Bastogne left me BROKEN 💔 *BAND OF BROTHERS* | Episode 6 REACTION | First Time Watching

[@lukasismael430]

After the war (as told by his son Gene Guarnere) Bill Guarnere had to be treated at a hospital for a heart attack. The nurse asked him when was the last time he saw a doctor, and he replied: "Doc Roe in Bastogne". These guys were tough.

[@allantassie5354]

Renée Lemaire was a real person killed on Christmas Eve 1944. The other nurse Augusta Chiwy was thrown by the bomb blast but uninjured, she lived until 2015.

[@mikealvarez2322]

I believe Renee died saving the lives of wounded soldiers.

[@allantassie5354]

@@mikealvarez2322 That is the story, that she went in several times to rescue people and was caught the last time.

[@FrenchieQc]

@@mikealvarez2322 She had got 6 men out and went back in for a 7th, and died then. Augusta Chiwi was in a nearby building, got tossed through a wall by a blast but was otherwise uninjured. The battalion surgeon brought Renée's body back to her family, wrapped in a parachute she had salvaged earlier, wanting to make a wedding dress out of it, as she was engaged to someone.

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@FrenchieQc How tragically sad. She was such a good and courageous woman.

[@benschultz1784]

Smokey Robinson would make a full recovery and, on a tour of Bastogne in 1994, found the canteen cup he dropped when he got shot, still there in his foxhole after 50 years. The December 20th airdrop was a Godsend to the defenders of Bastogne, as among the various supplies were M1 Pack Howitzers and shells to deal with the German Panzers.

[@steveg5933]

Watching this on Christmas eve 2024. I was an FMF Hospital Corpsman. Served 86-96. My oldest son's best friend is a Marine he was in the second battle of Fallujah in 2004. Christmas day 2005 he & I went to our local VA center to pass out presents & sing carols. In the dining hall , families visited with their loved ones, sang laughed & had a good time. Except one old man alone in a wheelchair crying inconsolably. A little girl 4 or 5, asked her daddy "why was he crying?" Dad looked at me, we shared a look and he redirected her to her great granddad. I knelt down beside him and simply asked where? His answer said it all "Bastogne " Through tears he told me Christmas day 1944 the day this episode shows, they were shelled for hours. When it was over, he was the only member of his platoon still alive. He wasn't Easy Company but he was there. Christmas ever after was a personal nightmare for him the rest his life. I held him for a bit and my Marine came up & said "Doc, we have to go" the gentleman looked up at me and said God Bless you. You Doc's never got a break that whole time. I will not argue against his expert knowledge.

[@johnyarns8207]

Renée Lemaire is known in history as the Angel of Bastogne. There is no evidance that Renée and Eugene actually meet but she was written into the show as a tribute to her work and sacrifice

[@MLawrence2008]

Angel not Angle

[@johnyarns8207]

@@MLawrence2008 I am uncertain why I have to continuously relearn the art of proofreading but it seems to be one of my charms, Thanks for picking up the slack for me. it;'s fixed now

[@stonecoldku4161]

One of the big reasons that the 101st was able to survive Bastogne was because of supply air drops. The planes knew where to drop the supplies and ammo was due to what were known as "Pathfinders." This was a small group of men that were dropped into the area with radio equipment. Being a "Pathfinder" was such a dangerous job that it had an 80% average casualty rate and was volunteer only. One of the leaders of the group of Pathfinders that was dropped into call in those supply drops was a man named Jake "McNasty" McNiece, who was once a part of the 101st airborne himself. There is a KZbinr who does a biographical video on him. The KZbinr and the channel are called The Fat Electrician. I highly recommend checking out his video/possibly do a reaction to it as a follow up to this episode.

[@jerrykessler2478]

You're watching these events 80 years after they happened. I met the actor, Shane Taylor, who played Doc Roe at a Band of Brothers actors reunion in Bastogne during December of 2016 when my daughter, who was living in Germany at that time, got the tickets to celebrate my birthday.

[@m_v__m_v]

"We got through it." Um... about that...

