BAND OF BROTHERS REACTION | PART 10 (Points)
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Band of Brothers is an acclaimed 10-part television miniseries (first aired in 2001) about World War II, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks. Much of the action of the mini-series centers on the exploits of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division and one of its early platoon leaders, Richard Winters. It is based on the book of the same name written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose.
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I love you both but y'all should do the Pacific its a HBO miniseries also made by tom banks and not Steven speilburgh and its amazing. Its ten episodes long and all about the war against Japan while we were already fighting in europe. Its really an amazing series and the battles are much more harder and unpredictable vs germany. Well either way thank you for doing this series and I hope you do this next series. Once again its called the Pacific on hbo
Also it was either episode 8 or 9 that Nixon tells winters that he never fired his gun during the whole war not once and you guys never showed that clip. I know he was intelligence but he was in bastions and in the battle field and he never fired his gun once. I feel like that was a moment you guys over looked.
The person who you were told was the last E Co. member to die was actually the last Easy officer died. There is still one enlisted member who lives.
Second the comment on The Pacific can't wait for you all to do that series.
Are you and Arianna ever going to watch the movie Gangs of New York? Be a good one if you guys have never seen it!
"...but I served in a company of heroes." - I tear up every time I hear that line at the end of the series.
When they say " as a testament to his character, 1600 people attended his funeral " about George Luz always makes me tear up.
Both of them make me tear up.
"My friend, Lew, died in 1995." 😢
Actually Winters allowing the german commander to keep his sidearm was a sign of respect. That showed Winters held no grudges against him or other german troops.
and many of the Wermacht weren't true believers in Nazi ideology...
@@TacGKilgore Thats true. Those in the SS were hand picked and did ALOT of the terrible shit the nazi's did during the war, thats why they were especially hated. The typical german soldier on the other hand was more like Winters and company. Regular men that answered the call to protect their nation.
In real life he accepted it. It's the pistol he shows off in We Stand Alone Together.
It was respect for sure, in military tradition, a ranking officer without a sidearm is a dishonor to the officer. Thats why even if they retire they keep the sidearm.
@@stevem7192 yes, and Winters explains that the gun had never fired a bullet and that he never will fire that gun
My grandfather fought in the Pacific. He didn't talk about it much, but when he was about 90, he started sharing a story now and then, maybe because he knew, that he would be around much longer. There are a few that I remember, but the two I remember best are basically on opposite end of the spectrum of what war was like.
The first story was about how he got caught in a firefight that last all night and when it was over an officer showed up and immediately started yelling at him for not standing to salute. He then asked where his commanding officer was and he pointed to a man nearby. The confused officer said, "but he's a private," and my Grandfather said, "yep, and he's just a week older than me, otherwise I'd be the one you're looking for." they lost so many men that only a group of privates where left and they determined who was in charge according to age. That officer wasn't nearly as harsh once he realized just how bad they had, had it.
The second story was about how my grandfather would sneak into the kitchens around midnight to make ice-cream. Some how he got a hold of a manual ice-cream maker and hid it somewhere in the kitchen. One time an officer caught him, but they made a deal: the officer kept his secret and my grandfather shared the ice-cream. After that night, they met there almost every night to eat ice-cream and became good friends. That officer was also a pilot and he even took my grandfather up to see a sunrise from the seat of a small plane once. My grandfather was borderline obsessed with ice-cream and had a bowl after dinner almost every night, until he died on the eve of his 93rd birthday.
Thank you for sharing this stories. My grandfather was a free french soldier in North Africa and later Italy and France
These are things that matter, thank you for sharing.
MY grandfather was in the Signal Corps and shipped to the Pacific in 1942, he did the same thing. Didn't ever talk about it until about ten years ago, and he sat down with me for 6 hours and walked me through a 90 page war diary of his. Kept detailed notes on his unit's movements.
He had the same experience: he shipped as a 2nd lieutenant, and was occupying Tokyo as a brevet Major, retired as a Captain, all principally due to the fact that the regiment or battalion lost a few officers every time they went ashore.
Also he was on ship within sight of Manila when the Japanese set it on fire on their way out, and was in one of the first waves of logistical units who moved into the city.
He's 102 in April, and I don't think he'll talk about it again.
great storys man! may he rest in peace ✌🏻
Yup. My grandfather served in ETO . My Father in law the PTO. They never said much about it. They wept.
You should watch “The Pacific” next, it is as good as “Band of Brothers”. There is supposedly a 3rd series planned that is going to focus on the Air War. Hopefully it will/is still being made
The Mighty Eighth or Masters of the Air. The bombing campaign in Europe. Gonna be a lot of character deaths.
Masters of the air is in the making and will be published on Apple TV, directed by the BoB and the pacific team
They said they weren't going to, and that they're going to take a break from the war genre. Which is kinda a bummer, but at least they did BoB
Masters of the Air has been made! They finished shooting in December of 2021 and it’ll probably come out this year.
The pacific is a great watch. I must see if you appreciated the story of Band of Brothers.
