Crazy thing is, IRL, Winters started running at the same time as his men, but was so physically fit that he arrived at the target several seconds before the rest.

@user-FishermanRick

Жыл бұрын

I watched an interview of Winters. He said he was so much in-the-zone and adrenaline that he thought the Germans and his men were moving slow af.

@metechsolutions

Жыл бұрын

@@user-FishermanRick He was in the army longer than his men. One of those who volunteered for the paratrooper program from the army so he was always going to be fitter than them.

@davidkeller9345

Жыл бұрын

@@metechsolutions I disagree only because thats not how the body works. Some folks are genetically just better athletes. What set Winters apart can be seen in why he shaved throughout Bastoigne. He wanted to be the example for his men. I can't remember the quote from his book, but IIRC he had mentioned that at Tocca he made him self work hard so that he was pushing his men, not the other way around. He also didn't take much leisure time that wasn't spent on studying, or bettering himself for the mission. Other Lieutenants were in longer than him, but he just worked different. tl;dr Helps to not want to go get drunk and choosing to reading books or run in the long, , , well run

@petegriffiths8239

Жыл бұрын

I don't think so. It's there in front of you. He ran before the red smoke. That's all.

@user-FishermanRick

Жыл бұрын

@@petegriffiths8239 You believe the writers more than Dick Winters? I'll give you another story Winters told. He was upset at how PFC Albert Blyth was portrayed. Winters said he wasn't scared, was a good soldier, didn't die in fact he was twice decorated for gallantry during the Korean War. He stayed in the Army until his death in 1967. Do you still believe the writers or Winters who was there?

"Fix bayonets!" The order you don't want to hear from your side, or the enemy.

@thunderbird1921

3 жыл бұрын

The moment you hear that is when you know things are about to become carnage.

@codypk5111

2 жыл бұрын

Shits about to get messy for sure

@kendrickjames1045

2 жыл бұрын

A time you'll remember your whole life, if you survive

@RossWild

2 жыл бұрын

@@kendrickjames1045 weirdly fairly recent, british army did 2 modern era bayonet charges, one in afghan too. Both sucessful (cant recall casualaties)

@dg7708

2 жыл бұрын

@@RossWild yea the one I remember was an ambush on a convoy, came under heavy small arms fire and the brits dismounted and counter attacked with bayonets

such an iconic scene. Hard to believe he killed his last man here after seeing what else he had gone through.

@charles07km83

3 жыл бұрын

Is a little bit a propaganda scene to Show the “American fight Power” because the 101th had more casualties between September-December than in the Operation Market Garden but that happened and I don’t believe that Hollywood want show the American failures in his movies.

@imperialguardsmen8543

3 жыл бұрын

@@charles07km83 Not really? They clearly showed them getting their asses kicked out of Nuenen and in the 2nd Army’s retreat from Bastogne/nearby. Also this scene is almost fully accurate, the only thing being wrong is that there was no smoke and that Winters was just faster than the others

@cheng3580

3 жыл бұрын

@@charles07km83 Did you even watch the series? What the others said is right, they showcased alot of failures of the Company and followed most accounts historical and from the vets themselves. Even their failures and embarassing moments such as being shot in the ass.

@tdlf156

2 жыл бұрын

@@cheng3580 He’s probably just a Wehraboo who thinks whenever the Nazis lose, it’s propaganda

@Ranger1812

2 жыл бұрын

@@charles07km83 "101st".

Winters created the illusion of a larger force the way his men came up the hill several seconds after he did. Imagine being attacked by one man, then a few seconds later more show up, then more a few seconds after that. It caught the Germans off guard and instead of fighting a numerically inferior force, they fled from what they thought was a superior force. And got cut down by artillery in the process. Genius.

@andic8287

5 ай бұрын

Thank you for explaining that so well :)

@greatdub816

4 ай бұрын

They were also caught off guard and in the open.The man Winters first killed was clearly the lookout that wasn’t paying attention and as a result got all those Germans slaughtered. The Americans were in a tactically superior position and with the artillery support the Germans never stood a chance. It was a turkey shoot.

@ScottyShaw

4 ай бұрын

@@greatdub816 The lookout wasn't necessarily doing a bad job. The Germans were lined up to attack over the crest where the "whole other company" was, and then Easy Company hit them hard from an unexpected direction.

@Materialist39

3 ай бұрын

Well said, and ordering the extra MG section as well was the perfect force multiplier without alerting the enemy or overcommitting the entire company.

@bu22cola

2 ай бұрын

Did he use the smoke to hide their numbers?

M-1 Garands with bayonets; that's when you know it's going to be deadly serious.

