The battle at Brecourt Manor actually lasted multiple hours but the show had to compact it into a much smaller timeframe. It was essentially Winters constantly moving his troops around so the Germans did not know how many Americans there were and where they were attacking from. He would then outflank and take each gun in turn. It was an amazing feat of situational awareness and tactical leadership. A lesser leader might have gotten most of his men killed taking the first gun but Winters completed the mission with only one of his men killed.
@@svt80221 you sound bitter. One of the guys in the stick calls Meehan out by name when Evans needs help, and then the pilot of the Dakota also says "Tell Meehan to get 'em outta there!" literally three seconds before the plane erupts into flames. Some people pay attention to detail.
@@emwungarand We don't even see Meehan in ep1. His name is like mentioned once, maybe twice. Even when they say his name inflight, at that point, it's meaningless...especially when you got main character names to sort who you've actually seen onscreen. Yea, Meehan only becomes important after they've jumped and rendezvous and he's not there and Winters takes command.
@@SVanTha you see Meehan three times. Once at the beginning when he says "no jump tonight", which they repeat the scene once the basic training flashback is over and we've been introduced to him, then again when Winters brings him the compass readings, Meehan says "close the flap" and they plot the objective jump point on the map, then a third time when he's briefing the company about the Causeway #2 objective in the hanger and he says "Easy company will destroy that garrison". Colonel Sink also mentions Meehan when Sobel asks who will be taking over Easy Company after he is reassigned. All of that is episode one. Just because some of y'all can't pay attention doesn't mean everyone can't.
@ When he talks, you don't know it's Meehan. Meehan is a passing character, we never get to know him. A first time watcher wouldn't even care who he is cause he's not featured like the other characters.
11:36 a Luger is a German handgun that was used in both World Wars. By WWII, it had been replaced by the Walther P38, but there were still tons of Lugers floating around. Back then (and up until the Vietnam War), if you captured an enemy firearm, you could have shipped back home to keep. Guys did this with handguns and rifles mostly, but some guys even brought back machine guns. Today, a Luger P08 with the proper papers indicating it was captured on a battlefield will go for $3,000-$5,000.
My grandfather fought at gaudalcanal and iwo jima with the 3rd marine division. He got a bunch of Japanese weapons (rifles mostly.) He strapped them together with bailing twine, attached a tag with his home address and had them shipped home. It was that easy. When I was returning home from Iraq after my own tour, I was trying to bring back a dragunov sniper scope home. Just the scope, not the rifle. I was told I had to throw it away. My squad leader even tried talking to customs about it stating it wasn't a weapon, just a weapon accessory. It was a no go. Had to throw it away.
@ I feel bad for you guys. The Middle East is a historic firearms goldmine and the fact you couldn’t even take a freaking scope with you is sad. I also had one guy tell me how he came across a Webley MKVI revolver and had to run it over with a truck once it was time for him to go home. I also own a Japanese rifle. An early Type 99 Arisaka with the mum still intact and with the original sling.
While they were filming the scene of all the guys in the back on the truck, one of the real EZ company veterans was there for the filming. It is said that he looked in the back of the truck much like Winters did, turned around immediately, and turned white as a ghost. When asked, he said it looked like I was looking at a truck of ghosts or something along that line. I don't remember the exact phrasing.
That is not the weather. Those flashes of light are AAA. Anti-aircraft artillery. Guns that shoot artillery that explodes at a certain altitude after estimating how high the aircraft are.
Camilla, you are very astute in noticing that many of these men suffered some hearing loss. One of my Dad's friends fought in Africa, Italy, and France. He suffered some hearing loss but his had more to do with differentiating various sounds. For example he could here "bee" and "see", but just couldn't tell the difference between the 2 words. This was true for many words in the English language. He was able to tell the difference by the way words are used in a sentence. So if you said, "I was stung by a bee,"he knew that the word was "bee" and not "see." I always found that strange but when I was 10 a lot of things were weird.
My father suffered hearing loss from a bomb dropped from a German Stuka. He was in Italy with the 3rd Infantry Division. He was on his way back from a meeting his lieutenant.The Division was to cross the Volturno River. On his way back he said he felt something was going to happen. Next thing he remembered was sitting in the ambulance with his rifle between his legs. Someone had reassembled it since he had it disassembled for cleaning
Good to be aboard with you on this journey. This episode aired just two days before the 9/11 attacks. I'm from NY and knew people who never made it out of the World Trade Center----we were all still in shock by the time Ep.3 aired that next Sunday (my late wife just couldn't watch it). I think the sense of loss and danger we felt added to our appreciation of Easy Company's experience.
