Reacting to BAND OF BROTHERS (Part 4 - Replacements) | Reaction

[@DawnMarieX]

Part 5, Crossroads, is available over on Patreon now! After watching it, I don't know if I'm prepared for Part 6, Bastogne 🫣 www.patreon.com/DawnMarieAnderson

[@johnruddick686]

So many great actors show their stuff in this the cast is fantastic.

[@Anon54387]

Operation Market Garden was a horrible idea. Eisenhower should've never listened to Montgomery on that. One of the cardinal rules of war is to never leave your flank exposed, and there it was for dozens of miles. Plus, it was based no faulty intelligence.

[@Anon54387]

Yes, those replacements are just out of training in the USA and haven't seen battle before.

[@amac5875]

Keep tissue on hand for the next while ...

[@Anon54387]

He's not colorblind. His eyes are going to be closed out of fear.

[@Robalogot]

My Grandmother was in the Belgian resistance, she lost her brother and his family when allied forces bombed and missed the german headquarters. Her father, brothers and sister still risked their lives trying to get pilots who were shot down over Europe back to England. So when the girl who lived next door to her ratted her out to her German boyfriend and the Germans she partied with, her father and two of her brothers were executed. She never talked about what happened to her or her sisters. So shaving their heads and removing their clothes was a light punishment in my eyes. I hate how people say they did what they had to do, because there were plenty of people who didn't sleep with the Germans or gave up their countrymen, to get preferential treatment from the Germans. Also don't forget these were the people that who rounded up Jewish families to send them to the camps.

[@joelwillems4081]

A larger portion of the French collaborated with the Germans. Far more than were in the Resistance. Of course, they had an entire government collaborating for four years.

[@Reardonsteel236]

Amen

[@CChissel]

My grandfather was a tail gunner in a B-17, and he said they would find out a week later if they missed on a bombing run, and it made him feel horrible. There were times when he would be sick, vomiting and barely able to hold it together, knowing that they had accidentally killed civilians and Allie’s, instead of the enemy. It made him want to quit, but he couldn’t. He finished all of his missions with no major losses to the crew, but they were hit many times with flak, and had a hole in their wing the size of a man, which I have a picture of him and a crew mate sticking their heads through said hole. But yeah, he didn’t talk much about the war until a few years before he died, it really messed him up, especially the bombing of innocent people.

[@mithroch]

You assume that all of these women were given a choice. German occupiers tended to take what they wanted.

[@ronmaximilian6953]

​@@mithrochthe Germans treated the Dutch and Flemish Belgians relatively well until operation market garden. As far as the Germans were concerned these were fellow Germanic people from the heartland of the First Reich. Dutch and Flemish are quite similar to German dialects from across the Rhine in Germany. There were pre-war fascist parties and even pronazi movements. While they were a distinct minority, There were ideological supporters of the Nazis. And then there were those who bought Nazi propaganda and those who simply wanted better treatment. There were Dutch and Belgian volunteers forming Waffen SS units.

[@Ating5150]

The veterans are still very popular in Holland. Those veterans, like Easy Co, were invited every year around September. But sadly enough most of them are no longer among us, but we do remember them every year. You can also find memorial signs in cities and villages where the 101st and 82nd Airborne made their way to Nijmegen. Above the Rhine the British, Scottish and Polish airborn were dropped and they had heavy casualties. RIP for those who gave their lives for our freedom! 🇳🇱

[@krisfrederick5001]

Winters: "Never put yourself in a position to take from these men" Buck: "Alright...I'll throw left handed then..." 🎯

[@SlyDawg951]

Buck was an All American catcher at UCLA. When he threw that hand grenade at that German soldier running. He (Buck) threw it so hard it blew up on a German soldier's back in real life

[@dennismulhall3057]

I have had the absolute privelage of talking to Australian (and a couple of Brit) veterans who collectively fought in WWII (Western Desert and New Guinea), Cypris, Korea, Borneo, and Vietnam. I always thanked them for the conversations even if their their service was only mentioned in passing. The most profound one for me was the gentle man who fought in New Guinea in WWII as he told me some of what he went through. It was profound because my paternal grandfather had fought in that campaign but had died after the war before I was born. Your reactions to BoB is enjoyable and reminds me that we can never take for granted the peace most of us watching enjoy.

[@markhamstra1083]

“What’s the orange mean?” It’s the color of the Dutch royal family and Holland, so it frequently gets associated with all things Netherlands. Pay attention next time you see the Netherlands national football team. Do you remember your UK history well enough to recall the Glorious Revolution and William and Mary? William, the Dutch guy, was of the House Orange-Nassau and held the title Prince of Orange.

[@ChrisCrossClash]

And before you say no William didn't invade the country, he was INVITED by the British government.

[@cillianmclaverty9392]

Being Scottish, I thought she would have been familiar lol

[@Yora21]

The Dutch Royal family goes back to a city named Orange in France, which purely by coincidence sounds just like the fruit that later came from India and replaced the term "yellow-red" for the color in Europe. It just seemed neat to adopt the color for the royal family.

[@carlox1266]

@@Yora21 The Nassau family married into the Orange family , they were not descended from it , the current Orange-Nassau line is not even descended from William I the silent .

[@EastPeakSlim]

Thank you for your compassion and empathy in reacting. These men were so dedicated to each other, it is amazing. All props to those who served and serve today.

