Band Of Brothers | Episode 1 | Pilot Reaction
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- čas přidán 13. 01. 2022
- (Sorry, I included too much of the episode. so like 4 places it jumps all of a sudden a few seconds ahead. I am sorry)
Hii everyone! I'm so sorry there's been a bit of a break. With christmas and new years and everything. But I'm finally back to filming again, and have gotten some REACT-Cards this month to focus on. First one is from Joshua, who requested this awesome show Band of brothers! Here's my reaction to the pilot, from 2001. I really enjoyed this show, if time permits it I might continue. But for now I have to move on to my next request. Hope you like this reaction, let me know if you watch the show. Thank you so much for watching! For full reactions:
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Reaction starts: 01:33
Reaction ends: 21:05
Love,
Anna M.
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I never get tired of reactions to this series.
Me neither
Same. I literally go searching for new reaction channels at least once a week, to see if they’ve reacted to “BoB”.
@@josiahsmith7250 Same!
Same lol
I do as well.. BoB is my all time favorite... The books are good as well.
"Sorry I didn't have much to say through this episode". LOL.
Band of Brothers was released 20 years ago. Surprising to believe how well made this series is, and that it is still making fans decades later.
considering how bad movies are overall nowadays, i assure you movies 20yrs ago were the best
The United States entered WW2 in Dec 1941. On the train they are trying to figure out if they are going to the Pacific theatre or Europe - thats the reason why they are asking.
Gen. Eisenhower's address to the troops going into France gives me chills every time I read it. I don't know why.
I believe I read that as bad as casualties were on D-Day, the allies expected them to be much worse. I can't imagine the responsibility of ordering so many deaths.
Ross became Capt.Sobel pretty darned quick didn't he? The rest of the cast will prove the same. When you're done with this series, you will know each of the real men's names forever. This series will change your psyche.
They were on a break
This is the story of one company; Easy company, 506th PIR 101 Airborne division. The interviews at the beginning are the actual veterans being portrayed in this series.
The veterans speaking at the beginning of the episode are the men in this series. You’ll get the names to faces in episode 10 as to not spoil who lives and dies through the war
The intro is essential. It’s very mood setting, and a beautiful composition. 😂
I was watching a mini doc that Camp Toccoa is being restored and will be a museum soon. The barracks and even one of the C-47 planes that dropped the paratroopers in world war 2 is being restored on the site.
At the time it was called Camp Toombs which was located next to the town of Toccoa.
Yeah I saw that too. Cant believe there are scum out there that put graffiti all over those sacred grounds.
At the time (2001), Band of Brothers was the most expensive TV miniseries ever made. The high degree of historical accuracy and Tom Hanks being attached to the project meant that basically everyone that worked in Hollywood tried to get in on it. There's a ton of high-profile actors who accepted bit roles just to have the chance to be in it.
Actually the singing is to help you breathe while running. There is a cadence to the words that makes it easy to stay in step while in formation so folks are tripping over each other all the time. Mess officer is the officer in charge of the mess hall (where food is served).
It's for morale purposes and to help them get in step but the breathing part I disagree. I've ran in Cadence before and it didn't help me in breathing at all.
@@louisrhode289 Weird, it definitely helped me.
😂 try telling my platoon that
@@louisrhode289 stop muttering, you are supposed to explosively exhale. Quick breath in, long breath out. Sing loud, sing proud!
@@chetstevens4583 Yeah I still disagree to an extend
One of the greatest TV show existed.
Along with Chernobyl.
"are they being dropped off in germany?" "you don't even know where you're gonna land, do you?"
No worries about not knowing the exact details (sometimes things aren't taught, sometimes things aren't remembered), but this was for D-Day. They were taught the plan of the operation and their part in it (the part with all the maps). I guess it doesn't count as a spoiler, but the plan was a massive coordinated attack on a coast in Normandy, France, but with weather that wasn't ideal. Allied forces bombed the area beforehand to try and take out as much as they could. This would be followed by the paratroopers (101st and 506th, our guys here) dropping in to secure more positions inland. Then the amphibious assault on the beach for all the troops to come in (opening of Saving Private Ryan). Bombers missed a lot of targets, so the planes carrying the paratroopers saw a lot of resistance, scattering the paratroopers in all the chaos. So they weren't gonna land in Germany, but France. They knew where they were supposed to land, technically, but it became enough of a mess that they mostly had to scramble to find out where they were, and many were able to accomplish their objectives.
Wow thank you so much for the facts! And for watching 🤩
Watching your channel for the first time and I subscribed mainly for your expressions appreciating what makes up the cinematic arts. I do encourage you to continue with Band of Brothers. You will not be disappointed.
