BAND OF BROTHERS Episode 2: Day Of Days - FIRST TIME REACTION
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I live in Eugene so when that German soldier said he was from there we were genuinely surprised.
Personal fun fact: Malarkey's family lives 15 minutes from me. I salute them everytime I pass by their place to go to work.
Perconte is from my hometown and went to the same high school. Only met him the once when I was probably in the 2nd or 3rd grade, nice guy though.
I felt the same way when I watch platoon when they mentioned a town you never heard of like wampum Pennsylvania my dad was in Vietnam so I imagine him being there in the Bush
Im im Eugene too, gamily is from here. It was a mind blower watching the series when it was first on. Wasn't suprised though, quite a few of German descent went and fought for Germany, but as far as Eugene?
Tell malarkey’s family I said hi
I grew up a town over from where Moose Heyliger was living.
A luger is a German Handgun desirable by soldiers as a war souvenir.
Hell, kids in my neighbourhood growing up used to talk about wanting a luger, and this was the '70s. Very well-designed piece of kit.
One of the earliest automatic pistols in large scale use. They used a peculiar calibre of pistol bullet - 7.92mm, which gave it relatively low recoil and allowed a pretty big magazine capacity compared with the usual European adoption of 9mm for pistols, or .45 inch (=11.43 mm) in the American Browning M1911. It was the basis for Soviet automatic pistol and submachine gun designs after WW1, but altered to the Russian standard 7.62mm for simplicity, in line with their use of 76.2 mm cannons in their tanks, artillery and anti-aircraft guns.
It was made in WW1 so it is a real antique.
It’s a neat handgun
Yes just like the samurai sword in the Pacific war. Soldiers targeted japanese officers just for a opportunity to get a hold of a samurai sword.
We Stand Alone Together is the documentary.
I'd also recommend seeing Ron Livingston's short documentary about the basic training the actors went through.
He has seen war is another great documentary if you haven't seen it
It's not a 'making of' documentary though, it's about the real guys.
It was Guarnere's brother that was killed in Italy. He probably had an itchy trigger finger to exact some revenge for his brother's death.
That's how he earned the nickname "Wild Bill". He said he was determined to avenge his brother's death by killing every German soldier he saw. Italian blood, lol.
The Colonel with the mustache is Dale Dye who is a Vietnam veteran and film consultant. He ran the actors through a rigorous boot camp in preparation for the film.
and Ron Livingston recorded a lot of it and it's on YT
The German was saying "Don't shoot, no make dead."
The actor that played Lewis Nixon made videos of the training they did and some behind the scenes stuff it is worth a watch
Yes, you should react to all the extra footage.
Ron Livingston is the actor and he was asked to film a short video of all the actors going through Boot camp, deff something fun to watch it is on youtube
A luger is a kind of german pistol. Allied troops would take them as trophys.
My father had one (he didn't get it in the war, he was just a child during the war), but he sold it in the 1980's. It was a cool little pistol. I got to fire it a couple of times (into the back yard on New Years when it struck midnight).
My father had one from the War -- apparently it was Czech-manufactured sometime during the War. I don't think he ever fired it, and after a while it would not have been safe to try, even if he could find the proper shells. Like you said, it was just a trophy.
@@johnalden5821 Umm. I would say the weapon would still work, though you would likely have to disassemble and inspect it first, and make sure it's cleaned and lubricated after so long. Also if it's a 9mm P08 Luger finding cartages for it is actually very easy. 9mm ammo you find at just about any gun store is literally 9mm Luger, it will say 9mm Luger on the box most often. 9x19mm Luger became pretty much the world standard for 9mm ammunition so nearly all 9mm Handguns today use 9mm Luger, which is very fortunate for someone who owns a MP38, MP40, MP41, P08 Luger, Walther P38 among many other 9mm Germans small arms from WWII. Even the 9mm Beretta used by the US Army uses 9mm Luger. This stroke of luck mostly came about through NATO standardization, and 9mm Luger was adopted for Handguns and SMGs used by NATO nations, so it's popularity boomed through the 1970-2000s.
That being said. The only real issue with the P08 Luger is the weapon is designed for a grain count, which is a tad higher than what is often seen in most 9mm Luger ammo commercially sold today. Which means with an "Old" spring, the Luger is known for not completely cycling which can cause a jam. Mostly because the ammunition is too weak, and the spring's are old. If you can find a Gunsmith that specializes in Lugers you can likely get specific parts replaced if the weapon doesn't work properly with modern 9mm Luger ammunition.
If you're unlucky, you have a 7.62mm Variant which is a pre WWI variant of the luger that used a much weaker and smaller cartage, and for obvious reasons the German Army didn't like it, but the Swiss kept using them and manufactured 7.62mm Lugers up into the 1940s. But being you said it was Czech, I'm very confident that it uses 9mm Luger, which you can find just about anywhere these days. But as I said, the modern 9mm Luger commercially sold is often weaker than the 9mm German Army Surplus from the era in which it was manufactured so the weapon isn't designed to operate with this modern weaker 9mm ammunition.
