As an army veteran I got into many discussions with Air Force veterans who said that the Air Force won the Gulf War and I said we had tanks you guys had planes what good is it to bomb their headquarters if when you come back their tankers are eating in your mess hall
German Armored division with 5 tanks. Allied infantry division are equipped with more armor than the typical german "armored" division. fucking poor man's army
My dad landed D-day+3, was in the replacement pool. They came around and asked who was proficient with 30 cal. He raised his hand. Was placed in the F1 command tank as bough gunner. 2nd armored 66th armored regiment. Went straight to carentan and was right there. Said the 101st guys were out of ammo. Guys were literally crying and kissing his tank. His tank commander William Nicholson was killed by a sniper in Carentan. They killed the sniper. My dad ended up the only survivor out of 4 tanks and was wounded out at end of October 44. I don’t think he was ever really right after that. He never talked to us kids about it. Only when he would get around another combat vet and we happened be there would we hear this stuff. Makes me sad for all these guys.
Same as my grandad. 4th Somerset Infantry, landed a day or two after d-day, and saw action at Hill 112, Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge. He very rarely told us detailed things about actual action, mainly funny things that happened away from the front.
I'm not surprised at all that your dad never talked about it. I could end it here, but I'll just say that the reason these veterans held back was to protect us from their horror. I would probably do the same, in their position. Just so you know. Peace.
@@hededcdn he told me that his worst moment of jumping out of the plane was the AA guns blasting his buddies out of the sky.he still has a good friend dog tags. his chute got shot and I guess he ripped it off of his neck and threw it to my grandpa. Before prolly falling to death. Its crazy to because my family was born in Germany on my dads side and moved to the US after ww1 and ever since than we've been protecting our new home
Correct, although what happened to the first bazooka team (gunner nearly sawn backwards in two at the waist by a shell, blowing his intestines over his chest and face) was deemed too graphic to leave in the fInal cut.
He might have been a bit hesitant in the show but as a soldier he's portrayed as a damn good one. The way that he picked his target and shot him in the end would actually have been pretty impressive if it had happened in real life
Charlie, he actually passed away long before the series was made. in December of 67, ironically in Weisbaden, Germany. He was just another example of Ambrose and his piss poor research.
The scenes where the paratroopers are being mortared, suppressed by the German tank destroyer, and the infantry Division is just unbelievable. The acting, the shots in the scene, the sound affects, everything. Absolutely amazing performance from all cast members and the directing is why B.O.B is one of my favourite television series ever! 👏🇬🇧🇺🇸
Father in law was in 2nd wave at Omaha . Saw Saving Private Ryan with him. His job was to string the communication wire up and down the beach. He was a violin and music teacher before the war so the Army thought he would do well with handling the wire b/c of the dexterity of his fingers. He said the only problem was he hated heights and had to climb poles to string wire at times. Asked him about the beach landing scene. He said it was that bad and worse. He was very quiet after the movie. Sure it brought back memories he would have liked to have forgot. He did tell of passing a bomb crater where several soldiers were. When he came back that way a short time later they were all dead. I would recommend reading D-Day by Stephen Ambrose. It is probably the most detailed account of the D-Day landing. Incredible what those men/boys went through. Twenty-two year olds commanding full companies.
@Christopher Smith well partly true on Ostbattalions Ostbattalions were formed from volunteers that wanted to fight the communists but the Germans didn’t trust them so they sent all of them to France to man the Atlantic Wall. Later in 1945 they formed the 1st POA under General Vlasov. You would see Russians, Turks, Koreans, Japanese, Ukrainians, Georgians and others formed into these units. Some did good in combat and some did shitty but most if not all were handed back over to the Soviets in 1945/46 and executed. The 17th SS was only well equipped cause the legit JUST finished being formed in Fed/March 1944 these troops never seen combat before. FJR6 was a Fallschrimjager unit and the last to get jump training they did the combat jump into the Battle of the Bulge (Operation Strosser). They had a amazing combat record.