Hopefully yall will watch the we stand alone together documentary after this ,it's a great piece of history and more In depth on the interviews
I really hope they do this as well. Incredible interviews. And after watching the show, seeing how each character was, it makes the show even that much more enjoyable/educational
100% definitely adds to the series and see the bonds that remained for life.
This
Watched it last night. Amazing
That and then the pacific get the whole experience lol
Ron Livingston, who played Nixon, met Nix's wife, Grace, before filming the show. He said she was quite a vibrant woman.
if I remember correctly, he didn't just visit, but actually hung around with her for a while, to pick up on the real Lewis Nixons mannerisms and habits. Damian Lewis (who plays Winters) also spent a significant amount of time with the real Winters in order to play him better in the show.
@@eatdatshoplifter4459 Yeah, and I know she came to a party Livingston threw, inviting all his friends for a last hurrah before heading off to Actor Boot Camp and then being away for 9 months to film the series. She told him he was a handsome man. :)
Grace said Livingston was the spitting image of Nixon.
We Stand Alone Together was NOT a preexisting documentary, it was a companion piece produced specifically for HBO in conjunction with the series. It aired the week following the finale (on Veterans Day) in the same time slot as a de facto eleventh episode. It features expanded interviews with the veterans of Easy Company, identifying the remainder who weren't revealed at the end of episode ten, including several who were not spotlighted in the series. They recount the experiences depicted in Band of Brothers, as well as several that weren't depicted. It's an integral part of the project.
This is some important information, hope Diegesis sees this comment
It wasn’t a pre-existing documentary, but it was made up of pre-existing video interviews made during the writing of the book.
@@gawainethefirst Band of Brothers was first published in 1992. These intro/documentary interviews were conducted over a two year stretch from 1998-2000. Mark Cowen (director), Will Richter (writer), and Jodie Burke (co-producer) traveled to 30 states to interview surviving Easy members in their homes while the miniseries was in development.
Points were awarded according to the following formula:
- One point for each month in service in the Army
- One additional point for each month in service overseas
- Five points for each campaign
- Five points for a medal for merit or valor (Silver Star for example)
- Five points for a purple heart (awarded to all soldiers who were wounded in action)
- Twelve points for each dependent child up to three dependent children
Very cool, thanks for sharing! :)
Never would've guessed that last one, neat!
Mike B thanks for that, I never knew!!
Good info, one correction, I'm pretty sure that a Purple Heart was awarded for being injured while serving in an active service area, so men hurt in accidents or incidents while in rear areas of the European theatre could and were awarded the Purple Heart (this is the reference in Ep3 where Blithe is severely wounded and gets one Purple Heart and the other soldier was collecting them for minor wounds like a lanced boil). This is different to simply wounded in action. Another thing is at least initially in the European theatre their was a soft "cap" on awards for each division, the (flawed) logic being to balance things out, as a result heavily engaged units like the 101st tended to have a much higher threshold to get valour and merit awards. Many men in frontline units loathed the perceived inequity that it was very difficult and risky to get valour awards and Purple Hearts invariably demanded serious wounds, whereas less engaged units and rear area troops could get merit awards more easily and Purple Hearts for relatively minor "accidental" injuries. I could be wrong about either of these things, this is not an area I am specialised in, but I do recall both things from my readings and studies.
whats dependent child?
@@lionhead123 A child that the soldier has back home. Was an effort to bring fathers home.
No not not giving him the satisfaction, it is called giving ones parole and a sign of respect on both sides giving ones parole means you are on your honor not going to run away or escape captivity
Also Richard Winters kept that pistol. It had never been fired during the war, and it was never fired while he owned it.
Gaurnere's actor was the closest to the real guy in terms of likening, by far.
I think the guy who played Shifty powers had the voice down to a T though
Look Nixon up
The men all said they hated Sobel, but he was the reason they were so prepared and so well trained, because he was so hard on them.
Adversity breeds strength.
The problem with Sobel was not that he was harsh but that he was unfair.
@@Your_President_Kanye_East I think Winters once characterized Sobel as a “ marionettte.”
Sobel wouldn't have been as much an issue if he was actually a functional leader in combat. The red flags were when he kept getting his company "killed" in battle training.
@@gd88467 "do you know a man in this company who wouldn't double time currahee with a full pack just to [pee] in that guy's morning coffee?"
"Grandpa were you a hero in the war? "Grandpa said "No. But I served in a company of heroes." Gets me every time
Fun fact, this episode was filmed in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. The location of the scene with Winters and Nixon at the lake in the morning for example, is only like 30 minutes away from where I live^^
You live in such a beautiful place. I’d love to visit but I hear Switzerland is quite expensive.
According to an interview with Matthew Settle, who got to know Speirs in the time surrounding production, Ronald Speirs was studying to be an accountant before the war. His approach to war was very analytical and calculated. Every risk he took, every act of brutality, was quickly calculated against the probability of shortening the war, and making it more survivable for his men.
Speirs confirmed in later years that he did indeed shoot the Germans on D-Day because they had no facilities to hold prisoners, and “no prisoners” was the order of the day.
