Band of Brothers - Episode 6 Bastogne - Group Reaction

It takes a special kind of person to not only put their country first but also the men with whom they serve! Running into oncoming bullets to pull men from certain death, running to and from foxholes or to nearby medic camps to gather supplies for your comrades. Another visually stunning yet gruesome representation of what these men went through, let us know what you thought of this episode in the comments and leave a like and subscribe! Be sure to stick around after the reaction for the discussion, this is Band of Brothers Episode 6! Bastogne!
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[@painlord2k]

The Christmas Night truce happened in WW1 first Christmas on the Western Front.

[@budmeister]

There was a stand down to let wounded and dead be evacuated.

[@Mauther]

Ironically, they tried the same thing on the Eastern front but because the Russians used the old Julian calendar it wasn't Christmas to them so they just shot at the Germans instead.

[@elzar760]

Yeah, apparently some of them when they came out of the trenches even exchanged gifts and there are stories about soccer(football) matches that were played in no mans land.

[@sammyskelly]

Between British and German troops.

[@landonhulett2119]

@@sammyskelly Don't forget the French troops. And Scottish troops (they're part of Britain).

[@Gondaldin]

The girl medic is based on a real life person called Renée Lamaire, later also called the Angel of Bastogne. She was visiting her parents in Bastogne when the Nazis attacked and volunteered to be a medic. She died in the bombing on Bastogne on Christmas Eve. We don't know if she actually knew Eugene like she did in the show, but everything else about her in the show is historical.

[@felipeaquitral]

Yeah, Renée Lemaire was a real life person, but I wouldn't say that everything shown in the show about her is historical, it's mostly fiction (to add drama, like often happens in BoB) based off of an historical figure. The only historically accurate things shown are that she's a nurse, she's from Bastogne, she's named Renée and she died on Christmas Eve. All the dialogues and moments when she's in scene are fictional, including her meeting Eugene Roe (it's unclear if they met, she really was in Bastogne's Aid Station when Eugene was in the Bois Jacques and they could've possibly met, but there are no data saying that they actually met in real life or that she was as significant to him as she was on this episode). Renée saved several injured people when the Christmas bombing raid happened risking her life, she came inside the church to try to save another soldier and never came out alive. The soldiers wrapped her in a white parachute when they found her. Also, Augusta Chiwy, the congolese nurse here named "Anna" (again, not historically accurate), survived the bombing and died in 2015.

[@WorldCitizen333]

RIP Angel of Bastogne.

[@jayantakarmakar8745]

Augusta Chiwy from congo is known as the angel of Bastogne! And yes Renee Lemaire is real.

[@brucechmiel7964]

​@NotLife River - He wasn't wrong. Pattan was old school and educated. He knew the Reds couldn't be trusted. the SU did not leave their occupied territories, did not have free elections, and then re enforced the "buffer zone" with everything they had. Patton wanted to invade before Soviet armor could get into position. It It was a shame he was killed in a car accident. Besides the mountain of bodies Stalin left in his wake dwarfed Hitler's by a few million at least. A lot of lives could have been saved if communism was killed off in 46'. Now we have a huge commie problem right here in the U.S.

[@naninoor_dodo]

The Christmas Truce happened in WW1 actually, 1914. It was between French, German and British forces. They exchanged gifts, played football, showed off photos of their families, and some had their hair cut or had a shave by the enemy. Most poignant incident was when they all buried their dead and had joint prayers and ceremonies.

[@MrHarbltron]

...and then went right back to murdering each-other. A drop of shared humanity in an ocean of hatred, pain and death.

[@FanEAW]

Canadians didnt really take part in the christmas truce, we were imfamous for killing germans instead of exchanging gifts during the truce

[@joshuaortiz2031]

@@MrHarbltron You can thank imperialism for that

[@wijnantann]

I'm from Belgium, every 2 years we go to Bastogne and stand in silence in the freezing woods, even now bullets can still be found. There are a lot of museums of Easy company and a yearly parade where chestnuts are thrown into the crowd to remember the answer of McAuliffe to the Germans' request to surrender "Nuts". Also don't forget the thousands of civilians the Germans killed during this siege (for example they took 800 civilians to a place in Malmedy and shot them in the head in the timeframe of this episode! Greetings from Flanders!

[@v4life83]

Wow, thanks for the info. Would love visit that place someday.

