BAND OF BROTHERS PART 5 & 6 | REACTION | FIRST TIME WATCHING

[@eriklehman5782]

3 basic rules of combat medics •Good men will die •Doc cannot save everyone •Doc will go through Hell and back trying to break rules one and two

[@TheKyrix82]

And unfortunately, on the Japanese Front, there was a 4th rule: Medics are the highest priority targets

[@BrahmaDBA]

@@TheKyrix82 yeah the Japanese snipers were ordered to shoot the Medic distinguishable by their red cross on their helmets.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

@@BrahmaDBA the germans stopped using the red cross on their ambulance vehicles and medic personel on the eastern front because the russians didnt acknowledge the symbol and instead used it as a point of aim.

[@icyomnivore0233]

@@TheKyrix82 you are right about that but rule 4 is don't mess with doc

[@first_namelast_name5139]

@@BrahmaDBA if I remember correctly from “Flags of our Fathers” corpsmen were told to not wear insignia, wear normal helmets, and put their bags on their backs so the snipers wouldn’t take them out. A medic was worth 10 men or something like that. When you’re fighting total war I guess it makes sense in the short term, but troops will go to great lengths to destroy anyone that tries to take out a medic or corpsman

[@astrirahadiputri3648]

Regarding Winters shaving, he wants to maintain Officer's grooming standard. It shows that Winters wanted to comply every officer's standards as an example for his men.

[@andresramirez3840]

Actually the director that did this episode told him to do it

[@astrirahadiputri3648]

@@andresramirez3840 yes..because it's based on Winter's interview with the script writer and producer. It's also stated in Winters autobiography and Hang Tough (a book of Winters letters and journal).

[@ThatGuy-eu2vt]

@@andresramirez3840 yes and the director also told him to act. also did you know that movies are actually filmed with a camera, Like BOOM mind blown .🤯🤯🤯🤯🤯

[@SuaveGemini]

Another reason for shaving was so your gas mask could form a tight seal on your face if you had to use it. Hitler's mustache was cut that way because he learned the hard way during WWI when he had a bushy mustache and got gassed and his mask didn't work. That is why you shave.

[@frost3193]

​@@ThatGuy-eu2vt😂😂😂😂

[@zgSH4DOW]

I just found out nurse Renee is a real person, and all accounts describe her as incredibly dedicated and inspiring by her very presence She died during the air raid as she helped patients escape

[@gravitypronepart2201]

Yeah, she was called the Angel of bastogne. They dont actually know if Doc Roe ever met her, but I guess it would make sense that he did.

[@SNOOPY_-]

@@gravitypronepart2201 no they never met. yes she was a real person KIA during those days.

[@JB-bv1rg]

[ Captain Jack T. Prior, M.D. wrote the following: "I was a member of the Medical Battalion of the 10th Armored Division. On December 14th I was detached to the 20th Armored Infantry Battalion as their surgeon to replace their regular officer who had been evacuated with pneumonia." He was part of Combat Command B 'Team Desobry' which first defended the town of Noville on Dec. 19th then retreated to Bastogne on the 20th. In Bastogne he helped to set up an aid station. - "My Aid Station was initially in a garage on one of the main streets. Two days later I had to move into a larger area in a private three story home as the casualties increased and because I could not heat the garage adequately - the weather was very cold and there was about a foot of snow on the ground." Capt. Prior continued; "I attempted to turn my litter bearers into bedside nursing personnel - they were assisted by the arrival at our station December 21st of two registered female civilian nurses. One of these nurses, Renee Lemaire, volunteered her services and the other girl was black, a native of the Belgian Congo." - "They played different roles among the dying - Renee shrank away from the fresh, gory trauma, while the Congo girl was always in the thick of the splinting, dressing, and hemorrhage control. Renee preferred to circulate among the litter patients, sponging, feeding them, and distributing the few medications we had (sulfa pills and plasma). The presence of these two girls was a morale factor of the highest order." At approximately 8:30 p.m. Dec 24th, Luftwaffe bombers dropped bombs on Bastogne. Capt. Prior wrote: "Within a second or two we heard the screeching sound of the first bomb we had ever heard. Every bomb as it descends seems to be pointed right at you. We hit the floor as a terrible explosion next door rocked our building. I ran outside to discover that the three-story apartment serving as my hospital was a flaming pile of debris about six feet high. The night was brighter than day from the magnesium flares the German bomber pilot had dropped. My men and I raced to the top of the debris and began flinging burning timber aside looking for the wounded, some of whom were shrieking for help. At this juncture the German bomber, seeing the action, dropped down to strafe us with his machine guns. We slid under some vehicles and he repeated this maneuver several times before leaving the area. Our team headquarters about a block away also received a direct hit and was soon in flames. A large number of men soon joined us and we located a cellar window (they were marked by white arrows on most European buildings). Some men volunteered to be lowered into the smoking cellar on a rope and two or three injured were pulled out before the entire building fell into the cellar. I estimated that about twenty injured were killed in this bombing along with Renee Lemaire." ]

[@abeartheycallFozzy]

She was a real hero. The records don't say if she ever met Roe, but she got 6 men out , she died trying to get a 7th.

[@victoriacottle4631]

Her actual given title is The Angel of Bastogne

[@ryanburns6780]

Walter Gordon “Smokey” is the one who was paralyzed. He’s the guy who wrote the funny poem about the guy bayoneting Sgt. Talbert and he’s also the one who earlier in the series was showing off his 3 Purple Hearts. He was paralyzed for about a year and then one day he started regaining his feelings and was able to walk again. He later became a lawyer and is the main reason Band of Brothers exists. In the late 80’s he met the author Stephen Ambrose and told him that his company’s story would be a good book and the rest is history!

[@AdderTude]

Lynn "Buck" Compton later became a lawyer and was the main prosecutor against Sirhan Sirhan (RFK's assassin).

[@george217]

@@AdderTude And became a Appeals Court Judge afterwards...

[@TheMustardSeedChurch]

This is great information. Never learned what happened to Smokey after the movie ended, but glad he not only survived but also regained his ability to walk.

[@derekweiland1857]

@@TheMustardSeedChurch Smokey would later return to the fox hole around Bastonge decades later where had been paralyzed. The fox holes have been preserved for historical purposes. He dug around in his fox hole and found the tin coffee cup he was drinking out of when he got shot (as portrayed in the show). He was able to find his initials he had etched on it.

[@crackcoursehistory4566]

That’s fucking amazing learning now after watching this years and years ago that that guy wasn’t paralyzed for the rest of his life.

[@ks5526]

I was a Combat Infantryman. In 2008 I was flying home after a 14 month deployment to Iraq. It was an area that others referred to as the Wild West On the flight there was an elderly man next to me who asked where I served. I answered. He said he was thankful he didn’t serve with us because of the hardships we had endured. In my experience our hardship largely involved whether we had computer access or phones. I asked where he served and he replied, “Bastogne.” I tried to explain his experience was far more hardcore than us but he wouldn’t hear of it.

[@fakecubed]

Somehow that doesn't surprise me, but man, those guys are legends.

[@ks5526]

@Jack Ryan , exactly. It really is incredible. Not only did they learn the lessons that set us up for the necessary kit but we’re still using their tactics that were oftentimes developed on the fly. Those men were simply incredible.

[@swk38]

ramadi? i was there 2006+07

[@ks5526]

@@swk38 , I was in Ramadi briefly in early ‘07. During that deployment I was mainly around Baqubah and to the east and north up to the Iran border.

[@Idekreally]

People underestimate how hard those Bastogne boys were.