He shot the sergeant in his own crew for being drunk and not wanting to wait to advance behind the “walking” artillery barrage. The sergeant would have led his squad into a barrage of friendly fire, and Speirs ordered him to stand down. The sergeant leveled his weapon at Speirs, and Speirs shot and killed the man to save the man’s squad.
Speirs reported the action to his CO, who said it was probably justified, but would be investigating whether disciplinary action was necessary. The CO was killed the next day, and the incident was not investigated.
Capt. Speirs chose to not summarily execute Private Floyd Craver for shooting Sgt. Grant, the British Major and the Germans, presumably because there would be no benefit. The war was over, so Craver’s execution would not have expedited the end of the war, and it would not have made his men any safer than turning him over to the MPs.
Great job with the series, guys! I look forward to more of your content!
Speirs is honestly such an amazing character, the fact he was a real person is even more amazing. His life and actions read like some fictional protagonist. Just goes to show life is stranger/better than fiction.
He didn't shoot them. He did shoot the drunk soldier that had pulled a gun on him first.
@@louremington6975 No, he did confirm he shot them...
In reality, Webster didn't actually see Janovec's accident. Instead, he was later called to a hospital regarding two soldiers as victims of a car crash and it was there that he ID'ed Janovec's body. General Patton died the same way: survived the whole war and died in a car wreck before making it home.
The blurb about Liebgott wasn't entirely accurate, as he was actually a barber. He disappeared for about two years before reappearing elsewhere in California. He remarried and had eight kids with his second wife before divorcing her in 1969. He also declined to attend any E Company reunions, as apparently he wanted to just get away from the war. He passed away in 1992.
EDIT: Edward Shames (seen briefly in Episode 7 yelling at the men) passed away last month on December 3rd at the age of 99. The last living member of Easy Company is Bradford Freeman, who is currently 96.
I believe Bradford C Freeman is still alive
Funnily enough you see Liebgott cutting hair in the opening scene of the first episode
Was Shames the officer they thought about as a replacement for Dike but he always yelled?
@@primary2630 yes.
@@przemekkozlowski7835 You are correct. Shames was the last surviving officer.
The story of the Replacement who shot grant is actually far worse then they portrayed in the series. He began the day attempting to rape an Austrian girl, murdered two British soldiers when they came to investigate, stole there jeep. He then murdered the two Germans in the scene and shot Grant when he came across him. Some how shockingly he was not hanged for what he did, he was sentenced to "Life in Prison" but was out by the late 50s
Also Sink told Spiers he would of shot him
Actually the replacement known as Floyd Craver was sentenced to life imprisonment and had a dishonourable discharge as a result of the following...
Two counts of murder: A German officer from the Wehrmacht, Captain Edward Altacher and a British Officer from the Intelligence Corps Major Watkin. One count of attempted murder, that being Sergeant Charles Grant, who made the mistake of approaching Craver unarmed. Plus one count of desertion, when he attempted to escape from prison in early September of '45, but he was caught by French civilian police a day later, and then handed over to the US Military Police.
He was released not long after though, but eventually he died on the 6th of July 1987, aged 65. After he collided his moped into a truck in Charlotte, North Carolina (DUI). Three years earlier Grant died, likely due to the long term affects of the brain injury he sustained after Craver shot him.
@@GreyDoofus88 also, the war was truly over for the German officer and he was on his way home when he unfortunately came across Craver.
I'm from central Oregon and had the honor of meeting don malarkey.one of the nicest human beings I've ever met.
Just so you know Winters actually kept the pistol given to him. He said it was a symbol that the war was over for his men and the German majors men too. (It was a major not a Colonel). The salute was respectful too. Later he examined the pistol seeing it has never been shot. He believes that is how all war’s should be ended with no blood or grievances.
Another one is that easy company actually rigged the lottery for Shifty powers. He was the one of the Toccoa men with the lowest points. And just fyi German army and German SS are two different things. Not every German soldier or officer were human scum some were fighting for their country to defend it.
Perhaps read up about Sophie Scholl and her friends before saying that not every German soldier was scum. That is sort of true to an extent, but even getting forced to fight at gun point doesn't relieve them of their responsibility. As the Nuremberg Trials determined, 'following orders' is no excuse. In contrast, Scholl and her friends actively resisted the Nazi regime, and died for it. They are the only truly good Germans from that period.
@@juvandy That's a ridiculous thing to say there were many that resisted... secondly the Milgram experiment provides ample evidence that no matter how good of a person you are, human beings are susceptible to obeying authority even if it goes against their own ethical code...
@@juvandy Wow, you really are an impressive idiot.
@@TacGKilgore the Milgram experiment has been critiqued many times. I suggest you read more. I also didn't say that there weren't other Germans who resisted.... but anyone who actively fought on the side of the Nazis doesn't deserve any support at all. Even if they were forced at gunpoint- they could have chosen to die instead, as others did (like Scholl, as an example). Even Stauffenberg and his compatriots weren't trying to stop the Nazis, per se. They just wanted to get rid of Hitler. Lots of them were still antisemitic and believed in the supremacy of the Reich.
@@juvandy There's a difference between the orders discussed at the Nurnberg trials and the orders we're talking about when it comes to defend your country from attackers, or even when attacking another country.
