BAND OF BROTHERS EPISODE 1 "CURRAHEE" FIRST TIME REACTING

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@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

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@sandraback7809 4 ай бұрын

The Londoner was dressed in a German uniform so that allied troops could familiarise themselves to make it easier to identify the enemy 😏

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for the explanation. That uniform confused me. LOL.

@krisfrederick5001 4 ай бұрын

If you're going all the way with this...be prepared to grow, laugh, learn and suffer with these characters. The first episode is in some ways my favorite, if only for the innocence and the fact that I know what lies ahead for these men. This was when their biggest threats were "Army noodles with ketchup." I love the power move Winters makes by literally grabbing the pen out of Sobel's hand while he was abusing his power...it's brilliant. Hard to call this a TV show honestly, it's a 12 hour Saving Private Ryan in quality...CURRAHEE! ♠

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Yes we are going all the way. You are right it does not look or feel like a TV Show. CURRAHEE! & CHEERS! to you.

@alundavies1016 4 ай бұрын

The Paratroopers were taking off 5th June in the evening (9-10ish) flying 3ish hours, so dropping around midnight-1 or so in the morning on June 6th. They had to get to work before the sea-borne invasion started not long after dawn June 6th.

@iKvetch558 4 ай бұрын

Interesting fact about Winters that gives a big idea as to why he was such a good leader...he enlisted in August of 1941 and completed training as an enlisted man, then he remained at the camp where he trained to help train other men after him. He was selected for Officer Candidate School in April 1942, and after he finished that training and became an officer in July 1942 he volunteered for the Airborne...so when we see him as a Platoon Leader in Easy, that is his third set of training that Winters is undergoing. Fun fact...just about every Regiment in the US Army had an "Easy" company, because "easy" was just the military phonetic for the letter E and the standard structure of a US Army Regiment in WW2 was 9 companies that were lettered from A or Able thru I or Item. So all of those regiments had an B or Baker Company, they all had D or Dog Company, and they all had an E or Easy Company...and so forth.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the important details about Winters. Cheers!

@alundavies1016 4 ай бұрын

The beaches were (west to east) Utah (US), Omaha (US), Gold (UK), Juno (Canadian), Sword (UK). There were many other countries troops involved, they were rolled into US/UK Divisions. Australia, Belgium, Czechoslovakia, Denmark, France, Greece, the Netherlands, New Zealand, Norway and Poland.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and all the info. Cheers!

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

After watching the 10 episodes, it is very worthwhile to watch the documentary about the real men and history about the Airborne called “We Stand Alone Together” and the ‘video diary’ shot by Ron Livingston (Lewis Nixon) about the 2 week ‘boot camp’ that the actors did before filming.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

We will check out the documentary and video you recommended. Cheers!

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

@@SiblingsReactandDrink (Make sure you only watch all these videos after ep10, because major spoilers obviously) There's another good video to watch, called 'We Stand Alone Together: Actors Reminisce Roundtable' (Different than the other 'We Stand Alone' suggested above, and both available here on youtube) This one is about the actors talking about their experiences on the show, going more in depth than the Livingston docu, which mostly just focuses on their physical boot camp.

@EastPeakSlim 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for taking on the best miniseries ever produced. Captain Dale Dye served in the Marine Corps from 1964 to 1984. He appeared in movies such as "Platoon" and "Saving Private Ryan." He made a career of being a military technical advisor to the movies. He put the actors through a boot camp to familiarize them with what they would need to know to effectively play their roles. Ron Livingston (Nixon) made a video of that process and it's worth viewing. Currahee!

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching our reaction and for recommending the Ron Livingston video. We will check it out. Currahee!

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

Different writers and directors for different episodes. Tom Hanks co-wrote episode 1, and directed episode 5.

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

“Soldiers in World War II were deployed for the entire war and could be in active service for 4-5 years.”

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for answering our question.

@catdude5567 4 ай бұрын

The British home guard were dressed up in german uniforms, so the paratroopers would get used to identifying how the germans looked.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and answering our question. Cheers

@edm240b9 4 ай бұрын

18:09 this is true for regular infantry. Submachine guns were given out to NCOs first. However, paratroopers were given more submachine guns than other units to because of the nature of their combat. NCOs still got priority, but each company was allotted six extra submachine guns to be issued out as needed. You’ll see both the Thompson and M3 Grease Gun in this series. And also, Carwood Lipton was a Sergeant in that scene.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and the clarification of the sub Machine guns. Cheers!

@manueldeabreu1980 4 ай бұрын

You will find a LOT of young actors who weren't known then that are now. I think you missed Simon Pegg, He was the one giving Winters his court martial papers. He did a very good American accent.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Oh we sure did. And we loved him in Shaun of the Dead. Thanks for pointing him out. Cheers!