Ezekiel left a comment that there were 1,200 planes used to drop the paratroopers on D-Day just after midnight on June 6, 1944. There were three divisions of paratroopers totaling 23,400 men. One division was the British 6th Airborne and the other two were the American 82th and 101st Airborne. Many American paratroopers missed their drop zones (DZs) due to evasive action taken by the airplanes to avoid heavy anti-air ground fire as will be pointed out in the upcoming episode. Members of both divisions were scattered and many were mixed with each other.
Currahee was the name of the mountain next to Camp Toombs, Toccoa (ta-co'-ah), Georgia. Currahee is a Cherokee Indian word which means "Stand Alone."
In the series you will note that there is a symbol of a playing card's spade (♠) on the helmets. This identified the wearer was of the 506th Paratrooper Infantry Regiment. You will also note the arm patch of an eagle known as a 'screaming eagle' which denoted the wearer as a member of the 101st Airborne Division. On the back of some helmets are either a horizontal or vertical white bar. The horizontal bar indicated that this individual was a noncommissioned officer such as a sergeant. The vertical bar represented an officer. They were put on the back of the helmet for two reasons. One was not to allow the enemy to know who the leaders were and the second was for the men following their leader to be able to recognize him.
Easy company is part of the 2nd Battalion of the 506th Regiment.
You may find it helpful to understand the hierarchy of the designated units you will hear mentioned in this series. This list will begin with the lowest unit and end with the highest. All solider strengths are approximate since it varied due to combat losses.
• Squad: Referred to as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd squads. Normally 12 men in each.
• Platoon: Composed of three squads. Referred to as 1st, 2nd and 3rd platoons. About 40 men. Commanded by a 2nd or 1st lieutenant.
• Company: Composed of three platoons. Referred to by letters A, B, C, . . . K. About 140 men. Commanded by a captain. Easy is E company. There will also be a reference to Fox which is F company.
• Battalion: Composed of three companies. Referred to as 1st, 2nd, and 3rd battalion. About 500 men. Commanded by a major or lieutenant colonel. In "Ban of Brothers" (BoB) the battalion commander was Major Stayer. A, B, & C companies are in the 1st battalion; D, E, & F are in the 2nd battalion; and G, H, & I are in the 3rd battalion. This applies to only to airborne units. Regular infantry had four companies per battalion.
• Regiment: Composed of three battalions. About 1,600 to 2,000 men. Commanded by a colonel. In BoB Colonel Sink portrays the commander of of the 506th Paratrooper Infantry.
• 101st Airborne Division: Composed of four regiments. The 327th Glider Infantry and the 501st, 502nd, and 506th Paratrooper Infantry Regiments. Commanded by a major general.
(The continuance of organizational hierarchy is outside of the scope of the HBO series.)
• Corps (pronounced 'kor'): Designated by Roman numerals. Composed of two to four divisions. Commanded by a major general or lieutenant general.
• Army: Composed of two to four corps. Designated by full spelling of an ordinal number, i.e. FIRST or NINTH Army. Commanded by general.
• Army Group: Composed of two to four armies. Designated by numerical ordinal number, i.e. 21st Army Group (British and Canadians) or 12th Army Group (Americans).
• Theater: Composed of several army groups.
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Wow thank you so much for all the facts! It’s highly appreciated 🤩 and thank you for watching 😁
This is the best comment that I have ever read under a reaction video. Not only will it help Anna, it will also inform many of the viewers. Well done.
@@ytorwoody Thanks. Yes, that was my intent. Especially given my own circumstances when I approached military history. I struggled for a while during the pre-internet age to understand 'table of organization' and ranks. I do understand how over-whelming the military structure can be. Eventually, I got there by a lot of reading and board wargaming.
@@MichaelPower212 excellent information but you made one typo using ‘86th’ instead of ‘82nd’.
@@0300SSgtOrange Thanks. I corrected it. I'm surprised I did this since I have in my collection the book "All American All The Way - The Combat History of the 82nd Airborne Division in World War II" by Phil Nordyke. Here's hoping it is not a trend.
Band of brothers is as real as it gets. All the events, characters are real. They all really happened.
Not all the events. Norman dike wasn't a stuffed shirt as portrayed, he organized a bunch of scattered paratroopers to hold a road under fire in Holland, and it worked got a bronze star. At bastogne he ran out into the open under heavy fire and pulled 3 wounded men to safety, got another bronze star. The only reason he was replaced during the assault on foy was he was hit, and couldn't continue, not because he had a mental breakdown.
During winters run on the crossroads, the kid he shot was literally 10 feet away from him, and they both threw grenades at each other, and they didn't explode. Then they totally cut the last half of that battle out.
@@rebeccabailey527 Norman Dike was useless as commanding officer. A lot of easy men died because of his incompetence. He's not fit to lead the finest company in the whole elite battalion.