[@mad_max21]

Like mentioned before, nobody in 101st were drafted. They're all volunteers. edit: The Japanese method of repairing pottery with gold is called kintsugi.

[@Thenormies]

We know this now! Sorry for our stupidity throughout the series. This series was VERY educational for all of us. - Nahid

[@whyintheworldamiallowedsuc400]

@@Thenormies your ability to admit you were wrong is admirable, just try to be aware of the possible flaws in anything you guys say that's not concrete to you already.

[@jamesbelshan8839]

Could they have been initially drafted into service, but then volunteered for airborne? I get that going airborne was voluntary.

[@rundownthriftstore]

@@jamesbelshan8839 I’m not sure, but in the pacific there is a scene where one of the marines admits he’s drafted and Freddie Mercury goes off on him

[@rundownthriftstore]

@@Thenormies I mean you’re not Indy Neidel and this isn’t the WWII channel, nobody should expect y’all to be experts

[@Kensei007]

Next episode is my favorite. Most casualty filled episode but we also see the man, the myth, the legend, Lt. Speirs.

[@kellyalves756]

Spiers threw it down in that episode.

[@dastemplar9681]

Seriously, hearing his name being called up is still the most relieving moment in the entire series.

[@Karl_Drogo55]

Loved that dude

[@jaybird4038]

SPIERS!!!! GET YOURSELF OVER HERE!

[@dastemplar9681]

@@jaybird4038 Speirs: Alright, I want mortars and grenade launchers on that building til it’s gone. When it’s gone, I want 1st to go straight in, forget going around. Everybody else, follow me. Lipton: Yes sir. Luz: Thank God.

[@clarkdawson6848]

Boy, if they thought this episode was bad, wait until the next one.

[@Spncr313]

Or nine

[@resisthesucc]

Or The Pacific

[@honooryu5374]

The last one man, but shh don't tell them.

[@fazzie1916]

@@resisthesucc Pacific? xD BoB is way more tragic

[@resisthesucc]

@@fazzie1916 That's cause you felt closer to the characters in BoB. The Pacific focuses on the brutality and psychological aftermath of troops during and after the war. The pacific theater of WW2 was by far the most savagely and brutality fought out of most of the world at the time, so obviously that had to be the theme and focus for the miniseries.

[@deanhibler3117]

One of my Dad's best friends lied about his age, and joined at 17. His first action was at the Bulge. He never speaks about what he saw there. My Dad said he only spoke about it once when they were drinking and he cried like a baby. That being said, he is still alive these day sat 93 years old and is the most peaceful, honest and kind man I have ever met.

[@jesterssketchbook]

welcome to another episode of "Correct Me, Internet"

[@Matthew-bx5yf]

When Patton's Third Army arrived to relieve the 101st Airborne at Bastogne he addressed the 101st Commander and stated they were relieved. The Commander of the 101st responded, "I never asked for relief."

[@Shadowman4710]

Colonel: "Sir, General MacAuliffe turned down the German demand for surrender. Know what he said?" Patton: "What?" Colonel: "Nuts." Patton: (laughing) "Keep em moving, Colonel. A man that eloquent HAS to be saved." -Patton (1970)

[@joshdasmiter3]

Wait till you try “The Pacific”....suffering never was more visual

[@paulhewes7333]

snafu

[@Crackshotsteph]

Yeah wait until they see the Marines, Eugene and Snafu in Okinawa.

[@1987Liono]

The Normies couldn't handle it.

[@nicholasbova9909]

*drip drip

[@catherinelw9365]

@@nicholasbova9909 Oh God, no.

[@dennisjohansson6901]

christmas truce was in ww1

[@CC-iy6wx]

The movie Joyeux Noël was a pretty good representation of that event

[@AT-rr2xw]

@@CC-iy6wx Highly fictionalized and a bit corny, but I love that movie anyways.

[@omalleycaboose5937]

Every Paratrooper was a volunteer.

[@theawesomeman9821]

what was the incentive?

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@@theawesomeman9821 50 dollars extra pay. And most of them specifically joined knowing they'd be around the best trained Volunteers, to be elite, because they didn't want to be stuck in some average division around draftees they couldn't trust.

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@@theawesomeman9821 50 was a lot then... inflation and all

[@theawesomeman9821]

@@omalleycaboose5937 I question because parachutes in WWII had a 1 out of 4 chance of not working.