In hindsight from the show’s perspective, the fact that Sobel removal didn’t save any of the men in Easy Company’s life, but it actually just saved Sobel’s life! Otherwise it would’ve been Sobel in the plane instead of Meehan, and Winters would have become the commanding officer either way.
Interestingly enough meehans dogtags were found in the late 1980s stuck in a tree by a local french farmer, presumably having landed in that tree decades earlier when his plane exploded
I am glad you are watching this series. I have read the book it is based on. In some cases, they underplayed to truth as they thought we would not believe it. Enjoy watching it, and I will continue to enjoy your reactions.
Great reaction, young lady. This is an amazing series that is hard to watch at times, but it tells an important story about a small sampling of what our greatest generation endured to help save the world from tyranny. Looking forward to the next one. CURRAHEE
These episodes follow historical accuracy to the point that you will notice that some of the hand grenades have tape around them. Soldiers did this to prevent the pins from being pulled accidently by getting caught on clothing or brush. Now there were some liberties taken by directors in order to make the stories fit, but these liberties don't take away from actual events. The first men to jump into France were the Pathfinders. Their job was to guide the Paratroopers' transport planes to the proper drop zones. They suffered horrific casualties.
I grew up in Oregon near Eugene mentioned in the episode. My ancestors were German immigrants and farmers. Several fought for the US so this episode hits pretty hard.
Also an Oregonian, but my great-grandparents came here from Bonn around the turn of the twentieth century and settled in Ohio. They received letters and flyers before and during the war asking them to return and support the Fatherland.
Some information about the composition of the 101st division as well as the 506th PIR as of June 1944: During Operation Overlord (June 1944): 101st Airborne Division: - Major General Maxwell D. Taylor [101st composed of 4 infantry regiments: 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 3 Artillery battalions, 1 Antiaircraft battalion and 1 Engineer battalion] 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment(PIR) - Colonel Robert Sink 1st Battalion (a,b,c companies): Lt. Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), Lt Col. James L. LaPrade 2nd Battalion (d,e,f companies): Lt. Colonel Robert L. Strayer 3rd Battalion (g,h,i companies): Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton ------ On June 6th: Lt. Colonel Strayer commanded the 2nd Battalion (which Easy company was part of). First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan was in command of Easy Company. 1st Platoon Leader: 1st Lt. Richard Winters Assistant: 2nd Lt. Harry Welsh 2nd Platoon Leader: 2nd Lt. Warren Roush Assistant: 2nd Lt. Buck Compton 3rd Platoon Leader: 2nd Lt. Robert Mathews Assistant: S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton (acting) When Lt. Meehan went missing, Lt. Richard Winters (the most senior officer in Easy Company) took command and Lt. Harry Welsh took over as 1st Platoon Leader. Eventually Lt. Buck Compton became 2nd Platoon Leader and Lt. Warren Roush became 3rd Platoon Leader. --------- The non-commissioned officers (NCOs): The 1st Sergeant: 1/Sgt. William Evans ( Was on same plane [stick 66] as Lt. Meehan ) 1st Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. Leo Boyle 2nd Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. James Diel 3rd Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton When Sgt. Evans went missing, S/Sgt. James Diel took over as 1st Sergeant and Sgt. William Guarnere took over as 2nd Platoon Sergeant. ---------- Easy Company originally included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team. === By the time the company was pulled off the line (in Normandy), they had taken 65 casualties including 22 killed in action [including the 17 of Stick 66 ( Lt. Meehan and Sgt Evans etc)]. Out of the 139 men of Easy Company who had left England on the night of 5 June, Winters' roster shows that there were only five officers left (Winters; his three platoon leaders Harry Welsh, Buck Compton, and Warren Rousch; and Rousch's assistant Francis L.O’Brien), as well as 69 enlisted men.
There's a pretty good movie about D-Day called The Longest Day. The battle for . St. Mere Eglise is maybe the highlight of the movie. It's based on a book where the author, Cornelius Ryan, interviewed participants from all sides, including Germans and French partisans.
From here on out this series is a tough watch. There is tragedy suffering in every episode. But you also witness heroism, hope, and the human spirit. What Easy Company accomplished and endured in WW2 is nothing short of amazing.
