Australian 🇦🇺 Watches BAND OF BROTHERS s1ep2 for the FIRST TIME 'Day of Days' Reaction!
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Hi, my name is Elie Moses and I am a 24 Year-Old Law and Film student here in Sydney, Australia. I have decided to watch what is considered on of the greatest and highest rated TV SHOW's of all time 'BAND OF BROTHERS' for the FIRST TIME!! This show is created by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks! Here is my reaction to episode 2 of season 1. D DAY!
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Your silence is part of the reaction. How speechless it leaves the viewer. A tremendous mini-series.
Fun fact: Malarky and the American-German soldier actually worked in factories just OVER THE ROAD from each other. It was changed because the writers felt people simply wouldn’t believe it.
He didn't fumble the grenade,it was knocked out of his hand.
Something you'll notice as you go through the series: each episode you watch becomes your favorite until you watch the next one and then that one becomes your favorite. Just a fantastic series.
When Winters and the handful of guys he assembled come up on the dead paratrooper hanging from a tree, there's a big whooshing sound overhead and the subtitles say it's [planes soaring] but in fact, that noise is made by the massive shells fired from the battleships off the coast, projectiles weighing 2700lbs reaching out up to 24 miles away. The battleship USS Texas, a few days after D-Day, even flooded some compartments on one side of the ship to gain a few more degrees of elevation on their guns, in order to reach even further inland!
On D-Day, especially concerning the paratroopers, they didn't have the resources yet to handle prisoners in the early phase of the invasion, which is why they typically didn't take any. Lt Speirs actually shot a group of them because they couldn't spare the manpower needed to guard them.
Malarkey meeting the German prisoner actually happened, but the man was from Portland, not Eugene (unsure why they felt the need to change that in the show). However, Malarkey and the man actually worked right across the street from each other, they found out as they spoke. The distance between them was changed in the show, because it would have been too unbelievable for the audience otherwise, to be told they worked across the street from each other.
There are 2 guys from Easy looking for a Luger, Hoobler seen in the first episode, trying to walk away with the fake German's gun at the airfield, and in this episode here Malarkey, running out into the firefight to check the dead Germans. Speaking of that scene, to simulate the bullet impacts in the ground, there were tiny amounts of explosive buried in the mud, and when he was running back, Scott Grimes, who plays Malarkey, was not meant to slip and fall, this was an accident. But he knew he might be laying right over some of those explosives that could pop out any moment, so the look of fright on his face isn't faked at all.
If you watch the assault on the trenches again, keep an eye on Buck Compton. During his jump, he lost his machine gun, and acquired another one after landing, but he didn't test fire it, and unbeknownst to him, the firing pin was broken, leaving him unable to shoot the gun. That's why he keeps messing with it at first, taking the mag out, cycling it, always asking someone else to cover them.
When Nixon tells Winters that he "sent the map to division", in fact Nixon ran the map himself, about 3 miles back to Utah beach, because he understood the importance of the information on it - all the German artillery pieces in Normandy. The high command back on the beach was so grateful for this piece of intelligence that, as a manner of thanks, they sent the first two Sherman tanks rolling off the beach to reinforce the 101st. These 2 tanks were used to flush out the remaining Germans at Brecourt Manor. Those are the 2 tanks we see Nixon riding on after the attack on the trenches.
About Utah beach: Later in life, a lot of vets wrote books about their experiences of the war, and in some of these books, their accounts of the attack on Brecourt Manor can be found. One of these vets was once contacted by man named Eliot Richardson, who would later become an attorney general in the Nixon administration, but was at the time a medic landing on Utah Beach on D-Day. Upon reading these books, he finally understood the reason why the artillery barrage had suddenly ceased on the beach that day, and reached out to some E-company vets to thank them for most likely saving his life, and so many more.
