For a little extra fun, try to keep a running list of stars you recognize during the 10 episodes. You may be surprised by how many you will know. You already found David Schwimmer, but plenty more to be found. Happy Holidays!
VKunia. Please consider the following movies for review:- return to the hiding place, conspiracy (made in 2001 starring Kenneth Branagh), Raid on Entebbe, a bridge too far, the longest day, the documentaries :- Operation Opera - Israel Airstrike on Iraq Nuclear Reactor 1981, and Operation Orchard Israel's strike on the Syrian reactor .
I saw this episode for the very first time on 9/11 so just imagine how it felt to hear those veterans talk about Pearl harbor the very same day I witnessed our own Pearl harbor
Back then they really did enlist young the youngest US world war 2 veteran enlisted into the US Navy at age 11 and was named Calvin Graham. Served on a battleship and would help wounded crewmates by making tourniquets out of belts carrying them to receive medical treatment and passing out cigarettes to keep moral up even after taking shrapnel to the face and losing his front teeth. They were built different even children were men back then.
Band of Brothers reactions never get old. I'm glad to see how much love this series has gotten across the board on RUclips this year for the 20th anniversary
This is my same thought! I love watching all these movie/show reaction channels, and get a little giddy when another channel/person starts watching and reacting to Band of Brothers.
After the last episode, there is another TV series made for the same director (Spielberg): THE PACIFIC. It's basically the same story but on the Pacific Ocean, fighting to Japanese forces.
Hmm... someone's not seen the Mobile Suit Gundam mini series, 0080 War in the Pocket, 0083 Stardust Memory, The 08th MS Team, let alone Gundam Unicorn. All absolutely amazing mini series. Some on a level that personally Band of Brothers can't reach because of politics and censorship. BOB leaves a lot out if you've read Anthony Beever's books from the Battles Easy was involved in. 0083 will forever be my favorite of them.
I can’t get over the scene of Winters helping each soldier to his feet to get on the plane. So much symbolism in that shot. He has to look each man in the face, for some of them it would be the last time he saw them alive or even at all. For them, they got to look into the eyes of the man they were trusting with their lives. I can’t tell in the YT edit, but I’m not sure you picked up on the fact that the Non-Commissioned Officers genuinely mutinied against Sobel because they refused to go into battle with him and they risked very very real and serious consequences for doing so. I’m so happy to see people watching this show and Saving Private Ryan, I feel like our generation is in desperate need of seeing what people laid down their lives for in WWII, so many lessons from The Greatest Generation that we can apply to today!
I love the fact of 20 years after it was made people are still discovering this masterpiece of a miniseries, you definitely need to watch the Pacific as well
Yeah I watched this series at least once an sometimes twice a year ever since it came out on VHS an DVD 20 years ago. I remember buying the special edition box set that came in the metal tin box. Cost me $90 for it and worth every penny.
The crazy thing is, I remember I saw it when it first came out. My youngest cousin that just turned 21 just found out about it. It's crazy to realize that pretty much a brand new generation is finding it
@@holstfly1 yeah exactly. Shortly after it came out my cousin showed it to me and he had it on DVD. It sparked my interest so much that I went and bought my own set of the DVDs. Watched them so much that I actually bought a new set of the DVDs that was left overs from a black Friday sale a couple years ago. Got it for like $10 LOL
@@holstfly1 I remember hiding under my brothers bed to watch it because i was too young to watch and my mom didnt want me to watch it haha. She knew i was there 100% but she didnt say anything. Weird memory you just made me remember hahaha.
Sobel was better at training then being a leader. Despite Easy Co's hatred of him they accredit him for making them into tough soldiers during the war. Easy CO also took heavy casualties throughout the war and fought in some of the fiercest battles.
Sobel apparently was a terrible person as well. Looked up the conditions surrounding his death, it ain't pretty. Died in a VA care home from malnutrition, neither his wife or children attended his funeral. That's a hell of a legacy.
@@raymarshall6721 totally agree, when I was in we had a CO who came from aviation and didn't know how to run a maintenance company. Did have some outstanding NCO's and my Platoon Sgt was a very good NCO and leader. I've heard from other army buddies leadership is going downhill
And so it begins... I don't want to oversell it, but yeah, this is one of the finest pieces of television in history, and you will be forever changed by watching it! It's remarkably accurate in terms of historical portrayal too, which is awesome. I also think that David Schwimmer deserves all the plaudits for his portrayal of Sobel - everyone starts off thinking "Hey, it's Ross!" and pretty soon you've forgotten that Ross ever existed (even when this show came out, when Friends was at its peak)! I wish he'd taken on more dramatic roles like this, really.
The men of Easy have held a reunion every year since the war. There are fewer an fewer of them. The actors who portrayed them in Band of Brothers have continued that tradition and many of them get together every year, when they can. Many of the actors and the men they portrayed became very close friends.
This is the best War dramatization you'll ever see, along with Master and Commander. I can instantly recognize my grandparents generation in this series, whereas so many others are too Hollywood or too melodramatic, this one it's almost like that generation made the series themselves. Warts and all, as real as I've seen.
One thing that these reaction folks always seem to leave out is the very last scene where it shows that massive amount of planes involved in the D-Day airborne operations. I would have liked to have seen that from her.
Honestly, David Schwimmer's performance shouldn't be too surprising. Despite what you think of his character on Friends, he had the best acting ability among them all through his mental and physical performances as Ross. Only reason he never made it big like Aniston was because he hated the spotlight and fame that came with the success of that show so he settled for less and more selective acting roles and even going back to stage theatre since he didn't like the attention and fame of acting much at all.
The dignified & sincere manner in which you commented is the cause for my subscribing. This series has done a marvelous job of presenting the story, we feel a part of these men's lives. (The veterans speaking is a gem, & gets me every time. I hope I never stop tearing up)
I watched this the year it came out. I got the DVD collection in 2006. Every single Memorial Day weekend since 2006 I binge-watch the series as my personal tribute to all that served and died for our country. I've seen it at least 20 times, and it never grows old. Best mini-series ever. God Bless our soldiers.
First watched this series during Basic Training back in 2009 (after this episode we were asked to write on the different leadership styles exhibited - which was more effective & why), so every time I re-watch it I get a few memories of my own flooding back . . . Very glad you're dipping into it; am sure you'll love it.
If you're watching this series, I would also encourage you to check out the mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" (also produced by Tom Hanks), which tells the story of the US space program in the 1960's and early 70's. It's a great series that reveals a lot.
You should definitely watch ‘The Fallen of World War II’, it makes mention of the average age of a soldier that fought and died during the war on all fronts and it definitely hits so hard when you see a visualization of how many people(civilians included) were lost to the war.
There were a lot of guys lying about their age to get in the war when they weren't supposed to, so I imagine that age is pretty young if they were able to account for that.
Love watching the new generation learn to lessons taught by extraordinary men in a time of total chaos. They earned the label the greatest generation and you can hear the resolve in the narration at the start of each episode. Even 55 years after the events these men relive a memory in a second. Enjoy the series and we will enjoy watching you learn.
This is some of the best television in history, based on interviews with the guys who were actually there. There are some factual errors here and there (I'm sure you'll see dozens of corrections in your comments when they come up), but overall, it's a truly genuine glimpse at history. And also, like every actor under the sun showed up in it for a scene or three.
Probably my #1 favorite part of all these reaction videos during Episode 1: the universal "WHAT THE HELL IS ROSS DOING HERE?" Because that was my exact reaction watching this for the first time all the way back in 2001!