[@ChuckS117]

I'm taking this comment out of another reaction video because they explained it quite well: Jimmy Fallon's cameo at the end of the episode is more important than most people ever realize. He's playing Second Lieutenant George C. Rice of the 10th Armored Division, a man who is a true blue big nuts war hero. Knowing that Bastogne was going to be surrounded, and knowing that the 101st was going to be really short on ammunition, Rice made nine separate trips in a jeep that was towing a trailer back and forth from a nearby supply depot to Bastogne in order to bring what ammo he could to the troops digging in against the German advance. He did this on his own volition. His last trip was technically made after the Germans had surrounded the town, and the only reason he didn't make a tenth trip was because he was specifically ordered by his CO to stand down. Rice was nominated for a Medal of Honor for his actions, but it was downgraded to the Distinguished Service Cross, the next highest award.

[@bluebird3281]

Carrying ammo makes you a very big target, big explosive target. Bully for Lt. Rice !

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

That's almost precisely what I was going to say. Its almost precisely what I said on someone else's reaction, in fact. 😏 Believe me, I don't mind being quoted. I think I explained it pretty well, as you said.

[@jamesrsmith8558]

Jimmy Fallon is also a distant relative of Rice.

[@mezgo9224]

@@jamesrsmith8558 really?

[@jamesrsmith8558]

@@mezgo9224 I have read that in a few places, so keep that in mind but everything seems to indicate that it is true.

[@Celinoz]

I served 8 years with 2 Tours to Iraq and 1 to Afghanistan. All military members can vouch that we talk shit about other military jobs and military branches except for our Medics.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

in the british army, every branch makes jokes about every other branch. the Royal Army Medical Corp (RAMC) gets joked about because to the Infantry Regiments, RAMC stands for Rob all my comrades. it isnt just the medical corp that has a disparaging nickname, the Royal Electrical and Mechanical Engineers (REME) are called the Spanner chuckers, the Signals Corp are called the Scalie Backs (because of the habit of a damaged radio back to spill battery acid down the operators back) and the Artillery are called the drop shorts (I am sure you can guess why). none of these nicknames mean that the soldiers using them dislike the target group, its just the way the british army seems to work. everyone rags on eachother to encourage acts of valor and bravery and also to boost the morale of the men.

[@donnaralph4413]

Thank you for your service

[@EthanDarke]

Well your Docs were lucky I guess. I was a Medic and caught just as much shit from our knuckle draggers. Humph 😡 Heh 😆 all kidding aside we all each other shit, an I had to admit some of it was pretty good for ground pounders hahah.

[@fester2306]

"We're paratroopers, lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." One of my favorite quotes of the series.

[@k.a.p.x3642]

the one playing col. sink is actually a decorated vietnam veteran, he is the military adviser of this series.

[@dave29123]

he's played military officers in a lot of movies.

[@ryanhampson673]

Captain Dale Dye....He’s Been the military advisor on almost every war movie made in the last 30 years.

[@ColdWarShot]

@@ryanhampson673 No. it’s pretty easy to tell which films he did. And he’s notorious for goofing up on WWII films. Much of the historical accuracy on BOB came from Carwood Lipton who was on set for much of the series. It’s easy to tell his technical advice over Dye’s which is largely inaccurate. Using Vietnam era terminology, multiple combined and complex hand signals, etc and completely goofed up radio traffic. There’s also some notable historical errors he made as well.

[@Araponga08]

@@ryanhampson673 He started doing it in Platoon.Not a bad start lol.

[@wedgeantilles4712]

@@ColdWarShot There's also a difference between using him and listening to him while using him and not listening to him and I do believe Hollywood do most of the latter. Because Hollywood in most cases wants to make it "cool and flashy". Not real.

[@peaknonsense2041]

"She broke up with him while he was away at war?" It happens so often there's a name for the letter "Dear John letter"

[@derecktbear6478]

Me too, just a shitty letter. Later I discovered my dear friend was new beau. Luckily I kept me composure.

[@peaknonsense2041]

@@derecktbear6478 I hope she cheats on him to. I don't even need to know you to know you're better off without that human trash. Strong words, but fair lol

[@wepntech]

and the girl gets called Suzy rotten crotch, if she's cheating.

[@ralphrepo]

Ah... Ole Jody boy strikes again...

[@KGrizzly1]

Who’s gonna tell her about Jodi lol

[@476429]

[Troops heading to the Battle of the Bulge] Her: It sounds like they are heading into kind of a bad situation. Understatement of the century. 😀

[@Zenon0K]

Emperor Hirohito after the 2nd atomic bomb dropped "the war has not necessarily developed in Japan's favor the past few days." No shit.

[@buxadonoff]

@@Zenon0K nowhere to hide now. They intended to use their population as humans shields to protect them and highly increase the death toll to get to them. With atomic bombs the allies could kill them at their will without any issue

[@natskivna]

Only the largest battle in the history of the United States Army.

[@JeffKelly03]

My grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge; he died of cancer when I was 14, before I ever had a chance to understand what he had been through. I focused on WW2 in my history major in college, specially the Holocaust. Found out years later his unit liberated a concentration camp as well. Man, do I wish I had gotten a chance to talk to him about his experience.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

@@natskivna The Battle of the bulge was not the largest campaign in American history. Normandy, Okinawa, and the Meuse Argonne offensive were larger.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

Popcorn, your very observant. Doc. Roe was deliberately standoffish and never called people by their first names, because having to treat their wounds of close friends was really brutal on him.

[@BrahmaDBA]

My grandfather was a corpsman/medic during our National Revolution and campaign to quell rebellions. When I was watching Bands of Brothers he joined in and commented the same way. Being a medic means a lot of people die on your hands. There is always that feeling that you are incompetent hence you can't save them even though it's already understood that there is nothing else you can do.

[@joemaloney1019]

M on the forehead means the patient has morphine.

[@joemaloney1019]

My uncle Charley was a medic served in North Africa and Sicily was sent home when a soldier stepped on a mine near him which screwed up his legs. He received the Bronzs Star with oak leaves and a purple heart.I feel that medics were expected to rescue wounded soldiers under fire. It was part of their job.

[@fakecubed]

I was an EMT, civilian, so I have some understanding, even if it's just a pale version of it. Compartmentalization is important. Maintaining emotional distance is important. It's good for the medic, and good for the patients too. An emotional medic is not an effective medic.

[@adamwhite767]

Plasma is the liquid part of blood, they would use it as volume replacement for bleeding patients, sulfa is the powder they would use on wounds to help prevent infection. When he wrote on the guy's forehead in blood it was the letter 'M' to let people know who treated that guy when he got to the aid station that he had received morphine already so as not to overdose him.Thanks for your channel, I really enjoy these reactions!

[@TheGnolla]

You beat me to it. 😊 You a former medic too?

[@adamwhite767]

@@TheGnolla I'm a civilian flight medic that does HEMS.

[@TheGnolla]

@@adamwhite767 I am unfamiliar with HEMS. I am a Norwegian, and I don't recognize that abbreviation. I understand it is some kind of medical training?

[@gravitypronepart2201]

The M was actually a writers error. To let them know the patient has had morphine they pin the morphine syrette to his jacket. If a tourniquet is used your supposed to put T on his forehead, and the time. Like T1400

[@adamwhite767]

@@TheGnolla Helicopter Emergency Medical Services. I used to work with a guy from Norway who had been an army medic there.

[@randallshuck2976]

The guy Fallon was playing was a real guy. He made multiple trips from supply to Bastogne even after the Germans surrounded it and only stopped after his commander ordered him to.

[@academyofshem]

And Fallon got through the whole scene without laughing once.

