BAND OF BROTHERS Episode 9 Breakdown & Ending Explained

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  • Опубликовано: 25 июн 2024
  • I review, breakdown and explain Band of Brothers Episode 9 Why We Fight. I discuss the ninth episode in the HBO show from 2001 which focussed on Easy Company in the 101st Airborne Division. I react to the best moments in the episode, moments such as the concentration camp discovery, Nixon’s focus on questioning why he is fighting, Winters answering that question, and the contrast in tone in the first and second half. I also compare the episode to the real events and provide an in depth recap and my reaction to the full episode.
    00:00 Intro
    00:40 Band Of Brothers Episode 9 Breakdown
    15:59 Band Of Brothers Episode 9 Review
    17:50 Outro
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Комментарии • 73

  • @BrainPilot
    @BrainPilot  Месяц назад +7

    What's your favourite episode of Band of Brothers? Let me know your thoughts in the comments below!

    • @jojo_inthemitten36
      @jojo_inthemitten36 29 дней назад +3

      This one.

    • @rotempeer-raviv4859
      @rotempeer-raviv4859 29 дней назад +1

      This one. And 1. And 2. And 7. And 10. And 3.
      All ten of them.

    • @Dej24601
      @Dej24601 26 дней назад +1

      1 - for its expert way of establishing a large group of distinct characters, succinctly setting the mood/tone of the time and efficiently covering a lot of time.
      5 - for its unique structure, and revealing inner character, and delving into the human toll of the events.
      6 - for its unique focus on aspects of war which are often overlooked or underplayed.
      7 - for its special dramatic scenes and the masterful use of sound.
      9 - for its delicate and profound handling of several crises and topics, and the perfect choice of several different pieces of classical music to augment scenes.
      10 - for its balance of tragedy and celebratory aspects.

    • @pearlrawson8636
      @pearlrawson8636 17 дней назад

      This was such an amazing series! I had so many favorite shows, but probably when they got to the camps was my most favorite. Those prisoners crying and hugging out soldiers still makes me cry. They waited so long to be rescued from Hitler.

  • @rotempeer-raviv4859
    @rotempeer-raviv4859 29 дней назад +30

    No matter how much appreciation he recieved and continues to recieve for his performance, Ron Livingston can never be overappreciated in my mind for this role, especially in this episode.

  • @Nappy1One
    @Nappy1One Месяц назад +34

    I enlisted in 1975 and shipped to Germany for my active duty post (hat tip to all my 32 AADCOM brothers and sisters) in 1976. I had viewed the BBC series "World at War" in its entirety before leaving. The episode "Genocide", as I remember it, had a card with the words "Why we fight" on it before introducing the viewer to the WW2 black and white film of liberated concentration camps. Wartime images of the camps as they were found and some of the clean up American troops participated in shall never be effaced from my memory. I did not leave Germany before I paid my respects at Dachau. These memories far exceed the impact for me of the images of episode 9, though "Band of Brothers" did do an excellent job of depicting the shock of battle hardened troops seeing this devastation for the first time.

    • @Dej24601
      @Dej24601 18 дней назад

      Best regards to you. On a visit to the Holocaust Museum in Washington DC, I was able to view some of the footage shot by Allied forces as they discovered/liberated different camps; there were some done by the US, some from Britain and some from the Soviets. Difficult viewing but important. I read that director George Stevens documented the liberation of Dachau, among other major events, and worked to put together film used at the Nuremberg Trials. When he started work on the 1959 film “The Diary of Anne Frank”, he went to look at the footage he shot, and was overcome with emotion after 1 or 2 minutes, and had to put the film away. Director Frank Capra did the 7 part series shot between 1942 and 1945 “Why We Fight” (admittedly propaganda, but intended to explain, encourage and bolster US involvement, which was tenuous until the bombing of Pearl Harbor.)

    • @daftgowk1
      @daftgowk1 12 дней назад

      World at war, required viewing when i went to school in 80s Scotland, along with reading victor and warlord magazines of course. I vividly remember the stories from friends who went on school trip to Auschwitz. Proud of my grandad and his fellows, saved our souls only for the voters down south to turncoat in recent years and betray us all to fascism, and let pensioners die in carehomes that they fought to save in ww2 when they were kids. Nuff said

    • @markfaggion841
      @markfaggion841 11 часов назад

      I was there in 76and got in 77. William O Darby concerned is where I was stationed

  • @Dej24601
    @Dej24601 Месяц назад +22

    Nixon was definitely involved and had made significant contributions - he was in the Intelligence unit, developing strategy, working on maps, planning actions.

