BAND OF BROTHERS EPISODE 7 REACTION | THE BREAKING POINT
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❤BIBLE VERSES OF THE DAY❤
PSALM 27:13-14 NIV
13I remain confident of this:
I will see the goodness of the Lord
in the land of the living.
14 Wait for the Lord;
be strong and take heart
and wait for the Lord.
Wait until episode 9... It will REALLY humble you.
If I may say as someone who did two tours in Iraq as a Cav Scout Sniper (and whose dad was in the 101st Airborne in Vietnam), this episode is one of my favorite because I think it captures the reality of what soldiers can go through. It really captures so many threats from the sub zero weather, the enemy shelling, bad leadership and SELF HARM! THIS is the reality of war. I want you to really think about what it would be like for an entire day away from the comforts of living and put yourself in one of those foxholes freezing to the edge of hypothermia while still trying to hold onto your sanity and then be mission capable.
In addition to that I would disagree with you in that this episode is not trying to score any points by focusing on certain characters, it chose the 1st SGT as the main focus precisely because sometimes it takes just the average joe to show the concern and leadership to get men through something that put them on the edge. It was brilliant in doing that.
God Bless! Great King David Quote!
Please prepare yourself for episode 9 as I'm sure many will say in the notes.
careful what you wish for with a nixon focused episode ,,,, things might get really rough
You should also check out the series The Pacific.
You are right ma’am. God Bless you.
So glad that despite brilliant direction, script, location, action and actors you managed to find it a laughing matter - grow up !
Bill Guarniere came to speak to us at a High School assembly in the early 90's here is Philadelphia. No one had to tell us to sit at attention and listen. It was an honor to shake his hand.
I am envious, sir.
back in the 90's Bill became my drinking buddy , while i was in E/506th living history unit, during my promotion to SGT in the unit we had a ceremony in the latrine and had to get a swirly , Bill was right there to shake my hand 1st to call me SARG saying "dam . we did some messed up shit back then , but that lol"
@@2104dogface LOL Would have loved to met Bill in his younger days.
@@johnmagill7714 he out drank everyone, even when he went on set while they were filming the series . he out drank cast and crew with his buddy XXX none of them could keep up with them lol
Rip he was a damn good soldier
This is my favorite episode. Spears wasn't supposed to be where he was when Winters called for him. He just happened to be there so Winters Called him into action. He was the right man for the job. I loved that this was Lipton's episode, he grounded everyone, all the men treated him and leaned on him since Dike was such a poor leader. His leadership was in all the small things that he did for the men.
that's leadership. Too many people think being in charge and telling people what to do is leadership.
I disagree with your analysis, Lt Speirs always interjected himself into any place he could. Go back to episode 2, Speirs was on the periphery when Winters was outlining the mission. Lt Speirs made it a point to learn the names of the men that he spoke to, definitely the mark of a leader. So, I say he was aware of Lt. Dike's deficiencies and made himself prominently available during the assault.
@@rogergriffith3924 Great googa mooga! I watched this series when it came out and this is my favorite episode that I've seen 137,000 times... and I don't think I ever noticed that about Spiers. But it totally fits. Him sensing that Dike was going to implode and putting himself in position to be available to take charge is exactly what he'd do.
Quality comment... thanks!
@@rogergriffith3924 I was going off of what Winters said in interviews about Speirs just happening to be there. If he knew he'd be called on and put himself in the position I can't speak too.
This role and his character in dreamcatcher made me a fan of Donnie
"Speirs, get yourself over here."
Favorite moment in the show.
I've watched many reactors to this series and when they get to this part all them are like: "Aw hell no! Germans you dun fuked up now! Its on like Donkey Kong!"
A brief moment but it was a moment where Speirs was the coolest man in the world.
I enjoyed how Lipton was portrayed in this episode. I found it a good example that heroism also comes in the form of quietly stepping into leadership, not just conspicuous valor in combat. It showed many of the characteristics warranting an enlisted leader earning a battlefield commission to serve as an officer. A great man.
