Band of Brothers "Currahee" VETERAN REACTION!!
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- čas přidán 7. 09. 2024
- You all have been requesting this for a while, and now the time has finally come! Are you excited to follow me on this journey? When did you first experience this groundbreaking limited series?
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I sent this to my husband when he was in Iraq. They were halfway through the first episode and the CO walked in. Made them restart it. Then posted an announcement the first episode would be replayed in a larger area the next day followed by episode 2. It was awesome. It was passed around to several units before he came home with it. My husband was one of the Veterans that died on a VA waiting list 7 years ago. Band of Brothers is sitting on my bookshelf. The insides still have Iraqi sand in it.
I'm sorry for your loss.
@@CBO4evr Thank you.
As soon as the music started, Goosebumps and tears, 20 years later, still the best TV I've ever seen.
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Yeah agreed. I think along with Roots it is the best television production in history.
@@ronaldh8446 never had a chance to watch roots, hopefully soon
Go to the currahee museum, I couldn't talk as I was going through
+1
Oh snap, he started Band of Brothers. One of my all time favorite war depictions. Up next, the Pacific :)
Pacific was good, but i found the area and episodes quite similar (whereas the band of brothers is completely different every time)
Rumor has it that they're working on a series about the air campaign.
hell yeah brother
Captain Sobel wasn't a demotion, it was a sidewards move. He was sent back to take charge of a training school instead of leading easy company, he was good a training not combat leadership
Sobel also parachuted into Normandy with the rest of the invasion. And was recalled to duty during the Korean War.
Band of Brothers reflects the opinions of this group of people.
Don't get me wrong, the historical record reflects that Sobel was not well liked and not a good combat officer. But this shows up in other areas such as their views on Dyke and their belief that Bland was dead.
It looks like Dyke had been shot in the shoulder in reality and may have been suffering from the same kind of combat fatigue as Buck. He had won multiple awards for bravery earlier in the war and may have even saved some Band of Brothers lives in Market Garden. But the band knew buck and liked him so they were sympathetic to him.
@@macmcleod1188 exactly sobel actually died a rank higher than winters and he saw combat in D day, he deserves respect
@@recipoldinasty The Reason he was a rank higher, was he accepted duty in Korea, Winters didn’t.
Technically it was a sideways move, but he lost his company, and he was put in charge of training chaplains and medics how to safely jump, not combat troops. While he did jump into Normandy, it was with headquarters personnel, as a battalion supply officer and was several months after D-Day.
@Necramonium Gotta respect that!
A wise man once said " you salute the rank not the man".
I've always believed that Capt Sobel was moved to the training school, because the major realised that although he was good at training top notch soldiers he would be a liability in the field so reassigned him to where his skills would actually be useful but not risk any lives in the actual war
I agree...they made sure they could continue to utilize his talent for training and organization, but kept him off the battlefield preventing him from getting all his men killed. The Army did not always do as good a job at detecting bad combat officers and keeping them out of combat. 👍
Exactly.
I absolutely agree with that, it was just a little misleading when the Major gave him a compliment and in the same breath reassigned him to another company. Him resigning him was definitely the best decision for him and his men.
@@deving9793 That was Colonel Robert Sink, the regimental commander.
@@deving9793 I get the feeling that Colonel Sink reassigning Captain Sobel was his way of dealing with a delicate situation at a delicate time. He obviously felt that he and the rest of command missed something in Sobel's combat leadership that the men picked up on. He also knew he couldn't just allow the "mutiny" occur without consequences as it undermines the all important chain of command. This was his "solution"...and it was a damn good one.
When I think of David Schwimmer I no longer think of him as 'Ross from Friends', It's always 'Captain Soble', his performance in Band Of Brothers is incredible. Such a nasty bastard.
My Great Uncle, Herb Suerth was in Easy Company. Thank you for watching and reacting
He gets a brief name check at one point in the series, doesn't he? Maybe in Bastogne? He went through some hard shit.
@@beansfriend7033 Yes, he was featured more in the documentary that played after the series was over but he was mentioned in Bastogne and was wounded there.