I am not sure how your going to like this series, but it is my favorite mini-series ever made. Emotions, some humor, and some really hard stuff to watch. And based on real events and people. Edit: I always warn reactors on this series. Have tissues handy, some of the episodes are very hard to keep dry eyes, even after seeing it a few times.
What makes this series work so well is that many of the characters you see here will appear through the whole series. Sometimes they'll just be in the background, other times they'll get lots of attention in a particular episode or story. So keep an eye on all of them. Going through the entire 10 hours with many of them really gets you invested in Easy Company.
This is without a doubt one of the best series ever done. When you said they were going into one of the worst battles of the war, well this is just day one. All those troops still have 10 more months of combat. The mountain they had to climb actually has a downward hill on the path, so they had to go up, then down and then run up the mountain. Unfortunately many of the guys you see in these interviews have passed away. On average, we loose one WW II vet a day and as of this writing, only 2 Pearl Harbor vets are still alive.
Colonel Sink played a great move here. Heard the men petitioning against Sobel for his lack of capability and questionable leadership and chewed them out for it, reprimanding them for their lack of faith in their superior officer, and then "promoted" Sobel into staying at home while letting a more capable leader take Sobel's place.
So I'm an airborne infantry combat veteran and actually did a jump into combat. I can tell you this series and this episode does hit hard and is very realistic. Also, when I was an airborne instructor, I got to meet a few of the real guys in this series!
Watching this reaction on the day the Battle of the Bulge started brings back alot of memories, i was in the E/506th living history unit and during the annual Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in PA we always had a bunch of the org. Troopers (some you saw talking in the opening) with us in the barrack's and the Prop Blast Bash , singing & sharing stories. we even had XXXX read the letter from Tom Hanks asking for their blessing to make this mini series. sadly there is only 1 org enlisted Trooper left from the unit as the last Officer died recently (Col. Ed Shames, dec 3 2021) miss those times
This is an excellent show. It can be brutal and will punch you in the feels pretty often. Everyone involved with this show did an amazing job. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.
"Imagine how nervous they must be." More like scared than nervous. General George S. Patton said it best: "Every man is scared in his first action. If he says he's not, he's a goddamn liar. But the real hero is the man who fights even though he's scared. Some men will get over their fright in a minute under fire, some take an hour, and for some it takes days. But the real man never lets his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood."
Historian here, I'll be looking forward to your journey watching BOB. "First thing in the morning?" Welcome to 1942 have a drink! So that was the physical training? and this is the combat training? - Sort of, all combat training to ship overseas was done in the US (no point in sending you overseas if you couldn't make it stateside). Once Americans landed in England training was a constant to stay in shape and to keep up with teh demands expected once they really got into combat especially in the field as you saw with Easy and the T intersection. "So that fixes everything! he figured out soble was the problem". yes and no, Its not that Col. Sink figured out Soble was the problem. Something as serious as a mutiny is a major effect on any unit especially of those incharge, usually the company commander being fired and assigned to no command for the remainder of their career. Sink had to remove Soble despite his outstanding performance in gearing the men of easy co. for war. But he couldn't just fire him and remove an effective officer, say what you will about his care but he got the job done. So Sink "removed" soble by re-assigning him, another way to remove someone without complications in official matters. soble wouldn't be fired, lose his command, and would still be valid for the Army to use as a commander where needed. The spot at Jump Foly was a low priority but needed to be filled so the opportunity came up and Sink killed two birds with one stone. "So we're just jumping into it!?" That's literally what paratroopers do, they live for it, and are ready to jump anytime anywhere, and hit the ground running towards the fight. AIRBORNE! "One of the worst battles", D-day was nothing compared to what was coming later, but you will see.
•And that is why their generation is called the Greatest. •Ross is Captain Sobel, commanding officer of East Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. I know a lot of people who only see David Schwimmer as Ross, but he's not that comedic here. •Currahee is the regimental motto. It's a corrupted Cherokee word, meaning, "We stand alone." It's also the name of the mountain they have to climb in their training. 3 miles up, 3 miles down. •He does. Though the real mean of Easy said it was Sobel's tough training that got them past D-Day. I also got berated by someone for calling Sobel a good training officer, as Sobel only really cares to get himself promoted or keep himself alive, rather than keep all her men alive. •Yeah, paratroopers were still relatively new to warfare at the start of WWII. •So first, they went through Paratrooper School in Toccoa, Georgia, now they're going through Army Basic Training in England in preparation for Operation: Overlord. •Indeed. Sobel may be a decent training officer, but he is a terrible combat commander. •They know their duty and will perform to the best of their ability.
It's not that cold in a plane with the door open. They're not flying that high. The Airborne do what's called "static line" jumps, where the parachute is tethered to the plane. Common egress altitude is between 3,000 and 4,000 ft. It's only a couple of degrees cooler there than on the ground. If they were doing free fall jumps, they'd egress between 6,000 and 8,000 ft. That's not that high up either. Temperatures will drop another couple of degrees, but it's easily endurable. Modern day passenger airliners fly between 30,000 and 50,000 ft. That's a whole other story. Temperatures are significantly lower there, and more importantly, the air is significantly thinner. You'll likely pass out from the lack of oxygen before the cold effects will be noticeable at those altitudes.
One thing I love about the first episode is people not recognizing two very popular actors in it. Fassbinder, and Simon Peg. Fassbinder gets two prominent center screen shots, and Peg gets very noticeable in a few scenes. Yet almost no one calls them out.
10:45 that's part of what gets worked on during training in the military. If the company performs really well in physical training and performs well in weapons training, but falls behind during practical field mock battles, that tells the people higher up that the problem isn't the company itself but rather the few people leading the company and that they need to be either retrained or replaced/reassigned.
Wow it's time for some WW2. My Grandfather was a fighter in Syria and Papua. Mostly getting the injured back to base like Hacksaw Ridge. Love him and he keeps me pushing! Bless
13:40 good observation. I believe those are c-47s. They jumped from around 600 feet, so it wasn't all that cold. The idea was that they would only be in the air a few seconds. I suspect that they didn't fly much higher than that because it was a short flight from their base to Normandy. The big bombers they used, B-17s on the otherhand flew at around 20,000 - 35,000 feet for their entire 6-8 hour bombing mission. At those altitudes the temperature is between -12f and -60f. Those aircraft weren't pressurized, they had open ports for gunners to look out of. They had to wear heated coats and wear oxygen masks the entire time. The B-29 which is what replaced the B-17 was pressurized and heated. Still though, even with the coats, it was still cold, or so I've heard.
The door on the plane being open is no big deal. Better that way actually -- no chance of it not opening when you need to open it. But those planes weren't pressurized, so they had to stay below 10,000 ft., so not so cold. And the guys would have been jumping at around 1000-1500 ft.
I'm so glad you're getting a chance to watch this wonderful series. It's a staple in my household to watch it the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas. A very adventurous and heartbreaking tale of triumph, hardships, courage, bravery and brotherhood. The men of Easy Company are soldiers and heroes and may they all rest in peace along with every veteran that has also passed doing their duty. I admire these men and all veterans for their unbelievable courage to put life and limb on the line to defend not only their own country but those that have lost all hope in an hour of great need.
You'll be amazed at how many current recognizable character actors and Hollywood stars got their big break with this series; can't wait to see how many you spot. Two of the biggest names were edited out of this reaction so not sure if you spotted them, Simon Pegg and Michael Fassbender!
It would be a tad difficult for the paratroopers to jump out of the plane with the door closed. And they're only about 3000-4000 feet up, and it's the middle of summer, so no, not really that cold.
There's a reason the crews of bombers, for instance, had jackets and sometimes whole suits made of sheep skin. They flew at higher altitudes and it was cold.
