Band Of Brothers: The Untold D Day Ambush Story
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- Опубликовано: 15 окт 2024
- In the series Band of Brothers, based on the exploits of Easy Company 506th PIR, 101st Airborne Division, we see a group of Easy Company soldiers commanded by Lt Dick Winters set an ambush for a German resupply column as it travels though dark Normandy lanes.
In this video I show you where the ambush took place, who was actually there, and I smash some myths about what actually happened. If you enjoy WW2 content and Band of Brothers you are going to love this episode.
The REAL STORY of the Band of Brothers D Day Ambush | Normandy | WW2
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Thanks for the help! If you love WW2 content this is your channel ⬆️
WW2TV. just found your channel. Lots of watching to do
@@napierlines6977 Well done. Yep we have over 1000 videos for you to catch up on
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Thank you so much for this video! I had the fortune to go to Europe in 2018...saw Auschwitz, the Anne Frank House, Getman Resistance Memorial and Jewish Holocaust Memorial...saw Pont Du Hoc, Omaha Beach and the Allied Cemetery...examples of suffering, courage and Love...kindness goes a long way. Thank you for your videos!
Adding the personal story of the soldier who lost his life there is a noble thing. I think sharing his name and background gives the ultimate perspective that these were young men with families, on all sides of this war. These stories need to be told and shared so that we all remember what war really is.
Thank you, I think so too
Yes! I agree! To see his house, where he lived, adds a very important aspect to the story.
I remember months ago where you once said " I am not to good with editing , still working it out". Now has over 300K subs and the editing/footage is superb, voice over is much more relaxed. Keep it up! What we see is a hobby , passion turned into video + audio and hopefully a fulltime job for you!
My man! You’ve made my day. Thank you so much. Hopefully people see that I genuinely enjoy doing this and I hope to get better each time. Thank you for your kind feedback 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer Don't change it from now on. This is perfect. The drone shots with voice over from the previous shot etc. Your speech is also more relaxed like story telling instead of , gotta hurry or my tea gets cold haha! Jokes aside , you really really deserve it.
Too too too
First time viewer, subscribed after ten minutes, beautiful presentation, very professionally done.
Thank you for posting this.
I always found the true story far more interesting than what was portrayed in Band Of Brothers.
I appreciate you giving Lt.Col Robert Cole his due.
😎👍
Was fortunate, thanks to The Wife, to take the Stephen Ambrose Band of Brothers tour in 2019. We could have taken the June tour but figured it would be just too crazy, which it was, and opted for July. Travel was mostly by very nice coach and we watched the series while driving. Our historian was Chris Anderson and one of his repeated lines was "Yeah, it didn't happen that way..." Thanks for the excellent content and your help in keeping these brave men's stories alive.
I know Chris he is an excellent historian and a lovely man
@@thehistoryexplorer Yes he is. He and George Luz Jr. made the tour a blast. I'm very sincere about keeping these stories alive. As the years pass the stories are going to be all we have. 5 years ago the gun emplacements at Brecourt could very easily be missed without a guide. Later in the tour as we were walking up to a building that was one of Easy Company's last HQ buildings, we were saddened to see it being torn down. And even those witnesses who were children at the time are starting pass away. So again, thank you.
During my time serving with the British Army in the 90s, I did a prepared ambush on the exact bridge on Longmoor training area in Hampshire where the second episode of Band of Brothers was filmed. Imagine my surprise when I saw it when I watched that second episode.
Did you capture any bike riders?
@@malalford We surprised quite a few on various exercises
I knew both Winters and Guarnere and according to Winters, neither had weapons during this time. Winters words "Bill has told that story so much that now he actually believes it".
Winters had his knife like in the series but one of the other men he was with stole it while he was under the poncho, and a grenade.
Guarnere told me he shot several SS men he came in contact with including one thru the hand and ultimately forehead as he threw up a Heil Hitler salute in deviance a day or so before the advance into Carentan.
I also knew Strayers radio man and he told me the advance around Carentan during the night before the famous BOB attack was worthy of a book in itself.