The U.S started their European campaign in 1942, in North Africa, than Italy, and into France
The show is based on the historical book Band of Brothers written by Stephen Ambrose, the book itself based on interviews and recollections of Easy Cpy 501st Para Regiment 101st Airborne Div- the mini-series follows the book and interviews at the start of each episode are the same veterans that served in the unit, what you see is the dramatization of their lived experiences during the War.. WW2 started Sept 1939, America entered the War Dec 1941, the US paratroops trained first in the US then moved to the UK and continued there training preparatory to invading Europe - Normandy France 6th June 1944, that is what this episode shows. The following episodes proceed with the unit through the invasion (June) 1944 to the Market Garden campaign (Sept) 1944 then Bastogne (Dec-Jan) 1944/45 to the end of WW2 in Europe (April-May) 1945. Hope that helps somewhat.
The last scene where you see all the planes in the air and the ships in the Channel gets me every time. Two words come to mind - two words directed at the people of France, Belgium, the Netherlands, and many other countries and to our Soviet allies - "We're coming". Chills every time.
Anna--you are doing it right. So many of these reactors never show that last shot in Episode 1. It shows just how massive the airborne invasion force was. Good going!
In the book (Stephen Ambrose, Band of Brothers), it becomes clear that Sobel's failure resulted from being promoted beyond his competence. He was put in charge of the company because he had previously been a Paratrooper in the National Guard before the war. They suddenly had to create this huge army, so they had to use everyone they had from before to take charge at least during training the new recruits. He was so busy pushing the men to train harder and to impose discipline and assert his authority all the time that he fell behind with his own training as an officer. Particulary with map reading and tactics. He was able to keep up with the physical training, even though he hadn't been selected for fitness like the new recruits had been. But the officer skills which required more intelligence and study he wasn't good enough at.
That would actually explain why he's so bad with a map. They made him a Captain when he should be a 2nd Lieutenant.
That is a tidbit that I didn't know, and I find it rather fascinating because I was thrown out of ROTC the last day of my senior year of college by an LTC who was a fitness fanatic and a complete failure as a leader....
@@davidbennett1357 There's nothing new under the Sun, as it says in Ecclesiastes. I hope your life is working out well now.
There is an implied failure on the part of Sobel's superiors not to recognise and deal with his inadequacies before it became necessary for his noncoms to stage a revolt. They were probably so impressed by his 'efficiency' that they failed to take measures to correct his inabilities. Sending him to head a parachute school is not a good fix; he is not capable of passing on skills he does not possess, so he ain't the right fit there either.
@@jamiegagnon6390 That's a good thought.
Thanks for this reaction; looking forward to future episodes.
D Day was not the beginning of the US involvement in WW2. The US had been fighting in the Pacific since right after Pearl Harbor in Dec, 1941. By the time of Normandy it had been fighting in North Africa, Italy and elsewhere.
Africa, Italy, the Atlantic, Doolittle Raid, Coral Sea, Guadalcanal, etc, etc..
Thank you for watching! And for the facts🤩
Don't forget the US Army Air Force was bombing France and Germany since I believe 1943.
The Aleutian Islands, OSS and SOE missions throughout Europe, Americans who joined the RAF in 39'-40', Americans who joined the AVG in China in '40-'41...we are not the world's best at being neutral.
Historian and Veteran here. Glad you picked up this great series.
1Weekend pass refers to a 48 hour pass to leave the base as a break to enjoy yourr weekend, usually into town. Unlike civilian life in the military you are always on duty, if you want time off you have to have Military Leave and must be approved by your company commander, in this case by Lt Soble. Typically its 2.5 days off for every 30 days of active duty. Most commands give weekend leave anyway but restrict recruits or trainees to the base alone Otherwise your training or assigned to working parties over the weekend. When your on leave you can do whatever as long as you return at the end of your allocated pass (48 hour, 72 hour, the most allocated weekend pass is 96 hours) otherwise you either take leave out of your balance or you are considered AWOL (Absent withoutn leave) essentially a deserter.
"No water!?" When your in combat you need to know how to carry on without the neccesities, they marched with orders not to drink to be prepared for when they jump into combat (att they knew nothing about Dday). It makes them stronger and prepared knowing they can go longer without food, water or sleep. Infantry units can be in combat for days without sleep and supply is severly limited to the point where some units went days without food or water and still were able to fight. The same thing for the spagetti scene, anytime you have to eat in combat you must be prepared for a sudden attack or to immidiately move without warning. its all part to weed out those who can't hack it like Pvt. Whine in the begining. 50% of people who start the training to become a paratrooper don't finish.
Curahee was the mountain, the motto, and a bonding memory for everyone of E Co.
