My uncle Milo fought in this battle, outside St. Vith. He was a heavy machine gunner (like Smokey, the character who was shot and paralyzed in this episode). Milo and his squad were encircled and cut off behind enemy lines on the morning of December 16th. They evaded in the woods and snow until Christmas Eve, when they were discovered by Germans. They scattered, and Milo lost track of his men (he was a staff sergeant in charge of a heavy machine gun squad). He went on alone and reached friendly lines that same day. He hooked up with a lieutenant and a squad of men, and went right back into battle (not happily, mind you). He was eventually evacuated with trenchfoot and frostbitten feet. He wrote the story of that Christmas Eve when he got home, and I still have the original typewritten copy with his handwritten copyright. It's one of my greatest treasures.
when I first saw this show, it was with my cousin who I'd smoke weed with while watching TV. So he said this episode should be called "Bas-stoned!" LOL :)
According to History Professor Jared Frederick, the character of the nurse, Renée, may have been inspired by the real life character Renée Lemaire, Lemaire was from the Bastogne area, her parents owned a hardware store there, throughout much of the war, prior to this moment, she had been a nurse in Brussels, where she helped take care of the wounded. She just happened to be going home to see her parents in Bastogne for Christmas 1944, and little could she have realized that this battle would erupt in her front yard. He further states there's no evidence to suggest that she interacted with Doc Roe. Renée did lose her life during German bombing of Bastogne, but she was not in the Church basement, she was actually in a store basement that wasn't too far away. A building had caught fire, and she was taking part in an effort to evacuate men who had taken refuge in that building, an aid station in the basement of the Sarma Store. She was able to pull six men out of the fire and when she went back in to get a seventh, she lost her life. She was 30 years old. Her body was later delivered to her parents wrapped in a white parachute.
Bastogne is pretty simple its a silent g so you would just say Ba-stone Really it should be Angel's of Bastogne as both nurses Augusta Chiwy and Renée Lemaire were saving lives. Chiwy was even at the front line evacuating wounded and once came under heavy fire later finding several bullet holes in her cloths.
One thing people don’t realize is how the Germans used the artillery. They not only let it impact and explode, they had timers in the rounds as well so the rounds would explode in the trees, this would cause the trees to not only be used as extra shrapnel but also blocked passes for things like jeeps and trucks making it harder to move wounded and supplies. They would wait a bit too after one barrage then send a second when there was a false sense of security where guys came out of their holes.
The Congolese nurse was also based on a real person. Augusta Chiwy. She survived the war, and died in 2015. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Chiwy There is no evidence that Doc Roe ever met Renee or Augusta, but it certainly was nice to include them in the series in this way.
Like every episode of Band of Brothers, this episode also contains fictional elements, deliberate omissions, and embellishments. But I will only highlight a few of them: 1) "Doc" Eugene Roe did not have a relationship with Renee Lemaire, in fact it is very likely they never met. Renee Lemaire and Augusta Chiwy, known as the Angels of Bastogne, were volunteer nurses at the aid station of the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 10th Armored Division and their association with the 101st Airborne Division was minimal if at all. 2) Contrary to what is shown in Band of Brothers, the 101st was not alone in Bastogne. Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division with 40-50 operational tanks and about 20 operational tank destroyers, plus 1 additional complete tank destroyer battalion, 2 armored artillery battalions, 3 field artillery battalions (equipped with 155mm howitzers), 2 combat engineer battalions, and a variety of other units were also in Bastogne. 3) Easy Company along with the rest of 506st were held in reserve and saw very little direct combat. And Easy Company did not take up positions near Foy until the middle of January.
Gotta reverse you thinking on the injuries in this episode- it’s the medic episode because they’re in Bastogne, and in Bastogne, the 101st suffered tons of injuries and casualties. This being a medic episode is a creative storytelling choice
2:12 That's why they call it in Russia "father winter", the last defense line. 2:25 Many of their words towards agriculture products have "kraut" in the name. Other "taunt names" Jerry (=German) or Fritz (=Typical name at that time in Germany or something) 3:16 That's "The Pacific" and "The Masters of the Air" sequel series. In northern Africa it was "Desert Rats vs Africa Korps"
Imagine being the only one trying to save lives, while literally everyone else around you is trying to end them. The Belgian nurse who died in the church was Renee Lamaire. She's known as "Angel of Bastogne." I dated one once and saw the same pain her eyes, it takes a special kind soul to do this, let alone in a War zone...♠
My maternal grandfather (long since deceased now) served in the Finnish Winter War against the Soviet Union. When we'd visit when I was a kid I would always have such a hard time sleeping because he had the heating cranked up to the max. In addition, even in the summer, he'd be wearing a full set of pyjamas, and woolen socks and a woolen vest. I didn't really understand it at the time, he hever talked about his time in the war (also he didn't speak my native language, Swedish, and regretfully I don't speak or understand Finnish), but as I grew up it became obvious enough. He'd just done his lifetime worth of freezing, and vowed to never be cold again, ever. Also there's the possibility that the very sensation of freezing or just feeling cold would make him relive some of his experiences during the war. So when the old guy in the intro said "I'm glad I'm not in Bastogne", I felt that.