You guys have been probably my favorite reactors to Band of Brothers. I love that did longer videos for the episodes too. I also appreciate that you didn't feel like you always had to talk about every little thing during the episode. So many reactors want to talk over half the show or try to come up with something to make them seem smart. Then they end up missing some key dialogue or plot points and I find it very annoying. Keep it up, I love your channel. You should try reacting to Chernobyl...it is very good as well.
Chernobyl is on a short list but Arianna has seen half of it so Maple will most likely do it
@@Diegesis sounds good. All three of you are great.
Ditto Chernobyl.. and The Looming Tower series with Jeff Daniels is one you should catch
@@jillfromatlanta427 Chernobyl short-sifted how many people worked to come up with solution by doing a composite of all of them into about 3 people. They good have scientist in halls or work areas and left most of the dialog to the stars, main characters, or they could have said we heard this from from such group of scientist or institute. That is even cheaper, cost-wise than having extras in the background!
Easy Company...the most ironic name in History. Beginning their War running up a mountain...and ending it climbing their way up a mountain to Hitler's Eagel's Nest. None of these Men died, they're immortal. Currahee ♠
Edit: I have already experienced this with some coworkers that weren't even born when 9/11 happened...it's already as distant as Pearl Harbor is to us. Blows my mind.
I second the other comments about watching the documentary as well as the miniseries The Pacific!
1:08 "So he was drafted?"
Winters enlisted in the Army during the summer of '41, before the Pearl Harbor attack. After completing basic training, he served as an instructor for newly enlisted/drafted soldiers until his performance merited being sent to OCS (Officer Candidate School). In just under a year, Winters went from being an enlisted recruit to a 2nd lieutenant.
Are you guys gonna be jumping into “The Pacific” series now that you finished Band of Brothers??
I asked them last episode, they said no unfortunately
It's the most natural transition 🤌
They will probably get to it eventually. Probably better for the channel if they do a variety of things.
Personally I'd like to see them watch Firefly if they do another series soon.
@@shrunkentakeselo7896 Ahhhh, we'll have to apply the pressure. Can't watch one without the other. 🤣
@@andrewsplace1966 for real, honestly. It's got some amazing points in it, especially in that last episode! "Is there anything the Marines did teach you?"
I'm an Army vet. I love watching you guys. She's so likable and empathetic and he's so knowledgeable and educated. Props to you two, I'd like to get on your Patreon
As a PA resident, I was also very surprised that I grew up less than an hour from one of the greatest military leaders to ever exist. I could have bumped shoulders with Major Winters without even realizing it. Crazy to think about.
You may consider watching Generation War after this. International successful miniseries and described as "a German Band of Brothers". Even though it has more focus on drama than action.
Or the movie Stalingrad 1993. Gives a good insight in the meaning of the sentence of that German MP soldier "Russia is not desirable"
I found Generation War to be really, really hokey. The core premise of a group of 'everypeople' who are all friends yet experience all aspects of the war was just too farfetched to me. I can see what they were trying to do- to use this one group of people to illustrate all of the experience of the war, but to me it just made it way, way too unrealistic. Also, it props up the 'good German' or 'clean Wehrmacht' myth to some extent because none of the protagonists are shown really as being bad. It's kind of like 'we're good people caught in a bad situation'. I just didn't like how none of them really were allowed to be shown doing any evil stuff, which a LOT of Germans did, either by choice, by brainwashing, or just because they had no other choice.
Generation War was alright, but nowhere near good as Band of Brothers at all. Also like juvandy above me has written, it has bit of the "Clean Wehrmacht" whitewashing as well, unfortunately.
@@juvandy That's a common complaint I hear. On the other hand I found it quite interesting and I don't see anyone of the clean Wehrmacht. The nice guy deliberately shooting civilians? Not good. The "good officer" shooting the commissar? Not good. The nurse betraying a Jewish nurse helping out? Not good. The film starlet? Got her career by snuggling up to a Gestapo officer. The only "good" guy there was their Jewish friend. I think it rather accurately portraits how easy it is to lose you humanity and become guilty in this situation.
As a comparison: take Lieutenant Spears: shooting prisoners of war? Looting? I'd say that makes him a war criminal (please don't come with the argument "they had orders not to take prisoners..... As a German I have heard that "I was only following orders" way to often). Not wanting to slander Mr Spears but losing your innocence and committing crimes is so easy in wartime.
Coming back to the "clean Wehrmacht": no, it wasn't clean. And I have have not seen any clean and morally good soldier in that series. A lot of young men who mistreated Russian soldiers and civilians. The "they were all monsters" approach makes me feel uncomfortable - not because I am German but because I believe that anyone can become corrupted in wartime. Showing these men as monsters would make it too easy for us to assume that "we would never do something like that". And as a history teacher I have long lost my belief that people are good. They try to be - and fail again and again. So my lesson from that? If at all possible don't put people into these situations. Try to keep the peace. Try to teach them forgiveness and friendliness.
Anyway, Band of brothers is a great series, no doubt about it. And I have respect for anyone who has lived through these times and who managed to be a decent human being afterwards. And that seems to be the case with the men of easy company.
