BAND OF BROTHERS PART 2 | REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING
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Popcorn: don't stress about not knowing the details and such.
There are those of us watching your reactions that spent a portion of our lives studying and practicing for war (and some who've actually fought) and we can all take pride in the fact that folks such as yourself never had to do so.
If you have questions, just ask.
Semper Fi.
Amen!
Well said. Even if it is coming from a Marine. Just Kidding! Fought with some damn good Marines, but still gotta bust some balls now and then.
Agreed. We all come for different reasons, but the results are the same. We stand so others don't have to. Semper Fi. o7
@@tattoofun31548 Of course. I have friends who served in all big 4 branches. Well all give each other trash all the time - as it should be.
100% .. I enjoy seeing the reaction from someone who doesnt know.
As a former paratrooper, the sound of propeller planes gets my blood pumping. I loved jumping C-130 with a T-10D parachute. Modern military chutes have quick release harness to detach a riser to prevent getting dragged once you have hit the drop zone. Dozens of paratroopers during Operation Overlord drowned getting dragged by their parachutes through flooded farm fields.
I HATED jumping out of the C-130, no wind deflector. Give me a C-141 every time, nice little platform and wind deflector, you just slip into the slipstream nice, smooth and easy. The C-130 you had to practically grab the side of the aircraft and throw yourself out and get tossed about by prop wash lol.
@@CRAZYHORSE19682003 I'll second that. Jumping from the Hercs was like getting kicked in the face by a hurricane.
Airborne! Rakkasans!
Airborne all the way!!!
They jumped overnight before D-Day that morning. They were to hold strategic points until the men from the landings on the beach would get to their location as they advanced inland.
They jumped on D-day but before H-hour is what you're trying to say. H-hour on D-day was 0630 . D-day was the whole 24 hour period, H-hour was the official time the beach landings were to commence.
I did think it was unusual that she thought the landings were still a few days away when they already had tanks (Nixon riding, asking Winters if he wanted a lift) and trucks with food supplies. I know she didn't think they dropped tanks and trucks by parachute.
"War exposes the best and worst of those who are called to fight. I know of no man who lacked character in peace and then discovered his character in combat." MAJ Richard (Dick) Winters
Definitely recognize that.
My name is CPT Gabe Villa, US ARMY. Right not, I am here at Fort Hood, TX for the multinational training exercise you may have heard about in the news. I really enjoy your channel; I like your reactions. Anyway, I want you to know that your reactions to Band of Brothers bring tears to my eyes, tears of joy. You are a young woman and I am sure you have your opinions about military and war in general. Regardless of how much that opinion has changed, I appreciate your watching and I'm pretty sure that you now realize that war is not so cut and dry. And, when men are fighting and shooting, it is not because our government tells us to; it is because we want to protect our friend who is fighting beside us, and that is on both sides. War is ugly and it is not fair and there are no easy answers.
The attack on the guns in this episode is still taught in military academies as a textbook example of how to assault a dug in position against a superior enemy. It was perfectly executed.
Yes, I have also read the text at the end of the episode.
@@JaxTheReaper21 🤣🤣🤣 Thanks for saving me the trouble.
Congrats mate, you also read the text that everyone else did at the end of the episode.
If it was perfect there would have been zero US casualties. For that, look at the German airborne attack on Eban Emael in Belgium- an infinitely stronger position. The Belgian soldiers there outnumbered the Germans c. 12-1. That fortress was the most modern and sophisticated one in the world. It had a sheer cliff overlooking the Albert Canal. It was Hitler's idea to land para combat engineers on top of it with gliders. It is a feat that has yet to be equaled. If the Germans, or anyone else, made a film/TV episode about it, there would be howls and screams of disapproval.
⦁ 214 days = 101st U.S. Airborne's Division's exposure to combat in WW2. Just one comparison = the Großdeutschland Panzer Division, in 1 year of combat on the Russian Front, 1942 - 1943 sustained 100% casualties for enlisted men and 200% casualties for commissioned officers.
The USA sustained 0.32% of its population dead from WW2. Germany had 8.23%.
The Operations Room channel covers it as well and really explains the plan well to us common folk.
"We're not lost. We're in Normandy!" Gotta love a good bit of levity to keep up morale.
Oh, she’s not going to be ready for “Why We Fight”.
is anyone really ready for that though?
She's not gonna be ready for the Ardennes either
@@saritobarim31 Yeah, no one is ever ready for Why We Fight.
Oh no. That was an amazing episode though.
WWII in HD, Episode 5. It ends on Marpi Point in Saipan. I can never make it through unscathed.
This is probably my favorite mini-series of all time. A lot of it won't be easy to watch but you'll be glad you did. :)
In my Eyes this is not a Serie its History ✌🏻
When they were talking about destroying the guns they were talking about artillery. So they were destroying the guns that were making the explosions on the beach in Saving Private Ryan.
I thought these guns were AA.
@ Their job was to destroy these 88s because they were firing on the landings on Utah beach.
