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17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’”
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❤BIBLE VERSE OF THE DAY❤
2 CHRONICLES 20:17 NIV
17 You will not have to fight this battle. Take up your positions; stand firm and see the deliverance the Lord will give you, Judah and Jerusalem. Do not be afraid; do not be discouraged. Go out to face them tomorrow, and the Lord will be with you.’”
awesome verse!!!
Perhaps you've already read some other comments, but just incase you missed it. Blithe actually survived his wounds. He went on to a full career in the army for the next 20 years. He fought in Korea, and died in 1967 or 68 I can't remember exactly.
Lt. Meehan whose laundry is picked up by Malarkey was the commander of Easy Company after Sobel was promoted out. He's played by Jason O'Mara and visible in several scenes of episode 1. He died in the plane on D-Day, he's in the plane which catch fire and whose whole cabin is burnt before hitting the ground. He died alongside First Sergeant Evans (played by Simon Pegg and visible in episode 1 too) and the whole stick (12+ men).
That scene with the laundry really hit me hard when i fist saw it.
Once again, the Operation Room has a very good video on the Battle of Carentan / Hill 30.
ruclips.net/video/42Je15vVtlQ/видео.html
#Californiablend God Bless You sister 🙏 ❤
Its actually important to note Blithe Survived, he was sent to a different hospital and was eventually reassigned to a different unit and no one heard from him so they assumed he died and when Ambrose talked with the members they told him he died as they had no idea he survived, He survived the war, went to Korea got some medals and died in Germany in 67 due to a Ulcer
Thanks for the update
Yes! he fought in Korea also!
Hopefully she sees this!
Yeah, I still find it weird that haven't fixed that end text after all these years.
@@billd7453 earned a Silver Star in Korea!
4:22 A cool detail you don't notice until repeated viewings: When the 1st machine gunner gets killed, his replacement decides to pull it back a bit so he doesn't expose himself as much. BIG MISTAKE. In doing that, his view out the window is blocked off from the left, allowing the guy with the grenade to sneak up & kill him. He got scared into creating a fatal blind spot.
awe, I could hear the pain in your voice. You are such a caring soul. Thank you for covering this series. You do my family and many others great justice and honor.
Thank you so much!
The brilliance of this episode is how well it covers all the ways men experience and deal with fear in battle. Each of the conversations Blythe has with his officers are different approaches to how to continue functioning when completely overwhelmed by fear.
Matthew Settle KILLS IT as Speirs, one of many excellent performances. The actor who plays Shifty is perfect too!
Guarnere's actor captured him.
Your emotional involvement in this series is really quite touching.
Regarding where Winters is talking to Blithe in the aid station about his "hysterical blindness" Winters said the scene was almost exactly how it actually happened.
Rick Warden as Harry Welsh is one of the best performances in the series - his humor, his humanity. Any scene with him is great. His reaction after Blithe is hit, only to then be told they're pulling out rings very authentic - the frustration with the lighter and then tossing it.
He is phenomenal.
When malarkey paid for the laundry it hit hard him seeing those names of those who died he did a good thing and is a good man.
That, and he was carrying the clothes of dead men, paying for them in blood money. Its heavy.
Blithe not only survived but reenlisted, and fought in Korea as well. I think I read he had a record number of combat jumps by the time he passed during peace time. You never know who it's going to click for, or who will end up being motivated. As for his blindness, this episode makes it seem to be a psychology thing, and maybe it was. However the reality is shell shock is a thing, temporary blindness is a thing, particularly if your near explosions. PTSD is a real thing but so is shellshock and brain lesions, (esp when you had the old pot helmet strapped tight as airborne did coming down, it rebounds shockwave on the head from explosions) they did not understand the science of a lot of this during ww2, and many people got labeled as having psyche issues, when likely they had brain damage. In any case I love that the real story of Blithe's career was made known after this series, I just wish he could have seen Winters and his other buddies before he passed much later at the age of 44.