German commander's consistently, said how surprised they were at what great shots Americans were. My two uncle's 101st and 82nd were farm boys, who hunted before they were teens. Both survived the war. Amazingly!
Just going to paintball and knowing if I'm exposed in the open for one second I'll get hit by a paintball idk how guys could stand on the back of a Sherman and fire Ma Deuce with no fear of getting shot the hell up
@@kbanghart bravery isn't measured by being fearless its conducting such brave actions in the presence of fear. Shit yeah they lived in fear and its portrayed well in this series.
Commanders mounting their machines gun like this was extremely dangerous. Not only that but the machine gun protruded so high above the tank that many later shermans, especially American had them removed so that the tank had a lower profile.
4:16 I may be looking too deep but this is so haunting to me. To Blithe (and the German who got hit) it was personal, a first kill and a life ending. But in the grand scheme of things its just another passing thing. Forgotten almost instantly amongst the slaughter.
2 min in combat feels like a life time. Ask any soldier today who has been in a fire fight. Minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days. So yea comment like that is very on point.
The scene is mixed up and somehow weirdly edited. In the original scene the battle took allready > 2 minutes before the GERMAN tanks showed up and then went on for several more minutes before finally the shermans entered the scene. If I remeber correctly, this is the only episode from that miniseries that has a 16+ and a 18+ version and this one here is probaby the 16+ version (because it misses the few seconds where a retreating german soldier gets shot and crushed by one of his own tanks).
I think you find "About Time" is a reference to the arrival of the tanks from the landing beaches. The paratroopers had been at the tip of the spear for a couple of days more than expected. Without looking up the history, I think the deal was the paras were to fight a disrupting battle for 24 hours while the main body of troops landed and moved inland to meet them. However, it never worked out as planned and the paras had to fight on for a couple of more days before the landing forces met up with them. This scene in BOB is reflecting that moment they landing forces turned up... hence "about time" The paras would have been getting low on ammunition and supplies because they probably only jumped with 200-300 rounds each if that.
Veterans of wars will rarely explain nor share details of their experiences. Not only did they protect their homeland and people from the evil they fought against, but also the horrors they experienced.
Wearing multiple wristwatches taken off of dead enemy troops is a good way to get one’s teeth ripped out one by one with standard issue enemy pliers if captured.
@Matt Hooper Possibly, although if one para out of 30 (I don't recall seeing a rack of German watches on many other Easy Company forearms) stands out as "the guy with the watches" on capture, guess who ends up being "the guy who is forced to eat them" by his captors before getting passed to the rear. I wouldn't feel too kindly toward the one guy out of 30 with the wristwatches and musette bag full of wedding rings were I to capture him.
Whats more egregious is saying its 9:30 in the evening back home. If there's daylight in France and its four hours earlier on the east coast. Its either morning or early afternoon back home. Major error on a otherwise flawless show.
@@thewaitingape Good catch! Agree that the show is near flawless. Would like to see an Indian Army version of it. HBO's The Pacific fell short, unfortunately.
@@prashanthnayak7567 Pacific fell short? If Band of brothers is a 10/10, The Pacific is a 9/10 for me. My grandfather fought in the south pacific...Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
You are correct. June 13, 1944. Battle of the Bloody Gulch, 1 mile outside of Carentan. Fun fact, the officer who gave the order to fall back was relieved on the spot by the battalion commander.
@@vincentyou266 it was Captain Thomas P. Mulvey who was the CO of F Company. He gave the order to fallback which left D company's flank exposed causing them to retreat as well, which left Easy company by themselves.
@@mattbeast38 Hmmm. OK. 6.30 in the morning if he's from California. Sun had barely been up half an hour by then in Carentan on June 13th 1944. (incredibly, Google is able to tell me this.)
@@SolusDarkcoat Yes most definitely. I suppose I was thinking about the emotion afterwards. You react out of fear and adrenaline and then everything else comes afterwards.