[@mrkrinkle72]

My grandpa never said a word about the war. After he was killed in a barge accident on the Ohio river in '77, grandma gave me his war photos. He helped liberate Buchenwald concentration camp. I still have those photos of the camp.

[@dallesamllhals9161]

Guess that's why....

[@tru3sk1ll]

What a legend, very proud of all the men who served and told Hitler to F' off

[@jamesdenton3725]

Figures... I've been to Auschwitz and Mauthausen myself...

[@kentbarnes1955]

Impossible to watch this series without being "emotional". Don't be afraid to shows yours. It is a testament to your good heart...and an honor to those who served. I always look forward to Tuesday's so I can watch the next episode your review. Peace

[@YN97WA]

Band of Brothers is a brilliant depiction of the horrors of WW II. Those boys were truly our greatest generation. What a great reaction! Well done, lass.👍👍

[@ScarriorIII]

We're gonna have to be even better if we're gonna get through the darkness that's coming.

[@GrumpyOldGuyPlaysGames]

The thing with the ribbon is an interesting detail. In the military, wearing an award ribbon you did not earn is a good way to catch a beating, and by beating I mean they will do their best to put you in the hospital. However, that specific award is a unit citation, awarded to the entire 101st Airborne Division. What that means is that anyone who is assigned to that Division can wear that ribbon for as long as they are in the unit, even if they were not in the unit when the citation was awarded. For example, back in the 90s when I was in the US Army, I was a part of the 1st Infantry Division, which over its history has been awarded two unit citations. I wore both as a member of the unit, despite the fact that I joined the 1st Infantry Division nearly 50 years since the second one was awarded.

[@timcook6566]

I had been out of the Army for just a few years when this came out. My wife and I watched it with her parents, who commented on how quiet I was being. I couldn’t begin to tell them how much respect I had for those men. The following Christmas my mother in law got me a canvas bomber jacket that had a large paratrooper on the back. She got really mad at me because I spent hours picking that logo off. You just don’t wear military things that you haven’t earned.

[@daddynitro199]

Bull Randleman’s real first name was Denver. Bull was a better name. The “11th” episode, “We Stand Alone Together,” has deeper interviews with the men than the beginnings of episodes 1-10, AND there’s footage from one of their annual reunions. The reunion footage is simply joyous to me.

[@timothylockard3846]

Hello Dawn! I've enjoyed your reactions for a while now, but I'm really glad that you're watching Band of Brothers. My Father served in the U.S. Army during WWII. He landed on Normandy (Omaha Beach) on D-Day, traveled across France, Belgium, & Germany, got chewed out by General Patton (for failing to salute the flag, as he was carrying an armload of gear into the HQ), and he was in Bastogne when the Germans launched their offensive, known as the Battle of the Bulge. My brother was stationed in Germany (West Germany) with the U.S. Army in 1971-1972, and I was stationed in Bitburg, Germany (USAF) during Desert Shield/Desert Storm in 1991-1992. They were giving the "new" guys (replacements) a hard time...because that's what you do with newbies. Plus, as they'd said, they had little interest in becoming buddies with the replacements, because it just made it tougher when one got wounded or killed. Making the one young soldier remove his Unit Citation ribbon...that was too far. If I had been their NCO I would've insisted that he put it back on. I don't know how things were then, but when I was in, you didn't get to decide which ribbons you wore. You had to wear the ribbons that you were assigned. Taking off his Unit Citation ribbon would've meant that he was effectively "out of uniform". The episodes get more and more serious, and somber. Prepare yourself for some emotional times. Even after having watched it dozens of times...I still get teary-eyed, now and again.

[@amtrak7394]

The guy who plays Abraham in The Walking Dead is Michael Cudlitz. His character here is Sergeant Denver “Bull” Randleman. Also, “one bullet, four holes”… Buck Compton was shot right through both butt cheeks.

[@mack7882]

My father, a Korean War veteran, did not talk about his experiences - except one time during a war comedy on tv, he said, "It isn't so funny when your're picking up pieces of your buddy and putting him in a bucket."

[@eq1373]

MASH

[@lukebarber9511]

If you want to see a film that goes even more in-depth into Operation Market Garden (and stars almost everyone who was a big name in 1977), you should watch A Bridge Too Far!

[@Te-legramRealDawnMarie]

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[@TeutonicKnight92]

One of the greatest movies of all time

[@NlDutchFreak]

Its to bad there are some faults in that movie but overall good movie.

[@joelwillems4081]

It's often free on KZbin to watch.

[@Carneyar_the_Druid]

One of my favorite WWII movies! I also recommend Battle of the Bulge (1965) which takes places a few months after Market Garden. Also, as you liked Saving Private Ryan and also like Band of Brothers I can recommend The Longest Day (1962). It is about D-Day.