@fin_pc5396

2 жыл бұрын

lick lick

@andreasmederer3398

Жыл бұрын

Never, never, NEVER, in any conceivable situation would German soldiers, who had fought on all fronts in the world for 4 years and had already received military drills in the Hitler Youth, allow themselves to be lured into such a ridiculous ambush or lie down so openly in the combat area . Who are these Hollywood whistles trying to tell???

@amramjose

2 ай бұрын

Don't forget the Thompson, the "burp" automatic, the BAR and M1 Carbine!

@Batman_Superman_Spiderman

Ай бұрын

For real, because M1 Garands aren't bolt action rifles.

@CJArnold-hq3ey

Ай бұрын

Sparrow Force Usua Ridge West Timor The last full Batalion Bayonet Charge in Military History - Aussies took the Ridge against Entrenched Japanese Paratroopers - Done in 5 Waves my Father was in the 5th Wave

Another one of Dick Winters' textbook maneuvers against an entrenched enemy position. Not to mention against 2 entire SS companies all within a few minutes and within range of enemy artillery. Only suffering 1 KIA and more than 22 wounded and more than 100 plus Germans killed and a number taken prisoner. This man could do it all.

@charles07km83

2 жыл бұрын

Xd and the ss casualties were 161 I guess

@royfontaine6427

Жыл бұрын

P

@Jarod-te2bi

Жыл бұрын

Must’ve been devastating for the SS especially this time in the war the Germans are running low of experience manpower or manpower in general .

@Dafmeister1978

Жыл бұрын

Speed, surprise and violence of action.

@Rasbiff

Жыл бұрын

From what I've read, the German position was in such a senseless place and so criminally unprepared that the theory is that they were just being led by a spectacularly incompetent commander. To this day we don't know what they were really doing out there, except seemingly putting MG fire on an American Battalion (I think?) HQ.

I live where this happened in real life. It is locally a very well known battle, and is remembered yearly. So grateful how these heroes fought for our freedom. Never forget!

@currahee

2 жыл бұрын

going to arnhem and then the crossroads in on my bucket list. i want to go to europe so bad. you are lucky

@SmokesKwazukii

Жыл бұрын

does it look like this?

@CatchDude

Жыл бұрын

@@SmokesKwazukii yes, but with fewer Germans 😉

@CommanderLongJohn

Жыл бұрын

Massive respect to all these men-especially since they were simply pawns lied to-but they definitely didn't fight for your "freedom" that's for sure 👀

@ey7290

Жыл бұрын

@@CommanderLongJohn The Americans, alongside Canadians, Brits, Poles and of course the Dutch resistance all fought together to liberate the Netherlands. 5th of May 1945 the final German troops capitulated to I Canadian corps The Dutch definitely got their freedom at the end of the war

Incredible how Winters ran so fast despite those giant balls. Man was fearless and a true leader

@RivetGardener

5 ай бұрын

One runs really fast in combat when the adrenaline kicks in. I amazed myself.

@tarn1135

3 ай бұрын

Not fearless just a good leader with more courage than the average man. Courage is not the absence of fear but being able to act despite it.

Ok here is how it happened real life Easy company was technically behind enemy lines The night prior easy company had ambushed a german mg42 who was firing down on the 501st command post....that german unit that was ambushed would later be sent off the line and replaced with a waffen ss regiment who had no idea what had occurred the night prior Next morning germans under cloud cover sat in a open feild next to a cross road to eat breakfast at the same crossroad where the mg42 was the night prior....winters believing he had screwed himself and was surrounded ordered to charge with bayonets...HE DID NOT DEPLOY ANY SMOKE he didnt want to let the mg42(so he thought) to be alerted...he simply was running much faster than anyone else The German boy that was shot also according to winters tried to thow a stick gernade at him when he realized winters was gonna kill him The germans were also massacred because they left a majority of there rifels stacked tee pee like near a ditch/trench......this is why the germans starting running like hell towards the tree line and winters ordered it to be bombarded The second german company belived its flank was being attacked by a large American force ran over the ridge and directly into the ambush

@charles07km83

3 жыл бұрын

Yeah,The German did the same thing with the Russians,British,Canadian,Americans & Frenchs the whole time since 1940-1945 but this is a point to the allies Like allies 1, Germany 1,000

@RealRotkohl

3 жыл бұрын

@@charles07km83 Nazi Germany still lost the war. Winning 1000 battles is meaningless if you loose the war.

@charles07km83

3 жыл бұрын

@@RealRotkohl no no, you got a point

@user-ob2qd5uq5l

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you. Now it is more clear. In serial episode we see "stuped" germans with rifles, who don't fire in first seconds and just run away. In real sitation they were not armed.