[@omalleycaboose5937]

@@theawesomeman9821 while parachute accidents for the 101st did happen in training it definitely wasn't 1/4 times... tho maybe they had some way to test them beforhand... but I cam guarentee if 1/4 of the people died in each jump the soildiers wouldn't have done something like 4 jumps just to get their wings and training done and then several others after that to prepare for Normandy, now the things that were death traps were the gliders... which was a small company attached to the 101st that was made up of draftees... didn't get the extra pay but was more dangerous

[@bumholiou]

Episode 6 and your only now learning the characters are real people? 🤦‍♂️

[@andreraymond6860]

I think they are saying that they thought the older gentlemen at the beginning of each episode were paid actors or veterans describing what they themselves went through. The Normies only just realized that those interviewees are the actual men being portrayed in the series (those who survived the war).

[@znk0r]

@@andreraymond6860 but how can this even be a thing.

[@austinoginski9513]

@Ron Lewenberg Ed Shames is still alive

[@nickmitsialis]

RE: the small arms against tanks; two things: gunfire both helps separate a tank from it's infantry support and it makes the tank crews and commanders to close the hatches. They can't see as well and don't know where their infantry are. Tanks without infantry in closed up spaces are vulnerable to things like mines, bazookas, grenades or satchel charges, so being buttoned up and possibly without support makes tankers 'nervous' about moving forward. And if they sit around in the open, Allied Artillery and airpower can make their lives difficult too. Often they have to retreat back to their lines.

[@gowkie3940]

Shout out to the Brits for holding out until '44 EDIT: Also, the Christmas armistice was between the UK and Germany in 1914 during WW1.

[@TheBS1000]

You can correct them, but even if they see this I doubt they'll retain it. History doesn't really seem to be their strong suit.

[@heitorardachnikoff1]

@@TheBS1000 History doesn´t seem americans strong suit, especially if doesn´t involve US..

[@MrHarbltron]

"WW2 was won with British intelligence, American steel, and Russian blood" ANGRY CANADIAN NOISES

[@suryasishtalukdar210]

Forget Canada , more Indians fought in both WW1 and WW2 under the British Empire than Canadians

[@Cursed_Mark]

@@suryasishtalukdar210 Well yeah, look at the differences in populations.

[@emmanuelbois4459]

@@suryasishtalukdar210 And even then, we managed to do way fucking more in both wars.

[@davidr3146]

And some Australian's were there too.

[@jean-philippedoyon9904]

Just Léo Major alone...that guy was legendary ! You need to read about that monster !! loll

[@lanebonnar9101]

It needs to be said again. No paratrooper was drafted. They signed up.

[@BSUSwim4Gold]

No one was drafted in WWII! Draft only happened for Vietnam. We haven’t used the draft since Vietnam so no one in today’s military has been drafted they are all volunteers!

[@24fryguy]

Lol, now I know why that one guy didn’t make it through Basic.

[@redeagle-fi4rr]

I know this is hard, but it's gonna get harder.

[@sanketshelke8667]

It saddens me to see that today's Americans don't completely know about what their grandfather's and great grandfathers did.... Some of them don't even know when and where either of the World Wars were fought, let alone against whom. And people, if you thought this episode was bad, you have no idea what's about to hit you in the next one. Episode seven is, to me, the most difficult to watch in this series along with episode 9. I've watched this series like 10 times but those two episodes get me each time....

[@theawesomeman9821]

Yeah, cause its the only war when America saved the world!

[@josueroberto7356]

“This is not a market substitute for actual war” Lmao that’s brilliant. They should put in in FPS video games as satire.

[@whyintheworldamiallowedsuc400]

This is one of the best ones, couldnt wait edit: 19:14 I mean atleast the colonol bothered to show up at all. And the "nuts" message was a morale boost. edit: 19:27 that's what I thought too for a second, but that was world war I

[@jamesbelshan8839]

Bastogne was a hub that about 7 roads met at, and those roads would have let the German armor and troops move much faster.

[@babyjki444]

everyone's favorite medic! seriously, roe was my favorite character and my fav episode.

[@varjo7217]

"Is this episode ever gonna end?" Lol, this was just the appetizer.

[@kellyalves756]

I encourage y’all to hold whatever hands are available for Ep. 9.

[@Polymathically]

16:53 "I don't want to watch this misery anymore!" ...Real talk, you might want to sit out the next few episodes. And that's okay, no one should hold that against you.

