BAND OF BROTHERS: Where Did They Land on D-Day??? | American Artifact Episode 92

For many, their gateway into WWII history was the book and series "Band of Brothers". But what did the series get right and where did get go astray from the actual events? We're in Normandy taking a look at a few of the spots where some of the men of Easy Company landed and we brought a few artifacts with us from The Gettysburg Museum of History. Enjoy!
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[@TheHistoryUnderground]

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[@DaveSCameron]

More than worthy and best wishes 🙏

[@brianchisnell1548]

You have earned my sub. GREAT Content!!

[@MililaniJag]

Another Great BAND OF BROTHERS Vid! My late uncle was a Toccoa Man in Fox Co. 506th. Landed around St Mere Eglise. In letters, he mentioned butchering dead cows for steaks and Calvados! He made every jump and was later called back to Korea. Passed in his late 80s. Thanks!!

[@garretvaughn7936]

Love the use of the maps to help us visualize the landing spots of the different soldiers. Great perspective of how much They really were scattered around on the jump. Wonderful content as usual! Thanks for all your hard work to bring us this video!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@jasonhill1729]

check out the "National Collection of Aerial Photography", sortie "US30/4073", Frame 1022... you can see Winter's and the man from F(?) company's discarded parachutes in the same field on D-Day (they are just barely visible as light colored pixels in the preview image, but they are clearly visible if you buy the full resolution image)

[@hawkeyepierce8687]

Very nice work once again! I'm French and have often been to the sainte mère Eglise and Sainte marie du Mont areas, but I've never been able to pinpoint so precisely where these heroes landed. It's a real pleasure to watch your videos, they allow us to approach history on a more human scale. Congratulations again!

[@SandervkHistory]

Great to see you back at it again! Excited for the Normandy series 👍

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@michaelgalea5148]

Thank You JD and Erik for a fantastic job in showing us this important video. You both do a great job in explaining history to us.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@WhatsCookingTime]

Guys thank you so much . Having watched the series so many times over the last 20 years. Actually see where the guys landed is amazing

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@johnsimms4501]

Earl McClung was an absolute badass. If you search hard enough you'll fined some interviews of him. He describes landing on that small structure and sliding off of it into some tall weeds that had grown up around it. There were two germans that were firing at the parachute that was hung up on the roof and he was laying in the weeds still in his harness. He had his rifle ready and he was able to kill both germans. Amazing.

[@JeffRobinson-m3e]

Because Airborne

[@joeschmoe233]

I'm starting to understand that, definitely a tough time if you were a German, running into guys like McClung, Winters, Guernere, Toye, Randelman....ouch.

[@rogerparker8724]

Earl McClung kept a necklace of SS rings taken from those he personally killed. True story.

[@dbach1025]

​@@joeschmoe233yep. Amazing what the hell Sobel put them through made it possible for them to be the tip of the spear...always physically able to accomplish the tasks.

[@chrisnewtownnsw]

did he shoot or stab with the rifle do you know?

[@Peace2U-ec6es]

Love your content, Love your passion, Love all the Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, and Marines whose memory you keep alive, and pray that the sacrifices they laid on the altar of Freedom will not be forgotten. God Bless!

[@ThePerpetualStudent]

Band of Brothers is my favorite series and or movie of all times. It is utter perfection.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@garywatkins5533]

OMG!!! Youall have an AWESOME, clear, laymen's voice to tell the story!! I feel like one of my personal friends explaining, in great detail, the specific details. What a PERFECT explaination that I can understand and actually walk me through it all!! Thank you so darn much!!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Appreciate that!

[@sandramosley2801]

What an incredibly helpful video. And gorgeous as well. I did think how strange it must have been to be one of the people who found themselves a citizen-soldier dropped in that place, and that was going to be part of their actual life, when there was no reason, growing up, that they ever thought they would experience such things. And you had to get on with it, and not be distracted by how out of the ordinary it all was.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad that it was helpful!

[@juliepeaches]

Thank you J.D and Erik also for a great video about Easy Company landing zones.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Our pleasure!

[@duartebento2448]

going to Normandy this week because of your content. Love what you doing to the community!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Have fun!

