elements of 328th Engineer Combat Battalion attached to the 411th Infantry Regiment in the 6th Army, and not the 101st Airborne. The singer, Tony Bennett, was one of the men who actually liberated the camp, which was accomplished 2 days before the liberation of the one at Dachau (on April 29th). My grandfather was one of a few forward scouts who initially found Kaufering.
Billy Bodyslam you realize black hawk down isn’t historical fiction, right?
Just finished this series again for about the millionth time, and it's every bit as incredible as I remembered. Those men were truly a different breed and the definition of heroes.
Best war film ever when it ended it felt like i was saying goodbye to a group of mates
Indeed.
Paul cox
That could’ve been my words.
Easy Company depicted in BOB has really grown on me. They are almost like a family member. I watched the series 3 times from start to end now, I think. I just love movies and tv shows.
Amen!
Everytime I watch it I tear up at the end. Sometimes I have even started it over as soon as it ends
Lol I’m a woman and I felt the same way. To be honest, I admit that I envy the camaraderie men have under these circumstances. It’s something I’ve never experienced among women. We are too catty, lol.
I know I’m not alone here in stating that I really enjoyed this series. I’m pretty certain BoB is what helped my Grandpa open up and tell me about his time spent island hopping in the Pacific. It wasn’t until years after he passed that I learned I was the only person he ever shared his infantry experiences with. Definitely an amazing generation. God bless all our brave souls who’ve served.
Wow! He must have been very fond of you, for him to tell his experiance of those times, too just you. Cherrish this and all the other great memories you have of your grandfather. Thank you for sharing this!
You should write a book
My dad fought in the pacific. Never talked about it. It wasn’t until he was in the hospital with a brain tumor that I found a medal he won for valor. I also discovered that he played professional baseball before the war. He never mentioned that either. He used to tell me “I played a little ball as a young man”. I’ve never met a more humble, honest man than my dad.
@@kevinwheesysouthward9295 Truly giants among men. It’s amazing how much they accomplished in their lives.
Band of Brothers is so good that I watch it every year on June
i watch it every Christmas because they spent their Christmas in the forests of Bastogne going through hell so that I could enjoy mine.
Only two days left to do it if you haven't already!
I'm watching it every year on the sixth of June and on the 25th of December.
Same. Band of Brothers has a special place in my heart
@@TOM_OUTDOORS so true, may they most rest in peace 🕊
Probably the greatest TV mini series I've ever watched, I seen it over 10 years ago and still remember it very well. The amount of detail, emotion and realism is amazing and really makes you feel what these men must have went through. Really need to rewatch this show someday, amazing piece of history in entertainment.
@SpartanUrUK Spartan's comment should be PINNED by the channel holder ! I was going to say this morning, so all kudos to the actors for their dedicated professional way of bringing a major historic happening to the screens in such a brutally heartfelt manner so that people like myself who have absolutely no idea what it was like to experience now have a fraction of a split fraction of an idea what these men went through. An eternity of love and gratitude is quite rightly given to the military of all countries who went to war and fought the good fight against Hitler and his army but the actors of this mini series have brought the whole thing to life with the assistance of history itself plus each survivors accounts of so many personal stories so all kudos and respect to these great actors and of course an eternity of gratitude and love to all those who went to war to fight the good fight in horrific circumstances. God bless you all.
I love how the actors were all impacted and changed by their experiences reenacting and portraying the heroes.
They all concur how much this film meant to them and they all respect the men they portrayed.
Seriously! They had so much appreciation for what they were doing.
I remember watching BoB when it first aired in the UK. It was the first tv program I was allowed to watch past my bed time and I loved every minute of it. I watch it every year and it never loses its emotion. Definitely the best TV series I've ever seen.
Saw an interview with Tom Hanks where he said Dick Winters did have concerns with accuracy. Tom told Dick that most war films were about 12% accurate and he would strive to get Band of Brothers 17% accurate.
That's BS
I’m watching this in social studies class right now, and I have to say it’s really, really, really good!! Rest In Peace all the soldiers that died
in the war.
How wonderful! Highschoolers should all see this. Bully for your school!!!
I served in the 101st airborne division and my favorite part of this mini series is the end where you get to see so many fine men continue on with their lives in peace. It is one of the most emotional endings in cinema history.
what year u was in the 10st sir
God Bless You.....thank you for my freedom.
Generation war is better.
As a former British soldier I commend your service. Thank you.
Bless you, thank you for my freedom
You might not upload very frequently, but the quality of your content is top class!