@ 88s werent just used for AA, they were effectively against everything, especially against tanks
Were firing on Utah not Omaha
The artillery guns destroyed at Brecourt Manor were 105 mm. They were firing at 'Utah' beach landing area. There is a video showing animation ( and info ) of the assault on the German guns by easy company created by the "The Operations Room" RUclips channel. You can see it here: ruclips.net/video/814qEsxSzmA/видео.html
Don't stress over not knowing about it all. You will learn, and there are plenty of people who will tell you things and answer your questions in the comment section. I'm just glad you're watching, as I think every American should see and remember what happened. So many of us have fathers, grandfathers and even great grandfathers who endured this hell and their sacrifices should never be forgotten. WWII was probably the greatest man-made catastrophe in human history. We should know more about it and be grateful for the hardships and sufferings by that Greatest Generation.
As a United States Navy Vietnam combat veteran I just want you to know that I really appreciate you reacting to this story. Everything you are seeing is a true story. You are doing an amazing job and I love your channel. Oh and by the way, you are as cute as a speckled pup hiding under a red wagon. Now don't forget to react to the Easy Company documentary We Stand Alone Together. The interviews of the real characters portrayed in this film are very emotional and interesting. Bill Gaurnear and Captain Winters stories are amazing. Thanks again.
@lordbeavis69 thank you.
Aww Cassie, you don’t have to apologize. These reaction videos are like re-watching my favorite movies and series with a friend. Don’t stress yourself too much with details. The military and history are complex subject matters. Always feel free to ask any questions you have!
The paratroopers dropped into Normandy during the the early morning hours of D-Day June 6, 1944. To put this into perspective, the airborne drops took place after midnight, while the beach landings occurred just after dawn, all within the same day.
2:13 The 101st Airborne Division had three drop zones to land thousands of their paratroopers in Normandy. The men of Easy Company were assigned to land at Drop Zone C. The paratroopers are not suppose to be by themselves, they are meant to be together in the same drop zone fighting as a larger unit.
For various reasons including weather conditions, navigational failures, communication issues, and German anti-aircraft fire, the paratroopers were scattered all across Normandy. It took days for some airborne units to fully regroup. If I remember correctly, the plane that got hit and crashed in flames had Easy Company’s commanding officer on board. Which is why Winters ended up as Company commander.
7:05 Oh no not machine guns, they are trying to take out German artillery firing on American troops landing on Utah Beach. When they mention 88’s, that’s standard German artillery, which can be even more devastating than machine guns (MG’s), especially when you have four big guns firing in sequence. Not only did Easy Company destroy the artillery at Brécourt Manor, Lieutenant Winters captured that map which provided invaluable intelligence to the Allies.
The next episode you’ll see how they secure a town. Basically that means sending in your troops to establish control by clearing a town of any enemy forces.
I love Band of Brothers. True heroes. Lt. Winters was the definition of leadership.
You're not alone. I shed some man-tears every goddamn time I hear the intro music. Really touches the heart.
The incident between Malarky and the German soldier from Oregon did take place. It wasn't in the book that the series is based on. But the show's producers learned it from Malarky while making the show and chose to include it.
What the German Soldier said was true, Some, Hundreds or even thousands of Germans in the US returned to Germany. Many were drafted to serve in the Wehrmact (Army). I read an account of one who was assigned to an intelligence unit because he spoke perfect English. He would listen to American Commands and reports overt he radio and gather Information, He was hoping that somehow he would be captured. He wanted to get on the radio and say " Hey Guys! I'm from Chicago!",,, He ended up staying and fighting in the German Army until the end and lived there after the war,
Everything in this show happened. It wasn't dramatised at all.
@@one-eye1721 That's not quite true, there is quite a bit that's dramatised or otherwise changed from what actually happened. For example, Sobel (Schwimmer's character) did jump on D-Day with everyone else, though he wasn't in charge.
@@StarkRG Sobel later killed himself, from what I recall.
@@one-eye1721 I suggest you read Ambrose's Book then re-watch the series. I'm not going to put any spoilers out but there were quite a few things that were omitted, added or dramatized. It was nothing that really took away from the fact these men were heroes who went through hell and faced incredible hardships.
I'm a combat veteran and understand everything that happened in this episode. It's nice to see how innocent and pure your reaction is. Famous quote, "War is hell". Thank you for your interest in the subject and willingness to experience it, albeit through a movie, but nonetheless seeing the decisions that have to be made with no time to second guess. The heroes of Easy company did that everyday. I hope you stay to finish this incredible series, I'll be watching your reactions. Some of your reaction questions are funny, so thanks for that. Keep being you, pure of heart.
Winters and his men couldn't hold the guns indefinitely, they weren't equipped for that. Best thing to do is make sure the Germans can't use the guns after they take them back.
Especially because the guns were German and the Allied ammo wouldn't be useful, so they would be useless after firing their ready magazines.
@@iainhowe4561 Some of the guns the Germans used were actually captured French guns from the fordt French campaign
The show condenses a lot of this battle but it actually took 3-4 hours of fighting to capture all the guns and they were facing something like 50-100 German defenders while Winters only had 12 men till Speirs arrived toward the end of the battle. Winters positioned his men in such a way that they could suppress and confuse the Germans and he perfectly timed the assaults on each of the guns. If he mistimed an assault, he could easily lose half his men. If the German got organized, they could have flanked the Americans and wiped them out.
@@iainhowe4561 They would have captured German ammo with the German guns. They could have made it work, and in other situations, they would have. But light infantry like paratroopers aren't really meant for holding territory, and there were a lot of Germans around to come back and retake the guns. Destroying them was the right choice, and saved countless lives.
7:55 Yes, you are correct.
