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- Опубликовано: 7 авг 2020
- And here we are folks, we have reached the end of Band of Brothers, and our journey with Easy Company is now over.. This was such an impactful experience!
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"No....But I served in a company of heroes". Tears every time!
Same here
"For he who sheds his blood with me shall be my brother"
@@mrsweater17 Good ol' William S.
that's why I'm playing "company of heroes" good rts game though, check it out.
@@stazageirol154 I just hot Hell Let Loose...its pretty good too ^-^
RIP Major Dick Winters 1918 - 2011
He remained incredibly humble after this series raised his profile so much, and insisted he wanted nothing to do with the effort to get him a Medal of Honor all those decades later.
@@Rmlohner Bravery beyond belief.
@@Rmlohner he lived an hour and a half away from me. He would regularly take phone calls from strangers and spend hours on the phone just answering anything for anyone. Truly an outstanding person
Met him a long time ago in Hershey, PA. What an incredible man.
As of August 2021, Ed Shames is the only living original Easy Co soldier left alive.
I fear we are never to see the likes of such men again.
One of the greatest series ever made, glad you watched it.
I agree. Watched it when it was released on HBO and bought the 6 set disc set. Seen it many times. Best series. Like the Pacific but not as good as this series.
@@John57945 I felt the same way but after reading "Helmet for pillow" and "With the old breed" (the books that inspired the series) The Pacific became just as good as BoB!
Geetsly! A surprise to be sure, but a welcome one!
Amen
Hey i know u.. i'm subb'ed to u too..
The man who shot Sgt. Grant was a real person who did also kill 2 German POWs as well as shot a British Officer. When the E company soldiers found him he was sexually assaulting an Austrian girl. And even if Spiers shot him its unlikely anything would've happened since Col. Sink himself stated he would've backed Spiers up if he had killed that replacement. Shows how respected Spiers was as an officer because none of the NCOs interfered and very likely wouldn't have ratted him out.
Equally telling is his decision not to shoot the replacement (even though you can tell just how much he really wants to), which shows Spiers is much more in control of himself and his emotions than the "shooting prisoners" scene in the earlier episode.
Floyd W. Craver. He went back to North Carolina and had a big criminal record including several DUIs and Arson. His son was in a DUI with great bodily harm and left the scene. Apple doesn't fall far from the tree, it seems.
If Grant had died there's no doubt in my mind that Spears would have pulled the trigger.
I have to wonder if Spiers’s war time rep played a part in the Spandau prisoners being so well behaved.
Omg I didn’t he did all that other stuff? What a dick
Now is the turn for the series: The Pacific.
Yes , they need to react to “The Pacific” , same producers , awesome story...
@@ElB3rTo91 They are. Well, he is. With his dad. She wont be watching the pacific.
This is a good reason for me to finish The Pacific. For some reason, I only watched 3-4 episodes when it came out. The last thing I remember from the show was an NCO putting an officer in his place on a small arms range. I liked that scene.
It's too bad Hanks and company never did like series set in Korea, Vietnam Iraq and Afghanistan.
yeah he even said it himself, they had it worse... what a segway
@@pjamese3 They have a series coming to Apple's streaming service about the 8th Air Force in WWII. It's going to be something special.
To allow a defeated officer to keep their sidearm can either be taken as respectful or rude. Winters actually took and kept the sidearm and came to learn that it had never been fired. He kept it unfired for the rest of his life. A true sign of a peaceful life.
Also, it is sad to say, but all of Easy Company has rejoined that "company of heroes" in Heaven. There are no living members; Malarky was the last one to pass away a few years ago.
It wasn't Malarky. It was a medic named Mampre. But yeah, he died May last year. Easy Company, 2nd batallion, 101 Airborne is gone.
I don’t think everyone from the company is gone yet, I’ve been keeping tabs on it for a few years. As far as I can tell there’s only five or so left (as of last November) The only one that people might recognize is Lt. Shames (made a brief appearance in episode 7) was still alive last time I checked.