Outstanding. Thank you for sharing. So interesting
How did you meet them? How did you know them?
I appreciate giving credit to the actual people involved. I do not know where the mini series staff got their information. I also appreciate the fact that many actions portrayed in BoB were not completely accurate. Many soldiers were consolidated into one character to ease the film flow of the series. BoB should be recognized for the major piece of history it showed to us. It also should inspire people to dig in and find the truth of the events as they actually occurred. Thank you for shedding light on a truly important piece of history. I do not think BoB intended to overlook anyone on purpose, but had to make choices of how to keep the story flowing as quickly as they could.
Thanks for the well considered comment 👍
You are most certainly correct. BoB is a show after all and with only 10 episodes they couldn’t extend the cast beyond what they already had as that’s just too many characters and plots to follow for an uneducated viewer. We as enthusiasts and historians could sit through the most anally accurate show ever made but anyone else couldn’t unfortunately. I do believe however that some of the errors and misinterpretations of the series are in part down to the directors and writers of the episodes, in addition to the amateur historian that was Ambrose. If the story was written and advised by Mark Bando then I truly believe BoB could’ve been even better than it was, if u want 101st history, Bando is the man, not Ambrose. Episode 4 in my opinion is far and away the worst episode and is a terrible depiction of market garden, operationally, strategically and tactically speaking, it’s wrong on so many levels and really fails to show what the actual objectives and point of it all was (for the 101st I am speaking). No mention of the bridges over the Wilhelmina canal that blew up infront of E company and the rest of the 506th. No mention of sporadic fighting entering Son/Zon and the 1st btn getting halved in numbers within an hour of landing whilst attacking through the Zoenche forest
It's amazing to imagine what happened here those 80 years ago. That's why videos like this are so important; anyone who didn't know would just pass by oblivious. I see this and recall my own infantry training about how to cross a road with a platoon, securing the other side of the road, posting security, etc. and it still excites me. Amazing stuff.
Rob - an excellent film. Thank you.
...and your initial comments are greatly appreciated.
Just one of many thousands of meeting engagements in a World War - but one familiar to many through the tv series.
The research back to the surviving family members, and the home of Maj Vaughn is, I think, why many of your viewers find your approach to be so interesting.
Great to see you linking to other RUclipsrs. You may all cover the same topics/incidents - but from different angles. Those of us who love this stuff cant get enough of it, will watch all videos and soak it all in.
There's plenty of history for everyone - and we will watch it all!
Well done.
Thank you very much buddy, glad you enjoyed it! Looking forward to catching up next week 👍
I stumbled upon this purely by accident.. I'm a huge fan of BoB, the series and the historical accounts.. You're doing a superb job of this.. Very insightful and interesting.. Keep it coming..
Thank you my friend! I hope you’ll stay to watch more videos 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer Absolutely..!
As always thank you for the video. I often wondered about this ambush and as you have explained it clearly I understand it all now. Coming up to D - day soon it's very important that this history is explained and passed down to the younger ones as very little is taught in schools now. We must never forget. ❤ 💐
Glad it was helpful! Thank you for the kind feedback
Really enjoyed this Rob, well done.
Appreciate it mate! Thanks
Very nice graphics, photography and story. Thanks for sharing.
This man lived just a few blocks from the State Fairgrounds. I’ve been near there dozens of times and never knew. Thank you for sharing his story.
Absolutely incredible!! Thank you for your dedication of telling the story of these men! I feel for both the allies and enemies! You talk with the utmost respect for these men! God bless you 🙏🏻
Glad you enjoyed it and thank you for such kind feedback. It really means a lot to me
Very nice careful work on the ambush story, where I had no idea where it happened, or all the details beyond. Thanks a lot for adding knowledge. I myself write some stories of our natives and I know how much work it is to put it together even with such a short episode. Very good work. All the best.
Thanks for the feedback 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer Colleague to colleague. I was happy to serve. Sorry for my Anglish.