@charlesuplifted5216

3 жыл бұрын

@@user-ob2qd5uq5l well they were armed but not all of them Also they were very confused as they didnt know if it was friendly fire or not at first

1:28 A beautiful scene, the slow motion of the Garand firing- And the look on Winters face. Fear and determination, while also knowing each time he pulls the trigger and drops someone he's going to bear that weight. Couldn't imagine having actually done that- At-least the Garand was the perfect weapon for the job, couldn't have done that with a K98

@charlesuplifted5216

3 жыл бұрын

Could have done it with a g43 tho

@convertible4925

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesuplifted5216 no

@arandomperson5434

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesuplifted5216 then the G43 jams or the gas system fucks up

@Noplayster13

Жыл бұрын

He’s jerking the trigger with each shot. Look at the way he flinched each time it goes off. It would only be luck if he managed to hit something.

@firstconsul7286

Жыл бұрын

No, its more like he's flinching because he's anticipating the gun going off and the recoil lol

3:28 this is actually highly realistic, most people dont know that this is how artillery kills most people. The shrapnel from the explosion can kill people even from a long distance (even longer than the one shown here). It’s not the explosion that kills them but the little pieces of metal that act like bullets just flying in random directions into long distance.

@orbtastic

Жыл бұрын

I could be wrong but I believe the majority of WW2 casualties were down to either artillery or mortar fire, not bullets, bombing or anything else. Obviously that's excluding things like famine, Spanish flu and disease etc.

@ramstacp

Жыл бұрын

Alot of the veterans that survived the war had their bodies littered with tiny pieces of shrapnel located in non mortal areas.

@slingknees

Жыл бұрын

Well yeah but just being close enough in the shockwave can definitely also kill you outright make no mistake

@s70driver2005

Жыл бұрын

I got some bits in my wrist and leg from a frag grenade in Afghanistan. You can still feel the pieces in my wrist when I move it a certain way.

@neymarmessironaldo5881

8 ай бұрын

​​@@s70driver2005holy shit man thats brutal. Cant u pluck em out at a hospital though?

I read his book and this scene is almost exactly how he described it. Amazing.

@jdmaine51084

3 жыл бұрын

Does he really describe firing from the hip like that?! What a legend...

@modern3480

3 жыл бұрын

Can you write a name of this book?

@hardboiled5577

Жыл бұрын

@@modern3480 Beyond Band of Brothers, Richard Winters' autobiography. Hope it's not too late.

@andic8287

5 ай бұрын

@@hardboiled5577thank you!

@frankm2588

Ай бұрын

@@hardboiled5577 Yes, great book, he lived in England with an older couple. He never went out to the bars, he was always studying his manuals so he wouldn't make any mistakes to endanger his men.

Amazing scene, Winters is such a good leader!

@Agentofchaos3

Жыл бұрын

One praises one's equals. He who praises you says, "You are my equal!"

@baldwiniv5339

3 ай бұрын

Vermin

@melvinc23

4 күн бұрын

@@baldwiniv5339 yes you are

What's not mentioned in the show is that at this point Easy had been entrenched fighting over that area for a while. Good thing Winters had the wherewithal to call in artillery immediately, knowing that a counterattack was very possible.

How Winters and his men were not kicked out of the server for spawn-killing is baffling. What were the admins doing??

@MaxwellAerialPhotography

5 ай бұрын

Dude, the balancing for World War 2 was completely fucked from the start.

@thedungeondelver

4 ай бұрын

@@MaxwellAerialPhotography So dig this, the guy running the US/Pacific map quits but before he does he gives 2 Nuke tokens to the guy who just spawned on. Eff this.

@shanesmith734

9 күн бұрын

I dont think they understood the joke.

Of all the war series done to date, BOB still tops them all.

I love how they put the bayonets on!

One of the most significant and memorable scenes of the whole show!

Finally a clip of this without some annoying music dubbed over it

I've got to watch this show. That charge was so intense with no music. Wow. Totally different feel than a hollywood movie.

i also remember a scene where Bull was telling the replacements to not fix bayonets since they wont be able to fire accurately. Seeing Ramirez fix his bayonet and think about the implications of what is about to happen is haunting.

@forest8779

21 күн бұрын

Yeah I was thinking that too in this scene, like damn, I think id rather shoot from afar with my rifle than use it as a fucking melee weapon, bayonet or not.

1:15 when you run up on the only non-AI member of the squad in Enlisted

@forest8779

21 күн бұрын

🤣😂 truth! Then them mowing down the Germans are your their other AI teammates going down lolz

Probably the best thing I’ve seen on KZread all week. Easily my favourite series

Damn, Winters fired 10 rounds from an eight-round clip when assaulting that position. Talk about leadership!