@@DangeHD Yeah, but they were "fighting for their country" which is a significant motivation factor in determination (hence the Germans were often called zealous). The Americans were fighting for so-called "freedom", on a leash of the president.
@@DutchGuyMike Most soldiers were fighting for their home and family in Germany, i'd say about one third of them had some kind of national motivation. For the Americans i'd say about the same.
@@DangeHD I wonder how politics will work in reality once the New World Order has been established through all those covert methods that they're doing, and how the humans with a love for their "country" will be treated :p
It allows one to imagine the formidable power of the blitzkrieg of 1940-1942 when it was implemented in Europe by a powerful Wehrmacht with air supremacy. What is depicted here is a small blitzkrieg of an exhausted Wehrmacht without air support.
This is a good, if short portrayal of the battle of hill 30, I wish the show would’ve spent more time w this battle as it was a turning point in the invasion
The guy that plays 'Blithe', the 502 Private, is actually, yet another British actor playing an American in BOB.. I was recently watch the BBC Tv show "The Musketeers", and there was private Blithe, as the evil Rochefort.....................
I like how Blithe stepped up to the plate and offered to go Point on next patrol. Then promptly was wounded. AND THEN he stayed in the army after the war. Promoted to Sgt and all.
@@SuperChuckRaney Yup you are right. B of B says he died in 1948 but I did some research and yeah he died of liver failure in Germany, Thanks for setting the record straight.
@@jackryder-sw9rk the story I heard in these youtube interviews was that after the war, some guys just disappeared off the radar totally. No reunions, no Christmas cards no anything. So a lot of guys knew the "wrong" story on a lot of the OTHER guys.
It was a Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is basically a military maneuver by a tank division with troop support that rapidly attacks a front with out stopping. It uses shock and awe effect to break an enemy line. The maneuver was working well till US Armor Division meet and repeled it. By this point US troops understood the maneuver and worked on ways to counter.
@@tharengore7215 No, the Germans lacked the logistical means to deploy Blitzkrieg by this point of the war, let alone the fact that this was so close to Neptune/Overlord. They had a token air force at best, their artillery was all but fixed, and far too much of their armoured elements were held back. Mechanized infantry with armoured support in a localized action, as was the case for most all German counter attacks in those weeks, isn't an example of Blitzkrieg.
With WW2 veterans largely gone I wished the producers had made a counterpart about the 82nd Airborne that had spearheaded airborne operations with botched jumps in North Africa and Sicily. In Sicily General James Gavin the 82nd's commander personally led a ragtag group of scattered soldiers against German elite Fallschirmjagers and carried the day. Like Colonel Sink the 82nd had legendary commanders like Reuben Tucker.
I can only imagine some of that was done for the shows sake. He Germans had a more than capable military then. Only the Japanese run straight into machine gun fire. I could be absolutely wrong though.
@@KaboosOnX1 I believe they intended on rushing and overwhelming defenses; considering mass casualty as an acceptable part of their strategy. This was in order to secure as much ground as possible, while disorienting the enemy line. As shown, they were successful as the left flank fell back under the artillery and quick movement of infantry and armor. If it had worked as planned they wouldn’t have been in the open for long as the American line would be destabilized and they could then utilize the trenches in case of a counter attack (I assume). I am no expert, just going from memory and what I believe.
I do think that it would’ve looked a bit different but I definitely think they would have had to cross fields with oncoming small arms fire. Tanks/planes/artillery would help lessen the effects of the opposing infantry.
This was a great series although it was very difficult to watch. While I grew up with, and enjoy, John Wayne movies this is a much more accurate portrayal of war according to my friends who actually experienced it. I never served as I was too young for Vietnam and too old for the following wars. I have many friends and relatives that experienced Vietnam, Korea, and WW2.