You said you had trouble with the names. That will come to you and you will also start talking as if you are part of Easy Co. To a lot of us vets that is very cool to see. Outstanding work and God bless you.
Not only did Meehan go down that morning, but the entire battalion HQ minus some outliers. All of HQ was on the plane, so they lost many valuable assets. Sobel originally would have been on that plane. So being transferred saved his life.
Cooking in the ammo can, well the gun powder adds a little spice to the food. There is an episode eleven, "We Stand Alone Together" you have too watch it's good. Good reaction kid.
Yep...Ep2 jumps right in with both feet (no pun intended). You are correct to assume the pace/tension begins to ratchet up from here. Thanks for a most respectful reaction. Until next time.
Well, now we're jumping into the series, literally. This is when the sh*t gets real...No more training. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. Currahee ♠
"Follow me" The infamous motto of infantry. I was cavalry. If someone says "follow me", that means i'm to far behind. A scout is supposed to let them know what they're walking in to.
The enemy had nine armored divisions in Normandy for defense, and another partially-armored one. There were approximately 50,000 German troops defending the area.
Each episode has a different feel/viewpoint. For more information, I recommend The Fat Electrician. His videos of Bud Lomell and Nasty McNiest tell stories of what was happening around this. He is a master storyteller, both informative and humorous. A number of reactors have reacted to him, so please try.
A call had gone out for pictures of landmarks too small to be noted by aerial reconnaissance. Thousands of photos of the Normandy countryside had poured in from patriotic French partisans.
The shooting of the prisoners is always a difficult one since it seems so terrible. But the reality was, the paratroopers where spread out all over the place, they had no way to guard or transport prisoners, and nowhere to keep them since the land invasion was still going on and victory wasn't certain, so it was either let them go, or........
These men were the forerunners of today's modern special forces units, from this point on in the series, they are put into the most wild and intense missions of the war.
Fun fact the scene where Malakrey meets the German soldier from Oregon actually happened. The only difference was that they had actually worked across the street from one another for years.
“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that Bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower's other speech, incase the operation failed. D-Day was never a guarantee.
The preparation for the invasion took months. Among other things, the German Air Forces in the area had to be taken out so they couldn’t attack the paratroopers
Band of Brothers is produced by the same group that filmed Saving Private Ryan. Ms Camilla pace yourself it’s an intense series lots of emotions and heartbreak. War is a horrible thing that humans impose on each other, sometimes not necessary other times a must. I hope you continue diving into the genre, it’s hard to watch but necessary to understand ourselves as humans. Take care and God Bless
Does anyone know how Winters was technically prepared and trained to take on this mission? All of the footage just shows physical training, and no logistics. Either way, this mission had to have been at least half improvisation upon seeing the actual targets in person.
Buck Compton in an interview said the show really did make it seem like they had everything down well coordinated, but he said that there was a lot more chaos and improvisation done in real life.
In his autobiography, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, he states that he enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941. After the US entered the war, his commanding officer encouraged him to apply for Officers Candidate School [OCS]. He was selected and spent the next several months learning how to command men in battle at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and Fort Benning, Georgia. He graduated from OCS in July as a 2nd Lieutenant and was assigned to the 506th PIR at Camp Toccoa.
No. Malarkey actually did meet the American POW (although not as shown here). They worked across the street from one another and not 100 miles apart, but the screenwriters didn't think people would believe that.
Good reaction. Way too much editing makes it hard to really follow it is very choppy. Hence so short of a video. I really think it would be way more quality and better if you would not leave out so much of the show
Don't feel bad about leaning peoples names. Its the same in real life. Everyone is dressed the same, same haircut, etc. It takes time to learn your fellow Soldiers/Marines names.