[@woeshaling6421]

I was born in Geldrop, lived in Son & Breughel, Oosterbeek and Arnhem. All of these places were involved in operation Market Garden. Each has at least one monument dedicated to the American 101st and British 1st Airborne. Oosterbeek has a military graveyard and each year there is an anniversary for the veterans, now families and servicemen. I was present at the 50th anniversary where Queen Beatrix hosted Prince Charles. I was always accutely aware of the war. There is also a WW2 museum in Oosterbeek and in my youth played on decommissioned M4 Shermans and artillery. In addition I was born on Dutch liberation day

[@dudermcdudeface3674]

There was a documentary with a modern Navy SEAL telling a story about his conversation with a WW2 paratrooper. He was embarrassed in hindsight because he'd bragged about doing 30 or so jumps in his career, and the paratrooper said something like, "Gee, that's impressive. I only did four: Italy, France, Holland, and Germany." Imagine some elite professional super-soldier being shut down like that by a guy who was probably a bartender or something before enlisting.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

Hello, Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley was one of those WW2 paratroopers.

[@Yora21]

Dropping special forces from the air today is done to be all sneaky, for a few men to get in and without anyone noticing they were there if possible. Which is of course still very dangerous and stressful, but a very different thing from hundreds of men being dropped in the middle of a huge battle where they will be cut off from any escape if the rest of the army does not manage to fight a path through to them.

[@bugvswindshield]

I know super different...but i still find it humorous. I was on a training ride for mt bike racing with 4 of my teammates. On a logging road we start talking, as me do..about stuff. Turns out I was with 4 Eagle Scouts!!! They went on and on about badges and what not. My self only making it into webelos, I kept my mouth shut. After about 20 minutes they realized I was quiet. Being the fastest of the bunch I was in the lead a bit and I heard " hey yo.....how about you? Were you in the boy scouts?" My reply......No... I was just in the Marine Corps. .......... crickets for the next 30 seconds and I picked up the pace !!🤣😂😅😋

[@82ndAbnVet]

I let a WW2 82nd Abn Vet stay at my house in York, Pa. during the opening of the WW2 Memorial in D.C. in 2004 because there were no hotels within 3 hours that had a room available. From my house to D.C. was about a 90 min drive. He was a very humble man, Jumped in Normandy and Holland. Was wounded by an 88 that exploded in the trees during the Battle of the Bulge, and THANKED me for MY service! He was sincere in his gratitute, but I felt so small when he did it. In my mind I was thinking "wow, the closest I came to danger in DS/DS were the camel spiders"! My service was NOTHING compared to his, but that was the mindset of his generation. We stayed in contact until his passing in 2012. I still have the challenge coin he gave me from his chapter of the 82nd Abn Assoc in St. Louis, MO. It means more to me than any coin I got from the units I served with.

[@clutchpedalreturnsprg7710]

@@82ndAbnVet Hello, that is a good story. A good memory. Thank you.

[@Flymurd]

People have mentioned The Pacific. It's a great companion to Band of Brothers. The Pacific shows the war against the Japanese in the Pacific islands. It's a different kind of movie. It's more about examining the psychological effects of war on combat soldiers. These two mini-series' are stellar depictions of World War II.

[@TheCpage66]

I was fortunate enough to get to meet Eugene Sledge not long after I graduated from boot camp

[@TheRealGhutts]

One of the rewards of age is appreciation for our past. Perspective is a wonderful thing and more people need it. Never apologize for having emotions. Anyone that could watch this and not get choked up is a fucking monster.

[@chetstevensq]

The scene with the little boy is there to show the 4 year long occupation by Germany. The boy was born while Holland was subjugated so all amenities went to the Germans and the families were living on basic rations.

[@andrewcharles459]

Though it can happen, it's really quite difficult to accidentally pull the pin on a grenade. It's a steel cotter pin with one arm bent 90 degrees. It requires considerable force to yank it out.

[@ALWOOD_USA]

My granddad fought in WW1 , i still remember his uniform hanging in his closet in the mid 60s.

[@iamlrrr8282]

For reference, “a bridge too far” should be a part of the viewing list. That is the full version of operation market garden

[@ChrisAdamscomedy]

The Pacific is companion series to this made by the same producers and it’s also good.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

Pacific is a slaughterhouse compared to this. BoB is about commaraderie during war. Pacific is about the war grinding up people and gristle coming out.

[@jeffmurray1775]

band of brothers is a cake walk compared to the Pacific it was well made but it had me down for a day after watching it I do hope she watches

[@Bobbymaccys]

I second this! Pacific makes BOB looks like a kids show though.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

6:42 in the movie the “Black Book”, they depicted this, as well, when a Dutch city was liberated. Carice van Houten (Melisandre in “Game of Thrones) stars in it.

[@cmbtking]

The remaining episodes aren't easy watches to be honest, but the end of the show makes it worth watching. The things these men went through are insane. I've seen this show probably over 30 times now, and I'll never get tired of it.

[@michaelstach5744]

You might remember from the first episode, “Lt Sobel doesn’t hate Easy Company, Private Randleman, he just hates you.”

[@uberduberdave]

I had a friend who immigrated from the UK who had been in the British 1st Para's. He followed in the footsteps of his dad who spent the last months of the war as a POW. He had been captured at Arnhem after fighting for a week with no supplies or support. My friend told me that none of the survivors of the drop into Arnhem had any love lost for Bernard Montgomery...

[@charlize1253]

The British 1st Airborne captured one end of the Arnhem bridge and held it for a week. The British tank column was hours away from relieving them when they stopped for afternoon tea and then bedded down early. The 1st Airborne ran out of ammunition and surrendered the next morning. Historian Stephen Ambrose took a survivor of the 1st Airborne back to the bridge, and even 50 years later his voice cracked and he shook his fist in anger over the slowness of the tank column.