[@RickRogers-v9e]

Renee was known as the angel of Bastone. When she was killed the 101st found her wrapped her in a parachute and got her to her parents in Bastone. She is buried in Bastone you can still visit her grave

[@jalenjennings9255]

Hey Liala. Your reactions are amazing, your loving & gentle spirit makes everything so comforting & relaxing. Your smile is one of the best I've ever seen, almost like a little kid on Christmas morning.....ALL LOVE LIALA

[@KlaudTech]

Damn it makes u realise how brutal war was 😭 & we do have to appreciate people around us no doubt ❤ Btw I do like ur hair in a ponytail! 😍

[@RickLacy-b3x]

You kept your composure pretty well this episode. Good job. Hang in there.

[@2104dogface]

Doc Roe's son has put out a few children's book about WW2 , and the 80th Anniversary of the battle of the bulge is wrapping up now. I had a few buddies over their and they visited Renee's grave while there. Also Julian's date of death on his gravestone is wrong by about 2 weeks as that's when grave registration recover his body. The next esp will be brutal and the info some will say about LT.Dike will be all wrong. but i'll explain that later

[@joshuacordero8163]

Liala got through it!! Mis Liala please have some tissues for the last episodes. The Battle of the Bulge was huge the Americans had 81,000 casualties. The Renee was known by the troops as the Angel of Bastogne. I wish that this type of series would ne made about the Commonwealth soldiers, they contributed immensely to the Allied victory. You are right that this series those give you a better appreciation of the little things in life we often overlook. I hope you had a good New Years and hope that 2025 brings you many blessings, God Bless!!!

[@ExUSSailor]

They made it seem as if the 101st was alne in Bastogne. They weren't. They were supported by two full battalions of tank destroyers, and, Combat Command B from the 10th Armored Division.

[@christophercurtis-71]

Thank God for Doc Roe. Speaking of medics, I heard the day before yesterday that another Pearl Harbor survivor passed away. His name was Harry Chandler and he was 103. He was a Navy medic and provided aid to those wounded in the attack. With his passing, there are only 15 Pearl Harbor survivors left. Knowing the stories of what these people did makes me proud to have worn the uniform of a United States Sailor.

[@MJ-we9vu]

Get your tissues ready for the last four episodes. You're gonna need them. But this is one of the best series ever made. Everyone should see it.

[@markpekrul4393]

The soldier who spoke about the medic saving his life at the start was Herb Suerth - you can hear a little more from him if you watch the documentary We Stand Alone Together. Walter "Smoky" Gordon, the paralyzed soldier, eventually regained full mobility, but had severe back pain for the rest of his life.

[@davewhitmore1958]

Hang in there love, this show is worth it 👍

[@johannesvalterdivizzini1523]

In the previous episode, Guarnere asks if "anyone knows about a place called Lulu's". Well, I'd say he found it and got an unwelcome souvenir, hence his UT infection in this episode. The Battle of the Bulge was the bloodiest engagement for the US in the entire war, in all services and every theater. They lost 10% of all of them at the Bulge.

[@richardwhite3041]

My grandfather had been wounded and was in the church when it was bombed. He was wounded again but evacuated back to the States a few days later.

[@thetr00per30]

I saw an interview where this series was praised by the men who were still alive to have seen it, the one thing that they all agree on though was that it did not even come close to depicting how bad Bastogne actually was. I always remembered them saying that. This was a one-hour episode to us; they suffered through this for a month straight.

[@mikealvarez2322]

The Christmas Eve truce of 1944. Three Americans show up at Vinckens' s cottage in the Huertgen Forest near the town of Aachen. They had been lost and searching for their fellow soldiers while ducking Germans. One of the men was badly wounded and they asked if they could come in. Mrs. Vincken and her 12 year old son let them in. A while later there was another knock on the door, except this time it was 4 Germans who asked if they could spend the night. Mrs. Vinckens told them she had other guests that were American. She insisted that they leave their guns outside. The Americans did the same. They all sat down and ate together soon relaxing then talking to one another. One of the Germans looked at the wounded American and said he would live as there was no sign of infection. The next day they shook hands and the German corporal, who was the leader, gave the Americans a map and a compass and gave them the safest route back to their lines. While not like the Christmas Truce of 1914, the story is touching. The story was told after the war by Fritz, the 12 year old boy that witnessed the whole thing.

[@benschultz1784]

There's a Hallmark movie about that.

[@mikealvarez2322]

​@@benschultz1784 I'll have to look that up. It should be on every one Christmas movie list. If they haven't made a movie about the WW1 Christmas truce they should. The men wanted peace while their leaders wanted war. It reminds me of my favorite poster from the early 70s. It said, "What if they have a war and nobody came?"