Buck's hand signals to Malarkey and Guarnere were as follows:
He signals with his fingers, 1, 4, 2, 2, 5, fist closed, open palm, and points in the direction of the machine gun which translated to:
"One MG42, 25 feet that way, use grenades."
Silently, he told the others the distance of how far they would have to lob the grenades so they could prepare the throw.
I love how this episode was shot ad edited. You really get a sense of Winter's strategy played out and executed. One of my fav episodes from the series.
I'm a former paratrooper and Band of Brothers brings me back to a time and place where "normal" people never really knew what we experienced. Your honest and emotional reactions are very touching. You seem like a good person, you're the reason these men did what they did back then.
Probably mean little to you James but your measured & insightful comment drew my attention - your last line is very significant, powerful and poignant. Thank you, all the best.
Popcorn, if you want to learn more of the history and details, the documentary is based on a book "Band of Brothers" by Stephen Ambrose.
Ambrose later wrote a book about B-24 bomber crews flying daylight raids out of Italy titled “The Wild Blue”. Fascinating reading though not as intimate as with the soldiers of Easy Company.
@@docbearmb Incidentally, the same production company that made this miniseries, and also The Pacific about the Marines over there, is now working on a third one about the B-17 bomber crews in WW2, so the air forces are going to get some love soon. I hope someday they'll do the Navy too. The USS Enterprise would be a good choice. Fought in nearly all the major naval battles in the Pacific Theater, and there's plenty of stories that could be told of the different people who served on and around that ship.
Love this...
Great leaders lead by saying "follow me!" Winters was known for this... He led by DOING and telling his men to come with him, not by saying "I want you to go there and do blah blah..." while I wait over here
Dont stress about your questions or not knowing. Everyone has to start somewhere when it comes to topics they dont know about. I enjoy watching the reactions from someone who doesnt know. This is D-day. They jumped early hours of the morning.
If an Allied soldier was caught with a Luger by a German, they were shot on the spot. That was a dangerous souvenir.
It probably depended on who captured them. It was never an official order or anything.
@@Theakker3B Right. Both sides looted the dead, and both sides were inclined to be vengeful when they discovered a prisoner in possession of such loot.
@@Theakker3B I should have specified the SS
A Luger trophy meant a dead German officer somewhere, and because Lugers were only issued up through 1942, that meant probably a veteran German officer, perhaps a war hero from the early days of the war, who went on to survive many battles since, until meeting said Allied soldier.
My grandfather was in the airborne and my step grandfather was in the Navy assigned to the USS Alabama. I think shows like these do a great job of paying respect to the sacrifice of these men.
"how do you secure a town" -she has my whole heart and shes not wrong either.
The June 5/6 airborne landings were supposed to drop the troopers in organized “sticks” on predetermined drop zones. However, the nighttime and intense German anti-aircraft defenses meant most of the troopers missed their zones. A lot didn’t make it once they hit the ground, and a lot more were completely disorganized by dawn
thats a HUGE part of what makes this so incredible. It gives you just a peek at what these men had to deal with 24/7. That stress you feel was their 'normal'. They parachuted immediately before the invasion, when they attacked the guns, it was to stop them from firing on the troops that were landing on the beach of Normandy.
One of the things I love about this series is that it didn't shy away from showing just how chaotic combat was. Also, the Luger was a sidearm for the German military that was coveted as a souvenir by various Allied soldiers.
Was there any specific reason the Luger was so coveted? Or was it just the novelty of acquiring a German sidearm pistol?
@@ghinanaeem5723 They were relatively rare, being basically a weapon an officer would carry, not the standard weapons of the regular enlisted troops who were more commonly killed and captured. They also were in the process of being phased out. They were in fairly common use in World War 1, but by World War 2 the German military was switching to Walther P38 pistols. Lugers kept being made until only 1942, but those already issued continued being used until the end of the war. They were also very distinct. Lugers are still quite popular guns for collectors because of their fairly unique design and of course the history of the gun. Then of course, Lugers are quite small and lightweight, something easily kept as a souvenir in a soldier's pack on long marches.
By the way, the cartridge they fire is still in use today and is the most popular pistol cartridge now (also the most popular submachine gun cartridge worldwide). The American sidearm during the war, the 1911, fires a larger, slower bullet and it's still a popular cartridge (as is the gun) but definitely is on its way out. A lot of people credit the Luger cartridge for everybody switching from revolvers to semiauto handguns for police and civilian self defense. Unlike the 1911, which still has many proponents, the Luger is definitely considered obsolete these days. But, the cartridge lives on and likely will for many decades to come.
Winters was a true leader. I've had leaders, I've been a leader, but to have someone like Winters who will give clear instructions and commands down the chain is amazing. Most of the work of leadership is making a decision in a limited time-frame. Wrong or right just make decisions. According to his men Winters tended to make right decisions.
Certain people are "born soldiers", for lack of a better term. Winters just had an instinctive knack to look at a situation, and know precisely and immediately what the best decision was, based on the circumstances. That's something that some guys never get, no matter how much they're taught. Some guys either have it, or they don't.
Doesn't matter if we are talking about military leaders, work leaders, school leaders, or every day people as leaders - good leadership is extremely rare, and Winters was one of the best. 99% of others are faking it for personal gain, such as politicians. We need more Maj. Winters in this world, and in our every day lives. Great man.
And when you realize you made a wrong decision you don't double down and keep doing the wrong thing but reevaluate and readjust.