People really need to think about how these scenes are filmed. The camera is always pointing in the right direction to capture the action for the viewer. Whereas in reality, one of these soldiers would have no idea exactly where most of the enemy were, or who was aiming in a particular direction just waiting for someone to step out in front of their sights etc. They were a generation of exceptionally brave men on both sides of the line. Like every soldier these men marched off to war not knowing if they would ever see their home again, and WW2 was a far more deadlier war than previous wars in many respects because the artillery and tanks were much improved.
Pretty realistic, I just watched a documentary on the 101st facing German mobile guns and being relieved by the 2nd armored division even down to them stopping the first one with a under belly shot while holding a key town after the Normandy beaches
Probably just me but I don't think any further editing to this scene was required. Don't know if youtoob is forcing people to cut things to pieces or if it's just a case of look what I can do.
The stug and jagpanzer had good frontal armor. Marder was tin foil. Surprised that we didnt see germans rotate to face the shermans and work to take out some or all
I always try to link my favorite WWII films together. Like right now, Captain Miller and the boys are out looking for Private Ryan. Then in this scene, when 2nd Armored rolls up, I like to believe it’s Fury, with Warddaddy and the rest coming to reinforce Easy Company after fighting through D-Day.
They can't penetrate a Jagdpanther pointing down, but it sure as hell won't stay alone against 4-5 Shermans that close range lol. Due to the bocage this is actually a semi or full realistic scenario.< It's not a "Blitzkrieg" though. That is a strategic/operational thing, fast armor units - limited mechanized and combined arms - spearhead far ahead of convoy lines, motorized come after. The goal is to encircle large parts of a static enemy or otherwise be much faster than the retreating enemy,
Yeah, Americans love to take credit for the war in Europe, even though over 80% of German casualties were on the eastern front. The western front was a side-show for the Germans, and the Italians were almost useless as allies. With that said, I still love this series though.
Yes, this was the bookend battle from Road. To Hill 30. In the second game, Earned in Blood, you get the same battle from Hartsock’s perspective in the “Bloody Gulch” chapter.
The only thing missing from them tanks with the soldiers standing erect on the back firing the machine gun is a 400 foot tall American flag flying on a pole.
Great scene from a great series, but this isn't Blitzkrieg. This is just armor in support of infantry on both sides. You would have to wait for 1st Army's operation Cobra and the subsequent formation of 3rd Army for real American Blitzkrieg.
@@redshark618 no it's not?😂 The front of the panther is 80mm, sloped back - depending on the angle the Sherman's were firing up the hill at, that's anywhere from 130-160mm of effective armour. The 75mm gun was good for about 100mm pen @100m. The 76mm was only capable of penning that with either M93 ammunition (APCR) (not used). Or possibly if they got very lucky with AP ammo and the jagdpanthers steel was dodgy.
"Sir dog and fox are pulling back"
"Who gave that order dammit"
German armor division: " allow me to introduce myself"
As an army veteran I got into many discussions with Air Force veterans who said that the Air Force won the Gulf War and I said we had tanks you guys had planes what good is it to bomb their headquarters if when you come back their tankers are eating in your mess hall
@@paulwilliams8555 True. You can bomb with anything, but later on, to really conquer a place, you will need the army.
German Armored division with 5 tanks. Allied infantry division are equipped with more armor than the typical german "armored" division. fucking poor man's army
@@paulwilliams8555 wow it's almost like the military can win wars by working together
Just watched a documentary on this battle it was A panzer grenadier devision with mobile guns
Standing on the back of the tank, in the open, firing the Ma Deuce like you’re going for a Sunday walk?
Now THATS soldiering.
Most of the turret is between him and any rifle fire. Or maybe he is imitating Audy Murphy ?
No,THATS bullshit. Nuff said.
@@rutabagasteu Regarding to your comment - you have no idea of a fire combat i assume?
I underestood that reference!
@@bernisweltredsun1245 you know this is based off of a soldiers memoirs right?