[@jaytrace1006]

Bastogne was hellish for everyone involved. I’m just glad that those heroes were there and took the day…

[@harryrabbit2870]

Speaking of blood, you can used to almost anything even if you never learn to like it. I took care of a patient once who had been in an explosion. His nose and ears were mostly gone and he was still split open because the docs were afraid to enclose bacteria carried in by metal fragments. It was hard to look at but after 5 minutes, I adjusted and did what I had to do for him.

[@KenjiMapes]

Alright! Glad you got to Bastogne Laila. Every episode of this now legendary show Band of Brothers is amazing. While it seems most people like the later episodes the best, I think Episode 6 “Bastogne” captures everything incredible about this show but it also captures the finer points of the WW2 & the Easy Company story in this episode. While he makers of BoB smartly followed major characters in the show they also changed the POV & we also got attached to other minor soldiers of Easy in this show. Getting the POV from medic Eugene “Doc” Roe was a genius move. You feel like you’re embedded with them in the woods during December 1944 because it’s so atmospheric & immersive. You feel the cold & feel the pain. You get to meet others too making it even more emotional. This is the “Chef’s Kiss” episode of BoB.

[@NameOptional-p9u]

Glad to be watching Ms. Liala reacting to a great series, again. Such a remarkable series.

[@duanetelesha]

Happy New Year, yes this is a very emotional and heart breaking episode your doing a great reactions🥰.

[@jonathanmullins3600]

Love your reactions. Happy New Year Liala

[@Mdvkng358]

The supply drops into Bastogne provided inspiration the famous Berlin Airlift after the war. The Soviet military surrounded and cut off supplies into Berlin. The Americans, British and others responded with the greatest logistical flex in history

[@rickaspentv]

next one is my favorite episode!

[@-Knife-]

Doc Roe was true legend.

[@VeryFastRodi]

If this one left you broken, later episodes are gonna be something. Also if you get the chance too, the ww2 museum at bastogne. Is one of the best museums i have visited to date. And lots to see in the area aswell. Maybe as a follow up reaction The fat electrician: Jake " nasty" mcneece Tells the story of a paratrooper who became a pathfinder. And helped turn the tide at bastogne by getting crucial supply's to the men there.

[@warriorpitbull1170]

Hi Laila! Nice reaction. It's going to get a bit tougher in the next few episodes. Get ready!

[@george217]

It was cold enough in the Ardennes that the medics used to hold a syrette in their mouth so that the morphine wouldn't freeze...

[@bharre]

Just FYI, have your tissues ready for the rest of the way, but especially next episode!

[@puarterquonder]

Sorry to say, but not half way. There is also in this serie 'the pacific' and 'masters of the air'

[@jbwade5676]

No😢😢

[@joshuawells835]

I like to tell people of the two great one-liners of WWII, both replies to the Germans regarding surrender. As stated by Col. Sink in this episode, at the Battle of the Bulge, Brigadier Gen. McAuliffe, the 101st Airborne's artillery commander and acting division commander since Taylor was away, replied, "Nuts!" At Dunkirk, in the face of a massacre at the hands of the Germans, a British naval commander replied, "But If Not!" It's a quote from the Bible, Daniel 3:17-18 "If it be so, out God whom we serve is able to deliver us from the burining fiery furnace, and he will deliver us out of thine hand, O king. But if not, be it known unto thee, O king, that we will not serve thy gods, nor worship the golding image which thou hast set up." A reply from a time when the British were a more biblically literate people. The Germans singing Stille Nacht/Silent Night was also an homage to the Christmas Truce of 1914 in WWI, which is said to have started when German and British troops started to sing Silent Night in their own languages.

[@randallwilliamson3838]

Can someone tell me who she looks like? Every time I see her I think she looks just like, uh damn, who is it she looks like...

[@bpora01]

3 more episodes till 9

[@williambranch4283]

Worst Winter in 50 years?

[@Yevgeniy-UA]

I would like to recommend another great HBO series called "Chernobyl"

[@matthewayvar9393]

Still waiting on guardians of the galaxy vol 3 reaction

[@TA-wg9oi]

It still gets worse Liala but hang in there, you'll be pleased you watched and understand what these men went through..and all servicemen and women for that matter and from any country..🦘🦘