OUR FIRST TIME WATCHING BAND OF BROTHERS EP 5 | Crossroads
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- Опубликовано: 18 мар 2024
- Winters is promoted to Battalion Executive Officer after leading a dangerous mission on a Dutch dike and an ill-equipped Easy Company race to help hold the Allied line in the Ardennes forest.
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it is Jimmy Fallon driving the ammo truck lol
That would explain why he looks just like Jimmy Fallon.
Fun Fact: It took them 5 days to shoot Fallon's scene because he kept breaking character, probably.
@@alanholck7995 and the fact that the real soldier who did the ammo run was related to Jimmy fallon
"Heavy is the head that wears the crown." Good leadership is a place of service, not exaltation. Winters personified that as his concern was always with his men and worried more for them than he did his own accolades.
My Dad served in the First Infantry Division, so while Easy was training in Georgia in ‘42 Dad was already fighting in North Africa. So every time I see that part where Malarky won all that money playing poker I remember a story where my Dad was getting ready to go into combat in Algeria and had $50 bucks on him that he didn’t want to carry around, so he found a blackjack game and figured he’d play until he lost it. Long story short he won big, and when he was wounded and sent back to the hospital in Morocco he had $2,800. They take your personal belonging in the hospital and write you a receipt, but the corporal doing it saw Dad’s wad of cash and didn’t want to be responsible for it so he made an officer come get it and write the receipt.
At the end when Easy Company was walking into the woods around Bastogne, they did not know at the time they were walking into the largest land battle in the history of the US Army, what became known as the "Battle of the Bulge", over 600, 000 US Army Soldiers were involved, counting allied forces over 1 million allied soldiers took part in the Battle of the Bulge.
Right on, my grandpa was 82nd airborne, wounded in that battle, from what I've been told a shell landed near his foxhole, blasted him out of it and somehow peppered his legs, all while unconscious, I believe it was his second purple heart and final day, war was over for him, as he was nearly a 40-year-old corporal, and just about 3 years of combat. He was always a hero in our eyes, both of Mom's brothers followed his brave footsteps, Pete was a Marine stationed in China, during WW2, and Uncle Arnold, Army Special Forces, Vietnam, MAC V SOG. Paternal wise, Dad was 1st of 9, his 5 brothers all served in the 82nd while dad worked state side at a steel foundry making four-wheel drive housings, bearings, and front-end components for the big trucks, everyone working towards the war effort. Thanks for sharing the facts and figures, it always brings back wonderful memories of great people now long passed away, may they all Rest in Peace.
They were moving into the woods around Bastogne to blunt the surprise German offensive in the Ardenne forest. The 101st was being placed their because of the confidence they had in them to hold on there. This was the beginning of the Battle of the Bulge.
Even worse, Christmas 1944 was the coldest winter in recent history, with sources mentioning temperatures below 0°C constantly, and lows going as far as -10°C or -20°C.
You are about to enter the toughest episodes of the series, pay particular attention to episode 9.
Up to the point of his reassignment, Capt Winter was in charge of Easy Company. He didn’t get promoted; his duties changed.
Moose was appointed to take his place as Commanding Officer of Easy Co.
Winters got put in charge of 2nd Battalion which included Dog, Easy and Fox companies. So he was still above Easy and in close contact with them.
While this isn't a promotion in strict rank, it is a promotion in duty and authority... he moved up the chain of command... and one which could be expected to quickly lead to a promotion in rank, as Battalion XO is supposed to be a Major's position.
Captain Winters did order for artillery but the Germans did too call in their own artillery
Can't wait for your reactions to Episode 9
Reports, not citations. After every engagement, battle, firefight or event, an AAR (After Action Report) has to be filed with HQ. Winters is more a hands-on officer then an administrative type officer like Nixon.
No it wasn’t your mistake! Not everything goes perfect! The artillery was close - friendly fire! Plus, there is a reaction from the Germans.
Friendly advice - stop guessing and just react. When you start guessing, you just lock in on it and miss so much
That being said - your channel is great, I enjoy most of it. Keep up the good work.
The best part - your reactions are real, sincere. So many reactors are fake. Keep it up!
The German machine gun may simply have been doing something called Harassment and Interdiction (H&I) fire. They're shooting down a known area of approach to keep people from using it and/or possibly hit anyone approaching from that direction. The writing of citations is simply the way of telling the story of the battle at the crossroads. He's thinking about it and reliving it while writing it.