    • @mccormack944
      @mccormack944 18 дней назад +2

      One of very few 101st members to have three combat stars on his jump wings, and has a bronze star and Purple Heart. He may have never fired a shot, but he made 3 combat jumps, where he could’ve landed in the middle of a firefight just like any other guy, was wounded to receive the Purple Heart, and from my understanding although it’s hard to verify for sure, he got the Purple Heart on d-day, because he took the maps winters found at brecourt manner, and ran them several miles to Utah beach on his own to get that intelligence of all the gun emplacements up the chain as soon as possible. And think, being d day, that several mile run, would’ve been completely behind enemy lines, on his own. It’s also my understanding that’s why he is on a tank at the end of episode 2, whoever he gave the map to was so thankful, they sent 2 tanks to reinforce the 101st. In my opinion a highly overlooked or underrated member of the unit, having fired a shot or not.

    • @Dej24601
      @Dej24601 18 дней назад

      @@mccormack944 wow! Thank you for that incredible information. And it was clear that all the guys respected one another, and were aware of the different types of contributions each made to the overall effort. It must have been difficult for the writers to narrow down what would be the content for each episode. As viewers, we have to remember that we are seeing only a select few moments out of several year’s experiences during the war. Winters and Nixon had trained to be officers before Currahee, which is why they were in more leadership positions there. Their backgrounds, education, personal strengths and talents helped place them in the positions for which they were suited.

  • @billmmckelvie5188
    @billmmckelvie5188 28 дней назад +14

    What you've missed is that a lot of Cancer patients participated in the movie as the survivors in the camp!

    • @akhmunraa2493
      @akhmunraa2493 22 дня назад +2

      You'd need them ofcourse, but wouldnt be an easy task to convince their families and friends

  • @johndittmer8488
    @johndittmer8488 Месяц назад +11

    FYI, Ludwig van Beethoven was actually a quarter Dutch, hence the "van" in his name. His paternal grandfather came over the Flemish part of Belgium to Germany.

  • @iamza.
    @iamza. Месяц назад +13

    Ugh when he has to tell them to go back in and breaks down kills me every time.

  • @petermitchelmore2592
    @petermitchelmore2592 29 дней назад +4

    This reminds me of a high school visit to the Imperial War Museum, in which they were showing army archive footage of a concentration camp.
    In addition to the horror of the state the few survivors were in, what really struck me was how upset so many people were at the same time.

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 26 дней назад

      What the film could not impress upon on us was the stench that must have been in the sir every a considerable distance away. Even for men who were familiar with the smell of death would have been overwhelmed,

  • @gbarberis7402
    @gbarberis7402 Месяц назад +6

    Nixon was my favourite character in the show great sense of humor but sometimes dark and realist.

    • @BrainPilot
      @BrainPilot  Месяц назад +1

      Yeah he was a great character in the show

    • @oldunemployeddude6160
      @oldunemployeddude6160 17 дней назад

      Nixon was a drunk who never fired his weapon the entire war.

  • @Kosmonavt77
    @Kosmonavt77 Месяц назад +4

    Perfect way to start my day. Thank you.

  • @michaelmendershausen3618
    @michaelmendershausen3618 25 дней назад +2

    The unit that liberated the Kaufering concentration camp at Landsberg was not the 101st, it was the 413th regiment of the 103rd Cactus Infantry Division. The 101st relieved them the next day.

  • @gileliezer1
    @gileliezer1 Месяц назад +4

    Great video! There were a few shots fired by french soldiers on the ride when Leibgot and Webster were talking.

  • @bryanbell7816
    @bryanbell7816 Месяц назад +4

    I think you're doing a good job. Please keep up the good work.

  • @LexieAssassin
    @LexieAssassin Месяц назад +2

    My maternal grandpa was a jeep driver in the Pacific, and he never fired a shot in combat either. Also had the dubious distinction of being issued basically every Allied weapon at one time or another. Grand, Carbine... Thompson and/or Grease Gun, I think?

  • @jocarter2848
    @jocarter2848 12 дней назад +1

    This was such a surprised when I first saw this episode in 2004/5. I got out of my chair and cheered as Nixon ordered the Germans to clear the Death Camp. I just hoped this actually happened..
    The whole episode was such a mix of the ending of he was. It was mind blowing and has been One of my favourite.
    However the ending in Hitler's mountain home was well deserved and again I cheered as Easy Company deserved after what they had been trough.
    Excellent nd complex script captured the reality of wzr.
    Thank you Easy Company

  • @paczkmacik
    @paczkmacik Месяц назад +3

    Ugh, aight, gotta rewatch it again this month

  • @rcy11
    @rcy11 21 день назад +2

    Not a lot people mentioned this, of course I love the actors of the soldiers in this amazing BOB shows. But this episode was something else, those actors of Jews were underrated, my heart was so in pain watching them

  • @akhmunraa2493
    @akhmunraa2493 22 дня назад +1

    I cried a lot just after Leibgott announced "ACHTUNG BITTE, ACHTUNG BITTE"....😢

  • @andromeda331
    @andromeda331 Месяц назад +2

    So well done.