That's the bit that anchors me in the humanity of it all. There are some psychopaths who love war and are good at it and there are some men who are good at the mechanics of war and hate it. Winters was, I think, the latter. He was good at it and could handle the guilt of what it required of him but did not take joy from it. He was what military men call a "Sheep Dog". Someone skilled in violence and killing but who does it to protect rather than just for the fun of it.
all told, 23,400 paratroopers and airborne troops were dropped, 7900 British and 15,500 US troops. The very first airborne troops to land were British glider-borne troops who captured two important bridges over the Orne and Douvres canals.... the Orne Canal Bridge is now called Pegasus Bridge to commemorate the British airborne who captured it intact, just a few minutes after midnight. Lt Den Brotheridge of the Ox and Bucks Regt was killed on Pegasus bridge and was officially the first Allied soldier killed on D-Day. By the end of D-Day approx 10,000 Allied soldiers had been killed or wounded, far fewer than the planners had anticipated. By the end of the day, some 156,000 Allied troops had landed in Normandy, 61,715 British, 21,400 Canadians and 73,000 US , and they were supported and supplied by more than 11,000 aircraft and over 6,000 ships of all types from Battleships to landing craft, crewed by an additional 196,000 naval and air force personnel.. an incredible feat of logistics, planning and organisation, made possible by a staggeringly brilliant deception and camouflage operation which totally fooled the German defenders, so effectively that even a couple weeks after D-Day German High Command still believed that the Normandy Landings were a feint and that the real Invasion had not yet begun........and it was all planned in Southwick House, Hampshire, just a couple of miles from where I am sitting right now in my study.........
what do you mean? the clips leading up to that plane crash all showed his plane, people saying his name, and we could see his plane go up in flames from the inside
The battle at Brecourt Manor actually lasted multiple hours but the show had to compact it into a much smaller timeframe. It was essentially Winters constantly moving his troops around so the Germans did not know how many Americans there were and where they were attacking from. He would then outflank and take each gun in turn. It was an amazing feat of situational awareness and tactical leadership. A lesser leader might have gotten most of his men killed taking the first gun but Winters completed the mission with only one of his men killed.
There's even debate of whether or not Winters should be awarded the MOH for his actions at this battle
It would be good to see real-time depictions of some of these. I have specific idea that I can't mention for a few episodes.
Yes theres a few channels that have some good step by steps of these battles
@@Educated2Extinction You can check out the Operations Room for breakdown of this battle
Winters led the second attack on that position. Earlier, another attempt had been made by another group to attack it head on, and it had failed.
You're one of the few reactors who caught the fact that it was Meehan's plane that went down.
that's cause it's not her "first time" seeing the series.
@@svt80221 you sound bitter. One of the guys in the stick calls Meehan out by name when Evans needs help, and then the pilot of the Dakota also says "Tell Meehan to get 'em outta there!" literally three seconds before the plane erupts into flames. Some people pay attention to detail.
@@emwungarand We don't even see Meehan in ep1. His name is like mentioned once, maybe twice. Even when they say his name inflight, at that point, it's meaningless...especially when you got main character names to sort who you've actually seen onscreen. Yea, Meehan only becomes important after they've jumped and rendezvous and he's not there and Winters takes command.
@@SVanTha you see Meehan three times. Once at the beginning when he says "no jump tonight", which they repeat the scene once the basic training flashback is over and we've been introduced to him, then again when Winters brings him the compass readings, Meehan says "close the flap" and they plot the objective jump point on the map, then a third time when he's briefing the company about the Causeway #2 objective in the hanger and he says "Easy company will destroy that garrison". Colonel Sink also mentions Meehan when Sobel asks who will be taking over Easy Company after he is reassigned. All of that is episode one. Just because some of y'all can't pay attention doesn't mean everyone can't.
@ When he talks, you don't know it's Meehan. Meehan is a passing character, we never get to know him. A first time watcher wouldn't even care who he is cause he's not featured like the other characters.
The interviews before each help to constantly remind us. This isn't just a story. Those men were THERE.
11:36 a Luger is a German handgun that was used in both World Wars. By WWII, it had been replaced by the Walther P38, but there were still tons of Lugers floating around. Back then (and up until the Vietnam War), if you captured an enemy firearm, you could have shipped back home to keep. Guys did this with handguns and rifles mostly, but some guys even brought back machine guns. Today, a Luger P08 with the proper papers indicating it was captured on a battlefield will go for $3,000-$5,000.
My grandfather fought at gaudalcanal and iwo jima with the 3rd marine division. He got a bunch of Japanese weapons (rifles mostly.) He strapped them together with bailing twine, attached a tag with his home address and had them shipped home. It was that easy.
When I was returning home from Iraq after my own tour, I was trying to bring back a dragunov sniper scope home. Just the scope, not the rifle. I was told I had to throw it away. My squad leader even tried talking to customs about it stating it wasn't a weapon, just a weapon accessory. It was a no go. Had to throw it away.
