Richard 'Dick' Winters Part 11- Day of Days (D-DAY & Brecourt Manor) (Band of Brothers Untold)

Part 11 of the Richard Winters journey to war covers the morning of June 6 1944 and the famous battle of Brecourt Manor

[@memby93x]

My grandfather landed on Utah with the 4th ID. In some way, it's almost as if Winters and his paratroopers may have played a role in my existence. Great video as always.

[@War_And_Truth]

Very cool!

[@michaelhayden725]

Another enlisted man made similar comments after seeing the B of B video. He often wondered why those German guns stopped shooting!

[@dlxmarks]

My favorite story of the consequences of the assault at Brécourt Manor: many years later (probably after the _Band of Brothers_ book was published) Winters was contacted by Elliot Richardson who held 4 cabinet positions in the Nixon and Ford administrations as well as other elected offices. On D-Day, Richardson was a medic on the beach being shelled by that artillery. He thanked Winters and wrote that he always wondered why the guns suddenly stopped firing so early that day.

[@tundranomad]

This has been a terriffic series. I really appreciate them.

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you

[@turnerification123]

I have actually fallen in love with these men Winters and Nixon all of them and the stars who played them brought them their friendships to life a wonderful loving portrayal they should be pround because the guys are and so are we god bless you

[@AshlandMan]

I clicked on this so fast.

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you

[@labla8940]

I love the detail and trust it fully for some reason when most content on KZbin is suspect

[@War_And_Truth]

It comes straight from the source.

[@richardmardis2492]

Thanks for diving deep on the subject- everyone is so fascinated by E Company, and rightly so!

[@War_And_Truth]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@rstaylorLYNCH47]

Job well done .

[@davidcoleman757]

It's astounding that, to this point, Winters hadn't seen combat yet he improvised an assault that was so successful the tactics were later taught at Westpoint. I know his training had been intense, but it's a whole other thing to perform under fire. A remarkable man.

[@Stew357]

Excellent video, I really enjoy these narrations and photos. Ty very much!

[@Gardenhoser41]

Great job with these. Your hard work is much appreciated and I look forward to more! Keep them coming!

[@War_And_Truth]

Thanks, will do!

[@armyvet8279]

I've been waiting for this video! Thanks and keep em coming

[@War_And_Truth]

Will do!

[@mjengel84]

Great series of videos!

[@War_And_Truth]

Glad you like them!

[@ypaulbrown]

Outstanding....thank you

[@War_And_Truth]

Glad you liked it!

[@calvanoni5443]

Thankyou!

[@War_And_Truth]

No worries!

[@mattm7799]

Well researched!!! ❤

[@jdavison8551]

Great detail, narration and thoughtful presentation. ( as deserved by the brave men mentioned.)

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you kindly!

[@eamo106]

The real story of Brecourt Manor, 3 hours vs 8-10 minutes in BOB. Thanks, subscribed !

[@War_And_Truth]

Cheers

[@TheCheshireWanderer]

It's funny how Lorraine hits his target 1st time, and Guarnere missed but in the series its the other way around and Lorraine catches a bit of stick for it. Great explanation by the way and the map was brilliant!

[@War_And_Truth]

Thanks. And yes it was rather ironic.

[@Warsage29]

Great video. I have to say its lucky that Hester had those amber lights to get the men together. Also i have to be honest I'm curious about the communications platoon as i haven't heard of that before but i assume its usually part of a headquarters company

[@deantempleman1964]

excellent

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you! Cheers!

[@KOHTAOMURDERSDEATHISLAND]

👍👍

[@penchanski673]

Winters' citation says they went and got armour for the last two guns: "First Lieutenant Winters and his group withdrew for reinforcements. He returned with tank support and the remaining two guns were put out of action" The regimental history tells yet another version: "That part of Company D, 506th Regiment, which had bypassed the German battery at ST GERMAIN DE VARREVILLE some time around noon and made a dash for Exit No 2, arrived at its objective at 1330. The causeway leading through HOUDIENVILLE was brought under control practically without fighting. STRAYER'S main body caught up with the advance party about 1500 hours. The column had kept the German battery entertained until CAPT R. D. WINTERS of Company E made a trip to the Beach and returned with a group of tanks from the seaborne force. The tanks brought the battery under fire and destroyed it. By 1800, Second Battalion was well organized at Exit No 2, with about 300 men on hand, including the strays from other units."

[@War_And_Truth]

The report and citation was incorrect. Nixon ran the 3 miles to Utah Beach to deliver the German maps Winters found at the battery. He came back with the tanks you can see in the series which then moved to Brecourt. I think the citation also referred to the guns as 88's. Winters wrote the account in this video. Speirs also talks about taking out the 4th gun in his memoirs.

[@joshkarena3058]

Listening to Winters diary and placement a of his 1st lot of men then support crew to take out the guns in the field why the Academy at West Point continue to use this type of attack formation plan with minimal men at hand. The M1 Rifle seemed to be the ideal rifle in this campaign.

[@craiglyons8146]

I love your videos. Did I see somewhere that you to are in Australia? Would love to connect with you. DO you have any social media I can message you?

[@War_And_Truth]

Thank you. Yes I'm Australian. I'm not on social media. I think you can message through YT if I'm not mistaken.

[@charlesgantz5865]

Those wooden bullets were used for close quarter fighting. Regular metal rounds were powerful enough to go through walls and such, so they were a danger to their own men. The wooden bullets weren't powerful enough to do that, so they were safer.

[@TheCheshireWanderer]

I've seen they were used for training purposes so as not to waste ammo and wouldn't have been used in combat unless that's all they had. Worrying about shooting through things and hitting their own Soliders would be a training issue not a wooden bullet issue.

[@jeffbosworth8116]

Your video says that Winters and company took all four guns, and the tanks came up later. But Winters' DSC citation says, "First Lieutenant Winters and his group withdrew for reinforcements. He returned with tank support and the remaining two guns were put out of action, resulting in decreased opposition to our forces landing on the beachhead." How come nobody ever mentions tanks in the assault on the guns?

[@War_And_Truth]

I would take Winters memoirs over what was in the citation. I think it also said the guns were 88's from memory. The tanks only came along later after they had moved off Utah Beach (when the guns were silenced).

[@vortega472]

***The assault was done so well - that it's taught today at West Point, and it's cited as a classic example of small-unit tactics and leadership in overcoming a larger enemy force. This alone made it worth creating Paratrooper units. *** To denote that my information may not be accurate as per @charlesgantzz5865 - I thought I read that this tactic was still being taught and I thought it was at West Point - so take my comment with a grain a salt. I didn't want to delete as I believe that if you are wrong you should owe up to any mistakes. And also, I want to keep my comment on this page because I enjoy this channel and want to support it. I don't know what a delete would do to the algorithm (if anything).

[@charlesgantz5865]

Comments elsewhere from people that actually have attended West Point say that the assault actually isn't taught at West Point. This may be something that Ambrose made up. Any West Point people reading this that can confirm it one way or another?

[@vortega472]

@@charlesgantz5865 Thank you for this, I appreciate your note - as you can see above, I augmented my comment to point out that I may have been in error, and I would love to hear any more feedback from out there.