[@anthonydm2947]

Love my band of brothers segments. Great job once again! Thank you!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@Chard-O]

I am heading back in September 2024 and will visit these spots. Thank you as always for the incredible video and detailed information.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@MikeBohrer]

Had the pleasure of visiting the Gettysburg Muesum of History this past Sunday. The place is amazing, and even has a chance to say "Hello" to Eric! I asked him if JD was still on vacation and he said "JD is never on vacation"...haha. Glad you are back in the saddle JD...great stuff, love the maps.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! That is an accurate statement. JD is never on vacation.

[@michaeladamo6279]

JD you should take a vacation but I appreciate all your hard work

[@mr.invisable6919]

Gettysburg is awesome! Winters retired near there I believe. A great vacation destination.... Not far from Antietam.

[@davewoodmancy5124]

My dad was in the 101st but he didn't get to Europe till early 1945. He didn't like to talk much about the war. He mentioned several times about how horrible the concentration camps were.

[@jeffe9842]

Yes, I knew a couple men who went into the camps. They would talk freely about how they were involved in various campaigns, but never about liberating camps. It was too traumatic for them.

[@dangercloseusmc6902]

Another stellar offering sir. Thank you for your hard work, I enjoy every second of your videos. The maps and illustrations are incredibly helpful to reference where this happened quickly. And me being a huge nerd, I immediately open up Google Maps to find what the places look like now. :-)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Many thanks!

[@machsixer]

I’m curious, how did you find out exactly where they landed? Your map location C-47 flyover is great. I was just in Normandy several months ago myself. Excellent work guys!

[@benpurcell4935]

If you look it up you can find a map provided by the National WW2 Museum that gives the designated landing zones with dots in different colors as to which regiment they were apart of.

[@chriskasperski55]

You’ve outdone yourself with this fantastic episode, JD! Great work!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙏🏼

[@nicolasm4121]

Amazing 😮 Good job for doing this! Am french, and i was here few months ago, to remember all these brave men. Normandie is a place on my heart that can’t be erase. We will never forgotten all these soldiers for what they did. Thanks to them, I’m a father, it’s my duty as a father to tell to my son everything that happened. Please keep doing this. Merci beaucoup 🇺🇸🙏🇫🇷

[@andycraddock7677]

A huge THANK YOU to JD, Erik of the GMOH and all members of your team who prepare and publish these professional-level, incredible tours through history. (I was the viewer who previously asked if you could please show us the location of the bridge/overpass assault against the horse-drawn squad of Wehrmacht soldiers during the opening hours of D-Day. You graciously answered and directed me to this particular video. Thank you again. For anyone who has not seen, my question was in reference to a scene from Episode 2 of BOB, entitled “Day of Days.”) Even having watched every episode of BOB a dozen plus times, reading every single autobiography published in the past ~24 years by individual members of Easy Company, and reading everything the late, great S. Ambrose wrote on Easy, D-Day and WWII more broadly, I still find myself learning new details about the 506th PIR, its actions and accomplishments on D-Day and beyond and how what actually occurred is sometimes a bit different from what was portrayed in the series. I can understand that the writers, directors, producers and actors perhaps had to take some dramatic license for parts of BOB (for many reasons), but learning the more accurate history from you and Erik - on location- is fascinating and a great history lesson. For example, I now know that the bridge/ambush scene didn’t occur at a bridge at all, but at a road junction. Similarly, Episode 2 shows then Lt. Winters appearing to land way out in the middle of nowhere, perhaps on farmed land or pasture in France, when he actually landed on the very edge of Sainte Mère-Église, although apparently still in a field. I would probably never know these details of history if not for your efforts. As for the one Easy Trooper, can you imagine, after training incessantly for ~2 years, that one of the first actions you were forced to take after successfully parachuting (itself by no means guaranteed that night) and landing in a French village loaded with nests of NAZIs would be that you killed an enemy soldier with your combat knife!? I am not a military veteran, but I can only imagine that Trooper’s fear, bravery and determination in doing what he had to. A very personal method of killing. Many thanks. Your students couldn’t have a better history teacher.

[@Hipp0campus_1]

I love this video concept JD. I hope you can do stuff like this more often. Pinpointing an exact location of history down to a few steps brings us so much closer to what happened. Like the concept of standing at the exact place a photograph was taken.

[@DDDD-pv7fw]

Great video, one of the best I have seen !! Thx!!