“Nicht schiessen”, which you will commonly hear shouted in this series, is German for “don’t shoot.”
Their job was to disable the big guns. That was why they were blowing up the barrels.
they were killing the 88's that were shelling the beaches during the landing.
105s. Those in the film weren't 88s.
After the series is done you need to watch the documentary We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary and do a reaction if you want or not but its something special and its on youtube :) .
Also look for Ron Livingston's (Nixon) video diary he made during the Boot Camp the actors attended prior to shooting.
Hey Lady, really enjoying this. When you said you could listen to them forever, watch ' We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary ' after you finish this masterpiece. It's incredible.
As you've probably read by now those "old guys" in the beginning of each episode are the guys from the show. The survivors or Easy Company. Wonderful reaction I might add.
I love how much you pay attention and how invested you are in to this. Your appreciation of the quality of production of this and of the real people behind it is one of the best of any channel that has reacted to this series this far. Props to you!
Others have mentioned Saving Private Ryan. It shows the other way the troops entered France, if you're interested.
The German was saying 'Don't Shoot! Don't Shoot! (Nicht Shiessen)
If you wanna see an interesting behind-the-scenes on this show, if YT has it check out a video diary series made by Ron Livingston (the actor who plays Nixon [Winters' buddy who is riding the tank and goes "need a lift?"] in the show) of a majority of the cast (including himself) going through the kind of basic training Easy Company would've gone through. And no kind of tailored training for actors; they were ridden hard by the drill instructors that were led by former U.S. Marine Captain Dale Dye (who a lot of movies will use as a consulting supervisor on military stuff, and who has a role in this show as Colonel Sink, the overall commander of Easy Company); were only addressed by their characters' surnames; all the British actors (including Damian Lewis) had to go through the training using American accents; trained the actors how to shoot, how to use grenades and mortar launchers, and how to jump as a paratrooper. It's amazing to watch.
As a Colonel, I believe Sink had control of the entire 506th, if I'm not mistaken.
If you haven't seen it, Saving Private Ryan is a great movie. Tom Hanks has the lead role and directed by Spielberg
Yes I believe Tom Hanks read the book about easy company to help with getting saving private Ryan right and thought it would made a great TV show adaptation , Spielberg agreed
@@shanenolan8252 Didn't know that. The book is absolutely a must read
@@KH-my5tr agreed book
My favorite part of the series is the interviews with the old soldiers at the start. Want to know what they're thinking in the plane? The interviews would give a little insight into that and in a few instances you can see how those events still affect them today.
Ron Livingston (Lewis Nixon) was tasked by the studio before any sort of production began, to create a running vlog throughout the entire process, from the very beginning, to where they all assemble for 'boot camp' (Run by Dale Dye, a vet himself, he plays Colonel Sink in the series), etc... it's really good. You can find it on RUclips as well.
We grilled steaks over a 55 gallon drum and wire mesh as the grate in Mosul Iraq. Soldiers are creative and bond in the oddest of places. Seeing them in the back of the deuce and a half fellowshipping reminded me of little things like that.
From wikipedia: It is regarded as one of the best war drama TV series ever. Band of Brothers was shot at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, England and North Weald Airfield in Essex. Filming also took place in Hambleden, Buckinghamshire and Giessbach Hotel, Switzerland.
My grandfather was part of their Battalion. He’s briefly mentioned at the beginning of a couple episodes, but passed away in 1986. He jumped into Normandy and Holland and was wounded and evacuated after Bastogne.
The old guy at the beginning always reminds me of my dad. Their eyes are very similar. My dad is also the kind of guy where he may get emotional, but he won't cry...but you can still see the pain in his eyes. I only remember seeing my dad cry once in my whole life and that's when his mother died. He makes the same sort of expressions with his face as well. My dad is younger than that guy is though. Still a veteran, but of the Gulf War. (Desert Storm and Desert Shield) My grandfather though, on my mother's side was in WWII doing the same job as these guys. A paratrooper. He died when I was just a baby and I would give anything to have him still around. I'd love to talk to him and hear his stories about the war. Though from what my mom said, he didn't really talk about it. He only talked about it to one of her brothers, who was really into history like I am. So maybe he would have opened up about it to me. I don't know if he was 82nd or 101st. Sadly, the place that kept military records from that time period burned down a long time ago. All I really know is he landed on D-Day just like these guys did and he fought all the way up until the Battle of the Bulge. Where I believe he was shot in the hip and spent some time in a hospital in France before coming home.
If he fought at Bastogne then he was in the 101st. Bless him.