[@joeschmoe9154]

Yes he ( lt George Rice) was awarded the Distinguished Service Cross because he made several trips bringing ammo to the 101st before the Germans overran the Ammo Dump.

[@paulcochran1721]

@@academyofshem And his jeep was being pushed, because Fallon couldn't drive a jeep!

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

@@paulcochran1721 he couldn’t drive stick-shift.

[@barreloffun10]

Supposedly Fallon is a distant cousin of George Rice.

[@willmartin7293]

In case no one else has explained what SS means, it stands for Schutzstaffel which was the personal bodyguard of Hitler. Later the Waffen SS was created which were combat units composed of soldiers who had each taken an oath of loyalty to Hitler even unto death. Consequently, they were particularly fanatic in combat.

[@kenle2]

Late in the war, however, they experienced the same attrition problems as other German units, and a number of SS Divisions were formed out of second-line recruits and even released criminals.

[@cosmiccity1459]

@@kenle2 A part of the SS ran the Concentration Camps as well

[@BlargeMan]

My dad's dear friend of the Canadian Army, Col. Jack Smith, fought against the Waffen at Arnhem. He said they were some of the most professional soldiers he ever encountered or fought against (he fought in both the Atlantic and Pacific theaters), followed all the laws of war, rendered aid to enemy wounded, took prisoners, etc. But that they were also some of the most violently efficient and fanatically dedicated soldiers he'd ever encountered, and he never wanted to fight them again.

[@snakesnoteyes]

SS officers were also in charge of concentration and death camps.

[@robertgalloup6171]

And stoned on there collective asses by the nice little white pills they were given A FORM OB CRYSTAL METH.

[@tarnocdoino3857]

The M in blood was to notify the medic station he had morphine.

[@eddiecollison]

Which comes after the earlier scene in episode 5 where they gave Moose "2 or 3" syrettes of morphine, which could kill you. That's why Eugene scolded Winters and Welsh, "You are grown men and officers, you oughta know!!"

[@primary2630]

Never realized he was doing that, I thought he was just trying to comfort him

[@ralphrepo]

@@primary2630 Morphine, besides dulling pain, has the unfortunate side effect of vasodilation which would drop blood pressure. Combined with blood loss the drop in pressure could easily put someone in shock and kill them. That is why its use must be judicious and not haphazard; every officer should have known that.

[@AnikaJarlsdottr]

@@ralphrepo plus, if you give them too much, their body functions slow to a crawl and they forget how to breath.

[@duaneschultz9230]

You’re an absolute sweetheart full of compassion. The way that you were saying that you know this is already happened but you want to pray for them anyway. Shows me how much empathy that you have for those men. I hope the time never forgets what does man dead for us. That’s why it’s important for people to watch these kind of movies that are very realistic and told by the soldiers that were really there. Thank you very much Cassie for watching this and bringing us along for your adventure and your learning process. God bless you.

[@jimirayo]

The nurse is based on a real person Rene Lamaire, the Angel of Bastone. There's no blatant fiction in this story at all. Characters are combined and creative license is taken but believe it or not, the true story found in books is even more brutal.

[@SNOOPY_-]

true. but doc roe and the meeting with renee is fictional.they never met in real life,she was killed in in 44

[@jimirayo]

@@SNOOPY_- Correct. They never met but a great way to introduce her to the series and be recognized.

[@SNOOPY_-]

@@jimirayo classic hollywood taking liberty i'd say but yes its not a annoyance. i do wanna say the following thing,so for the harsh critic but im kinda shocked how little she knows about history o.o maby thats because they dont teach it overthere but some things should be basic knowledge like what ''SS'' is for example. and if she censores the gory stuff already,she might as well skips episode 9 not so much for the goryness but simpley because its pretty horrific,especially for those who lack the knowledge portraited in that episode (no spoilers lol!) popcorninbed actually done her research she would have a better understanding of what is going on,who,what,where and why

[@jimirayo]

@@SNOOPY_- No. Schools aren't teaching them much history anymore. It's just kind of glossed over. Now, given the fact that she's a female not knowing much about WII, I'll give her a pass. Girls aren't much into war anyway. I'm more stunned by a guy not knowing. Also, this generation is the video generation and not so much reading books. If they can't watch it and have to read it, they're not interested. Having said all that, she's learning much the same way we did...by watching movies. With our help and knowledge of history, she'll soon know a bit more. We can succeed where the teachers failed.

[@falsenostalgia-shannon]

@@jimirayo "Schools aren't teaching them much history anymore" - who do you mean by "them"? Also, not sure what you meant by "anymore", as she seems around my age (and school was a helluva long time ago). I had to smile at your comment about giving females a pass for not knowing much about WWII and not being into war. I had to make my husband watch BoB and The Pacific, and because I'm the one who's into this stuff, had to explain a lot of details to him. ;)

[@victorkwon]

I was a medic when I was doing my service in Korean Army, so episode 6 always hit me hard bcs it's relatable to me. Every time someone called medic, I got to be there no matter what the hell is going on there.

[@TheGnolla]

I hear you. Former medic here too.

[@eTraxx]

respect to all medics

[@donnaralph4413]

Thank you all for your service ❤️❤️

[@fakecubed]

When I was training to be a (civilian) EMT, one of my classmates was in the US Army, getting his certification so he could be an Army medic. Really interesting guy, we had some great conversations outside of class. We didn't keep in touch after, but I'm glad I knew him. He was younger than me, pretty much still a kid, but a big heart and such dedication to his fellow soldiers. So much passion for what he was doing.

[@Jay-ln1co]

"I'm not really a doctor, I'm a medic. " "What's the difference? " "Well, a doctor cures people. A medic just makes them more comfortable while they die."

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Medics save lives on the field.

[@armynurseboy]

Medics keep you alive long enough to get to a doctor who can save you....

[@ndman3573]

A man of culture I see, loved RvB up until season 16

[@charles5895]

Yep. It’s almost impossible to get a wounded man back into action in the heat of battle. The logical thing to do was to carry them to the rear. The medic’s job was to keep him alive until they got him to the rear where he could be treated.

[@fakecubed]

I was a civilian medic. Very rarely did we cure anybody in the field. Our job is to stabilize and transport to an emergency room. But people do call us for all kinds of silly stuff. Got called in for a nosebleed one time, and get this, they called after the nosebleed stopped bleeding on its own. Also a lot of liability CYA calls by business owners and managers if something happens on the property, even if the person hurt doesn't want to go to the hospital. Nobody was ever shooting at us, thank goodness (though it does happen), but outside of minor boo-boos, which combat medics do see and treat as well, mostly it just felt like being a bus driver a lot of the time. A bus driver that takes vitals, and administers oxygen sometimes.

[@ffwilver77]

The Bastogne part really got me....My late Dad, Pfc James Wilver, served as a .50 cal machine gunner with the 106th Infantry Division in the Battle of the Bulge. Dad was north of Bastogne near St. Vith (pronounced Saint VEEt). He was captured on Dec. 19 by the SS. Dad spent 4 1/2 months as a POW in Stalag IVd. He passed away before Band of Brothers came out but many of the things in B.O.B was just as Dad described it. On the 18th, Col. Desheneaux, Dad's CO came up to Dad's gun emplacement and asked, "Son, how much ammo do you have?" "Two belts sir", was Dad's answer. Col. Descheneaux told Dad they were going to try to make a break back to our HQ and told Dad to provide cover fire. The other GI's left, leaving Dad alone surrounded by Germans. Dad opened fire and ran for cover. Later on the 19th he ran into 6 other GI's and they tried to make their way back to our lines. They ran into German SS who opened fire on them. The corporal standing next to my father was killed. They were then loaded onto boxcars (called the 40 and 8 by guys) and taken to POW camp. Dad's story is on my KZbin channel below: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aom2oaCogaqSgNE

[@JayM409]

Your Dad sounds like quite a guy. 8 x 40 meant 8 horses or 40 men.