The best advice ever, you're already dead and once you accept that you can function as a soldier. Fear is worse than the enemy
Umm, sort of. Accepting you're already dead is one thing, but fear is useful. Lets you know you're still alive, and with the proper training, fear can be harnessed to propel you into getting your job done. It's *_giving in_* to fear, and shutting down that's problematic during a mission. That still happens today, but was a much larger factor back then, in the mid-20th century, with so much close combat overall. People who endeavor or claim to be "fearless" are lying to themselves, and will most likely endanger the mission and get people hurt.
@@rollomaughfling380 Spears said we are all scared. A person who has "no fear" is likely wreckless. I wonder if they are just suicidal and lack the courage to just do it themselves.
@@RepentOrPerishL133 It's not just Ronald Speirs saying that in this TV movie. It's been SOP for training for decades, if not centuries.
Got me through Iraq and Afghanistan
@@donalddouds6033 thank you for your service
Something I find insane is that Tipper survived, despite taking the brunt of an explosion to the face. He got a masters degree in English at University of Michigan and became a teacher. He passed away in 2017.
I did not know that until now, always assumed that was the end of him. Good to hear he lived a long life.
It was explained that the author had lost track of Blythe and heard rumors that he had died. He actually recovered and served in the army in Korea. He died in the 60s. Spiers was a guy you wanted fighting beside you and while he wasn't warm and fuzzy like Winters, he was also a good leader (as you will discover later). I read once that the Germans considered the British as dedicated professional soldiers and the Americans as enthusiastic, but deadly, tourists collecting souvenirs (kind of simplistic). When he said they were going to France and they would not be returning to England that meant that the held ground was deep enough they would be able to take R&R on the continent rather than having to go back to England for safety. You are doing pretty good with the blood and guts depictions. BTW orange is a strikingly good color for you. Good reaction. Thanks.
Next episode features orange as well.
hate how we always got to clear things up with blithe with all these reaction videos
Bringing home souvenirs is a time-honored tradition for American Soldiers. I brought back quite a few things from my time downrange.
@@Bryan_Master_Blaster I agree. I just thought it was odd that the Germans thought that, considering that they had stripped each country they had invaded of every art work and cultural relic of worth and sent them for storage in salt mines in the "fatherland". What's a few watches, lugers, or battle flags compared with that.
The man who was hit by the artillery shell in the building is Ed Tipper. He was the man who had all the love letters the Sobel found. He also handed the map to Sobel when the barbed wire fence was cut. In the into interviews with the vets he is wearing a peach/salmon colored shirt. He had a good career as a teacher after the war.
His daughter Kerry is in the state government of Colorado.
Why would would blurt out spoilers like this, you freakin' donkey? Delete this. Never do it again!
@@rollomaughfling380 Tipper doesn’t appear again in the series, and isn’t mentioned again. You either need to watch the series, or learn what a spoiler is.
It was a mortar round
The "they with us right?" got me good.
Fantastic video, Gabby. You're one of my three favorite RUclips reactors. With _Band of Brothers_ you're giving us your appraisal of everything from the lighting technique to the character development to the historical or psychological aspects of the invasion. Excellent job.
Dude, checkout Movies with Mary. She's Belgian and the Bastogne episode hit her hard, then there was "that" episode just when she thought it was safe.
17:28 yeah, he said they're Shermans. The M-4 Sherman which is named after General Sherman from the civil war (Union). You've definitely heard of him and his march to the sea.
The whole "getting stabbed" bit points up one of the perils of souvenir-hunting. Our boy was carrying a SS camouflage smock, which was the first thing the guy he woke saw. The US issued and quickly withdrew some one-piece camo suits (like the Marines wore) right after the invasion. It was safer being a little easier to see, but NOT mistaken for the enemy.
The US camo mistaken for SS thing is mostly just a well entrenched myth.
The main reason was most of the Army used M41 field jackets around the time of Normandy and were transitioning to the new M43 field jackets, and some one piece camo and non-camo HBT uniforms.