Niall Griffin Rather have quality over quantity
Yeah would rather have quality, harder to make it on this platform without uploading frequently which is why if you do love the content you should support the channel at www.patreon.com/HistoryBuffs
Even if it took him a quarter of a year ,I would not mind
Niall Griffin At least he's more frequent than JonTron.
what do you mean?
I really hope that pistol that was presented to Winters goes forever without ever being fired. That was clearly very important to him that it remain unused and it's something I hope never happens to respect those wishes.
Hopefully it becomes a family heirloom and always ends up in the right hands, would be a shame if it ends up on the hands of the black sheep of the fam and sells it for drug money.
Luckily in the unlikely event that might happen. Winters had it permanently disabled so it literally could not be fired again.
I actually shed a tear when winters began explaining the significance of the pistol. What a wonderful and sentimental man.
I read Major Winters’ book and he actually comments on Blythe. He said even he didn’t understand why the killed him in the show when everyone knew he survived
but they don't kill him in the show, he is injured and moved to england
SanAc in the show’s epilogue for that episode, they said he died of his wounds 🤷🏽♀️
@M.G. Leal that was a mistake, they might have gotten false info
@@matilda6851 The bookwriter was the one that had the bad info ya know.
Yeah, most of the inaccuracies are either trivial or done for dramatic effect. The screw-up involving Blythe is hard to fathom.
At 21:18 hearing Winters story brought me to tears. That story speaks louder than any of us ever could.
and you know what 21:29 it's a Walther PP(K?) but the show has the dude giving him a luger
they couldn't just look at winters' gun and realize "oh snap that aint no luger"?
@@spudastic r/whoosh. It's not about guns, my friend. It's about not needing them.
@@spudastic I was going to say the same thing. I guess most people expect a German officer's gun to be a Luger.
"We fall upon the risers,
We fall upon the grass!
We never land upon our feet,
We always hit our ass!
Highty tidy Christ almighty
Who the hell are we?
Zim-zam goddamn
We're airborne infantry!"
how isnt this top
Currahee!!!
A Jimmy Hendrix favorite.
Parachute infantry* paratroopers rarely called themselves "airborne", especially not in that time
Hi Ho Silver!
This was an excellent commentary I'm, just rewatching it now. But he did miss one thing: Speirs actually did an interview where he said the stories were true. And he gave the impression of having no regrets.
Winters asked him to confirm prior to publishing details, Speirs even put it in writing.
As Winters explained it, they were under orders to move fast and not get bogged down with anything. Time was of the essence. Of course, command conveniently did not go into detail how to keep moving and keep prisoners at the same time.
Spiers was convinced he was following the orders they just hadn't said out loud. Hence his willingness to say what he'd done
Shooting POWs is a war crime.
Wasn't Speirs prosecuted for that?
After the SS torturing and shooting American POWs in the Ardennes and the US brass covering it up in an effort to prevent reprisals?
Nope.
@@richardneureuther6917no
Watching this as we get closer to 6/6/2019 75 years later. Lest we forget
Today's society has already forgotten and this is why we have what we have today
They are forgetting, and they don't care anymore. A tragedy slowly in the making.
Somewhat true. USAFE, USAREUR, NAVEUR all had 21st century active duty military personnel and family members in attendance at the ceremonies. The different branches of US gov't, including members of the House and Senate sent reps. This is probably the last big one (maybe another at the century mark). but the whole Normandy coast is frequently visited. A walk on those beaches makes it hard to envision the scenes of D-Day.
@@randallstephens8273 really? I was in Normandy for the 75th anniversary and I can tell you everywhere was packed with people from all over the world who had come to commemorate it
My birthday is on 6/6 and my Grandad always remembered it because it was D-day.
He worked on Lancasters during the war at Elsham Wolds.
historically accurate or not, it's a masterpiece.
It's hero worship more than actual history. But we all need heroes.
Orlando 1701 And did you read the books?
@ He unlikely didnt. Band of Brothers is not hero worship.
@@Quetzalcoatl_Feathered_Serpent It is like worshipping history.
@cyborg. well said👍
"Looks like you guys are going to be surrounded"
"We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded."
This is the best military production ever! You really feel the action and the connections to each character.
Other Nations: *Jumps out off planes*
USSR: *Slides off of the wings*
Yes, in the early development of the vertical assault concept.
Russians were experimenting for quick exit. Men died as stick dropped on each other.
We learned from their mistakes.
Vodka is a powerful thing
Ironically, from what I read the Soviet airborne only made one combat jump during ww2.