[@daemonblackfyre2.049]

I rarely get excited about someone posting. You are an exception:) thanks

[@PricedDoughnut]

Begone pretender.

[@fallofcamelot]

@@PricedDoughnut I thought you were being rude but then I saw the name.

[@davidatkinson47]

I like seeing anyone's reaction to this series, especially once they realize (spoilers). Even though it's not all factually true, it generally is, and it is based on their very stories as they remember them. War is hell, it always is. Sometimes we have to do it, but not as often as we do. We as a people need to see stories like this to understand (as well as we can) that truth.

[@daemonblackfyre2.049]

@@PricedDoughnut lol

[@daemonblackfyre2.049]

@@PricedDoughnut I wielded the conquerors sword for a reason

[@nedporkus8602]

Best line in the whole show: "We're paratroopers lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded."

[@szwolinski4587]

As a retired Army combat veteran who started my career with two tours in Vietnam and ended it after the first Desert Storm, I can tell you that there is no more respected person than a combat medic. For most of the 20th Century many, but not all, medics were conscientious objectors. They would not bear arms but put their lives on the line so that others would live. Here is to the memory of Doc Pitcock and all the others who served and often died without ever firing a shot.

[@357849414]

Love this episode as a modern medic in the 101st, these men are inspirational to no end and have shaped the entire culture of the 101st, love seeing the relationship between Doc and the men, trying to take care of all of those men, and at any moment before they yell for their mothers and wives they yell for the Medic

[@markpekrul4393]

A WWII-era infantry company like Easy consisted of roughly 140 officers and men - 3 platoons and a headquarters unit. Each platoon was commanded by a 1st Lt., with an assistant platoon leader who was usually a 2nd Lt.. Each platoon had 3 rifle squads of a dozen men each (Sgt., Cpl, 10 Pvt.) and a mortar squad with 6 men (at least one NCO, usually a sgt.). The HQ unit might have had about 8-10 men, including the company commander. executive officer and 1st Sgt.. This was at full strength, which from Normandy on was rarely the case. Easy was a unit in the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - commanded by Col. Sink (Dale Dye's character). The regiment had 9 infantry companies, divided into 3 battalions in alphabetical order - so Easy was in the second battalion along with Dog and Fox companies. When Winters was promoted to Executive Officer of 2nd, he was still in Easy's command chain. Several Regiments made up the 101st Airborne Division. Interesting fact - BoB made it's debut (Part 1, Curahee) on HBO on September 11, 2001. True.

[@TypicalAmericanCitizen]

I didn't know it debuted on 9/11, bro that's wild.

[@tudyk21]

To further round out the command of E Co, 506 PIR, 101 Airborne Div, Mag Gen. Maxwell D. Taylor was the commander of the 101st during The Bulge/Bastogne. He has quite the military career afterward.

[@Curraghmore]

James Doohan, who was Scotty on the original tv 'Star Trek' was a Canadian veteran of WW-II and D-Day. He landed in Normandy with Canadian forces and was shot several times in a 'friendly fire' incident by a nervous allied soldier. A real war hero.

[@casey3c]

He lost his right, middle finger on D-Day.

[@ChuckS117]

Renee Lemaire was a real nurse. Her and another real nurse called Augusta Chiwy both volunteered to help in that aid station. She did indeed pass away during that bombing raid. She is also known as The Angel of Bastogne. You should look their names up! They are real heroes.

[@STC349]

There were so many heroic civilians in Holland and France that hid amongst the Germans and gave there lives to help the allied forces free their country from tyranny. Young people barely teenagers and younger.

[@rickcrane9883]

Popcorn, I love your reactions because you get very invested in the characters, to the point of talking to them and yelling out warnings. Just imagine how the real wives and girlfriends felt, not knowing the fate of their loved ones. BTW, the Canadians played a major role in the invasion of Normandy.

[@Deacon1952]

He wrote the M in blood on the wounded man's forehead so other medics/nurses would know that he had been given Morphine already ( to prevent overdosing ) .

[@HouTexHemi]

Episode 6 is set in Bastogne, Belgium as you heard. It was part of the Battle of Bulge which was a major German offensive and caught the USA off guard and led to the 101st Airborne Division (which Easy Company is part of) being completely surrounded. That's why they couldn't get supplies or medical help, they were completely encircled by enemy troops. This battle has the distinction of being the largest land battle the US Army has ever fought in. Over 1 million troops were engaged, it lasted over a month and each side lost roughly 100,000 men.

[@nickmitsialis]

I almost jumped in to say that the largest battle for the US Army was WW1's Meuse Argonne--It wasn't the biggest but It was The Costliest.

[@jamesbelshan8839]

Map showing the encirclement www.globeatwar.com/media-gallery/detail/56/1191

[@MichaelPower212]

@@jamesbelshan8839 For Cathy's benefit if she should look at the map, Easy Company was located facing Foy. It is above Bastogne or north of it.

[@johnmuse6626]

I know I talk about him a lot in your comments, but I'm forever proud of him. My dad was there in the Battle of the Bulge. He talked about the fog, the frigid weather and just the hell that he went through. Even though he nearly died getting off the boat at Normandy on D-Day and he nearly died in Italy from a grenade in late 1943, he said this was the worst of the war. Unending freezing miserable conditions with death all around for day after day after day after day. He used to watch the 1965 Henry Fonda movie about it and he'd talk about it then. Otherwise he rarely mentioned the war. He returned and his life kind of fell apart for a good 10 years after the war. He said he just didn't care and called himself a mean man for a long time. He met my mom in the 1960s, she was 15 years younger than he was but she settled him down. I am the youngest of 4 brothers. He was the strongest, able to do anything, never back down person I've ever been around.

[@Theakker3B]

31:31 the star shell is so they can see the whole area at night. After it goes up, you can hear gunfire commence because the light exposed someone's position.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

They are called stat shells. Fired from mortar tubes they are flares with parachutes attached to give them long hang time.

[@Theakker3B]

@@gravitypronepart2201 That's what I said. Star Shells.

[@RoastLambShanks]

@@gravitypronepart2201 They are called star shells, not stat shells. Designed for illumination rather than arson. Sometimes called lightballs they were in use from the 17th Century onwards. The British adopted parachute lightballs in 1866 for 10, 8 and 5​1⁄2 inch calibers. The 10-inch wasn't officially declared obsolete until 1920.

[@failuremagnet]

"That was the worst pep talk ever". ROFLMAO!!!

[@joeschmoe9154]

It was also a leadership style that was quite effective. War isn't a baseball game and these are soldiers, not little leaguers . He just told them the hard truth... something the men would respect more than a pretty lie.

[@pkxpanz3r241]

After this you NEED to check out "Generation War" its 3 parts, each movie lenght, its basically Band Of Brothers but from the Germans Perspective, its about 5 friends during WW2, 2 German Soldiers, 1 A Singer, 1 and Nurse and 1 is a Jew during Wartime Germany. and their promise of meeting back up in Berlin for Xmas (once the war is over.) its such a gripping series and an emotional roller coaster.

[@liviia305]

My darling Dad participated in the Battle of the Bulge. He never wanted to talk about it; however, I managed to pull one story from him. He and another soldier were walking somewhere. They heard a morter over head, and my Dad ran one way and his buddy the other, and the shell hit the other soldier. I love your reactions! xx

[@MaskHysteria]

For reference a company is about 250 soldiers. Winters had a few platoons (about 30 soldiers per) so they were outnumbered about five to one. They were attacking Waffen SS which were considered 'elite' German soldiers. One of my favorite scenes is the train. A friend's father was in Vietnam and described landing in the U.S. 24 hours after finishing his second tour. What they portray Winters going through is incredibly similar to what my friend's father described - he 'saw snipers' everywhere in the airport.