It was the new jacket/uniforms close resemblance to the German field jacket, ironically also named the M43 that caused the incidents, not the camo. Look up pictures to compare the two M43s, same style, same pockets, etc with the only quickly noticeable difference being the differnt colors of dark OD green vs grey green. Add green units fresh from their first combat jittery and stressed out, possibly at a distance or in low visibility conditions, and the fact the other guys wearing a different uniform to your units "correct" uniform, all down to a split second decision and it's easy to see how it'd happen. And all it takes is one guy to open up, and everyone's gonna start lighting up the "attackers".
The camo variant HBT was issued around the same time and a rumor spread around blaming it, even though the friendly fire incidents happend with the un-camoflauged M43 field jackets. After the war this rumor became "truth" and a part of history, easy to see why as the rumor and explanations are believable.
But there are no reports of friendly fire incidents being directly attributed to the camo HBTs, and they would see limited use throughout the ETO like with 2nd Armored Division, certain units given them, and a few guys that somehow got a hold of them while the rest of their unit's in non-camo M41/M43/HBTs. Look through enough photos and eventually you'll spot them throughout the ETO.
There is however an account of 3 wounded soldiers in camo HBTs being mistakenly put in a US aid tent for POWs. They tried to explain and get moved, but were scolded by a nurse for "lying" and claiming to be American. They had to explain for a while and eventually convince the Nurse and then doctor they weren't German soldiers. Besides that though, there's nothing about actual friendly fire due to mistaken identity caused by the camo.
But in general, yes. It's a bad idea to shoot enemy weapons near friendlys that don't know it's you. And an even worse idea to wear enemy uniforms, even just a poncho or helmet cover, for obvious reasons.
Spears is scary but a good soldier to have on your side.
The fight for foy really shows how great of a soldier he was. Quite a legendary run through enemy lines.
@@DakkonDS yep that's what I was talking about, but I didn't want to give a spoiler.
@@DakkonDS Damn near Captain America.
Welsh saying it was "just a game" was not downplaying war. He was simply expressing the reality of what they were doing on the grander scheme of things.
Thank you for your reaction. This is a series that I watch from when it first came out. I'm an army veteran from the 90's. I do appreciate you from watching a real story like this, and see how important this generation was.
Also. There is an interview with the guys just like in the series. Really need to watch it.
Thank you.
Ed
To explain the Purple Heart scene, they were celebrating the return of the guy who got stabbed with a bayonet on accident. They are making light of it. “Hearing Floyd, but seeing Jerry” means he heard his friends voice but only saw a German. The guy who got stabbed raised the medal he received for it, saying, “this is for you” to the guy who gave him the wound. It was a mistake made by a scared soldier in the dark, they know he didn’t do it on purpose and they are giving him shit for being jumpy while showing that there are no hard feelings and the guy he hurt is alive and well.
the soldier that was accidentally stabbed was also the same one that, earlier in the episode when they were sitting around showing off trophies, displayed his captured German infantry rain poncho... which he was wearing when he walked up to a half asleep soldier in his foxhole who suddenly saw what appeared to be a German soldier looming over him (so training kicked in and he went into stab/kill mode).
The guy who was saying the poem, Smokey, was the guy who was in the hospital and relieved his Purple Heart. Popeye was commenting that that was his third one. (Including, as Smokey said, "one for the boil on his shine that was lanced." To which Popeye commented, about Blythe, that he would even get one.)
So when the poem ends, Smokey holds up a Purple Heart to Floyd and says that "This one's for you!" Knowing full well, that being bayonet by his relief, wouldn't have gotten him one.
This episode is the one where The Operations Room's videos showing the exact circumstances of Easy Company's battles really start to come in handy. I think that the Battle of Carentan and the Battle of Bloody Gulch as seen in this episode are the two battles that the makers of Band of Brothers had to stray from reality the most. A huge factor of the Carentan fight was the terrain of the battle, and it was not possible for the producers to come close to matching it...the Germans had flooded large areas behind the beaches and the town could only be reached across a small number of causeways. Then, there was no possibility for them to accurately portray anything but a tiny portion of Bloody Gulch, since the real battle had 60 Sherman tanks against 12 German tanks...and there just are not that many running Shermans or German tanks. That channel I told you about called The Operations Room has complete coverage of these battles so you can see the full reality of them. ✌💯🖖
Especially how those Shermans got to the Gulch to begin with. Supposedly, Spiers was told to get help. He drew fire from the panzers and one actually gave chase (grain of salt here). He ran back down the road near their action for a few miles before running into an entire tank squadron smiling like a madman, yelling , "I've brought some friends!" That in itself is Captain America level ballsy.