Maybe they figured his name sounded too close to Herb Sobel.
Amazing! I remember his name from reading some of the Easy Company books.
Dude, even there's a good chance my great uncle might have fired a round or two at your great uncle (he was with the 2nd Panzer going towards Foy)... much respect for Herb and his buddies.
I always like the way that Ross walks onto the scene and Captain Sobel finishes it. It was a brilliant piece of acting by Schwimmer.
"I respect your rank, dude, so..."
What you just said will be a memorable part of this series much later on. That's all I'm going to say.
We salute the rank, not the man...
That scene is a true life lesson and one I've carried with me from that moment on.
Yep we always said "you don't have to respect the person, but respect the rank!" It was that which made me angry at some of my other enlisted men when we got a female company commander. They'd be chittering on in formation while she was talking not giving her the common respect we would give any officer. After having a terrible commander who they would stand silently for.
Even if you're made of stone, you'll be crying before the series is over!
Especially "why we fight"
@@johndrews206 Seconded. There are some others that come very close to that though.
that medic episode, when he wraps that wound with that handkerchief... maaan....
This series introduced me to binge watching. Once I started I couldn’t stop.
@@johndrews206 that one and bastogne are the saddest for me.
When all the Sergeants in a unit are willing to risk courts martial over serving under an officer, you known there is something critically wrong and it was the only way to get the attention of the top brass. Sobel knew all the right things to say to his superiors, but the Sergeants know. Good thing Sobel was punished-promoted. He was too bad of a field /command officer to get just himself killed (if somebody from Easy didn't do it for him first). As for Guarnere, either that message should have been held, or Guarnere pulled from the jump. My Gunny would have. You do *not* want somebody in that head space in combat. He;d be as dangerous as Sobel.
I’ve probably watched this series about 100 times over the past 10 years. Best, most realistic and heartfelt depiction of WW2 and war in general ever.
I watched this during Covid and immediately afterwards I dove into WW II documentaries. Crazy just how realistic this show. You almost wish that this was an exaggeration of the battles.
Band of Brothers reactions on CZcams are few. Glad another CZcams soldier decided to do the series. One of my favorite mini series.
We called it "Promoted out of the way" when I was in the Army
NO SPOILERS for this man people, let him enjoy the adventure he's about to be on.
Dick Winters graduated from my highschool. I shook his hand when he was visiting once privately. He was a very kind man.
When you’re done with this series you HAVE to check out the pacific. It’s all about the marines fighting the Japanese
And Generation Kill after that.
@@mwilsonUT both these series are amazing. You must check them both out after
You, my friend, are in for a ride. I fly my flag for guys like this and my father. There's a reason they're called the Greatest Generation. By the end of this series, you will know all their names as if you fought with them.
Really excited to take this journey with you, Devin! Both my beloved uncles served in WW2 fighting in France and Germany. One brought home a Red Cross nurse he met in Paris on leave and married her :) They adopted two Greek children orphaned by the war. What a great generation that was!
Sobel was kicked upstairs. Army brass came to the correct conclusion that he's not a combat officer but he's a good training officer.
He's honestly spectacular
My favorite part of this series is how each episode starts with the stories from the soldiers being portrayed.
"Because I am hard you will not like me....but the more you will hate me the more you will learn" -Sgt. Hartman (R. Lee Ermy) Full Metal Jacket. That's GODDAMN RIGHT!!! And yeah without a doubt, Band of Brothers IS the Greatest Mini-series EVER!!!
This series is an absolute masterpiece
Hands down my favorite series ever made. Heavy stuff but extremely well made.
Different work ethic maybe, they did live through the depression so they had little to lose.
But it was also a time when there was more faith in the government, but WWII was also understood to be a national emergency.
Ignorance is bliss there no way anyone could’ve imagined what they were getting into, so much of what was done in WWII was new and untested so I’ve always wondered if there was more excitement than fear.
Also, one of the greatest scores ever created for television.
Great observations here Devin. Keep it up. When you are done with the entire series, it will stick with you for the rest of your life. We owe a great debt to those men and women that walked before us to help us remain free...all of them.