The entire series is based on the book by historian Stephen E. Ambrose who spent years collecting the stories and history of Easy Company. Some stuff is skewed or shortened for the series but it is all based on what happened to these men.
The point of what happened after Winter's courtsmartial is the Non-commisioned officers (NCOs) was a mutiny. They felt so strongly that Winters being sacked and did not, under any circumstances, trust Soble to lead in combat they rather had faced a firing squad or imprisonment for mutiny than to go into combat with him while winters awaited trial.
Wow thank you so much for the facts! It means so much 🤩
@@AnnaLorentzen Your welcome, I hope you continue watching the series till the end with the same learning desire, I firmly believe it is a series every generation should watch to understand what men like those in Easy and of the world had experienced in this darkest time of hunmanity. It gives ppl appreciation for what we have now.
This series is based on the 1992 book "Band of Brothers " by Steven Ambrose and follows Easy Company 2nd Battalion 506th (E co.2/506th ) PIR 101st Airborne Division , I was in the E/506th living history unit and had the honor of meeting many of the Troopers you see in this series. during the annual Battle of the Bulge Reenactment in PA we always had a bunch of the org. Troopers (some you saw talking in the opening) with us in the barrack's and the Prop Blast Bash , singing & sharing stories. we even had XXXX read the letter from Tom Hanks asking for their blessing to make this mini series. sadly there is only 1 org enlisted Trooper left from the unit as the last Officer died recently (Col. Ed Shames, dec 3 2021) miss those times. for your comment at 11:20 Airborne officers did have leather A2 jackets for walking out, BUT Sobel had gotten himself a B3 jacket that he wore alot and was very proud of. Now having talked with many of the org Troopers they ALL hated Sobel , BUT credit him with making Easy co.
Wow that’s so interesting! Thank you so much for the facts😁
@@AnnaLorentzen you should deff stick with the series, it is well done has a few things they get wrong in other episodes but over all very good. keep up the good work
Yes, there were a lot of planes, with each of the airborne divisions getting maybe a thousand between paratroopers, gliders , and equipment. United States had two full airborne divisions and the British had one jumping ahead of the amphibious invasion. The idea was to take out key German possessions and to hold strategic territory to prevent German tank divisions from smashing the invasion on the beach. An airborne division at the time had about 8,400 paratroopers and officers. The series, and especially the first episode focus on company E of the 2nd battalion of the 506th parachute infantry regiment in the 101st airborne division. It had about 140 men. Each of the C-47 aircraft held about 28 paratroopers. The D-Day invasion of Normandy was the largest invasion in modern history.
Airborne soldiers were elite light infantry, who often fought behind enemy lines against larger forces. They suffered some highest casualty rates because of it.
Your comment about the mission of the airborne units "to take out key German possessions" were located on the flanks of the seaborne invasion area, caused me to ponder a question; a question, I'm surprised after all these years, I had not considered before. I understand the necessity to cover the flanks but the plan to cover the right flank, which went by the wayside due to scattered drops, with the 82nd and 101st Airborne divisions appears to have had multiple goals. First, the 82nd had the responsibility of covering the right flank of the invasion with drop zones (DZ) on both sides of the Merderet River to interdict any German response from the north and west. Second, the 101st was responsible to cover the approach to Carentan for a future linkup with the Omaha beach head and to cover the four causeways exiting Utah beach. It is the latter that has me wondering about the interior beaches of Juno, Gold, and Omaha. That is, there was no insertion of airborne units behind those beaches to cut off German reinforcements. There was another British airborne division, the 1st, that was not utilized. A drop just south of Caen would have isolated it. Perhaps, there were not enough available aircraft to include them. Your thoughts?
They took off from England late in the evening of June 5th to be dropped over Normandy in the early hours of June 6th (D-Day) several hours before the rest of the troops landed on the beaches of Normandy.
You shouldn't have skipped the intro. The intro is so emotional and good.
She'll figure it out as she goes along.
It's the one intro i don't mind watching every time
I enjoyed your reaction to Band of Brothers which is my favorite mini series of all time, I started to watch some of your previous reactions that I have enjoyed. Great reaction!
Omg thank you so much!
The Second World War started in Europe in September 1939, the USA entered the war in December 1941. The US was fighting in the Pacific, North Africa, Sicily, and Italy. This movie is about the Allied invasion of Europe in 1944.
Feeding them a big spaghetti dinner and then making them run up the mountain seems so cruel, but it had a point. Sobel was teaching them a very valuable lesson: Never, never, EVER let yourself be caught unprepared. Be ready for anything at all times. By doing this instead of just telling them, you can bet the lesson stuck with them better this way.
Always excited to see someone new react to this incredible miniseries! And you have very insightful comments. Subscribed!
Omg thank you so much!