[@joehoy9242]

It wasn't entirely down to Monty, though he was too stubborn to admit the mistakes he did make. The main problems were twofold - unusually poor intelligence as to the disposition and quality of the opposing units, and the fact that the Wehrmacht was (unfortunately) one of the most effective and experienced military forces in the world at the time.

[@charlize1253]

@@joehoy9242 The plan violated several fundamental tenets of military strategy: by sending the entire ground unit down a single road it prevented the allies from being able to mass their forces when needed; the single road meant the Germans could not be attacked from the flanks while ensuring that the allied forces could; the single road meant there was one line of communication and one line of supply; the plan's success depended upon everything going correctly (all five bridges being captured exactly on schedule) with no contingencies built in; it contained no path of retreat or rescue if anything went wrong which guaranteed the mass surrenders that occurred; it required lightly armed paratroop units to fight off German heavy infantry and tanks for days at a time; and as you noted, it was built on poor intelligence, but even if they acquired better intelligence the plan had no contingency to adjust to what they discovered. It would have been a miracle if it succeeded. Most strategists agree that it was Monty's fault for approving a plan with this many flaws.

[@davemac1197]

@@charlize1253 - you get virtually all of your facts wrong. The Arnhem bridge was held for 4 days (17-21 September). The rest of 1st Airborne Division held Oosterbeek for a total of 9 days (17-26 September). The bridge defenders ran out of ammunition, while the main body of the division were ordered to withdraw. The tank column was not slow. They reached Nijmegen on schedule within the 48 hours they were expected to get to Arnhem, and just 4 hours after crossing the Son Bailey bridge, but found the Nijmegen bridges still in German hands, and a fatal delay of 36 hours followed while combined attacks eventually took the bridges. 1st Airborne Division veterans did not appreciate the reasons the tanks never arrived was because a bridge at Nijmegen was not secured by the 82nd Airborne. The XXX Corps route (coded 'Club Route') was a single MSR, which was normal practice from the Normandy breakout and into Germany, but it had numerous ('Heart Route') alternatives for alternative bridge crossings. Some were actually used, for example Grave to Nijmegen via Heumen bridge. The flanking VIII and XII Corps were directed on their own MSRs ('Spade' and 'Diamond' Routes). The operation involved 24 bridges to be secured by the Airborne, not 5, and a minimum of 9 or 10 (depending on route) were required for the centre line to reach Arnhem. Several bridges, mostly rail and some canal bridges on prepared defences lines, were demolished. The plan's success did not depend on everything going correctly, no military operation does, but the plan did depend on everyone at least trying to fulfill their part of the plan, and this did not happen at Nijmegen, where the 508th PIR failed to move with speed on the undefended highway bridge on the first afternoon, allowing the Germans to reinforce the bridges and the city with SS panzer troops.

[@davemac1197]

@@patludwa4428 - really? Where exactly were the flooded areas on the route? The halt after Nijmegen was because darkness had fallen, unlike the daylight scene shot for A Bridge Too Far, and tanks could not fight at night in WW2. The next day, reconnaissance found that the Germans had a substantial blocking line established at Ressen, and after several days hard fighting after Operation Market was over, the front line never got beyond the Wettering canal north of Elst. I suggest you read some books, Pat. I've told you enough times.

[@kieronball8962]

Dawn Marie's reaction videos to Band Of Brothers never fail to impress. Her heartfelt commentary and considered opinions to these episodes, ( based on true people and events ) are always great to see and hear.

[@Te-legramRealDawnMarie]

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[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

5:44 orange was a signal of "House Of Orange" the historical royal house of Holland. it was a sign of citizens that were friendly to the Allied forces to let them know that they could shelter/rest/eat there if needed. it also let allied forces know that because they were friendly, and did not need to worry about enemy fire coming from that location. 5:49 during this scene, the old man sitting at the table is one of the actual Easy Company soldiers (no spoilers). absolute legend.

[@Samminish]

Ms. Marie, thanks again for this series .. .. Just a side-tale: My Uncles served in the US Army Intelligence Service as Japanese translators but were sent to Italy before heading to the Pacific/Asia .. .. In Italy, that's where they realized that the UK & GER are basically cousins! In WWI, GER prisoners gladly helped England in the hospitals and on the front line as stretcher-bearers .. .. In WWII, when GER units finally surrendered in ITA, my Uncle's best-friend said the GER Commander was actually happy to see the US Army and said, "This war is over now for us, so let's drink and fight the Russians together!" wow

[@mulrich]

One bullet, four holes. Bullet went straight through both of his buttocks, side to side.

[@geneaikenii1092]

Another episode down. I really like to hear you talk to us. Could listen to that accent all day long. You could recite the telephone book and it would sound nice. Your instincts on the storyline for this show are spot on. Can't wait for the next. Big shoutout from a friend in the States, Peace, Love. Later.

[@blakewalker84120]

The "spiritual" 2nd season is a whole different HBO series called The Pacific. Basically, the same thing but following U.S. troops in WW2 fighting Japanese soldiers in the Pacific theater.

[@wwciii]

There is another series about the marines in the Pacific called The Pacific also done by Steelburg and Hanks.