Fantastic series! I live right down the road from Currahee Mountain and have run it many times. There are two 10k races there annually, and many current military run it in full gear, with packs. There's an appreciation weekend celebration for the remaining vets. I'm not sure if any are left, it's been a few years since I attended. I certainly appreciate what they did. Currahee!
If she cries at Revenge of the Sith... then oh my gosh. I cry at the end of episode 10 of Band of Brothers and I'm basically dead inside. As far as them being kids a lot of soldiers lied about their age to join. I think Audie Murphy (the most decorated soldier of the war) was 15 or 16.
Welcome to the enjoyment of Band of Brothers. My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne during WWII and embarked on the same journey, hardships, and battles as the men of Easy Company did. Sobel may have seemed like he was tough on Easy company but it is because he was teaching them to me the toughest and most trained men in their regiment. Easy company was a specialist Company out of all of the Companies as well. So that's why they was being trained so hard too. Like in the scene where they're relaxing eating their army noodles with ketchup and Sobel stomps in to tell them to get in their PT gear to run Currahee Mountain is because in war anything can happen and you might have to suddenly move out even in the middle of a meal. Also Currahee Mountain is the last mountain along the Blue Ridge Mountain chain of mountains in my State of Georgia near Toccoa Georgia The name Currahee is a name by the Cherokee Indians which translates to *"Stand Alone"*. Camp Toccoa where the airborne did their training. Also because they're airborne paratroopers and they drop behind enemy lines they'll be surrounded by the enemies. So they adopted the name Currahee for *"Stand Alone"* and would say *"we stand alone together"*
Sobel fantasized about having the best company, so he worked hard to make it so. He also fantasized about being worthy of commanding the best company in the Army, but I have my doubts ...
I’m a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper. I don’t know what it was like back then, but when I was in (early 1990s), the doors to the aircraft were opened roughly 10 minutes before actually jumping.
It's easier to understand how and why Capt. Herbert Sobel acted in such an authoritarian way when you figure out that he was Jewish. There was a lot of anti-Semitism -- even in the US -- and Sobel set out to "prove" himself by being stronger, faster, and better at everything, hence the very tough training regiment he put Easy Company through. Even though Easy hated Sobel, they also accredited a lot of their successes because of Sobel's training. 13:11 They basically were kids (especially when many recruits lied about their ages, so you have 17, 16, 15, even as low as 12-years-old in one case, enlisting to fight the bloodiest war in human history). A 23-year-old could've been called "Old Man" by the rest of the Company.
So Sgt. Martin left the note in the jacket so that Guarnere would read it. He was doing the opposite of trying to hide it actually. It was his solution to how to tell him.
This is a superb series. You are going to get to know the characters well as you watch them try to survive while doing their jobs. Addition of commentary from actual survivors helps us remember the story being brought to life is based on real events. BTW real world junior enlisted combat soldiers are almost always very young.
Yes the door would be open and it probably wasn't freezing since they were in June. The temperature does drop on avg about 3 degrees for every 1000 feet of altitude, just something I learned in my skydiving days. Enjoy your reactions, can't wait to watch you with the rest of this great series. Have a Blessed Day
Besides, those uniforms are thick and rugged, and each man was carrying something like 150 lbs. of extra gear. They had to keep the door open, it probably smelled like a locker room in there. Well, that and cigarette smoke.
Solemnity is the word you were looking for at the end. And yes, as a retired Army officer and combat vet, I can tell you, there is a great deal of solemnity when you're about to go into battle. Luckily, you fall back on your training, compartmentalize, and do your best not to let the fear take over.
I’ve seen many reactions to this series. As someone who has been in the military over 18 years now, I believe everyone should watch this series. Due to the rating of it, of course it shouldn’t be shown to kids but I believe at some point everyone should watch it. There are inaccuracies and liberties taken but it’s one if not the best historical series/movies ever.
They could fly with the doors open like that, because, they wouldn't be flying at any higher than 2,000 feet. Static line jumps are usually done at anywhere from 1,500 down to 800 feet.
I'm sure I'm going to miss a few things, but here we go... First, wonderful reaction. I'm currently teaching WWII in my classes and showing BoB to help augment my lessons. A lot of great actors are in this series: Michael Fassbender (X-Men), Damian Lewis(Billions), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, etc.), James McAvoy (also X-men and others), etc. etc. David Schwimmer's role was and is so jarring to people who only know him from Friends. Sobel was an amazing trainer who many of the men credit for them being such a good fighting force, but he was just a terrible commander when it came to field action. Winters knew that Sobel was pissed about something (they had a rivalry of sorts because Sobel knew the men liked Winters so much more, and he was an overall better leader) and the charges he accused him of were bullshit to get back at him for the men tricking him, that's why Winter's opted for the Court-Martial (military trial)...he knew he'd win and called Sobel's bluff. You can see the reaction on Schwimmer's face when he realizes that Winters opted for the Court-Martial. One piece I JUST realized while watching it this time with my students is the scene when they are in England and one of the men, Harry Welsh, is teaching a class. This is great because he was a teacher before joining the army for the war, so they utilized him as much as they could to help the men. The scene you skip over in editing of the Sergeants (Non-Commissioned Officers, or NCO's) resigning as an act of mutiny is key to understanding why Colonel Sink reassigned Sobel. If one or two of them had done it, he would have tried them for mutiny and probably thrown them in jail, or executed them, because he would think it was a personal thing. When most/all of the NCO's resigned, it showed Sink that there was definitely something wrong with Sobel's leadership and he had to do something to restore the chain of command. They couldn't spare a man while they were building up for D-Day and the invasion of Europe, that is why he spared them with a VERY stern reprimand here (can't remember if real life was exactly the same or not). As I'm sure others have said, this is one of, if not THE best miniseries in TV history. Sadly, of all the veterans they interviewed and who were part of Easy, only one is still alive now. Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of Easy, just died a week or two ago. You'll hear his name mentioned a couple times throughout the series. What they saw and did was incredible. That ending shot in this episode I pause on in every class and have them really look at the number of planes and ships. Hundreds of planes, thousands of ships, carrying tens of thousands of men to dislodge the Nazis from their hold on Europe. It was a gargantuan effort that was necessary to do that and you can see how big it was in that scene. They all knew what it would take and were willing to do that to save people from the grip of dictators. I'm really looking forward to your reactions to this series.
They were kids... but they were also the men that shaped future generations because they went and fought. Fun personal fact: I live down the street from Malarkeys home. A lot of people drive by and salute his family on the way to work everyday.
woo! You picked up a sub from me on this! When I was in the army 10 years ago, I was assigned to the 1st Batallion 506th in South Korea. These guys were the 2nd Batallion, 506th, and this was required watching when I was there. Unit history and all; my people from a different generation. I hope you enjoy it!
3:56 I use to make fun of girls for taking so long to put their makeup on to get ready until I had to put cammo paint on in bootcamp well looking into a small mirror just to be told our training was canceled for the day, I understand your girls pain 😩
Seeing this really lets you know what those men went through, and let me tell you that once you complete the series you'll have a completely new appreciation with "The Greatest Generation" and you'll get to know these men like no one before. And from what I've read this series is about as close to truth as you'll ever get, with only very little poetic license.
all i can say about this show is i watched it when it came out. then, after all these years had past and spanish tv never iring it again, i had basically forgotten it all...except for the fact i remembered it was magnificent. no show was as good. all i could remember was that feeling of it being epic, so you are in for an amazing time. and tissues. boxes of tissues
Well you've done it now Yank, Band of Brothers has captured you. :P In the last minute of the last episode, this series will be with you, all the rest of your days.