@@ronweber1402 OODA in action.
@@cobrakai9969
Not everyone wants to be a leader and get put into that position anyway. Failure isn’t an option. You need to step up. At that point, you do have to fake it. For others.
All airborne soldiers hard primary missions liked capture a bridge or take artillery guns that were had the beaches zeroed. Sometimes these guys ended up alone it was their job to shoot at any Germans they saw to slow them moving to the primary drop zone. These misdrops also had the effect of not allowing the Germans to figure out the airborne missions were cuz their entire board was lit us with enemy contacts.
I recall reading somewhere that the show’s composer, the late, great Michael Kamen, wrote the theme in homage to his uncle who died in the war just three days before Germany surrendered.
I'm a TV/film composer, and Michael's untimely death hit hard. I'd respected his work for decades, but when I saw this series, he shot up the ranks into my top five. His music for this series is an absolute masterwork, especially the opening theme.
The intro gets better and better the more you progress through the series, as each clip becomes contextualized, and as your bond with the characters grows. I’ve watched this series a dozen times and I’ve never skipped the intro once. It’s absolutely beautiful
I really appreciate the sympathy you have for those men and their sacrifices.
Very touching...
The Longest Day is an excellent old movie all about D-Day from the German, American, English, and underground resistance perspective. This is in my top 5 all time WWII era films which is significant since there are so many great films. John Wayne, Robert Michum, and Sean Connery in his first role I believe
Being Canadian you may be interested to know that Canada was also very active on D-Day (for the entire war in fact). Canadian paratroopers were doing the same missions you see Americans doing in these movies. The Canadian invasion force was assigned to take Juno Beach and they did so. In fact Canadian troops advanced further inland than any other Allied troops on D-Day.
Once inland, the Canadians and British were up against some of the most formidable German forces in Normandy. Thanks Canucks!
They also were extremely polite whilst they went about killing Nazis.
Because you guys got to just walk onto the beach *American making a friendly jab*
@@alexdawson5331 Nothing on D-Day was as tough as taking Omaha Beach. Whoever chose that place as a target needed a thorough booting. However, the Canadians took the second heaviest casualties on D-Day after Omaha Beach. One of my uncles was there with the Canadian Scottish. He stepped off the boat; a bullet took off his nose; he fell back into the boat; and that was his D-Day. They fixed him up and he rejoined for the liberation of Holland. So, it wasn't a walk in the park, that's for sure. Polite Canadian apologizing back.
@@joeschmoe9154 There's a time and a place for the "polite Canadian" joke. This isn't it.
The US and British Airbourne troops dropped into Normandy just after Midnight on June 6th and were meant to take out targets that could have an impact on the troops storming the beaches at around 06.30 in the morning
and to block German attempts to reinforce the troops opposing the landings.
Don't forget Canadians :)
@@panther7584 Absolutely... they gave us Canadians one beach (Juno). We had some airborne troops too (I think), and a contingent of the naval forces. At the end of June 6, Canadian troops had advanced the farthest inland of all of the beach-landed forces.
@@TheLeprechaunjm It was the toughest beach after Omaha (messy but still), some of beach heading to urban, and some of the beach heading to open field manned by 716th (even though it's mostly consisted of old soldiers and conscripts) whom defended very well until they were overwhelmed and scattered away. "Farthest inland" is not indeed an overexaggeration :) only 3 tanks managed to reach their first objective: Caen-Bayeux railway, they had to pull back due to the danger of being cut off. I could not imagine their frustrations, just hundreds of meters away from their 2nd objective which is an airfield and it was eventually captured on July 9th. 12th SS HJ PD sure gave em hell.
I'm so glad you took time watch this series. This is important history.🇺🇸
Loved Band of Brothers, I've seen it a few times. I was lucky enough to meet Major Dick Winters in 2002 while I was in Hershey PA. His story & the story of Easy Company is legendary. He was & will always be an American hero. R.I.P. to this legendary man and his Easy Company.
Paratroopers are light infantry. They're not really meant to hold territory, not long term anyway. They're meant to attack the enemy where least expected, and make things easier on the rest of the army to move in after them and hold the ground. So they destroyed the guns to prevent their recapture and re-use by the German military after they left and returned to their headquarters. There were still plenty of German troops in Normandy at that point, many nearby, and a large force of them could have shown up, overwhelmed the paratroopers, and then used those guns to continue shelling the beaches or any other positions in the area. That's why those guns had to be destroyed rather than merely captured. Captured enemy hardware was routinely used by all sides of the war, even if just to study it and gain intelligence. But on that day it was more important to put those guns out of commission.
There were other attempts made to destroy those guns earlier in the day, but the other attempts failed. Winters did such a good job because he made a proper recon of the area first, saw where the Germans had machine gun nests to defend the guns, and planned a textbook assault on a fixed position, which was then executed very effectively. He saved a lot of lives, both his own men and the men landing on the beach.
Due to the earlier failures by other units, Winter's friend Nixon actually rushed off to get those tanks which were landing at the beaches, believing they would be necessary to complete the mission and basically save Winters and his men, but the mission was successful without them thanks to Winter's leadership.
"How do you secure a town?"
There an old military joke about that:
How to Tell the Difference Between the Branches of the US Armed Forces
If you give the command "SECURE THE BUILDING", here is what the different services would do:
The NAVY would turn out the lights and lock the doors.