As of June there were 3 surviving members Shames, Bill Wingett, and Bradford Freeman. I don't know if Freeman is mentioned in the show, I believe Wingett might have been at least mentioned. But, it won't be much longer that Easy Company ceases to exist, Shames and Wingett are both 98 and Freeman is 95.
bradford freeman seems to be a riot, still going strong. Shames hates the way the series portrays him....still.
Never heard that it was rude to permit a defeated officer to keep their weapon.
I got to meet Donald Malarkey when I was about 9 years old. Still one of the coolest guys I’ve ever met.
expand plz?
Cool
sam93931 I went to a WWII vets event where a lot of vets would sit down and talk about their experiences. I saw him going into the event and recognized him from Band of Brothers. Talked with him for a few minutes. Really nice guy
@@Stupidboy201 that's amazing, I envy you :)
what an honor
That final scene, and the last lines by Major Winters... I cry every time.
Me too. Without fail.
Every time, no matter how many times I see it.
The moment he starts talking it hits. It doesn’t have to get to where he chokes up anymore.
Same. Every time. Just thinking about it.
Me too. No matter how many times, I learned and respected this company.
That little shake of the head Nixon gave after the Sobel incident was great.
I've always loved the ending, listening to Winters narration of where a lot of the men went on after the war and then cutting to the final interviews with the real men revealing their names.
In Webster's Memoir he complained about the poor quality of the alcohol left behind in that cellar... expecting such a high ranking official to have better taste... Webster did not know that Nixon had already taken out all the good stuff for himself.
So he took a few hundred good ones just for himself and his fellow officers? Coz Goering amassed a few tens of thousand wines and spirits from around the world in that cellar alone
Fun fact: Easy company actually orchestrated sending Shifty home. He just barley had enough points to go home but was never injured. Meaning he never got a Purple Heart or the sufficient points to go home. So easy wrote his name down extra times ensuring he went home and they never told him until the reunion. Of course he didn’t get home sadly but that’s just the type of bond the men of easy had.
You can actually see that when the "lottery" happens. After they pull out Shifty's note, the helmet is empty. It's subtle, but obvious when you look for it.
Could you not tell by the obviously empty helmet in that scene
Didnt Shifty get shot in the ass at Brecourt Manor?
Oogle85 from what to book says they say “He was never injured and the only ever person to do that was George Luz and he had the points which makes Shifty the lucky winner”
@@Oogle85 That was "Popeye" Whynn
4:24 Nixon's eyes in this scene just always seem so cool
The way he lights up and is stunned by the awe and majestic sight in front of him.
Band of Brothers is a series I watch every year, and after countless re watches it still hits hard. Probably the best screen adaptation of the Second World War.
"Grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" Grandpa said "No, but I served in a company of heroes" - Major Richard D. Winters, 1918-2011
“And there's not a day that goes by that I don't think of the men I served with who never got to enjoy the world without war.”
-Winters.
Arguably the greatest presentation of WWII put to film. I've seen this show at least ten times, more than anything else I've ever watched. And I will continue to watch, and remember.
One day my grandson said to me, grandpa were you a hero in the war? And i said to him no I'm not a hero, but I have served in a company full of them.
Might be the best and most true quote ever ❤
It’s cut off in this viewing but in actuality, Maj. Winters is quoting an incident that another member of Easy Co. had written to him about.
@@docbearmb Quoting Mike Ranney.
That will never not make me tear up whenever I watch that closing scene.
Love that scene with Sobel - amazing how Winters in able to convey so much rebuke with just a simple returned salute.
The German general who delivers the "band of brothers" speech near the end of this episode is modeled on Generalleutenant (Major General) Theodor Tolsdorff, commander of the 340th Volksgrenadier division and one of the 27 German soldiers who were awarded the "Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross with Oak Leaves, Swords, and Diamonds" (the second highest award for valor in the German army at the time - the highest award "...with Gold Oak Leaves..." was only awarded once). When he surrendered it was with a personal baggage train of 31 vehicles laden with his personal loot and several mistresses, and it was to Lt.Lipton & Col.Sink, not Maj.Winters (and his pistol was not returned to him but taken as a war prize by Pvt.Heffron).
I watched this series in 2002 and even today I get emotional.
Greetings from Brazil,Kat and Sonny.