My company commander in Iraq who replaced our good one (casualty sadly) was about like Sobel. Everything was someone else's fault, had no idea how to lead Infantry in combat and never could or would get dirty himself or take the blame for things going wrong. Guy is a Lt Colonel now and everyone I've ever talked to who has the misfortune of serving under him (our whole company included) waited for the day he was relieved of his duties by enemy fire. On a side note though, there are many, many officers who can't read a map lol (usually second lieutenants). We always said the most dangerous thing on the battlefield was an officer with a map and a compass because you knew you were either already lost or would be soon. Most of our NCOs and some enlisted would keep a map, compass and protractor handy in our kit
Currahee is derived from the Cherokee word quu-wa-hi, which means "stand alone". The mountain they are running is Currahee Mountain in Georgia, which is 1,735 feet high.
Band of Brothers follows the troops of Easy Company of the 101st airborne division in their journey from training in the United States and then further training while awaiting the invasion of Europe during their time in Great Britain. Their story goes from D-Day being dropped from behind enemy lines, to Carentan, to the Battle of Holland (the 2nd time through), Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge) and finally at the end of the war "capturing," the Eagles Nest, a town Hitler made for the Nazi elite. There is an episode where the members of Easy Compant stumble upon a concentration camp, however (as the show states) the show writers took liberties and it was in fact the 12 Armored division who found it and both the 12th and 101st that liberated it. The show runners wanted to show the industrial slaughter that was the Holocaust in a way that they couldn't avoid it. I won't go into details as it's much of a spoiler (all that I've stated above is history, some that I know very closely and I am an American history enthusiast) about the episode, but the horror you can see painted is clear. Band of Brothers is an excellent series for anyone who is interested in WWII, and I suggest anyone watch it so long as they can stomach war images (blood, death, gore, killing, etc.). God bless the soldiers of the 101st Airborne, their families, and the fallen. Thank you for all you gave, and know that it is not forgotten to at least one man.
There was no pressurization in planes so it was cold even with the door closed. The bomber jacket and related clothing were designed to be warm since it would keep crews warm during service.
What these men were asked to do will never be asked of any generation. Ever. Again. They saved the world. Literally. It's amazing what a bunch of ranchers, cabbies, and construction workers did for us back then. It's an extremely powerful series that only captures around 10% of just how bad things really got.
They saved the world from a guy who had no world conquest goals over anything outside of original German territory from ww1. Read the years of letters sent from mustache boy to our president saying how much he admired our democracy and to not listen to the lying media to lead you into a war. Lead Jesse Owens autobiography. The lies told by the media proven as lies by Jesse Owens accounts of the Berlin Olympics will change your life. Cheers
Thanks for this early Christmas present. This is one of my favourite TV series of all-time, and I love people watching it for the first time. My father and two uncles fought for Canada during WW2. My uncle, Fabian Generoux, was wounded by a sniper in North Africa... then when he returned to his unit in Italy, he was riding in a half-track that was attacked by a German Tank. In the explosion, everyone in his section was killed, and my uncle severely wounded. He ended up losing a leg, had one elbow joint completely shattered, and got a fractured skull. Finally, his hospital ship was torpedoed by a submarine in the Mediterranean, and he was picked up by an escort destroyer bobbing up-and-down on the waves in his cot. I submit that he was the only soldier who was attacked by a sniper, a tank, and a submarine who survived WW2. I'm subscribing to your channel so I can watch your reactions to all of the upcoming episodes... have some tissues at hand for the emotional parts!
I think many of us who have served have seen their share of both officers like Sobel and Winters. One, you would walk through fire for, and the other, you wouldn't follow to the chow hall.
"It must be so cold". Adrenaline is likely pumping so hard they didn't feel it. That coupled with living in the field during inclimate weather the previous years had prepped them for such temps.
One interesting thing to take note of regarding the show is the context in time of when the show first aired. Episode 1 premiered on September 9, 2001. 2 days prior to the 9-11 attacks. I'm sure there are more people out there more qualified than me that can express the various ways as to what a powerful and impactful show this was not only as a TV show but as a tool that many used in their grieving process during those times.
YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I am genuinely so excited to experience you watching this. Band of Brothers is quite possibly one of the single greatest pieces of media in history. You will sob. It will make you forever grateful for their sacrifices.
Currahee Mountain is near the training camp in Toccoa, GA. Currahee is derived from a Cherokee word meaning "stand alone." Most of the troopers were about 20-22. Sobel was one of the oldest at 26, if I recall correctly. Cobb was the oldest at 28. The youngest was 16 in 1942, 18 when they jumped on D-Day in 1944. Schwimmer was actually very well cast, oddly enough. Sobel was described as awkward and unathletic while running, was terrible at map reading, and an absolute chickensh*t when it came to command. Keep your eyes out in later episodes for a young Tom Hardy (as Janovec). Michael Fassbender (Christiansen) was in this episode as the guy who drank from his canteen while out on night march. Simon Pegg portrays Sgt. Evans, and handed the court marshal to Winters, and appears briefly in the next episode. James McAvoy appears in "Replacements."
"Currahee" was a Cherokee word meaning roughly "Stand Alone". As adopted by the 506th (regiment) of the 101st (division) it was understood to mean "I stand alone". That is, just because I can't find my unit after jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, I will be as dangerous as possible on my own.
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For a little extra fun, try to keep a running list of stars you recognize during the 10 episodes. You may be surprised by how many you will know. You already found David Schwimmer, but plenty more to be found. Happy Holidays!
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I saw this episode for the very first time on 9/11 so just imagine how it felt to hear those veterans talk about Pearl harbor the very same day I witnessed our own Pearl harbor
Back then they really did enlist young the youngest US world war 2 veteran enlisted into the US Navy at age 11 and was named Calvin Graham. Served on a battleship and would help wounded crewmates by making tourniquets out of belts carrying them to receive medical treatment and passing out cigarettes to keep moral up even after taking shrapnel to the face and losing his front teeth. They were built different even children were men back then.
Band of Brothers reactions never get old. I'm glad to see how much love this series has gotten across the board on RUclips this year for the 20th anniversary
This is my same thought! I love watching all these movie/show reaction channels, and get a little giddy when another channel/person starts watching and reacting to Band of Brothers.
Wow! One score years.
This one's rushed unfortunately. To much editing
Yall been asking for this... FINALLY HERE!
Good call 👍 Enjoy!
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After the last episode, there is another TV series made for the same director (Spielberg): THE PACIFIC. It's basically the same story but on the Pacific Ocean, fighting to Japanese forces.
Prepare yourself its not a easy watch but you will felt everything they all felt.
@@danielaponte8594 Spielberg never directed and episode. He produced it along with Tom Hanks like this series.
Best mini series ever, in it's field. And maybe even best "war-content" there is out there. Watched it 4-5 times now and it never gets boring.
Agreed, I watch it annually!
Hmm... someone's not seen the Mobile Suit Gundam mini series, 0080 War in the Pocket, 0083 Stardust Memory, The 08th MS Team, let alone Gundam Unicorn. All absolutely amazing mini series. Some on a level that personally Band of Brothers can't reach because of politics and censorship. BOB leaves a lot out if you've read Anthony Beever's books from the Battles Easy was involved in. 0083 will forever be my favorite of them.
I can't pick a best from Band of Brothers, Pacific and Generation Kill
The Pacific is pretty good though
@@theawesomeman9821 The Pacific suffers from being 4 times the length of real world time condensed in the same amount of run time as Band of Brothers
Captain Sobel wasn't liked by the actual members of Easy Company but many did admit his harsh training got them through the tough battles they fought.