During D-Day operations, American soldiers were under orders to *not* take prisoners, as Army Command knew that the situation would be chaotic, and that no one would have the resources or manpower to guard and care for prisoners. In addition, orders were made to eliminate any prisoners that were taken (because Command knew that there would be despite orders to not take them, as its a natural instinct to *not* shoot surrenfdering enemies). After the war, Dwight Eisenhower would say that it was unfortunate, and a tragedy, but a strategic necessity that such acts were committed. Once the allies had a solid beachhead, and things were more organized, the orders were rescinded and killing prisoners once again became a war crime.
The show hinted at but did not truly make clear what Winters and his men accomplished here. Winters and 17 men assaulted a fixed artillery manned by close to 60 German soldiers with the mission of destroying the artillery pieces. They succeeded in doing just that, inflicting close to 35 casualties at the lost of only two of their own (one killed -- John "Cowboy" Halls -- and one injured -- Robert "Popeye" Wynn). Warrant Officer Andrew Hill (the officer who asked Lipton where Battalion headquarters was and got shot in the head for his trouble), was not a part of Easy Company and was counted a victim of circumstance and not an Easy Company casualty.
Doctrine at the time held that a fixed defensive position like the one at Becourt Manor should have been assaulted with a force three times the size of the defending force. Winters, using superior tactical ability, took a force a little over a quarter the size of the defender's numbers and succeeded at his mission. Those medals were earned.
The Distinguished Service Cross, by the way, is the second highest award for valor in the US military, after the Medal of Honor itself.
And I can personally confirm the final card. I was taught about this battle while training to become a young Army officer at West Point in the mid-1980s.
thank you for sharing and clarifying. amazing story my dude.
Great comment, thank you for the insight.
Thankyou that's very interesting. I would interested in learning about any instances where U.S. troops refused to execute enemy soldiers after being ordered to. Where there German soldiers who had either surrendered or been captured that lived through these initial days of the conflict due to the mercy of U.S. soldiers who couldn't simply pull the trigger? I imagine it happened on occasion, I think those stories could be very compelling and inspirational. I know there are stories of German soldiers who refused to kill prisioners like Joseph Schultz. ruclips.net/video/aQ44k1KxEG0/видео.html
A previous attack on that position had failed earlier that day when the attackers tried a frontal assault.
Hills' death, while unfortunate, reinforces every joke I've ever heard about Warrant Officers, rarely seen except in the most bizarre of circumstances.
You saw it yourself right before the scene, 90% of the men were unaccounted for, they in no way had the resources to keep those POWs alive. War is hell.
Typical american war BS, is not like they will die after one day, you can have them for one week easily, specially if you did a command post already like in this case. And I'm not gonna even go they captured the beach as well, after a day, so they had tons of resources. BS of excuses.
@jabo109 they didnt have the manpower to keep watch over the prisoners 24/7. Germans did a lot worse. No country in history has ever fought a war with 100% of its morals intact.
They were ordered not to take prisoners as most units on the offensive do, then and now.
@@jabo109I guarantee wherever you’re from your countries army has the exact same policy. It’s the same today as it was back then. If you don’t have the resources to police POWs then you don’t take them
You're beginning to see why this series is so highly recommended.
Well, this is when the sh*t gets real. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. And this soldier wasn't even a member of Easy Company. Currahee ♠
I've been watching this series for 15 years, once or twice every summer. Usually watching "Day of Days" on 6th June to remember what these poor buggers had to go through, so we can live our peaceful lives today (most of us!). I REALLY enjoy just watching your "reaction" as these videos should be - just a natural first time reaction. I feel many videos are a little false, maybe they've even watched through the episode previously and decided how they should react. For me, just let it roll, don't pause and react when you react! Will enjoy following your experience, it's the best TV series ever made and a brilliant history lesson for generations to come! Great job Elie!
Let's go, I just finished the 1st episodes reaction. You better watch it all :D
10 bucks i have em all uploaded by next sunday
Fk might have to take that back something just came up. Oh well ill try
Someone already mentioned the grenade fumble not being a fumble and they’re right, but some more context for you to show how it would never have been Compton to fumble a grenade…
Lynn “Buck” Compton was an All-American baseball catcher for UCLA. An All-American is basically the equivalent of someone who is in college but could be playing in the Major Leagues and they’re being recognized for being that good with the title of All-American. It means they’re the best at their position across the country as a whole at the college/university level.
