Green Berets React to Band of Brothers
In this episode Sean and Kurt react to episode 5 of Band of Brothers.
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Peacock was known as a 100% by the book and order officer so him telling the men to wait until the smoke (per Winter's order) stunting the Soldiers instinct to follow Winter's lead is a nice, subtle detail.
The Crossroads battle was considered by Winters as Easy Company’s finest performance in battle. Everything was conducted perfectly and done so with minimal casualties. The miniseries condenses a few things, but gets the whole story down correctly. In the actual battle, Winters and his men charged the German positions at the same time with cover fire from two Browning .30caliber machine guns; but because of the adrenaline coursing in his body, Winters arrived a head of everyone. When confronting the German sentry, Winters originally threw a grenade at the men, but forgot to remove the safety tape that held the spring together, so it didn’t go off. At that point, the German sentry threw a grenade at Winters, but for some reason, this grenade didn’t explode either. Quickly thinking, Winters fired his M1 Garand from the hip and hit him. After killing the German sentry, Winters unloaded two full clips from his M1 Garand into the Germans taking cover from the incoming MG fire. Too occupied with the incoming fire, being weighed down in heavy clothing, and the poor leadership lead the Germans to retreat as the American paratroopers poured small arms fire down on them while Winters called for British artillery to fire on them. Two entire SS companies were routed at the Crossroads and the later attack that came on the area failed in part to Easy Company’s heroics. The part the miniseries skips over is the other attack Winters made against the Germans. After they were routed at the Crossroads, Winters brought up another platoon of men to go after the Germans. However, as they approached the ferry crossing, the Germans were able to regroup and fend off the attack. Winters and his men fell back to the crossroads, and as they did so, that’s when the German artillery came down on them and wounded several men. Sgt. Dukeman was the only KIA in the battle from the previous night, killed by a German rifle grenade as he stood out in the open trying to get his men to spread out more. All of the paratroopers wounded by the German artillery would survive.
The Operations Room on KZhead has an excellent video on Easy Company’s battle at the Crossroads.
In an interview which you can see on KZhead, Major Winters describes his charge as running faster than he thought he could, and as an out of body experience that he had never felt before or after.
Buck saying he wishes the show gave more love to the NCOs... lol. Keep watching guys...
Exactly. I thought the same thing. Hell, in this very episode Winters says, "The only thing holding together Easy company is the NCO's, Toccoa men."
Winters was absolutely one of those hyper-competent officers and totally deserved all the love he got from his men. The battalion Colonel Robert Sink considered him one of the finest officers he ever had the chance to command.
Dude was a unicorn company grade:)
If you look into Winter's family and background, you can see the way he was raised really shone through the man he became.
They gave the NCO's tons of love dudes !
Lt Welsh never notified the patrol probably due to Welsh being drunk, which resulted in Lt. Heyliger being shot. Which is why in the next episode someone says moose is gonna make it and Winter shoots a glaring look at Welsh
Welsh, iirc, did have a drinking problem. It’s one of the reasons why he kept getting promoted to Sgt and then demoted back to Private whilst in the unit. But, the leadership in the 82nd saw his potential and once he recieved his battlefield commission, he was transferred to the 101st. Also, in case you’re wondering as I was, Welsh was not present for the 82nd’s landing in Sicily. However, there is one Easy Co member that did have combat experience before the D-Day jump.
Do you have the time stamp to this? I've been trying to find it.
@@edm240b9 Lt Welsh, kept going between Sgt and Private? What?
@@twrampage this was during his time as a member of the 82nd Airborne. Everytime he was promoted, he would get into an altercation that would lead him to be bumped back down to Private, usually due to drunkenness. However, the brass kept seeing the potential in him, which is why he kept getting the promotions. Once he recieved his battlefield commission, that was when he was transferred to the 101st.
@@edm240b9 Yeah it was a Lt being bounced between enlisted ranks that confused me. Thanks for the clarification.