The cross roads only shows a third to half of that combat. While Market Garden is very cliff note.
The assault on the artillery battery is pretty good, but Operations Room's video shows the full story that the series' short hand left out.
@@dirus3142 Great seeing British actors doing so well in a US series! "Liveth For Evermore" does a fantastic breakdown of what really happened at Nuenen. Do love BoB, and read the book. The series did do a fair bit of "literary licence" and continue the US stereotypes of British Armour in Market Garden. PS nor did Easy company discover and liberate a concentration camp - but it is easy to see why they decided to add that. 101st did find a camp, but not our heroes.
I promise you….PROMISE, that by the end of this series you will love LT Spiers. One of my favorite characters in the series. There’s a VERY particular reason why he does the things he does and acts the way he acts, and he will make it explicitly clear in I think episode 8 or 9, and you kind of go “ohhhhhhhh, I totally get it….BRILLIANT!”
The man is legendary
Sniper is a general term for a person firing from a concealed position. It isn't always an expert sharpshooter or someone with a "sniper rifle" which you'd likely imagine having a scope.
Your analysis and personality really amplifies this already great re-watch of what is probably my all-time favourite TV-series. Thanks for sharing. I hope all is well. Cheers from Sweden :)
Glad you enjoy it!
Love your reactions! Souvenirs were huge during WWII on both theatres for Americans. The 101st gathered arguably the most valuable ones, as they raided the top generals homes, eagles nest, etc. souvenirs were actually used as currency during the periods outside of combat zones, especially “Lugers” the German handgun. Also with the Speirs stories, he not only didn’t deny them, he said he would write a letter confirming he executed the prisoners, as well as one of his own men. The airborne couldn’t take prisoners, so he was the man for the job. He was a man to be feared!
Blythe is the most relatable. Overwhelmed and getting hit from all sides by everyone's hot take on how to handle an insane situation. In their own way they try to help him. It's telling though that he's motivated and finds the ability to fight by the one person who just does and has an easier way about him than the rest.
Man I really love how you get it. This was incredibly difficult for those who were there. But I love how you are there with them.
If you’re wondering why Winters and his NCOs were trying to get the soldiers to move when they were up against stiff resistance in Carentan it’s because:
if anybody stays in the same place for long enough artillery comes in and wipes everyone out. Stay mobile, stay alive.
Artillery killed millions in WW2
Easy on SPEARS to the END. He is a LEGEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! As well as all of these men.
there will be an arc for Spears, too....and you will like how his perspective helps him to serve others.
This series brings on high emotions for everyone, myself included. I've watched it dozens of times and there are certain scenes and situations that bring on the tears for this septuagenarian. Thank you for showing us your true feelings. It makes for a shared experience.
Have to say, your reactions so far too Band is Brothers has to be one of my favorites. Your very engaged in the show and actively commenting your thoughts. I do want to warn you from reading too many comments as I believe going in completely blind is the best. If your reading any at all. Great job and we'll see you thru to the end
Ps. Make sure to follow up with We Stand Alone Together which is a documentary surrounding the series
Thank you!
Best part of your reaction is that you don't have to talk like others do over the scene at the moment they are watching it. Your reaction is seen on your face. That is the best window to your reaction. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed
Your emotions are so honest and fresh. Thank you.
Oh dang when Winters got hit you were about to go through that screen. Get 'em, girl!
Also that M1 ping at 16:25. So satisfying.
Your empathy and heart while watching this is inspiring. I'm enjoying watching with you.
This young lady is awesome. She was really embroiled in the action and you can tell she is Wrapped Right in life. Love her zest in the reactions she has..She may have some Service background
Hell yes! What a nice surprise after a long day at work! Love this series!!! Great reaction and can't wait for the rest of this series!
Hope you enjoyed it!
