BAND OF BROTHERS Episode 2 Breakdown & Ending Explained

I review, breakdown and explain Band of Brothers Episode 2. I discuss the second episode in the HBO show from 2001 which focussed on Easy Company in the 101st Airborne Division as they dropped in Normandy on D-Day. I react to the best moments in the episode which was titled Day of Days whilst comparing it to the real events of the Assault of Brecourt Manor. I provide an in-depth recap and my reaction to the full episode.
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[@curiousworld7912]

One of the reasons to be grateful for this excellent series, is that these men were still around to be interviewed. I know several, if not all, have passed away in the time since 'Band of Brothers' first aired.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah I totally agree. And you're right, none of them are around anymore.

[@FearsEdge]

Sobel would not have been in command because he would have been sitting where Lt. Meehan was sitting when his plane was shot down. Sobel being removed from command of Easy Company saved his life.

[@lamasterbatonlll1383]

No he died the day he lost he lost easy company.

[@n1ck1930]

Just cus that happened in the show doesn’t mean that would have happened in real life

[@jeffbeaver4419]

@@n1ck1930 Meehan replaced Sobel. So,Sobel would have been on the plane that was shot down.

[@FIDEL_CASHFLOW_]

​@@lamasterbatonlll1383yeah he definitely died on the inside when he lost easy company. The show glosses over it for brevity's sake but it really twisted him up. Not because he was particularly fond of anybody In the company, but rather he felt responsible for them and their success in combat. It was almost like a father raising an unwanted child, you do it because you feel obligated and you want the best for them but you don't particularly love the child. He remained bitter about the entire situation for the rest of his life and he refused to attend any easy company meetups after the war. I think the only contact with anybody from easy company after the war was when one of the men, I can't remember who all the time I had, met up with him for a meal and he said sobel just complained the entire time about how much he hated everything and everyone involved with easy company. He blinded himself when he shot himself in the head but he didn't die right then. When he died, nobody from his family nor anybody from easy company attended the funeral.

[@MrJJuK]

Fun fact. Winters would have got the Medal of Honor, but there was a rule that only one medal from each battalion could be awarded but someone else in their battalion had won it over winters. A really shame, he deserved one to.

[@asmith1711]

It went to colonel, so if the medal had of been nominated to a lower rank, winters would have been awarded it.

[@boydsinclair4166]

Winters probably wouldn’t have wanted it; he’d request more ammo or food for his men

[@TheGushroom]

According to the series, i reckon he was wortgy of 3 or 4 MoH

[@user-tu2qr5dh8c]

Recipient.

[@thehalfmanTL]

Fun fact: that's not true. There were no limitations on awards during the Normandy invasion. In fact, LT Jimmie Montieth and Tech 5th grade John Pinder both served in the same 1st Division 16th Infantry, and were both awarded M.O.H. for their D-Day exploits. But I do agree, Dick should've gotten one.

[@333Alastair]

I’ve seen band of Brothers twice, and I still can’t come close to wrapping my brain around how incredibly terrifying this must’ve been! The bravery that these men displayed seems superhuman. They will never be forgotten

[@proudmasculine]

I watch this twice a year and love it as much as the first time. Best series ever made

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it is incredible!

[@johnehlers541]

As a kid, my Dad and I bonded every Tuesday night at 7:30 watching "Combat". We were able to view Band of Brothers all the way through together when he was in his 80s. I cherish that time together to this day as he has also passed on, like most of that Greatest Generation. As I remember, the interviews at the beginning of each episode were anonymous. The actual identities of the interviewed vets were not disclosed until the end of the final episode. It's been a while, and I may be mistaken. Your breakdowns are great (as always). Would enjoy hearing your take on "The Pacific".

[@BrainPilot]

That's a really nice story, thanks for sharing it. It shows how TV shows can bring people together and make memories in a unique way. Yes, the interviews are something which was the perfect decision when creating the show, they add so much. I'm glad you're enjoying the videos!