I remember how it hit me when the actual Winters died in 2011.
"The war is over". They all stared in disbelief. Each running everything they'd been thru. Then the joy.
I still consider this the best thing ever put on television
The German General who made the speech was played by legendary actor Wolf Kahler who has been in many war movies as well as theatre and tv.
I always cry at the end when Winters says what he told his grandson... so humble.
He was actually quoting one of his men that wrote that to him.
Charles Edwards it was Mike Rainey’s grandson. Played by Stephen Graham in the first couple of episodes.
You should react to Peter Jackson's WWI documentary "They Shall Not Grow Old."
This, I enjoyed it a lot. And by enjoy I mean it was enlightening, not happy.
Yes absolutely. I feel it’s the most important work Peter Jackson has done.
All the men and their experience and memories of WWII just fade away. My dad was a rough nick growing up. He was 15 yo and just about to be sent to a reform school in 1941 when Pearl Harbor was attacked. He was big for his age and the police gave him an option to join the military. He joined the US Navy and 8 weeks later he was in the Pacific fighting the Japanese. In a tweek of bad luck, he was badly wounded and stuck on an island with 200 marines for almost 2 weeks with no food and little water. They made it out. Growing up with him I can say that my dad was the nicest most gentle man you might ever meet. I think his war experience along with my mother's love took the anger and fight out of him. He passed away in June of 2001.
There's actually a photograph of Lewis Nixon waking up with a monster hangover the morning after V-E Day, in which he looks uncannily like Ron Livingston. Look it up, it's a treat.
What a series. Enjoyed re-watching it with you guys, thank you. Sad fact: I actually went visiting the Eagle's Nest while coming back from a trip in Munich. Having visited the concentration camp of Dachau I expected to see a museum or a memorial of some kind. Well, tough luck, the whole place is a goddamn restaurant. A restaurant! Can you believe it? I was appalled. Half hidden in a corner there was a small panel with a couple photo of how the place used to look and description was in German only. At least the sight from the mountaintop was breathtaking.
On a side note: a round of applause for Sonny's editing. Managing to pack a 1h episode in the 10mins YT constraints without missing any of the major points is a testament to skill. Good job brother. And The Pacific with big dad will be a great journey as well, I'm sure :)
Great reaction to a wonderful series!
Just want to say, These men were ordinary men who did something extraordinary. That’s why their lives after seemed so ordinary, repair man, cab driver etc...they were the greatest generation bec they were just ordinary good men who stood up when called to do what seemed impossible.
Unfortunately, that “Greatest Generation”, twenty years later sent their sons off to fight in a war that rather than having noble goals, was rationalized by a ridiculous and meaningless theory- the Domino Effect. 55,000 young American men and women paid with their lives for that sham.
Paul Pelosi because they couldn’t imagine that a war didn’t have a Nobel reason behind it. They were duped just like everyone else.
Rose Kahn Not like everyone else.
Now that kind of bravery is called "toxic masculinity". My how society has short memories, we've actually regressed.
Band of Brothers is the best miniseries I have ever seen. I watch it every year, since about 2004. I think it should be shown to all 16 year olds worldwide as part of the curriculum.
One of the officers, Edward Shames, is still alive today (17-03-2021). He is 98 years today. He appeared in a documentary about the Battle of the Bulge
The documentary was made in 2019
@@filipnielsen1000 Edward Shames is the last surviving officer while Bradford Freeman is the last surviving enlisted members of Easy Company.
wikiofbrothers.fandom.com/wiki/PFC_Bradford_Freeman
I recommend you guys watch We Stand Alone, Together. It's a companion documentary featuring all the men of Easy Company telling their own stories, like the small clips at the beginning of each episode. It also shows how they remained so close for the rest of their lives. It's a nice way to cap off this series.
Sonny is going to be watching it with his dad because Kat is looking for a full-time job.
@@charlesedwards2856 has he watched it tho? I can’t seem to find it
@@rhysevans4253 might have watched it on their own time and not as a video
@@charlesedwards2856 ah no I know, it’s on patreon but it costs 4 quid to watch, I might ask him to see if he can’t get it on YT
Great reaction!! I'm sorry Kat will miss "The Pacific"!! When Major Winters passed away, his death was not announced for several weeks!! His family knew, that there would be a huge reaction, both nationally and internationally!!