As a matter of fact they made more amphibious landings than airborne jumps, I think they made more amphibious landings than the Soviet Marines.
Saying them boys were hard is an understatement
I have watched this mini series every year as part of my Nov 11 remembrance routine for many years.
Actually, nobody ever knew that Blithe was alive UNTIL episode 3 was aired. His family contacted the show and the rest of Easy was hit hard when they learned that he didn't die in 1948. Winters got most of the blunt out of that.
Blithe served in Korea
He served in Korea *after* the Korean war. just to clarify things.
how so
To be fair, it was not easy to track someone back then. It would take going through a lot of paperwork just to find out where he was sent to. Then going to the Hospital and more documents have to be inspected in finding out if he was still there. Many of those men didn't went straight back home past VE. Some went to the Pacific theatre and some stayed in Germany until the Nazi resistance died down in 1948.
@@Philtopy Not after the war. After hostilities ended. The war never ended. They signed an armistice. However in 2018 (this year) N. Korea and S. Korea agreed to sign a real peace treaty before the end of the year. Let's see if they hold to that.
Band of Brothers is the greatest thing ever put on television!
One of them sure. But I have to give the top spot to the sopranos. HBO used to make great shows.
this is the only "movie" or miniseries that has ever made me cry. I wept when i first finished the "points" episode and listened to Winters say "my grandson asked me "grandpa, were you a hero in the war?", grandpa said no: but i served in a company of heros". I lost it.
Do check out The Pacific...same idea, same war, other theatre.
Stephen Petrilli already own it ;)
@@gemini_1085 Same here!
That was actually said in a letter to Winters by Mike Ranney
Other great military films are "Tora Tora" the attack on pearl harbour & "the raid on Entebbe" when talking about based upon real people unreal events.
I knew Babe Heffron personally, he was my neighbor and a great man.
really ? - If so then that is incredible
Prove it
@Brian Morgan he can be lying for likes you tard be a skeptic
“And you are left with one of the greatest mini series ever made.” What a fact ladies and gents.
Ray Curiel the Pacific >
@@Modelstl063 same people who made BOB
Not 'one of' - THE greatest. I pull it out about once a year and watch the whole thing again. Never get tired of it.
Best series of all time. Also one of the best depictions of the war in Western Europe there is. I think it blows saving private Ryan out of the water. The pacific made by the same ppl is fantastic also. But the cast of band is unreal
nearly 10 years ago we sat at a table in austin and shared a drink among strangers we called friends.
You and I never got along Nick, but I'm super proud of everything you've accomplished with this channel. It's very inspirational.
Mr. Orloff. Thank you again for this great series. I watch it at least once a year, usually around Memorial Or Veterans Day. It will be a rite of passage for my 7 grandchildren to watch as they get old enough to comprehend the weight of the subject matter. I need some advice, and without making this post too long, here’s the deal. I buried my Uncle, a WW II veteran at Arlington National Cemetery, in May of 2018. He was 92. He joined the army at 14, trained in the Philippines with the 42nd. Escaped the death march at Bataan, but captured when Corregidor final fell a few months later. He was 16 yrs old and grew up in Japanese Labor Camps. He was 5’7” and 135 lbs when he joined up, and 6’5” , 100 lbs when the war ended. He published his memoir “Baby of Bataan” ( this is what the local newspapers called him). There is much much more to his story, and I would like to get his book in front of someone like you. Can you give me any suggestions on how to get this process started?
In my arrogant opinion, the greatest of any war film or tv series.
Without a doubt.
Kako Mohammed historically maybe?
+The Medic aka the damn fiddle
I saw him in "Uprising" prior so BoB so that must of better prepared me for his role as Sobel. Otherwise, I probably would have felt the same way.
Agreed.
Al Capwned The Patriot>Every other war film or tv series
Fun fact about the Edelweiss: It is still used today on all the rank insignias of the Austrian Armed Forces, but because it's so small and undetailed, it is commonly mistaken for a star.
“Bless my homeland forever”
My grandmother brought a couple of edelweiss from Austria and cultivated them in Mankato, Minnesota. They were still growing when grampa died and we sold the house in '09.
They are protected now, because so many tourists keep picking them up, which means that the already rare plant is slowly getting extinct..
I sure do wish I could've gotten to meet Winters. He seems like a very humble man.
He died in 2011, Hershey, Pennsylvania, i think. Read the books by Stephen Ambrose on WW2, including B.o.B., they are great.