@@juvandy Did you even watch all of it?? Not only does it show Wehrmacht soldiers shooting civilians, prominently one of the main protagonists does so.
I'd agree that they could have shown more situations of doing at least morally ambiguous things, and it could have been made clearer that the focus on this group of friends only shows a very narrow perspective of the overall picture (not that i think it would be necessary as it is pretty clear, but too many don't seem to get it).
@@mrnice81 yep, I sure did.
Put The Pacific on your list of mini-series to do please. I enjoyed the Band of Brothers ride with you guys. I see there's plenty of comments suggesting you react to the documentary, We Stand Alone Together, I'll second that.
Just to let everyone know, youtube channel The Operations Room has few videos detailing how the historical battles seen in the series actually went down, and they are also put into wider strategic context that really signifies how important some of Easy Company's exploits, such as taking Carentan and intercepting the armored counter attack in episode 3 were in the big picture of war.
been to eagles nest, its an awesome beer garden now, really beautiful and glad they didn't just demolish it b/c of the history
Yeah the more historical relics we keep in tact the better
Have to follow up with the pacific at some point.
Same length series
Same producers
Same period in time
But a very different side to the war...
With Excellent acting on top
I recently found out one of my good neighborhood friends growing up in Reading, was the great neice of Joe Toye. Growing up in the 90s I didn't have a grasp on what the men that lived in my area had done during the war. My old nextdoor neighbor served in the navy, and my grandfather's neighbor was on Omaha on D Day. I'm honored I had a chance to meet a few of them, particularly the men of E Company 506th PIR when they were alive, like Babe Heffron and Bill Guarnere. They were the humblest men I've ever met. All of them couldn't fathom nor wanted fame, to them it was a job that had to be done and they did it.
Every time I go stop by Ephrata PA, I take time to visit the Major Dick Winters Memorial.
It’s like a quote i heard from midway movie of a real life soldier who was known as being brave.
When some of his mates asked him how is he so brave.
He says
”My father worked as one of the builders for the skyscrapers and empire state building in new york, working like 1000 feet in the air without a secure line or anything walking on edges for many years.
But on year when he got his retirement, he dies in a car crash, no alcohol, no anything, just a normal car crash.
Why fear when you may live short anyway and don’t know what you will die of”
I think it’s as it is here, like they have fought and survived more than a year but then dies in like the most boring and tragic ways, like a car crash.
Just like the guys father in the movie worked and risk his life for many many years being really high up until he gets retired one year and dies in a car crash the same year.
This why we also should live our moments like it is the last. Make sure you do everything you have wanted and tell all people you have wanted to tell something but was too shy or afraid to do it.
Like a lover, an admirer or family member or anything.
Don’t wait, don’t regret, cuz anything can just happen and then it is too late when you are in a grave.
Watch "The Pacific" and "We stand Alone Together"
Yes please
Contoversies aside, It is important and highly recommended to anyone interested in WWII to read about the difference between the Werhmacht and the Waffen-SS. The Werhmacht was the regular armed forces of Germany; the Waffen-SS was the militarized arm of the NSDAP's secret police, the SS. While the idea of the "clean Werhmacht" is widely considered a romanticized post-war fabrication, we can still understand why military courtesy was still offered to regular German military personnel; it'd hardly be extended to an ideological fanatic member of the SS.
'Clean' being applied to any force in WWII is honestly romanticized too. The Allies were in the right and as an American I still would say the Greatest Generation was the greatest. But at the same time... we may not have committed as many war crimes, but we certainly did our fair share. You can still honor and respect our WWII ancestors and treat them like the heroes they were, but there were some bad eggs, and even heroes can do some bad stuff sometimes.
Great point, and an important distinction. It's also why I think more should be reported about officers in the regular Army attempting to assassinate Hitler and decapitate the SS. They knew what that man was and hated the SS. Hell, even Rommel, the greatest field marshal the Germans had, was forced to commit "suicide" because he was suspected of knowing about an assassination attempt
The last moment there; where Winters is talking about the letter Mike Ranney sent him about the question his grandson asked him always hits me hard when i rewatch the series. He was the one who was demoted to Private by Sink when the NCO's mutinied, for which they could have been shot as they were preparing for combat, and was also amongst the men who assaulted the gun positions on D-Day. Him getting a menion right at the end of the last episode takes me all the way back to the beginning and gets me reflecting on all the ones who also volunteered, but likely still fought on D-Day, or in other major actions in Europe, pr possibly the Pacific; the men such as those who died with Lt. Meehan in their plane, or even the ones like Janovec or O'Keefe, who were relatively new to the unit (wondering if Janovec may have been in Bastogne, because he seemed to have been with them longer than O'Keefe to me). Guarnere apaprently tried to reach out to Sobel many times trying to get him to come to a reunion; most of the Toccoa men who trained under him later credited him with their survival, but he died alone and embittered which is very sad. All the 101st who served on D-Day were volunteers; had to be I believe, though later replacements may have been draftees, but I think they would have had to volunteer for the Parachute training. Hope you will take the time to check out the documentary showing more of the interviews; especially of the guys who weren't featured on the main show; you'll also see some of their kids. Hope you'll get in some comedies after this; kerk hiraeth, Scotland
THANK YOU!! I’ve always wondered who Mike was, and assumed he was one of the guys who weren’t featured at all in BoB. That’s awesome to know. Also, I wish more people would notice Winters specifically said that those lines were from a letter from Mike; most seem to miss that and that beautiful quote is directly from Winters.