Later episodes after Winters gets promoted focus on the NCOs being the only fellas holding the unit together during the worst of times … the show highlights the importance of NCOs pretty heavily after Winters moves up to regiment … and the real Winters never took credit himself and always highlighted the NCOs and veteran rifleman …
From what I understand, Fallon's grandfather fought in the Battle of the Bulge, and he asked to appear in the episode as a tribute to him.
I guesstimate this episode was shot at the end of a full day of Beers and Breakdowns. You guys are off the chain.
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In this episode when he told Lebgot to drop his ammo and bring all POWs back to the CP alive was such a smart move. The enemy soldiers know when we're out of ammo because they hear the ping That's why he said " You drop one soldier and the rest will jump you" Captain Winters knew a lot of these guys were very emotional and would probably do something stupid.
Leibgott also had a reputation for being extremely aggressive in combat and HATING the Germans so yeah those POWs may not have made it back otherwise.
Here we go, the garand "ping" nonsense again.
Winters knew that Liebgot was one of the "killers" of Easy. Not a bad soldier, but one who tended to let his emotions go to his head and do stupid things like executing POWs.
Winters only loaded one round in the chamber without the clip so there’s no clip to eject and make the “ping” sound.
@@andrewwestman2407 ping or no ping (clip or no clip) sound, the m1 grand bolt goes to the rear when it's out of ammo so it'll be pretty obvious that he's empty
Can relate to hating being cold. I used to say, like lots of people, that I'd rather be cold than hot "because you can put on more layers but you can't take off anything more after a point". Oh what a fool I was. When I was in Iraq I was pulling guard duty in the tower. My buddy and I were supposed to be relieved shortly after nightfall, so we didn't bring any snivel gear. The drop in temp at night in the desert has to be experienced to be believed. During the day it was mid 80s. At night it dripped below freezing. Our relief didn't wake up, and we were there all night, in a guard tower exposed to the wind (which was blowing like hell), standing/sitting on a steel plate that conducted the heat right out of us, in our lightweight DCUs, temp in the high 20s, all night. Nothing around for quite a distance (we were driven out to the outer perimeter), and no commo because our logistics were all messed up and a lot of our equipment wasn't in yet. If something happened, gunfire would be how we would alert everyone. We were so cold were stole the toilet paper out of the portajohn, dumped the water bottles out of the cardboard boxes and tore the boxes up, and even broke up the wooden pallets the water bottles were sitting on. We started a fire in an ammo can with all that stuff and still were hypothermic by the time the morning shift came out to get us. I felt cold for a long time after that no matter what I did. Takeaway message: With heat, if you have some shade and enough water, you'll be miserable but fine no matter the temp. With cold, past a certain low temp, your life is on a timer and when it runs out, you freeze. There are many more reasons why cold is so much worse. (How you have to move to generate heat, which burns more calories and also can make you sweat which makes you lose more water and then the sweat freezes on you when you stop moving making you even colder etc) So give me any high temperature short of a volcano, any day over cold weather. Screw. Being. Cold.
I remember watching this episode for the first time and being blown away at the efficiency of the small team tactics vs the German's superior numbers!
When you get to battle of the bulge episodes, you will see the NCO treatment that you’ve been waiting for
I had read somewhere that Winters often led from the front not because he intended to, but because he was the fastest runner in the battalion. Under the push of adrenaline he couldn't pace himself to the rest of the unit.
I can’t wait to see your reactions to the Bastogne and Haginaw episodes of this series. And they did such a good job with this series that guys were having flashbacks.
Jimmy Fallon is playing Lt. George C Rice. He was nominated for the Medal of Honor after making 8 supply runs for the 101st, the 8th one being made *after* the Germans had surrounded the Americans.
Thanks for the video! I always look forward to the breakdowns.
This series is amazing from the couple of episodes I watched back in the day. I need to go back and watch it all the way through. Lol
This is a series I probably watch once a year, it's so good
Good stuff guys, appreciate the stories.