If the water in a metal canteen is half full you can hear the water slushing around in it,that is why they couldn't drink from it.
You have begun a great adventure. Congratulations. You will come to know and love the men of Easy Company.
Jason mentioned that the airplanes that carried the paratroopers to Normandy were Douglas DC-3s. Amazingly, more than fifty years after the end of World War II, a researcher discovered that the lead aircraft for the entire flight was still in existence and had been relatively well maintained. It was the object of a crowd funding, purchased, and rebuilt back to it's D-Day invasion appearance. The name of the aircraft is "That's All, Brother". Wikipedia has an excellent write up on it.
Currahee comes from a Cherokee (Native American) word that means "stand alone" or "stand alone together"
3:31 don't worry everyone reacts like that to Ross i mean Sobel
Band of Brothers reaction?! That’s an instant subscribe. This is the best miniseries for world war 2 put together.
Aw thank you so much! Must dissapoint, probably won’t have time to react to the other episodes right away. Episode one was a react card from my patron. I have some other react cards I have to focus on before I can continue 😁
@@AnnaLorentzen you should. Your reaction to this series has gained over 5K viewers in under 24 hours. You’ve got something going there. 👍
@@AnnaLorentzen I guess that means wait begins now. I have the notification bell thing on too so I’ll be waiting patiently (and slightly impatiently lol) for the continuation of your band of brothers journey
Don’t forget the pacific ya know the reason we got into the war 🥴
i will put it besides sopranos and breaking bad... as best series ever
When I was in the U.S. Air Force, we had a favorite cadence tune that we sang every time we went for a run or march:
Birdie, birdie in the snow,
Broken wing and a broken toe,
Took him home and fed him bread,
Then I squished his little head!
Was I right or wrong? (You're right!)
Correct me if I'm wrong! (You're right!)
Was I right?
Was I wrong?
Was I right or wrong? (You're right!)
Needless to say, we were sick little bastards!
Hey Anna, just found your channel because of band of Brothers. Don't know who you are or where are you from. I just like to see people react to the show see how it goes. During the first episode you were talking about this actor that actor where do I know him from. That will change, they will no longer be actors they'll be characters. You will get invested. You will care. You will laugh and you will definitely cry. You just embarked on
an amazing journey. That is based on real events, real people, and real history. Buckle up. This will no longer be actors they are real people. You will see you for day of days. ❤️💚☘️
As the episodes go on, you will find that what the actors did in other movies doesn't matter. It is about the people the actors are portraying in this production. What they experienced is almost unbelievable. It is why they are called "The Greatest Generation" by some. When you get to the end you will find out which of the old men interviewed at the beginning of the episodes are represented by which actors. I thought the casting was great. I'm going to follow you down the rabbit hole -->New sub 👍
Thank you for taking this on. It's such an important story. Look forward to enjoying your reactions to this
Thank you so much!
The Series was based on a book of the same name which was a compalation of interviews of Easy Company
A helpful detail is that Nixon, Winter's buddy, is an intelligence officer. This means he was ahead of the main force scouting enemy positions and not often in combat operations.
Actually, an intelligence officer's duties would mean that he was generally behind the troops, assessing the information they would send back. Reconnaisance is conducted by front line troops not intelligence officers.
@@jamiegagnon6390 Lewis Nixon was assigned battallion S2 for the most part of his WW2 assignment. An S2 is in charge of scout platoons and relay that intelligence to the command staff. He might or might not be physically do the scouting himself, on some occasions. But my point is he was assigned a job close to line, but not part of the fighting force.
We walk and live in the Shadows of Hero's... Lest We Forgot.. Wonderful genuine and thoughtful reaction 😎 this series and history in general should be taught more and remembered more.
This show doesn't mess around. Easy Company's circumstances become more costly and brutal as they advance toward Germany. You'll get to see what happens to the characters over time. Their acting shifts as you watch who they lose and what they go through.
When "Band of Brothers" was made, it was the most expensive TV production EVER, with a budget of $125 million for the 10 episodes.
The ending was D-day, the largest military operation in history of man kind.
The problem with Sobel is that he was great at training, but horrible on the field. It's the primary reason why the men supported Winters. Good reaction!
The half empty canteen scene is common practice IRL. The idea is a full canteen doesn't slosh giving away your position.
Wow, so much to say about this well done series.
You will come to know love and respect these young men, most were 18-20 years old and had to grow up fast. Some parts will be hard to watch, but it will be worth it in the end. You will know a lot more about what happened during parts of WWII. D-Day was June 6 1944 and they were jumping into France the night before the beach landing to secure roads and bridges and cut German communication lines. They went in by parachute and gliders, and in the confusion of war, there were misdrops and troops were scattered away from their objectives.