So true about the snipers as well. In Stalingrad on the eastern front, Russian snipers were truly one of the momentum changers for the red army. Due to the high ranking officers uniforms being so obvious on the German side, Russian snipers had easy pickings, pretty much clearing house on German high command. “Enemy at the gates” is a great movie detailing this, also showing the high number of female snipers during that battle
The Shermans coming to the rescue is fantastic. I served in armor from 1977 to 2000 and finished as a Tank Commander, aboard an Abrams. By far, the coolest thing I ever did.
that particular action is covered in the book Panzer Killers by Daniel P. Bolger
Quite a life. Nowadays you must have come across youtube comments by armchairs commenting on how tanks are obsolete cuz drones lmao. Don't you find those comments irritating?
I love that you are deeply invested in this series. Fantastic reactions and thoughts. My only wish would be for you to experience this phenomenal series in a alternate universe with a Hans Zimmer score. 😍That aside, I wish you and your family a very happy and merry Christmas.
Kamen was no slouch, though. Gone way too soon.
Reinforced for sure. You really are the right person to review this series. Very touching and, appreciated. Hoping you and yours have a great Christmas.
I rewatch Band of Brothers once a year, it’s really motivational.
Oh boy, I’m loving your reactions to this series, but boy oh boy you’re in for a rough emotional journey through one of the best box sets ever!
Band of brothers!
Edward Tipper, the man who got shelled inside the building, lost an eye, but survived. he became a teacher and died in 2017. His Daughter currently serves in the Colorado House of Representatives
I love the way this series has drawn you into it already. It did foe me when it came out.
Thank you for your videos and commentary. I think im going to watch this again now.
Can't wait too see you next video!!
This is always a great episode. But you can rest easy, from what I learned about a documentary about this show, Blieth was mistakenly reported dead and went on to serve in Korea.
There are couple episodes that hit you in the feels even harder.
just wanted to say that i really enjoy your reactions to this series. As a Veteran, I love researching, learning, and paying homage to the warriors of WW2. It's one of my favorite time eras due to the struggles everyone endured during those years that led to the easy life that we are currently living at this moment. I look forward to your future reaction videos. Hopefully, you'll watch The Pacific and give the real Marines a reaction. thanks for your work!
@6:20 that is Eward Tipper and he was hit by a mortar shell. He survived and took over a year to recover. Unbelievable!
Thank you for watching this series from a veteran. It can be difficult to see the things portrayed here, especially knowing that these were real people. It is important though that we never forget. H-Minus
Great reaction!! The laundry scene is just a great way to show how many men they lost. Instead of just giving us a list.
Spiers will grow on you
What Welch by shooting down the tank is actually a lot more significant. The terrain in Normady had actually road in sort of ditched with high tree around allowing tanks to advance only in line. When he shot down the tank he actually block the advance of the tanks. That in turn help save the tide of the battle.
I love your reactions to this mini-series, it is a very good and pretty accurate depiction of Easy company's time in WWII, just a note for you, before you watch episode 9, have a full box of tissue's right next to you, you will need them.
Blythe actually survived war, fought in Korea, & died in 1960s. Steven Ambrose got it wrong.
He didn't get it wrong, he was operating based off the information he had. BLYTHE never came to a reunion, made any attempts to contact the men he used to serve with, and went off the grid when he came back home. Obviously he was incorrect but based off the Intel he had, his assumption that Blythe had died was fair and understandable
He got a lot wrong.. not just with Band of Brothers. There as even been some accusations that he even lied/made things up. He's been accused of lies, distorting history and even intellectual theft in a number of cases by a few fellow historians.
His book on Geo. Custer & Crazy Horse plus battle of Little Big Horn from 1975 is very well done.
@@alanholck7995 and David Irving proved the Hitler diaries were fake... yet he was also caught distorting the sources he used in his books or flat out making stuff up. Most historians are guilty to some extent but sometimes they care more about selling books wooing readers than telling truth.