Glad, you enjoyed the reaction, my older brother was a paratrooper in the 82nd Airborne Division, 504 LRP it was a Long Range Reconnaissance unit ..he was stationed in Germany in the mid-80’s then he went to Fort Bragg late 80’s to early 90’s..you’re right those Airborne dudes a tough guys, it takes a special type of person to do what these guys do...my brother is 53 years old now, and he still does his PT runs, and he doesn’t look his age either...he’s an excellent Big brother...always has my back....he’s 11 years older than me, we are very close 👍🏿keep doing these videos..I’ve just subscribed👍🏿
Wow!!! That's DOPE!! He's a beast! Thanks for watching and supporting my channel
My father was airborne....194th Glider Infantry Regiment of the 17th Airborne (Thunder from Heaven!)...entered combat in the Battle of the Bulge January 3, 1945, fought in the Rhineland Campaign and participated in Operation Varsity in March 1945 (which is discussed in episode 9 of this series). Very proud to be his son.
Wow now that's dope!! Tell your father I said Thank you for his service
@@deving9793 Thank you. I would if he was still with us. He passed 6/26/1999. Oh and thank YOU for your service. Subscribed. :)
Good start, i remember back while in the Barracks during the Battle of the Bulge reenactment in PA ( i was in Easy 2/506th living history unit) Maj. Winters read us the letter he got from Tom Hanks asking his permission to make this Mini Series. we were having a Prop Blast Bash and when he asked us what we thought about it we all cheered and raised our drinks. i passed out later while trying to out drink Wild Bill & Babe (he pops up later in the series )
This is one of my favorite miniseries, and I appreciated seeing a veteran's take on it. I look forward to watching your reaction to the rest of the series.
There have been many officers in the past who were excellent at training but terrible in the field. (Gen. George McClellan comes to mind.)
And... thanks for your service.
Man! I am so excited to enjoy this show with you! Really looking forward to this! :D
This isnt fully a documentary, however most everything in the series actually happened and they screened the episodes for the surviving members of Easy company so they could approve of it. There are some creative licenses, and some times stories of multiple real life people get combined in to 1 character, but its really only for time, clarity, and so they can work with a more focused cast. All the people talking in the beginning are actual Easy company members that are featured in the series.
Historical drama
Sobel's reassignment was good for the company, bad for him.
He was unfit to command combat units, but excelled at instilling discipline and conditioning troops.
He also greatly succeeded in bonding the unit together, albeit in their hatred of him.
The gentlemen at the beginning of each episode are the actual men being portrayed in the show.
Part of the beauty of this series is that everyone finds all this out at the end. There's no need to spoil anything just for a few thumbs-up.
@@roinicdukat4572 Sorry if I spoiled it but I always thought it was kind of obvious. It’s not like I’m listing off everyone’s names. As for doing it for the likes, he asked who they were. As it is pretty obvious, at least that’s what I thought, I answered. I know it’s probably a shock but not everyone sits around to see how many likes they got on a freaking CZcams comment.
@@Cherokee9898 If someone asks, next time just tell them they are WW2 vets that were part of the 101st. Therefore they get the context but not the spoiler.
@@Cherokee9898 It's just a nice touch at the end when you see them all revealed by name. But that's fair! You seem sincere, it's all good, man. It honestly does come with a bit of a shock, too many out there get their daily fix off of stuff like that. Mind you I didn't mean to presume, so a sorry there from me. Cheers!
@@Cherokee9898 You did not spoil anything. It’s history. Ignore the Karens.
Read the book it goes into so much more detail of the relationship CPT Sobel had with his company.
In one situation during training for medics he was anesthetized, someone made an incision and he was abandoned in the forest.
Sobel wasn't the one that started the cadence during the spaghetti run. Winters did it to help get the men's minds something else to focus on. Notice after they stared the cadence... their posture changed and they began to run in unison.