The German battalion (a mixed unit of SS, Heer [army], Kriegsmarine [navy] and Fallschirm [airforce paratroop] training companies called Kampfgruppe [battlegroup] Hansmann) was conducting a diversionary attack across the river Rijn in support of a much larger counter-offensive to the east by II.SS-Panzerkorps aimed at retaking the Nijemgen bridges. So, the machine-gun was either creating a lot of light and noise as part of the diversion, or firing tracer on a fixed line to guide the rifle companies in the darkas a guide on the direction of their attack, or a combination of both.
Colonel Sink mentions the 363.Volksgrenadier-Division in the episode, which was a German infantry division to the west that hit 3rd Battalion of the 506th and killed the CO, Major Horton. The Germans hoped all these attacks on 5 October 1944 would be able to link up and effectively evict all Allied forces from the Nijmegen 'island' (the Dutch call it the 'Betuwe') between the rivers Rijn at Arnhem and the Waal at Nijmegen, but the effort failed and the Allied lines either held, or were quickly restored like the Easy/506th sector.
This was the one episode of BOB directed by Tom Hanks. He brings a lot of different emotional perspectives to it, from tragic to heartbreaking to sad to satisfying to proud and even some touches of humor.
This is when Tom Hanks literally takes the reigns in the series...becoming more introspective with Winters reliving the story. Long before PTSD was even taken seriously. General Patton famously addressed it with the back of his hand on a soldiers face for being a coward in a hospital. Oh and if any of you come across any bacon sandwiches, let me know. Currahee ♠
Unfortunately for that German kid that Winters shot, he was still an armed combatant. Yes, even without his rifle in his hands. That kid had grenades, his bayonet, and his rifle was right by his side. If he threw his hands up, then it would’ve been a sign of surrender. Not to mention, the kid had an entire company of sleeping Germans behind him. What Winters did was not a war crime.
They were SS. The skull and crossbones.
He wasn't just a Kid . He was a deadly S.S. Waafentrooper lookout. They were the nastiest of the Nazi fighters . The reason winters had to clip him was he was on alert for Allied troops but was spacing out for a moment .
That was Jimmy Fallon lol and guys strap in because these next episodes are tough
Lt George Rice, when he heard about the 101st being mobilised in Bastogne, did 9 trips between them and a nearby ammunition depot, all while the germans were advancing around the town. His last trip was done through german lines and he only stopped because his commanding officer ordered him to stand down. I have no doubt that without him they wouldn't have had enough ammo for the upcoming siege, and I think he got a bronze or a silver star for it.
Every time Easy Company is relaxing and gets the order to move out again, I think of when Captain Sobel interrupted their spaghetti dinner and made them run. They were prepared for having to stop everything to move out. Sobel was a horrible leader, but even Easy Company men admitted later that his training saved their lives.
the next episodes are the best in the show for me… keep reacting, you’re gonna love it
In the army i trained in the desert in the winter which means freezing cold rain and trying to pitch tents in mud that shifts so every day we would wake up and find that the tents had been caked in mud and shifted all around us. It was miserable. Shout out to the soldiers who have had to suffer through the weather. The next few episodes you will see examples of just how much weather can effect company morale and function. Love yalls reactions! Been a long time watcher at this point. Good for you guys keeping the characters straight and even the ranks which can be confusing.
Wasn't a sign of surrender. Winters caught those Germans with their pants down. The element of surprise worked to Easy's advantage. It speaks to Winter's aggresive decision to go on the offensive rather than wait to get caught and surrounded out in the open. He played chess while the germans were playing checkers
The kid smiled because he thought Winters would let him surrender and live. Winters probably thought it would be too dangerous to let him live and possibly warn the others
@TheDomino12121 no, the kid thought this lone figure was a German and then realized he wasn't
@art2736 Reality is we have no idea what was running through that young man's mind or why he smiled. It could've a stress reaction to what he rightly perceived as an imminent threat to his life. Many times, when faced with danger and no means of escape, the human brain elicits a humorous response as a coping mechanism for the extreme stress, like lipton laughing at the bombardment of his position.
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Just imagine, when Winters and the young German soldier lock eyes on one another for just that couple of seconds, Winters realizes that this is just a kid and that he has to kill him.
The kid realizes, in that same couple of seconds, that he is about to die. That's all the time they each had to come to terms with what was about to happen.
For Winters, those couple of seconds turned into an eternity as he had to live with that memory his entire life.
As for the kid's parents, well, they had to live with the loss of their son for the rest of their lives.
To quote Clint Eastwood playing William Money in the movie "Unforgiven,"
William Munny: It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away all he's got and all he's ever gonna have.