[@nApucco]

I get that it’s hard to watch... but at the same time, you live in a country that has been at war non-stop for many decades.

[@nercksrule]

@@nApucco But never on their home territory. The last war with foreign combatants on US soil was the War of 1812. War has been normalized in the US, so Americans are desensitized to it.

[@nApucco]

@@nercksrule Yeah. That's exactly the issue. :(

[@paulhewes7333]

"This episode is miserable" The next episode...

[@holstfly1]

Here we go, the heavy ones

[@JayRock84]

For someone claiming to served in the military you really don't know very much about its history..

[@avipinckney]

I bet that the South Koreans don't think that WWII was the last good war we fought.

[@D25Bev]

I've watched BoB every December for the last 12 or so years. Both because it's brilliant & feels right to watch it at Christmas, mainly due to these next few episodes & that remembering those people & what they went through is even more important at Christmas.

[@prettymuchbangtan]

i thought i was the only one who did this! i watch the pacific on christmas eve and i watch BoB on christmas day! I watch generation kill on thanksgiving as well lol

[@thatllputmarzipaninyourpie3117]

You can still dig a ton of shrapnel and brass out of the trees and ground around there

[@fazsum41]

It’s a littered battlefield, with a lot of relics still there. On rare occasions you can find weapons laying next to trees etc... if you know what your looking for you can find fox holes and trenches too

[@Brams2777]

Hell people still find shit from WW1

[@ladylothwen]

The character of Renee Lamaire was a real person. She was a Belgian nurse known as the Angel of Bastogne. The Belgian Congolese nurse the show called Anna was Augusta Chiwy.

[@o19g78e]

It's a good warm up for The Pacific series.

[@catherinelw9365]

"It was 105 degrees in the shade. We did not fight in the shade".

[@OriginalPuro]

@@catherinelw9365 105 degrees would kill everything there, trees, plants, animals, humans..

[@Brams2777]

@@OriginalPuro Think that's celcius you're thinking of

[@omalleycaboose5937]

There is no evidence Roe met Renee but I'm glad her story was included

[@fazsum41]

BoB do state though they change things for the purpose of the story but most of what BoB show is accurate. One of the biggest changes in my mind that i also don’t really get why is the Blithe death information. He actually survived from his wounds and if I remember correctly he went on to fight in Korea

[@critic7127]

@@fazsum41 the Blithe misinformation was down to the people interviewed having never heard from him after he had gotten wounded. They had thought his injuries were much worse and assumed the worst. Since he lost contact with others in the unit, everyone just accepted the rumors as true. The Easy Company must have been pretty confident with their assumption, or I would think more research would have been done for the show.

[@Christian-tx4fi]

Draft was around here, yes. But easy company was all volunteer. And the christmas arms lay down was world war 1. Look it up theres a youtube video and diane kruger is in it

[@BSUSwim4Gold]

No one was drafted in the military during WWII! Not one was drafted! Vietnam was the only war after WWII that troops were drafted. Today’s military is 100% voluntary as it was in WWII!

[@djoekeklokhus]

Last summer I visited the Bastogne was museum and before visiting we watched this episode and it really was an intense experience. If ever in the area it is a must visit. learned a lot and presented in a engaging way.

[@jamesbelshan8839]

I assumed that him finding her bonnet, was also him finding her dead body.

[@johnolson3270]

This is my favorite episode. They so perfectly execute narrowing in on this one character and the specific turmoil and hardships he goes thru. I think the best part about it is yes they are all brothers, but it seems like the medics have a certain level of isolation to them, especially Eugene, and it’s almost as if he purposely tries not to get too close with any of his fellow comrades because he knows at any moment they could be dying in his arms… And despite this the sheer horror of the war still gets to him, but he somehow has the strength to power through and do his unbelievably hard job. And then showing him actually connecting with Renee on an emotional level, some romantic feeling that he must know deep down is hopeless, but still thinking it is safe to have these feelings for her because her life is not in as immediate of a danger…only to show the heartbreaking ending and still he fights through his feelings and does his job. And this is just one aspect of the episode that is so amazing. Truly incredible episode

[@genghisgalahad8465]

All of the original paratroopers of E Company were volunteers. They had to be, I think, because of the rigorous process. Jumping out of planes was new. Their orders were to hold the position on the line so to dig in and hold. That was established.