[@nanabutner]

My dad flew a glider into Normandy on D-DAY as part of the 82nd airborne-- a squadron went in--ONLY 5 MEN CAME BACK! He always said that one of the biggest reasons for all the crashes and loss of life was that the reconnaissance photos were taken at 12:00pm so no shadows were available to judge the height of the hedgerows --therefore when they went in before 06:00am the gliders crashed into the towering hedgerows 10 to 20 feet high instead of the 2 to 4 feet tall hedges they were expecting.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Those guys had it rough. Can’t even imagine.

[@dismemberedlamb9104]

Unfortunate but interesting. Love hearing the facts as to why things went the way they did. Couldn’t imagine being in an airplane thrashing about with flak everywhere let alone a glider that had to LAND

[@dariospadoni8147]

@@TheHistoryUndergroundwas

[@jamesdyson7126]

Excellent. I have been to Colleville-sur-Mer and the Cimetiere Americain de Normandie two times, along with a few other spots along the northern coast of France. In my view of WW1 and WW2 history, June 6, 1944 is the most important day of the 20th century. I celebrate this day each year. I hope to be able to visit the other landing areas by sea and air someday in future trips to France. Thank You History Underground.

[@ChrisRobinson16]

This history of D-Day and all wars, WWI WWII is so fascinating and interesting, intriguing, I’m a WWI WWII nerd as well! I love the history and talking about it, learning about it. Imagine bringing one of your subscribers with you on a trip to learn about the war and experience the places where the wars were taken place, would be an amazing opportunity and experience, especially for those who are that dedicated to the history, learning about it etc… another great video! Please keep them coming! Love this so much!

[@corychecketts]

Thank you for these videos. I’m reading Band of Brothers for the first time and this helps visualize where the events happened.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@JeffRobinson-m3e]

Huge appreciation for the detail you provided in this episode. I was in St. Mere Eglise on June 6 a few years back, and they threw an anniversary festival that rivaled anything you would see in the US. Absolute lifetime experience.

[@windellstephens9359]

Another outstanding video! St. Mere Eglise holds a special interest for me being an 82nd ABN vet. I didn't realize until now that Maj. Winters and some of the others landed so close. Were Lipton, McClung and Randleman on the same stick? It appears by their landing pattern that they were.

[@MarinaWitt-q5s]

You’ve outdone yourself with this fantastic episode, JD! Great work!. Love my band of brothers segments. Great job once again! Thank you!.

[@CrossTrain]

Excellent work JD! The fact that you have this footage made me hopeful (for a few seconds anyway) that you have somehow recovered some of the video you "lost" in Greece. Regardless, this is an awesome video -- as usual!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@discingaround]

It's pretty incredible seeing these artifacts tied into the places they were in. Thanks THU for another awesome video, and thanks for paying respects to our troops.

[@fuyu5979]

Enjoyed the tour especially ur spot on tidbits of info relating to the TV series. Seeing such a beautiful area today its hard to believe it was once a place of death n destruction! Kudos for upload. Hoping to see more of those places especially where Dick Winters n Easy Co. traversed over 79 yrs ago. Peace

[@earlshaner4441]

Good morning from Syracuse NY brother and everyone else thank you for sharing your adventures in history

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Our pleasure!

[@earlshaner4441]

I am enjoying the videos

[@larrysmith1568]

My respect and admiration for my dad and all the rest of the greatest generation knows no bounds. They saved the world.

[@OTDMilitaryHistory]

Great episode! No surprise but I love seeing artifacts show in the places they are connected to.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@soulconnectedstudioproject4612]

Great video! The whole story of band of Brothers is so interesting. Thanks for this video

[@reloadncharge9907]

Well done, bringing back great memories of my son and my trip to Normandy, Bastogne and Bavaria…..following the B of B trail…..thanks, Andrew

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@GhostRider247]

fantastic !! i had the pleasure of going to Normandy a few years ago now , visited the Beaches ,St Mere Eglise ( the Church is beautiful inside too ), Villers Bocage and a few more , it is an absolutley beatiful place the only place i didnt get to was the American War Cemetary !!! , it closed 4 or somthing like that and was around 2 mins to , i was gutted , thank you so much for this !!! ...Shaun.

[@ww2-epicbattles]

Excellent video.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@Mike.driessen]

What a nice video and I love the map you made with the small parachutes and the names! Awesome!!

[@coachmo8136]

Great images, great stories, look forward to your next episode, thank you for your work of remembering. A belgian fan ! 💯

[@stephenpegum9776]

Yet another fascinating episode JD & Erik - rhank you for all your hard work in keeping this history alive.