Compton was the one who threw the grenade earlier straight at the back of the German soldier running away, which actually happened. If you notice, he threw it not at an arch like they train them to do (the way he and others lobbed them into the machine gun nest before), he threw it like a baseball on a line into the guys back from a distance.
Catchers need to have strong arms to try and throw out baserunners from stealing 2nd base, which is exactly 127 feet 3 3/8 inches away. Most catchers can throw to second while crouching on a straight line and beat the runner a solid portion of the time. THAT’S how good his arm had to be. He also caught an average of 120 pitches per game and threw most back…this brings me to…
The US Army purposely designed hand grenades to resemble baseballs as it was easily the most popular sport in the country at the time, something every single one of these men would have grown up playing.
So, you see, there is absolutely no way Compton would have fumbled that grenade on his own without being smacked into or the concussion of a blast near him, or being shot himself.
Elie might be on the hottest react-streak of all time. First BCS, then Sopranos, then the Wire, and now BOB? You don’t miss brotha
bruh actually legendary run
@@eliemoses Literally. 4 of the top 10 shows of all time. 5 if you wanna include BB in the run
@@eliemoses Sons of Anarchy, Lost or Dexter next to keep the streak going? 👀
In real life, Sobel did parachute into Normandy on D-Day as commander of the 506th's service company. After landing, he assembled four men and they destroyed an enemy machine gun nest with grenades. He then rejoined the rest of the 101st Airborne Division near Carentan. He spent the rest of the war as a staff officer and logistics officer.
War crime, I always thought that was such a silly idea. All war is a crime. To quote Captain Willard from Apocalypse Now, “Charging a man with murder here, was like handing out speeding tickets at the Indy 500.”
Elie, I’m so happy to see you picked another great property to react to. Most def another one of my favourites. I was feeling a little down in the dumps yesterday at the thought of your Wire reactions coming to an end and not being sure what you were going to watch next I wasn’t sure if I was going to be motivated to keep following. I mean I love you Bro but after the Wire I’ve become such a TV snob I can’t bring myself to follow a reactor if I’m not into the show they are watching. However You’ve picked another of what I consider the very best of what television has to offer.
The scene tracking Winter’s descent into Normandy is one of the greatest action war scenes ever filmed up there with the Private Ryan Normandy beach landing. In fact I seem to remember hearing this series came about in the wake of Ryan because that production had done so much hard work locating and amassing WW2 era vehicles, equipment and costumes from around the world Spielberg and Hanks were determined to take advantage of it again while there were many of the veterans from Winter’s book about Easy company still alive and able to be interviewed. You’re in for a hell ride. Keep picking top tier shows and I’ll keep watching. If you like science fiction another recent good one is Three Body Problem, Andrew
thank you soo much.
Lt. Spiers had no choice but to shoot the German prisoners (In fact, he was probably ordered to do it). The reason being, that the D-Day invasion had just started and the beachhead likely hadn't been established yet. They had no provisions or camps established, to keep prisoners. The Allies barely had enough to provision their own troops. It's the same scene as in Saving Private Ryan, where they were arguing over what to do with the German prisoner (kill him or let him go). They had no way to keep them, and they couldn't let them go, due to the fact that they might get rescued by their own Wehrmacht and put back into fighting units. Later on, as the Allied forces moved further inland, and the supply channels opened up, they were in a better position to keep the prisoners they acquired. One WWII veteran I knew, told me that they usually didn't kill them, that early in the war. He said they would often just shoot them in the knees, or make it to where a leg had to be amputated, so that they were unfit to continue in combat.
This is the closest to perfection as cinema can get. Granted, it does have various historical errors (I know for a fact future commentors will educate you), but it's still worth the watch. Every time.
