Americans Soldiers Don't Take Cover!

Historian breaks down (PART 2) of the Omaha Beach landing from Saving Private Ryan (1998), is it realistic? is it historically accurate?
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[@Theakker3B]

You're damn right I was mad at you! But not as mad as all the SPR fanboys will be haha! Awesome job, mate. However, we could have made this video 2-hours long if we wanted to haha. And yes, the M1's recoil is significant as it is with most rifles of the time; hence why we used live ammo in my WWII film 'Reveille'.

[@sergeantwillyt8860]

Hey thanks for “nicely” telling me about the M1

[@Theakker3B]

@@sergeantwillyt8860 You're welcome. The last thing history needs is more dumb myths getting spread around.

[@sergeantwillyt8860]

@@Theakker3B look I’m sorry alright, I thought I knew a bit about the M1 but I guess not. You only just made me feel bad. And I didn’t know those were myths

[@Theakker3B]

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[@Theakker3B]

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[@paulmoloney2326]

I am serving as a paratrooper and combat medic. It’s not uncommon to have guys screaming when injured. It depends on injury type and the person. Most people won’t even realize they’re shot sometimes due to adrenaline. If a man is screaming we know their airway is patent and they’re conscious so it’s actually a good thing. You are completely right about the medic scene as well. You would not stop under fire to work on a causality. Keep up the assault and take out the threat that’s killing all your guys, otherwise more men are going to die. Wish we could’ve seen soldiers applying self aid in this scene.

[@benhood5492]

Yeah plus if one mortar came within 20 meters of them the whole company would have 0 medics left

[@paulmoloney2326]

@@benhood5492 Yea. At least for my company, we have 4 medics, 3 medics for each platoon and 1 senior medic who reports to the 1st SGT and CO. If I ever have a problem that I can solve I’d call over the Senior. There’s absolutely no reason why so many medics would be crowded around a casualty. Also all the infantry dudes should be combat life saver certified (CLS) so they could handle these issues in absence of a medic.

[@Theakker3B]

Yes! That is one thing I don't think I have ever seen in a WWII movie. Those first aid pouches on their belts were there so they themselves to use on their wounds before a medic could tend to them.

[@tgd2984]

@@paulmoloney2326 don’t think cls was a thing back them

[@paulmoloney2326]

@@tgd2984 Obviously not modern CLS. But they had individual first aid kits (IFAKs) to buddy aid and self aid with.

[@James-zg2nl]

I have owned an M1 for many years & I guarantee you the actual recoil is significantly more noticeable when firing rapidly than is seen in the movie. A big man like Diesel, who is well trained with an M1, can bury most of the recoil, but it would still be more noticeable on screen if it was a live round… or if they cared to accurately represent rapid fire.

[@thesnake2620]

I think it would be very difficult to accurately represent the recoil with blanks as the actors would have to mime the recoil and people would undoubtedly overplay or underplay it

[@GrySgtBubba]

@@thesnake2620 Back then no, but some years after this movie, they learned tricks with blanks loaded with more powder and opening up or closing up the barrel bores to showcase more felt recoil and/or more or less shown muzzle flash. Back then, it was just all the same and call it good.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

@@GrySgtBubba they have to be careful with that shit otherwise you end up with an accident on set like what happened to Brandon Lee in the filming of the crow.

[@thesnake2620]

@@GrySgtBubba Interesting info I didnt know they used tricks like that

[@GrySgtBubba]

@@joshuaortiz2031 Not really. Not anymore anyways because those techniques have been used millions of times over and they've been basically perfected AND a good weapons handling safety crew and staff have the right training to show the proper production crew and actors properly. However, it is starting to become a huge issue of safety as the more Hollywood becomes anti-gun, and "woke", they're hiring the wrong people because of political views and/or "diversity" reasons...! The Alec Baldwin situation is a (possible) good example of hiring the wrong people who know squat about firearms or safety!

[@sebastianhadinata7441]

I am an Army Doctor, I just want to say that the medic at 24:14 doesn't operate the casualty, he just try to stop the bleeding by clamping the blood vessel using a hemostat. After that I think he is going to drag that casualty to a safer place (triage), and that casualty is still in Yellow triage, because he is still concious, he can still scream in pain. Of course in the battle scenario you have to maximize your effort to help the green and yellow triage first rather than the red one. That's all for my comment. Thank you (1st Lt. Sebastian, MD, Indonesia Army Medical Doctor)

[@lasajnae9626]

Question, why are you a 1st Lieutenant when you're a doctor? Isn't the minimum direct commission rank for doctors Captain?

[@sebastianhadinata7441]

@@lasajnae9626 that's the regulation of our armed forces, when you are a doctor and you join the armed forces you will get the rank of Second Lieutenant

[@lasajnae9626]

@@sebastianhadinata7441 Okay thank you. Just my thoughts, giving you the entry-level rank seems rather unfair since you went to medical school for probably 5 years. Should've been Captain.

[@sebastianhadinata7441]

@@lasajnae9626 yea, it's allright

[@YourbigD]

@@sebastianhadinata7441 you got a good point Lieutenant or captain Hadinata

[@liltoaster7308]

In terms of the physical historical accuracy of the beach itself, they did plan to film on Omaha Beach, but the French government wouldn't allow it. While not perfect, the location they did film in was generally speaking, very good. It's definitely not easy to find a location similar to the Omaha Beach and the Vierville draw, especially not as it was in 1944 with all of its bombed out houses and bunkers.

[@Theakker3B]

CGI can help recreate that.