My dad landed D-day+3, was in the replacement pool. They came around and asked who was proficient with 30 cal. He raised his hand. Was placed in the F1 command tank as bough gunner. 2nd armored 66th armored regiment. Went straight to carentan and was right there. Said the 101st guys were out of ammo. Guys were literally crying and kissing his tank. His tank commander William Nicholson was killed by a sniper in Carentan. They killed the sniper. My dad ended up the only survivor out of 4 tanks and was wounded out at end of October 44. I don’t think he was ever really right after that. He never talked to us kids about it. Only when he would get around another combat vet and we happened be there would we hear this stuff. Makes me sad for all these guys.
Same as my grandad. 4th Somerset Infantry, landed a day or two after d-day, and saw action at Hill 112, Market Garden and Battle of the Bulge.
He very rarely told us detailed things about actual action, mainly funny things that happened away from the front.
My gpa was a American paratrooper doing that. He said shit was gnarly.
I'm not surprised at all that your dad never talked about it. I could end it here, but I'll just say that the reason these veterans held back was to protect us from their horror. I would probably do the same, in their position. Just so you know. Peace.
@@ethankeinz9441 what gnar stuff did he tell you about?
@@hededcdn he told me that his worst moment of jumping out of the plane was the AA guns blasting his buddies out of the sky.he still has a good friend dog tags. his chute got shot and I guess he ripped it off of his neck and threw it to my grandpa. Before prolly falling to death.
Its crazy to because my family was born in Germany on my dads side and moved to the US after ww1 and ever since than we've been protecting our new home
Back in those days "Krauts in the open" was equivalent to fire at will.
Still is no?
@@MrChet407 i don’t think they krauts are the enemy no more
Their infantry killed our in infantry 1.5 to 1, so they were no slouches.
@@dolphinerofachero3159 they be tame af nowadays ngl
But when I do it it's "Murder" and I should leave.
Political correctness gone mad.
According to Lynn “Buck” Compton, this is the most realistic portrayal of combat in the whole show. Cool.
I’d wondered about that.
Correct, although what happened to the first bazooka team (gunner nearly sawn backwards in two at the waist by a shell, blowing his intestines over his chest and face) was deemed too graphic to leave in the fInal cut.
Especially the time travelling Jagdpanther
The Jagfpanther entered service in May of '44
Guess what...
Nobody cares
Blythe was not accurately portrayed in BoB, he was a remarkable soldier.
To be fair, Tom Hanks did admit that he needed to mix characters, events, etc. for the entertainment aspect.
He might have been a bit hesitant in the show but as a soldier he's portrayed as a damn good one. The way that he picked his target and shot him in the end would actually have been pretty impressive if it had happened in real life
Also they said he never recovered from his injuries. however that was also wrong. because they did an interview with him after the movie was made.
Kob too, he was in reality a pretty good man in the eyes of his friends of E company. He just didn't want to move up and stayed private.
Charlie, he actually passed away long before the series was made. in December of 67, ironically in Weisbaden, Germany. He was just another example of Ambrose and his piss poor research.
The scenes where the paratroopers are being mortared, suppressed by the German tank destroyer, and the infantry Division is just unbelievable. The acting, the shots in the scene, the sound affects, everything. Absolutely amazing performance from all cast members and the directing is why B.O.B is one of my favourite television series ever! 👏🇬🇧🇺🇸
Father in law was in 2nd wave at Omaha . Saw Saving Private Ryan with him. His job was to string the communication wire up and down the beach. He was a violin and music teacher before the war so the Army thought he would do well with handling the wire b/c of the dexterity of his fingers. He said the only problem was he hated heights and had to climb poles to string wire at times. Asked him about the beach landing scene. He said it was that bad and worse. He was very quiet after the movie. Sure it brought back memories he would have liked to have forgot. He did tell of passing a bomb crater where several soldiers were. When he came back that way a short time later they were all dead. I would recommend reading D-Day by Stephen Ambrose. It is probably the most detailed account of the D-Day landing. Incredible what those men/boys went through. Twenty-two year olds commanding full companies.