@edm240b9 4 ай бұрын

25:47 this was actually something that could be done back then. If you wanted to bring something like a sidearm overseas, you could. The opposite was true as well. If you captured an enemy weapon, you could have it shipped home and keep it. This is actually how a bunch of German handguns and Japanese rifles ended up on the US firearms collector’s market. I own a Japanese Arisaka that was a vet bringback.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Nice gun to have in your collection. Thanks for sharing the story.

@edm240b9 4 ай бұрын

@@SiblingsReactandDrinkno problem. My co-worker also owns a Luger his father captured off of a German soldier. And his buddy actually owns a Japanese Type 100 submachine gun. Yes. You could even bring back automatic machine guns, the caveat being that things like the magazines or bolts were thrown overboard and not brought back home. However, some of he guys hid those parts and brought them back home still.

@2104dogface 4 ай бұрын

i grew up doing living history in E/506th Reenacted back in the 90's the book came out in 1992 so i was getting blackout drunk with many of the Easy company Troopers (won't name who as not to give anything away ) many things in the series was consolidated for time ect...so some details are wrong but the vets understood why.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

How cool is that? You got hear their stories directly from them. Very nice.

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

Quite fitting to begin this on Memorial Day. Looking forward to your reactions throughout this amazing story! All the men hated Sobel, but they all credited him for putting them into the kind of physical shape that helped them survive the war. The men kicked out of the paratroopers would be reassigned to other units, they weren't just going back home. During the original organization of Easy Company, there were three rifle platoons and a HQ (headquarters) section. Each of the platoons was to contain 3 x 12 man rifle squads as well as a six-man mortar team squad. There was also one machine gun attached to each of the rifle squads of Easy Company as well as a 60 mm mortar in each mortar team. So all in all you're looking at 146 men, based on pictures of an Easy company roster I found dated May 3rd 1944. Winters is a Lieutenant, so that's why he carries a Thompson. During the mutiny, only 2 sergeants are punished, because Col Sink figured out they were the ones responsible for it, being the two senior sergeants of the company. Harris joined the Pathfinders (airborne men who would land a few days ahead of the rest to find suitable areas for massive parachute drops) and would be killed a couple weeks after D-Day. Ranney was transfered to Item company but was able to rejoin Easy a few days before D-Day. And, despite the actors looking older, everyone was very young back then. On D-Day, Winters was only 26, Nixon and Welsh were 25, Compton and Meehan only 22, and leading men into combat. Sobel, meanwhile, was 32 on D-Day. The beaches were Omaha & Utah for the US, Gold & Sword for the British and Juno for the Canadians. 10,000$ in 1944 is worth almost 180,000$ today. The planes left England on June 5th, late in the evening, as they wanted the airborne dropping early on D-Day, a few hours before the beach assaults. At dawn, there were already thousand of airborne men capturing objectives and taking over bridges and such. Episode 1 first aired on September 9th, 2001...

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

I hope your Memorial Day is meaningful. And Thank You so much for watching our reaction and your explanation.

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

@@SiblingsReactandDrink You're welcome, I have a whole ton of little info like these for each episode if you're enjoying them. I also added a little bit more above. Really enjoying your first reaction, it's refreshing to watch and listen to two people who are quite knowledgeable about the war, and very attentive to a lot of the details shown in the episode. I do enjoy watching younger folks take interest in it too but it's sometimes a little.. frustrating when they don't even know the most basic things of WWII. But you two know a whole lot, so that's a nice breath of fresh air. :)

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

Great info, thanks!

@williamberry9013 4 ай бұрын

The guy talking with a British accent so thick he was not understandable wearing a German uniform was part of some sort of training exercise - probably for British commandos, although that is just a guess.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching our channel and sharing your opinion. Cheers!

@rollomaughfling380 4 ай бұрын

13:29 Thank you. It kills me how many reactors completely don't get that detail.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Cheers!

@sandraback7809 4 ай бұрын

I think you missed the mission explanation. The Airborne jumped in behind enemy lines during the night before the landings. They were to destroy the guns that would be firing onto the beaches. Cheers!🥂

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for watching and explanation. Cheers to you too.

@Smoshy16 4 ай бұрын

They were there to capture bridges and other roads leading to the beaches in order to stop tanks and other army pushing onto the beaches. The guns were a side mission that happened after they landed.

@robertcathey6361 4 ай бұрын

Tom Hanks is an executive producer. He makes 3 incognito cameos 2 visual and 1 vocal

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

Just one visual, it's not him in ep9.

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

@@FrenchieQc He is one of the non-US soldiers who shoots a collaborator as Easy Company drives past, and shocks O’Keefe, in Episode 9.