I can’t get over the scene of Winters helping each soldier to his feet to get on the plane. So much symbolism in that shot. He has to look each man in the face, for some of them it would be the last time he saw them alive or even at all. For them, they got to look into the eyes of the man they were trusting with their lives. I can’t tell in the YT edit, but I’m not sure you picked up on the fact that the Non-Commissioned Officers genuinely mutinied against Sobel because they refused to go into battle with him and they risked very very real and serious consequences for doing so.
I’m so happy to see people watching this show and Saving Private Ryan, I feel like our generation is in desperate need of seeing what people laid down their lives for in WWII, so many lessons from The Greatest Generation that we can apply to today!
Yeah, but not SPR
I love the fact of 20 years after it was made people are still discovering this masterpiece of a miniseries, you definitely need to watch the Pacific as well
Yeah I watched this series at least once an sometimes twice a year ever since it came out on VHS an DVD 20 years ago. I remember buying the special edition box set that came in the metal tin box. Cost me $90 for it and worth every penny.
The crazy thing is, I remember I saw it when it first came out. My youngest cousin that just turned 21 just found out about it. It's crazy to realize that pretty much a brand new generation is finding it
@@holstfly1 yeah exactly. Shortly after it came out my cousin showed it to me and he had it on DVD. It sparked my interest so much that I went and bought my own set of the DVDs. Watched them so much that I actually bought a new set of the DVDs that was left overs from a black Friday sale a couple years ago. Got it for like $10 LOL
@@holstfly1 I remember hiding under my brothers bed to watch it because i was too young to watch and my mom didnt want me to watch it haha. She knew i was there 100% but she didnt say anything. Weird memory you just made me remember hahaha.
the amount of actors you’ll recognise in this is actually mad
Yet she only recognized David Schwimmer
Sobel was better at training then being a leader. Despite Easy Co's hatred of him they accredit him for making them into tough soldiers during the war. Easy CO also took heavy casualties throughout the war and fought in some of the fiercest battles.
Sobel apparently was a terrible person as well. Looked up the conditions surrounding his death, it ain't pretty. Died in a VA care home from malnutrition, neither his wife or children attended his funeral. That's a hell of a legacy.
I had a CO like sobel, dude was about as useful as the enemy in Iraq. Sadly 'leadership' like that is common now
@@raymarshall6721 totally agree, when I was in we had a CO who came from aviation and didn't know how to run a maintenance company. Did have some outstanding NCO's and my Platoon Sgt was a very good NCO and leader. I've heard from other army buddies leadership is going downhill
Don't want to over hype this, but you just embarked on watching arguably the best TV series of all time. Enjoy!
Real Talk!
possibly the most historically accurate as well
And so it begins... I don't want to oversell it, but yeah, this is one of the finest pieces of television in history, and you will be forever changed by watching it! It's remarkably accurate in terms of historical portrayal too, which is awesome. I also think that David Schwimmer deserves all the plaudits for his portrayal of Sobel - everyone starts off thinking "Hey, it's Ross!" and pretty soon you've forgotten that Ross ever existed (even when this show came out, when Friends was at its peak)! I wish he'd taken on more dramatic roles like this, really.
The men of Easy have held a reunion every year since the war. There are fewer an fewer of them. The actors who portrayed them in Band of Brothers have continued that tradition and many of them get together every year, when they can. Many of the actors and the men they portrayed became very close friends.
“They’re all so young…oh babies!”😂
It’s cute to see her act so maternal over guys who are basically her age.
This is the best War dramatization you'll ever see, along with Master and Commander. I can instantly recognize my grandparents generation in this series, whereas so many others are too Hollywood or too melodramatic, this one it's almost like that generation made the series themselves. Warts and all, as real as I've seen.
This is one of the greatest miniseries ever. I'm looking forward to watching you react to it. Thanks!
One thing that these reaction folks always seem to leave out is the very last scene where it shows that massive amount of planes involved in the D-Day airborne operations. I would have liked to have seen that from her.
Band of Brothers….you may not see a greater interlacing of brotherhood and horror from TV in your life after this.
Honestly, David Schwimmer's performance shouldn't be too surprising. Despite what you think of his character on Friends, he had the best acting ability among them all through his mental and physical performances as Ross. Only reason he never made it big like Aniston was because he hated the spotlight and fame that came with the success of that show so he settled for less and more selective acting roles and even going back to stage theatre since he didn't like the attention and fame of acting much at all.
He was funny in Curb!
The dignified & sincere manner in which you commented is the cause for my subscribing. This series has done a marvelous job of presenting the story, we feel a part of these men's lives. (The veterans speaking is a gem, & gets me every time. I hope I never stop tearing up)
I watched this the year it came out. I got the DVD collection in 2006. Every single Memorial Day weekend since 2006 I binge-watch the series as my personal tribute to all that served and died for our country. I've seen it at least 20 times, and it never grows old. Best mini-series ever. God Bless our soldiers.
First watched this series during Basic Training back in 2009 (after this episode we were asked to write on the different leadership styles exhibited - which was more effective & why), so every time I re-watch it I get a few memories of my own flooding back . . .
Very glad you're dipping into it; am sure you'll love it.
If you're watching this series, I would also encourage you to check out the mini-series "From the Earth to the Moon" (also produced by Tom Hanks), which tells the story of the US space program in the 1960's and early 70's. It's a great series that reveals a lot.
It's a really good series, man HBO has bankrolled some monster shows.
Second this! Amazing show that never gets reacted to. I’ve been dying for someone to react to it.
You should definitely watch ‘The Fallen of World War II’, it makes mention of the average age of a soldier that fought and died during the war on all fronts and it definitely hits so hard when you see a visualization of how many people(civilians included) were lost to the war.
There were a lot of guys lying about their age to get in the war when they weren't supposed to, so I imagine that age is pretty young if they were able to account for that.
Love watching the new generation learn to lessons taught by extraordinary men in a time of total chaos. They earned the label the greatest generation and you can hear the resolve in the narration at the start of each episode. Even 55 years after the events these men relive a memory in a second. Enjoy the series and we will enjoy watching you learn.
This is some of the best television in history, based on interviews with the guys who were actually there. There are some factual errors here and there (I'm sure you'll see dozens of corrections in your comments when they come up), but overall, it's a truly genuine glimpse at history.
And also, like every actor under the sun showed up in it for a scene or three.
Probably my #1 favorite part of all these reaction videos during Episode 1: the universal "WHAT THE HELL IS ROSS DOING HERE?" Because that was my exact reaction watching this for the first time all the way back in 2001!
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"Little do they know they're going into..."
The only way to describe going into a battlefield is that it's going into hell.
I am not sure how your going to like this series, but it is my favorite mini-series ever made. Emotions, some humor, and some really hard stuff to watch. And based on real events and people. Edit: I always warn reactors on this series. Have tissues handy, some of the episodes are very hard to keep dry eyes, even after seeing it a few times.
What makes this series work so well is that many of the characters you see here will appear through the whole series. Sometimes they'll just be in the background, other times they'll get lots of attention in a particular episode or story. So keep an eye on all of them. Going through the entire 10 hours with many of them really gets you invested in Easy Company.
This is without a doubt one of the best series ever done. When you said they were going into one of the worst battles of the war, well this is just day one. All those troops still have 10 more months of combat. The mountain they had to climb actually has a downward hill on the path, so they had to go up, then down and then run up the mountain. Unfortunately many of the guys you see in these interviews have passed away. On average, we loose one WW II vet a day and as of this writing, only 2 Pearl Harbor vets are still alive.