@eNoble-US

Жыл бұрын

Even less believable is the fact that every single German is running and none of them returned effective fire despite a single man standing on a road firing from the hip was the current threat at the start of the fight. I have read from other comments that in real life, the Germans teepee’d their rifles in a nearby tree line and ran for them, but the movie doesn’t reflect that and instead there’s hundreds of Germans running around with almost none returning fire. The scene just doesn’t make sense if you actually focus on what the Germans are doing.

@NeoStoicism

Жыл бұрын

the problem with making a show historically accurate is that truth is stranger than fiction

@grzegorczyk1983

Жыл бұрын

@@eNoble-US they were ambushed during breakfast most left their guns in the tree line, that is why they were running there to take their guns

@eNoble-US

Жыл бұрын

@@grzegorczyk1983 … That’s literally what my comment said. In this movie, they all have weapons in their hands, in real life they didn’t.

@esteban20969564

2 ай бұрын

@@grzegorczyk1983 who that fuck goings to eat breakfast in the middle of a warzone without his main gun by his side???

Gonna say it; arguably one of the best battle scenes of all time.

@sunnyfrisch

2 жыл бұрын

A massacre is a battle scene? Uhm, yeah...right!

@BOys85

Жыл бұрын

nah, just hollywood propaganda

@xTRUExiNsANiTYx

Жыл бұрын

@@BOys85 what is propaganda about this? Winters literally has nightmares and PTSD episodes about the first kid he killed throughout the rest of the series. This is what war is. Lots of theatrical adaptations about war are propagandized, but this series is really not one of them.

@sapiensiski

Жыл бұрын

​@@BOys85 bruh

@endorphinrider1633

Жыл бұрын

The best battle scene of all time has to go to the huge battle scene in the 1930 All's Quiet on the Western Front.

I love this scene it is one of my favorites of the whole show

Dude. The sound of the guys running is so crisp. It really feels like you’re running with them

My grandpa was a marine in WW2 who built bridges for tanks in the pacific theater. He said the only thing he fired his weapons at in theater was “the damn small monkeys that would steal their food.” Lol

@ericeverett510

3 ай бұрын

Seebee

@JP-qc8ud

Ай бұрын

My grand father was a Seabee in WW2 Pacific. My uncle was a cook. I wish I had asked them about it but I was young then

Richard ‘Dick’ Winters has my utmost respect

"Fix bayonets" the dudes with Thompson and M1 Carbine: "How?"

@user-FishermanRick

Жыл бұрын

The carbine had a bayonet lug.

@DefunctYompelvert

Жыл бұрын

@@user-FishermanRick the bayonet lug version was only just going into production when this engagement took place

@larryalvares1369

4 ай бұрын

@@user-FishermanRicktake a good look at the carbine, and tell me that they have a bayonet lug

@griz312

3 ай бұрын

⁠@@larryalvares1369Bayonet Lugs were not available until 1945. This was mostly because the General Ordance didn’t think it was gonna be used heavily for frontline combat as they were intended for rear echelon troops.

@Sychyov

2 ай бұрын

They did use bayonets on M1 Carbine, just very, very rarely as they were self-improvised. With Tommies, you kinda don't need them, at least not as much as infantrymen with M1 Garands.

Great tactics displayed by Major Winters and proved all those men were at their best! I can only admire that and the fact of the importance of the extensive training they went through.

This is one of the best scenes

If there’s one scene I remember from this show, it’s this.

@memecliparchives2254

2 жыл бұрын

Easily.

Must have been something else being the radio operator trying to decipher words while hearing explosions, gunfire, and screams of agony in the background.

Exceptional leadership. I can't think of a better leader portrayed anywhere in cinema.

The delay in that smoke grenade brings to mind a story I heard a veteran tell. The idea that you pulled the pin on a grenade and count off a few seconds: He said "never happened". A) the timing of a grenade fuse is not a precise thing. It started burning, you throw. B) one was trained to toss the grenade so it bounced around a bit, especially into a tank or a pillbox. by the time it stopped pinballing around, BANG. Not having served myself, I can only retell a story. I often here veterans say things that others contradict which simply means that there were so many men in this war in particular that there were enormous variations in experience.

IT'S A WHOLE OTHER COMPANYY!!!

@M_Alistair

3 жыл бұрын

No shit!

1:12 through 1:24 are probably my favorite moment in any series, movie, videogame ever. It's just so badass. Firing from the hip, then continuing to fire from the hip on an entire company of Germans... GOD its glorious.