My grandfather never talked about the war while we were growing up. When he knew he didn't have much time left, he sat the whole family down and told us everything from his time in the war. We recorded the audio and each of us grandkids have a copy. We will never forget that day.
The Pacific ... Directed by Tom Hanks as well. If you enjoyed Band of Brothers, The Pacific is a story about the Marines. Must see. Hope you watch it.
As of July 2012, there were at least a few members still alive. They were supposed to have made a guest appearance at our local baseball (Southern Maryland Blue Crabs) stadium (it was cancelled due to the heat related health concerns I believe). They did however have an "Easy Company" game anyway, where player wore uniforms with Easy logo (the spade) and different things on them which were then sold at auction for veterans charities.
"Grandpa, were you a hero during the war?"
"Grandpa said No, i served in a Company of Heroes"
Everytime... 😭😭😭😭😭😭😭😭
The Pacific is harder to watch, maybe because my great grandfather fought in that theatre of war.... he would suffer problems with his stomach & shakes for the rest of his life after the war.... and didn't talk about his experiences, after his death in 1989 we had access to his diary's and they where full of nightmare fuel...
and now time for The Pacific.
I truly loved your reactions! This show is so dear to my heart and I've watched other reactions and just want to say yalls attention to detail and keeping up with the characters was very refreshing.
I just discovered your channel today on Ep9 Band of Brothers. It took me only 5 minutes of watching your reaction to subscribe to your channel.
As a veteran of 40 years and 5 Peacekeeping missions, it gladdens my heart to see someone who's this much intuned to this subject matter.
Looking forward to going through (binge watching) your other playlists.
BTW, I named my daughter Arijana and this is only the 2nd time of heard this name used. The 1st was during my tour in Bosnia/Croatia in 2004.
Please do a reaction to The Pacific!
One of my favorite parts of this show is when Sobel shows up again and he tries to make it past Winters, really wishing he was invisible. But Winters calls him out and says “We salute the rank, not the man!” The look on David Schwimmer’s face is just great. The embarrassment, anger, and shame all come through, but he salutes Winters then disappears. Sobel was really bitter and held a grudge against Easy Co, I’m sure he especially hated Winters. He tried to commit suicide but survived it and was brain damaged after that. It did nothing to help his attitude. When he finally died a few of the Easy Co men attended his funeral and they said it was sad, very few people were there and even his own kids didn’t attend.
Winter’s interview at the end chokes me up every time, when he starts to get emotional and his voice starts to break a little, “Grandpa, we’re you a hero in the war? Grandpa said ‘No I served in a company of heroes.’ “ RIP men of Easy Co. 🇺🇸
This episode is where every man cried.
Thank you for sharing your reactions during thr whole series 😊
Greetings from Chile! 🍻
Please consider watching Tom Hanks' 'From The Earth To The Moon' from 1995. It was a superb 10 part miniseries about the Apollo space program. Also, as fans of 'The Wire' you'll want to check out 'Generation Kill' which is as close to Band Of Brothers as you can get. Different aesthetic and very different war (Iraq) but really really good. And of course, The Pacific produced by Hanks and Spielberg.
"Nixon is a whole mood." I wanna watch all the movies with Arianna just to hear her commentary.
I had the honor of meeting Don Malarky and Buck Compton at Fort Lewis, Washington in 2003. They were two of the most humble and gracious men I have ever met. They were truly the greatest generation.
In 2004 I had the HONOR of meeting Dick Winters, Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron. I was truly humbled and honored to have had the chance to meet these fine HERO"S. This mini-series was awesome and a lasting tribute to all of those men and women, who fought to rid the world of tyranny!
I Know This Was a Huge Journey. Big Recommendation if You Enjoyed this, The Pacific. Also an HBO Series. I’m Sure Y’all Would Enjoy It.
satisfaction- letting the german keep his pistol is a sign of respect-not all germans were nazi/ss
And in real life Winters did take the pistol. And it had never been fired.
@@moose2577 yeah i know damn writers or somebody can't get stuff straight-look what they did to Albert Blithe's info
In the early 2000s, PA state rep John Payne interviewed Winters. You can watch the five-part interview here (each part is 30 min) : ruclips.net/p/PLulUqd1nbWgxkM7JjgDsVgIfBe739o233
The playlist also includes clips from the interview where he discusses specific topics.
There are interviews with Buck on RUclips as well. One interesting insight is that he and Nix did not get along at all.
BTW, Winters died in 2011. And the controversy over whether anyone from Easy Company is still alive is because the last Easy Company *officer* recently died-officer. There is one member of Easy Company still alive today, Bradford Freeman.
I love this show and the Pacific. The reactions you had were so wholesome. Thanks for taking all of us on this journey with you!