Colonel Sink played a great move here. Heard the men petitioning against Sobel for his lack of capability and questionable leadership and chewed them out for it, reprimanding them for their lack of faith in their superior officer, and then "promoted" Sobel into staying at home while letting a more capable leader take Sobel's place.
I know copyright is a little hard on this series, but 15 minutes including sponsor feels a little short. Excited for BoB anyways!
So I'm an airborne infantry combat veteran and actually did a jump into combat. I can tell you this series and this episode does hit hard and is very realistic. Also, when I was an airborne instructor, I got to meet a few of the real guys in this series!
Watching this reaction on the day the Battle of the Bulge started brings back alot of memories, i was in the E/506th living history unit and during the annual Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in PA we always had a bunch of the org. Troopers (some you saw talking in the opening) with us in the barrack's and the Prop Blast Bash , singing & sharing stories. we even had XXXX read the letter from Tom Hanks asking for their blessing to make this mini series. sadly there is only 1 org enlisted Trooper left from the unit as the last Officer died recently (Col. Ed Shames, dec 3 2021) miss those times
You hit every point regarding Sobel’s weaknesses and what the Army was doing in training the airborne. Impressive 👏
Agreed, she nailed it.
This is an excellent show. It can be brutal and will punch you in the feels pretty often. Everyone involved with this show did an amazing job. I hope you enjoy the rest of it.
"Imagine how nervous they must be."
More like scared than nervous.
General George S. Patton said it best: "Every man is scared in his first action. If he says he's not, he's a goddamn liar. But the real hero is the man who fights even though he's scared. Some men will get over their fright in a minute under fire, some take an hour, and for some it takes days. But the real man never lets his fear of death overpower his honor, his sense of duty to his country, and his innate manhood."
Historian here, I'll be looking forward to your journey watching BOB.
"First thing in the morning?" Welcome to 1942 have a drink!
So that was the physical training? and this is the combat training? - Sort of, all combat training to ship overseas was done in the US (no point in sending you overseas if you couldn't make it stateside). Once Americans landed in England training was a constant to stay in shape and to keep up with teh demands expected once they really got into combat especially in the field as you saw with Easy and the T intersection.
"So that fixes everything! he figured out soble was the problem". yes and no, Its not that Col. Sink figured out Soble was the problem. Something as serious as a mutiny is a major effect on any unit especially of those incharge, usually the company commander being fired and assigned to no command for the remainder of their career. Sink had to remove Soble despite his outstanding performance in gearing the men of easy co. for war. But he couldn't just fire him and remove an effective officer, say what you will about his care but he got the job done. So Sink "removed" soble by re-assigning him, another way to remove someone without complications in official matters. soble wouldn't be fired, lose his command, and would still be valid for the Army to use as a commander where needed. The spot at Jump Foly was a low priority but needed to be filled so the opportunity came up and Sink killed two birds with one stone.
"So we're just jumping into it!?" That's literally what paratroopers do, they live for it, and are ready to jump anytime anywhere, and hit the ground running towards the fight. AIRBORNE!
"One of the worst battles", D-day was nothing compared to what was coming later, but you will see.
•And that is why their generation is called the Greatest.
•Ross is Captain Sobel, commanding officer of East Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne Division. I know a lot of people who only see David Schwimmer as Ross, but he's not that comedic here.
•Currahee is the regimental motto. It's a corrupted Cherokee word, meaning, "We stand alone." It's also the name of the mountain they have to climb in their training. 3 miles up, 3 miles down.
•He does. Though the real mean of Easy said it was Sobel's tough training that got them past D-Day. I also got berated by someone for calling Sobel a good training officer, as Sobel only really cares to get himself promoted or keep himself alive, rather than keep all her men alive.
•Yeah, paratroopers were still relatively new to warfare at the start of WWII.
•So first, they went through Paratrooper School in Toccoa, Georgia, now they're going through Army Basic Training in England in preparation for Operation: Overlord.
•Indeed. Sobel may be a decent training officer, but he is a terrible combat commander.
•They know their duty and will perform to the best of their ability.
Band of Brothers was released 20 years ago. It’s surprising how well made this series is, and still making fans decades later.
"They're so young."
During WWII many of the soldiers were as young as 16. Many of them lied about their age in order to serve.
It's not that cold in a plane with the door open. They're not flying that high.
The Airborne do what's called "static line" jumps, where the parachute is tethered to the plane. Common egress altitude is between 3,000 and 4,000 ft. It's only a couple of degrees cooler there than on the ground. If they were doing free fall jumps, they'd egress between 6,000 and 8,000 ft. That's not that high up either. Temperatures will drop another couple of degrees, but it's easily endurable.
Modern day passenger airliners fly between 30,000 and 50,000 ft. That's a whole other story. Temperatures are significantly lower there, and more importantly, the air is significantly thinner. You'll likely pass out from the lack of oxygen before the cold effects will be noticeable at those altitudes.
WOOOOOOOO ! i'm always so happy when anyone reacts to this series. I grew up watching it over and over. so god damn good :D
Of course every body looks young. The average age of of the 16 million US service men (out of a pop of just under 137 mill, 1943) in WWII was 23.
One thing I love about the first episode is people not recognizing two very popular actors in it. Fassbinder, and Simon Peg. Fassbinder gets two prominent center screen shots, and Peg gets very noticeable in a few scenes. Yet almost no one calls them out.
10:45 that's part of what gets worked on during training in the military. If the company performs really well in physical training and performs well in weapons training, but falls behind during practical field mock battles, that tells the people higher up that the problem isn't the company itself but rather the few people leading the company and that they need to be either retrained or replaced/reassigned.
Wow it's time for some WW2. My Grandfather was a fighter in Syria and Papua. Mostly getting the injured back to base like Hacksaw Ridge. Love him and he keeps me pushing! Bless
13:40 good observation. I believe those are c-47s. They jumped from around 600 feet, so it wasn't all that cold. The idea was that they would only be in the air a few seconds. I suspect that they didn't fly much higher than that because it was a short flight from their base to Normandy.
The big bombers they used, B-17s on the otherhand flew at around 20,000 - 35,000 feet for their entire 6-8 hour bombing mission. At those altitudes the temperature is between -12f and -60f. Those aircraft weren't pressurized, they had open ports for gunners to look out of. They had to wear heated coats and wear oxygen masks the entire time. The B-29 which is what replaced the B-17 was pressurized and heated. Still though, even with the coats, it was still cold, or so I've heard.
The door on the plane being open is no big deal. Better that way actually -- no chance of it not opening when you need to open it. But those planes weren't pressurized, so they had to stay below 10,000 ft., so not so cold. And the guys would have been jumping at around 1000-1500 ft.
I'm so glad you're getting a chance to watch this wonderful series. It's a staple in my household to watch it the weeks of Thanksgiving and Christmas. A very adventurous and heartbreaking tale of triumph, hardships, courage, bravery and brotherhood. The men of Easy Company are soldiers and heroes and may they all rest in peace along with every veteran that has also passed doing their duty. I admire these men and all veterans for their unbelievable courage to put life and limb on the line to defend not only their own country but those that have lost all hope in an hour of great need.
You'll be amazed at how many current recognizable character actors and Hollywood stars got their big break with this series; can't wait to see how many you spot. Two of the biggest names were edited out of this reaction so not sure if you spotted them, Simon Pegg and Michael Fassbender!
It would be a tad difficult for the paratroopers to jump out of the plane with the door closed. And they're only about 3000-4000 feet up, and it's the middle of summer, so no, not really that cold.