@SuperShanook

3 жыл бұрын

Glorious isn't what I would call it. But it is done really well

My grandfather was in korea.. He was a marine.. i never seen him afraid of anything in his entire life.. when i was 18 i was gonna join.. He sat me down and said have you ever seen me afraid if anything. And i said no.. He told me the story of their units commander telling them to "fix bayonets"... It meant ONE thing... That they were going to be close enough to use em.. They were taking a hill... He said it was stupid. They would take a hill just to give it up and take it again just to give it up and repeat.. made no sense.. to him if you taoe a hill you KEEP the hill..i never joined.. to this day ill never forget his words.

One of the best TV series and there is Band of Brothers

Never forget the sacrifices that generation gave for our freedom !!!!

1:12 "Oh come on"

What an amazing series.

Just watched this....excellent...cheers, Johnny...😊😊

Ah, the elusive 10 round Garand rifle Stupid nitpicks aside, this is one of my favorite clips ever

@richardeschallert8526

Ай бұрын

An M1 used an eight-round clip; with one round in the chamber, the rifleman had NINE founds to fire off before reloading.

@Zippsterman

Ай бұрын

@@richardeschallert8526 Unless you loaded that one round in the chamber loose, how would you fit the next clip before the old one ejected? Doesn't quite work the same way as a detachable magazine in that regard

God I love that "ping!" noise

Dick Winters was one of the very few men that other men would truly follow right into the mouth of Hell

Having a M1 Garand semi automatic rifle compared to the Germans bolt action K98 rifles was such a huge advantage.

Loved how the german goes "yo wassup" before being shot

@hsnell1222

2 ай бұрын

He puts his hands up like "WTF dude I'm on my lunch break"

I love this series. Watch it several times a year. But Winters firing from the hip and then blinking hard every shot he fired was a bit of an overlook from such perfectionists like Spielberg and Hanks.

@user-FishermanRick

Жыл бұрын

And moving his right arm and grip as he pulls the trigger. Could be he was so close that accuracy wasn't an issue, or he's an actor firing blanks and trying to mimic recoil. I agree this took away from a great scene. Remember he didn't do this during the previous night attack.

@ramstacp

Жыл бұрын

Wouldn’t u expect a person to blink while firing? Seems like a natural reaction, but I could definitely be wrong. And it seems like the shooting from the hip could also be explained by the fact he was so surprised and his natural instinct was to shoot as quickly as possible, that he didn’t have time to bring his gun up to eye level. At that point shooting first was more important than proper aim, as alluded to above.

@kbm-zw5jd

Жыл бұрын

@@ramstacp experienced shooters don’t blink while firing, especially since winters had experienced hard core combat before. Shooting from the hip? No way. Not even close to the accuracy a proper shot from the shoulder would make. Maybe a surprise shot, but the series had him take a long pause before firing, and I doubt that happened in real life, but he continued to fire from the hip after he killed the first soldier. I love the series, but this shooting fell through the cracks.

I was att that crossing 4 years ago .....gave the honors to that pole.... nerver forget that day - the day of days

Probably the best scene of the series

"There are no Poles in the SS!". I love the accuracy of BoB.

@scandited2763

4 ай бұрын

Well, actually there were other "national" regiments of Waffen SS consisted of French, Danes and so on. However, big however. They WERE NOT members of organization SS, because only "Aryans" could

@imbol89

4 ай бұрын

​@@scandited2763well, I have never said that Waffen SS did not consist other nationalities than German. What I said is that there were no Poles in SS which is accurate and 100% true, so I don't really get what are you trying to prove or teach by posting this comment. Maybe I am getting wrong affection of what you said. However, you are right about other nationalities.

@scandited2763

4 ай бұрын

@@imbol89 I‘m pretty sure there were SSers from Poland. There were an armed organizations of german-poles in Poland (before WW2), which were trained by Nazi Germany

@scandited2763

4 ай бұрын

@@imbol89There was some military enrollment on territory of occupied Poland, so I am pretty sure

@imbol89

4 ай бұрын

@@scandited2763 Have you ever read about Polish SS formation ? Do not relay on your judgment.

There’s a reason we will forever call these men the greatest generation. This scene right here and the Normandy landing scenes from Saving private Ryan is all u need to back up what I said.

@noobster4779

Жыл бұрын

Well, until you actually read up on what these guys also did...the greatest generation is only called that because we ignored certain parts of it on purpsoe. It is for example belived nowadays that the number of rapes commited by US soldiers in europe, allied and german civilian women of all ages alike, is in the lower 100.000s. Sadly the soviets werent the only once who raped through europe. Differenc eis do to the cold war we exaggerated the soviet crimes and ingored the american ones to create the "greatest generation" myth. Fighting a war doesnt make you "great", especially when most US soldiers had similar ideas then the nazis to begin with when it coems to racism, segregation and imperialism. Only difference was that americans didnt went as far as genocide. Nobody gave a fuck about freedom or liberty, well, as long as it wasnt white europeans that were affected.