[@kevinmunguia7381]

Brooooo combat…. Man every day I would run home from school so I can turn on the history channel and watch the show, it was that and the Vietnam show ( I can’t remember the name anymore) that had paint it black as the intro… but boy combat was so good

[@tomwithey711]

​@@kevinmunguia7381That was Tour of Duty

[@SpicyTexan64]

​@@kevinmunguia7381Brooooo? How old are you? 17?

[@thoughtful_criticiser]

When looking at D-day remember that the expected losses were to be 75%. It is difficult to do now but when you really talk with those who went through it and listen extremely carefully, you start to glimpse through them what it was like. I did, my father joined up in 1939 and was demobbed in 1947. He went across North Africa, invaded Sicily and Italy. Then he was pulled out and put into Normandy. Having survived three landings he fought his way through to Germany. There he stayed with his Bren Gun on his Universal Carrier until he was sent home permanently in 1947. People today complain about no holidays for a year or so, he had none for 8 years. His stories, he has recorded at the museum of Liverpool but his feelings are not for public consumption.

[@seanperson2032]

A note on the scene where winters said "on the last jump, I had a compass" The reasoning for that was the men who were going to invade Normandy, had no idea where they were going. The army had designed a training route for the pilots to fly which would mimic the route they would take on D-Day, but they did it over a part of England, so all you would need to do is have the pilots take off in a different direction and then otherwise fly exactly how they did in training and they would end up over Normandy. Winters sneaking a compass onto the training plane allowed him to keep track of the turns the plane was making which allowed him to draw the training route on a map of England, and then using a compass he was able to draw another circular arc. The arc would represent anywhere that they COULD be sent. Most of the arc was over water, but the arc interjected with Normandy, which allowed Winters and Mehan to find out early that they were jumping into Normandy. Neither of them knew where they were going before that scene.

[@richierugs6544]

wished i could have watched this with my father who brought back Eisenhower's signature on a small piece of paper, who only talked about his experiences on one evening while we had just watched Combat actually----what a great series this is!

[@Zeekstuff]

Not only was that German soldier from the US but was born and raised in a neighboring town of Malarky. The soldier was from Eugene OR and Malarky was from Astoria OR.

[@ACLandmarks]

Keep this coming please! Love them! Binge watched the whole series because of you!

[@BrainPilot]

Thanks! Glad you're enjoying the videos. It's such a good show isn't it!

[@ACLandmarks]

@@BrainPilot It really is!

[@333Alastair]

Fantastic synopsis!! Thank you for putting this together. I’m getting a lot of new insight into the series series

[@BrainPilot]

Glad to hear it!

[@rayjohnson981]

"The Pacific" was completely different from BOB and, for me, less engaging. I think the problem was that there are three entirely separate story arcs in "The Pacific" as opposed to the unified story of BOB. Yes, there were focuses on many men in BOB, but they all came together in telling the story of Easy Company. "The Pacific" didn't pull that off. Perhaps if they'd spent time on just two main characters instead of three, it would have been more successful. Of course, it was such a different war from the one being fought in Europe, perhaps there was no way it was going to be as enaging as BOB.

[@CB-vt3mx]

how do you deal with your fear and anxiety over the unknown as you move toward combat? Winters was correct in seeing that it is personal, but in point of fact, it is also training, esprit, and a fair dose of spiritual resiliency. Good leaders train hard to make this moment less intrusive...bad leaders worry about inspection readiness...

[@s70driver2005]

It's hard as hell to go to war. It's even harder to partake in war once you're there. But looking out for each other and those you need to protect makes it possible.

[@BigT2664]

I wore the uniform for 19 years before I went into combat. Train, train, train... and hope you never have to use it. I was so busy before my first combat patrol that I don't remember being afraid. I suppose I was, to some extent, but you follow your training and move forward. The only time I remember feeling fear, is when I was given a mission where we would be miles away from support and on our own things went bad.