The ARMY would surround the building with defensive fortifications, tanks and concertina wire.
The MARINE CORPS would assault the building, using overlapping fields of fire from all appropriate points on the perimeter.
The AIR FORCE would take out a three-year lease with an option to buy the building.
"I like Winters." In comes Gandalf,
"So do all who live to see such times."
Thanks for letting us watch with you.
Old Army Veteran here, Popcorn. In the United States there are two classes of People when it comes to the concept of freedom. There is the Protector Class. Active Military, (Army Navy Marines Air Force Etc. Police & Fire and All Veterans who are trained and have already served in the ranks and will again when called upon... That is the protector class. That is about 1% of the entire population of the U.S. The other is the Protected class. 99% of the population of the U.S. make up the protected class. We of the Protector class hope you of the protected class NEVER have to know these things or see them in the towns where you live. Rest easy Popcorn. Even old veterans stand ready...to protect you. (And for this, people distrust the Military.) It all comes with the training. We expect it.
Protecting the United States from all those land invasions that have totally happened. Taking part in 1944 was great, but don't kid yourself thinking your own civilians or infrastructure were ever in any danger. After 1945 you haven't been protecting, you've been invading.
@@pajander p!ss off
I liked how you noted how hard it was for those veterans in the beginning of the episode to remember and talk about what happened. Think about how devastating it was for them, even after 50+ years, they get teary eyed. :-(
I loved your review.
I would recommend "Danger UXB" which was a mini-series from 1979 following a British team disposing of unexploded bombs during the blitz. The problems and solutions are historically accurate although the characters are fictional.
For lighter fair, try "Space Cowboys" (2000). Great cast, A mix of comedy and drama.
Compton didn’t drop the grenade; as he was about to throw a grenade, the soldier behind ran into him. Keep up the great reactions to this phenomenal series. I never served but watch this every year and THANK YOU to all who did serve in any element of the military.
The composer was Michael Kamen. He did so many great scores (checkout his IMDB profile) and he was a friend to the rock stars (incl. Metallica with the San Francisco Symphony Orchestra!):
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Kamen
I agree. One of the best, emotive scores of all time. Beautiful and poignant. 👍
The battle where they took out the guns was the assault on Brecourt Manor. There Easy company destroyed 4 German 105 Howitzers pointed at Utah. Because of this Utah Beach had few casualties. Winters was recommended for the Medal of Honor but but the award was downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross because there was a policy of awarding only one Medal of Honor per division.
Man those pilots had 20 lives each to protect. Got bless the pilots.
I was in the Navy when this came out, and the music brings a tear to my eyes.
I actually can't wait for this to premier! Turns out I love watching you react to my fav shows! KEEP IT UP! :)
band of brothers is like 20 years old now
Love this show. I wish I could go back to watching it the first time, but every few years I rip it out and watch it again! Love your commentary and hats off to you watching a powerful war piece, and not something like the notebook... Which I haven't seen but if you can get through the series of BOB then maybe I'll do the notebook... arghhhh
In planning the D-Day invasion, the paratroopers were expected to suffer 50% casualties and glider troops were expected to suffer 75%. They sent them in expecting to lose that many men because that's how important it was to break the hold on western Europe. I remember a photo of Gen. Eisenhower talking to the paratroopers before they embarked. The caption said that he noticed a young soldier licking the dark face paint on his lips (it was made of cocoa powder and linseed oil). Eisenhower asked him "That taste good, son?" and the soldier answered "Yes sir." I was struck by what a human, almost innocent, moment that seemed. The caption ended with the somber note that Eisenhower knew that the young soldier could very well be dead the next day.
In the book it explained that Dick Winters was up for consideration for the Congressional Medal of Honor for leading his men in the attack at Brecourt Manor. However the CMH was awarded to Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole for the 502nd PIR for ordering and leading a bayonet charge on fortified enemy positions. Therefore, Winters received the distinguished service cross.
remember my granmother was a child of the blitz one day when i was 5 years old she visited us in ireland and we took a tour of a old prison with those headphone tour guide things which described to us everything about the prison and its history which was facinating. eventualy it played the old alarm warning of a air raid and i saw my grandmother hit the floor crying for her father acting like she would have at the age of 5 as the bombs fell around her house it wasnt until much later i understood what the blitz was and heard some of her chilling stories ill never forget that.
It is so good seeing someone of your generation watching this and coming to understand the importance of history. Honoring the men who gave so much for the freedom we enjoy today.
Be vigilant. the loss of this freedom is always just one generation away.
The “cat food” was actually a C-Ration can. C-Rations came in a box with several cans containing the different food items. The cans were opened with a small can opener called a P-4. Many G.I.s kept their P-4 on the chain around their necks that held their dog tags.
Being prior army, Dick Winters was an excellent officer who I would have followed into battle. He was well respected. Throughout the series you'll see him grow
In case no one else had mentioned this...the Allied paratroops (mostly American and British units) took off in their C47 aircraft late in the evening on June 5th, 1944...some were towed in gliders behind the C47s, but most were in "clicks" or small units, around 12 men, and jumped by parachute behind the beaches where other men would be landing later on...the units under British command jumped at the Eastern end of the Normandy battlefield and the Americans of the 82nd and 101st airborne divisions jumped at the Western end of the battlefield...their jumps were made early in the morning of June 6th (DDay)...later that morning, at dawn, the majority of troops fighting on DDay were the amphibious units (including Canadians and other European nations as well) that began landing on five different beaches (Utah, Omaha, Sword, Gold and Juno) with an objective to move inland and hook up with the parachute/glider units and take other objectives if possible.