@mobydick3895

Жыл бұрын

They were! But, it might also be understood, that in this war, there was no doubt that soldiers understood why they are fighting, and what they must do. This is different than some of the other wars America has gotten involved in. But this war was gargantuan.

@monika2745

Жыл бұрын

Don’t forget the Africa, Italy, and the Pacific campaigns

@FlyGuy2000

2 ай бұрын

They fought valiantly, but what would they think of the world we live in now? Most of the US was firmly against the war up until Pearl.

In spot of the enemy the 30’s attached to companies would have opened fire right away and whichever officer would have had the radio next to em would have called in artillery way ahead. A beautiful scene.

These guys were absolutely awesome xxx

Whenever I watch a war movie now all I’m thinking is how many men must’ve just wanted to go home but were shot in the back while running away from the fight

This is a good scene but did anyone notice Winter’s character closing both eyes when the M 1 fired at 1:27 ?

@velocipastor7402

2 жыл бұрын

He's human

@convertible4925

2 жыл бұрын

I'm sure it has alot to do with shooting so many helpless men dead while also knowing they would do the same to you. Each trigger pull is more and more weight on his shoulders that he'll have to carry for the rest of his life knowing he ended someone else's.

@randyblackburn9765

2 жыл бұрын

@@convertible4925 good men? Probably so in most cases but not helpless ,the German Army was formidable and the most part courageous.but I was pointing out that the actor closed his eyes as if he were afraid of operating the weapon in hand . The real Winters would not have closed his eyes and would have certainly known that his enemies were not helpless.

@convertible4925

2 жыл бұрын

@@randyblackburn9765 in this scene most of the Germans were caught without weapons in an open field. They had no chance and so I deemed them helpless

@randyblackburn9765

2 жыл бұрын

@@convertible4925 well the first one appeared not to have a weapon and yeah Winters shot him ,but most had rifles , bolt actions to their dis advantage while the Americans had 8 shot semiautomatics

When upright: -50% targeting Speed and +30% hesitation. While crouching: +2000% accuracy.

winters was so righteous. intelligent. boy was he a leader. when I hear millions of soldiers died. i cant help but feel it was people hit by artillery or still. not these well trained paratrooper boys. they received some serious training and they stayed alive far better than others. thats why they could see so much combat and live. they know how not to die.

Bravo quelle belle charge !!

Never understood what the tactical purpose of the smoke grenade was. It's only used to signal their own troops, but it creates a huge red cloud which says to the enemy: hey look in the direction we are flanking you from on open terrain

@jackright9638

2 жыл бұрын

Irl they didn’t use smoke. Winters was just faster

@bigbools7778

7 ай бұрын

Winters didn't use smoke in real life, he was simply faster than his men. But as for "why", I can only imagine it's to fit the narrative. Winters runs in first against a position that he knows nothing about, half expecting to die. By laying down smoke & going in first, it gives his men time to retreat & conceal their position should Winters be killed in the opening fire fight. It's a nice nod to his character as a leader, but in reality they ALL went in at the same time, Winters was just fast.

Great scene. This area still excist today. You can still see where Winters was running and where Dukeman got shot. Okt-28-2022.

This reminds me of that Game of Thrones scene, where Jamie Lannister comes up behind the Frey siege of Riverrun. The Frey guy goes "Ser Jamie, we didn't know you were coming." Jamie responds "Because you didn't set up a proper perimeter. You just allowed 8,000 men to march up behind you unchallenged." While it was only a company of soldiers, the speed and ferocity of the US attack made the Geran forces think there were many more coming and they started fleeing. Winters maneuvers around German lines worked even better than he had hoped because they never thought the US forces could get behind them so fast. This was one of the combat engagements Winters said would have been impossible without Sobel's training to get the Easy Company into shape.

Good old 105mm cannon fire WE had 3 batterys of 155mm in vietnam fireing in suport of calvery at LZ Action . 14 mile range of these H.E rounds was outstanding, 4th div. 1969

Imagine being hit with 5.56 and suffering. These chads smacked you with a 30-06 large game hunting rounds and polished it up with .45

@reynaldoflores4522

2 ай бұрын

The German 8 mm Mauser round was about equivalent to the American 30-06.😊

2:19 The MP40 guy could really add a dash of realism to the way he dies.