Toye coming back even though he wasn't fully recovered, Guarnere rushing out to help his wounded friend with incoming artillery on the way, Malarkey on the edgee of cracking and in desperate need of a respite but unwilling to leave the line until Lip convinced him that he should go back to say goodbye to Buck Compton because it would mean a lot to Buck. Lip looking out for them all like a big brother. The loyalty they have for each other really gets you.
Fun fact: the German sniper that popped up in the end was a crazy story. They said that Shifty had the best eye sight of the whole company and was an outstanding marksman cuz of his hunting experience back home before the war. When they went and searched the sniper in the building they said that the only injury was a clean bullet hole between his eyes
Lipton was doing the job of two very different soldiers in this episode. Company commander and first sargent. He literally held Easy together single handedly.
In 2007 my wife and I visited family members stationed in Germany. While there, we were taken to the Easy Company foxholes at Foy, Belgium. My brother in law, an army chaplain, explained that an infantry officer could read the ground like a map, and know how to identify the foxhole of every person depicted in this drama. Standing on the spot where this episode takes place was quite a moving experience to us.
To be fair to the real Norman Dike, the reason he froze up and panicked during the attack on Foy was he was shot twice in the chest, and was going into shock due to blood loss. He was wearing so much winter clothing that the guys from Easy company didn't notice he was bleeding (Kinda like with Hoobler), and Speirs officially took over when he was sent to a hospital in the rear. Easy company didn't know that, and frankly, didn't care enough to ask where he went. He actually earned medals for valor in combat. His family was... displeased with his portrayal in the show, to say the least. His major problem was a difference in leadership. Easy was used to Winters' very hands on leadership, and Dike had a very hands off approach.
A few fun things about Speirs that didn't make it into the show. First off, his real life nickname is never mentioned for some reason. Lew Nixon nicknamed him "Sparky" and it stuck, due to his temper going off so easily. Harry Walsh would dick with him to get him going off largely because he could (And Walsh was drunk. Seriously, the show missed an chance to show off his drunken exploits, Bill Guarniere and a few others who wrote books about the war go into detail, it's awesome stuff you should absolutely read their books) The show tried to make him more creepy then in real life, where he was more angry. Though, he DID mess with his men whenever he could. He thought it was funny (which it was)
Second, that thing about shooting his own sergeant was actually self defense. The guy was pointing his rifle at him, and basically no one cared when Speirs shot him.
As for the prisoners he supposedly shot, the soldiers were under combat conditions, and were specifically order to NOT take prisoners, with orders to shoot them all. Speirs never said if he actually shot those ones Malarky saw or not, but if he did, he was under orders to do so.
And finally, yes, he really did do that run. In his own words "It was the fastest way" He also earned a SHITTON of medals, because he was kinda insane.
One last thing about Lt. Peacock. The men really did like him, he was by all accounts a fantastic guy, but yeah, kinda sucked in the field. Unlike Dike, Easy liked him because he really did care about he guys he was in charge of.
There is a video where Winters said he had a letter from Speirs who confirmed the shooting of the prisoners. Ambrose who wrote the book was worried about fact checking so Winters wrote to Speirs for confirmation. But yes, no prisoners were the orders given to troops on D-Day.
As for the Sargent he shot. There are a couple versions being told. In a letter written by Winters, the Sargent would not listen twice to orders from Speirs about pushing into a town that was being shelled. After trying again to push in, Speirs shot the Sargent and saved those soldiers lives.
It’s funny that years later there is uncertainty still😂
Orders to shoot prisoners were still illegal even then but hey they won so....
Just goes to show that every villain is the hero of their own story.
@@WalkerOne You'd love Youjo Senki or in the west The Saga of Tanya the Evil, which is a shitty translation as Youjo Senki actually means "Military Chronicles of a Little Girl." Put it this way the series does a great job portraying a "Hero" who is also a "Villain" counting who the show is presenting at that time, and what side they're on, or their own moral compass. The fact that during the series "Warsaw Uprising" parody episode she literally quoted Heinrich Himmler when she rationalized the killing of civilians. Just how often it gives you shivers down your spine loving a character whom you know does horrible things. BTW it's Science Fiction, with a similar mix of fantasy/scifi you might see in something like the Mutant Chronicles if you've seen that film staring Ron Perlman, which also had a WWI/WWII visual ecstatic but was totally science fiction.