Time to watch We Stand Alone Together and The Pacific. Good luck.
I think you'd appreciate their documentary, We Stand Alone Togeather, is well worth, even important to watch. It's all the full interviews with the men of Easy we saw clips of throughout the series.
Glad to have been a part of your journey through this series, it’s such a powerful work of dedication to the men who fought and died. I especially love your commentary and realizations of the past and future, thanks for uploading these episodes, you guys are awesome.
One of my favorite shows! Thank you for amazing reactions. Fun fact: there’s a statue of Winters in Normandy which can be visited today honoring him, the paratroopers, and his bravery.
It's been quite the journey but you ain't done yet! Episode 11. We Stand Alone Together.....all the interviews you've been seeing snippets of including family members of Joe Toye and Ed Tipper..
a must watch for sure
Tipps daughter
@@petis1976 corrected. Thank you
No you were right Shifty's kids are in it I was simply mentioning Tippers daughter.
Don’t forget to react to the video diary of captain Nixon the behind the scenes. Also you two reactions are awesome. Glad you chose band of brothers!
Thank You - I enjoyed watching this with you two - and the thoughtful - on point comments you've made. You're articulate - cogent - and held the proper perspective for this type of material. You did an excellent job - and got me to watch it all with you.
This was an amazing journey with you both. Thank you for sharing the experience and your thoughts.
You guys should react to The Pacific next!
Could be wrong but im sure all the paratroopers were volunteers or at least at the start of the war but the problem is all these soldiers were needed just for the war so once it ended and no more fighting was done they discharged A LOT of troops depending on the points system they had. They just weren’t needed and would’ve cost more to keep them all on for a service they no longer needed for
yes all the paratroopers were volunteer's got $50.00 a month extra
yes, the US went from about 100.000 standing army to 12 million mobilized personel, they had to demobilize, for a while at least they bumped the number up again for korea and never really diminished really, specially the military spending.
Plenty of paratroopers were initially drafted into service. They all volunteered for parachute training once they were in, but they may not have voluntarily enlisted in the Army. (That's the problem with Winter's line in the first episode mentioning, "some draftee who is going to get them killed." Malarkey, for example, was a draftee.)
Really enjoying the content and watching your channel take off! It was really nice to re-watch this series for the first time vicariously through you guys!
I've been to Carenton, Brecourt Manor, the Bois Jack in Bastogne, and Foy, It was a religious experience to visit these Easy Company battle locations.
Now it's time for The Pacific, yay!
You should watch (and please react to) 'We Stand Alone Together'. It took a couple of years to make as part of the research and development of the series. The last survivor of Easy company was (I think) Shames (seen briefly in episode 7) who died at the end of 2021.
Really loved this series! Started watching your channel with the Saving Private Ryan Reaction. Was so cool to learn you grew up near Winters! Also to learn you have family members that served. Good luck on "The Pacific" watch through. It packs in some serious grit.
While in the army in the Gulf, 2004, my son and 2 friends had 3 weeks leave.
The flew to Hamburg and got on the EuroRail. South thru Germany, Swiss Alps, Italy, Monte Carlo, north to Paris, back to Frankfurt, fly to Kuwait.
He said the Swiss Alps were the best. Ride for an hour, stop at a tiny village for an hour, have Swiss coffee, pastries, back on the train for an hour. Sleep. Ride. Eat. Said he had never been so tired.
I call BS on the German Generals speech. I distinctly remember him melting in Raisers of the lost arc.
I assume you'll be getting to The Pacific in the near future. Fair warning though, that show gets a little dark from time to time.
They said they weren't planning on it. I'm sure they will eventually but looks like they are trying to do a variety of content.
My father was in the Pacific in WWII (he passed a number of years ago), and asking him about it was difficult because all he ever told were the funny stories he had. It wasn't until the end of his life that we started to get stories that hinted maybe it wasn't all McHale's Navy (a reference that is maybe too old for you guys 🤭).
Wonderful commentary you two. On June 6th 1984, I stood post at the main gate of Ft. Campbell, KY 40 years after D-Day as part of a 40th anniversary remembrance for the all those that served on D-Day and particularly for the members of the 101st ABN. For just over 24 hours over 2 days I had the privilege to saluted people I KNEW were heroes. Long before the absent-minded "thankyou for your service" slogan was a thing. Each salute I rendered felt as if I was given the opportunity to personally honor and thank them because they deserved it and not because it was SOP. It's sad to me that so many don't even realize that they should be thankful. More so, offended by those that suggest America should only be defined by the mistakes the country made and ignore its contributions to itself, it's people and the world. I salute everyone out there that goes about their day doing the right thing without reward, because they know it is the right thing to do. "That ditch won't dig itself son!"
Now they need to watch "The Pacific". It was also produced by Tom Hanks and Spielberg, it's excellent too.
Watch the pacific or generation kill next
If you loved band of brothers I hope you both will watch the pacific which is another great show I highly recommend it
Wow, thank you so much for making this reaction series. By far the most legit reactions I've ever seen and probably will ever see. You two are awesome.
Please watch THE PACIFIC Next Please
1917 next on the list 👌🏻
I've watched alot of channels react to this series. Yours has been by far my favorite.