2:14 'Are they dropping in and then they're by themselves or are they together?'
Yes.
I'm not sure if you notice that later on in the series but aside from being a pretty realistic show about actual soldiers who fought in that war, this was also the start of careers for James MacAvoy (X-Men, Split), Michael Fassbender (Hamlet, X-Men), Tom Hardy (Venom,). It also had Simon Pegg (Hot Fuzz, Shaun of the dead), the guy who played Hall in episode 2 went on to play Moriarty in Sherlock. Ron Livingston (Lewis Nixon) is known for Boardwalk empire, Michael Cudlitz (sgt Randleman) - for The Walking Dead, Damian Lewis (Winters) - Homeland and Billions.
Well as the cats out of the bag about Maj Winters not getting killed. He was the 1 who read the Letter he had gotten from Tom Hanks asking for his permission/Blessing to do this series when he finished reading it to us (about 70 almost drunken Troopers of E/506th living history unit, in the Barracks at Fort Indiantown GAP , PA) he asked what we thought about doing it we all raised our Drinks cheering in approval. Maj Winters was a very humble man even after the book and then this series he never let it go to his head. and he didn't drink but he would enjoy being in the barracks with many of the other Org Troopers talking away while many of us ended up passed out.
I don't know what happened, but I just missed out on meeting Don Malarkey -- the guy from Astoria, Oregon -- when I was a junior in high school here in Oregon. My AP U.S. history teacher had a tradition with the juniors who took that class of watching the series as a bit of a close to the year, since we would have finished all of our studies (chronologically) with WWII and there was nothing else after to do after we took the AP test (he'd wave off the final for anyone who got a passing score on the AP test), and another part of this treat was that he'd invite Mr. Malarkey to come talk to his juniors; however, my peers and I did not have the opportunity for this privilege that year, and I know we all would have loved to hear from him.
We Were Soldiers was the first video of yours I came across. In there, I commented that Band of Brother is the best modern war representation. I check your videos and here it is, you've already done it.
I've seen this series multiple times, but I only just now made the connection that Garnier (who fires before being ordered to) is the same who receives the letter about his brother getting killed in Italy. Makes that aggression much more understandable.
Say what? Many makes that mistake apparently :O
Hard to catch that the first time around since you are introduced to so many different people that it gets hard to keep track. A lot of people also mix up Hoobler and Malarky I’ve found with regards to the whole Luger hunting.
@@Vograx Yeah, but they spell it out pretty plainly. They have someone say he just found out his brother died. If only he had a distinctive way of speaking it'd be easier to put it together....
That's why he was nicknamed "Wild Bill".
Both the book and the HBO series make it clear that Bill Guarnere was very upset about his brothers death and wanted some revenge on the Germans. The book ( written by Stephen Ambrose ) also talks about why Lt. Dick Winters was upset at Guarnere for not waiting for his 'fire' command. When Guarnere started shooting early, some of the German soldiers in the rear wagons escaped. Winters thought that if his troops had waited until his command was given, they would of gotten all of the German soldiers.
Don't beat yourself up about not knowing. June 6th was D-Day and every day that you survive is considered D-Day+ (insert number of days ie D-Day+1)
You will be a changed person after watching what these men had gone through. These (veterans) say that the real heroes are the soldiers that did not return home alive and those that did leave some of themselves there with the buddies that died in combat.
Look up Stephen A Ambrose the author of 'Band of Brothers' this book gave the inspiration for this series.
Strategically speaking, the paratroopers had no way to look after the German prisoners and carry out their objectives. They are shock troops trained to drop behind enemy lines and cause as much damage as they can to the opposition making it easier for the main force to advance. You can't do that if you're too busy guarding prisoners.
Yes. A veteran of the 101st recalls General Maxwell Taylor telling them to take no prisoners because they would cost more Allied lives by slowing them down.
About the timeline. The paratroopers dropped into Normandy the day before D-Day. However they got spread out all over the place so both the 101st (with Easy company) and the 82nd airborne were all over the place. In the first days after D-Day they found eachother and the units started moving around to capture towns, bridges, crossroads and figthing the German forces to allow for the invasion on the beaches to push further inland and obtain a solid foothold in France.
That intro music - yes, yes, yes! 100% agree. It's impossible for me to hear that music and not get emotional. It's heroic and sad and inspiring.
Keep watching the series & posting your reaction the accuracy of the characters & the realism of WW2 combat is mind blowing.
Not sure if someone else already explained it, but the Airborne mission on D-day was to land the night before and basically wreak havoc on the Germans. Destroy supply dumps, attack enemy garrisons, and basically prevent german reinforcements from reaching the beach. Most aircraft missed the drop zones due to the high volume of enemy fire and the paratroopers were scattered all over Normandy. The ones that couldn't reach their units or objectives formed ad hoc squad or platoon sized units and attacked the nearest German forces, which only caused more confusion among German soldiers.
Every year me and my dad set back and watch this usually around the holidays.
Some German Americans did return to Germany to fight for the Nazis.
There were also German units made up from prisoners of war from all countries who were given the choice to fight against the Communists on the Eastern Front.