I really love the Youjo Senki film where the main antagonist was literally a Mary Sue, literally her name was Mary Sioux and she was given near godly powers, was very likeable among her peers, and had a ridiculously almost protagonist style level of morality. Basically the main character Tanya the anti-hero literally faces what is normally a stereotypically bad written hero character, in a very serious life/death environment. Btw also love the films portrayal of the Soviet Union called the Russi-Federation, even Lavrentiy Beria right down to his pedo tendencies. Of course for entertainment reasons the USSR's faults were cranked to 11, but some of the stuff was gold. Like a radio call for artillery support getting warped from one radio relay station to the next as the officers in charge didn't want to be the ones reporting bad news so like a Chinese Whisper game the message high command received was nothing like what officers on the front line were reporting.
Like Winters said, "God bless, no one tries harder than Peacock." He just wasnt good at it.
The reason they focused on Lipton to carry this episode is to show his lead ship qualities as an enlisted NCO and that his battlefield commission to an officer was well deserved. His qualities of care and water are of the troops, this was a transition and transformation of a leader who didn’t see themselves as a leader, which is why he didn’t sound forceful or strong. . You are doing a great job with this series and thanks a lot.
So, you’re saying he had … The Right Stuff? He wasn’t just some New Kid on the Block?
@@gawainethefirst Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
"His qualities of care and water are of the troops?" What a strange expression! Are you physically ok? Should someone call emergency services to make sure you have the "care and water of the troops" that you need right now?
"Care and water"? I'm guessing it's an autotype error, but I'm baffled.
@@kaziu312 correction..”care and feeding” of the troops.
What they don't tell you in this episode is that Lieutenant Dike
was wounded and in shock when he was relieved
So there is a BIG debate about LT. Dike and the attack on Foy and him being wounded many go with the Clancy story who said that he noticed Dike being wounded but there is no mention of him being hit during the attack. so per the old CO E/506th living history unit who has copies of all the E co & 506th reports and spent alot of time with all the vets - "they hated him (Dike). The only thing they didn't like in the series is that it didn't show the absolutely massive foxhole he had the Co HQ guys dig for him. "It was as big as a hotel". (heard Wild Bill talking about that)
so Dike wasn't hit during the assault on Foy. A lot of people think he was due to the miniseries and some comments Clancy Lyall made (even though he never saw Dike during the assault). There’s absolutely no record of him being hit or mention in the morning report copies."
Remember what Spiers told Blithe in episode 3: the only hope you have is to accept the fact that you're already dead. He walked the wall.
As for Winters, he could not go out as Company Co. He's now responsible for the whole batallion (3 or 4 companies). You saw his boss, Colonel Sink, call him back when he started to run out. He then made an excellent snap judgement.
Lipton put his life in Shifty's hands trusting that Shifty would shoot the sniper before the sniper shot him. That's some trust.
Trust, based on experience. He knew the kind of marksman Shifty was.
Ronald Spiers is well worth reading up on , what a legend. Love the way Lipton hands the glory to Shifty after offering himself as bait. A truly humble hero
Girl was feeling Spiers when he started giving them orders 😜🤣
"Mortars and grenades till its gone" DAMN.
We all were
25:53 what Speirs is saying is that Lipton is getting promoted from sergeant to lieutenant. He’s already in charge in spirit. Now he’s getting the rank to match. For context, Dike was also a lieutenant.
It’s not just any promotion. He was being commissioned. He went from enlisted to officer which is more than him going from E-5 to E-6. He’s now an O-1
A battlefield commission is extremely rare. It's a huge honor. Very well deserved by Lipton.
@@moralecomicsanimated2273 Yes. They don't give that to just anyone. Such a Warrior has really, really earned it.