[@Elijah.Lionel.Newmacht]

the christmas truce happened in ww1 where they put down their arms and sang together and played football

[@War_Maker]

Definitely the hardest watch of Band of Brothers. But what a great episode it is, the POV from the medic side is gut wrenching.

[@jackpartmann532]

Next episode has one of the most badass moments EVER

[@honooryu5374]

39:40 keep in mind they were surrounded, even if it wasn't strategically important battle, there was nothing else but to hold the line or surrender. No route for retreat or relief forces.

[@ltlibby6220]

Paratroopers were all volunteer if I remember right

[@bradleys-straw-7084]

People usually say episodes 7 & 9 are the best of this show (and for good reason), but "Bastogne" will never not be my personal favorite. It's just so incredibly personal and raw.

[@fester2306]

They were completely cut off and surrounded. Beyond "hold the line" and "close the gaps," what orders do you expect them to give the men on the lines?

[@eddiecollison]

Exactly, they were surrounded with no chance of reinforcements and no air support so General McAuliffe was letting every part of the line know they had to do what whatever they could to hold the line at all costs.

[@americanfreedomlogistics9984]

History always repeats itself. The conditions of this battle were very similar to the ones experienced in Valley Forge

[@tannerdorsett9288]

Bastogne, where your both in the worst and best situation possible. No matter where you aim is an enemy less likely to friendly fire, but you're the fish in the barrel and every movement every bullet counts. Crazy ass shit.

[@noroboro2749]

In wartime, a lot of bombers tried to avoid bombing churches but when it's nighttime bombing and there are no lights on (which was an enforced rule to have no light sources, having lights on was basically lighting a flare for the enemy.), it's basically impossible to tell which buildings are which. Nighttime bombing was indiscriminate. Also, having a fire on the front lines was dangerous because the Germans could have seen the fire and seen the men around the fire. The men of the 101st were desperate for some kind of warmth but it led to that one guy falling on his own fire and getting burned when the artillery started falling.

[@namelessleigh]

The Christmas truce was in WW1. There's a good film based on it, Joyeux Noelle.

[@ninocuric5290]

If you love this you should really watch Pacific , same concept but war in the Pacific

[@aznthy]

Nope

[@rundownthriftstore]

Isn’t by the same crew as well? At least I believe Tom hanks and Spielberg are involved

[@nicholasbova9909]

Same creative team but different way of storytelling. Instead of following one unit for the entire war, The Pacific follows three different Marines whose stories only sort of intersect each other. Also less about camaraderie and more about trauma/PTSD

[@eddietorres1000]

Just Wait until you watch Episode 9 "Why We Fight" it's going to break you Heart be sure to have some tissues Near By, I still cry every Time I watch it

[@Darryldlowe]

the nurse from the Congo died in 2015 at the age of 94

[@jeremybr2020]

21:43 Put a 'T' on their head if they have a tourniquet??? I would think that a good clue of having a tourniquet would be.....well.....you know.....the tourniquet. No written T necessary on the head Im betting. lol

[@heykay5610]

I like that these younger folks are watching this. Im in my thirties and watched this series when it came out. Awesome, and realistic with the old soldier's own interviews included.

[@paulcurlin2789]

Someone mentioned the draft. Airborne troops were all volunteers and highly trained. The leaders took care of their men, for the most part, and it showed.

[@LadiesmanB007]

The story telling decision to show the battle of the bulge from the perspective of a medic is one of the most ballsy, effective, and brutal story telling choices of any show ever made.

[@tylerboyce4081]

I always have a special place in my heart for this episode. The Battle of the Bulge was probably the finest moment for the U.S. Armed Forces. In any conflict. These guys were surrounded on all sides by Nazi forces. No supplies, no reinforcements...and they not only held out against the enemy, but at certain points, they pushed *back*. "Bastogne" will forever be a synonym for "heroism".

[@phj223]

My maternal grandfather (dead since decades) was Finnish and served in the Winter War against Russia. When I was little and we'd visit him and his family I'd have such a hard time sleeping cause they would have the heating cranked up to max. In addition my grandfather went to bed in full wool pyjamas and an extra shirt, and thick knitted wool socks. I didn't realize it then obviously, but he had done his lifetime of freezing.

[@nApucco]

What is constant mentioning of Florence as a city that has been bombed to the ground and lots of culture destroyed? Florence is the exact opposite. The allied bombing of Florence was an example of precision and how it is possible to combine military and artistic/cultural priorities. Nonetheless, there were many other cities in central Europe and especially Germany that were flattened indiscriminately. A lot of life, culture and history lost.