Arianna and Chad, thank you so much for doing this series. I really enjoyed all your intelligent discussion and commentary. Those were the conversations I liked to have with others who also enjoyed Band Of Brothers. I have watched a few other reactors do the series, but I think your channel's was my favorite . I am sure others have mentioned it, but I also would love to see you do the companion documentary with the interviews of the Easy Company soldiers, "We Stand Alone Together". To me, one of the most impactful parts of the series was to see these men becoming emotional when talking about the events that had happened some 50 years earlier. That emotion just shows how impactful what the experienced was.
When we talk about people who lived it passing away, you can already see the nuance leave the narrative. I talked a lot about the war with my grandmother who was the only one of my grandparents left when I came to an age to ask better questions and I'm so glad I did. She was in the Belgian resistance and saw her father and two brothers executed because people from their village collaborated with the Germans. So when you see the stripping and the shaving of the women scene in Eindhoven, I see a lot of people reacting to Band of Brothers looking at that as something cruel towards those women, while I completely understand those actions. She lost another brother and a little sister to the bombings, it took a while before I realized that those bombings were the allies bombing German installations, but lacked accuracy... So when she in the resistance was helping pilots who were shot down back home via France to Spain, she was helping the people who killed her family...
I also asked her about the Jews, and she told me that she never knew about the Holocaust until after the war. She did know about a Jewish family living in her street being there one day and not the next, but she never realized they would have been taken away. People were moving from the city to the countryside all the time, and only after the war did those things click.
It's sad to think that a lot of our "education" about the war comes from entertainment like this, and even though it's an amazing series, it's a one-sided American account of the war. And it's something we have to keep in mind, that most entertainment we consume in the west is mostly from the American or English perspective. It'll never tell you about how you walk the German cemetery in Normandy you see group graves of boys being 15-16 years old, children who were 10-11 when the war started. They're seen as nazis, even though they clearly had no say in the matter. And I believe it's important that we keep that in mind when we consume these shows and movies.
Definitely have to watch The Pacific at some point, but it’s worth it to maybe take a break from the war stuff, as The Pacific gets quite dark. Star Wars next sounds great 👍
I watched your reactions to the entire series and I appreciate the thoughtful discussions. This is definitely one of the most impactful historical show of our time. I've watched this series perhaps a dozen times yet I still laughed and cried along the way with you. Great job.
Thank you for the support and we're glad you enjoyed the ride with us. Welcome to the community
I have to say you guys did an amazing job on this series. You gave it the respect it deserved and saw it for what an amazing piece of history it is. I love the reactions and i have watched every episode of the reactions. You guys keep up the amazing work I love it. Thank you for the work you do.
Denver “Bull” Randelman was from Texarkana, Arkansas until he died in 2003. The actor who played him, Michael Cudlitz, attended his funeral.
When I was young, we still had WWI vets living and doing their thing. When my dad was a kid, Civil War soldiers still lived.
For those who are unfamiliar, the Civil war was 1861-1865. WWI was from 1914-1918.
My great-grandfather died in 1975. He was born in 1881. I remember him well.
He was born the year of the the OK Corral shootout in Tombstone AZ with The Earps and Doc Holliday against the outlaw cowboys.
I’m “only” 50.
The Eagle's Nest is now a museum where they teach about the worst excesses of the Nazi Regime, all with a tone of "do your best to prevent this from ever happening again, please." In the midst of this depressing, heart-wrenching education is a charming cafe with an amazing view and some pretty good food.
Thanks for watching this series. I’ve watched it all the way through at least three times and probably will again. It is probably the best miniseries ever made. Thank you!
Loved rewatching the show with you guys! Hope to see the Pacific! ✌🏽
Loved watching this with you guys. Cheers!
In real life. Major Winters actually accepted the pistol gratefully and kept it till his dying day. It wasn’t until after the German Officer left that winters took a look at the pistol carefully and he realized the pistol had never been fired. Winters said, “that’s the way all wars should end. An agreement with no blood on it.”
Growing up in the 60's and 70's, I never thought about it, but almost all the older men were veterans of WWII. They were postmen, like Picante, in construction like Johnny Martin -- and I never even thought about it. What did they experience? I never knew, and at the time I didn't care, except what my Dad went through in the Pacific. These men never bragged. They didn't wear their experiences on their sleeves. The just quietly went along living everyday lives. Oh how I wish I had asked more questions!
I love these guys. I've watched the series in its entirety at least 15 times. I never tire of it.
Really enjoyed watching you guys react to this wonderful mini series. Much love!
The hotel at 7:47 , the Grandhotel Giessbach, is located above Lake Brienz in the Bernese Oberland, Switzerland. It is still a hotel today and is a tourist resort.
Thanks for the reactions, I loved watching this with you guys!!! I will definitely take a look at more videos!!!
The ending at the baseball field and them talking at the end especially the quote that winters retells had tears rolling everytime for 2 reasons. Respect. And makes me think of my grandfather who was a major and life long national guard member after the war for 40 years and the greatest man I've ever known. He would be sick to his stomach at the world today that he fought to defend .