@@catherinelw9365 Not necessarily. The 82nd and 17th (which my father belonged to) also fought near Bastogne during the Bulge.
@@natskivna Yeah, you're right...there was a number of divisions there. It's weird though when I look at the 'Battle of the Bulge' wiki, it doesn't mention the 17th under "Units Involved", though I know they were there too.
From what it says:
12th Army Group -
*First Army
*Third Army
6th Army Group -
*Seventh Army
21st Army Group -
*Ninth Army
*Second Army (British)
1st Allied Airborne Army -
*6th Airborne Division (British)
*82nd Airborne Division
*101st Airborne Division
@@catherinelw9365 Yeah, I'm still unsure about that. A lot of divisions were included in that battle. But I appreciate your kind words. I would ask my mom's brother about it because he has his uniform, but we haven't talked in years. (He's the one who's a historian. He also does things like Civil War Reenactments.) I like to think though when I watch this series, that my grandpa probably went through very similar circumstances and same battles as these guys did. Can't imagine what he had been through and to be able to survive what he did. My mom said he kinda became an alcoholic later on, maybe it was his way of dealing with things. I'm not sure. I've tried and tried to find things online using his name. His name was Maurice Clark, we're from Tennessee. I have one picture of him in his uniform, but it's kind close up and I can't see things like badges. The only thing I can see is he has the same "Jump Wings" on his jacket like the guys had in this series.
This episode really highlights Winter's leadership - he's level-headed, decisive, organised, cool under fire but has real compassion for his men. Just to give you context the medal he received for the assault on the guns at Brecourt Manor, the Distinguished Service Cross was the 2nd highest US awarded for gallantry. I believe he was _actually_ recommended for the highest decoration, the Medal of Honor.
Loving your reaction. I hope the series inspires you to discover more of the history of the Second World War.
He was nominated for the Medal of Honor. In their infinite wisdom, Congress decided that they would only issue 1 medal per division for the Normandy invasion, since of course such a simple undertaking obviously wouldn't require unusual acts of valor. The 101st's Medal went to Robert Cole for leading a bayonet charge and seizing the causeway that led into Carentan. He wouldn't live to actually receive it however. He was killed in Operation Market-Garden a few months later placing markers to help guide P-47 fighters that were supporting his battalion in Holland.
You should also see on RUclips when the show won the Emmy Award. The men are together at a hotel watching and Winters was on stage with the cast and producers to accept the award.
The powder the medicine was pouring on the soldier's wound was sulfa powder, which was the first generallly effective antibiotic treatment to prevent infection produced in the early 1900's.
Penicillin, which had been invented by this time, was still extremely rare, due to it being difficult to produce with the existing technology. It only became common after the war.
Listening to vets got me interested in the forces, so I joined. Grandfather served in the armored through Italy. Just like Winters, I have my little piece of land that is quiet. :)
@@PodreyJenkin138 Oh, thank you. I named myself this so people know who they are talking to, mainly I puff so my points may not come across clearly :)
@@PodreyJenkin138 Enjoy! im up in Canada, so legal here. Hopefully for all you guys soon too! The only natural that helps me relax. Cheers.
If you like the interviews at the beginning, there was a companion documentary called "We Stand Alone, Together " which is all interviews with the surviving men of Easy Company.
Yes, Kraut (German for cabbage) is an ethnic slur for Germans due to our foundness for Sauerkraut. In the UK the term Huns was more common, I think.
The British used "Huns" for Germans more often in the First World War. Calling them "Jerrys" was more common in WW2.
@@peteg475 Didn't know that one. I do know how Krauts and Huns came about, but what's the origin of "Jerrys"?
@@peteg475 "Don't wake Jerry"
@@rainerbloedsinn182 I don't know but I always assumed it was because the Ger in Germany is pronounced the same as the Jer in Jerry.
@@rainerbloedsinn182 Well, Germans....Gers...Gerrys..Jerrys.
There are three documentarys about BoB one about the real Easy Company, one Making of the shots and effects and a last one filmed by the actors themself while they had to do a bootcamp learning how to be a soldier in WW2 each one is very interesting.
The surrendering German with his hands up in the trench was saying 'Nicht schiessen' which translates to 'Don't shoot.'
11:22 "Someone must have been throwing dirt or sand."
Actually one of the practical effects used behind the scenes are a ton of planted micro explosives and small air pumps buried into the ground. These aren't meant to be lethal at all but they can simulate bullets hitting the ground near the actors so they wouldn't actually be getting shot at in the filming process. The dirt, mud, grass and ground kinda popping and flying upwards is the explosives that the crew were detonating next to the choreography the actors were trained on.