There is a museum in Russia with their captured unit flags.
As those Germans went home for Nazi as some were drafted, but there was one German citizen who was born in England. His name was William Patrick Hitler or he goes by the name of William Stuart-Houston. William served for US Navy making him going against his Uncle Adolf Hitler. US government granted him citizenship. William legally changed his surname to Stuart-Houston after WWII. He lived to 76 until 1987.
lmao...when the one person said "Lieutenant Winters, is that you?" The closed caption said "Nintendo winners, is that you?"
Would have made if perfect if he said "its ah me!"
He’s probably related to Super Nintendo Chalmers.
That reminds me of the Simpson's when Ralph Wiggum calls the Superintendent, "Super Nintendo Chalmers"!
It’s makes you wonder how deaf people can actually enjoy a movie. That is so stupid and funny it would completely take me out of the moment.
@@andrewhogan6533 I am somewhat hard of hearing and learned how to read lips fairly well, of course that's useless with masks on, but that's besides the point, usually with subtitles they're pretty spot on. So I watch everything with subtitles on. Except when it comes to anime, but that's usually due to translations and the dubs I watch. Closed Captions, however, those are (I believe) just usually pulled from the audio and transcribed as quickly as possible.
Part 3 soon? As someone who loves this series, I love seeing someone react to it for the first time.
Brecourt Manor where the German guns were is now a private farm. Had a chance to visit as part of the tour w/ Stephen Ambrose Historical Tours. The tree that Lipton climbed is still there and the set they re-created is very very close to the actual location (just watch for the cow droppings!).
A Luger was a standard issue German pistol during WW2. Well, maybe not standard issue but it was pretty common. In the scene where they are destroying the artillery guns, Winters finds a German 'potato masher' grenade, primes it and just shoves it in.
Not to be a nitpicker, but the Walther P-38 was "Standard Issue". The Luger was too complex to make in vast numbers. If a German had one, he either bought it himself, was high ranking, or had been issued it in WWI.
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The soldier from Eugene Or and Malarkey from AStoria, they separated the cities by a few miles, but in reality they worked in the same factory in the same town, and people didn't think they'd believe it, so they tried to make it less believable
Enjoying your reactions to this. Someone may already have filled you in, but these guys jumped several hours - not several days - before the primary D-Day landings. So basically they jumped during the night/early morning before the events pictured in the opening scene of Saving Private Ryan. Those large guns they took out were firing at Americans landing on Utah Beach (Private Ryan opening depicts the landing on Omaha Beach - the two American landing Zones, Brits and Canadians had three more). There are a lot more details, but that is the basic gist of it. It's confusing as hell, and I have been studying this stuff for years, so for someone relatively new to this topic I don't blame you for feeling a bit lost.
The paratroopers landed in the early morning hours of June 6, to capture key roadways and bridges that could support tanks heading inland. St. Mère-Église was the 82nd Airborne Division's target, so the Easy Company guys were waay off. The Allies had yet to pull off an airborne operation of this scale, so almost nobody landed where they were supposed to. Winters and a lot of others lost their "leg bags" containing their gear because the planes were going too fast and the shock of the parachute opening ripped the bags off their bodies. Guarnere said he swore before he jumped that he'd kill the first German he saw as revenge for his brother. The Luger P08 was the standard sidearm of the German military from 1908 until 1940-ish. You'll see one later. Interesting how you jumped at the battleships' opening barrage signaling the beach landings. Most Airborne veterans said that the salvos sounded nearby despite them being several miles inland and the battleships several miles offshore. Spiers killed the prisoners as the paratroopers had no provisions or facilities to hold them. Brecourt is taught at West Point as how a small unit can assault a larger enemy position.
"Are they jumping into gunfire?"
yup, goddamn right. Intense AF
You've a lot of vets commenting here, so my note will be brief. (And thank you, ALL vets here who have served our Country!). The paratrooper landings were thoroughly thought out and organized... in England. That night, with flak guns blazing away at slow moving transport planes... with petrified flight crews... the drops went all OVER the place... which actually confused the Germans even more... as men gathered together in the dark with any friendly troops they could find and, in small units, got moving towards their objectives.
D-day was the 6 of June 1944 at 6 am. The paratroopers were dropped into Normandy just behind the beaches at midnight of June the 5th going into the 6th, 6 hours before the landings started. Their objective was to confuse the Germans, stop any counter attack by German forces on the allied forces landing on the beaches and capture strategic points like towns with cross roads or bridges. Their secondary objective was to knock out guns, supply units, entrenched forces etc if they found them, as they did in this episode.
What you saw with the planes in the beginning of this episode was the drop into Normandy at midnight, however, the anti aircraft fire from the ground was so heavy that many planes were lost, or the pilots panicked and hit the green light telling the guys to jump before they’d reached their drop zones or the drop zones were incorrectly marked. Basically, men were dropped everywhere but they still had to achieve their objectives, which is completely normal for paratroopers as their job is to be dropped into chaos and make ready for the rest to get to them. Which is what you saw in saving private Ryan, paratroopers were holding a bridge in a town before the beach landing troops reached them. Bridges were important because there weren’t many left by that stage of the war and the allies needed them so tanks could cross rivers and travel inland from the beaches to liberate France. No bridges means tanks and trucks with supplies stuck at the coast, no pushing back of the German forces, invasion failure.