[@patmurray9730]

I was told about "The Battle of the Bulge," Bastone, all my life. My uncle fought in Patton's 3rd armor division and he was one of the few who didn't mind talking about the war.

[@mpfiveO]

The 101st’s holding of Bastogne was the key to defeating the German attack thru the Ardenne Forest. (Battle of the Bulge). It shortened the war by many months, and saved countless lives.

[@codyandrex152]

I read the Elsenborn Ridge further north was the main German advance and that's where the American stopped the 6th Panzer Army. But, Bastogne was an important road junction too. And 101st's holding it made 5th Panzer Army's advance and supply difficult.

[@MrSmithla]

Holding Bastogne was an important element to the attack being contained as quickly as it was. Battles throughout History have immortalized the names of otherwise relatively unimportant places for no other reason than that happened to be where one or a series of roads met. So it was with Gettysburg, just as at Ba st Bastogne. Those names appear nowhere or only very tangentially in the plans of the invading forces. The ‘key’ to the Germans’ defeat in the Battle of the Bulge wasn’t, actually, Bastogne. Had Bastogne fallen or never even defended by the Allies, the resulting defeat of the Germans was still inevitable. The OKW, German High Command, at least

[@MrSmithla]

Privately, against the attack. It drew the very last reserves, really scraping the bottom of the barrel,, of men, machines and very precious and scarce gasoline. On paper the plan called for the attack to go all the way to the coast, retaking Cherbourg. The German Staff, privately, predicted the attack, given the available resources, would get almost exactly as far as the attack did in reality and that a major cause of the attack sputtering out would be lack of fuel. Even the orders in reality hinted at these difficulties by ordering lead elements to not just gain ground and secure important objectives but to also locate any and al Allied fuel dumps and depots. How a force can focus both on moving resolutely and forward along a designated route and scrounge around the countryside looking for Allied supply bases with fuel is a mystery to me.

[@MrSmithla]

Even available after-action intelligence gathered by the Allies later shows that the absolute leading elements of the German attack, such as the column of SS Armored Divisions led by Joachim Pei

[@MrSmithla]

Peiper, reported that, according to the orders and timetable issued to them, before the initial attack had even begun, even the lead elements, those receiving preference of unobstructed routes and in too scarce supplies of fuel, were hopelessly behind schedule. The German Staff knew the attack would see some initial success but accurately predicted, in private so as not to anger Hitler, precisely how far the attack would get with no knowledge that, for instance, Bastogne would be tenaciously defended. The defense of Bastogne provided a morale boost both amongst the military in the ETO and American civilians back home. An incident that, at the time, may have been equally important to, at least, the soldiers on the ground was when Col. Joachim Peiper’s men machine-gunned American soldiers that had surrendered around the little town of Malmedy. The American brass made sure that news of the Malnedy massacre, as it was called, was distributed as widely as possible to all frontline troops. The message was clear, “We can’t stop you, if you’re cut off, surrounded or overrun, from surrendering but you should’ know what the possible consequences of that are.” While Bastogne heartened all those who heard of it with a story of American tenacity in the face of long odds, Malmedy, while not anywhere so uplifting, served to put much more steel plate n the spines of every soldier facing the Germans generally and the SS in particular. Peiper, displaying at least the standard high levels of cruelty abundant amongst the SS, most probably wasn’t being so much cruel to the American prisoners as simply acknowledging that, even from the moment of stepping off, his Unit was behind the timetable and didn’t have the luxury, as he would have seen it, of spending any time or resources on corralling Allied prisoners.

[@fredbar4250]

it is great to see you watching this. They really were the Greatest Generation! Bill Guarnere who lost his leg there at the end of ep 6 lived to 90 and was so active in the regiment for all of his life. he wrote a great book with his best friend Babe heffron they were best friends the rest of their lives and live only a few blocks apart in new york, its called "brothers in battle, best of friends". Famous story about him on being evacuated to the states with the wounded the plane they were in was flying from england to newfoundland in canada to refuel for flight to new york and one of the engines started to smoke and they thought they may crash. Bill crawled out of his bunk found a parachute and then crawled to the door and opened it and layed there saying if it went down he was a paratrooper and one leg or not he would jump. thats how tough these guys were.

[@acheronnchase6220]

You write an ‘M’ on the forehead for morphine to let the next medic or doctor know that he has it in him so they don’t overdose and they write ‘T’ if you administered a tourniquet....all infantry soldiers are taught this at basic training

[@hellowhat890]

Winters removing Liebgotts ammo actually made the prisoners at the crossroads relieved. One of them understood english and were terrified they were going to die. The were all grateful and made it back to HQ when Winters removed Joes ammo

[@thecaptain3594]

They were also SS and Liebgott was a Jewish man. It would be understandable that he would unload on them, seeing as they were the ones exterminating all the Jews in Europe.

[@blue387]

Remember, Spiers shot a bunch of prisoners in episode two

[@TheKyrix82]

@@thecaptain3594 Correct me if I'm wrong, my World War 2 is a bit jumbled, but as I understood it, the bulk of the world had little to no idea what was being done to the Jews at this point. They knew they were being kept somewhere, and that some were killed, but I think no one had any remote concept of the scale or severity of it. Or am I wrong?

[@aliquisvultteisus1012]

@@TheKyrix82 yes and no. Many of the Resistance forces had placed spies in the camps and tried to gather intelligence. But to send reports to the allies was tricky business and many of the reports were never received. Most of the camps were either in the east were the western allies had no reliable intelligence or deep within German controlled territory. Beyond that the sheer massive scale of it made the allies think they were exaggerating because they thought the Germans wouldn't waste so much manpower, time and strategic resources trying to send people to death camps instead of using the trains to move more vital supplies.

[@TheKyrix82]

@@aliquisvultteisus1012 Thanks for clearing that up. So, to see if I understand, the allies had the info, but leadership passed it off as gossip, thus the rank and file didn't know?

[@madmanjeshiro8288]

Every episode always gets me teary eyed.. This series is a masterpiece for me.

[@victorcachat7984]

Yes, Babe is Heffron. He was still alive in 2008. I met him and several others on a USO tour in the Persian Gulf then. Bull Guarnere is exactly like he is portrayed in this series.

[@Travio247]

Spoilers

[@J4ME5_]

Spoiler alert

[@victorcachat7984]

Oops, wasn’t thinking about the rest of the episodes...

[@Drforrester31]

@@victorcachat7984 Which I only just now realized is the reason they don't put anyone's name under them during the interviews. It'd spoil everything

[@bensonmckay2324]

22:16 I had a company commander who required all soldiers to shave while doing a winter field training exercise. Then one time I had a 1st Sergeant who told us not to bother shaving until we returned to the armory. I liked the 1st Sergeant a lot more haha.

[@ryangreen2006]

The nurse was Renee Lemaire, she has a fantastic story. You can read some about her on Wikipedia. She was a hero.

[@dirus3142]

Lt. "Moose" Heyliger was promoted to Company Commander. He was a 1st Lt. While companies are generally commanded by a captain, 1st Lieutenants often were often used. Moose most likely would have been a good leader for Easy after Winters' was promoted to battalion XO. Sadly a jumpy sentry, and Moose forgetting the password cut that short.

[@AdderTude]

Moose wasn't discharged from hospital care until 1947, after several grafts to replace skin and repair nerve damage.