You don't exactly see it when Popeye gets shot in the ass. So I'll use another extra as an example. The German Soldier that's wounded and trying to shoot at Buck. Buck's weapon also jams until someone else arrives to shoot the German. To simulate blood and the gunshots, there would be a tube or concealed packet filled with red gel in the spots where they would want the hits to appear. There are a few holes already torn into the outfit and resealed to look normal covering up the gel packets or the blood tubes they have attached to the actor. When it comes time to simulate the "getting shot" sequence. They pump a lot of air and increase the pressure in the tubes which causes the "bullet" holes to basically explode and if you have blood packets underneath, it will burst outward like someone actually getting shot. It is case of getting it timed correctly and takes a lot of work.
The Luger P08, or Pistole Parabellum Model 1908, was the standard issue sidearm of the German military from 1908 until 1940-ish, although produced until 1943. It introduced the 9×19mm Parabellum cartridge, the most commonly used handgun cartridge in the world, which is known commercially as "9mm Luger" here in the US (we typically name a gun cartridge based on what firearm was imported first that chambered it). They were sought after collectibles brought home by GIs in both World Wars. The artillery pieces Easy Company disabled were 10.5cm leFH18s (leichte Feldhaubitze 18) not 88mm Flak guns. It was a common thing for GIs to call every German artillery piece an "88" and every German tank a "Tiger" in the heat of the moment. The actor who played Hall would go on to play Moriarty in Sherlock (the BBC one with Benedict Cumberbatch). Speirs killed the prisoners as the paratroopers were not supposed to take any, as their modus operandi was incapable of handling POWs until they could link up with the troops landing on the beaches. The German was saying "Nicht schießen" meaning "don't shoot" (had to Google the spelling on that one so it wasn't "don't shit") and "No make dead" before Toye clobbered him with his brass knuckles. Lipton poured crystalline sulfanamide on Popeye as a disinfectant. Every soldier carried a tinned gauze bandage which had sulfa packets with them. The paratroopers also had extra first aid supplies (the big packet on several guys' helmets) which included 2 bandages, sulfa powder, and a tourniquet. Hall died to a "Bouncing Betty," a landmine that would launch itself 1m in the air when triggered then detonate sending 100 ball bearings in all directions. Few Betties killed, most wounded, the most common wounds to the thighs, waist, and the genitals. Hall's TNT didn't have detonators attached like Lipton so Winters used the German grenades to chain detonate the dynamite and break the barrels, rendering the cannon useless. The TNT was supposed to be placed on the firing mechanism, other units like the US Army Rangers disabled enemy artillery by placing thermite charges on the breeches, essentially welding them shut.
Back in the Day i was a NCO in the E/506th Living History Group and at the Big events we always had many of the Org. Troopers hanging out with us, sharing stories and Drinking and singing (Prop Blast Bash) we also got many Troopers from other Airborne units. including some of the Filthy 13 who were the inspiration for the movie "The Dirty Dozen" and many others. all had amazing stories and just a blast to be around.
Much of it was shot up at Hatfield Studios, some of the scenes around Brecourt Manor when hitting the German 105mm guns and the Sherman tanks were shot at Pippingford Park in Sussex, it's used by the MoD for training and I've taken part in a number of private events there as a reenactor originally as 101st Airborne and then Wiltshire Regiment.
If you want the documentaries I can highly recommend the Blu Ray box set.
Making of the show? Why yes there is.
The actor who played Nixon did a video Diary of his experiences while working on the show.
Their are behind the scenes videos for the production as well.
They also put together a longer video of the interviews with the vets.
The same town is used for the majority of the city fighting in the series. They modified the city, and shot from different parts to make it look like different villages.
This is why DVD box sets are awesome. You get the bonus material.
This invasion was the D-Day invasion (Normandy, France). It was the pivotal moment in the turning point of WW2. Once the Allies had control of a major beachhead in France, they were able to create a Western front to the war (the Russians were already engaged in the Eastern front of the war with the Nazis). You should just research D-Day so you know more about the significance of this moment. It was the largest amphibious land invasion in the history of war. But it was centrally an all-or-nothing attack. If this invasion was not successful, it would have been very challenging for the Allies to push forward and ultimately win the war. But with its success and the subsequent push through France to follow, Nazi Germany's defeat was almost all but inevitable. The only thing unknown was how many would die before the war would end.
Agreed , the naval part alone is hard to comprehend 5 thousand warships and 2 thousand transports , there was a good HBO movie with Tom selleck as Eisenhower went into the planning and the huge gamble it was
It stuns me when I run into someone who doesn't know what D-Day was (although D-day also meant any invasion date, but in WWII it's famously known for June 6, 1944). Education these days is terrible.