Dike was also a lieutenant, but not the same lieutenant. He would have been a first lieutenant while Lip was becoming a second lieutenant.
@@canadian__ninja idk if this counts as a spoiler for the show because I can’t remember if they show it so fair warning for anyone. I should have made the distinction between 1st LT and 2nd LT, but I know Lipton is promoted to 1st LT before the war ends. Regardless, it was definitely a rare but definitely earned commission.
One of the real vets in the opening of a previous episode said "We had good officers...FOR THE MOST PART, but we had EXCELLENT NCOs." Lip is the is the epitome of the excellent NCO. He's down in the dirt with the men, has earned their trust and respect, and gives them stability, leadership and support they need to function and survive.
Dyke's interaction with Lipton was like he was checking off boxes in the "How to get to know your men" section of the handbook.
"Got that done"
Yes. Very awkward.
lmao I thought the same exact thing! He must have been really well connected to get a field command.
Wow. One of my favorite episodes. It had so much - the action, the drama including Buck, Guarnere, Joe Toye, Lipton's leadership, Speirs coming to the rescue, addressing the rumor, notifying Lipton of the promotion...
14:29 The way you can see the mind of Buck Compton just breaking is so touching. And so well acted by McDonough.
Yes. A lot of good acting in this Series.
Also, Malarkey's transformation from the young, green, soldier at Toccoa...into...the haggard, combat hardened veteran with lots of BTDT Sfc. at Hagenau in Episode 8, is very good craftsmanship...
A somewhat new subscriber, but Califorinablend is quickly becoming one of my favorite blend of reactor, individual character, genuine; someone that offers up her personal feelings and thoughts in a honest way. A dignified amount of real emotion (no overtness for the camera). A good soul, it seems. How rare is that. ❤
I couldn't agree more! Her sincerity and attention to the detail of the series is what I like. I look forward to her videos popping up and will set aside plans to watch other content until I have finished each new release.
Agreed, it's good to see someone who has been Californized with a great fun personality watch something close to being historically accurate. Americans need a deep dive education in the sacrifice so many made for the simple joys in life. She is excellent! She should watch "The Pacific" next.
Yes
She is awesome. I am touched every episode by her compassion. Her faith and character seem sincere. And a very attractive lady.
I agree
Two things, Dike actually received two bronze stars for courage before foy and served with honors in korea ( make of that what you will). Spiers told winter's later in life that the stories about him were true.
There are different ways to be a leader. Spiers is showcasing one of them. It's a difficult style of leadership to maintain but it works well if you do it right. Spiers also showcases a different style of dealing with the trauma with his previous "only hope you have is know that you're already dead" speech. For the record, it has been confirmed by a few of the actual soldiers, including Winters, that Spiers did actually shoot those German POW's.
They were under orders not to take any pows during the early moments of D-Day because if they did the pows can undermine their ability to advance or give away their position
This is my favorite episode for Sgt Lipton’s narration. I feel like his experience gives a great cross section of the grunts and commanders.
The helmet shacking when Spears offers a cigarette 😂. Gets me every time.
Up until this series Donnie Wahlberg had not done a lot of acting. His portrayal of Lipton blew me away. As an actor myself I really appreciated how committed he was and how he got better each episode. By this episode he was "in the zone" and completely believable as Carwood Lipton. A perfect example was the look he gives as he's realizing what Spears was actually doing. Acting is just as much what you can say without dialogue as you can with, and that look he gave was just perfect.
I really appreciate that you pay attention to the details and remember the past scenes with the different soldiers. I a have seen a few reactors that were completely confused by this point in the show. Kudos.
Seen this untold times but still get goosebumps at Spiers running through the Germans and back.
Me too. That’s the part I was waiting for the most from this episode. Really amazing.
WHY did he not receive the MoH for that? He definitely rated it.
Hard to believe he could run that fast hauling those enormous brass balls around.
@@suflanker45 good point
I like the part where a wounded Guarnere tells a joke as he is being carried away. Touching as he is doing it to keep the others spirits up to tell them he will be OK, not to worry and a way of saying goodbye to his friends in the warmest way possible. Very touching.