[@eq1373]

I believe Moose is still with us.

[@andresramirez4469]

why was he shot and not winters?

[@caseygm70]

@@eq1373 he died in 2001. Shames is still living

[@ChickenLiver911]

@@andresramirez4469, because the sentry realized his mistake before he could shoot him.

[@MGarandRiflemen]

The 101st was pulled off the line after Market Garden and most men were given passes to Paris. By the December 1944 most units were either pulled off the line or relocated because the needed to rest, resupply and train green replacement. Most of the units had been either fighting in the Hurtgen Forest or Operation Market Garden. The reason why they were put there was because the Ardennes was a quite place and they didn't expect the Germans to launch an attack because they didn't think they had the resources or man power to pull it off. And from Allied intelligence they didn't suspect that they would launch an attack. The American units that bedded down on the night through December 15th-16th were completely caught by surprise. A lot of units got scattered all over the place. The first few days of the attack the American's were completely exhausted constant fighting day and night. There wasn't anything left to do other than retreat. One the evening of December 18th the 101st Airborne was sent into defend the southern part of the Bulge while the 82nd Airborne defended the Northern section of the bulge. The paratroopers lacked winter clothes, food and ammo. In the episode when they arrived at Bastogne when you saw those soldiers retreating those men were most likely part of the 28th Infantry Division or 10th Armored Division.

[@timc9789]

George Luz is the soldier whom does the impressions.

[@gerardgruss1055]

Love your opinions. My father spent the time period of Bastogne stranded on an abandoned farm. They were hauling supplies from Cherbourg.. and their Captain received news that where they were going- everything was wiped out. So their new orders were to hide the trucks and draw weapons, ammo - no food. If overrun, destroy everything. Imagine hungrily sitting next to a box that contains rations... and you can not eat them. My father found potatoes and greens, and showed others how to find them before the snow covered the field. One soldier had improperly brought coffee along to trade- but that was it as far as supplies. Where they were hiding- there was a huge gap in one fence. The Captain had them build a cookfire in the nearby field, so anything approaching the gap would be in plain sight.... His story- I was sitting in the tall grass watching the cook fire and the gap in the fence. The Captain told me to trust no one, to kill anyone who did not halt immediately- several soldiers had been killed by SS soldiers posing as homeless and even in uniforms from dead US servicemen. Briefly, the sky lightened, and every time it did, my father heard - Floomp Floomp Floomp. What was that? His imagination was running wild, perhaps a large German machine gun [20mm] with a flat tire? Not wanting to wake up everybody because of a noise, he moved and hid repeatedly. It was less than ten minutes before his check-in with hand signals- so he knew if something bad happened, the company would go on alert because he was missing.... he crawled forward and he saw it! It looked like a small chicken! It was too injured to live, so he killed it. When a Sargeant came to relieve him in the morning, he said "I am so hungry I can almost smell Mommas fried chicken" . He was surprised when he found out that they had chicken potato onion soup for breakfast! A few days later, they were spotted by a Lightning patrol plane, and after a few tense moments with a small US armored column, the tanks took the food and remaining supplies towards Bastogne. My father loved his stories and I try to share them whenever I can...

[@Scubaguy80]

"This sounds like they are heading into a very bad situation" If you only knew...I've watched this series four times and I still sit on the edge of my seat.

[@leroywally1314]

Two movies that I like that tell more details about the "Battle of the Bulge" are "Battleground" and the "Battle of the Bulge". Another move I like but is not about the Battle of the Bulge is , "To Hell and Back", its about Audie Murphy, one of the most decorated men in world war II.

[@SpicyTexan64]

There is one member of Easy company still living. He wasn't portrayed in the series. Colonel Edward Shames. Currently 98 years old living in Virginia.

[@markpekrul4393]

Shames is very briefly portrayed in the next episode "The Breaking Point". The 30 second treatment they give him, along with a throw-away line given to Shifty Powers, paints an unfortunate, and from what I've read largely untrue or at least exagerated image of the man. But yes he is still alive.

[@blazingangel5463]

Shames died on October of last year

[@HollywoodMarine0351]

@@blazingangel5463 I couldn’t find an obituary, any mention on his passing nor update on here. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Shames

[@jjhh320]

In Ep7, Shames is the officer who Nix and Winters says has to yell all the time

[@markpekrul4393]

@@blazingangel5463 Found an Obit from 2019 for Col. Shames' wife, but nothing on him..

[@mclaude70]

Jim "Peewee" Martin. Is a member of the 101st, 506th PIR, G company. He wasn't a member of Easy Company, but he was there along with them through it all. He turns 100 years old on the 29th of April this year. He lives here locally in Ohio. A plane like the one that he jumped out of the day before D-day has been flown into Dayton, Ohio...home of the Air Force Museum for his 100th birthday. I am greatly looking forward to seeing the plane and a man that I got to know when I was a child some 35 years ago.

[@nickmitsialis]

The fog lifting means the Airforce can not only drop supplies to the men on the ground, but they can also fly ground attack missions against the German forces surrounding Bastogne. The sheer amount of firepower that the Airforce could throw against the enemy forces was just overwhelming, especially in good weather.

[@moonstalker2469]

I don’t know if this has been suggested, but if you want to learn more about Operation Market Garden and how badly wrong it went, “A Bridge Too Far” with Robert Redford and Sean Connery is a great depiction of the scope of those events.

[@fakecubed]

When I first watched this miniseries, I knew all about WW2 battles but I didn't know that much about specific units and which units fought where. But as soon as I heard the name Bastogne in this episode, my blood ran a bit cold. It immediately gave me a greater appreciation for Easy Company and the 506th Infantry Regiment in general, just to know they were there. This series does an incredible job putting you into even just a fraction of what happened during the Battle of the Bulge. The 101st Airborne is a unit that still exists today, and while their history is quite storied over many wars now, I think it's fair to say few events made their legend as much as Bastogne.

[@neochozo]

I spent my entire military career as a combat medic and did tours in Afghanistan. This episode always speaks to me the most as it highlights how difficult it can be to be on the line taking care of your men (and occasionally women).

[@Nloveru]

I did a WWII trip through Europe. Visited Normandy, Bastogne, Arnhem and Auschwitz. Extremely interesting and impressive. So many museums, memorials and actual battle locations. I can strongly recommend it to anyone interested in this part of history.

[@JohnRodriguesPhotographer]

My father was in the 3rd Army 6th Armored Division. He was among the men that relieved Bastogne.

[@matthewgill8332]

I love your videos. I’ve seen countless people react to this show but you are so wholesome and it’s awesome to see you get so absorbed into the show. *Edit* in the Crossroad episode, SS refers to the armed branch of the Nazi Party. Regular German soldiers were not Nazis, but the SS were. On top of that, the guy who brought the prisoners back was Jewish, which is why Winters made him drop his ammo so he would not kill the Nazis

[@MrX-hz2hn]

While the SS did originate as the Nazi Party security arm, by this time in the war it was a vastly different beast. What had been an elite force of volunteers picked for "ideological purity" had degenerated into a semi or fully conscripted force of Volksdeutsche, foreign volunteers, and semi-trained recruits. The baby-faced soldier that Winters shot in "Crossroads" is illustrative of a country that by this time was scrapping the bottom of the manpower barrel and no longer could afford such frills as "ideological purity" or even party membership. But as both the show and your comment demonstrate, the reputation stuck.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

Yes, Winters called in an artillery strike, and the Germans also did.