I’m only half way through this video but had to comment that it’s one of the best I’ve seen. Loved the visuals….it helped understand what happened 👍🏾
That means a lot. Thank you so much
Liked, subbed to both channels. Many thanks for helping to preserve history in an accessible format!
Much appreciated! Although I only have one channel
@@thehistoryexplorer I meant yours and WW2TV. You _did_ recommend him, right? 😃
Loved it, what a breakdown. Amazing, please do more as I now explore your vids
First video from your channel I have seen, and I loved the video. Great job!
Welcome aboard! I hope you like the others
Thank you for all of your videos they brilliant always watch them
Quality video as always. Really enjoyed this. Thank you
thank you. Much appreciated
I remember visiting Sainte-Mere-Eglise and paying a fortune for a 101st PIR memorial baseball cap and then swiftly losing it! AAAGGGHHH!!! Long way to go back for another one!
Good excuse to visit again though!
@@thehistoryexplorerI like how u think. Just subbed to ya lol
My dad was deployed as a combat engineer at Omaha beach. I did some research because like most vets he did not talk about his experiences. In my research I found out that his unit was moved from Utah to Omaha beach because of a practice landing at Slapton Sands in England. Most of the film that claimed to be from Normandy was from England.
What film?
if you turn on auto-generated subtitles it puts up "applause" for Guarnere's Thompson and "music" for the German's screams lmao
Poor German soldiers!
Great video 👍🏼 I visitid all these places in June 2021. Its time to go again 👌🏼Thank you for the nice work 🙏🏼
Have fun and thanks for watching! Appreciate the feedback
Interesting watch. Like many I fell in love with BoB quite late on - I didnt watch when it first came out. Such brave mmen
At 7:18 in the video, the narration states the video image is of a house at “619 East 39th Street, Indianapolis,” which was the home of Major John W. Vaughn, who was killed in action early on D-Day. And indeed, the image of the house has a superimposed graphic stating, “619 E 39th St Indianapolis, Indiana”. The video, however, gives other, conflicting information on that address.
The video displays two newspaper clippings that also include Major Vaughn’s address. Both of those, however, clearly give his address as •624• E. 39th St. - see at 6:50, and 7:07. That leaves the reader wondering, “Where did the narration get ‘619’ E. 39th St.???”
For good measure, when one enters “624 E. 39th St., Indianapolis” in Google Maps, it actually yields an image of the very Indianapolis house shown in this video at the 7:18 mark, with a graphic (in this video) identifying it as “•619• E 39th St". And when you do search “619 E. 39th St.”, the app shows the house •across• the street from this one!
Obviously, the maker of the video had two sources that agreed on the (apparently) correct home address for Major Vaughn, and procured a photo of the Indianapolis home at that address. How is it, then, that the narration misstated the house number in the address, and also repeated that mistake in a graphic that was superimposed on the image of the house?
I caught the same error. The clipping said 624 and the next statement was 619!
Well done. Fascinating to see the actual location of a skirmish made “famous” by BoB, even though the show wasn’t entirely accurate.
So glad you enjoyed it 👍
Great video ! Lieutenant Colonel Robert Cole was from San Antonio Texas. My hometown.
Can't speak to WWII tactics, but the friendly fire incident demonstrates why, when given time to prepare, ambushes are usually made in an L shape.
The length of the L is setup on the flank, while the base of the L is in front. When it involves vehicles or carts, you want to take away their ability to accelerate quickly forward, and they usually are difficult to turn around. If you were to establish the base of the L behind the column, the column could potentially speed away quickly. This is why you establish the base at the front of the column.
Yep absolutely right, unless at across roads or T shaped junction
@thehistoryexplorer ideally you'd shift the kill zone (or the "X") away from the intersection by about 30 meters and not give an extra potential avenue of escape. However, it's a tradeoff. Setting up at the intersection increases the likelihood the enemy will pass through, but that works both ways. If you know where they're coming from, you can shift. However, if you have significantly prepared your ambush with prepared machine gun positions, extra cover, etc., shifting maybe not be very feasible.