I thought it was Luz
Another clue that it wasnt Sobel who initiated the cadence was the fact that he stopped running and stared in obvious shock as the men started running past him. I also believe Winters wanted to get them doing cadence so that they would have a sense of unity in that run. It was no longer "every man for himself", but "the men beside me are fighting this battle with me", and it was a much more beneficial mindset for all of them.... except Sobel.
I see Band of Brothers...I instantly like. Your Saving Rrivate Ryan reaction was awesome dude! Can't wait to binge these reactions now haha!
Just got into the channel, love the reactions . You also have to remember a lot of Americans enlisted after the attack on Pearl Harbor, and understandably so. This is a great series fitting for a great channel
I appreciate you and Thank you for watching and supporting my channel
A few suggestions for other movies that I do not see a lot of folks mention. Definitely check out Glory, about the Civil War. Master and Commander is a terrific war movie about combat at sea in sailing ships. And Empire of the Sun is a Steven Spielberg masterpiece about a British boy caught up in Japan's war in China in the 1930s and 40s. 💯
Really glad you are reacting to Band of Brothers...I guarantee it will get you emotional. ✌
I agree with every movie on this list. 👍
Empire of the Sun also stars a very young Christian Bale.
Master and commander is such an awesome movie
I'm loving this reaction man. Keep up the good work!
This is great series. Be sure to finish this and then start THE PACIFIC right afterwards.
Man i love your enthousiasm! Love your reactions video, great work!
Right on Right on. I appreciate you watching and supporting my channel
Enjoying watching this again in Devin's company. Please Devin don't make us wait to long for the next episode !
I gotcha my friend I intend on doing at least 3 episodes a week, with a few movies reactions and regular reactions
@@deving9793 Thanks Dev, on your word I'm now newly subscribed
The compliment was real but also a way out, he could train the best but was himself useless in the field.
So he was "Promoted" to go train men but never to lead them. And he definitely saw it as a slap to the face "You're taking my company ?"
Thanks! Been out of Wi-Fi range all month lol, glad to see you reacted to this!
This is the greatest TV series of all time. Subbed and looking forward to the rest!!
@Devon G ... Respect. Love your reaction videos. My son went Army Airborne & He's now a veteran. Funny thing was he had never been in an airplane until the day he left for basic training. & by the time he left the Army, years later- he was jumping out of the planes!
Devin , I shit you not. You will love Major Richard Winters after this series. I never met him but I wish I did. RIP
At the end of this series you’re gonna feel like you’ve been on a journey with them
I love this series and your reaction to this was the first thing that got me on your channel
I'm watching this series again - right now. Will probably finish it this weekend. The first time I watched it - I got home from work sat down and watched the entire series through the night.
Fellow veteran here, brother. Love your content and I'm really looking forward to you seeing the rest of this series. Keep up the fantastic series.
Sobel did actually jump on D-Day and earned a Combat Infantryman Badge as part of Regimental Headquarters Company. Still a martinet but he did his part.
Now this right here.... is a must. Glad you're sharing it with us
I’ve seen people talk about the lack of the younger generations joining the military but I think if we ever went into another world war people would sign up just the same
I wouldn’t say disappointed that it was postponed, I think it’s that they accepted that there gonna die in a bit and now they have to wait a day with that thought and now they get to think over EVERYTHING.
My father served with 101st in Vietnam and they were constantly pushed to live up to these men. He was wounded and reassigned to a convoy just weeks before the unit participated in the battle known as Hamburger Hill where everyone he had served with in 101st were killed.
This is a legendary TV show
I have this on box set blu Ray and I watch it at least once a year...an absolutely excellent show.
"Everything he did had a purpose" - he has traits of a psychopathic personality. Main reason was to make himself look better, to climb up as fast as he could, and gather as many accolades as he could, at the cost of those under his command. He considered himself above them, not just by the rank. All of that married with incompetence. He was punishing anybody who dared to stand up to him in any way, throwing blame at others for his own flaws and taking revenge on people who he perceived as responsible for exposing them.
"Their infractions, and your disciplinary recommendations on my desk at 0130, is that clear?"
"What infractions, sir?"
"Find some".