Funny as hell as always. Episodes need to be much longer 🙏 please
My older brother and I had both read Ambrose’s book and were so excited to learn it was going to be made into a miniseries. The part in the book when Joe Toye said something like “what’s a guy got to do to get killed around here” made me cry. It really happened and it’s beyond my imagination how they got through it
Winters was an awesome Officer and a leader. Awesome tactician and better leader. This show is great. You're reactions are always awesome. Thank you for the great content.
I was watching a stream and sensed it’s about that time of day for a fng b&b 🔥🔥🔥
THANK YOU I have been waiting for this! It was cool to see you analyze exactly why Lt. Winters was looking at his men before the charge, I had never thought about that shot the way you explained it.
watch the entire series. the NCOs are recognized - and respected by Winters
Appreciate your tactical insights.
Hanging out watching! Always a good review and something very interesting shared, real war experience toward a show or movie. Something humorous shared that makes the viewer laugh, brings us right in the room. You guys are great! All 3, even with the white headphones, first for me seeing man behind the scenes! Working hard, having fun. See you all next week!
Band of Brothers is a National Treasure in the cinema world. The live interviews with the wonderful Patriots were pure gold. God bless veterans past and present. You guys are awesome. Keep it up!
Guys my Sunday evening could not be complete without Beers and Breakdowns! 😂 Always make my day! Cheers from Italy
Thanks guys!
Awesome show. And interesting perspectives from you both having experience in combat. Thank you for your service and god bless.🇺🇸
Only liked and commented because you reminded me at the end of the video lol! I guess now is a good time to thank you guys for your service, I have huge respect for yall! I am non military myself, just always been a war nut. much love for you guys
Love your work
Love your stories guys.......thank you for your reaction to Danger Close. Would love you to revisit the scene of the Kiwi artillery sometime.....keep 'em coming gentlemen..... my favourite channel
Tour of Duty...best war TV series EVER!
Thank you Bro's for your service BTW .
Good job guys!
Very entertaining men, keep it up.
Even though I also hate being cold. As a canadian your bit about all the winter gear you like wear is hilarious IMO
You guys are the best. Would love to see you do the Pacific
One thing that they didn't show was that field was covered in tanglefoot that the British had left. I've had the chance to visit that area and watched two guys make that run from the ditch at the west side up to the road embankment. It took a full minute for them to cover that distance... no weapon, no gear, no helmet. I can only imagine how they did it back in October 1944.
Easy Company went from Soebel to Meehan to Winters to Heyliger to Dike and finally Spiers. That is 6 commanding officers in 6 months. Before becoming the Easy CO, Dike had been awarded two bronze stars for Heroism in Holland and Bastogne. They never show that at Foy Dike was seriously wounded in the first few minutes of the assault.
Since “Memorial Day” is coming soon you two Yokels should watch the movie “Memorial Day” which compares the memories of the grandfather in Operation Market Garden to the grandson’s experience in Fallujah.
I feel that Winters was portrayed like this because of the veterans interviews, they all had the nicest and most respectull things to say about him. So the character might be an overall incarnation of the vision that these soldiers had of him, but it can't be too far from what the real guy was really like.
Not a bad observation. Like they say in the breakdown there's always good guys out there. The difference is that this one had a book and series made about what he did. Having read Winters book, I personally feel he was a legend of his own ego.
LOL reminds of Swiss Army Winter Training - and yeah....We received one Thick Pullover - A pair of Thick socks - and a Warm Salute of a General! I live in the mountains and i hated the Winter Training - useless - sleeping outside in the mud for weeks - shaving - taking shower in the woods. Next Training i was the "Michelin Man" - so thick i could almost not wear my gear LOL Appreciate your Channel - always Fun
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Yup!
During Operation Cobra in WW2, bombers accidentally dropped their bombs short killing 111 and injuring almost 500. FF happened a lot in the war
"if you have a question, ask an officer, they will answer your question. If you want the correct answer to your question, ask your NCO." My Aunt, who was a navy nurse and officer said that to a group of enlisted sailors she was training to be corpsmen during the Korean War.