[@user-vh1nc8uk8x]

@@Theakker3B but this was 2000, and cgi was pathetic back then

[@Theakker3B]

@@user-vh1nc8uk8x No it wasn't haha. They used it well enough in the one shot of the movie after D-Day of the entire beach full of troop ships and such. Only 5 years later, they recreated all the landmarks of Iwo Jima with CGI in Flags of Our Fathers. It was possible. Also, it was 1998, not 2000.

[@liltoaster7308]

@@Theakker3B CGI could've helped, but it would definitely both overshoot the budget and might end up looking inauthentic since most of the movie was done in practical effects.

[@briankirwan6958]

This scene and some others in the film were filmed in Ireland. Landscape in Wexford and Wicklow ( east coast) are similar to Normandy. The extras are actual soldiers of the Irish Army and the tax breaks made filming in Ireland an attractive option. I have a "behind the scenes" book about the filming.

[@thescrambler692]

My then 19-yr-old Father landed on Omaha beach on June 6, 1944. He didn't live long enough to be able to see "Saving Private Ryan", but one of the things i specifically remember him saying about the landing was him hearing young soldiers on the beach, often wounded but sometimes just frozen in fear and crying for their "Mamas." It was a real thing.

[@chrisreposting7678]

My grandpa was in the korean war (im not a yankee) and he told me a story where his friends died by a single mortar shell (or something similar), when he approached to see what happened (he was close so he was the first in see it) he saw something horrible that he couldnt describe me, my father told me that he wasnt the same after the war.

[@voloshingalina3248]

I had a chance to talk to few Russian WW2 Vets , growing up in Russia in the 80s. We would have Vets come and talk to kids at schools a week before D-day (May 9th), about the war . Many times Vets would have hard time finishing their stories because emotions would take over. Some even would start crying. At the end of the stories, kids were aloud to ask questions. One time we had a woman who was a med during WW2 and she was very emotional when she was telling us stories. At the end, she was asked what was her worst memory , and she replied that she constantly hears word " Mama" in her head, because that is who wounded call for. She said that most of wounded would just call for their Moms over and over. There is no conversations like we see in the movies. Also, Medics were not allowed to retrieve wounded during the battle, but had regular soldiers bring them to trenches if possible. If Med is dead, she could not help anyone and more would die.

[@larrytan3822]

If Saving Private Ryan is bad , Fury is "unwatchable" after the 1st time

[@aldyhabibie9717]

Not "Bad", he just here to point out what accurate and what is not. He can point out the many ridiculousness of the movie and he has done so in the past even to his favorite war movie "Black Hawk Down" which also had a fair share of inaccurate facts. However, if you have been around this channel for a long time, you should have already know that what his take on the movie no matter how much tiny inaccuracy he finds doesn't necessarily determine whether the movie is bad or not it just that the movie had a lot of inaccuracy and some ridiculousness that's it. It will only be bad if it misrepresented a real historical fact.

[@larrytan3822]

@@aldyhabibie9717 sure , I see what you mean . 👍

[@josephunderwood1875]

Fury tried so hard to be an American Das Boot but utterly failed IMO

[@larrytan3822]

@@josephunderwood1875 agreed!

[@Kosinoyoh]

@An amateur boxer is made :) A tank with powerful 88 gun and distance advantage decide to melee with a faster tank lol

[@sammolyneux2536]

The landing scenes of this movie were filmed in Wexford in Ireland and the Ranger extras were all Irish army reservists.

[@prolifeunity]

About the soldiers screaming when injured, My foot was torn off in a motorcycle accident. It reminds me of the scenes I see in the movies when the soldiers realize a part of them is missing. Strangely enough there's no physical pain at that moment. But that doesn't mean you don't feel something. The horror and shock of what happened will make you scream so loud people will hear you on the other side of the planet. And you won't stop until you get the morphine. Been there, done that.

[@nymathman8212]

My grandfather landed in the "Easy Red" sector of Omaha Beach spearheading the second wave. He live through that, only to fight in the Hurtgen forest, and the Battle of the Bulge. He won the Bronze Star for what he did.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

hurtgen forest was a meat grinder. I think HBO made a movie about it called 'when trumpets fade". Too bad it is almost forgotten, overshadowed by D-Day and Bastogne.

[@-MATER.DEI-]

wow he survived all that? What unit was he in?

[@Nik-Art]

@@-MATER.DEI- a lucky one for sure

[@joanmavima5423]

Your father must have had doubled-up guardian angels. A remarkable service. My uncle was in the Battle of the Bulge. Family stated how he came back from ear a different man.

[@ricardoaguirre6126]

One of my high school teachers is the granddaughter of a d day veteran who was wounded there. Here's were it gets crazy, she married a German and his father was among those defending the beaches.

[@JK-rv9tp]

Rate of fire of the MG42 was way too slow, more of the postwar G3 rate. I visited the Omaha cliff cemetery once and spent an hour slowly cruising the rows of crosses reading the names. All of a sudden I started to choke up and had to leave. Quite an experience.

[@willl7780]

craziest thing i ever seen was a mg42 shoot..250 rnd belt no let off the trigger ...was insane...i could not imagine facing one of those

[@cameronharris2669]

@@willl7780 Definitely not a fun time, but I'd rather be overkilled than underkilled so that's a plus 😂

[@QualityPen]

Imagine how big a graveyard for Kursk or Stalingrad would be.

[@chrisreposting7678]

The first thing im going to do if i go to france is go to the Memorials

[@JohnDoe-wt9ek]

@@QualityPen You're the type of guy to remind the teacher of the homework because you love the sound of your own voice reminding yourself how "right" you are. The Soviets didn't win the war. The Allies as a whole did...

