Band of Brothers Episode 1: Currahee - First Time Watching - Reaction
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- čas přidán 3. 04. 2022
- Brendan, Tyler and Alphonso watch and react to episode 1: Currahee of Band of Brothers for the first time.
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"No tactical reason for paratroopers?" The 173rd airborne brigade jumped into northern Iraq and seized airfields, bridges, and dams prior to the invasion.
Anti-air weapons systems in 2003 aren’t a very good indicator that the US would have a tactical advantage deploying paratroopers today.
@@phonzirocks that’s why air superiority is the first priority in war before deploying paratroopers. Airborne units are still essential in modern warfare. An example is the Russian airborne units that were tasked in to take and hold Hostemel (apologies if I spelled it wrong) airport behind enemy lines until the main armor units push in to relieved them.
@@phonzirocks air superiority my friend
@@Fergus_0703 If I recall right those weren’t airborne units in practice, only terminology. I thought they were air assault troops. They were also repelled in just a couple days, so their operation failed.
When you have a hammer, you see nails everywhere. But it's a fair point that there is still an advantage to rapid aerial deployment.
The $50 then is almost $2,000 today. The $10,000 life insurance then is over $172,000 today.
Great reaction, guys. I'm looking forward to the rest of the series.
Much appreciated! As are we!
There were no B2's back then. The most numerous strategic/Tactical bombers that the Americans used in ww2 is the B17, B24, and B25. While the Americans also used the B29, they mostly used it over in the Pacific bombing Japan
WWII wasn't in 1989?
Yes. The Airborne were excellent scouts but our primary mission was to attack and hold an aera and wait for renforments.
Great reaction. Looking forward to the next. This is a deeply meaningful series.
Thank you! It's been very good so far.
The guy at the bottom from Oklahoma knows his military sh.....t!!!! I watch a lot of these reaction videos and almost all make comments that are completely 100% incorrect. However, the dude at the bottom is spot on with everything!! I was impressed with his comment regarding modern airborne. He is 100% in saying, there is no tactical reason for paratroopers now.
Thank you for the comment! We're doing our best to catch as much as we can while also adding input that hopefully is correct. We aren't perfect so if there is anything we get wrong, please let us know, everyone learns something new every day!
7:00-meanwhile today's military wants you drinking water as much as possible, for obvious reasons. Also, that's Magneto he's giving shit to. :)
Very true!
It was cause how well the movie "Saving Pvt Ryan" did that they (Spielberg / Hanks) were able to do this series. this series is based on the (1992) Book " Band of Brothers" by Steven Ambrose and some from another book "Parachute Infantry" by a member of the unit. From the time i was 17 yrs old every Jan at the Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in Fort Indiantown GAP, PA with E/ 506th living history unit we had almost all the org. Troopers with us (along with Troopers from other Airborne units) in our Barrack's and at the public battle. it was this event were i grew up Drinking Prop Blast listing to stories , laughing and singing with these Troopers. God i miss them scalawags those late night drunk Grunt to Grunt talks sitting on bunks with canteen cups of Prop blast and it was this event were XXXX read the letter he got from Tom Hanks asking permission to do it. XXXX then asked us what we thought and we shouted a big HELL YES!! lifting our drinks 100+ Drunken Troopers cheering, them were some epic hangovers, with in the Paratroopers they have Pathfinders who jump in 1st to mark the DZ (drop zone) for the main units.
Sounds like some great memories were had on those days!
Michael Fassbender was the guy that drank from his canteen
"We actually started making warships at that time, too."
What precisely do you think the Japanese attacked at Pearl Harbor? Fishing boats?
Touché.
Great reaction!!!
Ayyye appreciate you bro!!
You have to volunteer for Airborne. These guys can quit at any time and go back to the regular army. They have already been through basic training.
Ah good to know. Thanks for the info!
The first paratroopers were actually used by the Germans in the invasion of Crete, the allies loved the concept that they adopted it.
Ahhh interesting. Thank you for the info!
I highly recommend you guys also watch “ The pacific “ and “letters from Iwo Jima” if you want something similar to band of brothers
actually, when Sobel left, they put Lt Mehan in charge of Easy. Winters was a platoon leader i believe. But they all praised Sobel for his training them.
Ah okay. We figured that out in episode 2. We have also been hearing that they respected Sobel, even if the training seemed harsh at times. Thanks for the info!
Rather than scouting, the primary purpose of airborne infantry is to seize or destroy key points such as bridges, crossroads, airfields, etc ahead of an invasion force, and then hold out until the main force arrives. These objectives can be many, but are usually based around either denying the enemy the ability to bring up reinforcements and supplies to the front, or to prevent the enemy from destroying a key bridge or other piece of infrastructure that might hold up the advance.