Keep up the great work.
In the Ambrose book, Band of Brothers, about the time in Bastogne when Shifty mentioned to his commanding officer that he noticed a tree in the distant forest that was not there just the day before. The "tree" was ultimately discovered to be a camouflaged German artillery piece. Were it not for Shifty's keen observations and outdoors experiences, many lives may have been lost, had that enemy weapon not been spotted from a distance of nearly a mile away and amongst a literal forest of other trees.
Supposedly Toye and Guarniere lived close to each other after the war and used to meet every so often to buy shoes. One would get the right shoe and the other the left...
Size 9 like everybody else
"Now is not the time to joke Guarnere!" Heh, I'd argue that's *exactly* the right time to joke.
Lt. Norman Dike, in actuality, was an incredibly brave, and, capable platoon leader. Having already won 2 Bronze Stars, 1 Silver Star, and, a Purple Heart by this point in the war. He went on to serve, with distinction, in Korea, resigning his commission as a Lt.Colonel in 1957.
People keep bringing that up about Dyke.
So were the eyewitness accounts from the book about him constantly doping off from the company long BEFORE Foy (and his wound) true or not?
When the people who served with you say one thing and the "official" records say another, I'd rather rely on the guys who were getting shot at and shelled when he was supposed to be there and apparently wasn't.
A lot of officers got medals simply because they were in the right TO&E slots when the hammer came down.
One my favorite comments someone made about this episode is when someone wrote "I don't know how Speirs can run that fast with those gigantic balls."
You will see how Spiers shows concern for Lipton at the beginning of the next episode
This is the best Episode of the entire Series
Lipton led in a quiet manner, but he had the complete respect of his brothers. He's not portrayed as the 'superhero' leader that Speirs was but, make no mistake, the men listened when Lipton spoke. His quieter nature may be why you feel not quite connected to him. Yet, he was smart, dependable, and highly respected by the men. To me, he was the perfect person to focus this episode on as, when everyone else is falling apart, he remained as he was. Or was able to keep the facade from cracking as well.
The actor from first platoons who speaks to Dike about the flanking attack is Jamie Bamber, who goes on shortly after this miniseries to play Captain Lee Adama in Battlestar Galactica, the New Series. This cast had some real surprises, past the obvious ones.
Lieutenant Speirs was a TrackStar and one of the fastest men on his college track team.
My uncle was part of infantry . They were walking beside of the tank. A German threw a gernade. A piece of it got him in the face, taking out both jawbone. I can't hardly believe the medical treatment of the army. He woke up on a ship halfway to America. They put metal in his face and replaced his jawbone. He never talked about it. He didn't have scars. I thought he just didn't like to shave. Mom explained why he left the what we used to call a 5 o'clock shadow.
Couldn’t wait for your reaction to this video ! I mentioned it in a previous video.. couldn’t wait for you to see Lt.Speirs legendary moment
there`s very few people who make reactions as entertaining as you do
Lipton was the main catalyst for the rest of the story. He was at the center of the activity that enabled the correct decisions be made at the crucial moment. He appealed to Winters about of Dyke.
It's like when you glue together a broken object with a strong cement. You enjoy the finished repair for the oblect's beauty, never really admiring the cement.
Lipton is the cement!
THIS is a heavy episode. This and 9 are the toughest for me.
10 has some interesting moments as well.
And now you've met the REAL Captain America... Ronald Spears.
Funny enough, Neal McDonough was in the first Captain America movie as Dum DUm Dugan, classic Marvel character.
Winters just turned and Spears was the first man he saw. Immediately called him into action.
In real life Ronald Speirs run was like a half a mile. It's totally true. It actually happened it's probably one of the bravest moments in the Second World War.
Your reactions are beautiful and priceless. Thank you!
“Snipers be snipin” loved that
I am in love with your reactions. This is the best out the series yet😁😁👍👍
Welcome to "Team Spiers", been waiting on this one. I knew we'd get you on board! 😜
If you remember Spiers convo with Blythe about how in order to overcome fear you have to accept the fact you're already dead. Spiers put it into practice in this episode.