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You mentioned you think Moose looks young. Interestingly in real life, Lt. Moose Heyliger was older than Captain Winters. Moose was 28 when he took over Easy Company, Richard Winters was 26 at that same time.
It was Jimmy Fallon
I'm so happy to see that the tone has drastically changed on that comment section! This series is such a great way to learn about WWII, and it's already showing in your analysis! Can't wait for the next episodes to watch this series for the thousandth time ahaha! Greetings from Quebec City!
Little crazy reality for you, just to put in context how really not that long ago this was: I live in France, near a place called Albi, and my neighbour is from Paris. She is 94, and she remembers working in a cafe and serving German soldiers, and then, a little later, Brits and Americans.
Citations are the write-ups for awards (Medals). A report is an after battle action write-up.
Battle hardened winters did what he had to do in that moment. It’s not what you *want* to do, but in war, you forget your wants, and focus on living. In that moment, winters could have let the kid go, only to have been shot or killed by the entire company standing directly behind the kid he shot. Its kill or be killed and winters did what he had to do. He could have easily been captured, which would have put easy in major jeopardy.
Tough, but necessary. I’m sure he had plenty of moments like the ptsd moment they show briefly in this episode.
It was Jimmy Fallon!
I believe that this was the opening of the “Battle of the bulge” Hitler had launched a massive offensive at Bastogne and had caught the allied advance by surprise. Eventually the allies held and turned things around but it was a costly battle for the US. It was also the last major offensive for Germany on the western front.
Someone may have already mentioned it, but the first soldier that Capt. Winters shot as he crested the dike was supposed to be watching for an attack from that direction. LOL
All in this engagement were going through crossroads at the time. The episode not just indicated where the platoon was in Holland. It indicated where each major character was in his mind. As they entered Bastogne their lives would be forever changed.
Not a mistake, it was British artillery, ordered by Winters, followed by German artillery.
my dad and my uncles and all their friends served in that war. a whole generation of men with PTSD. my dad was in the war from beginning to end. brutal.
Every unit has to write daily reports, even when they aren’t in combat, but especially after every combat contact.
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The Lt Jimmy Fallon was playing made a whole much of ammunition runs; had to be given a direct order to make another one because Bastogne was totally cut off. I don't know where the actual quote comes from but I always remember it when I watch the end of this episode; goes something like, "The Germans have us surrounded. God help them." That trip to Lulu's that Bill Guarnere made will come up in the next episode btw, kerk
First reactor I've seen use the term "thousand yard stare." Kudos for that, exactly right.
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Both sides ordered Artillery fire.
Kid really thought Winters would let him surrender lol poor kid
7:58 it took me a few times watching this episode to understand what happened but no that German Artillery the polish SS were running because you were right at the start. It was a trap and they were supposed to retreat before Winters/US troops got there too get hit by Artillery.
The point about random celebrities (like Jimmy Fallon) being in this show is that the war was so massive, everyone was caught up in it. They're showing how weird that was. You could sign up and find yourself in a company with some random celebrity.
In modern warfare it is very uncommon to see the face of the person you are killing. They are generally in the distance. Seeing the face and their expressions is a very difficult thing to live with.
Underrated comment.
Many of the officers were quite young. Winters made major by age 27. Some of the 2LTs were as young as 20, though most were between 22 and 25, i would guess.
Great series
Know what you meant, but I'd substitute "knee-jerk" for "mindless", although its true muscle memory doesn't involve much thought. Capt Winter's wasn't a loose cannon up there all alone by choice, is was because second in command Lt Peacock was so dumb he'd struggle with pouring piss out of a boot with the instructions printed on its heel.
The guy with the neck injury who kept firing (Liebgot) at the crossroads after the firefight ended was feeling guilty for Ally getting shot. Winters saw his state of mind which prompted him to instruct Liebgot to escort the 11 prisoners with only one bullet.
The kid wasn't surrendering. They were surprised. You can't pick and choose who lives when you're doing a charge on a position, because once the firing started the first thing the kid would do is pick up a weapon. Until the engagement was over, everyone was up for grabs.
Incidentally it didn't happen like that in real life. The german and Winters threw grenades at each other and both either failed to go off, or forgot to pull their pins. Then Winters was the first to shoot. It honestly would have seemed unrealistic in television, but that's what happened.
Incidentally he said time seemed to slow down for him in that attack. All the germans and his own guys seemed to moving in slow motion. I think Winters' adrenaline was just that pumped.
Bravo.
Such a great show!!!
Also, when can we expect the reaction of the fird Pirates of the Caribbean?