THE PACIFIC is next....this ending is rough.
The Pacific...hell on earth.
The Pacific is damn near Chernobyl level of hard to watch.
I can't wait.
The Pacific is next lvl with crazy japanese going kamikaze
The Pacific shows a definitely different kind of war.
I'm so glad you two made it through his series. I can hardly get through it without tears at the end. I think it should be required viewing for young people, so that what happened so long ago isn't forgotten...
Thank you guys so much for covering this mini series!! I know some parts must've been hard for Kat, I'm glad she was able to see it through.
A 16th century tapestry that hung in the eagles nest, ended up hanging on a wall of a home in the US for 70 years before the daughter of the soldier decided it belonged back where it came from. It was returned eventually to Bavarian National Museum in Munich in 2016. The soldier was a member of the 101st Airborne at the time, served as an intelligence officer. He passed away in 1986.
Fun little fact about Webster, he didn't just write a book on sharks. He also wrote a book about his experiences during the war. However the book was not published during his life time and instead the manuscript ended up in a university archive. Years later it was discovered by a historian, who was so impressed by it that he contacted Websters family and encouraged them to submit it to a publisher. Not only that, but Websters manuscript lead to the historian, Stephen E. Ambrose, becoming interested in Easy Company and their exploits, to the point that he ended up interviewing the surviving men and writing a book about them: 'Band of Brothers'.
So, if it wasn't for Webster, then the series might not have ever been made.
Also, 'Saving Private Ryan' may not have been made either, as Spielberg based the movie on the story of the Niland brothers, which he'd heard about from Band of Brothers book and the Easy veterans, because Don Malarkey knew one of them.
Band of Brothers is easily the best war-themed movie/show ever made imo. It has absolutely everything. Great characters, acting, writing, directing, locations, sets, music, themesong, scale. Everything. Love re-watching it from time to time. Loved seeing your guys reaction to it! Hej från Sverige! :-)
Better than any action movie, better than any invented fiction to tell the things needing to be told about WWII and war in general.
I’ve watched it twice and I’m planning on watching it a third this weekend, it’s not even close to any other film or series I’ve ever watched, it’s by far the best
All these men truly were heroes. Puts a tear and a smile on my face whenever Winters cites what each man did after the war
I always loved "You salute the rank, not the man." So impactful.
Some people who think that dropping the two atomic bombs was wrong, should place themselves in the boots of these soldiers. They just helped defeat the Nazis, and were facing redeployment to The Pacific. My Grandfather was a combat paratrooper in WWII, a veteran of the Battle of the Bulge, a lifelong Democrat, and he told me that dropping those bombs was "the best thing that Truman ever did."
Your comment is so correct. My grandfather told me the exact same thing. His army division ( 81st) had fought on the Obscure Island of Angaur, and were resting and training for the first wave of the invasion of Mainland Japan. Most of those men would have been wiped out, including my grandfather, which means I might not even have existed.
Probably the single greatest miniseries ever created.
I very much enjoyed watching you experience this beautiful, heart-wrenching series. Cheers from Canada; I would love to visit my relatives in Denmark again someday, it was a beautiful experience seeing where my Father emigrated from as a boy...anyway, keep it up, love you guys and your sensitive, measured take on the shows you watch.
Its a great series and I loved your reactions. You should watch the documentary We Stand Alone Together. Where you see the full interviews with all the surving members of easy company at the time. (1999 & 2000). What you are saying about Winters is really brought home in the Doucmententary that he was a real leader and his men loved him. It comes through that even then over 50 years later you could tell every one of those men will still run through a wall for Winters if he asked them too.
An astonishingly powerful and emotional series. Characters you learn to love and feel for. Those of us who have never been in that situation will never understand or grasp the mental strain that they carried for the rest of their lives. We owe all the service men and women from all nations our gratitude and thanks.
Very good job! Yes they had it worse in the Pacific. My father was decorated with a Presidential citation as a forward mortar scout on Iwo Jima. He never came home the same.