All vets are ... Honour, Respect to the men and the memory
Same
I think that like most who have been in war, he loved peace more than almost anything in the world. It will never happen, but he's still a role model for our generation.
@@JRobbySh I Think Darrel Shiftty Powers Should have a Statue
101st has no history, but it has a rendez-vous with destiny..... chilling
Asa Yagami FYI- that is still the model of the 101st today.
I LOVED band of brothers, I could watch it 30 times BACK TO BACK and NEVER get tired of it, just so well directed and written
Thank you for making this one Nick. Being from South Philly I was VERY fortunate enough to get to speak with and meet Ed “Babe” Heffron & Bill Guarnere. Both awesome guys! May they Rest In Peace. I always stop and talk to any WWII men I see wearing their hats and thank them and even volunteered to help vets of this Great War any way I could. It inspired me so much I took a course for a degree in History of WWII. I’m just so fascinated by it and have nothing but admiration and the upmost respect for that generation and the vets of that war. What a series. And what a shame they are all almost all gone.
Daughter bought me the dvd collection for Father's Day. Best gift I ever got.
My father was in the 101st Airborne, I was named after one of his buddies killed in action.
How old are you right now?
@@syncaudio2758 69, born in 1951.
Thanks John, what a powerful story. I remember my dear old mum sharing of the comradeship she experienced during her war years.
It's many years ago now, but I seem to recall my mum remembering with fondness her experience of having good friends. I think she missed those days in some ways. Regards, Dave
@@JohnRinNoHo respect. stay healthy man, did your pops tell you about his experiences in the war?
I wish to thank your father for his service
Man, I love Band of Brothers so much! It’s legitimately one of my favorite shows of all time and will always be. I literally went Airborne when I was in the Army because of this show. I didn’t go 101st though because by the time I went Airborne the 101st wasn’t an Airborne unit anymore. It was only Air Assault by that time. But with all that being said I used to wish and still do wish that Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg would’ve made a series about the Triple Nickels aka The 555th Parachute Infantry Battalion! I literally had no idea about the Triple Nickels until one day I was on the 82nd 3rd Brigade Staff Duty. I just so happened to be walking to the restroom and there was a picture of the Triple Nickels right there on the wall. If I remember correctly it was a picture with the paratroopers, names, and unit on it. I thought I was tripping and asked myself “Am I tripping? I know I’m not tripping that’s an all Black Airborne Battalion! So, I asked the Ssgt/NCO that was on Staff duty what he knew about the 555. And he just broke it down and told me what he knew about them. So, after that we still sat there looking stupid at each other for about another 20 hours me Ssgt Fisher the Staff Duty NCO for that day and another Trooper that I can’t remember who it was. But Staff Duty you have to sit at Brigade for 24 hours straight with no sleep unless you get a cool NCO and Ssg Fisher was cooler than wet bologna!!! Lol, but for those who hadn’t figured it out by now yes, I am Black and that’s why I’m so fascinated by the “555th” and wish there could’ve been one of those shows made for them)! Damn, I apologize that this got so long smh.
You literally went airborne!
I think you ought to look up the word literally 😂
@@JaEDLanc I know what Airborne means in the literal sense lol. I’m saying I literally went to Airborne School, literally graduated from said school, went an Airborne unit, was stationed at Ft Bragg North Carolina the Home of Airborne and Special Operations, and jumped out of an airplane on 24 separate occasions! Well, I’ve actually jumped out of a plane twice in one day in Airborne school due to the weather the next day and we had to have 5 jumps to graduate on time and if was supposed to rain a lot the next day so it was either jump twice in one day or be held over for an extra day so we jumped twice in one day. But yeah, I was in the BSB, HHC, 3rd BCT, 82nd Airborne Division, 18th Airborne Corps, Ft. Bragg North Carolina 28310. 🤷🏾♂️ I know what you mean but looking up what Airborne is and I know what it means in the literal definition sense of the word, but I mean I literally went Airborne as in literally going to Airborne school graduating and being in and Airborne unit. Hence the (I went Airborne). Idk how else you’d like for it to be said but that’s literally how we say it in the Airborne said of the Army “I went Airborne” lol. I’m not being an A$$hole or anything like that, I’m really not but legit that’s literally how we say went to an Airborne school and then unit. We say “we went Airborne” and in a sense we do go Airborne! I mean get in a plane sometimes for over an hour to like 3 or 4 before you exit the bird. And then you jump out at anywhere from 800ft up to 1,500 or sometimes more but not too much more than that because we have to have a quick exit and landing in time to be mission ready. But I’m pretty sure what I did would be considered if not literally than the next closest thing to be considered as literally going Airborne which means “to fly or travel through the air”. And if you don’t consider parachuting from a plane as airborne then at least the travel in the bird(plane) is considered going Airborne!