[@aldyhabibie9717]

I see that some people got so defensive over this video. Its a movie, of course it had some inaccuracy and this video is here to point that out based on his understanding and presenting the historical context for comparison. This is the regular content of this channel you know. This is why many of us subscribed to this channel, not just for Ukraine-Russia conflict analysis. We are just here to entertain ourselves watching the inaccuracy and even the ridiculousness of the war films (or video games) we loved while learning new things and sharing our own knowledge with our historian friend. We only put something as "Bad" when it misrepresent some historical facts. No need to be so defensive about it. At ease and enjoy the ride.

[@nejeken9790]

Besides I laugh my ass off when he gets mad😅

[@aweeeeh5255]

I think it's funny when he gets "mad". I don't think he's actually pissed off, I think he's just playing it up for the camera but he's also passionate about the things he's talking about so I can respect that.

[@Greatwealthgentleman]

No film is going to be 100% accurate, if they did it would be a boring movie of just sitting and waiting around for hours then 20 mins of action, and then sit around and wait for more hours. Though they did do the best job at portraying what combat looks like so much so the real ww2 veterans had to walk out of the theater from ptsd

[@scpguy1381]

Well not every film is real-time, in fact barley any are so they could basically cut out the hours of waiting and not show it on screen

[@user-rk5cu5tg2g]

Classic American take. It's terrible, admit it.

[@daniko4447]

@Strong Work i agree, modern warfare is boring (exept land warfare?) in a air battle, just launch a guided missile then you destroyed the plane, in a naval battle, do the same thing

[@jamesaustralian9829]

If films were realistic, they'd actually be worth watching. I can't stand watching the fake Hollywood crap that's made to appeal to the autistics with zero attention span.

[@applesandgrapesfordinner4626]

@@scpguy1381 In fact, characters are implied to wait pretty long until there was an actual fight

[@cameronharris2669]

M1 garand is a great rifle in a great caliber. However there is a fair amount of recoil, not as much as you'd think it is still pretty controllable. They literally had less recoil than a 5.56 AR in this movie lol

[@GrySgtBubba]

Yup! That's one thing that probably bugged me the most bout this movie, honestly. I own an AR15, M1 Garand and an M1A 'Scout' (18in barrel). I'd love to fire my Garand and M1A as fast as an Ar15, but it's physically impossible while being as accurate! Lol Other that, they did do a fantastic job on weapon play.

[@cameronharris2669]

@@GrySgtBubba Yeah you definitely wont hit much like that lol ik I'd shit a brick if I was on the receiving end tho 😅

[@GrySgtBubba]

@@cameronharris2669 At a 100yrds, yeah you don't hit much with the M1 or M14. M14 is a bit easier, but only cause I've mounted a short rail on the bottom so I could mount up a vertical grip. But an AR15 has almost zero recoil... Lol

[@cameronharris2669]

@@spoopy9689 Not much besides using live rounds or pretending. Live rounds doesn't seem smart in the hands of actors so pretending might be an improvement. Unless there is a way to increase the recoil of the blanks, I'd imagine there is a way.

[@milkduds1001]

I don’t know the history on D-day exactly, but the Medic stuff did and still does happen. As much as it’s emphasized is training, sometimes guys just do what their gut tells them is right. You might have some high speed medic who ignores common sense and training in order to save a guy he knows is gone. Sometimes medics operate on one guy because they get tunnel vision and don’t think about their surroundings. Sometimes they end up with positive results, sometimes negative. It’s a point we always emphasize in training. “Don’t perform aid until the enemy is suppressed”, “don’t operate unless the location is cleared”, “prioritize men you can save”. The reason we hit these topics so much is because guys ignore training and logic in the heat of the moment and simply follow their gut. Sometimes it works and sometimes it doesn’t.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

Plus I dont think the Germans and the other european peoples fighting for the axis would willingly shoot at medics with red cross markings. That's not to say medics were safe they can still get killed from shrapnel, ricochets, etc. If this was in the pacific theater fighting the japanese that would be a different story. It would be suicide to perform first aid on a down man out in the open in a fire fight against the japanese.

[@milkduds1001]

@@joshuaortiz2031 hard to tell in the heat of the moment. You’re talking about targets 100-300 meters from their defensive positions, obscured by smoke and debris, and the chaos of so many moving bodies. Hard to tell who’s a medic and who’s not, even with the Red Cross. Not counting the fact that the German defenders were primarily ill trained, many were conscripted POWs, and were unprepared for the fight. While they wouldn’t have intentionally aimed at medics, those conditions made it nearly impossible to identify them.

[@joshuaortiz2031]

@@milkduds1001 true but you have to admit it would probably be worse if they were fighting japanese on the beaches of Iwo Jima. Japanese soldiers didnt give a fuck they would go out of their way to kill medics. Most of the guys manning the atlantic wall bunkers on that beach werent even german a lot of them were Czech guys.

[@milkduds1001]

@@joshuaortiz2031 without a doubt it’d be worse. We still deal with that today. Islamic Extremist organizations specifically target our medics. Which is why all modern medics don’t wear identifiable medic insignias and all medical vehicles must be capable of hiding their Red Cross.

[@TheZod00]

This is just all pure speculation.