The guys they were facing was a Kampfgruppe made up of the 17th SS, FJR6 and 2 Ostbattalions
@William Park not really, most of them were newly formed and made up of replacements and conscripts who hadn’t seen combat yet.
How do u know this?
@@ivansanta-maria1328 research.
@Christopher Smith well partly true on Ostbattalions
Ostbattalions were formed from volunteers that wanted to fight the communists but the Germans didn’t trust them so they sent all of them to France to man the Atlantic Wall. Later in 1945 they formed the 1st POA under General Vlasov. You would see Russians, Turks, Koreans, Japanese, Ukrainians, Georgians and others formed into these units. Some did good in combat and some did shitty but most if not all were handed back over to the Soviets in 1945/46 and executed.
The 17th SS was only well equipped cause the legit JUST finished being formed in Fed/March 1944 these troops never seen combat before.
FJR6 was a Fallschrimjager unit and the last to get jump training they did the combat jump into the Battle of the Bulge (Operation Strosser). They had a amazing combat record.
But In all seriousness that Jagdpanther should of NEVER left cover
That’s a Tank Destroyer it sits back and hides not runs and Guns
German commander's consistently, said how surprised they were at what great shots Americans were. My two uncle's 101st and 82nd were farm boys, who hunted before they were teens. Both survived the war. Amazingly!
That's because we have the 2nd Amendment.
I've not heard that before - do you have a source or two?
Who said that, exactly? The NRA?
When your small unit tactics revolve around the rifleman and supporting the rifleman you tend to make sure your riflemen are good at shooting
@@seanegan4236 really dude? Gtfo
After being in modern combat, I can't imagine the fear/balls of those machine gunners just standing up on the tank. Yikes.
Just going to paintball and knowing if I'm exposed in the open for one second I'll get hit by a paintball idk how guys could stand on the back of a Sherman and fire Ma Deuce with no fear of getting shot the hell up
@@kingcobra7183 who says they weren't afraid?
Dude! Right?! I never got the chance to conduct combat ops.....but I can never imagine the balls it took to be in EU 1944
@@kbanghart bravery isn't measured by being fearless its conducting such brave actions in the presence of fear. Shit yeah they lived in fear and its portrayed well in this series.
@@fabiandiaz1264 yeah
I swear it cracks me up everytime I see that Sherman Gunner.
Hes shooting in the open as if hes mowing the lawn...
They actually had to do that
Why? Despite what some of the armchair warriors might think they actually did that kind of s*** back then.
That is not the gunner, it is the tank commander. Gunner is inside firing the 75mm gun. And this was very realistic for the time frame portrayed.
Commanders mounting their machines gun like this was extremely dangerous. Not only that but the machine gun protruded so high above the tank that many later shermans, especially American had them removed so that the tank had a lower profile.
Another day at the office
4:16 I may be looking too deep but this is so haunting to me. To Blithe (and the German who got hit) it was personal, a first kill and a life ending. But in the grand scheme of things its just another passing thing. Forgotten almost instantly amongst the slaughter.
He doesn't forget about it. He goes up and grabs the flower the german soldier was carrying and holds onto it.
In the garand scheme of pings*
@@anglishbookcraft1516 LOL well done
@@bwakel310 I think they meant to say that it was forgotten in general, with everything going on around them. Not by the soldier himself of course.
*Shermans show up like 2 minutes after battle starts
random soldier: about damn time
2 min in combat feels like a life time. Ask any soldier today who has been in a fire fight. Minutes seem like hours and hours seem like days. So yea comment like that is very on point.
The scene is mixed up and somehow weirdly edited. In the original scene the battle took allready > 2 minutes before the GERMAN tanks showed up and then went on for several more minutes before finally the shermans entered the scene. If I remeber correctly, this is the only episode from that miniseries that has a 16+ and a 18+ version and this one here is probaby the 16+ version (because it misses the few seconds where a retreating german soldier gets shot and crushed by one of his own tanks).