Ah that makes a lot of sense. It was definitely a viable strategy. Thank you for the additional info!
These men were not "forcefully" deployed. You had to qualify to be a paratrooper. As a matter of fact, no matter what branch of the military you're talking about, there were actually a number of cases of suicides among young men who were not able to fight (4F and so forth).
Oh wow. Thank you for your insight. A few of us have heard stories from friends and family in the military about suicide cases, unfortunately.
@@dabois5987 I think you misunderstood my comment. I was talking about suicides among young men who wanted to join, but were denied - usually due to some sort of medical condition. They were so devastated at not being able fight, they took their own lives. Suicides among those who served is whole different discussion, sadly.
@@gibsongirl2100 Apologies. A few of us have heard about cases where men wanted to serve but were denied, thus resulting in suicides sadly.
@@dabois5987 all of the airborne units in WWII I think are volunteers. There’s no conscripts in them.
Airborne units are volunteered for.
You realize you're missing important dialog often while you talk. It's very easy to miss things in this series if you're not paying attention. Makes for a better reaction, too, because there's less confusion. Like Winters is not in command right now. 😁
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There are some excellent reaction channels who have watched this series. Get spoiled after those channels.
Pro tip: always have OV audio at least as loud as your commentary.
Overall, a very good first effort. +1 sub
This is my favorite episode in some ways, if only that Capt. Sobel and Army noodles with ketchup are their biggest threats, while knowing what lies ahead...Be prepared to learn, laugh, grow and suffer with these characters. Currahee ♠
The airborne were a completely new concept during WW2 and their purpose was to drop behind enemy lines, hence the need to carry so much equipment, as you see in this episode. There are some great videos of the places featured in this series, that Easy Company fought in during the war, on the History Underground channel. Well worth checking out, but only once you have finished this series (to avoid any spoilers).
That makes a lot of sense. Thank you for the recommendation and info!
You guys spotted Simon Pegg, but you did not seem to notice that the guy who had drank from his canteen was Michael Fassbender. Look for a number of other big name actors who appeared in this show when they were much younger and less famous...I won't spoil it by naming names...yet.
I believe we noticed after the recording, but it's awesome to see a handful of big actors on this show before they got famous and when they were a lot younger!
This series only gets better as it goes along. Try showing a bit more of the film though.
Looking forward to it! We are trying our best to show as much as we can due to copyrights. Next episodes video should be up soon.
I see you are a couple of episodes in by now IRL. I suggest maybe rewatching the early episodes or try to really nail down familiarity with some of the main characters. This series does a great job of following characters and storylines somewhat accurately. In some cases events happened to other characters who aren't featured in the series, but are assigned to the guys we know, or story lines are created out of a mix of real occurances, but in most cases we have snippets with characters in the early episodes that will become focus points later, and in many cases the real actors were able to get true stories or first person insights by consulting with the surviving men into the show. Many of these actors have collaborated after Band Of Brothers on many projects and held mini reunions since the show, good case in point right now is some movies and shows in the UK, produced by Philip Barantini (Sisk) and Bart Raspoli (Tipper) [Boiling Point] with Ross McCall (Liebgott) [About Us/A Violent Man/Suspicion] Stephen Graham (Ranney) Dexter Fletcher (Martin) [Bohemian Rhapsody and Rocketman] and the US with Frank John Hughes (Guarnier), Rick Gomez (luz), James Madio (Perconte) and Kirk Acevedo (Toye) [The Offer]. Mike Cudlitz (Bull Randleman) set up annual reunions with actual Easy men and the actors as well. Richard Speight Jr. (SKip Muck) {Supernatural} has some good pods, as well as We Happy Few 506 with Matthew Leitch (Talbert) who has had many of the UK actors on.. There's some great Pods out there and zoom calls during the pandemic that had many of the actors on. And theres an 11th epiosode after with the backstory and interviews with the actual guys......
Anyway, a good googling of the actors faces and names, just try to avoid the spoilers in who makes it thru and who doesn't......
Curahee!!
We'll definitely be rewatching the earlier episodes. It's awesome that so many of the actors collaborated and kept in touch with each other and even had reunions with actual Easy company men as well. Thank you for all the info!
No spoilers but y'all betr brace from now on lol
Noted lol
15:35 wise choice great teacher not a good soldier.
Very true!
Someone let a 6-year-old watch Saving Private Ryan? Jesus Christ.
Sorry, I am not watching when you talk over the movie. 👋
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Guys, Camera 101: Put your brightest light source *behind* the camera and *on* the subject, not behind, for cryin' out loud! Who doesn't know this?
We understand the criticism. This was our first video and some of us made due with what we had until we had enough money to buy better lighting equipment.