@ I feel bad for you guys. The Middle East is a historic firearms goldmine and the fact you couldn’t even take a freaking scope with you is sad. I also had one guy tell me how he came across a Webley MKVI revolver and had to run it over with a truck once it was time for him to go home.
I also own a Japanese rifle. An early Type 99 Arisaka with the mum still intact and with the original sling.
While they were filming the scene of all the guys in the back on the truck, one of the real EZ company veterans was there for the filming. It is said that he looked in the back of the truck much like Winters did, turned around immediately, and turned white as a ghost. When asked, he said it looked like I was looking at a truck of ghosts or something along that line. I don't remember the exact phrasing.
He actually left set bc he couldnt handle it I believe. He said he something ab seeing ghosts
@@Fergus_0703 I was trying not to leave any spoilers on who survives
That is not the weather. Those flashes of light are AAA. Anti-aircraft artillery. Guns that shoot artillery that explodes at a certain altitude after estimating how high the aircraft are.
Camilla, you are very astute in noticing that many of these men suffered some hearing loss. One of my Dad's friends fought in Africa, Italy, and France. He suffered some hearing loss but his had more to do with differentiating various sounds. For example he could here "bee" and "see", but just couldn't tell the difference between the 2 words. This was true for many words in the English language. He was able to tell the difference by the way words are used in a sentence. So if you said, "I was stung by a bee,"he knew that the word was "bee" and not "see." I always found that strange but when I was 10 a lot of things were weird.
My father suffered hearing loss from a bomb dropped from a German Stuka. He was in Italy with the 3rd Infantry Division. He was on his way back from a meeting his lieutenant.The Division was to cross the Volturno River. On his way back he said he felt something was going to happen. Next thing he remembered was sitting in the ambulance with his rifle between his legs. Someone had reassembled it since he had it disassembled for cleaning
Good to be aboard with you on this journey. This episode aired just two days before the 9/11 attacks. I'm from NY and knew people who never made it out of the World Trade Center----we were all still in shock by the time Ep.3 aired that next Sunday (my late wife just couldn't watch it). I think the sense of loss and danger we felt added to our appreciation of Easy Company's experience.
Always surprises me that Reactors don't know much about the military, yet many know what an ammo can is LOL.
I only know it from working in props!
In hindsight from the show’s perspective, the fact that Sobel removal didn’t save any of the men in Easy Company’s life, but it actually just saved Sobel’s life! Otherwise it would’ve been Sobel in the plane instead of Meehan, and Winters would have become the commanding officer either way.
He wasn't "demoted". He kept his rank and became the commander of a specialist jump school. It was a promotion.
@ correct
A luger is a kind of german pistol. It was highly valued as a trophy by allied soldiers
Interestingly enough meehans dogtags were found in the late 1980s stuck in a tree by a local french farmer, presumably having landed in that tree decades earlier when his plane exploded
2:08 that was cute the way you reflexively smiled back at Winters lol
I am glad you are watching this series. I have read the book it is based on. In some cases, they underplayed to truth as they thought we would not believe it.
Enjoy watching it, and I will continue to enjoy your reactions.
It is so heartwarming to watch you appreciate what these men and also the other many allied soldiers, sailors and airmen went through
Great reaction, young lady. This is an amazing series that is hard to watch at times, but it tells an important story about a small sampling of what our greatest generation endured to help save the world from tyranny. Looking forward to the next one. CURRAHEE
These episodes follow historical accuracy to the point that you will notice that some of the hand grenades have tape around them. Soldiers did this to prevent the pins from being pulled accidently by getting caught on clothing or brush. Now there were some liberties taken by directors in order to make the stories fit, but these liberties don't take away from actual events.
The first men to jump into France were the Pathfinders. Their job was to guide the Paratroopers' transport planes to the proper drop zones. They suffered horrific casualties.
I grew up in Oregon near Eugene mentioned in the episode. My ancestors were German immigrants and farmers. Several fought for the US so this episode hits pretty hard.
Also an Oregonian, but my great-grandparents came here from Bonn around the turn of the twentieth century and settled in Ohio. They received letters and flyers before and during the war asking them to return and support the Fatherland.
@@BouillaBasedI live north of you guys in Washington and my grandparents came here from Norway and Germany
@@BouillaBased Truly fascinating.