@@catherinelw9365 yes Catherine just ment disembartion day or start of the operation , there were dozens of them in the war especially in the Pacific island hoping campaign. I learned all about this when I was ten , that Lawrence Oliver documentary series and my brother's history book school textbook ( Bismarck to de galle a history of Europe f ru om 1866 to 1966 really good book , they dont publish like that anymore the decline of the education system is a tragedy , modern teaching and departments of education , my catholic school education always served me well , priests and nuns didn't mess around
@@shanenolan8252 I had a Catholic education too, grade school and college. Lots of history was taught. It also helped that my Dad was a big WWII history buff. He was 16 in 1945, and ran away from home to join the Army, after VE Day, thinking he might lose the chance to fight. Fortunately, by the time he reached the Philippines, the Japanese had surrendered. So he was part of the occupation force in Japan, then later fought in Korea.
@@catherinelw9365 wow , Philippines was a bad campaign to be in at any age especially 16 and Korea , I assume he made it back home or we would be talking , yes I always loved history my family both sides were military familys for generations well farming and military my grandmother mothers side was born in an army camp in India her father was stationed in India his wife was employed by the military in commissary corps , laundry cooking , a little nursing before she married. dads side his father was a rebel Irish catholic fought against the British in 1916 and then the war of independence but the Irish civil war turned him into a pacifist or it broke his heart and he quit fighting but the thing they lived through is hard to comprehend , I remember my grandmother telling stories she saw Russian revolution and communist empire rise and fall and everything in between world wars the depression , incredible woman 15 kids 7 died in infancy all born in her bedroom with her next door neighbor and best friend as midwife I'm soft as cheese in comparison. But dads side his genealogy I found ancestors serving in wars for 800 years probably longer but records were pretty poor before that
All US soldier carry first aid pouches and are trained to use them. In WW2, that pack included two vials of morphine, two packs of sulfur powder (the powder you were asking about). Penicillin was not really available, so preventing infection was critical. Sulfur powder killed germs and caused blood to coagulate at the point of injury faster. Also in the kit were scissors, wound gauze and an Ace bandage.
Someone has probably already answered this but a "Luger" was a type of German pistol from the first world war, considered a valuable war souvenir.
the white powder being applied to the wounded soldier is sulphanilamide, which was supplied to all US soldiers in first aid kits. It is intended to reduce the chances of infections in open wounds.....it was pretty effective too.....
It's still used for people who are allergic to penicillin, like myself.
The man who plays Winters is a British actor I think, blew my mind too, he plays an American better than most Americans.
Much of the cast is British or Irish. Winters, Roe, Hall, Blithe, Talbert, Popeye, Martin, Liebgott, Heffron, Welsh, Christenson, Penkala, Cobb, Smokey, Foley, Tipper, Ranney, Janovec, Evans, Allington, and probably many, many more that I haven't listed, all played by either British or Irish actors.
If you ever get to it, Saving Private Ryan is an excellent companion to this series. Also notable is that the battle in this episode is the same battle as the beginning of the film. In Saving Private Ryan, British, American and Canadian soldiers attack the defended beach, while the paratroopers in Band of Brothers flew over the beach and dropped behind the enemy defenses.
Watching band of brothers was epic life story of paratroopers in ww2. Then I watch the pacific series marines fighting the Japanese, my grandfather fought in the Solomon's during ww2 he never spoke about the war in the Pacific. After watching the Pacific, I finally understood the horror he went through. God bless all our veterans who fought in the ww2. There sacrifice will never be forgotten...
I'm not a soldier but hearing Winters shout' "LET'S GO, FOLLOW ME!" would definitely inspire me if I was under his command.
I met several of these gentlemen in 2008. Amazing men. A very humbling experience. The actor playing Bill G got it exactly correct.
To answer your questions, in case you see this eventually.
What you think about knowing you are going into combat? Usually your job, some think of families, but most think, when i hit the ground, need to set up with others, establish perimeter, accomplish mission. What if scenarios and how to deal with them, like, what if the LT buys it, how will we continue. What if the radio doesn't reach anyone. What if...
Next question, its loud on cargo planes because no space is wasted on noise reduction. Same as a lot of military vehicles. Also, combat is ridiculously loud, its why military people learn to "sound off" to make sure they are heard over battle. Hand and arm signals are learned for this, as well as staying quiet. If you watch, they are giving hand and arm signals up and down the plane while getting ready for the jump. Usually between yelling and hand and arm signals, you get your point across but you aren't having long conversations either.
When I was in high school, my history teacher gave us an assignment to find a much older person to interview and get their take on certain events in history.