Maaaan Major Winters always gets me at the end.
Same. Every. Single. Time.
BoB ending was always hard for me. Through the episodes the show managed to get you intertwined with the people and follow the stories almost as if you were a part of it. I almost wish it had more to continue with. The ending feels like I'm saying goodbye to a close acquaintance rather than watching the end of a show
The interview that Major Winters had with the officer from the 13th Airborne kept him from having to go to Japan. My father who didn't have nearly the points people like Winters did was transferred from the 17th Airborne to the 13th Airborne. In other words, he was going to jump into Japan. But as you said, Truman dropped 2 bombs that forced the surrender and probably saved my father's life....and by extention.....mine.
You may know that Christopher Lee (the actor, Star Wars, Lord of the Rings and the Hobbit, James Bond, Hammer Horror playing Dracula and the Mummy etc.) was a special forces soldier who spent time after the war hunting down Nazis.
He was not Special Forces. He is an Intelligence Officer with the RAF. He was attached to the SAS due to his fluency in French, Italian and German and also because of his connections in the Italian Resistance via his mother's cousin, who later became the Italian Ambassador to the UK. Btw, Sir Christopher Lee is actually Italian royalty via his mother's side who is a Countess. If Mussolini did not overthrew the Italian Royal Family, Sir Christopher Lee might have been King...
The last surviving member of Easy Company, Band of Brothers passed away on May 31.2019 at the age of 97. Army Staff Sgt. Albert Leon Mampre was the last surviving member of Easy Company, 2nd Battalion “Currahee,” 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. He was portrayed in the HBO series “Band of Brothers,” and revered as a dedicated medic who never hesitated to put his own safety aside to help others.
Incorrect. There are two remaining members of Easy Company. Edward Shames is the last “officer” while Bradford Freeman is the last “enlisted” member.
In the wind down of the (ETO) European Theater of Operations, the soldiers were stationed in city named camps and "cigarette camps". The City Camps were further inland and troops remained stationed there as an occupying/rebuilding force until they were moved to the "cigarette camps" closer to the shore where they would leave shortly by boat. The US had so many troops deployed there that bringing the men home after the wrap up of the war was not a simple process. In the letter written home to my Gma from my Gpa, he was at Camp Philadelphia near Reims, France (Mourmelon-le-Grand, France) October 10, 1945 with 66 points and hoping to be home for Christmas. He arrived in France August 19, 1944, saw his buddy through training get squished by a half-track on the first night (RIP Walter McKinney, Jr 8/19/44), had been to Bastogne (Christmas 1944), through the Ardennes forest and at Ohrdruf Concentration Camp (April 1945 Episode 9). My Gpa was with the 253rd Armored Field Artillery Battalion so they didn't land on D-Day 6/6/1944, they didn't arrive until 8/19/1944 at Utah Beach, so that is why he had only 66 points at that time (10/10/1945). In the letters, he references that the troops had a few of the tents set up as theaters and the boys were watching, "Her Highness and the Bell Boy", "Where Do We Go From Here" and the song that everyone was playing/enjoying was Doris Day - "Sentimental Journey".
Kat and Sonny, Thank you for the time and effort that both of you dedicated to reacting to this series and allowing us to see your journey through the story of Easy Company. Kat, you will be missed in the weeks ahead although we do look forward to seeing Sonny and his father reacting to The Pacific. Best wishes to both of you and please continue to be safe. ❤
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That last line from the actual veteran always hits me in the heart, “Grandpa were you a hero in war?” “No, but served in a company of heroes.”
It somehow hits even more knowing he's quoting Mike Ranney's letter to him.
Thank you both for being so steady on these, and giving your viewpoints and really paying attention and caring. It's been a good ride.
♥️
I was stationed in Germany for a couple of years. Austria was a beautiful place.
Hits you right in the feels.
You grow to genuinely care for the characters... then when you match the names to the real soldiers you just love em
There are 2 things that, if I happen to stumble across them on tv, I have to stop whatever I'm doing and watch the whole thing: The Godfather and Band of Brothers. One of the greatest works ever put on film. It's also become a tradition for me to watch the series on Blu-Ray every Memorial Day weekend. Really enjoyed these reactions. Thanks very much.