#Californiablend Don't forget after the 10 episodes there is a special called "We stand alone together" from the old soldiers that start out the episodes.
There's an interview with Winters floating around here on youtube where they ask specifically about Spiers and those stories. Winters said the stories were absolutely true, confirmed directly by Spiers to Winters. (To be fair to Spiers, all of the paratroopers going into D-Day were ordered not to take prisoners, because they didn't have the logistics to handle prisoners in the middle of the invasion. So, even though shooting POWs is a war crime now per the Geneva Convention post-WWII, it was a legal order at the time.)
Omg that was the SPIERS reaction I didn’t know I needed 😂😂 girl you react so authentically I just love it ❤ My amazing grandfather was 509 gliders and was awarded a bronze star for the Crossroads. Thank you for watching, their memory lives on.
Thank you so much!!
I love this episode. So many things happen, so many emotions. The ending with Speirs and Lip chatting in the church always gives me goosebumps.
😉 Yup, Spiers "just happened to be there". Just like that TV "fell off the back of the truck."
I'd bet folding money Winters told Spiers to stick around, like a fire extinguisher. "Break glass in case of emergency."
You know, I have never thought of that, and I have watched this at least thirty times. But it does make a lot of sense.
@@dalebillings6703 As 2nd battalion commander, he had D, E, and F companies. It makes sense.
"Get Dog company's CO over here, I have to talk to him."
27:40 "We're two years into this." Counting training, but it's only eight(?) months of combat.
Spears is something else👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾
Thank you for your reactions. I love Band of Brothers. Spiers is good guy and he was a good combat leader. You can trust him
"Snipers be, just, sniping." awesome. Luv your vids, have a good day
Thanks, you too!
You just have to keep in mind that in spite of each losing a leg in the Ardennes, both Joe Toye and Bill Guarnere survived and lived to be old men with wives and kids and grandkids.
When Lipton was in the church going over the roster, he said their month in the forest had cost them so many lives. What you don't realize is that in episode 6 they were taking wounded to Bastogne and episode 7 they would be attacking Foy which is only 5 km (3 miles) from Bastogne. That is how bogged down the war became in the Ardenne forest. It took them a month to make that 3 miles of progress.
so funny story during the 50th ann. for the Battle of the Bulge they had a big reenactment in PA. We had a bunch of E co. vets visiting. So we had a real EPIC Prop Blast Bash too. at some point as we were drinking & Singing 1 of our guys comes up to "Wild Bill" and says hey Bill i am going over to visit the area of the line you were in , is their anything you want me to bring back for you" Bill lowers his beer looks him straight in his eyes and says "Yeah, if you could find my leg that would be great" then he smiled and lifted his beer, we all laughed and cheered and toasted to Bill's leg. also toasted to Hinkel. those were some great time. Sadly that Scalawag passed away in 2014
"Snipers be sniping!" lmfao
Spears had that DAWG in him lmao
23:13 I actually saw a video where a guy went to Foy and found this EXACT position where Lipton made the run and the building where the sniper was hiding, and the corner where Shifty took his shot. Quite amazing to see :)
Loved your reaction to Speers being called into action. That last little scene and the last part were the best in the whole show for me along w/Bastongne
Lipton's actions here are exactly what a senior NCO is supposed to be. Offer advice, hold morale together, attempt to help weak officers, but also voice concerns to higher when that help isn't being beneficial.
Hard job to do when dealing with where Dike was at this point. The really sad thing is, that by all accounts, Dike was a solid combat leader up to this point. He had seen plenty of action, performed extremely well, and had even been awarded the Bronze Star twice, once for actions IN Bastogne where he dragged three wounded men to safety under intense enemy fire. The conflict just broke the man in the end and you can't really blame him for that. It's even sadder that Dike had actually been shot twice, which went unnoticed by Easy Company. Most of his confusion and indecision was probably due to that.