There's a reason the crews of bombers, for instance, had jackets and sometimes whole suits made of sheep skin. They flew at higher altitudes and it was cold.
By the end you will feel like you are part of the unit. It's a very good series for sucking you in to their reality and it makes you relate.
Fantastic series! I live right down the road from Currahee Mountain and have run it many times. There are two 10k races there annually, and many current military run it in full gear, with packs. There's an appreciation weekend celebration for the remaining vets. I'm not sure if any are left, it's been a few years since I attended. I certainly appreciate what they did. Currahee!
I love this show. Wasn't until after I saw it that I learned that Simon Pegg was playing my Great Uncle, Sgt Evans.
That is SUPER COOL
Schwimmer has a bit of a passing resemblance to the real Lt Sobel from the photographs I have seen. I'm guessing that's why he got the role.
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Average age of a WW2 combatant was 23.
If she cries at Revenge of the Sith... then oh my gosh. I cry at the end of episode 10 of Band of Brothers and I'm basically dead inside. As far as them being kids a lot of soldiers lied about their age to join. I think Audie Murphy (the most decorated soldier of the war) was 15 or 16.
20 years later and its still not only the best tv show, but the best form of any entertainment made
Welcome to the enjoyment of Band of Brothers. My grandfather was in the 82nd airborne during WWII and embarked on the same journey, hardships, and battles as the men of Easy Company did.
Sobel may have seemed like he was tough on Easy company but it is because he was teaching them to me the toughest and most trained men in their regiment. Easy company was a specialist Company out of all of the Companies as well. So that's why they was being trained so hard too. Like in the scene where they're relaxing eating their army noodles with ketchup and Sobel stomps in to tell them to get in their PT gear to run Currahee Mountain is because in war anything can happen and you might have to suddenly move out even in the middle of a meal.
Also Currahee Mountain is the last mountain along the Blue Ridge Mountain chain of mountains in my State of Georgia near Toccoa Georgia The name Currahee is a name by the Cherokee Indians which translates to *"Stand Alone"*. Camp Toccoa where the airborne did their training. Also because they're airborne paratroopers and they drop behind enemy lines they'll be surrounded by the enemies. So they adopted the name Currahee for *"Stand Alone"* and would say *"we stand alone together"*
Sobel fantasized about having the best company, so he worked hard to make it so. He also fantasized about being worthy of commanding the best company in the Army, but I have my doubts ...
Everybody sees Ross from Friends when watching Captain Sobel.
Me, I watch Friends and I see Captain Sobel playing Ross…
The best television I have ever seen in my life! It's like a series of 10 movies, I'm always looking out for a new Band of Brothers reaction.
I’m a former 82nd Airborne paratrooper. I don’t know what it was like back then, but when I was in (early 1990s), the doors to the aircraft were opened roughly 10 minutes before actually jumping.
"I don't like this, I am not liking this."
Oh my friend, you have not seen anything yet . . .
It's easier to understand how and why Capt. Herbert Sobel acted in such an authoritarian way when you figure out that he was Jewish. There was a lot of anti-Semitism -- even in the US -- and Sobel set out to "prove" himself by being stronger, faster, and better at everything, hence the very tough training regiment he put Easy Company through. Even though Easy hated Sobel, they also accredited a lot of their successes because of Sobel's training.
13:11 They basically were kids (especially when many recruits lied about their ages, so you have 17, 16, 15, even as low as 12-years-old in one case, enlisting to fight the bloodiest war in human history). A 23-year-old could've been called "Old Man" by the rest of the Company.
So Sgt. Martin left the note in the jacket so that Guarnere would read it. He was doing the opposite of trying to hide it actually. It was his solution to how to tell him.
This is a superb series. You are going to get to know the characters well as you watch them try to survive while doing their jobs. Addition of commentary from actual survivors helps us remember the story being brought to life is based on real events. BTW real world junior enlisted combat soldiers are almost always very young.
Yes the door would be open and it probably wasn't freezing since they were in June. The temperature does drop on avg about 3 degrees for every 1000 feet of altitude, just something I learned in my skydiving days. Enjoy your reactions, can't wait to watch you with the rest of this great series. Have a Blessed Day
Besides, those uniforms are thick and rugged, and each man was carrying something like 150 lbs. of extra gear. They had to keep the door open, it probably smelled like a locker room in there. Well, that and cigarette smoke.
Solemnity is the word you were looking for at the end. And yes, as a retired Army officer and combat vet, I can tell you, there is a great deal of solemnity when you're about to go into battle. Luckily, you fall back on your training, compartmentalize, and do your best not to let the fear take over.
One of my favorite shows ever. Watched the whole thing at least 2 dozen times. Makes me cry every time.
I’ve seen many reactions to this series. As someone who has been in the military over 18 years now, I believe everyone should watch this series. Due to the rating of it, of course it shouldn’t be shown to kids but I believe at some point everyone should watch it. There are inaccuracies and liberties taken but it’s one if not the best historical series/movies ever.
They could fly with the doors open like that, because, they wouldn't be flying at any higher than 2,000 feet. Static line jumps are usually done at anywhere from 1,500 down to 800 feet.
I'm sure I'm going to miss a few things, but here we go...
First, wonderful reaction. I'm currently teaching WWII in my classes and showing BoB to help augment my lessons. A lot of great actors are in this series: Michael Fassbender (X-Men), Damian Lewis(Billions), Simon Pegg (Shaun of the Dead, Hot Fuzz, etc.), James McAvoy (also X-men and others), etc. etc. David Schwimmer's role was and is so jarring to people who only know him from Friends. Sobel was an amazing trainer who many of the men credit for them being such a good fighting force, but he was just a terrible commander when it came to field action.
Winters knew that Sobel was pissed about something (they had a rivalry of sorts because Sobel knew the men liked Winters so much more, and he was an overall better leader) and the charges he accused him of were bullshit to get back at him for the men tricking him, that's why Winter's opted for the Court-Martial (military trial)...he knew he'd win and called Sobel's bluff. You can see the reaction on Schwimmer's face when he realizes that Winters opted for the Court-Martial.
One piece I JUST realized while watching it this time with my students is the scene when they are in England and one of the men, Harry Welsh, is teaching a class. This is great because he was a teacher before joining the army for the war, so they utilized him as much as they could to help the men.
The scene you skip over in editing of the Sergeants (Non-Commissioned Officers, or NCO's) resigning as an act of mutiny is key to understanding why Colonel Sink reassigned Sobel. If one or two of them had done it, he would have tried them for mutiny and probably thrown them in jail, or executed them, because he would think it was a personal thing. When most/all of the NCO's resigned, it showed Sink that there was definitely something wrong with Sobel's leadership and he had to do something to restore the chain of command. They couldn't spare a man while they were building up for D-Day and the invasion of Europe, that is why he spared them with a VERY stern reprimand here (can't remember if real life was exactly the same or not).
As I'm sure others have said, this is one of, if not THE best miniseries in TV history. Sadly, of all the veterans they interviewed and who were part of Easy, only one is still alive now. Edward Shames, the last surviving officer of Easy, just died a week or two ago. You'll hear his name mentioned a couple times throughout the series.
What they saw and did was incredible. That ending shot in this episode I pause on in every class and have them really look at the number of planes and ships. Hundreds of planes, thousands of ships, carrying tens of thousands of men to dislodge the Nazis from their hold on Europe. It was a gargantuan effort that was necessary to do that and you can see how big it was in that scene. They all knew what it would take and were willing to do that to save people from the grip of dictators.
I'm really looking forward to your reactions to this series.
Simon Pegg was playing my Great Uncle.