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506 PIR (Parachute Infantry Regiment)
Oh Sophie, I hope you’re feeling better by now.
So, I don't know how much you know about military hierarchy or the use of TO&E, because you might have a better grasp of the concept than others, but I thought I might leave this comment here to highlight to other viewers just how complex the chain of command can get, with how the soldiers move around a lot. We're getting to that point in the show where members of Easy Company are moving up in the world, like Winters, so I reckon it could benefit viewers to know where everyone is and what they are doing currently. Some info may be wrong.
Keynote: TO&E is the Table of Organisation & Equipment, which illustrates what the rank and role of a soldier is when comes to the formations of squads, platoons, companies, battalions, etc.
Starting from the bottom:
Privates (Pvt.) - Usually recently recruited soldiers, only known Private seen in the show is Roy Cobb. He's the one that berated replacement James Miller for wearing a regimental unit citation. Ironically, despite being one of the lowest ranked soldiers, Roy Cobb was also one of the few that has prior combat experience; he saw action in North Africa in 1942.
Private First Class (PFC) - Standard rifleman in a squad, most notable in the show are Robert 'Popeye' Wynn and David Kenyon Webster.
Corporal (Cpl.) - Acts as the assistant squad leader. At the the time of this episode, Corporals were removed from the squad TO&E and bumped up to Sergeants. Of course the TO&E is a 'in an ideal world' concept and not everything can change instantly so some soldiers retain their ranks. Notable Corporals at the time of this episode are Burton Paul "Pat" Christenson, Donald Hoobler and William Dukeman Jr.
Sergeants (Sgt.) - Squad leaders of 12 men for infantry and 6 men for mortars. TO&E changes bump up squad leaders to Staff Sergeants; again most retain their previous ranks. Notable Sergeants by Part 5 are Donald Malarkey, Denver 'Bull' Randleman, Warren Muck, Joseph Toye and John Martin (John Martin is shown to be a Staff Sergeant in this episode so some changes may have happened).
Staff Sergeants (S/Sgt.) - Act as Platoon Sergeants which serve as second in command for Platoons. TO&E changes at this time would give Platoon Sergeants the rank of Technical Sergeant, as well as include the role of Platoon Guide. This has yet to be implemented so Platoon Sergeants are still S/Sgts and there are no Platoon Guides. Notable S/Sgts are Flyod Talbert and William Guarnere.
Note: Platoons are made up a 3 Squads: 2 infantry and 1 mortar.
Some of the soldiers have the letter T underneath the rank chevrons. These indicate that they hold a Technician rank, which are specialised skills that some soldiers train for such as medics, cooks, tank drivers, radio operators, translators, etc. The ranks are Technician Grade 5, Grade 4 and Grade 3 and are equivalent to the ranks of Cpl, Sgt and S/Sgt respectively, but only by pay grade and not by authority. Notable Technicians are Joseph Liebgott, Frank Perconte, Eugene 'Doc' Roe and George Luz.
Technical Sergeant (T/Sgt.) - These will act as future Platoon Sergeants, none have yet to be properly implemented.
First Sergeant (1st Sgt.) - These act as a liaison between the platoons and the company; Clifford Carwood Lipton currently holds this position.
There are other ranks that appear after this position but they are not featured in the show so it's not that relevant. Next is the officer ranks, from lowest again:
2nd Lieutenants (2nd Lt.) - Act primarily as assistant platoon leaders but can also be made full platoon leaders. TO&E changes by Part 5 would remove the assistant platoon leader, but again, can't ideally get rid of half of your officers immediately so many would remain in this position for some time.
1st Lieutenants (1st Lt.) - Platoon leaders and Company Executive Officers, but can also lead companies if the circumstances require them to.
Captains (Capt.) - Company leader but can also hold the position of Executive Officer of a Battalion.
Note: Companies are made up of 3 platoons.
Majors (Maj) - They hold the position Battalion Executive Officer. Oliver Horton was 2nd Battalion's original XO before he was killed in this episode.
Lieutenant Colonel (Lt. Col.) - Commanders of battalions but are also Executive Officers for the regiment. Robert Strayer is the CO of 2nd Battalion.
Colonel (Col.) - Commanders of a regiment; Robert Sink is the commander of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment.