I've seen interviews with old soldiers who describe a similar situation to 1.15. They had to take a split decision whether to kill or demand surrender. In most cases it simply wasn't practical to show mercy even if you wanted to.

Winters and Easy Company at their peak. Winters could have earned the MOH for this or Brecourt Manor (which earned him a DSC)

@danwallach8826

Ай бұрын

Rules at the time were one or maybe two MOH per division. Seems kinda arbitrary seeing as how everybody in the invasion was awarded a Bronze. Winters should have qualified for the MOH at the Crossroads, aka Island. All he got was 2nd Battalion XO. Then, battalion command. Don't know what happened with LTC Strayer. The series never told us.

Perfect thing about this is that when you are being fired upon by one man it creates a false sense of security. An enemy company might take up less well thought out defensive positions some people might even close the distance on you if they know they outnumber you and have the superior firepower. Then when the rest of your company turns up they realise “oh shit I’m way too close and my defensive position is too open to hide from the heavy fire”. The only thing the enemy can do at this point is pull back but risk getting shot out in the open. Fantastic really.

Band of Brothers and The Pacific are must see TV.

1:12 When you give a mod emergency powers over chat and decides to leave no witnesses :P

The M1 Carbine was well known for Stove piping. 2:00 it did it to LT Peacock here.

@Bornst3ll3r

3 жыл бұрын

What does that mean

@Nickallsopp92

3 жыл бұрын

@@Bornst3ll3r short answer, his gun jammed. The bolt caught the casing before it was fully extracted and it resembles a stove pipe.

@user-FishermanRick

Жыл бұрын

Good catch. I always thought it was Peacock who said "holy shit it's a whole other company" but after slowing it down I think it's Hubler with a Garand.

@Nickallsopp92

Жыл бұрын

@@user-FishermanRick no, after rewatching it, peacock definitely Said, "holy shit". Then it looks like Talbert who said it was a whole other company, then Martin said, "No Shit".

That fire mission was ballsy

The best series ever.

I've always wondered why that other company decided to run down the hill into open fire; why not stay up on the hill and fire down on the Americans? That seemed like the best solution to not only save their own lives but to attack the aggressors.

@flailingelbows7073

3 жыл бұрын

I believe in reality they thought they had been flanked by a much larger force and panicked thinking their position was about to be made untenable. All attributed to the aggressive leadership of Winters

@charlesuplifted5216

3 жыл бұрын

@@flailingelbows7073 you are correct they came over the ridge believing their front was collapsing

@imperialguardsmen8543

3 жыл бұрын

Because they aren’t veterans and aren’t well trained, alongside that they had no idea whether it was just a platoon or battalion of Americans raining hell on the first company

@DOI_ARTS

Жыл бұрын

They panicked they thought tbey were attacked and fall back, they got massacred by the Americans that was already firing behind them

Aint’ no Poles on SS. Remember that. You could meet Norwegian, French, Danish, Belgian... not a Poles.

@charlesuplifted5216

3 жыл бұрын

Poles were in the waffen ss actually

@RealRotkohl

3 жыл бұрын

@@charlesuplifted5216 Ethnic Poles were banned from joining the SS.

@amis100

2 жыл бұрын

@@charlesuplifted5216 Could you please share your source? Thanks.

@Qbus245

Жыл бұрын

Poles not in the SS, but in the "Polnische Wehrmacht"

@Sodbusterrod

2 ай бұрын

Karl Komora, a Pole from Lvov was in the SS.

I like how the scene shows people shooting, and people being shot.

Great movie

Name me a sight more terrifying than one hundred men charging with gunspears.

There could have been someone with a Polish surname in the ss, but there were never any Poles. There was also never any Polish unit of the SS.

@raylast3873

2 жыл бұрын

There were definitely Waffen-SS-Divisions made of foreign volunteers. While afaik none of them were officially Polish this does not exclude the possibility of Poles serving in say the Baltic or one of the other volunteer divisions. That being said, none of these would be considered _real_ SS-Divisions, despite the name. Basically there were three levels of SS Military formations and you can tell from the Name. The pure SS Divisions were just a couple and they were actually largely recruited from the ranks of the SS. Then there was the Waffen-SS Divisions, which were basically elite army formations so they would get normal (but probably better-quality) recruits and better equipment. The Waffen-SS-Volunteer divisions were basically just extra manpower. I‘m not sure if they had SS Uniforms though. I‘m pretty sure that the Troops they‘re fighting are German troops which makes them either „pure SS„ or „Waffen-SS“, probably the latter. If it is the latter, it‘s theoretically possible for someone from Poland to volunteer or get conscripted into the German army if he was deemed „German“ enough and end up in this battle.