[@R3d_D3ad]

At 29:33 the reason why the M1 Grand has 0 recoil is because Vin Diesel is using the power of family to aid in the Grand to having no kick when he shoots

[@woahhbro2906]

M1 Garands kicks more than they show in movies. Every WW2 rifle uses some sort of "battle rifle" ammo, equivalent of 308 or something. I actually shot a guy's M1 Garand at a gun range and the kick caused the metal charging handle to snap. I felt really bad lol

[@willl7780]

oh shit....that sucks man...

[@woahhbro2906]

@@willl7780 the whole thing happened in 30 seconds "Hey, that's a nice M1!" "Wanna shoot it?" "Sure!" Bam...one shot, charging handle bursts. "Thanks for letting me shoot it"

[@willl7780]

@@woahhbro2906 oh man that sucks ..

[@Theakker3B]

​@@woahhbro2906 That's the owner's fault, not yours. He was either using rounds that were way too old, too hot, or he did not maintain his M1 very well.

[@anthonyhowrard526]

something that got me mad was when Tom Hanks was talking with Ted Danson about how slow Monty was and how He messed up and how not taking Caen was a cluster duck. taking Caen was out of the question on D Day. Montys timetable for taking Paris was a few days before or after what he planned. cant remember exactly.

[@thesmanbrowne4561]

Don’t be mad , that was a common attitude towards Monty by the Yanks , it’s one of the correct things this film got right .

[@whysoserious507]

Damn, cut right at one of my favorite historically accurate scenes as well as an explanation to why their tactics were so bad in the final shot you looked at. It’s revealed they were conscripts of Polish or Romanian origin(I forgot which exactly) in the scene immediately after when they’re trying to surrender but get gunned down. Such a nice detail because yes, they’re combat prowess wasn’t as good and they often surrendered when their SS NCO got killed or wasn’t looking.

[@matthiuskoenig3378]

the germans didn't have polish conscripts on the beaches in normany, and the romanians weren't on the western front. you're probably thinking of osttruppen. the osttruppen on d-day were russians, georgians and ukrainians. also Osttruppen battalions were typically orgnaised by ethnicity and led by officers and NCOs of their own ethnicity, with only a small cadre of germans for liaison purposes, soemtimes a larger % of officers were german. but all NCOs were of the same ethnicity as their men. .A quick rummage found these units in Normandy (units inbrackets are their german units they were attached to, someof them also have their ethnicities in brackets if it wasn't part of their unit name and i could find it): III/GR.857 (Ost.630) (in 346 Inf Div) Ost.Btl.857 (711 Inf Div) Ost.Btl.642 (716 Inf Div) fought british at sword beach, this was Russian. Ost.Btl.441 (716 Inf Div) fought the british at sword beach, this was ukrainian. Ost.Art.752 ( 275 Inf Div) I/Mittle (Ost) (275 Inf Div) Georgian.Btl.798 (275 Inf Div) Ost.Btl.439 (716 Inf Div, attached to 352 inf Div on D-day), *this one fought on Omaha against the Americans, and was Ukrainian.* Ost.Btl.602 (77 Inf Div) Wolga.Btl.627 (77 Inf Div) Ost.Btty.582 (77 Inf Div) Ost.Btl.561 (243 Inf Div) 2/Georg.797 (243 Inf Div) 3/Georg.795 (243 Inf Div) , fought the americans in the area behind Utah beach, and as you can tell by the name is Georgian. Ost.Btl.649 (709 inf Div) Georgian.Btl.795 (less 3. Kp, 709 inf Div) Georgian.Btl.797 (less 2. Kp, Korps asset) Ost.Btl.281 (Korps asset) Ost.Btl.635 (Korps asset) Ost.Btl.Huber (Korps asset)

[@sergiotravaglini5679]

A quick note about generals leading troops, general Lyudnikov personally led charges during the battle of Stalingrad. Not sure about Rommel. Great job anyway, post videos more often they make my day!

[@chrisreposting7678]

I think that Rommel was known for lead his men and dont cover in his tank

[@4_vaccuum_salesman_of_marr944]

The dumbest scene in the entire movie? Two squads of German soldiers being held up by two guys in an impact crater, and six heavily armed Waffen SS men, one with a knight's cross, surrendering to one dipshit with a rifle? Those scenes didn't rank up there with this one??

[@benjaminpochurek6926]

awesome video dude! so having grown up on a ranch and being in a family that fought in both WW2 and Vietnam, I have fired an M1 Garand. I would mostly use it for pig hunting. to answer your question, the M1 has a decent amount of recoil. you could probable "spam" fire one of these weapons two or three times before your bullet grouping went to shit. I fin d it similar to semi auto firing an AKM.

[@willemdafriend5558]

I would definitely recommend you do a breakdown of the omaha beach scene in "The Longest Day". Despite being a movie from 1962, I'd say it's a pretty good depiction of the omaha beach.

[@alanmcbride6658]

Indeed. The "hail Mary" scene with Robert Redford was tense.

[@StrongandStable17]

​@@alanmcbride6658 That's a Bridge to far.

[@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773]

The explosion of the mg42 nest was probably an M1 Garand rifle grenade, they were fitted to the end of the barrel by a special mount and were fired with essentially blank rounds that would use the gas that normally propelled a bullet to launch the projectile

[@Theakker3B]

That just seems like coming up with an excuse. I think if he was meant to have a rifle grenade, Spielberg would take the time to show the audience that he had that.

[@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773]

@@Theakker3B why does this reply sound like it's accusing me of something?

[@Theakker3B]

@@thescotishclonetrooperecho7773 I don't know. Just saying what it is.