[@bigt-mr7dp]

Thanks for your reaction, I am a combat vet, there is a reason these men were called the greatest generation. I had the opportunity to meet some of them while I was serving when they were much older. What a privilege it was to talk with them and you can actually hear the pain and also their love of life. What an honor it was for me to meet them! I met them before the mini series, so it made this even more personal to me. God bless! Keep up the outstanding reactions!🥰

[@alexanderjoseph2462]

4:42 You are so incredibly, shockingly, impressively perceptive sometimes, it's really cool to watch. This was something I didn't realize for many many years until it was pointed out to me, and very few reactors catch it. And you got it *immediately*. Very cool.

[@herrzimm]

Always wondered about the little kid who had his "first taste of chocolate". I wonder, as he grew older, did he always associate the taste of chocolate "with freedom", or not? Compton got shot in the rear-end....going through BOTH cheeks, resulting in an entry/exit wound on his left cheek as well as an entry/exit wound on his right cheek. So, "1 bullet, 4 holes".

[@histman3133]

My grandfather enlisted as part of the Royal Canadian Army Service Corps in 1940 and he was in Belgium during the Second World War. My grand uncle, my grandmother's brother, was also a tank gunner in Italian Campaign who also served in France, Belgium, the Netherlands and finally Nazi Germany. He stayed on in Germany as a peacekeeper after the war before returning to his hometown on Saskatchewan prairies. Maybe they were there during Operation Market Garden as the Canadians, as a Dominion of the British Empire and a part of the Allied forces, were also part of the operation.

[@lt.spears1889]

Greatest mini series HBO ever put out.

[@bert2526]

That headshot on Nixon really happened, as do a lot of odd moments in the series.

[@rollomaughfling380]

Wasn't a "headshot," it was a ricochet.

[@blakewalker84120]

Oooooh, I haven't seen this show in a few years. When I saw Operation Market Garden on the board behind Winters at 3:08, my entire heart and soul cried for these guys.

[@Sp33gan]

Being a medic was often a very difficult and sometimes thankless job. To rub salt in the wound, you got paid less because you weren't a combatant. My grandfather was a medic with the Canadian Expeditionary Force. He fought in Italy, Normandy, the Netherlands and beyond. While he was in the Netherlands, he was billeted with a family who accepted him as one of their own. My mum and, especially, my aunt exchanged letters for decades after the war, keeping up with each other's family growth and changes over the years. The letters only stopped when my aunt, and then mum, eventually passed away. To this day, the Canadians are honoured by the Dutch for their bravery and kindness. Sadly, I never met my granddad. He survived the war but succumbed to a heart attack shortly after returning home.

[@kimnielsen3430]

One bullet four holes. Means it went through both... eeerm.... cheeks

[@waterbeauty85]

16:23 "He's a good man. Tough and brave...and massive." One of the real vets of the 101st said that Bull was one of the best soldiers they ever had. He was a good fighter and good leader - one of the "excellent NCOs" they mentioned in the opening interviews.

[@kenle2]

The grenades U.S. soldiers carried had a safety pin with a ring on it which held down a "spoon" - a side lever, that prevented the fuze inside the grenade from activating. The "spoon" could be held down to delay the action of the fuze until the grenade was thrown. Soldiers would often wire down the pins to keep them from getting caught on branches or other objects and being "pulled" accidentally. Which was a very rare occurance. In reality, grenades are very stable devices, much like firearms. You pretty much have to deliberately pull the pin to start the five-second fuze, and pulling the pin (a bent steel rod about as thick as a matchstick) took a lot of hand strength.

[@petercolson2990]

Depictions of war like this are vitally important, because jingoism and entertainment does a lot to hide the sickness that is war. We should respect those willing to put themselves in harm's way for something greater than themselves, and as much for their sake as anyone else's, utterly hate the wars that took so much from them.

[@gdolson9419]

I strongly recommend "The Pacific". The war vs Japan was VERY different then the one vs Germany. Far more brutal.

[@Frost640]

When you talk about Bull Randleman always helping everyone, thats more or less his job. When they say "NCO" he's a non commissioned officer (1st Sergeant/Staff Sergeant etc) and their job is to help the average Joe soldier to know how to survive/do their specific jobs, he will give orders but that's coming down from the actual officers like Winters. The general command structure in the field looks a bit like this: 1st SGT will be keeping 5-12 PVT on target, Lieutenant is responsible for the 4-5 NCO and their men, Captain will be commanding 3-4 LT, Major will have 2-3 Capt under him. It ends up being quite a few soldiers by the end of it but as long as everyone knows their role and the objective they're very effective at being able to control the field.

[@isaiahpavia-cruz678]

If you want more seasons, you have the Pacific. Funny, when walking dead came out, I kept referring to Abraham as Randleman or “Bull” in the beginning.😂 I’m the same way whenever I see Neil McDonough in something I always refer to the character he plays as “Buck” hahah

[@mattconner6416]

Brand new to your channel. Just finished watching Band of Brothers myself for the first time and absolutely love your reaction to it. The Pacific and Masters of the Air are made and produced by the same people that made Band of Brothers and I've heard they are very good too. I'm excited to watch your reaction to Hacksaw Ridge, American Sniper, and Saving Private Ryan. You should also check out We Were Soldiers and Unbroken. Both are true stories from Vietnam and World War 2 respectively. The Guardian with Kevin Costner is about the Coast Guard Rescue Swimmers and a fantastic movie as well.

[@gradepoint]

You could argue that "The Pacific" is season 2.