( Does all of that remind you of someone? )
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That's based on portrayal in the series. Having psychopathic traits does not make one a psychopath - after all, nearly all of us have some - it's a matter of scale. It doesn't mean there weren't some positive qualities about him, but they were outweigh by negative (which will be further proven by "We salute the rank, not the man" scene and other). You could imagine him as spoiled upper-ish class kid, taking advantage of power and taking "revenge" for bullying, or a childish man looking for admiration and missing fatherly love, and self-proclaimed protector of morality blind to his own inadequacies - but in any case spiced with an unhealthy dose of supercilious attitude and other nastiness.
Also, the whole thing with water....damn nowadays CO's are damn near telling their men to drown themselves on a daily basis to keep hydrated.
Not a documentary, but the people at the beginning and end are the actual people the actors are playing in the series. This is quite possibly the greatest miniseries ever made (obviously, that's arguable). So good.
20:16 The British soldier is speaking in Cockney Rhyming Slang.
He says: "You're having a bath if you think you're half-inching that".
"Bath" is rhyming slang for "laugh", and "half-inch" is slang for "pinch" or "steal".
So in plain English he says "You're having a laugh if you think you're pinching that".
I only just found your channel and I watched all your videos lol love your stuff mr g. Your gonna really like the story of band of brothers. And also bare in mind this is a well documented true story and in some of the extra scenes in the dvd in the making they have interviews with some of the real guys that this story follows. They are the guys that speak at the start of each episode.
If o could recommend their good movies to watch that have really good depictions of ww2 I would suggest a bridge too far which is the film of operation market garden into Holland. And the thin red line which is long but it’s about the USA fighting the Japanese in the pacific. I see people recommended the pacific which is also a great series. Looking super forward to more of your videos. You have a real great vibe when it comes to watching military stuff.
Hey man I love this series and I'm a big fan of your channel! Thanks for watching this with us.
What's up my man .. I appreciate that and I am definitely looking forward to this series. Thank you for watching and supporting my channel
Hi Devin,
Fist time watching your video - Band of Brothers is probably my all time favorite. Your review if Ep. 1 is great, Can't wait for the next episode.
Oh shit! Here we go man... you are about to go on a real fucking journey with this one.
More you sweat in training, less you bleed in battle, if I remember the saying
Colonel Sink recognized that CPT Sobel was an excellent *trainer*, but had no ability in the field. It's one thing to be good at PT and to have a squared-away uniform, to know the drills and to have the ability to instill discipline. It's another thing entirely to be able to employ fieldcraft, think tactically, be calm under pressure, and understand the needs of the men under your command. Sobel failed completely in the latter regard, and Sink recognized that Sobel didn't have the trust of his men. Moving him to another training assignment was his only real option.
Well, when all your NCO's basically quit, that sends up a clear "WTF" flare to even the higher ups. Also, SInk had cleared a previous charge from Sobel to Winters, so he already knew there was a problem.
Dick Winters = Legend
Just discovered your channel. Hearing the reaction of a veteran really elevates this show
Yes!! Definitely subscribing! BoB is one of the best series of real life accounts of the men in Easy Company!
@Devin G - I am really liking your reaction videos. I’ve seen a dozen other reactions to Band of Brothers and I have to tell you, I’m liking yours the most.
You’re very insightful and passionate and it makes for great viewing. I especially like when you make a comment or prediction about something and (since I know what is coming up) it actually happens.
Keep them coming!
They weren't disappointed by the 24 hr delay because of patriotism necessarily. When you're facing an operation like that, the sooner you get on with it, the sooner you get it over with and come out the other side.
Sobel was the best instructor and they were the best prepared for combat. But damn he was bad in the field.
Sobel excelled at training, but was a dangerously inept field commander. Even though he comes across as seemly cruel to his men, whenever he made them run Currahee he ran with them. I think he felt threated by Winters because he realized that Winters was the superior leader.
BTW, before filming began the actors portraying the soldiers were put through a mini-basic training. Also, each actor portrayed a real-life member of the 101st (the names aren't fictionalized), some of whom provide the commentary at the beginning of each episode.