You have NO IDEA how much we (I probably shouldn't speak for everyone-but I'm sure a lot would agree) appreciate the fact that you refrain from constant babble and questions, talking over all the scenes and all the dialogue, as a number of reactors do. Not sure if other reactors feel like it reassures us that they're watching or what, but it's really annoying, because so much is lost (by the reactors, mostly) by doing that. That's how I know tuned-in and captivated by their story you are - you keep it to a minimum. THANK YOU!
all good girll!!! i try and pause and talk rather than extended talks over the dialogue.
Following the action of the battles is sometimes difficult, so I highly recommend the channel Operations Room, which has top down animated videos that cover all the details of most of the battles depicted in the show. There is one about the action to take the guns at Brecourt that is shown in this episode, and whether you do a reaction to it or not it is a really good short video to watch. The videos on that channel become increasingly helpful as the series progresses due to the battles getting much more confusing, but also because it was impossible to recreate some of the future battles on the show exactly as they happened in reality...so the Operations Room's analysis will fill you in on all the variances.
FYI Captain Sobel would have been in Meehan's plane that went down on D-Day.
Another great reaction to the series. I agree with you about not having music during the battle. In a way, sound design of the battle is a cacophony of sound that requires no music. Spielberg has an eye and sense for detail. He also surround himself with talent that shares that same eye.
The show of respect between Guarnere and Winters at the end always gets me. If someone got Bill's respect that meant something. Partly that is from his upbringing in South Philly during the depression. His second guess about Winters being a Mennonite is correct.
The fact that the sticks were scattered all over the place actually gave the American Paratroopers of the 82nd and 101st an advantage. This resulted in the Germans being very confused. For the Paratroopers, they had been so well trained they were able to find their location and set out to reach their goals.
Training and preparation were A plus.
In fact, Winters may have been one of the best prepared officers. He spent his weekends on the base as Sobel had said in Episode 1. That time was spent ready every military manual he could lay his hands on. He was a true Captain America.
Do I get that you are a Jedi Spider-Man Pirate? Nice pic.
Actually, Richard Winters was not a Mennonite. His mother's familty was Mennonite, but Winter's family did not practice that faith. He was brought up in the Lutheran faith, but did spend time in proximity with the Amish and Mennonite communities.
@@gibsongirl2100 That's true but he had Mennonite in his heritage.
Winters was actually put in for the Medal of Honor for his action at Brecourt, but due to an Army policy of one MOH per division, Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole of the 502nd's citation for his actions on D-Day, one of few ordered bayonet charges in World War II to break the German defense to capture a bridge critical to the success of the subsequent capture of Carentan, had been submitted before Colonel Sink was able to submit Winters for the MOH.
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Yeah, I hate the part where the German POWs are given cigarettes and then executed. It's pretty awful, but American soldiers on D-Day were ordered to not take prisoners, because they didn't have the sufficient manpower or resources to properly guard and contain prisoners. So, that's why that happened, as terrible as it is.
Like when Tony gave Matthew the sugarless can of soda.
These planes each contained what they called "Sticks" consisting of 10 paratroopers. The sticks got all scrambled up due to the 88's,105's and machine guns flying up at them .
You know who is firing because all guns make a specific noise and the boys were trained to hear what German guns sounded like. The German 88 (mm) has a very distinct sound as does their "grease gun" machine guns. Much different than anything the Allies used.
Question: As a paratrooper after a drop behind enemy lines and thus surrounded (of course you realize there is no need to drop in front of enemy lines), where do you keep captured enemy soldiers? They didn’t drop a portable jail along with the troops. So go easy on Lt. Spiers.
FYI, the DSC which Winters was awarded is a very prestigious medal, second only to the Medal of Honor for US soldiers.
German guns had a different sound, which is why people are like ‘why don’t so and so just pick up an enemy gun’ because you take the risk of sounding like the enemy.