So to recap overall: Capt Richard Winters has been promoted to Battalion XO after Maj Horton's death, leaving E Company to be lead by 1st Lt Frederick Heyliger. Heyliger is shot leaving the CO position to 1st Lt Norman Dike. At this point, E Company's platoons are lead as followed: 1st Platoon under 1st Lt Thomas Peacock, 2nd Platoon under 1st Lt Harry Welsh (who at this time is also the Company XO) and 3rd platoon under 2nd Lt Edward Shames (who's just been transferred from Regimental HQ). We see 1st Lt Lynn 'Buck' Compton has 'recovered' from his wounds during Operation Market Garden and he will now take back over command of 2nd Platoon with 2nd Lt Jack Foley as his assistant.
So, yeah, pretty complicated.
there is a good reason for that guy looking like Jimmy Fallon. It was him.
Buckle up it’s about to get so dramatic
The down time is when it sneaks up on you.
Tom Hanks directed this episode
You ever try walking with freezing/burning feet? Its so awkward. My big toe has been numb for weeks. Nothing like what we are about to see next episode, though.
SS fish in a barrel!
They all must've slept like babies at night.
Can you imagine killing some teenage boy who just smiled at you? You'd think of him every night as you wait to fall asleep. Who he was and who he could have been. And you just snuffed him out. You took away everything he had and everything he was ever gonna have. When you meet the real Dick Winters in this series, you can still see that written on his face.
You guys just wait for the next 2 episodes then!!
Lets go ive been waiting not so patiently lol LETS GO!
I think this episode is really to show the psychological damage being done to these men. The focus was on Winters but they're all suffering. Some people can be savage and downright evil at times but the average person isn't built for war. Killing people day in day out barely sleeping or getting downtime. Having to kill other young men/boys because they happen to be wearing a different uniform. All the training and prep they went through crawling through pig guts and being trained to follow orders no matter what.. Nothing prepares you for the reality. Thank you to all those who served and are serving. I've never been there and I might not agree with a nations foreign policy or a particular conflict. But the men on the front line will always have my respect.
09:10 Finally someone acknowledging that... War is not about killing enemies, it's about getting an acceptable peace while losing as few people as possible. If it becomes about killing the 'enemies', when is the war over? When does an enemy stop being an enemy, if you've been told for years to hate a group? Pretty sure that always ends in genocide if no one steps in to stop it.
too many people sitting in a warm comfortable home talking about "Hopefully they kill all of them" when talking about wars and 'their team'... it's.. disheartening.
When you guys reacting to pirates of the Caribbean at world’s end the 3rd movie
It is Jimmy Fallon
I don't have too much to say about this one, but when it came to Winter's PTSD I understand. For me mostly smells and loud bangs like fireworks set me off. You're about to see some of the hardest episodes, good luck. I think if I was to ever visit Bastone, I'd be very scared and probably brake down and cry tbh seeing all the foxholes in the woods still there.
Last member of easy company died in 2022, soon all ww2 soldiers will be gone.
Winters cared for his men for the rest of his life, possibly the reason for the unusually strong bond in Easy Company .
Sopie I hope you feel well now.
There is a reason Liebgott is so anti-German, you'll see later.
Its jimmy Fallon
Lt/Captain Winters is the one that wrote the book "Company of Heroes" that the show draws upon for events. That is why even when he isn't the main character of an episode, it seems to be following him.
No, he wrote "Beyond Band of Brothers". The series is based off of the Stephen Ambrose book "Band of Brothers", and some memoirs from Easy veterans which I won't name so not to spoil anything, which you did.
Company of Heroes was written by someone else.
Really bad form to name names my dude. Delete this.
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Can you two do reactions to the Netflix show "Vikings"? Its a very good show in my opinion and I would love to see your reactions to it.
Sophie, you're as sharp as a tack, girl. I've noticed that about you in your reactions. Very smart, as you intuitively seem to know what is going on, clearly more than Mair (no offense, but you're laggin, bro). You even spotted Fallon. Good stuff.
First, that was Jimmy Fallon. There is a bunch a great actors in this series. Your reactions appear very shallow and superficial. So you are missing much of the story and the show. This is what happened to these guys. I don't feel you are actually getting into the show itself. Don't think it's worth following anymore reactions. I may give you one more. Your talking so much, your are asking questions that were answered by the dialog had you been listening. It's fine to react, that's why we watch, it's another to come across as just filling space. Last try
Get prepared guys this is the last of the easy ones for awhile. hehehe
You will see a LOT of young actors that were unknown are known now and show up in this series.
You have seen or will see:
Simon Pegg
Jimmy Fallon
Tom Hardy
James McAvoy
Michael Fassbender
Colin Hanks
They didn't have time to deal with prisoners in the field under fire, he did the same thing I or anyone would have done, there is no rules in war as you would understand it in the real world. Vietnam Vet.