Initially I wanted to use my dad, a USMC Vietnam veteran, but he had a better idea. I’d been mowing an elderly shut in neighbor’s grass, and dad told me to ask him. He agreed and I was lucky enough to listen to him for hours. He was a Navy WWII veteran who served in the Pacific. Some of what he told me I could tell was watered down so as not to send me screaming into the night. But mostly he told funny stories…one of which landed me in hot water with the teacher. I wrote about his story of The Phantom Shitter on his ship. The guy would 💩 in desk drawers and all sorts of creative places. At the end of that story he laughed real hard and told me that HE was the shitter. Hahahahaha
There is a making of Documentary that came with the original DVD box set as well as the interviews that are teased in the episode intros, called We Stand Alone Together. Its on RUclips. I don't know how many reactions I've watched to this series, but I always enjoy them. Enjoying yours too
If you remember from Episode 1, a British soldier showed one of them a pistol and the American almost walked off with it. The pistol was a Luger.
the trench fight: the camera is on tracks and he just backs up as Damian Lewis moves forward;
An interesting 'real life' factoid from Richard Winters: he had an M1 rifle (semi automatic with an 8 round clip) while the Germans mostly had bolt action single shot rifles. Winters said by his staying and fighting in the trench, the Germans could only approach him single file so no matter the numbers, only the first guy could fire. Naturally, him having a semi auto rifle allowed him to outshoot the Germans.
In the DVD box set I think there is a making of Band Of Brothers on the bonus material disc and the whole series was filmed on a large country estate in Hampshire if memory serves me right.
You ask "How did they mentally throw themselves out of the plane knowing what they were jumping into"...The answer is, they didn't know. The overwhelming majority of them had never been in combat before. This was a true baptism by fire, and it was the two solid years of training that got them through it.
And it's something of a testament to these guys' character that Popeye keeps apologizing for getting shot in the ass. It's a special breed who, after they've been shot, instead of thinking of themselves, they're apologizing because they think they've let their mates down.
8:04
For translation: One mg42, 25 feet, throw grenades
Little interesting fact on the real members of easy compony . When the crews were showing up to the veterans houses to do the one on one Interviews, there were large gatherings of family members and lose friends at their houses. One of the producers thought they were all there for the cameras, but upon setting up, the people weren't really paying attention to them. The producer then asked a young man , if they were not all there for the cameras why were they all there? The young man said to the producer because grampa never tells stories about what happened in the war.
It amazes me that ppl are so oblivious of basic history...then again both my grandpas and all my great uncles fought in ww2 and Korean War and I was raised by and around all them old bastards. I was borne in the 90s btw
The people who are being interviewed ARE the "Characters" of the series who survived...
They are the greatest generation in the history of the United States of America 🇺🇲
Kraut = American-English derogatory for those of Germanic heritage, deriving from Sauerkraut, the food dish. It was espeically used between WW1 and WW2. A nickname similar to the British use of Tommy, Jerry, and Yankee or Yanks.
There is a documentary that is part of the series. It shows all the interviews with the Easy Company members. I highly recommend it once you finish the series.
None of it was shot on location. It was all shot in Great Britain, on a 5,700 acre abandoned small village, which was reconstructed for each town they fought through, all the scenes in Bastogne were shot inside an old automobile factory.
Spielberg and Hanks interviewed all the vets in and around the easy company and probably got thousands of hours of footage from that to use in making this series.
As all comments here say the doc name is "We stand alone together" its 77min documentary with interviews and there they also give u the names of the vets so u can make the connection with series.
Its very emotional documentary you can find it on HBO or here on youtube aswell.
I can attest to the truth of the last title card. Back when I was a young Army officer in the 1980s, we studied this attack and the tactics used as a perfectly executed attack by an inferior force against a superior, entrenched force (in this fight, the Americans were outnumbered by the Germans about 4 to 1, yet still managed to accomplish their mission goals, not only destroying the guns but inflicting heavy casualties on their opponents, taking only three casualties of their own (2 killed, one wounded). That is a remarkable feat.
the British gave the germans the name "Kraut" from cockney rhyming slang - Sauerkraut -> Kraut
"One hour to rest". Military life can really change one's perspective on time, along with everything else. I served as a tank crewman in the Gulf in 1991, although my unit did not serve in combat. Still, we underwent some pretty arduous training to prepare us for the rigors of combat. We had a training exercise that kept us up for over twenty-four hours without sleep, and then I had to take the guard shift that night. When I was finally relieved from guard duty, my sergeant told me I had two hours to get some sleep. I crawled into my sleeping bag thinking "Wow. I have TWO WHOLE HOURS to sleep!" It seemed like an eternity of rest and relaxation; but if someone told me now I only had two hours to sleep, I would be outraged.
All the action scenes were filmed at Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire, England. Various sets, including replicas of European towns, were built. There are quite a few videos on the making of the series.
Kruats was a slang term for the Germans.
Krauts
As in sauerkraut
Hard times... prepare yourself young lady
During the wars on the homefront, sauerkraut was renamed due to being German to liberty cabbage.
The powder that they sprinkle on wounds is I think called Sulfa. Basically it just clots the blood to reduce bleeding while they try to wrap it up. They also call for morphine very often which is used to just numb them so they aren’t in pain.
If you're enjoying this the same people made the series "The Pacific "which is also amazing, Plus the movie saving Private Ryan where all of these shows really started from.