[@secondoctoberseventhcommitter]

Yes, but the guy was using a Springfield sniper rifle, so there's no way there was a grenade attached to it

[@fabao4745]

you should react to the pacific"s peleliu airfield cross scene, or even the landing scene! great vid as always!

[@jenserikbech]

Heinrich "Hein" Severloh (23 June 1923 - 14 January 2006) was a soldier in the German 352nd Infantry Division stationed in Normandy in 1944. He became famous for a memoir WN 62 - Erinnerungen an Omaha Beach Normandie, 6. Juni 1944, published in 2000. In the book, the authors claim that as a machine gunner, Severloh inflicted over 1,000 and possibly over 2,000 casualties to the American soldiers landing on Omaha Beach on D-Day.Wikipedia

[@LeutnantBrick]

My grandfather told me after leaving cinema, if we really had that much ammo, the americans would have never captured any of the beaches

[@jeffjones8255]

The round the m1 shoots is hella powerful. It’s popularly used for hunting such as bison. And yes it kicks like a bitch

[@zaynevanbommel5983]

24:14 the Medic isn't "Operating" he's using a Hemostat to clamp off an artery to stop the Bleeding

[@zackwatson2539]

I’m not a combat medic but I’ve heard before that if people are screaming it’s a good sign because people who get hit and don’t yell usually can’t be saved or are severely hit and need attention fast. So if they were yelling you would know they have a survivable wound.

[@IronFreee]

There was some American tanks abandoned near the water and on one archive images you can see a group of people who seem to take cover behind some large cover. There's people hiding behind those metallic poles obstacles, but they are in smaller groups of two or three. You can't see the top of the beach from the sea on a lot of images because of a large opaque smoke, covering most of the beach.

[@Pmr001]

When is next ukraine russia war video coming? I love your unbiased analysis of war

[@hendrikdependrik1891]

HistoryLegends is my favorite Ukrainian war analyst when things go badly for Ukraine. Things now go pretty well for Ukraine. Supply line between Bakhmut and Lysyschansk secured (which means the Golden Bridge isn't working as planned yet), the fortress of Severodonetsk is holding for now, they stopped the Russians at the Siversky Donets south of Lyman (probably because of the Chalk Mountains) and now the Ukrainians are even starting a counteroffensive north of Kherson. It's a pretty flat terrain with only tree lines and high grass to hide in. So it's the question if Ukraine can hold it. I get the impression the M777 is causing the slow rise in Ukrainian fire power, although the expiration of the first 3 months contracts of Russian soldiers might also help. kzbin.info/www/bejne/n3WnfqiLaNCjrKs Ukrainians might have one potato per person to eat each day at Severodonetsk, but the Russian problems like mentioned, but also their parasitic allies like DPR, LPR (and Belarus) aren't helping Russia either.

[@kkarx]

@@hendrikdependrik1891 Ukraine army is on the verge of collapse so it is not really going that well.

[@ThorSuzuki1]

@@kkarx Is it now? 6 months later it is still going strong.

[@kkarx]

@@ThorSuzuki1 Western weapons prolonged the conflict. Too bad for Ukraine. Many more dead and much more country destroyed.

[@ThorSuzuki1]

@@kkarx So the attacker is always the one who is right? The defender is just stupid if they fight for their home? Your logic is insanely flawed. What you mean is that it should be free to attack what country you want because the defender should not defend itself? Ya, with that logic we would have a great future of imperialism ahead of us. :)

[@markus717]

Re: TAKING COVER Fun Fact: In the famous WWII movie 'A Bridge Too Far', the actual British commander was the movie's historical consultant and he was rather peeved & offended when the star portraying him sprinted across the road. He said I never would have done that. Bad for morale. Frightens the lads if their commander is afraid. But it was explained to him that the audience wouldn't believe it if he strolled across, under fire. He said something to this effect: "Alright, it's just a movie, but how will I face my mates at the officer's club after they've seen the movie?"

[@josephmckenna5760]

Yep, I remember. Anthony Hopkins said that in an interview. "You have to show your contempt for danger." hehehe

[@g3tshotheett]

I believe Millers rangers was supposed to be the QRF for the 5th and 2nd rangers battalion on pointe du hoc but was rerouted cause they were late on finding the 105mm guns.

[@imgoingforawalk1693]

Another example of an American general on D-Day: Brigadier General Theodore Roosevelt Jr/III went ashore with the first wave on Utah beach, while his son was attacking Omaha. Omar Bradley later said it was the most heroic action he'd ever witnessed. He was posthumously awarded the Medal of Honor, after dying from a heart attack a month later.

[@rolfagten857]

In reality, many DD Sherman tanks have sunk as well. Spielberg should have put in a sinking DD-Sherman and a ship. I saw this in Musée des épaves sous-marines du débarquement. A war museum with sunken D-Day wrecks, the museum south of Port-en-Bessin on the road to Bayeux.

[@jxdvidz9914]

“Fast and Furious Omaha Beach” SHHHH DONT GIVE THEM IDEAS 😂

[@badgerresistance4322]

Loved the pointing out of inaccuracies and the real pictures. The gore scenes did make my stomach twist and shrink.

[@sneedle252]

Thank you for this. It undid a bunch of stuff I'd sort of assumed as true and replaced it with some intriguing new details.

[@DaveSCameron]

Haha! There's still people who think Schindlers List is true so don't worry about it too much. #OurHistory

[@Foreign0817]

@@DaveSCameron Wowzers. So edgy.

[@willl7780]

@@DaveSCameron OMG i know lol

[@davidcreel3170]

The M-1 Garrand is a powerful 30-06 big round like the russian 7.62x54 round. The rifle is very heavy taking a large portion of the recoil.