Even after the war he went on to incredible things. Worked for the CIA, became a respected attorney, and the vice president of a mining company. He was an exceptional individual, but everyone has their breaking point.
I visited Foy in 2019. That tree line and hay field they ran across is still an open field. It was very strange to be there and recognize it all. It was strange knowing those guys were there.
Love watching your reactions to this series! So battlefield commission is where an enlisted gets promoted to an officer. All officers have at least a bachelor's degree. But a battlefield promotion doesn't require a college degree.
Buck Compton being read to about collage sports is amazing because he play baseball with Jackie Robinson
I wasn't sure about Speirs either, until he complimented Lipton. Told me that he knew a good man when he saw one.
A "battlefield commission" means Lipton got promoted to 2nd Lieutenant without having to go to college or Officer Candidate School, which you normally have to do. As first Sergeant, Lipton was already as high ranking an enlisted man as he could be. The next rank up was an officer, 2nd Lieutenant, so he could take over Buck's job as a platoon leader. With so many casualties, this did happen, but even then is happened less than you might think because they wanted officers to have training as officers.
My father served in WWII, he volunteered in 1942 after only one year of college, but he was chosen for Officer candidate school, so he did not go to into combat right away. He became a platoon leader near the end of the war and was in combat in Italy.
The Day of Battle by Rick Atkinson is an excellent book on the battle for Italy. It is volume 2 of a three volume set on the US war from North Africa to Berlin. Italy was tough.
@@ralpholson7616 I'll check out that book. Thank you. The campaign in Italy has not received the attention as the war in northwestern Europe, especially after D-Day. My dad always made it sound like he saw no combat at all, or almost none. And the campaign he fought in was so poorly reported on that it took me years t find anything written about it at all. When I finally found something, my dad had already passed away. It turns out my dad spent most of April, 1945 under heavy fire. His regiment suffered over 500 casualties (killed and wounded). That's like 1 out of 6 dead or in the hospital.
You are a sharp cookie, I enjoyed listening to your comments and reactions!
I normally don’t watch these reaction videos. I like that CB has vested time to understand and reflect on Easy Company. Did you know that many stars started in this series, not only Damian Lewis, but folks like Simon Pegg and Tom Hardy. Shot in Hatfield about 20 miles from where I grew up.
I had the opportunity to visit Bastogne. It's a powerful place. This was the best generation.
"He came back..."
The real "enigma" of the Army is the Warrant Officer. They are like a mix of officer and NCO...
They are typically happier people too lol. 😂😂
25:55 He was letting him know that Captain Winters put in a promotion for him from 1st Class Sergeant to Lieutenant
For Lip to be critical of his commander to the Battalion Commander is a major risk. Military culture and protocols could get you caught up and disciplined. Winter's, having full trust and confidence in Lip knew that he was right but couldn't do anything about it.
Thats why he comments "I did something I never thought I would do as 1st Sgt."
Apparently both Spier's sprint in Foye and Shifty's shot on the sniper were both longer than shown but cut down because people wouldn't believe they were real. I've seen the real life spot where by Shifty shot from and it's definitely further than it looked in this.
As a veteran. This episode was to show the mental health issues with men and prolonged combat. Lt Spears is a great leader. He genuinely cared about the men he served with as all good officers do because they realize the weight of such a responsibility and as officer, Senior Non-Commissioned Officer and Non-Commissioned officer it is ingrained in you to lead by example. Meaning don't ask something of your troops that you yourself couldn't do. Lipton was commissioned Lieutenant because he took care of the men and went above and beyond. He deserved this and showed the caliber of leadership around him paid attention to all the men in the unit. The episodes only get more impactful as it continues. Reminder this whole story is from the accounts of men who were there and some of the heroics are NOT embellished this stuff happens in combat. Just like Hacksaw was downplayed because they thought people wouldn't believe the heroics he performed. I cannot give enough credit to our WWII veterans as what they endured. I am proud to have been able to serve because of them.