Some information about the composition of the 101st division as well as the 506th PIR as of June 1944:
During Operation Overlord (June 1944):
101st Airborne Division: - Major General Maxwell D. Taylor
[101st composed of 4 infantry regiments: 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 501st Parachute Infantry Regiment, 502d Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and 3 Artillery battalions, 1 Antiaircraft battalion and 1 Engineer battalion]
506th Parachute Infantry Regiment(PIR) - Colonel Robert Sink
1st Battalion (a,b,c companies): Lt. Col. William L. Turner (KIA 7 June 44), Lt Col. James L. LaPrade
2nd Battalion (d,e,f companies): Lt. Colonel Robert L. Strayer
3rd Battalion (g,h,i companies): Lt. Col. Robert Lee Wolverton (KIA 6 June 44), Maj. Oliver M. Horton
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On June 6th: Lt. Colonel Strayer commanded the 2nd Battalion (which Easy company was part of).
First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan was in command of Easy Company.
1st Platoon Leader: 1st Lt. Richard Winters Assistant: 2nd Lt. Harry Welsh
2nd Platoon Leader: 2nd Lt. Warren Roush Assistant: 2nd Lt. Buck Compton
3rd Platoon Leader: 2nd Lt. Robert Mathews Assistant: S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton (acting)
When Lt. Meehan went missing, Lt. Richard Winters (the most senior officer in Easy Company) took command and Lt. Harry Welsh took over as 1st Platoon Leader. Eventually Lt. Buck Compton became 2nd Platoon Leader and Lt. Warren Roush became 3rd Platoon Leader.
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The non-commissioned officers (NCOs):
The 1st Sergeant: 1/Sgt. William Evans ( Was on same plane [stick 66] as Lt. Meehan )
1st Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. Leo Boyle
2nd Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. James Diel
3rd Platoon Sergeant: S/Sgt. C. Carwood Lipton
When Sgt. Evans went missing, S/Sgt. James Diel took over as 1st Sergeant and Sgt. William Guarnere took over as 2nd Platoon Sergeant.
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Easy Company originally included three rifle platoons and a headquarters section. Each platoon contained three twelve-man rifle squads and a six-man mortar team squad. Easy also had one machine gun attached to each of its rifle squads, and a 60mm mortar in each mortar team.
===
By the time the company was pulled off the line (in Normandy), they had taken 65 casualties including 22 killed in action [including the 17 of Stick 66 ( Lt. Meehan and Sgt Evans etc)].
Out of the 139 men of Easy Company who had left England on the night of 5 June, Winters' roster shows that there were only five officers left (Winters; his three platoon leaders Harry Welsh, Buck Compton, and Warren Rousch; and Rousch's assistant Francis L.O’Brien), as well as 69 enlisted men.
Considering the amount of confusion and misdrops, it is amazing that the paratroopers accomplished their mission. Due to their training and grit
7:09 The captions got it wrong with "planes soaring". Those were shells fired from US battleships.
Funny you mentioned their hearing. Everybody always wonders why they get you conditioned to yelling in boot camp. 😂
I’m going to comment to give you the interaction but I’ve watched the series twice and that’s emotionally enough for me.
I don't blame you at all 😢
Still going to watch your other content!
@@camillascorner :grins: And there are those of us who have watched it every year since it was made and watch every reactor to it too :)
😂
If you haven’t watched all the episodes, prepare yourself for episode 7 and 9. Tissues… This is my favorite miniseries and those 2 still make me cry
There's a pretty good movie about D-Day called The Longest Day. The battle for . St. Mere Eglise is maybe the highlight of the movie. It's based on a book where the author, Cornelius Ryan, interviewed participants from all sides, including Germans and French partisans.
Importantnote on the Luger. They had to be carried with out a shell in the chamber, as they were prone to self fire. Important later.
From here on out this series is a tough watch. There is tragedy suffering in every episode. But you also witness heroism, hope, and the human spirit. What Easy Company accomplished and endured in WW2 is nothing short of amazing.
One of the best miniseries
You said you had trouble with the names. That will come to you and you will also start talking as if you are part of Easy Co. To a lot of us vets that is very cool to see. Outstanding work and God bless you.
Not only did Meehan go down that morning, but the entire battalion HQ minus some outliers. All of HQ was on the plane, so they lost many valuable assets. Sobel originally would have been on that plane. So being transferred saved his life.