[@danielpetrucci8952]

Even the 8mm Mauser was powerful to

[@giovanni-ed7zq]

its a hollywood movie, its not real. just like rambo shooting two m60 machine guns from the hip. just for entertainment. just like the tiktok army shooting two ak-47 from the hip with no enemy return fire. all for show.

[@asiankingsman3038]

RIP Mariupol

[@aldyhabibie9717]

Do you even know the purpose of this video? This is part of the series of "How accurate is it?" its obvious that he will pick everything ridiculous in the movie and tell you how is it not accurate and put in some historical context to describe how it would usually goes down when compared to real historical events because that's the whole point of the whole this video series. He didn't just do this to take shot at Saving Private Ryan, he done this to every other historical war movies as well. I'm not sure for what reason do you feel the necessity to point out that this is an entertainment product because its clearly is.

[@Theakker3B]

No kidding. The whole purpose of the video is to talk about how accurate it is, not if it is a Hollywood movie or not.

[@DieselMcBadass1]

m1 garand is very good rifle, reliable, excellent sights, good rate of fire. Fast loading. Has some serious kick but slightly less than most issued bolt guns. with an adrenaline rush you wouldn't feel harsh recoil but the muzzle would bounce around.

[@donge9589]

@historylegends Just my own thoughts on your comment regarding the Germans staying in their bunker's whilst the Americans flanked them, many of the defending units were Ost battalions commanded by NCO's that would likely shoot them if they retreated without orders. These Ost battalions as you know we're generally lower grade troops only fit for static defence, but of course there were also some good experienced German divisions like the 352nd infantry Division. Also In the thick of the action Comms may not have been easy so some of the strong points may not have known they were being bypassed and surrounded until a few grenades or a flame unit said "hello" from the rear. Great analysis as always, from your English cousin "rosbif" 😁

[@chrisreposting7678]

But, the germans were also deployed in some points near the bunkers providing extra fire

[@EdmundLoh]

Not based on real events, but one movie I can think of is Starship Troopers (1997) they did the “radio man get killed” trope. And it was 1 year before Saving Private Ryan.

[@Fingerlelucky9]

The M1 Garand is cycling in the movie, so they are either using live ammunition (which they aren't), or they have a semi-obstructed barrel used with blanks, which is what they're using; we know this because of the recoil. Without a bullet, the gas system wouldn't cycle, so they partly obstruct the barrel to trap some of the gas which is forced into the gas operating system; this does add some recoil, but only some. Since only some of the gas is trapped, and the rest is free to leave out the barrel, this means you only feel a fraction of the recoil- probably 60% or less.

[@SolracNexus]

I just hope people know that criticizing parts of the film doesn't mean he hates it. It's not like you hate a film because there is one uniform that doesn't have the same fabric as the rest

[@johnydsmithson6834]

Hit guys scream, or groan, some gurgle, Some are unconscious and don't make noises or are snoring or gasping. Just depends on the injury and how they were hit.

[@hunterrogers5638]

Saving Private Ryan is hands down of the best ww2 films in existence. During the showing in theaters, many old vets had to leave during the opening scene

[@JeanLucCaptain]

this whole scene could be best described as a "series of dramtic oil portraits". this is the main reason I prefer NOT made in Murica war films because it does not feel like a series of Dramatic poses for the Camera, Russian/German films are particularly good at showing the REAL scope and size of the operations while still focusing on smaller unit vignettes. I mean the simple fact that you see ACTUAL ARMIES, wth tanks and artillery vs a few dozen guys just screaming and doing stupid things like bunching behind weak cover makes a huge difference.

[@friendlym1rifle]

I do love this movie despite its inaccuracies.

[@coltpeters1591]

A veteran from Omaha even claimed that he said to a fellow soldier while lying low on the beach he asked “Can I borrow a cigarette?” But when he here no respawn her realized the soldier next to him was dead.

[@alanfike]

FULL METAL JACKET (1987), scene at the end with the sniper, the radio operator dies. I think. Doesn't he?

[@Szminsky]

I’m kinda scared to watch this video, because this is one of my absolute favorite war films.

[@xAy3x]

I think the medic scene could be somewhat believable, though still unlikely. From my understanding according to the Geneva convention it was a war crime to knowingly shoot at medics with clear identifiable insignia and the Germans were actually fairly respectful and generally avoided targeting medics. As for so many medics trying to save one guy, if I remember correctly, they referred to him as the surgeon so he was probably pretty important. Or that's at least how I've always rationalized it. Otherwise, yeah it's a little ridiculous.

[@ponycentaur1456]

WITH the exception of the Russian front. It was OPEN season on commie-medics (and vice versa).

[@harrisonb9911]

No it’s ridiculous

[@Joel_Mullins06]

18:48 another small detail here: those black bags on the soldier's chests are gas masks. They were quite cumbersome, so many soldiers simply did away with them, also the Germans didn't use chemical weapons in Normandy.

[@jamesfreeman7954]

Don't take this movie seriously, it's purely propaganda. The fact that Germans don't bleed, and the only German we saw interacting with the soldiers is a back-stabber, should be quite telling.

[@Theakker3B]

I agree. But most people do take them seriously.

[@donge9589]

If you read up the Germans wore many layers in Normandy which made the blood harder to see that's a fact. I believe it's covered in "d day" and "citizen soldiers" both by Stephen E Ambrose. Not sure if it was the material of their tunics or the combination with the overcoats they wore that made this happen but it was observed.