@@Alte.Kameraden if that’s the case, then I would recommend people read the autobiographies of the veterans of Easy who corroborate much of what is portrayed in this show and described in Ambrose’s book.. Although the show is “based on the book” the veterans (many of whom didn’t want to share their stories with Ambrose at the time but years later shared them with the writers and producers of this show) were heavily involved with this series.
Great review. You are very observant with some of the more subtle aspects of the show. As i am sure you know by now the card at the end saying that Blithe died in 1948 was wrong. He did survive and actually continued serving in the army for years served in both Korean and Vietnam wars. Earned both a Bronze Star and Silver Star for valor in those later conflicts. When he retired form the army he was a company Top Sargent, which means he was the highest ranking non com in the company working directly under his company commander. Safe to say he was a great soldier and that he successfully overcame his fear. I will not give anything away but the further you get into this series the more the love you feel for these men will grow, without a doubt.
This series is LIT. Glad to watch your reactions. Thanks for making good content.
Anyone else starting to get worried how she's gonna react when we get to those episodes?
no joke... she is going to have a mental breakdown on a couple of them.
:(
Yes, I recommended she not binge but intersperse episodes with mindless comedies. I hate to sound sexist but I've too many young ladies lose it by Bastogne.
@@williamberry9013 several dudes, too
Let's hope she'll have the 1000 yard stare by then😂
The laundry scene also makes you realise how little time had passed.
The laundry women weren't even surprised no-one had come to pick it up.
"I knew you'd get me killed" is pretty tame for on-mission shit talk in my experience. We were constantly talking smack to each other during operations in Iraq. Raises morale to get a laugh sometimes.
At 3:40 you can hear Phil McKee (who plays Major Strayer) let his native Scottish accent out a bit. It's kind of funny just how many non-Americans there are in this series, and impressive how infrequently their accents slip.
The dead German that Blithe came across wasn't a paratrooper. He was a mountain division. They didn't wear the flower on the lapel, they had patches or helmet markings. They did likely go to get the flower, but they were a mountain division so it's not a huge thing.
I'm loving your reaction to this show. Have a wonderful new year and God Bless. ❤️
Same to you!
this reaction is top tier i simply had to subscribe
At 6:18, Ed Tipper survived his wounds, he would lose an eye, but live into his 90s. His Daughter Kerry Tipper serves in the US Governemnt.
I know wounds, and yet I still can't imagine how painful that foot wound would be. Ouch.
The last scene where the guy is telling the story of “The Night of the Bayonet” is basically making fun of the soldier who was asleep, who when awoken by another GI, thought he was being attacked by Gerry (Slang for German Soldier) and so he bayoneted his 1st Sargent by mistake. (This happened the night before the big battle with the tanks.) Note that the man telling the tale was the same dude collecting medals so that he could give them out later to his buddies who didn’t get one.
I have joined you on your reaction to BoB love it.
There is a terrific movie about a Sherman tank crew in WWII called "Fury", starring Brad Pitt and Shia LaBeouf...well worth a reaction video.
That German vehicle with the long barrel is a StuG III, Stürmgeschutze Model 3. It is was is classified as an assault gun. It's meant to give heavy fire support to infantry, as it is in this episode.
Although they did destroy the most enemy armour of all the German weapons in WWII.
Blithe never returned to Easy Company or fought in Europe after recovering from his wound. He was discharged in October 1945 but later served in Korea and died in 1967. Ambrose's book was written based on information given to him by members of Easy Company, who had lost track of Blithe and heard rumors that he died. For what it's worth, Blithe's son liked the depiction of his father in this series.
Your reactions are so fun to watch as you are honest, intelligent, a perfect sense of humor and you are amazingly beautiful! ...sigh...
I know medics are different but it does no good to say "yep you're FUCKED" when his paitent's entrails are exposed or a limb was blown off. You want to keep him calm and feel supported. Unless he asks directly what his prognosis is, you don't tell him it's grim. You don't want him to die with more fear than there already is. That's why many medics in WW2 would (depended on supplies) ODed the guaranteed lethalities on morphine especially if they were suffering (no time, no way to save them).