Excellent review. I've been watching/catching up with your review of this series for the past several days. Caught up now. I've truly enjoyed your reviews and the points you come up with. I also appreciate the Bible verse of the day. May God bless you in all things. Thanks for the honor you give these men. Spears is a complicated character for sure. I'm sure others have posted the following comment:..."hang on"...the next couple episodes are heavy...especially Ep.9. Let the ramp up begin. A side note...we see these as "grown" men (and they certainly grew to be such in such a short time), but they were mostly in their early to mid 20s...and had to experience the horror of "the battle of the bulge". I've never severed...and I don't know I could have did what they did.
Winters said that he selected Speirs because he was closest. He always thought that Speirs put himself there on purpose since he knew Dike would need to be replaced. Speirs wasn't where he was supposed to be. The run Speirs made was much farther in real life. Speirs was an OG badass. When they examined the sniper, he had one shot in him. Right between the eyes. Lipton received a battlefield commission, which mad him a lieutenant. He was a non-commissioned officer (enlisted) and became an officer. Lipton was one of the most respected men in Easy.
Three excellent episodes left. HBO's "The Pacific" is excellent as well. A third season is upcoming but not by HBO.
Going back to Bastogne the foxholes are still there. Going to the town of Foy, where the Germans were, there are buildings that still have holes in them. There is even a stone farmhouse with a top floor window that is absolutely peppered with bullets and it is believed a German sniper or machine gunner was inside. The people of Bastogne and Foy are still grateful to this day and have a museum in honor of their liberators. They also have a monument just outside the forest they were fighting in.
Side note on Malarky: he wrote a book called Easy Company Soldier. If you want to see how the war effected him personally, and get a better idea of what the soldiers themselves were going through, I’d highly recommend it.
I just subscribed. Based not only on your analysis and presence, but because you lead with a Bible verse. Keep up the good work.
Someone needs to create a meme for Californiablend merch: picture of the German gun leader: "Fiiaah!!". 😅
Lipton was my favorite after Winters. A real citizen soldier composed under fire and watched over the men and the integrity of Easy Company. He never lost his cool so his men would not. Quiet hero.
Military ranks can be kind of confusing so I’ll try to make it simple to understand. There are 2 different sets of ranks. Your enlisted men who are your privates and sergeants, then you have your commissioned officers who are your lieutenant’s, captains, majors, colonels, and generals. The lowest ranking officer a lieutenant is still a higher rank than the highest ranking enlisted man. It is not common to go from enlisted to commissioned. You usually join up as one or the other and work your way up that sides ranks. Enlisted are the soldiers, the grunts, and officers are your leadership and office workers. So in the context of the end of this episode he is getting a rare chance to go from the top of the enlisted ranks to the bottom of the officer ranks which again, is not common.
Its wild because you can’t even be critical of anybody who has a normal reaction to experiencing these things. Humans are complex and all have different reactions to extreme stress. I hate that people had to go through this. We see these 20 or so men, but the tens of MILLIONS who died, all had friends, family who loved them......and the starving public? Its crazy that this just wasn’t that long ago.
You have to remember these aren't just writing choices but also going off the accounts of the real men. Lipton had kept journals and letters of that time that is why they were able to look at his viewpoint. Spiers did not leave a lot of written records about his time in the war besides a few letters to Winters so it would be hard to have a Spiers lead episode that wasn't a lot of assumptions about his state of mind.
Spiers probably should have got the Medal of Honour for regrouping Easy's assault and saving the company leading the attack on in
Oh man, this is the episode I been preparing for (again) 😢
I am already mentally preparing to go through ep 9 again😓
33:05 There was absolutely nothing Winters could do about Dyke and both him and Lipton knew it.
Lip could have been in some significant trouble for speaking out against an officer as well, but Winters understood why he was saying it and let him speak his piece.
How can smile after intro like that..
When the book was being written the author Stephen Ambrose didn't want to put in the rumors about Spiers shooting prisoners in the book out of a fear of being sued for slander. Winters said he would talk to Spiers. Winters called Spiers and talked to him about Stephens worries. Spiers said he couldn't sue for slander about something that was true. Spiers confirmed he really did shoot those Germans that day.