[@jamesfreeman7954]

@@donge9589 Yes, and on the flip-side you have Americans with blood flying all over, crying for their mothers. Creating sympathy. Germans on the other hand dieing silent cold deaths like robots.

[@hithere2471]

I don’t see how its propaganda. But good stuff

[@Warmaster_24]

Glad to see History legends covering a movie again, it feels too long..

[@DaveSCameron]

I am loving your presentation and style young man, if not all of your views and opinions, and I'm now subbed, best wishes from Liverpool 👍

[@cheng3580]

There were reports and testimonies of surviving soldierd of medics having to immediately stop bleeding due to how many rounds from the machine guns riddling them with bullets. So what the medic did was honestly common and accurate for the period, even if it looks dumb at a first glance.

[@tylerrex41]

I've owned an M1 Garand since 1989 and it does have noticeable recoil but the gas operated semi-auto action makes it less felt than in a bolt action rifle like the 1903 Springfield for example,the 30.06 is a powerful round.

[@danielbarnes5170]

The weight probably absorbs some recoil as well.

[@General.Longstreet]

In reality the battle for Omaha beach lasted hours although probably less intense than depicted by Spielberg as he was after maximum dramatic effect .

[@greggstrasser5791]

Schpielberg is J.

[@ACM1PT95]

Holy shit bro. You grew up so fast on KZbin. I remember when you only had like 7k subscribers I feel like that was only last year

[@deadlyreaper7043]

19:07 you can see the medic Water bottle Spilling Blood Lol

[@hithere2471]

He was shot in the water bottle and it did hit him. You can see him tending to himself too

[@varelion]

I seems like almost every wounded soldier gets medical trestment immediately, no matter how much the area is filled with hostile bullets. The reason for this could be to emphasize how humanitarian the US forces were in contrast to the mere killer machines of the Germans. Also the movie didn't want to discourage the young generation from joining the army too much. By the way, are there any wounded Germans? I think they always die instantly.

[@Theakker3B]

Killer machine of the Germans??? So you're saying the Germans had no medics?

[@varelion]

@@Theakker3B Umm, have you ever seen German medics on battlefield in any movie? They must be some kind of drones, the damaged ones to be collected for repair after battle. That's my impression of those movies.

[@Theakker3B]

@@varelion Uh, Germans definitely had medics too. Look it up

[@varelion]

@@Theakker3B No! All German soldier units were built in a secret factory in Castle Wolfenstein (Wewelsburg - I live 5 miles away from it). Only when the production slowed down or was interrupted by these pesky Allied bombers, the ranks of the droids had to be filled up with real Germans by lot. Joking aside, have you ever seen German medics in an American war movie??? So the Germans must be kind of unhuman, right?

[@septimus64]

Americans dont need cover in movies

[@Ushanka94]

Great work on these videos man, maybe at some point we can get your take on the movie "My Way" about the Korean man who served in three different armies during WWII.

[@larryalvares1369]

30:43- I think what happened was that the magical mortar team that we never see hit the target (or an area below the target) with a High-Explosive round

[@frostandburn9840]

yep the tanks are also modified to go amphibious but unfortunately only few managed to get to the beach because of the bad weather causing the waves to be high getting water into the tank

[@RickSanchez-zb2bh]

18:55 You see the medic getting hit and water starts pouring out... but not only that.

[@educatedfool5121]

29:52 Gun Nut here, and though I haven't fired an M-1 Garand, I have fired it's little brother the M14 or civilian M1A. To put this in perspective the M14 fires a .308 or 7.62x51 NATO, it is much milder than the 30-06 which the M1 Garand fires, but still has some felt recoil. The M1 Garand definitely has some kick to it, especially when compared to modern intermediate rifles like the M4 Carbine/AR-15.

[@zeal9901]

Glad to see some classic movie reaction content again.

[@tizanikandothers]

While watching saving private Ryan i usually saw American soldier surviving even whitout ranking cover wow what a beautiful movie Edit HUGE edit: a year ago I had the luck of firing with an M1 garand (my dad worked with a company that solds ww2 guns) and I had the luck of trying that rifle Im gonna say that the recoil is a bit powerful and the reload a little hard but after all is pretty good 29:56

[@willl7780]

ya but compared to a light 30-06 hunting rifle its really not bad IMHO...more then what they show in this movie for sure...lol...the sights are my favorite part of the m1...very good ..loading is tricky no doubt but muscle memory and repetition you do not even think about it after a while...cool gun though..

[@GIVI727]

That is the day when Americans and British, France are fighting AZOV, now they are the BEST OF FRIENDS🤭😂

[@j.e.v.5016]

Crouching under fire, behind as skinny object as hedgehog, is unrealistic like you said. You would like to be as low to the ground aka prone as possible. Also, modern thinking is that as long as there's enemy precense, wounded have to fend for themselves. There's actually a video clip from Iraq where multiple soldiers get wounded and die while trying to save single wounded soldier from the middle of the street. Even leaders. While an act of courage, from tactical leadership perspective, it's stupid. Leader should coordinate troops to give suppressing fire and use other ways like smoke for cover (and primarily to eliminate threat) before trying to evacuate anybody.

[@cmbbfan78]

Great work! Thanks! Well, the final battle...if here you could find so much unrealistic scenes, what will be there...! :D (Tanks and open armored vehicles in narrow streets, tanks have no MG's, but the driver slit is open, commanders cupola is not closable, a dozen super-GI's stopping an SS panzer division, etc..............) Still a great movie!

[@verdiswomack9002]

You should give Greyhound a watch. As a Sailor I got goosebumps watching it.