The problem with your animation is that if the enemy were to turn to the south, the T intersection forces are now shooting eachother. With the enemy in the x-fire.
This is not to say your animation is wrong, just why this would not be ideal. And, a hastily placed barricade eliminating that escape routh might mitigate the risk as well.
@@bryanr8897 yep all good points and makes perfect sense to me 👍
Great overall presentation. Looking forward to more vids like this.
I love your videos and shorts. Love the history of these places and the stories behind them. 😉
Glad you like them! And thank you for the kind comment
Never knew this what an interesting story. Love the research sharing these details
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you buddy
honestly seeing the real world locations and such is pretty cool
So glad you enjoy it. I’ve got hundreds of videos coming
I think it's important to remember that many, many soldiers attached themselves to first friendly unit they happened to run across due to the miss drops. They then would have been commanded by strangers who they hadn't even seen in the daylight yet let alone know who was who. The only visible difference between the officers and NCO's to set them apart from the enlisted men that night was a horizontal or vertical stripe on the back of their helmet. They didn't even have the advantage of recognizing someones voice when all the shooting and shouting began. Friendly fire was pretty much a when, not an if situation. It was unavoidable.
You’re absolutely right. As I said; these things happen in war. They still happen today.
The confusion of that night must have been significant
well said. the fog of war is real. the problem with most movies is that the characters seem to have plenty of situational awareness when in reality, if a sudden firefight broke out, especially an unplanned one as discussed here.. most of the soldiers might not even know what was actually happening.
always fascinating and poignant too with the family and home detail, seems War is often cleaned up for the general media, its great that people such as yourself endeavor to enlighten us to the real often dirty, unpleasantness and sad mistakes of the true events. Will likely ride to and stop at that junction next week, Big Thanks to all involved in making of this history document.
Thanks for the feedback! Much appreciated. Have a great time in Normandy. I’m just a team of one I’m afraid and I do this as a hobby 👍
@@thehistoryexplorer PW I too watch his content.
Excellent work. Thank You!
My pleasure!
I went to this intersection during the 80th anniversary of DDay. Good breakdown.
Thanks! I bet you had a brilliant time
@thehistoryexplorer Words can't describe all the things I saw. Went to Mehan's crash site memorial, Maisy battery, Pointe Du Hoc, Angoville, Heisville, Marmion farm. I could go on, but you catch my drift. Look at some of the shorts I made documenting it.
All of the movie band of Brothers and it’s really great to see the areas and hear the actual stories of how events happened. As we all know, Hollywood loves to exaggerate stories, unnecessarily in my opinion, but that’s Hollywood.
Brilliant video Rob. Right up my alley
Thank you. If you enjoyed it why not check out my other videos on BoB 👍
Well done. So, can you explain why you think the HBO folks decided to place a bridge into this scene? The set at Hatfield had plenty of open area where they could have made a crossroads to depict the area as it was in 1944. I love Band of Brothers but it really puzzles me as to why they make these kinds of changes when it would be a lot easier to just create the set as it was in real life? I get it's Hollywood, but for historically accuracy, this would have been pretty simple to recreate in my opinion. Also, I feel like LTC Robert Cole should have been shown in this scene. Yes, he was in the 502, but not including him and some 82nd guys instead, was a mistake in my opinion. Again, I love BOB! Just some questions about HBO decision-making.