Remember, France, Holland and Belgium were under Nazi rule since 1940 and the Allies were there to libertate their countries and free their people. In the process many towns and villages were destroyed by bombs and artillery shells, many civilians were caught in the crossfire.
After the series, please watch the video about the training these actors went through for the making of this series.
Enjoy
WW2 in Europe began with the German invasion of Poland on September 1, 1939. Fighting in the Pacific began in 1935, when Japan invaded China. The U.S. officially joined the war after the Japanese attacked Pearl Harbor, Hawaii on December 7, 1941. "Currahee" is a Cherokee word that means, "stand alone".
This is such a great series, historical realism & the atmosphere the show creates is truly amazing.
I'm curious as to where you're from as I cannot pinpoint the origin of your accent? Lol
An don't worry about not getting to speak enough, the way these episodes are filmed there is always something going on to keep us focused, each episode will get many reactions from you not just words. 👀
Thank you for watching!😁 I’m from the north of Norway! But I’ve lived 4 years in spain, had a British boyfriend for 4 years and my mom is from the south of Norway (and spoke 4 languages) so there’s probably loads of mixed accent there 😂
The intense physical training was beyond that of the average soldier. Being a paratrooper required not just jumping out of airplanes but then moving and fighting immediately upon landing with little to join resupply or vehicles. This is why they did all the running and marching. It all paid off on DDay because many landed MILES away from their drop zones and their objectives. A lot of paratrooper volunteers didn't make it through the physical conditioning.
It’s true: Band of Brothers reaction videos = instant subscribe. You’re my 3rd. Take your time: you know cinema and you’ll be astonished with how good this series is.
There are a lot of well known actors in Band of Brothers, which for a lot of them was the big start for their careers.
We only see a few planes (for obvious reasons) but on D Day, there were around 1200 planes dropping paratroopers over Normandy, the roar of all those aircraft must of been deafening.
During the filming they only had 4 working C47s….
@@jamessumita5193 Yeah I'm aware, it's a shame too, DC-3's are one of my favourites.
And why the ellipses?
@@jamessumita5193 For "A Bridge Too Far" in 1977 eleven DC-3/C-47s were found...
I hope you watch more but if you do, I might suggest you keep tissue nearby. :) Thanks for sharing your reaction, bless and be well.
Keep going with this, I consider it essential viewing, both as a history lesson and as a primer for those who are considering military service.
I didn’t think you were being too quiet and I enjoyed your commentary, this is my first time visiting your channel, I’ll be sure to check out other videos you’ve uploaded! Band of Brothers is probably one of the best mini series to have ever been made. It is all based on real events and real people, and the old men talking at the beginning are the ones the actors are portraying, the ones that survived anyway. You’ll experience a wide range of emotions through out and I cannot wait to see your reactions to the other episodes.
Thank you so much for the support! Means so much🤩
The first meal you see the men eating, was jokingly referred to as S.O.S (Sh*t On a Shingle). It was chipped creamed beef on a piece of toast. It was a fairly bland meal unless you added a little pepper to it. The US entered the war in 1941 after Pearl Harbor was bombed, but the first significant ground actions took place in Africa in 1942. The D-Day landings took place in 1944, and the weather was so rough over the English Channel the landings and airdrops were postponed several times. The decision to go on June 6th was a last minute decision that almost was cancelled itself.
You are thinking Ross right now. I read somewhere that "He walked on as Ross and he walked off as Captain Sobel." I think that there could be no finer tribute to an actor.
So many good actors and David Schwimmer too. Anna with the early burn.
I chuckled a bit when you said you wanted to live there. Georgia looks pretty, but the summers are brutal for the combination of heat and extreme humidity, and don’t get me started on the bugs.
Bill just happening to accidentally borrow the jacket with the letter about his brother in it seems like an unrealistic Hollywood bit of nonsense, but is in fact a true story.
I understand the Georgia Travel Bureau is discouraging the use of the word humid in describing summer weather. Instead, they prefer the world sultry. - Formerly from Marietta, Georgia.
@@MichaelPower212 I thought that was the women 😊
@@nemesis4852 You are correct if using, according to my dictionary, the second definition. The first definition reads "(of the air or weather) oppressively hot and moist; close and sweltering."
@@nemesis4852 I guess they have to call the women humid now... ;-)
The singing while you are running actually helps keep from running out of breath. It also helps you maintain pace.
Lucky you enjoying this show for the 1st time, be ready for a rollercoaster of emotions. 😎
The comment you made about the military being mostly standing around waiting, is ungodly accurate.
Brilliant commentary and reaction, new subscriber!
Thank you so much!