[@scottyoshihara2458]

I’m kinda surprised on how you didn’t mention that Buck’s grenade throw was real, he was a baseball player in college before he was enlisted.

[@CzechImp]

03:18 Andrew Scott!

[@micheal49]

And one of these days maybe somebody will make a movie about the Pathfinders who jumped into Normandy an hour beforehand to locate, make, and signal the drop zones and landing zones.

[@patrickkanas3874]

There is a documented instance where Spiers gunned down unarmed prisoners. However, this single event took place on D-Day, and according to multiple sources, the allies were under orders not to take prisoners as doing so would've been risky due to how scattered the 101st was. But rumors that are more than likely untrue did sprout from that event

[@theallseeingmaster]

Stuff like that happened, my dad saw it happen. After a beachhead had been established, prisoners could be taken into custody and removed from the battlefield to North America.

[@moffjerjerrod1579]

Winters said in an interview that he asked Spiers if it was true that he had shot those Germans and Spiers told him ‘yeah it’s true’.

[@AlCapper-bu5yf]

Damian Lewis is an English actor who had to learn an American accent for the part!

[@deniseneuman1958]

He’s Welsh.

[@williambilyeu9801]

One should also watch "The Longest Day" and perhaps some other movies like "Saving Private Ryan" in addition to the television series "Combat!" I know that the latter two are mostly fiction but sometimes fiction exposes some truths, like "The Red Badge of Courage." 😊👍

[@shamus_d_campbell]

Yes! Definitely cover The Pacific next!

[@boydsinclair4166]

Scary fact: “Wild” Bill earned his war-name on D-Day; I think the writers tried to display that during the ambush, but he, and I quote “Did a lot of killin’ on D-Day”

[@Seafariireland]

Again, a great review!

[@BrainPilot]

Glad you liked it!

[@marcusher4979]

According to Wikipedia: ‘No. 6 Battery of (Gebirgs-) Artillerie-Regiment 191, consisting of four 105 mm howitzers’ so apparently not 88’s?

[@Retiredjourneyman]

Young men , a few 16 and 17 yrs old if they were able to convince the Army that they were 18 fighting for this Beautiful Country of Ours , they are all heroes , just like when Winters said at the end of the story when talking to his grandson . Now we have people in this Country that really take their Freedoms for granted . I am almost speechless thinking how in the world did this get so screwed up ?

[@Jjstier]

Salute the man not the rank

[@dsl32]

Funny little fact about Winters and how his men viewed him was that they would kinda make fun of him if he was going on leave to see a girl they would say his face would turn red and he would get all bashful and would be like aww shucks. Which I thought was funny. But when it came down to business his men really respected him

[@garlicboy5692]

Medic episode was my favorite and I wonder if it hinted that he was doing morphine himself to keep going

[@IAmAFamel]

I was thinking that too, but that seemed too uncharacteristic for Doc Roe.

[@scottf5791]

Morphine as shown in the episode was badly needed for the wounded. I doubt he would use it on himself

[@garlicboy5692]

@@scottf5791 you could argue he was using it on himself for greater good so he had strength to keep helping others but i could be wrong.. one of the reasons why i first started thinking it because episode starts with him bleeding from hand i thought he needled himself but i guess he just touches something sharp now when i look at it again..

[@michaeldover]

Morphine is a pain killer with sedative properties. A combat medic would not use it to keep himself going in a stressful environment.

[@morden279]

"Volksdeutsche" The same phenomenon existed in the 14-18 War, where Germans in the service industry (particularly hotels and restaurants) in Britain went home in July 1914 to join up for the first of their country's three attempts in the 20th Century to politically and economically dominate Europe.

[@peterferraro6181]

Pacific next please

[@userTJ39780]

While Band of Brothers is truly the best WW2 docu-series, the Pacific brought out the reality of fighting and dying in paradise very well. Please do the Pacific.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it really is a great show! And I shall get to that show

[@rawstarmusic]

who got the idea to talk over this video?? Crazy. If I want your voice, I'll ask for it.