That moment always gets me "Grandpa were you a hero in war?" I said no. But I served in a company of heroes." Literally always gets me...
Same. 😭😭😭
Your faces when Speirs didn't shoot that guy is priceless. Amazing scene.
What a journey, this is just simply beautiful to remember again the moment and the story since I watched this series the first time on 2004... thanks for everything this beautiful experiences, I will miss and maybe will come back sometimes to yours Band of Brothers journey all over again :)
I hope y’all consider watching HBO’s The Pacific which is about the US Marines fighting The Japanese in World War 2
@@jian5568 i thought they said it'll be Sonny and his dad watching it
@@Braincleaner when did they say that?
@@jian5568 At the start of their BoB episode 9 reaction.
God damnit people, 1:10 in the video.
Jian556 they are, it’ll be Sonny and his dad, they said this like an episode or two ago. Kat is going to be interviewing for jobs so she can’t make it consistently to that particular series
In the USA they are called the greatest generation. Something that their children (boomers); grandchildren & great-grandchildren can look back on as that greatest generation looked back at their fathers and grandfathers who fought I the Great War (WWI) and recalled the words of General John Pershing , “Time will not dim the glory of their deeds.”
Thanks for watching this show! I had started it several years ago (own the boxset) but never finished after episode 3. Seeing your reviews got me to watch the whole series finally and was waiting for your last reaction!!
Thank you for taking us through this journey of seeing this great movie thru your eyes. I'm a veteran, not WW II, but I have a small understanding of the bounding and much appreciate what does men went through.
Again, thanks and good job
¡¡Currahee!!
I got to meet Major Winters and Sgt Garrner while in jrotc in high school for some veterans day event not long after the series came out. Two couldn’t of been nicer i was so proud to shake their hands.
never before been such a clear good vs bad war, not only us today owe our freedom to these men, but the next generation, and the next after that and the next and so on as long as there's freedom here everyone owes that to these people! It's unimaginable how massive heroes they are!
My grandfathers never mentioned the war. One was a severe alcoholic until he died in 1983 the other was a very very quiet man until he died in 2012 and one is extremely outgoing and is still alive. War changes people some for the good some for the bad but it does change them
I would like to recommend this series called Generation War (basically German Band of Bros) and, if possible, this Danish movie Under Sandet after the Pacific.
The ending of the series at 13:43 is always an emotional one for me. I'm glad you both enjoyed it. Great series Kat & Sonny! Byee!
I'm glad you loved it the same way I loved it since I was 8 until now. Band of Brothers will always have a special place in my heart. Thank you for your videos!
To this day, this is my favorite Blu-ray series in my collection. I re-watch it here and there, and I still get emotional knowing what those men went through in WW2. I believe it was the last war the US was involved in that represented a true and unmistakable objective...to defeat tyranny and human suffering. Kat and Sonny, thanks for letting me see the series through your eyes for the first time again. I'll keep your channel subscribed so I can see other shows and movies that way.
The whole of Berchtesgaden was filled with senior NSDAP people's homes. I've been there. It's a beautiful place. The people are lovely... but I wondered the whole time I was there.
Please know I've enjoyed watching your reaction to this series. One cannot come away without greatly admiring the service of these men. Flaws and all, they were heros. I truly appreciate all the sacrifices and hardship they faced, but we who weren't there can never fully understand. Thank you for doing this series, and I'll miss Kat when you do The Pacific. Maybe a guest appearance now and then?
Man, what a journey it's been watching with you guys.
I loved all your B.O.B videos ! From a "hardcore" fan I like your videos the best out of any BOB reaction videos I've seen! I had similar reactions to the "major" scenes in the show. Rewatching the show after reading all of literature on the vets, like their autobiographies etc, adds a lot to the show that new watchers don' notice! Of course, every new viewer is gonna love the main characters like Winters, Guarnere, Shifty, etc but you guys really had a heart for the unnamed characters, and for everyone.
shifty identified a german gun in bastogne because he noticed a tree was out of place from the day before. winters noted along with his sharp shooting skills he was one of the best soldiers due to his out door life previous. Sadly while Shifty was in the hospital most of his loot and pistols were stolen from him. in the extra interview where they have veterans and relatives his story is especially interesting.