  • @johnschuh8616
    @johnschuh8616 26 дней назад +2

    Sheer horror. But I am prompted to think what impression Andersonville made on the Union troops who first encountered it?

  • @Hoplophile1
    @Hoplophile1 25 дней назад

    Certainly one of the most memorable episodes, but there is a glaring inaccuracy. The opening scene supposedly happens on April 11, 1945. Later when we flashback to that same scene where the members of Easy Company are watching the residents of Thalen clear debris while listening to Beethoven, Nixon remarks "Hitler is dead." In fact, Hitler would not kill himself until April 30, nearly 3 weeks later.

  • @jackcade68
    @jackcade68 28 дней назад

    Really felt that people needed you to explain that to them did you?

  • @N0die
    @N0die 15 дней назад

    Sounds like Winters & Nixon enjoyed a connection barely anyone could have in current year

  • @Scaramanga7
    @Scaramanga7 19 дней назад

    Nixon would have been talking about Operation Varsity, crossing the Northern Rhine.

  • @JacobTemplar
    @JacobTemplar Месяц назад +3

    Cover generation kill next

  • @GlennDavey
    @GlennDavey 29 дней назад

    "Spoilers for World War 2 and the Holocaust"

  • @spookerredmenace3950
    @spookerredmenace3950 29 дней назад +1

    can you still buy Vat69?

    • @towelie2523
      @towelie2523 29 дней назад +1

      jup, its pretty cheap actually

    • @spookerredmenace3950
      @spookerredmenace3950 28 дней назад

      @@towelie2523 been looking for it here in Ontario Canada for a while,,

  • @Stnkynuggz1252
    @Stnkynuggz1252 10 дней назад

    The nazis had flair that they made the jews wear
    - Ron Livingston Office Space

  • @FINALLYOUTAFTER6
    @FINALLYOUTAFTER6 Месяц назад

    17:02 not true. It was way more.

  • @kirkandrew7853
    @kirkandrew7853 28 дней назад

    Interesting how I have read 3 or 4 books from Easy company and none of them mention any camps

  • @PiotrKoodziesjki
    @PiotrKoodziesjki Месяц назад +1

    Mozart was German.
    Hitler was Austrian.
    Just to addmit.

    • @RoyADane
      @RoyADane Месяц назад +2

      Correction: Mozart was Austrian. He was born in Salzburg.

    • @Dej24601
      @Dej24601 Месяц назад +1

      Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was born in 1756 at Getreidegasse 9 in Salzburg, then in what was called the ‘Holy Roman Empire’, now called Austria.

    • @johnschuh8616
      @johnschuh8616 26 дней назад +1

      Austria-Hungary was an empire very tolerant of Jews. Budapest was greatly beloved by Jews. It was an empire brought together by faith, a common opposition to Islam.snd its greatest leader Prince Eugen of Savoy. If only Napoleon had been content with that great commander, personal wealth and fame. Then France would been the great countest nation in Europe.

  • @miriamcohen7657
    @miriamcohen7657 13 дней назад

    Liebgott was a Jew, no matter what some people in his family did.

  • @nickharmer9722
    @nickharmer9722 Месяц назад

    Episode 9 breakdown!? You know this shit is over 20 years old, right? We've had 2 decades to "break it down ", we dont need YOU! 😂😂😂

    • @jojo_inthemitten36
      @jojo_inthemitten36 Месяц назад +10

      How rude. I watched every episode multiple times when they originally aired, and I have thoroughly enjoyed these recaps.
      Your comment is especially disrespectful, given the main subject of this episode.

    • @nickharmer9722
      @nickharmer9722 Месяц назад

      @@jojo_inthemitten36 I've seen BoB in its entirety at least 4 times, and I stand by my comment. Why don't we do a breakdown of "The Godfather" since we're making break-down videos about movies & shows that are OLD AS FUCK! So long ago that people already figured this shit out, making these videos worthless, boring & redundant. 🤣🤣🤣

    • @jojo_inthemitten36
      @jojo_inthemitten36 Месяц назад

      @@nickharmer9722 Heavy Spoilers channel just did, so apparently there is some kind of demand for these reviews of older films and series.

    • @richeaton5752
      @richeaton5752 Месяц назад +9

      @@nickharmer9722 ...worthless, boring & redundant
      Is that why you clicked on the thumbnail???

    • @kevinstreeter6943
      @kevinstreeter6943 Месяц назад +6

      I just recently watched it on Netflix.