4:10 A weekend pass is a big deal for soldiers, particularly those in training. While they're in camp and in training, they can't do the things they want to do, since they're kept busy all the time. A weekend pass enables them to blow off steam and is an opportunity for them to do something other than Army stuff and being ordered around, so their pass being revoked (rejected) is like a punch in the gut.
4:50 David Schwimmer shot his scenes for BoB in between Friends seasons, I believe.
6:25 The mess hall is where people eat. Being the mess officer means being the officer in charge of all the cooks who are preparing the meals.
6:55 Sobel's training techniques, mind games and all, are similar to those which training cadres use on those training to be in today's special forces, because these work. Say what you will as a field operation officer, Sobel was one hell of a training officer.
13:15 They were saying they wouldn't serve under Sobel. As an enlisted man has to do whatever his superior officer tells him to do, this is potentially an act of insubordination which, in serious cases, can be punishable with a firing squad.
15:50 This was why most of the paratroopers' equipment was loaded in leg bags, which were intended to be connected to a paratrooper by a rope and which would dangle under the paratrooper during the drop. If the equipment wasn't loaded into leg bags, a paratrooper would likely break his legs when he landed, due to all the weight. This will become an important point in Episode 2.
Great reaction! Looking forward to seeing your reactions for the rest of the series, as this is an awesome one.
Wow thank you so much for all your facts!😁 and for the nice words🤩
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One other thing about the leg bags. They were never actually tested before having the Airborne use them. They were rather useless in practice.
11:48 😂😂 "hand talking military thing" with accompaning practical demonstration
You have to be the smallest Norwegian I've ever seen. I'm 5'11". When I was around the Norwegian Troops in Bosnia I felt like i was standing in a hole. :D
This is the best series ever. Keep watching.
5:18 it’s tough but restricting things like food, water, warmth, and sleep during training was critical. Sometimes you don’t have access to those things in combat and it’s better to get used to it in a controlled environment instead of out in the field.
Looking forward to the next one!
In all the reactions I've seen, I'm surprised that no one recognized Donnie Walbuurg, who played Lipton, is Danny Reagan in BLUE BLOODS. Sobel was a good drill instructor but he sucked as a field commander.
Donnie was also the “bad boy” in the boy band New Kids On The Block.
This is in some ways my favorite episode...if only for the fact that Captain Sobel and Army noodles with ketchup are their biggest concerns, while knowing what lies ahead...Be prepared to laugh, learn, grow and suffer with these characters. Currahee ♠
P.S. Eisenhower had a second letter prepared in case the invasion failed in which he took full responsibility, there was no guarantee.
Thumbs up for mentioning the second letter.
@@MichaelPower212 But you didn't thumbs up lol, but yeah. It was that unknown and precarious.
I was under the impression that a personal response was better than a mere thumbs up. BTW, I'm curious how you were able to insert the spade symbol. I tried it in a response to Anna to explain what it signified on the helmets but was unable to produce it using the emoji&symbol options of Safari (Apple).
@@MichaelPower212 well, slow your roll, you're good mein freund. It's simply found in the emojis. CURRAHEE ♠
@@krisfrederick5001 ♠Right. I did not realize that You Tube had a directory of emojis. Thanks.
The intro deserves to be seen , it’s so good.
This series only gets better and better as it goes on!
Funny thing is TV shows or Netflix weren't a thing then and most of the "good actors" you know today were like newbie recruit actors.
Enjoyed your review.
Thank you so much!
As a matter of fat you have some knowledge about WWII, I'm so exited I can't wait for your next reactions.
Great reaction Anna! This is a fantastic show, and maybe one of the most realistic depictions of WW2 ever filmed. Nothing in this show is invented or made up, it all comes from stories of real soldiers. I really hope you do continue this when you can. I'm sure it will turn out to be a popular series on your channel.
Thank you so much for the kind words🤩 really hope I can continue soon! 😍
Yes this show is based on real people and events. Buckle up
'It looks so beautiful.' Georgia might be a pretty state, however I believe to this day that anytime someone says either the word 'hot' or 'humid' the Treasury of the state of Georgia gets a percentage. Heavy exercise in wool uniforms in a Georgia summer, shoot me now please.
I don't like to make negative comments and you seem like a nice young lady and I understand that many of the young today know very little about WW2 or history in general but if you don't know anything then you shouldn't say anything and instead just watch, listen and try to learn something. Focus on what is happening instead of who's in the show. This series was never the actors. None of them were famous at the time this was filmed with the exception of David Schwimmer and maybe Captain Dale Dye who played colonel Sink. This series is about the men who the actors portrayed and also it's a tribute to all of the combat infantrymen who fought in WW2. Hopefully this series will spark an interest in you to learn more about history and especially the second world war.