My grandpa was one of 12 boys. His oldest brother was too old and his youngest brother was too young
To serve in the military. My grandpa and nine of his brothers served some in Europe some in the Pacific. My grandpa was injured and begged to stay in the Army so is Captain let him stay and then upon his discharge he let him also have a partial medical pension from the Army for the injured he received. That entire generation of men were different breed. My grandpa was the kind of man you know you could count on. He treated everyone like you known him 100 years and he listened more than he spoke. I always lose it when Dick Winters makes his comment about serving in a group of heroes. My grandfather always used to say the only heroes the ones that never made it back . When I entered the service in the 1980s since I looked at my dad who served in Vietnam as did my uncle and then my grandfather and his brother serving a World War II and I hope that if War happened I would do at least as well as they would. When I was serving abroad in Turkey, Japan, and The Philippines. I always felt like I owed them something that especially my grandpa's generation that I owed it to them to do my duty.
My Dad was in the Huertgen Forest battle during the Battle of the Bulge. He died in 2004. But I watched this series with him before he died. He had become a kind of historian of the War, and we could never watch WWII movies with him, because he'd say, 'They didn't have those guns at that battle!' and, 'No one talks out loud when walking in the open!' But he was suspiciously silent during Band of Brothers. He made 1 or 2 minor complaints, but overall, he could find nothing to criticize, other than saying the 101st were overrated, and his unit was better. LOL. (BTW, I don't think his unit was better, but it was sweet that he believed they were.) I understand that all units feel the same way about their own.
You guys finishing this feels like the end of an era 💜 loved your reactions and insights to this series
Being German myself I thought it was a nice touch seeing some German soldiers' perspectives in the end. They could have gone the easy route and just vilify the Germans as a whole which I thought they were doing after the "why we fight" episode but they didn't and I respect that. It elevates the series above a simple war story where you follow a group of heroes fighting against the hordes of evil (Lord of the Rings style) and tries to tell something universally human.
Leider ist die Synchronisation in Deutsche an der Stelle eine absolute Katastrophe, weil sie den Sinn total entstellt. Deshalb besser immer im OT ansehen.
Really great content!! Love it!! Thank you for the hard work and time!!!
Thank you both for reacting to this series. I know it was hard, but well done!
Thoroughly enjoyed your reaction to this amazing series... Love your work!
I think I have said this to you both before but as a combat veteran and both of you now know what others don't nice job thank you
I still can't fathom all that these young men went through at that age - I just can't
That ending makes me cry EVERY single time - RIP Easy Co
I’m late to the game but you guys did a great job with this series. I watch this show every year to ground myself and not take life for granted.
Thanks for sharing your reactions to this wonderful series. You both seem to have good-hearted souls.
like all of them so many emotions in this episode. Was a great touch hearing how some lived after returning to a 'normal' life.
Great videos guys !! I'm glad you appreciate this series
Thanks for the great reactions, appreciate you and them.
Loved seeing you all take this journey with the show. Best wishes :)
When you're watching The Pacific, you'll notice a very different ferocity the soldiers have to fight to. Japanese and the Pacific theater are some of the worst battle in World War 2.
The German General speaking about the 'Band of Brothers' is The St Crispin's Day speech is a part of William Shakespeare's history play 'Henry V' which makes that even more special.
Really enjoyed your reaction to the entire series. This was easily one of the best series ever made and so hard to think everything these men went through from D-Day to the surrender of Germany was all in 1 year. Looking forward to following up with "The Pacific" next. 👍
My favorite part of this episode is when Spears walks in on the replacement and when he pulls out his service pistol, nobody is surprised and everybody just steps back like they don't want to get any on them LOL. These men still believed that Spears was as crazy as the rumors had said he was lol.
( I love the psychological implications behind that! He never asked anyone to do anything he wouldn't do himself so, they saw him as Fearless plus, they believed all the rumors, so they also thought him to be slightly mad and totally unpredictable. I'll bet that was really effective during his military career!)