Well, no, actually. It's still a drama and the writers and directors made a LOT of concessions to improve the drama. It's good...but calling it accurate is misleading.
I like to watch along with you I’ve seen band of brothers two million times and it still never gets old ✌🏽💯 I love ww2 history 🇩🇪❤️ and Germany had badass uniforms in ww2
Love your Bass Pro shops shirt. I've caught & released at least 1000 Largemouths , smalllmaouths & Peacoks . I have to admit I love pearch nuggetts and catfish frittors and Blackend Gator and gator nuggetts !!!!
10:18 can somone please explain the beginning of the airdrop scene? I've heard things from they strafe the landing area because the pilots can't tell who's who from that elevation. I've also heard people say that till this day the guys don't know why they were fired upon.
Yeah, I've heard different reasons too, but probably the most realistic reason is someone fired when they shouldn't have. Confused perhaps on if he was seeing Americans or Germans. Fratricide was and is a real problem in war.
I suggest reacting to a video on RUclips called "The Fallen of World War II". Extremely well presented video explaining the full toll of World War II on soldiers and civilians, all over the world. Very sobering.
Hello MovieFusion. Did you watch the leaked Daredevil trailer? I really hope not because your reaction, which I'm hoping to see, wouldn't be genuine once it officially drops if you have!
General McAuliffe is probably most remembered one star General of all time because of his reply "nuts".
My uncle Milo fought in this battle, outside St. Vith. He was a heavy machine gunner (like Smokey, the character who was shot and paralyzed in this episode). Milo and his squad were encircled and cut off behind enemy lines on the morning of December 16th. They evaded in the woods and snow until Christmas Eve, when they were discovered by Germans. They scattered, and Milo lost track of his men (he was a staff sergeant in charge of a heavy machine gun squad). He went on alone and reached friendly lines that same day. He hooked up with a lieutenant and a squad of men, and went right back into battle (not happily, mind you). He was eventually evacuated with trenchfoot and frostbitten feet. He wrote the story of that Christmas Eve when he got home, and I still have the original typewritten copy with his handwritten copyright. It's one of my greatest treasures.
"No, Doc, save the morphine. I can make it."
good man
when I first saw this show, it was with my cousin who I'd smoke weed with while watching TV. So he said this episode should be called "Bas-stoned!" LOL :)
According to History Professor Jared Frederick, the character of the nurse, Renée, may have been inspired by the real life character Renée Lemaire, Lemaire was from the Bastogne area, her parents owned a hardware store there, throughout much of the war, prior to this moment, she had been a nurse in Brussels, where she helped take care of the wounded. She just happened to be going home to see her parents in Bastogne for Christmas 1944, and little could she have realized that this battle would erupt in her front yard.
He further states there's no evidence to suggest that she interacted with Doc Roe. Renée did lose her life during German bombing of Bastogne, but she was not in the Church basement, she was actually in a store basement that wasn't too far away. A building had caught fire, and she was taking part in an effort to evacuate men who had taken refuge in that building, an aid station in the basement of the Sarma Store. She was able to pull six men out of the fire and when she went back in to get a seventh, she lost her life. She was 30 years old. Her body was later delivered to her parents wrapped in a white parachute.
Bastogne is pretty simple its a silent g so you would just say Ba-stone
Really it should be Angel's of Bastogne as both nurses Augusta Chiwy and Renée Lemaire were saving lives. Chiwy was even at the front line evacuating wounded and once came under heavy fire later finding several bullet holes in her cloths.
One thing people don’t realize is how the Germans used the artillery. They not only let it impact and explode, they had timers in the rounds as well so the rounds would explode in the trees, this would cause the trees to not only be used as extra shrapnel but also blocked passes for things like jeeps and trucks making it harder to move wounded and supplies. They would wait a bit too after one barrage then send a second when there was a false sense of security where guys came out of their holes.