[@garethv1554]

Yet another fantastic insight to the 101st journey through the first few hours of D day.

[@GuidosDad]

Another Outstanding video gentlemen !!! 👏🏻 I’ve been fortunate enough to have been there , driven that same road , seen those hedgerows This video enriched that experience the graphics Really helped put everything in perspective too …Thank You!

[@Wreckdiver59]

Aaand... He's back 👍 Looking forward to seeing what's in store.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

🙂

[@Timbo1963]

I visited St. Marie Eglise today and went by the ambush site, Brecourt manor and the field where the 105 howitzers were disabled where there is a wonderful monument. Lastly, was able to stop at the Dick Winters statue

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Nice!

[@markjohnson6968]

Loved the map with the plane showing where they dropped Very good for context

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks!

[@blackvulcan100]

Having stayed in St Mere Eglais many times I recognised most of those places, absolutely fascinating to see and hear the events that took place there.Thank you and especially a huge thank you to the American soldiers who took part. I am English.

[@RossH4]

This was great thank you did you go back and do this vlog after you had all the stuff stolen from you

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Yes, the next several videos will be what we went back and reshot plus some stuff that I was planning on doing on a return trip.

[@historyinyourhand1787]

Great video - I learnt some additional bits too - thanks for making it

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@brianjeske481]

So happy to see your videos and hear your commentary, always learn something new.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoy it!

[@all.day.day-dreamer]

Fastest 15 mins of my day so far. We're back baby!!!!!! This is what this channel is all about. Awesome video. Hopefully these videos start showing up for me now again

[@markgorhk]

Great video JD... good to see you back... envy you walking in the steps of the greatest generation!

[@davidmathie9512]

Just caught up with this episode .Fascinating .Was in St Marie Eglise area at Easter. Working at Fort George near Inverness ,Scotland we had a US veteran in who's father landed on Omaha beach and took part in the last rehearsals before D-Day on the beaches of the Moray firth. He passed only a few years ago .

[@sanjoaquinvalleytransparency1]

Amazing video.

[@gears101]

30 seconds into it ? 🤣

[@perryj8850]

This is phenomenal. Thanks so much!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you like it!

[@richrodeman]

Thank you JD and Eric. This episode was extremely interesting. Definitely one of my favorites that you’ve done. Nice job with a animated paratrooper on the map. That made it much easier to grasp your location as well as the paratrooper. Keep up the great work!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@mikecasale9360]

When I am in Ephrata Pennsylvania I always stop by to see Captain Winters resting area. Always great to see it, thank you sir Mr. Winters.

[@paultweedie4559]

Another fantastic video JD. Please don't stop making these. Compelling.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks, will do!

[@Treetopflyer777]

Yes!!! I can’t get enough of your BoB/ easy company content. I can’t tell you how much I love it

[@justinmelton9178]

What a awesome episode! JD you always do an extraordinary job of guiding us and getting us to understand the movements and events that took place on D Day!

[@katem58785]

Hi from Australia, I've been looking forward to this series, thanks guy's

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks for watching!

[@willieo6025]

I always enjoy these, ill never get over there, so this puts things in perspective. Thank you so much for all of the series you put out.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@adammitchell3462]

I just started this one and just from the title, I know I'll love it! Those guys are my absolute hero's

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@jimkalash1256]

Outstanding JD, just plain OUTSTANDING! Thank you.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@RoweFilms]

Great video, as always mate. I’ve really got to get myself across the channel soon. Been talking about it for literally years!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

We need to get together and make it happen sometime.

[@RoweFilms]

@@TheHistoryUnderground yeh man let’s! Would be epic

[@patriciabridges3341]

Thank you for this video! We're going to Normandy on August 30 and staying in Sainte-Mere-Eglise! I'm so excited to visit the places you have pointed out in this video!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@4nthr4x]

Another top tier quality content JD. Splendid map animations too. I nearly obliterated my mouse key clicking the video

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Thanks.

[@cyndiebill6631]

Love seeing the new stuff. Great video and beautiful country. 👍🙂

[@cjtr83]

Fantastic video, Thank you for putting this together and educating us. I've always been interested in WW2 History, like others, after my grandfathers fought and I'd hear incredible stories. Band of Brothers is also a firm favourite and the stories of the Americans & allies who bravely came to help us all. Thank you for making fantastic content 🙏🏻 I hope too that we will always remain extended bands of brothers 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 🇺🇸

[@randystolz]

Ty JD, Eric (& Paul) for showing us (some of) the ground... 😎😎

[@ryanhickenbottom9540]

Thank you sir I find this very interesting can’t help but think about the bravery please keep up the great work

[@joemabry9643]

Pretty darn cool. Thank you.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Glad you liked it!