I love how u get so into and invested into the movies u watch. Great reactions
Absolutely perfect! Love the reaction 😁
this one of my fave episodes ever in tv history!!! keep up with the good reviews!! Support from France:)
Lt. Spiers reminds you of a wolf. The way he just appears and his general behavior gives of a predator vibe 👀
Character arcs have a beginning a middle and a end. Full circle.
loved your reactions to possibly the best show ever made, i really enjoyed them and sorry to write this but you're frickin gorgeous! ^_^
To make you feel better and correct this show, they mistakenly thought that Blithe died of his wounds in 1948 and said that at the end of the show. However, he recovered by the end of the war. He returned to the Army for a career, fought in Korea and was decorated for valor. However, he was bothered by his memories and developed a drinking problem. He died of a perforated ulcer while serving in West Germany in 1967 at age 44.
Winters is an awesome leader. In that scene, with Winters and Blythe in his foxhole, Winters was leading by example. Just standing there, firing his gun, in the open, with no cover, was enough to give Blythe the courage he needs in that moment.
Call me crazy but given how insane it is he wasn't shot, my head-canon is that Winters wasn't actually there and his encouragement was all in his head.
Blithe actually survived and didn't die until 1967, but his boys in Easy didn't know so they thought he died. This show used Blithe's story arc from hysterical blindness to being a real soldier and volunteering for danger. Spears gave him the secret to being a real soldier. It is the same philosophy embraced by the Samurai and Native American braves who integrated the fear that all soldiers have with the saying "today is a good day to die." You gladly participate in the battle, fear and all. That's what made Spears and later Blithe great soldiers.
omg, your reaction when winters was hit. i loved it!!
Blithe had what was called, hysterical blindness, basically when you experience such severe extreme trauma in such a short amount of time the brain automatically shuts off all functions for vision until the stress levels in the body lower back down
Blythe actually lived another 20+ years. He even later served with distinction in the Korean War.
“Some officers . . . I don’t think I’d follow them into water. But he was a good one.”
I believe Californiablend deserves a field promotion after that battle, "it's always a sniper" "cover him cover him!"
Harry Welsh is a great officer and a badass! Winters is like the ideal wartime leader and gets all of the attention but Welsh and his leadership is another one of the reasons that Easy is so good and effective.
He bravely direct that soldier to hold his shot because he was waiting for the slope of the ground to force the tank to present its underside. The underside of tanks are always less armored than the top. This is one of the reasons why modern tanks ride so low. German Panther and Tiger tanks were way more armored than their Allied counterparts and were well known to deflect direct bazooka shots just like earlier in this scene. The shot Harry made the soldier wait to take went through the underside like butter and likely come up/in right between the legs of the driver, instantly killing him and most of the guys in the tank (the gunner seems to hold on a second or two longer as he fired that ‘too late’ shot and then probably died.
Blithe survived until the 60's served in Korea. biggest mistake of the series
I’m glad someone said it because I was coming here to say it😂😂😂
If anyone is wondering, it was confirmed from Spiers himself later on when the book was about to come out that he did in fact shoot those prisoners.
I think I can speak for everyone when I say to keep your opinions on Speirs present throughout the series as they might change later on, haha!
When you get to episode 7 “ The Breaking Point “ i cant wait to see your reaction . I have watched this series at least 30 times and literally just re watched it last week and was looking up videos on the tube and came across your channel on here .. its nice to see you interested in a historical drama . . If you want to react to another mini series its called “ Generation War “ its in German and from the point of view of them while fighting on the Eastern Front and there is some side story to it as well but the battles are insane in it .. also the new WW1 movie that just dropped on Netflix called “ All Quiet On The Western Front “ is really good as well .. its the 3rd time they made this movie but by far the most intense with how they filmed it and the true violence in the battle scenes … SUBSCRIBED TO YOUR CHANNEL GIRL ! Keep it up
The laundry scene kills everybody. But, you know what, keep going. You can take it.
Love the commentary! The series is a masterpiece, you really get to know enough of these characters to care; and then it goes Game of Thrones. Only this one is based on actual humans.
Hope you see this, but Blith survived. He got moved to a different hospital and they didn’t know what happened to him. He showed up at a unit reunion after the show came out and everyone was elated.