When you think about the METT-T of the fighting in Holland, it's just.....Mind blowing.
Hey boss I can't come in today. Buck and Kurt are doing a beers and breakdown of band of brothers
Good units have their target prioritization down to SOPs. I was DEFINITELY NOT SF, just regular infantry in Canada. But we had that. When we fanned out and got ready to engage, the place YOU occupied, designated the target YOU fired at... Unless otherwise specified! It works like the arcs of fire in a defensive position, dividing the area into distinct, but overlapping or touching, kill zones. I thought that it was like that everywhere else...
I’m pretty sure I was in Ranger school with Kurt, if he was there in the beginning of 2017.
@FNGACADEMY Buck we need two videos of you, one tell us about the schools you had the opportunity to attend when you were a Green Beret and second, in your experience, what do you think the future missions of the Green Berets will be because everything is changing,🙃👐
Who likes being cold? Im from Norway and even I dont like the cold. Luckily our military winter training is damn good, so we’re prepared! Hope you guys got to come here to do some cold winter training during your service
Kurt never skipped leg day. Props my guy.
Ayyyye, buck, what's your warm up to a run/ruck? Dropping body fat and building cardio to go in. Any advice and whatnot for cardio would be a big help. Mind you, I'm in my 30's and that urge to serve has only gotten stronger as I get older... so I have a 30yo body is my tldr
Keep going, brilliant 😂😂😂😂
The bit about pissin in snivel gear had me crying lol
Do more of the pacific!!
Absolute truth! about common sense, a saying that I took from my father an Army Sargeant who had 2 tours in Vietnam 66' -68'. " Common Sense Is Not So Common ", a saying that reminds me to always use Common Sense in every situation in life. Great channel enjoy you guys sense of humor and military stories. My dad would have loved your channel, sadly he passed in 2006 of the effects of Agent Orange at 59 years old. ❤🇺🇸🇺🇸👍🍻🍻
Fun stuff. You gonna do more Reacher? Or what happened to the Terminal list ;)
Bro cold weather gear is the best. I too hate being cold. Growing up in Hesperia the heat was my best friend. Screw being cold.
"Paying attention to detail": When Winters says go on *RED* but some just want to follow him out, then 1 guy says "No, wait for the signal" That's what they're talking about in boot camp!😉
RED would be an epic funny one.
I'm new to your channel, so I don't know if this fits your content, but on the Fat Electrician channel, he has a great example of an officer leading from the front: Dan Daly, who he calls "the most gangster marine of all time." Thank you for your service and also for creating such original and insightful content!
One of the greatest series of all time. We should never forget the sacrifices these men made for our everyday freedoms we take for granted. Have y’all seen the movie Sabotage starring Arnold Schwarzenegger? I’d like to see y’all breakdown this movie. Thank y’all for your service to this great country.
Amo este canal!!!! ❤❤❤❤ cada día aprendo más de ustedes hoy ya salvamos otra vida y acá festejando con unas cervezas!!!! Perdón por no hablar hoy en inglés todavía lo sigo practicando 😂😂😂😂😂
Jimmy Fallon couldn't drive stick, so they had to push the jeep into the scene while he acted like he was driving. He couldn't stop laughing at himself, and you can see it on his face in the scene
Oh right BOB🎉
This show actually did a great job compared to most shows and movies about highlighting the NCO’s. Enjoying the content guys.
My grandfather's brother is a Vietnam vet. He only told my grandfather this syory when he was extremely drunk. They had a friendly fire incident where an entire platoon of Marines was wiped out because the guy on sentry duty fell asleep while the platoon was out on patrol, and when they got back the sounds woke him up and he thought it was the enemy
Best. War. Series. Ever.