[@byronclarson8377]

I love this series. I watched it in 2001 and then many times again whenever I could see it on whatever station or channel on Dish. I bought the complete set in 2014 from amazon and watched it whenever I wanted. I was in the military so at least I knew the jargon and what was going on, but it was great to watch these excerpts with Cassie to get another viewpoint on the scenes!! I also did very much research on WWII so knew much about the people and battles being portrayed.

[@mestupkid211986]

the reason Winter's was shaving, is because of the US Army standard, "keep your hair short and your fingernails clean" was a sarcastic dig at the standard, hair could be no longer than 1 inch, and beards were outlawed. Though, in the situation of Bastogne , it would've been excused, as it usually was in extended combat situations. The cold that these men had to withstand was -7 C during the day, and -28 C at night. 8 inches of snow on the ground.

[@jacobeckhart7443]

Cassie: "How come no one knows where they are going or what they are doing?" Not enough sleep, food, ammo, or gear and nobody knows anything beyond immediate orders. Welcome to life in the infantry as a grunt.

[@TheKyrix82]

Starship Troopers had a quote for that "M.I. does the dying, Fleet just does the flying"

[@kenle2]

If you're short of everything but the enemy ... You're in combat.

[@eTraxx]

I was tanker .. same thing .. we kniew what our tank was doing .. knew where the tanks in our plt were .. that was about it

[@ccramit]

Yup, as an infantryman in Afghanistan, we would always have "Movement to Contact" patrols. Otherwise known as "We have no idea where the enemy are so we are making you go on 8 hour patrols in random parts of our AO until you get shot at." Other than briefing us on where we were going for that day, and where we'd be stopping, I never knew WHY we were out doing what we were doing.

[@fakecubed]

@@ccramit Turns out the generals didn't know either.

[@fester2306]

23:03 - It wasn't supposed to be a "pep talk." The general told them "give it to me straight." They did by telling him the issues they were having. He in return, gave it to them straight. These guys are self-motivating and are not stupid. They don't need/want to be told "they are doing amazing." They want to be told the truth about what's going on.

[@MrSvlad]

A sign of maturity and intelligence is taking an interest in events which happened before your birth.

[@dirks4093]

Well said. I believe that. I was born in '69 (a teenager of the 80's) and really have little reason to be so fixated or fascinated by a generation that was two generations before me, but the Great Generation of WWII, is just a group for which I have SUCH ENORMOUS RESPECT & ADMIRATION. Perhaps it's because my parents were 41 years older than me, which placed them at the very very tail end of WWII (17 years old, in 1945, the year the war ended) which made them a part of that generation and they taught me a ton of the values of their generation. (Hard working, less complaining, taking less for granted, more loyal to their convictions and doing the right thing, having grown up in the Great Depression to made them what they were). My own father was orphaned when he was a boy growing up in the 1930's during to the great depression, but he went on to raise 6 kids and provide a very stable life for us. I delivered his eulogy, and I couldn't express enough how much his values stood out, second to none. So I would add to your very insightful comment, to say that it is people, as much as events, that one can take an interest to.

[@Temerald51]

Couldn't agree more mate

[@michaelradel2405]

Absolutely! I am very impressed by the obvious compassion and enquiring mind demonstrated by this young commentator. Thank you, young woman

[@acdragonrider]

I’ve always been interested in history.

[@stevenbanks1548]

The set for Bastogne is absolutely incredible. It's a big warehouse or hangar and the snow is paper. Half the trees are fake so that they'll explode without people getting hit with actual shrapnel. Just an incredible feat by the special effects department.

[@sheevthewireless110]

27:18 The powder stuff is sulfonamide. It is antibacterial drug used widely before penicillin and modern antibiotics. It was used to prevent infection of the open wounds. Not very common these days because of many side effects and high risk of allergic reaction but it was the only broad-spectrum antibiotic kinda thing available at the time.

[@Niels_Mortensen]

Fun fact: The german guy at 22:33 is a world class jazz pianist playing with the group Snarky Puppy.

[@morkmon]

woah holy shit

[@davidburke2132]

Eugene was real. His friendship with the nurse was apparently fictionalised... there was a nurse in the town called Renee but there was no record to say that she and Eugene ever met or became friends. Eugene survived the war but died of cancer in his 70s before the series Band of Brothers was created.

[@AdderTude]

Just because there's no record doesn't necessarily mean it didn't happen.

[@davidburke2132]

@@AdderTude no, but it does mean they’ve fictionalised that part. They’ve literally written those parts with the interactions between Eugene and Renee themselves. I wasn’t criticising that... it adds to the story and it’s believable, but it was fictionalised.

[@genghisgalahad8465]

Yeah, easy (intended) on letting know which survives, who doesn’t. It’s still an ongoing experience. And if you didn’t know then when you first watched it, I’m sure you’d appreciate others not telling you the story in advance, maybe? Just a note. Easy (again) to forget.

[@davidburke2132]

@@genghisgalahad8465 it’s been out for 20+ years already. I think the obligation to not talk about it to avoid spoiling the experience has probably fallen away somewhat! 😛 Plus the show itself includes interview clips with many of the actual people and so sets up the principle itself of not being totally secretive about at least some of the people who survive. Ultimately if you want to keep everything as a surprise some 20+ years after the series was released then I’d suggest the obligation is more on yourself to stay out of the comments section than it is on me not to say anything. Sorry, not sorry. 🤷🏼‍♂️

[@courtneybrummet4280]

Hearing you talk about how much is so foreign to you (in terms of military strategy and ranks and things) makes me glad I watched this with my dad. Not only is he a huge history buff, but he was also training to be an officer in the Navy before life took him off that path, so he knows a LOT about this kind of thing and was able to explain even small details right away.

[@jerrykessler2478]

I met some of the actors who were in this series at a reunion in Bastogne. The actor who played Doc was a very nice man.

[@scottpollack1007]

Young Lady, I want to applaud you for your desire to not only watch Band of Brothers but, take such an empathetic attitude towards the men and women and the amount of suffering they endured during the war! In my opinion, this generation of Americans was the bravest generation we have ever seen! They volunteered in droves to defend our Country and for those who could not pass the military’s physical, many of them committed suicide because they were both embarrassed and humiliated that they couldn’t serve their Country! Every American should watch this series along with Saving Private Ryan to truly understand the bravery and sacrifice our solders gave to defend America! It’s almost “Criminal” how little younger Americans know about our history! They need a wake-up call to realize that things were a lot worse for our ancestors in the past! All in all, they have very little to complain about!

[@jackmaddox4960]

I've seen the whole series at least a dozen times and I still get choked and weepy when Eugene finds Rene's shawl at the church/hospital after it gets shelled... And, honestly, not just that scene.. .As Harry said, war is hell...

[@deanbromerg8000]

Young woman you are everything good in this world and what all the solders fought to protect! Don't ever change .

[@robertjstepp]

I'm so proud of you watching this show. It really opens peoples eyes about all the atrocities of WW2. I know some of it was hard to follow with the military talk and all, but the more of it you hear the more you will understand.

[@mlong1958]

The move to XO was intended to be a promotion but Winters always thought of it as a punishment. He wanted to stay in combat command.

[@charliemason1928]

Genuinely enjoying seeing you react to this. Keep up the good work Popcorn!

[@PopcornInBed]

Thanks Charlie! That means a lot!

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

I begin every video I make wit😆h "Hey kids, this is Jack." I still get called "Grumpy."

[@saltydan2858]

Jimmy Fallon played my Great Uncle in this series. Lt. George Rice. He was looking for his brother Dick Rice who was also a paratrooper and at Bastogne.

[@stynershiner1854]

Your Great Uncle lived up to the word "Great".

[@chaddnewman2699]

When I was in the 101st in the ‘90s, we still commemorated the Battle of Bastogne every winter. Everyone of those men were heroes.