It’s a really strange one, I guess the cinematic effect and sound of a closed in train culvert/bridge looks much better than a hedge row. But there are no train tracks near there or even running in that direction. Thanks for the feedback
That's actually an easy question to answer, it was due to the lighting requirements. To show the action clearly, they added the bridge wall so they could have moonlight reflect off it and "light" up the action
Could have been more cost effective to re-locate, rather than rebuild maybe?? Thank you for a very well done documentary ☺️
@@WW2TVty paul
I Know This Raises The Question With Me And Maybe Sone Other People And Is Contiversal And I Already Know Your Reaction And What Your Going To Day And Think But It Would Be Wise Idea To Or Even Just To Think About Rebooting Band Of Brothers?? Again It's A Big Massive Gamble,And I Understand It Is Perfection As It Is,And Pure Gold,And Rebooting It Is Probably A Big No No And Woukd Maybe Might Perhaps Tarnish The Original Series Legacy. But However Saying That At The Sane There's Still Some Things That Really Happened That It Didn't Really Show,Or Missed Slightly. And Some Minor Inaccuracies. So Again,I Know I Would Be A Big Risk And It Probably Won't Happen,At Least Not Anytime Soon Anyway,If A Reboot Would Be Wise Or Bright Idea? To Include What Wasn't In The Hanks Spielberg Original Series. And Maybe It Could Show What's Already Been Shown To But In A Slightly Different Way. But You Probably It's Not A Great Idea And That The Band Of Brothers Series Should Be Left As It Is. But These Slight Little Minor Things Trivial Things Not Included Reallt Bug Me And I Can't But Think As Great And Brilliant As Band Of Brothers Already Is, It Could Have Been Even Slightly Better Maybe Perhaps
Another excellent video Rob, nice to see a bit of myth busting. I couldn't agree more about the font of all knowledge that is Woody @WW2TV
Thanks Willie! Appreciate it mate
As always thanks for the video ❤
My pleasure! I hope you enjoyed it
So sad. Senseless killing. Never can understand war!
My South African grandpa and my German Opa fought more or less the same place in North Africa. They must have had lots to talk about.
Thanks for this very interesting video! This also explains the inspiration for the scene in the "Brothers in arms: Earned in Blood" game by gearbox where they have a chapter in which Cole performs this ambush on four horse carts.
No way?! Never knew that
@@thehistoryexplorer I assume Gearbox inspired the game based on many similar stories. Also his legendary bajonet charge a few days later on the causeway to Carentan is part of a chapter in its predecessor.
Minor correction, the obit showed his address was 624 E 39th Street, not the stated "619 E 39th Street". Enjoyed the vid and have been subscribed.
I can't believe we're about to do this all over again.
Let’s hope not!
@thehistoryexplorer Let's Hope Not!! I Know History Repeats Itself But Lord Have Mercy World War 3 Won't Happen 🙏
WOW! These stories really hit home.
So glad you enjoyed it!
They could have been wrong but I could have sworn in the band of brothers podcast they said though horse and carts were used by the Germans they weren't actually in the ambush they were showing and were added to the scene for effect. Could the show ambush be referring to a different event?
@@RemoG0915 no the ambush is covered in the book and in witness accounts, it just didn’t happen in the way it is shown in the series
Great work ace video!
Thanks! Appreciate it
I studied this ambush and several other Easy Company engagements. It was part of our curriculum at West Point in classes dealing with small unit combat tactics. Or maybe it was just me at home in my underwear reading a book that I borrowed from the Chester, PA library and never returned. Either way, you can thank me for my service.
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Excellent work! Thanks
Glad you liked it! Thank you
Wow. I used to live less than a mile away from that house. I guess it's easy to forget that most soldiers were just that one guy who lived down the street to someone...
What are the chances!
The difference between a screen version and what probably happened. In the end BoB did an excellent job of portrayal, admitting that details had been changed.
Yep, don’t get me wrong I love BoB
I have a couple of problems with this vid. As a former infantry soldier we were trained in how to react in an impromptu engagement scenario and it was nothing like the battle just described. That is the standard procedure when preparing to engage an enemy in an ad hoc fashion was to move to the right or high ground. In that lay out the high ground appears to be the hedge across from the road they came up. I can't believe an elite unit would be so clueless in such a situation.
The second thing is, does anyone else notice the glaring discrepancies in this story and the one in Band of Brothers. Such as the size of the groups involved and the fact that in the show the cart was coming through what looked like a cutting under a bridge. It would be nice to have some explanation for the discrepancy in the scenario, like maybe the second ambush took place later in the day when the paratroopers had coalesced into a bigger fighting force. And that the action described above was later in the day compared with the story where there were barely a couple of hours passed when Winters lead the ambush. Remember this was June in Northern Europe and daylight would have been happening very early, yet the series depicts the action as occurring in the dark.