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

@@Dej24601 That's not him. If the series had been filmed this year, it might look like Tom Hanks, but he certainly doesn't look like the way Tom Hanks looked 25 years ago. If you're familiar with Imgur, there's a side-by-side picture there showing the french soldier and Tom Hanks, and it's most assuredly not the same person. imgur: DoKfWZx

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

@@Dej24601 The french soldier isn't Tom Hanks. If the series was filmed this year, he MIGHT look like Hanks a little bit, but he certainly doesn't look like how Hanks looked 25 years ago. If you're familiar with imgur, look up this picture ' DoKfWZx ' it's a side-by-side of the soldier and Tom Hanks and it's assuredly not the same person.

@squint04 4 ай бұрын

They departed on the 5th and landed on the 6th

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much for the clarification. Cheers!

@robertcathey6361 4 ай бұрын

When they volunteered or were drafted for WW2 they were enlisted for duration of the war + 6 months

@robertcathey6361 4 ай бұрын

Tom Hanks was an executive producer. He also made 3 incognito cameos, 2 visual and 1 vocal

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for letting us how long they had to serve. Cheers!

@craignickum6551 4 ай бұрын

Sobel(Ross) was totally inept in the field. As far as a trainer he was a total idiot. It just happened that his sadomasochistic style helped make the men tough. He never advanced any further in rank, and after the war led a sad life that ended with alcoholism and alone. The men had no respect for him and knew if he led them in battle many would die.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

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@knifeparty7 4 ай бұрын

You guys are in for one hell of a good show. Hope you enjoy the journey.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

I am sure we will. Thanks for watching our reaction. Cheers!

@leonmirtic5617 4 ай бұрын

17:58 The guy with the Thompson is Sgt. Lipton. Na zdravje! 🍻

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and Cheers!🍻

@williamberry9013 4 ай бұрын

No spoilers, but have a blanket in studio. One episode can make the suggestable feel cold. Won't say which episode. And you probably over estimate tanks. Relax, everybody does, even them before traiiing. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qpKrd4iBgLCggK8si=88KitHMIrDHfliKn 13:24 training film on facing tanks.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks we will check out the video.

@williamberry9013 4 ай бұрын

The paratroopers actually went on D-Day - 1 or June 5th. (Well for plane take off jumps could be like 1am. Flight time with 1946 aircraft... Did they leave at 8 pm? Midnight?)

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for watching and commenting. Cheers!

@Zara-ec1tj 4 ай бұрын

"CURRAHEE"

@jackray333 4 ай бұрын

Good reaction. Awesome that you are taking this journey. Absolutely the best mini series of all time, in my opinion. And my favorite show. You will not be disappointed. This series is 99.9% factual. The men of Easy Company would not have done it if it was Hollywoodized. But from here on out, this series is gonna get very real. But so worth it in the end.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Can't wait! Thanks for watching.

@Dej24601 4 ай бұрын

This is very moving; a clip from when BOB won an Emmy. It shows some of the real men, so if you don’t want to know their names, it could be a spoiler. kzbin.info/www/bejne/oJTHiaWon7dsZqMsi=6rqUaQC248j3ugVr

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for sharing the link and the warning. Cheers!

@DosDonts101 4 ай бұрын

Great series choice . . . have a nice Memorial Day. Falling on the last Monday of May, Memorial Day honors members of the US armed forces who died serving their country in wars. 🙏

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and we hope your Memorial Day is meaningful.

@jasonjones8810 4 ай бұрын

The band of brothers is a great story of our veterans ty for honoring them USA

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

We wish you an enjoyable weekend where we all can remember those who are no longer with us.

@Hokieredneck 2 ай бұрын

A US company was about 120 but varied

@SiblingsReactandDrink 2 ай бұрын

Thanks for answering our question. Cheers!

@alundavies1016 4 ай бұрын

Not Australian, Londoners!

@SF-oj7zi 4 ай бұрын

Enjoy the ride, this is a fabulous series.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

So far we are impressed with the size of this production. Cheers!

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting.

@FrenchieQc 4 ай бұрын

@@SiblingsReactandDrink Spielberg and Hanks don't do things half-assedly haha. At the time, Band of Brothers was the most expensive tv mini-series ever made, on any network, with a budget of 125M$ for 10 episodes.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

@@FrenchieQc And it looks like they spent every penny of it. Great job.

@thickerliquor 4 ай бұрын

Nice review!!!! Go Ross.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

LOL

@ericdulyon4601 4 ай бұрын

Good reaction

@SiblingsReactandDrink 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much. Cheers!

@plaid11 2 ай бұрын

Why did you say “who cares as long as it isn’t Winters?” Why wouldn’t you want Winters leading them? Did you not like him from the start? Obviously it wasn’t going to even be an option until the court martial got taken care of.

@SiblingsReactandDrink 2 ай бұрын

I was reading Sobel's thoughts, with that sentence, not mine. I figured that is why he asked who was going to replace him. Thanks for watching and for the questions. Cheers!