[@Abensberg]

you mean the movie where a u-boat is contacting an american destroyer by radio? :D

[@rafaeldoespiritosanto8440]

26:23 Japanese general on Iwo Jima died along side his men in a final night attack if I’m correct

[@zinodavidoff5665]

PLEASE do an analysis of "Unknown Soldier"

[@woahhbro2906]

This man is about to destroy my childhood

[@JENava-no6jd]

Only in wind talkers the radio man didnt die, because the movie is about him

[@ScoopDogg]

"Space out on the beach, five men is a juicy opportunity, one man is a waste of ammo.” classic line and a great film although it contains many errors

[@WSNight-]

I wished they would have shown more black soliders that was there. It was a barrage balloon battalion that had to fight and then deploy barrage balloons in the Air. I do know the units was not integrated accept maybe a white officer over the unit but not to show a single black troop is crazy both my grandparents served one in the Pacific as a marine and one in Germany first than the Pacific. When the action stops on the beach they could have shown some black man deploying those balloons like in the scenes where Tom Hanks is trying to find a translator they could have place some there.

[@haraldisdead]

Even as a dumb kid, the sniper exploding a sandbag pit never sat right with me.

[@beavis250]

Ya dude, but so cool

[@gabesgaming7064]

I always thought he hit a weak point in the bags that made them collapse.

[@haraldisdead]

@@gabesgaming7064 yea but... that makes no sense lol

[@ogeteimoweiafenfia1751]

3:55 Maybe it was another part of Omaha beach where captain Miller and his men where not there

[@Kriegter]

general Cota has to be the ww2 reincarnation of Carolus Rex

[@iMost067]

Just a little note to add, bullet loses almost all of it velocity entering watter and would not penetrate anything after traveling like 10-20 cm of it.

[@TheGoober2100]

its more like 5 to 10 feet 2m-3m not the 4-8in you claimed

[@iMost067]

@@TheGoober2100 its 2.5 feet from entering to complete stop for MG42 bullet, obviously bullet becomes harmless much earlier that stoping since there not enough energy to penetrate anything, bullet loses almost all of its kinetic energy at first 20 cm. And that a full caliber gun, if its pistol or intermideate rounds - they would lose it much earlier

[@eskimo05w]

@ 10:12 "...a touristic area." Wasn't this filmed on a beach in Ireland? Was/is it still a tourist area?

[@MrTarkus1]

10:00 The landing was not shot in France but on an Irish beach, as far as I know.

[@SinsGamingChannel]

I went to Omaha beach and other locations, like point de hoc, carentan, St. Mère d'église, and other german bunker installations and museums. For the beach, we went bathing, it's extremely flat and large. At eb, you can walk for hundreds of meters on wet sand before you eventually hit very shallow water. It's like 400 meters out, and then only like knee deep. Another thing that really impressed me was how ineffective allied bombardment was against the bunkers. Point de hoc looks like the moon, huge craters all over, but only like 1 bunker got hit "a bit." The Germans were able to evacuate all of the guns, and by pure chance, the Americans stumbled upon them.

[@garrisonnichols807]

The first time I watched this movie I had nightmares.

[@privatesnowball3032]

29:55 to answer your question about the M1 Garand firing- it's not the worst surplus gun to fire, it's weight helps with the recoil. The gun shoots 30-06 168g ball ammo, so to keep all that in mind, it is a rifle of it's time and shoots well in retrospect. In SPR the rifles don't look or sound like they are firing m1 ball ammo, probably shooting blanks or smaller charges for the sake of the movie. The scene of the BAR firing is a better depiction- how challenging shooting such a large caliber out of a 20rd magazine works, it's kinda spraying all over the place. You try shooting accurately with a 18 pound gun with your adrenaline pumping and the enemy killing all your men around you.

[@oskarpopawski9524]

You could do Omaha in post scriptum

[@ShawsOwn]

"Crawl then run then flat." All I think in my veteran mind, "I'm up. They see me. I'm down."

[@FullCeramicDetail]

Idea for a video: Top 3 most realistic portrayed war movies. Curious to watch something more realistic and it's hard to find stuff.

[@hamishdrysdale2381]

"Fast and Furious Omaha Beach" lmao

[@Niafi11]

Hey also buddy, I wanna point out from Experience..I was a Sapper in the Army and there's actually Sappers in this Omaha Beach sequence. We Carry alot more Stuff than That. Especially on the Battlefield. It's not as Heavy as u would think though. I do like the Bangalore part. One of our favorite Shape Charges.

[@DreamyWoIf]

Some good historical breakdown, sadly interrupted by moments of ignorance like with those three medics where one loudly and clearly states that they're treating a batallion surgeon, the most important one among them whose death will indirectly cause the loss of many others. Far better to watch Reel History's The Definitive Breakdown of Saving Private Ryan than this.

[@anthonyhowrard526]

about officers leading the men `Ted, the oldest son, petitioned General George Marshall to post him to active duty in early 1941. At age 54, Colonel Ted Roosevelt was given command of his old unit, the 26th Infantry of the First Division. By early 1942 he had been promoted to the rank of brigadier general. `After participating in combat operations in North Africa, Ted participated in the Allied landing at Normandy on June 6, 1944. General Roosevelt, whose leadership played a key role in the successful Allied landing at Utah Beach, earned the Medal of Honor.`

[@esoteric_mememaster]

Not the only time gens would fight alongside their troops. Fairly frequent with the Japanese and Germans.

[@RailoA]

Seeing him cuss is so shocking no matter how long it is