[@scottweisel3640]

It’s unbelievable how many men never made it out of their planes. Two years of highly specialized training gone without even getting a chance to fire a weapon. I cannot believe such losses were acceptable. The same thing with the bombing raids, before long range escorts.

[@BrainPilot]

Yeah it's so sad isn't it!

[@richardeschallert8526]

Actually, only about 4,000-plus Americans died on June 6th at Normandy. Not bad out of the total of almost 100,000 Allied troops that landed. Very tough for the first wave, but not unusual. Also, did you know that, in WW 2, the USMC had about 21,000 KIA's during the entire war. The Army Air Corps lost over 26,000! Read the book, Masters of the Air. It took a LOT of dead YOUNG men to win that mastery; primarily due to their senior Air Corps generals damn determined that their Bombers did NOT need fighter escorts all the way to their targets...and the return trip to home basis. MacArthur was also a prima Donna who did not like to hear bad news OR ADMIT HIS ERRORS!

[@sm31156]

Did you stop at episode 2 Band of Brothers? I csnt find the other 8 episode recasps? Please let me know.

[@BrainPilot]

I'm currently releasing them at the moment. The episode 3 breakdown will be out in a couple of days!

[@seabeeusn76]

Sobel would have died in Mehan place because that was his plane that Mehan was flying in.

[@wgabrys88]

Good job, continue, I was afraid that it may be AI generated lector but no, seems like fan narration ❤

[@rlbarney2]

4:04 Correction needed... hit by FLAK, not a bomb. and 5:08 also FLAK. not bomb.😉

[@Cukito4]

Funny how Spears doesn't appear among the Medals given.

[@JasonGroom]

Why do you seem to have all the names wrong, with the exception of Winters, when referencing the men being interviewed.

[@Bacchus173]

Mate, my Grandad was in North Africa, came up through Italy. Died in 1975. Died of chronic lung disorder. I blame the North African dust. The episode I find most moving and still upsets me is the episode the concentration camp was found. What must of been going through those young minds when they saw that barbaric atrocity.

[@alanwaterworth6464]

my grandad was also in North Africa with the RAF, first on Wellington bombers, then Lancs in the European campaign. The only way we knew about that was because he got a case of bananas shipped back home. My dad had never seen a banana, tried one, didn´t like it, and then went and swapped them for a fish at the local fish mongers where a girl he had a crush on worked. Grandad never once spoke about it, Dad asked him once and he said "you don´t want to know"

[@mistybethune9116]

the bill in the interview i thought was ghanare was that not his real last name

[@rhett4060]

Was all dirty politics by men as division commander/ general Maxwell Taylor

[@diegodelallata]

Ok, so all are your favorite? lol

[@BrainPilot]

Each episode is really good to be fair!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

if Sobel did actually go over seas , when they were told to take the 88s, EVERYONE would have most likely have died

[@northwalesmod]

No He would have !!🤔 !!

[@spookerredmenace3950]

hahahaha true :P @@northwalesmod

[@spannerpasser]

I read something that said that Sobel did serve in Normandy and the Netherlands, he just wasn’t in an infantry role within the division.

[@spookerredmenace3950]

perhaps in a training role? @@spannerpasser

[@scottf5791]

@@spookerredmenace3950 I read somewhere that he landed in Normandy and is credited with successfully attacking a mg nest along with other paratroopers he gathered up. I believe at some point after he was transferred to command the Chilton Foliat jump school.

[@Codiggity369]

bro good videos but you say the same things over and over and over

[@Philostipher]

This guy writes scripts like a college freshman trying to hit a word limit for a class they regularly sleep through. So much fluff and filler

[@FrenchosaurusRex]

Please read Eugene B Sledge’s “With The Old Breed” and then do The Pacific. Subscribing now 🫡

[@BrainPilot]

Thanks!