Indeed it’s about the characters they’re portraying! Still doesn’t stop me from needed to place a face I’ve seen. I am very interested in history and cultures. Unfortunately, due to my diagnosis, I forget a lot more than normal people. History being my favorite subject in school, I could still never get an A or B in the subject. Needed extra tutuours etc since my brain is weird. I do enjoy the show immensely! But unfortunately I won’t remember the facts and such. I watch for the story and emotions it makes me feel at that moment. But afterwards I will forget most of it. I do apologize. So the reason I don’t remember much from WW2 or anything for that matter, isn’t because I wasn’t interested or didn’t try to learn. I just forget it after I’ve learned 😝
@@AnnaLorentzen I did enjoy your reaction and I'm sorry to hear that you are dealing with cognitive issues. In watching your reaction I never would have known. I hope that you weren't upset by my comments I'm sure that you will do a good job reacting to the rest of this miniseries. I think that you'll find it fascinating and emotional. Just remember that 'Band of Brothers' is based on actual events although they have condensed some stories and left some things out because it would have been to much to try to recreate everything that these men went through. However they did portray the events about as accurately as Hollywood possibly could
I hope you decide to continue the series! I feel it only gets stronger as you progress, and you’ll get to see people like Tom Hardy and James MacEvoy along the way.
Thank you for watching!🤩 I hope I get to continue too! Unfortunately I have some more react cards from my patrons this month I have to prioritize. But hopefully in February I get a request for episode 2😁
@@AnnaLorentzen In my mind, episode 2 & 3 is a dual, as well as episode 6 & 7.
I enjoy how many actors you recognize while I don't know any of them beyond Band of Brothers. Eager to watch the series with you!
- US entered the war in 1941. Before 1944, they had been fighting in the Pacific against the Japanese, and in Northern Africa and Italy against Germany and Italy.
- There was no eastern front in northern Europe until UK, US and Canada landed in Normandy, France inJune 1944.
-The series is not about a bunch of actors. It’s based on a non-fiction book about a very real airborne unit.
-They couldn’t simply resign. It wasn’t just another job at the check out counter. And those sergeants, by telling the regiment commander that they would not fight under Sobel, were forming a mutiny. The punishment for which could well be a firing squad!
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Stumbled across this a bit late and a lot of comments have been answered. But one thing I don't think has been commented on is the Airfield scene, you mentioned about having all the planes, the actual filming was only 3-4 planes then they just looped multiple different aircraft taking off to give the feeling of lots of aircraft. Very creative thing to do rather than having fewer aircraft or just using fully CGI aircraft. Anyway, hopping on board for the rest of the reactions and looking forward to it.
After Band of Brothers is The Pacific and Hacksaw Ridge. But you really must react to the greatest (and shortest) TV Show ever made... FireFly!
Excellent reaction
Thank you!
Nice reaction Anna, looking forward to more
Thank you so much!
The almost unanimous opinion in Easy Co was that Sobel was a great Training Officer... but an awful leader - He failed almost every tactical test in operational training (As opposed to Basic Training.) Sobel being re-assigned to a Parachute School was the Army making the best use of something he WAS good at doing.
Enjoy watching one of the best shows, I have ever seen
Sounded to me like you were commenting all the way through, so I don't think there's a problem with talking too little. Nice to see that you're interested and learning something from it though.
David Schwimmer has a passing resemblance to the real Lt. Sobel. Re-assigning him to run the parachute school served 2 functions, getting rid of him and controlling him. The school would be instructing other officers of similar rank to himself or higher, which meant that it would have been much harder for him to be abusive to the students than to the lower ranking enlisted men in Easy Company.
Yes the war had been going 3 years before the USA joined proceedings. The Japanese pre-emptively bombed Pearl Harbour which provided the impetus for them to go to war. Initially, the Allies were just France and the Commonwealth nations (mainly England, Canada, Australia, India and New Zealand...apologies if i left any nations out). Episode 1 is great but later episodes are great and very intense.
South Africa...
Hi Anna. Ray here..
Ohh yes, this is such a good show.. pitty im no patreon yet.
But Feb, i am.
Prepair some tisseus though, this is going to be a wild ride..
❤❤❤
Raymond.
Cant wait!🤩
@@AnnaLorentzen So you wil watch it? Yea!
BoB is amazing. Grade A show from start to finish.
You are very perceptive about Winters, Anna. I will enjoy watching you watch this. You will not be disappointed. But buckle up; you're in for a bumpy ride!
one of the guys you recognized was Kirk Aceveda-he played Joe Toye in B-O-B---he also played Tommy in the movie Invincible-a true story about Vince Papale- a 30 year old man trying to play football for The Philadelphia Eagles
Gosh I love this series! Great Reaction!
Why is the Sky Blue?
First video of yours I've watched. The intro had me before the reaction even started :-)
Omg thank you so much!