[@Tu_Padre31]

19:20 no, youre talking about the Christmas truce of 1914, that was ww1

[@DanielRamosMilitaryWiz]

(18:12) Unfortunately there really wasn’t much Colonel Sink could tell those men. The 101st Airborne was completely surrounded, there was nowhere to go, they couldn’t run away even if the wanted to, and they were just trying to hold out until relieved, but no one really knew when relief was going to come. The best he could do was keep the men informed, reassure them that there was still a chain of command, encourage them not to give up, and to keep morale up as much as possible. Even going out to visit the troops on the frontline in wishing them a Merry Christmas could make a difference to many of those men. Also, when he told them the response that the 101st Airborne commander gave to Germans demand for surrender (“Nuts!”), you could tell that really boosted the morale of many of those troops.

[@honooryu5374]

32:53 when you travel to Germany, there is a reason why certain cities like Hannover, Düsseldorf, Dresden and Berlin etc. have so many modern buildings and it ain't because they needed space and took down the old buildings or modernisation. It was a wasteland after those bombings and to this day they have every second week a unexploded bomb to defuse/blow up.

[@sadmaz1860]

Bastogne may be the most gory episode but Why we Fight hits harder

[@kellyalves756]

Agreed.

[@CDAT1AD]

While the draft did exist in WW2, the lions share of men in this unit were volunteers.

[@chuckcarles8288]

I was a Navy Hospital Corpsman (Medic) in Vietnam (3 Tours). I had 4months of basic medical training and two months of combat medical training when I was assigned to the Marines. The army medical training is similar. According to the Geneva Conventions Medics are not to carry offensive weapons. During times not in combat the medic is supposed give first aid lessons to his whole platoon frequently. So anyone can take over if the medic is killed. They can carry a pistol for their own protection and the protection of the one they are working on. Those two medics in the same fox hole should never be close to each other during combat (That’s one of the first things you learn). One of my tours in Vietnam I was on a ship in the Mekong Delta. Me and another corpsman were the only medical personnel on board. We were taught that during combat conditions we were to be on opposite ends of the ship. The 2 corpsmen we replaced were together during a fire fight and they both got killed.. You never remember all the ones that you have treated but you never forget the ones you can’t save.

[@gravitypronepart2201]

There was a draft during WWII, but most young men volunteered prior to being drafted. Many even lied about their age to get in. In the airborne, everyone was a volunteer. Like Capt. Winters said, "We're airborne, were supposed to be surrounded."

[@sandbagger57]

Been to Bastogne where there was one train track. The train goes up and down the track. Great town where history is preserved and honored. Glad I decided to go there instead of Waterloo. Tank in the middle of town and you walk to the last American defensive position. Excellent museum and monument.

[@williamhanna9718]

The battle of the bulge is widely considered the harshest battle that Americans fought in Western Europe. If I remember correctly of the 145 Easy company soldiers that fought at Bastogne only around 60 of them survived that winter battle

[@landcaster1234]

I work in construction and when i dont drink water, my piss hurst and smells

[@iKvetch558]

Once again...these folks say so many things that they are confident they "know", and yet such a huge percentage of these things they know are just not true. They should demand a refund on any money that they have paid for their education. If they got it all for free, then they got what they paid for.

[@jaycutler1407]

19:28 That didn't happen at Bastogne, but it PROBABLY did happen in WW1 when the British and Germans laid down their guns on Chrismas day to play a Football (soccer) game and also sang Christmas songs

[@joepetito275]

Chris honestly thinks he’s the smartest in the room and knows more history than anyone else. Dude give it up every week I read the comments and it’s everyone going ACTUALLY CHRIS and explain real history and they’re right

[@cents2mp]

How else am I going to learn though ?

[@loply9724]

So, the knowledge of the holocaust was not super wide spread until they started liberating the camps. Like i’m sure other countries knew of the discrimination taking place and the harsh treatment, but the sheer brutality wasn’t known. So no country went to war over the Holocaust, it was just checking the expansion of Germany and Japan.

[@JohnOConnell]

To those who have just discovered that these characters were real people, the series is based on the book “Band of Brothers” written by noted American historian Stephen Ambrose, who visited every single living member of Easy Company and recorded their stories.