Just wanted to share something about the first time I watched "Band Of Brothers". I had it on DVD and was watching Episode 7, which is the second part of the Battle of The Bulge. If you remember, it is EXTREMELY INTENSE with shells exploding in the trees and guys getting blown away. I was watching it at about 3 am on a Spring night and I was VERY into the episode. What I did NOT know was that a "Popcorn Thunderstorm" (Those of you who live in the midwest KNOW what they are) was brewing. During one of the more intense bombardments, without any warning whatsoever--a bolt of lightning struck about 100 feet outside my window--with the accompanying instantaneous clap of VERY loud thunder, of course!!! Scared the living shit out of me!!!! LOL!!
Incoming!! lol!
is a popcorn thunderstorm just hale?
A US Army officer who fought in Belgium in late 1944, Lt. Tony Moody, later spoke about how he and other American GIs had regarded their adversaries: “We felt the Germans were much better trained, better equipped, a better fighting machine than us.” Even during the final weeks of the war Hitler’s men continued to battle with astonishing verve -- as a Soviet intelligence report of March 1945, acknowledged: “... there is no sign of a collapse in enemy morale. They are still fighting with dogged persistence and unbroken discipline.”
I feel It was their upper leadership that eventually led to their defeat. Fear of Hitler, pride and arrogance.
Peace-Of-Mind lol persistence? Millions of them surrendered, compare that to the Japanese who fought until last man standing, and it took several nukes killing tens of thousands of innocents to get them to kneel, otherwise they would’ve literally fought to the last man.
@@khouse1554 2 =/= several
They may have been willing to fight still but they had been fighting for years non-stopped and losing badly for the last two. The war machine based on experienced, well trained and equipped individuals was long dead, literally in most cases considering the had been taking horrific casualties from the start of barbarossa and said numbers had been growing almost
exponentially the closer they got to Germany.
Then again its easy to feel real shitty and outmatched when watching your friends die.
@@khouse1554 Don't blame Peace-Of-Mind. Blame the Russians that had to fight them. Then again, they were there fighting them... What would they know? I heard once that if you were a German boy entering the military, you would prefer to go to the submarine service. There you had only a 75% chance of death. On the Eastern front, it was 90%. So- yeah, I guess the German soldiers were neither disciplined nor persistent.
The Band Of Brothers intro gives goosebumps, anyone else?
Everyone alive
Beautifully, powerfully done. Completely agree.
Yep.
Agreed however the one thing The Pacific undisputeably did better than BOB was the intro though
Me two. I flew(piloted) helicopters for 2ys in combat. Much of the time it was "boring". Except for when it became terrifying and deadly.
Man, even if the accuracy turns out to be spotty, I still love this series.
This really is a beautiful show it makes a grown man cry
I've watched the series probably 15 times and I could watch it 15 more and be as thrilled as the first
Same here. Sometimes when it ends I start it over. I'm actually watching it now. I'm on carantan
Re: The Albert Blithe Story
I served in a US Navy Aviation Squadron in the 1970s and one of the guys in our squadron was in a major motorcycle accident on base. He was air evac'd to another base that had a bigger hospital. We never heard from or about him after that and most everyone in the squadron thought he had died. A few years ago he showed up at a Squadron reunion and shocked everyone (unfortunately he passed away about a month ago).
What was he doing after the crash?
@@toad3222 He became a truck driver in civilian life.
In the early stages of Desert Shield/Desert Storm I was wounded severely. My Reserve unit held a memorial service for me. The look on their faces when I walked in to my first drill after getting back was extraordinary. I can relate to Pvt Bithe...
@@indyfastal They thought they have seen a ghost haha!
The interviews throughout always brought tears to my eyes. They were the greatest generation. I'm glad I grew up in the 80s and 90s. Getting to meet these men and women of an entirely different Era.
If such history isn't adored and cherished, we will forget the horrors and honor, we will forget the lessons learned in blood.
Yes. I enjoyed The Pacific but the sad fact with that series is that they didn’t do many veteran interviews simply because many had passed on. It’s actually been awhile so not even sure if they interviewed anyone.
What lessons? Right as we speak there is a bloody war going on between Russia and Ukraine with eyewatering casualties on both sides. The US has been involved in a clutch of different bloody wars.... Korea, Vietnam, two Gulf Wars, Afghanistan.