[@caseynicholson9190]

War is sad and hard to watch. People get badly injured and or die. The thing you need to keep in mind that shows like this are VERY important and never forget the men that defeated the Nazis and provided the freedoms we have today. All of these men are gone now but they must never be forgotten.

[@cedriceinarsson7218]

The first time I watched this, the scene with the farmer and his son hit me hard. They were Dutch, where they make some of the best chocolate in the world, yet the kid had never tasted chocolate before. For some reason, that made me irrationally angry. Then to think, as young as he was, the occupation is probably all he'd ever known. That was his normal. And I got mad all over again. Still gets me every time I see it.

[@NecramoniumVideo]

It's indeed crazy to think a tank one day would have been driving through your street, my grandmother lived in Nijmegen, and was at the celebrations just like you see in this episode. She mostly spend the days of the battles in the local bunker, than American bombers thought they reached Germany already and bombed the city from the map.

[@Bobbymaccys]

Generation kill is another top tier HBO miniseries

[@danhelphrey6260]

There's a great old movie (from the 70s IIRC) about Operation Market Garden, called "A Bridge Too Far".

[@Malfie657]

Cheers Dawn, really enjoying your take on the series - your suggestion to get a few names down on paper is a pretty good one because there are a lot of people that come and go but a core of characters who crop up through the whole series. Love the pic of your Grandad's can of McEwans Export...takes me back to school days when we dared each other to go into the offie to see if we could pick up four cans without being asked about our age!!

[@jaykaufman9782]

There's an outstanding film about Operation MARKET GARDEN, called "A Bridge Too Far." Well worth a reaction video!!

[@docbearmb]

Did you miss the underground guy saying those women were lucky? That the man collaborators were being shot. A worse fate that torn clothes and shorn hair. Another clue that the Dutch were not overjoyed by being invaded and then occupied by the Germans was that the reason the young boy hadn’t had chocolate before was that he was lucky to have had enough regular food to eat. The reason Bull didn’t scream was that people were much tougher and hard as nails back then.

[@wyrmshadow4374]

"Its a good thing they didn't get attacked when they jumped." They had so many paratroopers they didn't have enough planes so they did multiple jumps. The later jumps, the germans had plenty of warning and got shot them floating down. The Polish paras suffered this fate. Orange is the national color of the Netherlands after the Royal House of Orange.

[@Te-legramRealDawnMarie]

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[@fredarsenault8987]

Orange is the "National Color" of Holland

[@waterbeauty85]

Webster getting that cute little kid to smile by giving him his first chocolate bar contrasted with Bull fighting for his life up close and personal and bludgeoning and bayoneting that German to death are like the best hope and second worst nightmare of being a soldier. I say second worst because the worst is finding out that it was all for nothing or for a dirty lie sold to you by selfish people.

[@bluebird1239]

Hey Dawn Marie, thanks for another reaction. These war stories are brutal aren't they? I was thinking one way of remembering the characters name is the way you described Bull's character. You described him as 'indestructaBULL'. So, maybe you could describe Winter as being 'cool'. You know, kind of a word association with their personality or physicality or their nickname. It's just a thought.

[@rburns9730]

"He's never tasted chocolate" The boy was either unborn or a baby when the Germans invaded. They tightly control the food supply to counter Dutch resistance through work stoppages and out right strikes. Things like chocolate were for collaborators .

[@thevictoryoverhimself7298]

2 little details I ever noticed in this episode when I watched and and after who knows how many re-watches 1) as Marie noted, the new replacement officer asks to be told when the red jump light goes green because he has the most common kind of color blindness 2) Bull begins the episode telling a new guy not to bother putting a bayonet on his rifle, and later on finds the bayonet on the rifle extremely useful 3) Several things about the tank ambush are confusing. There is no way a tank officer is going to get or listen to an order to not damage buildings. He’s going to mag dump right through that building to expose the German tank and damage it. Also, tiger shouldn’t have been able to rotate its turret like that with the engine off (you’d have to use a very slow back up hand crank). Of the turret was powered they’d hear the very loud engine running.

[@przemekkozlowski7835]

They were not expecting any close quarter combat so Bull was correct in telling the new guy to take the bayonet off. If you are not used to shooting with the bayonet attached, it will throw your aim off. Later in the episode, Bull finds himself facing an enemy in close quarters and is unable to fire his weapon so that's where hi bayonet fighting skill come in useful.

[@davewhitmore1958]

To be fair, Bull put his bayonet on when he when expecting hand-to-hand combat; he advised the private not to because they hadn't encountered the enemy yet and would probably be shooting first

[@waterbeauty85]

12:25 "One bullet. Four holes." The bullet went in and out of each butt cheek. It reminds me of a domestic dispute when a woman was shot once but had four bullet holes. The billet passed in and out the right bicep, in and out the right breast, in and out the left breast, and in and out the left bicep.

[@Praetorian8814]

Orange is the Royal and National colour of The Netherlands. So when the old map was tying off that orange flag in his window, is to essentially symbolize liberation.

[@SPOCK_TALK]

Whenever you get a chance, you should thank a Soldier. Thank him that you get to live in peace and watch videos and eat good food and wear clean clothes and have an education. None of which would be possible without MEN putting their lives on the line.