The action took place at 0400 in the morning. This was the only ambush Winters and Co took part in that day.
I also missed out that winters was at the rear with no weapon. What is often not told is that Guarnere had no weapon either. He only chased the Germans down the road after he had picked up a German weapon.
The series is full of inaccuracy but that’s kind of the point. They want to tell a story based on true events
Even with sunrise not due till over an hour later, during Summer it does get noticeably lighter around 04:00 AM.
The sky would have been a reddish tint, instead of the blackness of night (looked like 01:00 or something like that).
Yes the cart under the bridge, not mentioned, and it all seemed rather confined which is an excellent forum for an ambush.
I rarely expect 100 pct accuracy; what the BoB did was quite exemplary in how they told the story.
@@AudieHolland it couldn’t have been that early as some in that party landed not much earlier than that time
@@thehistoryexplorer I meant that the director set the ambush during the blackest of night just because it looks grimmer.
You do such an amazing job and I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you so much for your hard work
Thank you very much. Glad you enjoy the videos
Thank you for this video it was very well explained you have another subscriber👍
Welcome abroad! I hope you’ll enjoy my future videos
Good video.
Thanks!
Glad you liked it!
Hi, I found this show very interesting, especially the part where you explained what should have been done by the US soldiers. I was actually at that location in April with Paul Woodage on his spring Battle of Normandy Tour. It was an amazing experience. Tom Mullen, Geneva, IL. USA.
Ah so you’ve had the information first hand! Paul is a great guy and helped me make this video. He has bags and bags more information on this event and I didn’t quite do it justice. Thank you for the feedback.
Fascinating insights. Thank you. Citations would’ve taken to another level. Question: It seem uncommon that a major would be taken out by friendly fire? Art majors usually a little bit behind the front line of fire? Sounds like this major didn’t waste any time getting out to inspect the seized goods.
He was a logistics officer who had just landed in Normandy, he joined the first group he could find. Depending on which account you read he was either stood opposite the Americans who fired across the road, or he had gone to the wagon and was shot from down the road (ie from the Germans).
The reality is in the confusion he was most likely caught in the fire. The citation point is very valid; sadly these are anecdotes from the veterans themselves
I felt so sorry for the horses.
I do, too.
I feel more sorry for all the young men and women who died to stop the spread of Nazism.
im more curious about the land layout, guessing there was no railroad bridge there or was there?
the series showed it happening under a bridge.
No railroad bridge there or railroad for that matter, completely made up in the book and series
A contact is not a meeting engagement
This is a classic example of a meeting engagement as per the NATO definition. Neither force was anticipating a contact, the US formation was caught in line of march, the German column in line of march
Excellent description
Thank you, glad you enjoyed it 👍
Thanks for the content my friend, new sub here !!!!
Thanks for the sub! I hope you’ll enjoy the channel
If possible in the future can you identify the number of casualties on the enemy force?
Great video, is the manakin of JS still hanging from the church in St Mère Église?
It is indeed. I have a video coming up on that too
@@thehistoryexplorer i’ve been there many times and I know a little bit about the story but I’m sure your video will be far more informative than what I know, I look forward to seeing it
The hedges in 1944 were thicker the nowadays
The main difference from the film and reality was of course that, in the series, the ambush was made from a bridge over a road - which the Germans were coming down then going under the bridge, but the real place was just a T- junction of two roads, with no bridge at all.
Not that it made any difference to the men involved, especially those who lost their lives. It was the last place they walked on in their lives.
Yep very true
nice work
Thank you! Cheers!
A few thoughts...
Thank you for this in-depth account and debunk of Hollyweird.
Can you further clarify if this meeting engagement occurred in the pre-dawn darkness or the early light of dawn? It would make a significant difference, particularly regarding the blue-on-blue tragedy.
Entirely possible the German logistics mission of perishables, like milk, bread, probably butter, etc. to their coastal forces was simply a routine that embarked without knowledge or full understanding of the invasion. In ALL forms of bureaucracy there is always those who don't "Get the Word".