I have no military or firearms experience and have never thought of this before but after reading your comment it seems like such common sense
Sobel wouldn't have been on that plane,he would have been on the plane in which Meehan was killed
It doesn’t slow down. Episode 3 is great, too.
It wasn’t a “war crime” at that time and under those circumstances because the land was still under German control so there was no location to keep prisoners, the Allies were still at a disadvantage and had no extra manpower available to just watch prisoners and no guarantee that the Allies would overcome the German army, so it was allowed. Later, that policy would change and there were scenes showing Easy Company taking prisoners because they now had secured positions and were receiving replacement troops to help bolster the available manpower.
"Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops," Eisenhower wrote. "My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone."
-Dwight D. Eisenhower Supreme Allied Commander. This was his other speech. D-Day was never a guarantee as implied sometimes in American History. This being the 80th anniversary.
13,000 guys drop at midnight on top of the Wehrmacht ;-(
i grew up in E/506th Reenacted back in the 90's starting at 17 . i got to know many of the real life Troopers you see in this series. ( as the book came out on 1992 ) so got to hear all the stories from those who were there. so the ambush scene is all wrong and Wild Bill didn't even have a weapon, he did pick up 2 german pistols which he used later to earn the name Wild Bill (the real story never made the books or series, and very few know it, i'am 1 who does told by someone who was there) the assault on the guns is about 90%ish accurett . for more correct info about Easy i'd suggest "The were not lost Privet" podcast - www.youtube.com/@WereNotLostPrivatePodcast
There’s a person on here claiming WWII didn’t start until 1942 “for tactical purposes”. Just to be clear, it started in 19-blinking-39. It’s just the Yanks didn’t enter the war until 1942 as a result of the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese. A lot of people don’t realise the US was late to the party in both world wars. Now it’s a good example of the military industrial complex.
We also wanted to stay out of it until Pearl. There still is that desire to not intervene in foreign wars in a lot of Americans today but I agree the complete 180 in public opinion and war production was a great example of the military industrial complex.
They drink their beer very very late
Please tell me we are gettin episode 9 of the wire tonight
Maybe tomorrow cos i still havent even watched the finale
@@eliemoses 🔥🔥🔥excited to see your response to the last 2 episodes
Ignore the idiots making excuses for the prisoner wipeout. Plenty of prisoners were taken that day. Most D-Day troops were sane enough to interpret a "take no prisoners" order as simply to be highly selective about choosing to accept surrenders, but the guys in this case were already accepted. Everybody recognized the incident was criminal, but nobody wanted to betray a comrade they owed their lives to, so it was never mentioned on official paper.
You don't hide when you think something you did is legal, moral, and reasonable. Only reason we're informed about it is that Ambrose and Winters got elderly Speirs' permission to tell the tale. But it doesn't exist in any official record.
Why would you put a giant watermark over the video itself?! It's unwatchable
You need to realize that for tactical purposes, the war did not begin until 1942, the very year they were at Camp Toccoa.
@docbearmb I’m sorry? In 1942 for “tactical purposes”? World War II started in 1939. It’s just the Yanks didn’t join until 1942 after the bombing of Pearl Harbour by the Japanese.
First, it was supposed to say “practical” purposes. My bad.
And yes, I’m well aware that for the rest of the Allies it began in 1939 (though really Poland was the only country in which there was all out warfare until 1940). But in the context of Easy Co., ‘42 was when it became a reality.
@@docbearmb well the 82nds 504th & 505th & 509th for Airborne units were already fighting in North Africa / Sicily / Italy by 1942/43 (504th RCT fought in Italy till 44 and were in no shape to make the Normandy Jump) while the 101st was stateside , heck even the 551st PIB in Panama was getting ready to do a jump on the Vichy French controlled island "Martinique " (May 43) and then they had the highest casualties out of all the Airborne units that fought in the Battle of the Bulge.
what are you talking about, "that guy had no choice?" he had every choice not to go. he was born in America, lived in America and DECIDED to get on a plane to fight for Germany without Hitler putting a gun to his head. he should have been fighting for America.