[@CreeceMarquis]

19:30 That did happen in real life, but it was the Christmas Truce of 1914 in World War I, between British and German troops (I think...). There may have been some instances of this in WW2 that are undocumented or not as widely known, but the most prominent instance was WWI.

[@Ottamus_Prime]

My grandfather was in this battle and said he never wanted to be cold again and eventually retired to Louisiana

[@arsenalofdemocracy9985]

korean war is a “good” war worth to fight，ask any south korean or north korean（if you can）

[@noneofyourbusiness9489]

Arguably both Afghanistan and Vietnam were good wars, but fought poorly.

[@gerbenvanessen]

Christmass truce happened in WW1 in the first year of the war ( 1914) this is the battle of the bulge (1944.) where the Germans tried to repeat their 1940 ardennes offence but only managed to create a bulge which encirkeled a large portion of US forces.

[@eugenegrewing2587]

If underground was constantly 55° than water pipes wouldn’t freeze and burst.

[@fester2306]

Yeah, that statement was a head-scratcher.

[@OrionJchess]

He's right, but you have to go deep underground, like caves do stay a constant temperature. Surface soil (and down several feet) temp is going to match (or be close) to air temp. So no, those foxholes wouldn't haven't provided any warmth at all. And any marginal temp difference would be gone quickly after being exposed to the air anyway.

[@Anubisblack]

Next episode makes this one look like a birthday party. Hell of a show.

[@MarcMagma]

19:34 That was WW1.

[@capbruh2555]

wow. no one told them that in the last episode dealing with the dutch women being humiliated for sleeping with the enemy were lucky they were not shot, like the men or other women because they named families, members who were with the dutch underground (resistance) to the Nazis. Because of them Families including Women and Children were killed or sent to Concentration Camps which is usually a death sentence. Some might say it was deserved what happened to traitors, others might say they were trying to survive, maybe they were forced to be with Nazi soldiers but in any case simply put...this was a crazy upside-down "f"ed-up time in History which put the Human condition to test its morals, ethics, faith in each other and the rest of humanity. No just War except for this one...in my opinion. Sorry for getting heavy...long time listener, first time caller

[@coreyrees840]

Don’t think it was here in Bastogne, but soldiers did lay down arms on opposing sides one xmas, exchanged gifts like some choc for some whiskey and whatnot. Even some friendly Sporting took place like soccer for example

[@stever3145]

Bastogne AKA The Battle of the Bulge!

[@Karsaroth]

There's an old documentary called "The world at war". Well worth watching if anyone reading this hasn't seen it.

[@greenmonsterprod]

Excellent series, with fine narration by Laurence Olivier.

[@brianchu3317]

Gentlemen and lady that’s why these men were called the greatest generation. They did what had to be done.

[@stever3145]

Following Japan's surprise attack on Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, in 1941, Congress amended the act to require all able-bodied men ages 18 to 64 to register with their local draft board for military service for the duration of World War II plus six months after. In practice, however, only 18-45 men were drafted. .

[@omalleycaboose5937]

Everyone bombed churches... cause the steeples were used as Sniper Posts

[@Yamato-tp2kf]

They didn't completely broke down, because their training was even harsh than the army infantry regiments, because the mentality of a infantry man is "i have support behind me and in front of me is the enemy", but, the paratrooper has another mentality "i have all my allies close to me and all my company is surrounded by enemies" , that's the difference between a army infantry soldier and a paratrooper

[@aworkinprogress4387]

The Battle of The Bulge was just a combination of all the bad things that can happen during a war. It's amazing that anyone would walk away from that okay. It was such a brilliant idea to tell this story through the eyes of the medic. The Christmas Armistice did happen but you're thinking of the wrong war. That was WW1.

[@robertrodgers1423]

The blue cloth Eugene wrapped around Babe Hefron's hand was the hair scarf of the French nurse, Renee Lamaire.

[@Callisto_Arcas]

The 101st Airborne was 100% voluntary. No one was drafted into that Division.

[@aikhis]

this is the famous 'Battle of the Bulge'

[@jensenhealey5653]

One of the first boats to land on the beach on d-day were Indian sheikhs. Also in the battle of Britain about 25% of the pilots were poles

[@robertoespinoza1321]

When he says this is a hard episode to watch when you know what’s coming 😬

[@abigailredclutchbarn]

Now you guys need to watch Hacksaw Ridge! It’s about a medic, staring Andrew Garfield, and directed by Mel Gibson. So incredibly good!