I was really disappointed in The Pacific.....it was hard to even remember any of the character's names, let alone care about them (which was the total opposite in BOB). I agree on Saving Private Ryan though, and actually Letters From Iwo Jima (directed by Clint Eastwood) was also another very good WW2 film (but from the Japanese perspective).
@@DeathToTheDictators I had a hard time with The Pacific at first, but I persevered and now I love it as much as BoB. It’s got a “different DNA”, as Tom Hanks put it. BoB is about the brotherhood of war. The Pacific is about the dehumanization of war. Much more difficult theme.
@@catherinelw9365 Well-put, Catherine. And that was the correct choice because the Pacific Theater was a different war-a different type of war all around.
4:20 If you remember from the first episode, when they trained in England, there was a classroom scene where they had german weapons hanging on the wall. Not only were they taught to identify enemy weapons, but also taught how they worked and how to use them. Firearms and weapons are the same basic principles.
So when Winters led that ambush with the Germans under the bridge, maybe it was just to eliminate a patrol. But the side objective that probably had in mind was to acquire a weapon from the enemy since he had none and had to rely on his men to do the shooting for him.
There is indeed a "making of" piece on the DVD set and perhaps somewhere on RUclips. I think you'll be most intrigued by how they made the Bastogne episode. A true wonder in movie magic.
Most of it was shot (especially the town scenes) on a purpose built outdoor set next to Hatfield, just off the A1 and not far from London.
There are several documentaries on the making of the series, and the actor who played Nixon (Livingston) did a video blog on how the actors trained for it
After you finish with 'Band of Brothers' there's a documentary 'We Stand Alone Together' which is basically interviews with some of the survivors from Easy Company. There are also many interviews on RUclips with survivors of E Company 506th PIR 101st Airborne as well men from different units.
There was a poem about the blood stained road written by a soldier that was there. Essentially dead bodies on the road would get run over by tanks until all that was left was red mud.
you need to watch Saving Private Ryan and The Pacific. As to your question what is a Luger it is the P-08 Luger a semi automatic pistol one was in the first episode when the British where dressed as Germans.
A Luger is type of German pistol. The powder is Sulfer Powder. I was used in the 20s, 30, and 40s as a way to help clean the wound
"We Stand Alone Together - Band of Brothers Documentary" (1hr 17min) is a good companion piece with the veterans that are featured in the beginning of the series' openings. "Ron Livingston's Band of Brothers Video diary" parts 1-12 (5 min each) and "The Making of Band of Brothers Series" (30 min) are interesting for the behind the scenes info. All are on youtube. Hope you enjoy the rest of the series.
10:02 Lugers are German pistols. Officers are the ones who usually carry those. They are symbolic and as depicted here in the series, they were definitely prizes that Malarkey and Hoobler wanted to collect and send home to their family as a war trophy.
You actually see Hoobler get to check one out in the first episode the day before they jumped. He got to see it from some British soldiers that had acquired German gear.
6:52 He did not kill them, He gave them all an ice cream and sang a song to them.
As other people have said a Luger is a Handgun. You actually saw one last episode, the British soldier dressed in a German uniform showed his captured Luger to one of the Easy soldier.
You go over what your mission is while flying to the objective..Your mission and everybody else’s mission so you know what needs to be accomplished.
The is a documentary linked to the series that just interviews all the surviving paratroopers from easy company that were involved with the show
Furthermore I know one podcast series that has done four episodes with the families , the crew, the cast etc which also well worth listening too
The powder he put on the wounds was sulfadiazine. Each soldier had a packet of it in their first aid pouch. It was an antibiotic.
See the Ron Livington (Nixon) "home movie" (filmed during the actor's "boot camp"), as well as the documentary "We Stand Alone Together"
Most of what they thought of during the flight in was the mission, reviewing their equipment and objectives. Problem was there was unexpected cloud cover and way more flak than expected (the Germans became expert in deploying and hiding masses of flak batteries). The C-46/47's had to maintain a 500-700 altitude in order to maintain unit composition (in theory) when they jumped. They were sitting ducks. 1/3 missed their objectives and were scattered all over the Cotitin Peninsula including the 506th PIR. Here is the imdb page for production and locations: www.imdb.com/title/tt0185906/locations
Hard to understate how efficient Winter’s tactics and the execution of them were in taking those guns
Wonderful as ever, good lady. A joy to watch along with you. Your reactions are always so sharp and you are never afraid to let your compassion show.
It saddens me a little, though, how quickly history is forgotten and how knowledge that was common for one generation is lost to another. I am guessing I am about forty years older than you, so just over a generation, and I blinked a touch that someone as clearly intelligent and insightful as yourself didn't know such things as Kraut being slang for German. Not knowing what a Luger is is more understandable I suppose, as you'd have to be into that side of history to really know that. Someone has already put it in the comments but a Luger is a 7.65mm or 9mm pistol used as a sidearm by the Germans. You saw one in episode one when the British soldier was talking with one of the guys from Easy.