Review the Long Road Home series
This is the quote I feel describes how the military breaks down "“Out of every one hundred men, ten shouldn't even be there, 80 are just targets, nine are the real fighters, and we are lucky to have them, for they make the battle. Ah, but the one, one is a warrior, and he will bring the others back.” Heraclitus
im glad i wasnt the only one who saw jimmy falon when watching this, also the snivel surgery is a real thing XD i couldnt tell you how many times ive had frozen hands in the dark tryna piss in the woods
Great work once again keep going and finish the greatest miniseries of all time. Then you can follow it by the best Green Beret movie of all time, first blood, take lessons!
Gentlemen - I love your reviews and the insight your provide - but there is a series you should watch - its about the WWII SAS unit in North Africa - its such a great show - I have become a big fan of Paddy Mayne and his military history is simply amazing.
This is one of my long time fav!!! I think Tom Hank should do another one on tanks .I love your show.ive been long time watcher.you guys rock!!! Baptized by fire on the malvinas its an amazing movie too!! You guys rock the 🌎🌎🌎 world!!!
As always asking for: Blackhat, Collateral, Miami Vice:) Best wishes to you guys!
40 + yrs Heavy construction. As soon as you get dressed for the cold day,,,,, gotta pee. So cold one day. got home , told the wife is was so cold, the boys pulled back in side.. Gotta coinfused look.. Oh, show me.
BTW Id love to see you guys react to Brothers In Arms Road to Hill 30, its a early 2000's game but the squad based gameplay focuses on being a realistic reenactment, the cool thing about it is that its the closest thing to Band of Brothers in a video game (follows the 502 instead). If you want to see anything on it check out RETRO JANK I just finished a full playthrough of it on the hardest difficulty. I think you would appreciate the way they show how to shoot move and communicate, Colonel John Antal was their adviser through the production and made sure it was as good as they could have made it back in like 2003.
Any word on when the boots are coming out?
Great reaction channel
Our HR guy at work was an Officer in CAF, and he had a saying "There is different levels of common sense, some people just choose not to use it."
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You guys gotta finish the pacific
J Leno used to be the Doritos guy on te commercials. He was also in a cop movie w Mr. Miyagi.
You should put which episode and season the episodes are from
In re the comments about NCOs , Wahlberg's character is such an NCO that recall was made and an officer.
Have you guys seen Southland yet?
Ha. I remember a winter Hohenfels where I looked like the Michelin Tire Man had everything on .. damn tank's heater never worked reliably .. dang igniters sucked
You really need to watch firebase gloria! best movie quotes i got!
11:39 War Boner was the name of my second album!
Hey yall do 2009 Rampage
Lol Im a Norwegian fmr. infantry,I know abt doing peepee layer surgery in 40 below (Celsius) brrrr..that liquid will freeze quicker than you know lol Before the surge when RC North was more quiet we had a lot more people trying to join the ISAF contingents and deploy. Jokes on them it can be cold af there too:P Bayonets?,hell I wasn't even issued a bayonet,ever.
I can tell Sean has cut back on the drinking. His face looks his age now, good for him.
Hey dudes. Loved this review. Any appetite for doing another episode of Rogue Heroes? Or that Bruce Willis movie Red? Also hoping to hear back about that dang halo jump from a side-exit helo 🤪🙏🏼💯
Please break down Dog Soldiers!!
Another great review of Band of Brothers! I think you're cocktails may have kicked in a bit, or just your non-com bias, because while Winters was the main character the Sgts got PLENTY of love and screen time...probably more so (collectively). It is a true ensemble show. And they certainly didn't show smarts and courage "are just what officers do" (4:08). Lt./Capt. Soebel and Lt. Dyke anyone?!
They did Dyke dirty in the show though. He got a bronze star for heroic actions during the fighting at Bastogne.
@@Nghilifa First, "creative license" is not doing someone "dirty." Second, they gave out Bronze Stars like candy in WWII since almost 400,000 were awarded...especially to well connected officers like Dike. Third, the real test is what his men thought of him, and they did NOT think highly of him! At LEAST, Winters, Guarnere, and Heffron spoke/wrote about him unfavorably.