[@CChissel]

Honestly, none of the current soldiers defend freedom or preserve peace. American wars are more about money and power than they ever were about defending freedom, like in WW2. Every single war since then has been a war for power and money, not freedom. That being said, I don’t wish ill will towards soldiers, most go to the military for school or money, because they grew up im poverty and that’s the only way to get out, so I do have respect for them, just not American imperialism.

[@ronweber1402]

@@CChissel Not only that a lot of former soldiers find it so cringy. It's a total overreaction to make up for the shoddy treatment of Vietnam vets.

[@CChissel]

@@ronweber1402 Yeah, I’ve got friends in different branches of the military, mostly former soldiers and they really dislike people thanking them for their service. They’re usually just take it and walk away, but they’re thinking “I didn’t do anything worth being thanked for, we weren’t doing anything for anyone except for the interests of rich assholes”

[@JohnLeePettimoreIII]

17:44 this is what i went through about 55 years ago. and i'll tell ya from personal experience that it sticks with you and never goes away.

[@jobbo_]

"My Granda used to drink a can of Export every night and he was solid" - After living in Scotland for 15 years I totally 100% believe this!

[@bertpunkaficionado8357]

6:10 Winters is adjusting his collar because he hid his binoculars in his coat. He also sewed a pocket inside his coat to hide maps. He didn't want anything to identify him as an officer from a distance. He also didn't walk out in front of everyone like the officer who got shot in a later scene. Winters in fact told him multiple times to not do that as it would draw unwanted attention. Officers are prime targets. That's why you don't see anyone saluting in combat. That crowd scene also has one of the veterans being portrayed pretending to be a Dutch citizen. I won't say which man he is so you don't know who definitely made it. That's why the veterans interviewed in the opener aren't identified. To not spoil who made it for you.

[@What_Makes_Climate_Tick]

9:50: Dawn doing her Englishman impression. Haha!

[@timroebuck3458]

Next to Dick Winters, Bull Randleman is my favorite character in the series. You can't go wrong with an easy going cigar chomping country boy from Arkansas.

[@MatthewMortensen1]

There's an awesome star-studded old movie about Operation Market Gardens called A Bridge Too Far. Highly recommend. Sean Connery, Anthony Hopkins, Michael Caine, James Caan, Robert Redford... All kinds of people.

[@markalstat7093]

There is another series that goes along with Band of Brothers it was called The Pacific, This dealt with the part of World War II that involved the Japanese,

[@WaywardVet]

Nixon taking that round to the helmet... I absolutely hate being checked if I'm OK. Second time I got blown up were strapped in to a truck so my Lt can only reach my arm and my thigh. I said I was fine. Then went silent. So he's worried and keeps asking and I finally exploded with "THIS IS F---ING (Word I won't repeat).". And the crew decided I was alright if I'm casually swearing.

[@michaelstach5744]

The section of the road that the 101st was in charge of got the nickname Hell’s Highway. The series doesn’t show the most important action that Easy was part of, the attempt to take the bridge at Son. The documentary We Stand Alone Together explains what happened

[@tduffy5]

The Tri-color is the national flag. The orange is the color of their royal family. And, it's a beautiful shade of orange.

[@jamielandis4308]

There’s a movie about this, “A Bridge Too Far,” with a huge cast. Very good. It does a good job illustrating what a rushed cock-up the whole thing was.

[@DeathToTheDictators]

Great reaction! Just remember, this is all a true story (the actors play real people...some of whom are the veterans at the beginning)....and the ranks go: Private Sergeant Lieutenant Captain Major Colonel General

[@ExUSSailor]

James McAvoy was all of 20 when he was in this.

[@andyt9296]

Fun fact when they were in Eindhoven, you saw an old gentleman with a flat cap sitting down as a table that was babe heffron There are no members of easy company left alive

[@timdyer5903]

My dear girl. You have a big journey ahead. The final episode is the most cheerful. But then there will be The Pacific series. Glad you watch ti appreciate it.

[@AARONANKRUM]

This particular airborne assault by Allied forces was featured in the movie "A Bridge Too Far". You might want to add to your list of movies to see in the future.

[@an.american]

Episode 4: Replacements I apologize for the lengthiness of this comment. This episode requires some historical background. As Easy Company heads into German occupied Holland for Operation Market-Garden. English General Bernard Montgomery came up with a plan to cross the River Rhine and advance deep into northern Germany to shorten World War II. This operation would employ the U.S. Army’s 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, the British 1st Airborne, and the 1st Polish Parachute Brigade. This group formed the first Allied Airborne Army. The objective for this mission was to seize key bridges in the Netherlands after landing by parachute and glider. If successful, the plan would open a route into the German industrial heartland, the Ruhr Valley, and liberate the Netherlands- ending the war early. Montgomery's plan failed miserably. The title of this episode, Replacements, refers to the tension between the replacements who arrive to replenish Easy Company’s strength and the seasoned, tired soldiers who resent the new arrivals’ innocence and eagerness for battle experience. (There couldn't have been a worst time/operation for replacements to arrive on the battlefield.) On September 17, 1944, several thousand allied airborne troops dropped from the sky into the Nazi occupied Netherlands. More landed the next day, and the day after. Eventually all the bridges were captured; however, the plan failed largely because the British XXX Corps did not reach the furthest bridge at Arnhem before German forces overwhelmed the British defenders. This occurred because Allied intelligence failed to detect the presence of German tanks. Around 10,000 men from the 1st British Airborne Division and the 1st Polish Independent Parachute Brigade landed at Arnhem, but their landing zones were seven miles from the bridge at Arnhem. Only one battalion ended up reaching the objective, and all of the other troops were squeezed into a pocket at Oosterbeek. The airborne Soldiers had very few weapons to resist the German tanks, which led to many deaths and captures. On September 25, it was painfully clear that the 1st Airborne’s position was untenable; the evacuation began that same day, and only a little over 2,000 troops made it back safely over the Rhine. Some 6,400 paratroopers who landed in Arnhem were killed or captured. Following this failed operation, the crossing of the Rhine and the capture of Germany’s industrial heartland was delayed for six months. *(Reference: U.S. Army Airborne and Special Operations Museum)* Reaction ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ Episode ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐

[@an.american]

*Army RANKS* hope this helps. *Private *Private First Class Technician 5th Grade *Corporal Technician 4th Grade *Sergeant Technician 3rd Grade *Sergeant First Class *Staff Sergeant *Technical Sergeant *Master Sergeant *First Sergeant *Sergeant Major *Command Sergeant Major *Second Lieutenant *First Lieutenant *Captain *Major *Lieutenant Colonel *Colonel *Brigadier General, 1 star *Major General, 2 star *Lieutenant General, 3 star *General, 4 star *General of the Army, 5 star Dwight D. Eisenhower served as Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force in Europe and achieved the five-star rank of General of the Army. (the rank of technician (T) was a rank created and only used during WW 2. The rank was equivalent to its grouping but the individual lacked command training but was specifically trained in a technological skill, ie; disarming land mines, explosives, medic, radioman etc. The rank of technician was only used during 1942-1948 then removed. In 1955 it was reinstituted as the rank of "specialist".) MAIN CAST of(BOB) By the end of the series (dead or alive) the men presented here will have achieved these ranks: *Marc Warren as Private Albert Blithe, *Eion Bailey as Private First Class David Kenyon Webster *Ross McCall as Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Liebgott *Rene L. Moreno as Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Ramirez *Douglas Spain as Technician Fifth Grade Antonio C. Garcia *Rick Gomez as Technician Fourth Grade George Luz *James Madio as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte *Shane Taylor as Technician Fourth Grade Eugene "Doc" Roe *Richard Speight Jr. as Sergeant Warren "Skip" Muck *Kirk Acevedo as Staff Sergeant Joe Toye *Michael Cudlitz as Staff Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman *Frank John Hughes as Staff Sergeant William "Wild Bill" Guarnere *Dexter Fletcher as Staff Sergeant John "Johnny" Martin *Scott Grimes as Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey *Donnie Wahlberg as Second Lieutenant Carwood Lipton *Rick Warden as First Lieutenant Harry Welsh *Colin Hanks as First Lieutenant Henry S. Jones *Neal McDonough as First Lieutenant Lynn "Buck" Compton *David Schwimmer as Captain Herbert Sobel *Matthew Settle as Captain Ronald Speirs *Ron Livingston as Captain Lewis Nixon *Damian Lewis as Major Richard "Dick" Winters *Dale Dye as Colonel Robert Sink

[@MrYoup11]

Market Garden reminds me of the Movie A bridge too far, you should put that one on your bucket list, it has Sean Connery and many other big stars of the day.

[@ohbejuankenobi663]

Bull lived until 2003, he passed at 82 years old.

[@patmurray9730]

Orange is the color of Holland.

[@MichaelJohnsonAzgard]

Operation Market Garden was the biggest disaster in British military history. However, it did produce one of the greatest Victoria Cross winners in the history of that award. Jeremy Clarkson married his daughter.

[@lukebarber9511]

I find it interesting how in Normandy the initial jump was such a chaotic mess but was ultimately a success, while in Market Garden the jump was so smooth at the start but it was ultimately a failure.

[@charlize1253]

The difference was in the ground units. Paratroopers are elite soldiers, but they are considered "light infantry" who jump in without heavy weapons or vehicles like artillery or tanks, or even without much food or water. They fight with only what they can carry and can only hold on so long. If they're not relieved quickly by heavier infantry and armored units, they can't win the battle by themselves.

[@brycedyck8450]

1 bullet four holes..... ? What.....? We all love you Dawn😂

[@jeffjeff-gl1cm]

You have to- have to -have to watch the Pacific after this.

[@JohnnyUtah15]

12:23 “One bullet, four holes” my first inclination is: entrance wound, exit wound, bunghole, pee hole 😂

[@stvdagger8074]

Nope they say it went in side to side : Through one butt cheek - out - over the bunghole- into the other inner butt cheek and out the other side

[@JohnnyUtah15]

@@stvdagger8074 yeah, I had realized that it was incorrect later. I just kept what I initially thought it was when I paused the video to type it before I forgot to comment on it. Just never came back and edit it.

[@wwciii]

The movie version of Market Garden is A Bridge to Far a move well worth watchimg.

[@tru3sk1ll]

I bet you never thought you'd see "Ross Gellar" and think to yourself, "Oh Shit, Oh no, Oh no, he's back"

[@waterbeauty85]

What you said about more seasons and the war going on longer made think of the "M.A.S.H." Tv series which was set in the Korean War. The real war lasted three years, but the TV series ran for ELEVEN years.