[@judygrandstrand9784]

A perfect morning so far-a good cup of coffee and a great video from JD.

[@MuscleCarSolutions]

Dude. The animations to show locations was amazing. Puts some realism to that night. Thanks for the efforts.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! So glad that you enjoyed it!

[@mikejohnson5375]

As a former paratrooper I want to say thank you . This video made my week . Thanks for sharing our History. .

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@obizzil]

I’m glad you’re back JD ! I remember watching band of brothers in basic training and writing essays on it i will always have a soft spot for Easy Co.🇺🇸🦅

[@patspencer5649]

Glad to see you back. Be well!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@ProjectPast1565]

Phenomenal JD. Those map animations were outstanding additions to the video.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Thanks! Credit goes to Sandervk History on that.

[@SandervkHistory]

🙏

[@mypetblackhole5793]

My Grandfather was a C-47 pilot with the 9th Army Air Force. He towed the gliders an was involved with D-Day drops. More an more i learn about what his involvement was in WWII. The more I find myself in disbelief what that generation of men had to indure in the name of freedom. Greatest generation to date.

[@grin1972]

I love this Band of Brothers series. The inserts with the map and the location of individual people are great. Great idea that has a lot of outputs and locations. Great job and it's a pleasure to watch.

[@1psychofan]

Wow! @Sandervkhistory crushed the map animation! Incredible!!!!

[@SandervkHistory]

Thanks! 🙏

[@OldFrontLine]

Superb film, JD. Great history and the added dimension of the artefacts really makes it something.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Appreciate that. Thank you.

[@robertwomack6015]

So awesome to watch..thank you my friend for what you do for us. 👊

[@pascalwolters37]

Thanks for this episode! (Better watch your gear now!)

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@jamesmergott]

I’m gonna tell you what I’m a history guy in your videos are great! I’m a former paratrooper . And when I was stationed at Fort Bragg, we always used to have division week with the 82nd. It was so fascinating to always talk to the old timers that were World War II veterans.

[@Dylantuning1995]

Man I love you guys for showing us all this, definitely my favorite history channel out there for sure! Seeing the series and reading the books and now you guys showing us all of this really makes you understand that the series and real life are pretty far apart from each other.. really wished they the ambush on an actual T-Junction in the french countryside. I know they had to build the characters and the story within 10 hours of footage but they could've kept it more to the real thing. Thank you guys for this, also the animations were a neat touch! Hope to see/meet you guys on D-Day 80 next year! Hope to see more ww2 footage in the future.

[@bettertruck]

I was just there last week! Your guides were a huge help

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@leedesigner1977]

Love the graphics you used on this one. Brilliant episode bud. Lee 🇬🇧

[@helenabiesma5560]

so beautiful and informative - and interesting and blessed see you together doing what you are doing best -love Helena

[@MD11HOG]

Awesome! I was in Normandy this June and was trying to figure out Winters route and had guessed that T intersection was where the ambush happened. Thanks for the video. You guys and Paul Woodage Helped me so much in my planning and research. Thanks a ton.

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👊🏻

[@kegtapper09]

I feel robbed. Just discovered your channel a few days ago. Absolutely fantastic!!!

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

Ha! Well, there's plenty to keep you occupied for a bit. Feel free to share it out with a few others.

[@judygrandstrand9784]

You’ve got a lot to catch up on! Welcome!

[@bmorton50]

Welcome back JD!!! I've been going through withdrawals. SO excited about the new series and love and map animations. Until next time my friend!!

[@paulapridy6804]

Just incredible to land right where these men actually met the earth that day😲Wow. Thanks you many times over for that experience 😮

[@jeff8825]

The animations are AWSOME great work

[@TheHistoryUnderground]

👍🏻

[@reyong4217]

Love what you do, brother. Bringing back memories, as Airborne Infantry myself. Keep up the History and the memories for all of us veterans! Thank you!

[@steveclark4291]

Thank you JD and friend for the adventure and history lesson on the Band of Brothers ! I had one uncle who fought in the Battle of the Bulge !