[@juvandy]

"Why did their own planes fire on them?" There used to be a saying: When the Germans fly over, the British duck When the British fly over, the Germans duck When the Americans fly over, EVERYONE ducks

[@rcslyman8929]

Nowadays it's "haha plane goes brrrrrrrrrrrrrt!"

[@warrior921994]

1. 9:20 It was German Artillery 2. 9:29 SS means Schutz Staffel, they were a Unit that swore allegiance to the Führer directly. They also had better Equipment and Training than the regular Wehrmacht Soldiers. 3. 20:39 his name is George Luz 4. 22:05 those Soldiers were probably hit and couldn't get buried in the frozen Forrest, so they most likely were just left there. 5. 23:10 A pep talk is nice and good for the men, but as a leader you need to know exactly what is going on and what to expect. 6. 32:26 The allied Planes shot at the Paratroopers because they had left their entrenched positions. The Germans could've easily spottet the Soldiers standing in the open or the smoke ... so they fired warning shots. 7. 36:47 The M on Lt. Welshs forehead stands for Morphin, it was important to know if someone had been given some as to much of it could be bad. 8. 37:33 yes it was the Church they used as an Medical station and yes Renee died in the collapse. 9. All of the Soldiers we follow in BoB are/were real Soldiers.

[@waterbeauty85]

I remember a soldier in Vietnam who had a lieutenant he nicknamed "LIEUTENANT GLADLY" because the lieutenant always said "I won't order a man to do anything that I wouldn't GLADLY do myself." He apparently meant it. He ordered that soldier to do something very dangerous (I think it was leaving cover under fire to throw a grenade to take out a machine gun nest). The soldier refused because the amount of incoming fire and the amount he would have to expose himself to be in position to get a grenade into the machine gun nest made it suicidal. Lieutenant Gladly told the soldier "I'm very disappointed in you, and we're going to have a long talk about this when I get back" then he ran out himself to throw a grenade into the machine gun nest and was promptly shot to death. He was brave and sincere and his heart was in the right place, but he was not a good leader. I saw newsreel footage from the Battle of the Bulge that included a soldier driving a jeep that was on fire past the the camera and a sign the 101st put up. The sign said "They've got us surrounded, the poor bastards." I'm glad you're recommending this series to people.

[@Cerridwen7777]

My (great) uncle fought in this battle, outside (an in) St. Vith. He spent several days evading German troops in the woods, and wrote about it (he was a very good writer). It is a chilling (literally and figuratively) read. I've never wanted kids but if I ever had a son, he would share my uncle's name, because Milo is my hero.

[@didyouseethat9847]

The actor who plays Doc Roe just looks so sad all of the time. He's one of my favourites, and this episode is so hard because it shows how difficult it is for the medics and how they don't want to get close to anyone because they could die at any time.

[@weekendjail1417]

My Grandfather was a medic at the Battle of The Bulge (Different Unit, in 3rd Army)... was certainly "shell-shocked"/had PTSD from the things he went though. Never was able to meet him as he killed himself well before I was born. RIP to everyone.

[@Temerald51]

First off Popcorn, I love your content keep up the good work! In regards to the fog cover, the C 47s (the aircraft they jumped out of on D Day) also dropped supplies for the troops. With the heavy fog,accuracy would go out the window and the supplies would most likely get lost or fall on the German positions. Best wishes from Britain!

[@steveg5933]

I was a US Navy Corpsman, I served 86-96. Marines called me Doc. A title I hold dear. This episode hit me hard. Over the years I have had the honor to meet several men who served in Bastonge. For several I had the Honor of participating in the Final Honors for these Heroes. The M in blood on the forehead will tell the Aide station that the patient received Morphine. These stories are all true as they happened.

[@cdarragh86]

Every character in this mini-series is real, so yeah, Doc Roe was real... and he was the man!

[@zucretient1694]

Yet he wasnt awarded for what he did... Thats why Easy Men felt upset saying that he deserves to be rewarded...

[@fakecubed]

From what I understand, Eugene Roe had no medical training when he entered the Airborne. The Army trained him to be a medic so he could be a medic for Easy Company. He was awarded a Purple Heart, for being wounded in combat, and twice awarded a Bronze Star, the fourth highest individual military award. He's a bona fide war hero, and credited with saving many lives. He actually joined the US Army before the US entered World War 2 and served in the American Theater of Operations in the earliest days of the war. He made four combat jumps, parachuting four times into active battlefields.

[@SpartansAndHeroes]

You should watch The Pacific. It’s the second mini series just like BoB.

[@frenchfan3368]

Absolutely. The Pacific is very underrated and a great series in a very different type of fighting environment.

[@J4ME5_]

Way darker.. hard to watch

[@grahamtravers4522]

Unfortunately, it's not nearly as well made as BoB.

[@zucretient1694]

@@grahamtravers4522 And the BOB actors portrayed their characters way more better than the actors in the pacific...

[@oldfrend]

@@J4ME5_ exactly. it really goes over the top with the horrors of war theme. and there's no sense of redemption like in BoB, just horror after horror. i wouldn't have recommended she watch it.

[@stevenbanks1548]

The actor who plays Col. Sink, who is also their military advisor, put the crew through a 10 (I think it was 10) day bootcamp where they were to act as their respective ranks. They learned squad maneuvers and how to handle the firearms and things like that. If you're interested in that aspect, Ron Livingston (Captain Nixon) did a video diary of the whole process which is pretty cool!

[@jameskay7071]

If no one else has mentioned it, the theme song is called "Requiem for a Soldier" and has lyrics. Beautiful.

[@prollins6443]

Katherine Jenkins sang it for a memorial service a couple years ago. It is glorious, she has an amazing voice!

[@Daveyboy100880]

Combat medics are incredible people. As you say, they're the ones who run towards the firing, unarmed, often in full view of the enemy. It's hard to imagine a more selfless act in war than what they do for their comrades, and I've always loved this episode for giving us a first-person view of what they go through. I'm not sure how much of the specifics of the story portrayed here are true, but Doc Roe was indeed a real person. I also echo another commenter's viewing recommendation - "Hacksaw Ridge." It's a film about a World War 2 combat medic who served in the Pacific. It's a pretty tough watch, but it's based on a true story and is incredibly compelling.

[@azrielbaz]

Bastone was part of the larger "battle of the bulge". Basically this was their contribution to that battle

[@MWSin1]

Bastogne was a significant transport hub. Taking it would have given the German Army unfettered access to several major roads on which to move armor. Bastogne gets all the movies, but it wasn't the most critical part of the battle. One of the German commanders of the battle said that the German offensive failed "because our right flank near Monschau ran its head against a wall" (this "wall" being the 2nd and 99th infantry divisions dug-in at Elsenborn Ridge to the north).

[@codyandrex152]

@@MWSin1 Yay, that's what I was trying to respond to another comment (Elsenborn Ridge)!

[@codyandrex152]

Thanks for giving your full attention to the series. I hate it when I show someone my favorite movie or series, and they are scrolling through their phone! Errrr!

[@Mr.Ekshin]

I used to watch movies at a friend's house, but his wife would be playing on her phone through half of the movie. And by the end she would be asking dumb questions that she would know the answers to if she'd been paying attention. Like I said... I USED to watch movies with them.

[@TadYoelLeBlanc]

My grandpa was a medic in WW2. Every time I see this episode I think of him. The war did a number on him. He took it out on my dad, who took it out on me. Some of the stories of what my dad went through were horrible. I never understood why my grandpa was so mean to him. Drinking played a big part, but he drank because of his experiences over there. War is hell. Sometimes it follows the survivors home, and their families must endure it as well.