@raylast3873

2 жыл бұрын

It should be said that the Volunteer SS-Divisions especially often met pretty grim fates as the allied formations, especially from their own countries, did not fuck around when it came to them. The French Army summarily executed French SS-Volunteers and it was probably worse on the Eastern Front. Understandable especially for anyone who took the idea of stamping out fascism seriously. Netflix apparenly made the utterly horrific and tactless move a few years back of producing a sympathetic documentary about the Latvian SS-Volunteers. You gotta wonder who exactly greenlighted that one, but given the pure amount of random stuff on Netflix and that it probably mostly ran in Eastern Europe, it seems to have gone mostly under the radar.

@oberfeldkurat8654

2 жыл бұрын

@@raylast3873 Of course, even today many Germans have Polish-sounding surnames. The problem is elsewhere ... The narrative is such as to propagate the lie that Poles are anti-Semites and that the SS man has a Polish name in a Hollywood movie. Not French, not Belgian, not Norwegian, not Latvian, not Russian, not Italian, not Danish, not Hungarian, not English, but just Polish, when no one with Polish citizenship served in the SS. From the perspective of a Western viewer, it would be politically incorrect for an SS man to have, for example, a French, Italian or Dutch surname.

Excellent

Now that’s a Captain.

Enlisted spawn campers be like

Bayonet charge in WWII was easier than bayonet charge in WWI

One of my all time favourite scenes, 2nd time I've seen it now; glad I only had to type in Brand of Brothers in the search to find it.

If I could have a choice to fight in any war I wanted, it would be WW2.

@eziokill9112

3 жыл бұрын

Horrible choice.

@spitfiremkiv339

3 жыл бұрын

horrible choice indeed

@charlesuplifted5216

3 жыл бұрын

Horrible choice Imagion being sent to the eastern front or the Pacific against japan

@1LWiLNY

3 жыл бұрын

Thankfully I can dream, can’t I? You would rather fight in war on terrorism, which is boring, or Vietnam, with guerilla jungle warfare, or ww1 with the bloody trench warfare with gases. I like WW2 because of the technological evolution of airplanes, guns, tanks, artillery, etc.

@vincentyou266

3 жыл бұрын

@@1LWiLNY you’re more likely to end up dead in this war than the others though, so you don’t really care?

"If He's POLISH Why's He Wearing a German Helmet!??!"

@user-zq5jd7ee9n

Ай бұрын

many different nationalities wound up in the SS ranks.

@WallyW74

Ай бұрын

Poles were forced conscripted into the German army, BUT, not the SS

best tv show ever

band of brothers is the greatest mini series ever🎉

*This scene is ridiculous beyond words. To have us believe the Germans would just sit there cozy in the grass without any guarding and just let themselves be slaughtered as some stupid Star Wars stormtroopers.*

@helilivesmatter1075

2 ай бұрын

It's hilarious that this 100% happened and your wehraboo delusions are downright wrong. Easy Company and elements of Dog Company routed an entire SS battalion by ambushing them as depicted here and caused massive casualties. This is a documented event. The operations room's video goes into great detail.

@kingcobra777

2 ай бұрын

The thing is this is a real situation that actually happened

@Hordalending

2 ай бұрын

@@kingcobra777 That is because it didn't happen. Both the veterans and the Jew Spielberg admitted the series took some liberties to make better show, as of course all movies and documentaries do. What, you think the Germans were THAT useless but STILL managed to wage war against the ENTIRE industrial world for unbelievable six years?

@AB-mw8oz

Ай бұрын

@@Hordalending Dick Winters' own book talks about this battle, with the only glaring difference being he makes no mention of Muck and Penkala with their 60mm Mortar, and the fact this battle was cut short, as in real life the American paratroopers chased the Germans all the way to the river, it was at this point German artillery hit the paratroopers forcing the Americans to call off the chase. With them retreating back to the crossroads. In total they pushed 500 meters with 2 platoons suffering 18 wounded mostly from artillery, and 1 KIA, William Dukeman, killed by a rifle grenade during the early morning action prior to the ambush

@larryalvares1369

Ай бұрын

What, can’t accept the truth?

Watching it again,really great series ,you can see why a bond is born with the paras,I served in the airforce for twelve years,there is a bond that never goes away you are brothers for life

Best show ever made

Best scene of the best episode.

You always know what I want to see

Different breed of human these guys are the last of a dying breed. Will never not forget what they done for us they were bold as the come 🇬🇧🇺🇸

Dope scene

Hip firing M1 Garand with fixed bayonet is next level badass. Winters was a badass.

Watching this scene has reminded me of how good BoB is. Time to dig out the box set !!

Great scene. War truly is a horrible thing.