It's probably been answered already but a Luger is a type of German pistol with a distinct profile. You'll see some as the series continues.
You're doing a great job, loved your reaction.👍👍
Cooking in the ammo can, well the gun powder adds a little spice to the food. There is an episode eleven, "We Stand Alone Together" you have too watch it's good. Good reaction kid.
Gunpowder? Nope, more like lubricant/oil used to protect the rounds. Modern bullets just don't "leak" gunpowder.
Yep...Ep2 jumps right in with both feet (no pun intended). You are correct to assume the pace/tension begins to ratchet up from here. Thanks for a most respectful reaction. Until next time.
I didn't realize Andrew Scott was in this!
I didn't either until I was editing this and saw his face for longer periods of time 🤣 then I was like - WAIT!!
Well, now we're jumping into the series, literally. This is when the sh*t gets real...No more training. "We're not lost Private...we're in Normandy." This one line displays Winter's ability to instill confidence in his men, even unarmed in the face of all adversity. Currahee ♠
He was making a joke.
Meehan's plane did indeed crash and the exact spot is basically marked by burned shrubbery that never properly grew back.
"Follow me" The infamous motto of infantry. I was cavalry. If someone says "follow me", that means i'm to far behind. A scout is supposed to let them know what they're walking in to.
when I was a kid, living in France, my dad got me a Lugar; very cute gun.
👍fantastic reaction Camilla❤🇦🇺
My dad commanded an LCT on Utah Beach. He may have been a recipient of some of the fire from the guns Winters and Co. took out.
The enemy had nine armored divisions in Normandy for defense, and another partially-armored one. There were approximately 50,000 German troops defending the area.
Each episode has a different feel/viewpoint. For more information, I recommend The Fat Electrician. His videos of Bud Lomell and Nasty McNiest tell stories of what was happening around this. He is a master storyteller, both informative and humorous. A number of reactors have reacted to him, so please try.
A call had gone out for pictures of landmarks too small to be noted by aerial reconnaissance. Thousands of photos of the Normandy countryside had poured in from patriotic French partisans.
The shooting of the prisoners is always a difficult one since it seems so terrible. But the reality was, the paratroopers where spread out all over the place, they had no way to guard or transport prisoners, and nowhere to keep them since the land invasion was still going on and victory wasn't certain, so it was either let them go, or........
The Luger PO8, manufactured by Deutsche Waffen- und Munitionsfabriken (DWM), was the standard German sidearm of WW2.
All of the loud noises were fine, I doubt any subsequent hearing loss was service related.
The beginning is the aerial equivalent of the beach assault sequence at the beginning of Saving Private Ryan.
Check out the WW2 movie Kelly's Heroes (1970).
These men were the forerunners of today's modern special forces units, from this point on in the series, they are put into the most wild and intense missions of the war.
Is that the weather? Yeah its steel rain
Good job. Camilla! You will grow closer to some of these men
The Death of the Ball Turret Gunner--Randall Jarrell
As messed up as it is, I like when movies and tv shows don’t glamorize war, but show it as closely violent and gruesome as they can.
Fun fact the scene where Malakrey meets the German soldier from Oregon actually happened. The only difference was that they had actually worked across the street from one another for years.
“Our landings in the Cherbourg-Havre area have failed to gain a satisfactory foothold and I have withdrawn the troops. My decision to attack at this time and place was based upon the best information available. The troops, the air and the Navy did all that Bravery and devotion to duty could do. If any blame or fault attaches to the attempt it is mine alone.” General Dwight D. Eisenhower's other speech, incase the operation failed. D-Day was never a guarantee.
The preparation for the invasion took months. Among other things, the German Air Forces in the area had to be taken out so they couldn’t attack the paratroopers
"Drop your weapon, Pop." It is protocol to disarm the wounded so they don't kill themselves. The USA has a policy about that.
Great reacting. Looking forward to your next video.
Band of Brothers is produced by the same group that filmed Saving Private Ryan. Ms Camilla pace yourself it’s an intense series lots of emotions and heartbreak. War is a horrible thing that humans impose on each other, sometimes not necessary other times a must. I hope you continue diving into the genre, it’s hard to watch but necessary to understand ourselves as humans. Take care and God Bless
this reaction video was super short would have liked to see more of a 30 min plus video because you didn't let us see certain moments reactions.
Try to appreciate the bits of humor they throw in. It helps.