As to not knowing simple German, well that is a failing of the school system as a whole - I think that languages are not compulsory any more? What the fellow in the attack on the gun emplacement was saying was "Don't shoot!" {nicht schießen}.
Mind you, I grew up at a point where it was long enough after the end of the war for things about it to be embedded in the culture but not so long that memories had begun to fade. Plus, though I am an engineer these days, I was an historian/museum curator in my younger days, so that might have a bearing on matters :O. And I can imagine that there are things about the present day that folk younger than me would be amazed that I am not aware of :chuckles:.
For the "making of" side of things, there were such on the special features of the DVD and there are some you can find online. Like this {tho it is 'video' quality ... how on earth did we used to watch at such a res :lol:} - ruclips.net/video/e_sg16yMvns/видео.html
EDIT 2: This is clearer - ruclips.net/video/PGrqVIu1CU8/видео.html
Yeah, I'm old enough to remember that Kraut was still being used in the US to denigrate Germans - that was the 60's.
@@catherinelw9365 Oddly enough, Kraut, along with Squarehead, does seem to be more of an American pejorative than an English one. For the First World War we used Hun or Boche and for the Second Fritz or Jerry were the vogue terms. A quirk is that during the Cold War, British forces did use the slang Boxhead for the Germans - my source for this is a friend who used to be in the Riyal Artillery and served in Germany (marrying a German woman) so I trust the veracity of this :).
@@dallassukerkin6878 I've wondered if the American term "jerry-rigged" came from WWII - it usually meant something that was quickly built on the fly, without much forethought. I've never heard the word "boxhead" - interesting!
@@catherinelw9365 It is tempting to think so but the origins of that are further back. It came into use in the C19th; however, no-one knows, as far as I have I found, what the specifics are of its derivation.
As to Boxhead, I think from what my friend told me that it was a variation on Squarehead and used only within the military communities either on the Wall or in the Rhineland.
Here in South Philly it's perfectly acceptable to murder anyone's whole family if someone from said family kills a member of yours. Wild Bill is a legend and the Pope of South Philly.
It's actually probably a blessing that they DIDN'T know exactly what they were jumping into on D-Day. Several of the guys that Stephen Ambrose interviewed for the book commented about the fact that they took chances on D-Day and in the days shortly following that they never would have taken later in the war precisely because they DIDN'T know what they were getting into.
Too, there's the mentality of a lot of those (very young) guys as they were going off to war. There are stories of the briefings for the D-Day beach landings in which the soldiers were briefed that there could be 66% casualties in the first waves. As the stories go, every man in the briefing looked at the guys on his left and right and said, "You poor bastards."
if you think this is quite the mental PTSD when it comes to war horrors, try enduring Saving Private Ryan. It's what inspired this series.
The Distinguished Service Cross is the second highest award for Valor, just below the Medal of Honor.
Most of the 10 episodes was filmed at the."Old Hatfield Aerodrome" in England
Alright, you have my attention. I will subscribe and follow you on twitch. I was walking down a reacts road of war movies and you came up. Glad to digitally meet you!
The "Luger scene" from the first episode was when Malarkey talked to the British soldier in german uniform. The guy YOU felt kinship with because of the accent.
11:47 i remember when i took the branch test in military and they promised us an hour of sleep(was only a promise) and then immediately after we got some food(i ate beef jerky thats all i had time for) they hit us with a quiz and the punishment for wrong answer was to carry mines on a stick. My team carried 3 mines that night right after the quiz was done. We stayed up for 36hrs walking 31 miles through the woods doing small tasks, such as avoiding imaginary snipers and all. When we got back to barracks every man fell asleep super quick, some while cleaning their guns and we had to wake them up so they would go sleep in their beds. Let me tell you something, if it takes 3mins to wake up one man and all you want is to go sleep by yourself, the minutes feel like hours. But we got it done. 9 months in basic training, a medic. Everyday hoping for a war not to start during my time here.
They made a documentary accompanying the series with the interviews and the real veterans telling their stories in there own words and photographs
If you seen Saving Private Ryan, those guns they took out were firing on the beaches. If they were able to drop from the plane on their DZ then maybe more lives would’ve been saved on Utah etc. Most people don’t dig into history to see what exactly happened on those beaches.
Gotta give credit where credit is due. The German Army was no pushover Army.
In the ambush at the bridge, yes, he got the job done, but it's a cardinal sin to do anything before whoever is initiating the ambush does so. In a near ambush exact, precise timing is everything.
the blood on the road was from the horse blockade the Germans left. The DVD collection has a behind the scenes section on the making. I would be surprised if its nit on youtube.