Wow!! That's a damn good perspective.. I could see him being intimidated by Sgt Winters
And so I join another one on Band of Brothers. I look forward to your opinions on it, especially as a veteran. Also, thank you for your service sir.
I've watch this AT LEAST a dozen times and I'll watch it again with you.
Thank you very much for your service sir. Love your videos and love America.
The spaghetti scene is something all Infantrymen go through at some point. It's training you to be able to handle puking in a stressed environment like, if a snap opsec is issued for QRF and we have to move NOW or your camp comes under IDF with MASCAL evac... I got it thrice during training at Sand Hill then again during FTX at Campbell and once more during JRTC at Polk
The generation that fought in WW II grew up during The Great Depression. They were used to hard times, having little and doing whatever was necessary. When the USA was attacked, there was a nearly universal feeling of "us." "Me" took a back seat for the duration.
Can’t wait to your reaction to the rest of the series man, and the one with poor boy Blythe almost made me cry ‘cause I felt so sorry for him, especially when he was in the hole screaming his head off.
You know what's great is that in later interviews several survivors from Easy Company after the war, credit Captain Sobel's hellish training for their survival. So say what you want about how this show depicts how much of an asshole he was, but the men afterward were thankful of him for it.
A lot of people that enlisted during WWII enlisted because quite literally every other male in this country was being sent off to fight the war and so many lost their lives. Theres a tremendous amount of guilt that comes with that, hence the suicides. Great, great series and I havent come across anyone else reacting to it (i havent searched) and even better that you're a veteran. Its a powerful series. Thank you for your service.
The spaghetti scene had me dying every time, not military but when I was in the fire academy. Our instructor did something similar, so there was a saying, only eat as much as your mask (scba mask) can fill.
It’s based on a book of the same name written by Stephen ambrose (I think) , he’s a British historian . It tells of easy company’s trials,tribulations and triumphs from Normandy to Germany and Austria . I recommend it highly.
We need more of these videos. Watching them in England.x
This show was a game changer for war stories. when you finish, I encourage you to look for the extras because the amount of work on top of the extended interviews with the surviving membors of Easy are amazing.
I like to think that old guy on the bike was a veteran and understood exactly how Sobel was the enemy.
Pretty much all the men in Easy Company gave Sobel the nod when it came to their training and readiness for war. And pretty much all of the men in Easy Company said that Sobel himself was a total clown when it came to his own abilities. Great training officer, horrible combat leader.
Subscribed strictly on the strength of this reaction. Good job, man.
The men from Easy Company would say in interviews that they all hated Captain Sobel with a passion, but admitted they only survived thanks to his training.
Lol I love how you knew what was up as soon as the spaghetti got served. And your continued exasperation with Sobel. Great reaction man
Hey Devin, stumbled over your channel through your Private Ryan vid , subbed after your Hacksaw Ridge vid, nice to see a modern veteran reviewing ww2 films, looking forward to this series one of my favourites, as a British vet myself I love all ww2 movies, I have a recommendation for when you finish this series, check out Glory, it's about the 54th Massachusetts Infantry Regiment, the Union Army's first African-American regiment in the American Civil War and it is excellent.
Regarding the NCOs..
the senior ranking mutineer was transferred. Mike Rainey was demoted. The rest kept their ranks. Rainey, through combat experience, was able to get his stripes back somewhat quickly.
The Company First Sergeant did not mutiny. He was the guy with Sobel when Sobel was inspecting the barracks just before he promoted Winters and the guy who sent Winters the summons to Winters to see Sobel in the meeting where Winters chooses court-martial. The Company 1st Sergeant was known to be a brown-noser to Sobel. He was not liked or respected by anyone except Sobel.
Band of Brothers should be shown in all schools, it should be required education.
Best mini-series ever created.
Your gonna love this show Bro...We have all kinds of material waiting for ya !!... Keep up the good work !!
Keep up the awesome work good Sir. Truly love watching. Hi from the UK.
I'm wit you dawg, dope reaction to my favorite tv series ever made.
Lol. Love the way he had the map out before he even asked for it