Does anyone know how Winters was technically prepared and trained to take on this mission? All of the footage just shows physical training, and no logistics. Either way, this mission had to have been at least half improvisation upon seeing the actual targets in person.
Buck Compton in an interview said the show really did make it seem like they had everything down well coordinated, but he said that there was a lot more chaos and improvisation done in real life.
In his autobiography, Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters, he states that he enlisted in the Army on August 25, 1941. After the US entered the war, his commanding officer encouraged him to apply for Officers Candidate School [OCS]. He was selected and spent the next several months learning how to command men in battle at Camp Croft, South Carolina, and Fort Benning, Georgia. He graduated from OCS in July as a 2nd Lieutenant and was assigned to the 506th PIR at Camp Toccoa.
Some american who came from German families did go to nazi germany to fight but they were few
So this scene with pow is inspired by those stories
No. Malarkey actually did meet the American POW (although not as shown here). They worked across the street from one another and not 100 miles apart, but the screenwriters didn't think people would believe that.
I enjoy her appreciating the show, the edits however, leave something to be desired.
Good reaction. Way too much editing makes it hard to really follow it is very choppy. Hence so short of a video. I really think it would be way more quality and better if you would not leave out so much of the show
Don't feel bad about leaning peoples names. Its the same in real life. Everyone is dressed the same, same haircut, etc. It takes time to learn your fellow Soldiers/Marines names.
This is a fight between a slave world and a free world.--Vice President Henry A. Wallace, May 8, 1942
what an amazing journey you are on with BoB, hold on.
My favorite part was the end, when Winters prays and makes his promise to God about living the rest of his life in peace.
That's the bit that anchors me in the humanity of it all. There are some psychopaths who love war and are good at it and there are some men who are good at the mechanics of war and hate it. Winters was, I think, the latter. He was good at it and could handle the guilt of what it required of him but did not take joy from it. He was what military men call a "Sheep Dog". Someone skilled in violence and killing but who does it to protect rather than just for the fun of it.
You are entering a very complicated relationship with Ronald Speirs.
13,000 men drop out of midnight on top of the German Army ;-( Many ups and downs, very realistic.
all told, 23,400 paratroopers and airborne troops were dropped, 7900 British and 15,500 US troops. The very first airborne troops to land were British glider-borne troops who captured two important bridges over the Orne and Douvres canals.... the Orne Canal Bridge is now called Pegasus Bridge to commemorate the British airborne who captured it intact, just a few minutes after midnight. Lt Den Brotheridge of the Ox and Bucks Regt was killed on Pegasus bridge and was officially the first Allied soldier killed on D-Day. By the end of D-Day approx 10,000 Allied soldiers had been killed or wounded, far fewer than the planners had anticipated. By the end of the day, some 156,000 Allied troops had landed in Normandy, 61,715 British, 21,400 Canadians and 73,000 US , and they were supported and supplied by more than 11,000 aircraft and over 6,000 ships of all types from Battleships to landing craft, crewed by an additional 196,000 naval and air force personnel.. an incredible feat of logistics, planning and organisation, made possible by a staggeringly brilliant deception and camouflage operation which totally fooled the German defenders, so effectively that even a couple weeks after D-Day German High Command still believed that the Normandy Landings were a feint and that the real Invasion had not yet begun........and it was all planned in Southwick House, Hampshire, just a couple of miles from where I am sitting right now in my study.........
Camilla all I have to say is in the words of Betty Davis " buckle up, it's going to be a bumpy ride" and make sure your kleenex box is close at hand:)
Is that an orchid cactus behind you?
You should watch "JFK" before the JFK files get released next week.
The Longest Day
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His 'problem' is his dead brother.
Everyone thinks he got the wrong jacket, that was just his indirect way of telling him by reading the letter himself.
Episode 4: tender child moment.
Episode 7: badass hero moment.
Episodes 9 and 10: have a box of tissues handy because you will cry.
Why We Fight
noooooo
Here's a cool Easter egg, if you look closely, you can see Elon Musk in a nazi uniform.
"is that Meehan's plane?" yea, no one watching for the "first time" would even think to ask that question...
what do you mean? the clips leading up to that plane crash all showed his plane, people saying his name, and we could see his plane go up in flames from the inside
It was last year or the year before they found dog tags and artifacts from members of Mehans plane in the area of the crash.
A tiny little review , one of the shortest on RUclips 🤏