Yep very true. The engagement allegedly occurred at 0400, by that time it starts to get light
Thanks for sharing
Thanks for watching! RUclips seems to be hiding this one
You think eighty years is so long ago, but it’s really not. Seems doomed to repeat, almost like we forgot the absolute terrible loss we as a collective group suffered.
Jeez let’s hope not hey
Was there with Paul a few years ago
Paul is THE expert on these stories
Would suggest: don’t show addresses of homes people might live in today. Other than that great job.
lol why? It is not the 1940's anymore. We can use our phones to see virtually any home we want on this planet. Nobody is going to treat the house of a random ww2 fighter like a tourist attraction..
Wild Bill got some for his brother.
In reality he ran down the road chasing the cart firing a German pistol as he didn’t have a weapon
@@thehistoryexplorer You mean he didn't have his issued weapons. A German pistol counts. In any event, good show, in every sense of the word. Both you and Wild Bill (RIP).
I watched the whole video, there is a lot to learn 🥰🥰
So glad you enjoyed it. For whatever reason this video hasn’t been shown to alot of people by YT but those who do watch it seem to enjoy it
Awesome vid
Thank you so much
I am completely ignorant to this event. What was the environment like at the time of the ambush; weather, noise from aircraft flying overhead and AA?
Glad to have shared something new with you! I’d imagine there was a lot of commotion, this happened at approx 0400 on d day with the paratroopers formed into larger groups and going about their business.
The video clip that you show from Band of Brothers is not referring to the ambush at the crossroads. They were walking along a railroad track and their ambush happens underneath the bridge for the train tracks. If you take a closer look at the clip, you will see that it all takes place underneath the bridge. I thought that they did a good job of staying close to the details of the book by Ambrose. And according to interviews with many of the surviving men, the book was pretty accurate.
THERE IS NO RAILWAY BRIDGE OR RAILWAY TRACK. Ambrose invented the detail in the book. The veteran accounts informed this video
You sound Australian. Just found you. Great videos. Well done!
Welcome aboard! I’m English but have spent alot of time around Aussies - some of my favourite people are Australian 🇦🇺
Where is the overpass featured in BoB?
It was made up! It looked better in the series than having an open road
The families were also victims in the war, never to be whole again.
Very true
Amazing
Thank you! Cheers
I heard someone Say June 6 is the devil 's Birthday.
Maybe in the year 666
Was there ever a viaduct there, like portrayed in the movie?
Nope. No train tracks there and no bridge
@@thehistoryexplorer Didn't think there were. There'd be some remnants. Cheers!
Why no citations posted, not saying this isn’t correct but having a huge change in information would be nice to have sources of evidence.
I’ll add them to the description. The source is Paul Woodage who spoke with the survivors who were there and the unit account from 502nd
@@thehistoryexplorer Thank you sir, I appreciate the videos you post to make the history easier to obtain.
Awesome
Thanks for the feedback!
I like this contain.
Glad you like it buddy
I watch the full video, and this is an educational video
Wow fabulous 🤩
It's lieutenant not leftenant , it wasn't the brits at the ambush.
Sure, you can keep the French pronunciation. Sorry I used the English one
Its not a crossroads its a T junction. As my old CO would have said, Details matter .
I refer to it as both in the video
Where is it on the SME map in HLL
It’s outside of town so I doubt they would include it in a game
Mein großer Respekt an die Deutschen Soldaten vor Ort!!!
Well they went out to deliver supplies to their comrades even though they knew paratroopers were around. Brave I guess
Yeah, knowing exactly what was in the carts beyond milk & bread would be instructive.
Allegedly just food goods and supplies. I don’t know for certain
Many Young people died for us. !!!!!!!
They absolutely did. It’s very sad
Nice work. Comment for the algo.
Thanks! I need all the help I can get. YT is not a fan of WW2 history at the moment
@@thehistoryexplorer Yes well, they can't have folks becoming aware history is repeating itself.
@@allencollins6031how true