The Congolese nurse was also based on a real person. Augusta Chiwy. She survived the war, and died in 2015.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Augusta_Chiwy
There is no evidence that Doc Roe ever met Renee or Augusta, but it certainly was nice to include them in the series in this way.
This is a such a fantastic show. Especially this episode.
Like every episode of Band of Brothers, this episode also contains fictional elements, deliberate omissions, and embellishments. But I will only highlight a few of them:
1) "Doc" Eugene Roe did not have a relationship with Renee Lemaire, in fact it is very likely they never met. Renee Lemaire and Augusta Chiwy, known as the Angels of Bastogne, were volunteer nurses at the aid station of the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion of the 10th Armored Division and their association with the 101st Airborne Division was minimal if at all.
2) Contrary to what is shown in Band of Brothers, the 101st was not alone in Bastogne. Combat Command B of the 10th Armored Division with 40-50 operational tanks and about 20 operational tank destroyers, plus 1 additional complete tank destroyer battalion, 2 armored artillery battalions, 3 field artillery battalions (equipped with 155mm howitzers), 2 combat engineer battalions, and a variety of other units were also in Bastogne.
3) Easy Company along with the rest of 506st were held in reserve and saw very little direct combat. And Easy Company did not take up positions near Foy until the middle of January.
Probably my favorite episode honestly
Gotta reverse you thinking on the injuries in this episode- it’s the medic episode because they’re in Bastogne, and in Bastogne, the 101st suffered tons of injuries and casualties. This being a medic episode is a creative storytelling choice
2:12 That's why they call it in Russia "father winter", the last defense line.
2:25 Many of their words towards agriculture products have "kraut" in the name. Other "taunt names" Jerry (=German) or Fritz (=Typical name at that time in Germany or something)
3:16 That's "The Pacific" and "The Masters of the Air" sequel series.
In northern Africa it was "Desert Rats vs Africa Korps"
Imagine being the only one trying to save lives, while literally everyone else around you is trying to end them. The Belgian nurse who died in the church was Renee Lamaire. She's known as "Angel of Bastogne." I dated one once and saw the same pain her eyes, it takes a special kind soul to do this, let alone in a War zone...♠
All the snow scenes were shot inside a warehouse/hangar.
My maternal grandfather (long since deceased now) served in the Finnish Winter War against the Soviet Union. When we'd visit when I was a kid I would always have such a hard time sleeping because he had the heating cranked up to the max. In addition, even in the summer, he'd be wearing a full set of pyjamas, and woolen socks and a woolen vest. I didn't really understand it at the time, he hever talked about his time in the war (also he didn't speak my native language, Swedish, and regretfully I don't speak or understand Finnish), but as I grew up it became obvious enough. He'd just done his lifetime worth of freezing, and vowed to never be cold again, ever. Also there's the possibility that the very sensation of freezing or just feeling cold would make him relive some of his experiences during the war.
So when the old guy in the intro said "I'm glad I'm not in Bastogne", I felt that.
This is very close to 100% accurate . The greatest generation of USA .
Well, no, actually. It's still a drama and the writers and directors made a LOT of concessions to improve the drama. It's good...but calling it accurate is misleading.
I like to watch along with you I’ve seen band of brothers two million times and it still never gets old ✌🏽💯
I love ww2 history 🇩🇪❤️ and Germany had badass uniforms in ww2
That was a German soldier(poor guy was just going to the toilet) They don't take random civilians prisoners lol
G was silent like Lasagna
next episode is my favorite :)
It's Bastogne of course they speak French
Love your Bass Pro shops shirt. I've caught & released at least 1000 Largemouths , smalllmaouths & Peacoks . I have to admit I love pearch nuggetts and catfish frittors and Blackend Gator and gator nuggetts !!!!
10:18 can somone please explain the beginning of the airdrop scene? I've heard things from they strafe the landing area because the pilots can't tell who's who from that elevation. I've also heard people say that till this day the guys don't know why they were fired upon.
Yeah, I've heard different reasons too, but probably the most realistic reason is someone fired when they shouldn't have. Confused perhaps on if he was seeing Americans or Germans. Fratricide was and is a real problem in war.
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I suggest reacting to a video on RUclips called "The Fallen of World War II". Extremely well presented video explaining the full toll of World War II on soldiers and civilians, all over the world. Very sobering.
Hello MovieFusion. Did you watch the leaked Daredevil trailer? I really hope not because your reaction, which I'm hoping to see, wouldn't be genuine once it officially drops if you have!
Renee was real en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ren%C3%A9e_Lemaire