They aren't up high enough for it to be that cold
They were kids... but they were also the men that shaped future generations because they went and fought.
Fun personal fact: I live down the street from Malarkeys home. A lot of people drive by and salute his family on the way to work everyday.
woo! You picked up a sub from me on this!
When I was in the army 10 years ago, I was assigned to the 1st Batallion 506th in South Korea. These guys were the 2nd Batallion, 506th, and this was required watching when I was there. Unit history and all; my people from a different generation. I hope you enjoy it!
3:56 I use to make fun of girls for taking so long to put their makeup on to get ready until I had to put cammo paint on in bootcamp well looking into a small mirror just to be told our training was canceled for the day, I understand your girls pain 😩
Seeing this really lets you know what those men went through, and let me tell you that once you complete the series you'll have a completely new appreciation with "The Greatest Generation" and you'll get to know these men like no one before. And from what I've read this series is about as close to truth as you'll ever get, with only very little poetic license.
I believe Curahee is a native American (not sure which language) word for "we stand alone together"
Oddly, Band of Brothers fits Christmas.
all i can say about this show is i watched it when it came out. then, after all these years had past and spanish tv never iring it again, i had basically forgotten it all...except for the fact i remembered it was magnificent. no show was as good. all i could remember was that feeling of it being epic,
so you are in for an amazing time. and tissues. boxes of tissues
Well you've done it now Yank, Band of Brothers has captured you. :P
In the last minute of the last episode, this series will be with you, all the rest of your days.
My company commander in Iraq who replaced our good one (casualty sadly) was about like Sobel. Everything was someone else's fault, had no idea how to lead Infantry in combat and never could or would get dirty himself or take the blame for things going wrong. Guy is a Lt Colonel now and everyone I've ever talked to who has the misfortune of serving under him (our whole company included) waited for the day he was relieved of his duties by enemy fire. On a side note though, there are many, many officers who can't read a map lol (usually second lieutenants). We always said the most dangerous thing on the battlefield was an officer with a map and a compass because you knew you were either already lost or would be soon. Most of our NCOs and some enlisted would keep a map, compass and protractor handy in our kit
I am so happy she’s started it!!! Gotta see The Pacific after finishing this!
Currahee is derived from the Cherokee word quu-wa-hi, which means "stand alone". The mountain they are running is Currahee Mountain in Georgia, which is 1,735 feet high.
Yeah, your gonna see a lot of familiar faces pop up in this series - also, thank you so much for giving this a watch.
Band of Brothers follows the troops of Easy Company of the 101st airborne division in their journey from training in the United States and then further training while awaiting the invasion of Europe during their time in Great Britain. Their story goes from D-Day being dropped from behind enemy lines, to Carentan, to the Battle of Holland (the 2nd time through), Bastogne (Battle of the Bulge) and finally at the end of the war "capturing," the Eagles Nest, a town Hitler made for the Nazi elite. There is an episode where the members of Easy Compant stumble upon a concentration camp, however (as the show states) the show writers took liberties and it was in fact the 12 Armored division who found it and both the 12th and 101st that liberated it. The show runners wanted to show the industrial slaughter that was the Holocaust in a way that they couldn't avoid it. I won't go into details as it's much of a spoiler (all that I've stated above is history, some that I know very closely and I am an American history enthusiast) about the episode, but the horror you can see painted is clear. Band of Brothers is an excellent series for anyone who is interested in WWII, and I suggest anyone watch it so long as they can stomach war images (blood, death, gore, killing, etc.).
God bless the soldiers of the 101st Airborne, their families, and the fallen. Thank you for all you gave, and know that it is not forgotten to at least one man.
There was no pressurization in planes so it was cold even with the door closed. The bomber jacket and related clothing were designed to be warm since it would keep crews warm during service.
What these men were asked to do will never be asked of any generation. Ever. Again.
They saved the world. Literally.
It's amazing what a bunch of ranchers, cabbies, and construction workers did for us back then.
It's an extremely powerful series that only captures around 10% of just how bad things really got.
They saved the world from a guy who had no world conquest goals over anything outside of original German territory from ww1. Read the years of letters sent from mustache boy to our president saying how much he admired our democracy and to not listen to the lying media to lead you into a war. Lead Jesse Owens autobiography. The lies told by the media proven as lies by Jesse Owens accounts of the Berlin Olympics will change your life. Cheers
@@alwaysbanned4812 i know you aren't trying to defend hitler lmao
Thanks for this early Christmas present. This is one of my favourite TV series of all-time, and I love people watching it for the first time. My father and two uncles fought for Canada during WW2. My uncle, Fabian Generoux, was wounded by a sniper in North Africa... then when he returned to his unit in Italy, he was riding in a half-track that was attacked by a German Tank. In the explosion, everyone in his section was killed, and my uncle severely wounded. He ended up losing a leg, had one elbow joint completely shattered, and got a fractured skull. Finally, his hospital ship was torpedoed by a submarine in the Mediterranean, and he was picked up by an escort destroyer bobbing up-and-down on the waves in his cot. I submit that he was the only soldier who was attacked by a sniper, a tank, and a submarine who survived WW2.
I'm subscribing to your channel so I can watch your reactions to all of the upcoming episodes... have some tissues at hand for the emotional parts!
I think many of us who have served have seen their share of both officers like Sobel and Winters. One, you would walk through fire for, and the other, you wouldn't follow to the chow hall.
Sobel's real life is pretty tragic. Although he does bring it on himself. you should def check it out.
Band of Brothers is the pinnacle of HBO programming, and film and TV history. It's so frustrating that HBO has fallen so far from that quality.
"It must be so cold". Adrenaline is likely pumping so hard they didn't feel it. That coupled with living in the field during inclimate weather the previous years had prepped them for such temps.
One interesting thing to take note of regarding the show is the context in time of when the show first aired. Episode 1 premiered on September 9, 2001. 2 days prior to the 9-11 attacks. I'm sure there are more people out there more qualified than me that can express the various ways as to what a powerful and impactful show this was not only as a TV show but as a tool that many used in their grieving process during those times.
YESSSS I'VE BEEN WAITING FOR THIS! I am genuinely so excited to experience you watching this. Band of Brothers is quite possibly one of the single greatest pieces of media in history. You will sob. It will make you forever grateful for their sacrifices.
The C47 plane didn’t have a door attached for parachuting
Just have several boxes of tissues ready when you get to the episode Why We Fight.
Currahee Mountain is near the training camp in Toccoa, GA. Currahee is derived from a Cherokee word meaning "stand alone."
Most of the troopers were about 20-22. Sobel was one of the oldest at 26, if I recall correctly. Cobb was the oldest at 28. The youngest was 16 in 1942, 18 when they jumped on D-Day in 1944.
Schwimmer was actually very well cast, oddly enough. Sobel was described as awkward and unathletic while running, was terrible at map reading, and an absolute chickensh*t when it came to command.
Keep your eyes out in later episodes for a young Tom Hardy (as Janovec). Michael Fassbender (Christiansen) was in this episode as the guy who drank from his canteen while out on night march. Simon Pegg portrays Sgt. Evans, and handed the court marshal to Winters, and appears briefly in the next episode. James McAvoy appears in "Replacements."
Yes girl, you are finally watching the masterpiece everyone should watch before talking about "war", enjoy it in its full honesty ❤
"Currahee" was a Cherokee word meaning roughly "Stand Alone". As adopted by the 506th (regiment) of the 101st (division) it was understood to mean "I stand alone". That is, just because I can't find my unit after jumping out of a perfectly good airplane, I will be as dangerous as possible on my own.