Thank you for being humbled enough yet self aware enough to state your comment at 12:30 in this video "I am so ignorant to what combat and its constant intensity" Don't be too hard on yourself, 99 % of your fellow Americans have never served either. HOWEVER, you've made a conscious choice to learn.. THANK YOU FOR THAT. Remember Benjamin Franklin once said: "We are all born ignorant, it takes effort to remain stupid." THANK YOU for being one of the smart ones! Semper Fi
No spoilers!
The basic plan was for the paratroopers to jump a few hours before the landings on the beaches (which you saw in Saving Private Ryan). The paratroopers were supposed to remove as much of the artillery as they could to make the landings easier, capture important areas like intersections and important towns that would help everyone get organized after the landings, and generally wreak havoc behind the German defenses to make their job as hard as possible. The tanks driving through near the end of the episode show that the beaches have already been taken.
The whole show takes place across the rest of WWII...if the actual timeline is important, they'll drop hints or outright tell you when things are happening. Most of the time, it doesn't really matter to the narrative. They're just moving on throughout the war. For context, D-Day was June 6 1944, Hitler committed suicide April 30 1945, and Germany surrendered piece by piece between April 29 and May 6.
The C-47 that led the formation carrying the paratroopers in this operation is called That's All, Brother. It was restored to flying condition a few years ago and I got to ride in the back of it at an air show last year.
Probably one of my favorite WW2 Europe movies is ‘A Midnight Clear’ (1992). I belong to a War Movie group and just about everyone agrees it’s a hidden gem.
The 101st Airborne was suppose to capture Carentan and the 82nd Airborne's job was to capture ST. Marie Eglise, Blow up bridges or Capture Bridges. But the 101st Airborne got scattered all over the place during the drop. Some ended up where the 82nd was and some ended up in other places too. That's why the 101st didn't end up taking their objective till a week after they jumped.
The German Prisoners that you see were probably Part of the 91st, 709th or the 919th Infantrie Divisions, the 709th Infantrie Division defended Utah Beach and a little bit Inland too.
Historical note. The Transport planes for the Airborne were fired on as they crossed the French coast and flew inland, the US units in particular were heavily fired on. Many pilots, somewhat understandably, took evasive action speeding up, climbing in altitude and swerving away from the Flak fire. The result was that the US paratroopers jumped at varying heights, at greater speed then expected and in a more chaotic fashion. Consider that if it takes each soldier 10 seconds to jump from a plane and that plane is going just 50km/hr faster than expected then each soldier will land over 100 metres FURTHER away from those proceeding and following them, that is a long distance on foreign soil, in the middle of the night, when surrounded by a hostile enemy. A testament to courage and tenacity that they fought as hard as they did and achieved all that they did.
This is my second favorite episode of series after Crossroads. Good to see younger generation appreciate their sacrifice. Band of Brothers showed realistic depiction of caring for each other during worst of times. Shows comarderie of men. Imagine being alone away from your men just alone in your thoughts instead of being part of something.
Can’t wait for the last episodes when each of the soldier being interviewed finally get the names. She will love it
A Luger is the pistol used by the German army and has a very iconic look. It was a big collectible for GI's in Europe, while the Katana (samurai sword) of Japanese officers was the prized collectible in the pacific.
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The paratroopers that were dropped on the night of June 5th 1944 did have very specific drop zones, assembly areas, and tasks that they were supposed to accomplish before the seaborne infantry hit the beaches of Normandy on June 6. However, in the chaos of war, hardly anyone was dropped where they were supposed to be and many of them lost most or all of their equipment(rifles included) in the jump. The silver lining to them being dropped all over as opposed to their intended drop zones was that it confused the Germans into thinking that there were a lot more paratroopers than there actually were because it seemed to them that wherever they turned or went they were running into the paratroopers.
Some vets (Sid Phillips among them, who is profiled in "The Pacific") commented that the combat scenes were pretty realistic - the only difference is in real combat there's less yelling and shouting and more hand signals. In movies the soldiers scream and shout at each other more in the heat of the action because the audience needs to know what they're doing.
Makes sense
The Airborne jump was night before D-Day, if I recall correctly the history. And the taking out of the guns I believe was the day of.
Just know the fan following of this show, including myself, and the fun of sharing in the re-watch of the show. You’ll undoubtedly, like clockwork, get these very comments told to everyone who watches this miniseries without spoilers: “so n so episode is gonna be tough! You’ll need a tissue for the next episode! I dunno how SHE (when reactor is a girl, everytime) is gonna get through so n so episode...or for that episode...on n so forth.” Like dudes, on this channel, she have seen Saving Private Ryan, quit playing the tough guy when you see a (delicate dainty flower) girl reacting! And semi-spoiling it for em with prep talk. See! Somebody knows the gist of the mission of Brecourt Manor! Just answer,if you like, the questions you can answer! Otherwise let em experience the show as is. Anyway, can’t wait for the double episodes reaction!
Also, for those not familiar with the Brecourt Manor attack...the Germans were firing artillery shells from four cannon to disrupt the Americans landing on Utah beach, a distance of more than 3 miles northeast of their position...the cannons were 105mm, neither the more well known 88mm guns that they used to destroy tanks and airplanes, nor the more common 75mm artillery cannon that the Germans typically used.
KEEP GOING, these men were so brave.... and the actors in this were wonderful.... RIP EASY COMPANY 506TH