I think you find "About Time" is a reference to the arrival of the tanks from the landing beaches. The paratroopers had been at the tip of the spear for a couple of days more than expected.
Without looking up the history, I think the deal was the paras were to fight a disrupting battle for 24 hours while the main body of troops landed and moved inland to meet them.
However, it never worked out as planned and the paras had to fight on for a couple of more days before the landing forces met up with them. This scene in BOB is reflecting that moment they landing forces turned up... hence "about time"
The paras would have been getting low on ammunition and supplies because they probably only jumped with 200-300 rounds each if that.
The StuG III gave the order for Dog and Fox to pull back.
Veterans of wars will rarely explain nor share details of their experiences. Not only did they protect their homeland and people from the evil they fought against, but also the horrors they experienced.
Wearing multiple wristwatches taken off of dead enemy troops is a good way to get one’s teeth ripped out one by one with standard issue enemy pliers if captured.
@Matt Hooper Possibly, although if one para out of 30 (I don't recall seeing a rack of German watches on many other Easy Company forearms) stands out as "the guy with the watches" on capture, guess who ends up being "the guy who is forced to eat them" by his captors before getting passed to the rear.
I wouldn't feel too kindly toward the one guy out of 30 with the wristwatches and musette bag full of wedding rings were I to capture him.
Whats more egregious is saying its 9:30 in the evening back home. If there's daylight in France and its four hours earlier on the east coast. Its either morning or early afternoon back home. Major error on a otherwise flawless show.
@@thewaitingape Good catch! Agree that the show is near flawless. Would like to see an Indian Army version of it. HBO's The Pacific fell short, unfortunately.
Nah. They'd probably just shoot him. Who's got the time to be torturing people on the front line?
@@prashanthnayak7567 Pacific fell short? If Band of brothers is a 10/10, The Pacific is a 9/10 for me. My grandfather fought in the south pacific...Guadalcanal, Solomon Islands
I have learned that this scene was to represent the skirmish of “Bloody Gaulch”. Happy to be corrected if not.
You are correct. June 13, 1944. Battle of the Bloody Gulch, 1 mile outside of Carentan. Fun fact, the officer who gave the order to fall back was relieved on the spot by the battalion commander.
@@ZacStoneProductions you got baited
@@ZacStoneProductions which officer? And how come? I thought the Americans on the flanks would’ve been disintegrated had they not retreated at first
@@vincentyou266 it was Captain Thomas P. Mulvey who was the CO of F Company. He gave the order to fallback which left D company's flank exposed causing them to retreat as well, which left Easy company by themselves.
@@ZacStoneProductions Surely the first thing to be done is to establish an observation post on the high ground overlooking your positions ?
That gunners battle cry is profoundly saddening, you can feel his pain from the soul
Yeah, the spastic rage of a terrified, hurt, angry man. Sometimes you must scream and vent all that pain and anguish, all that fear.
Best scene intro ever. "You want some of this candy shit?"
I freaking loved this series
Watching this in all its low res glory was glorious
At 3:26 the guy shooting the Tommy. As a child I remember being worried the tracks would run over his feet. But thanks for uploading.
'It's 9.30 in the evening back home'. Err, that would make it 3.30 in the morning when all this happens...
Depending on the region of the US he’s from it could be a 9 hour time difference making it early in the morning in Europe and 9:30 pm in America
@@mattbeast38 Hmmm. OK. 6.30 in the morning if he's from California. Sun had barely been up half an hour by then in Carentan on June 13th 1944. (incredibly, Google is able to tell me this.)
Wearing multiple enemy timepieces on the wrist in combat would have made one a target for potential abuse if captured.
A stupid man.
@@mattbeast38 He's from Chicago
@@jandekker6055 During WWII, the Allies were using double daylight savings time.
The German who gets crushed by the tank (not shown here) looked a lot like Adam Sandler.
Wishful thinking?
No one deserves that.
@ oh please.
@@igoravonich2013 unless your SS
@@igoravonich2013 it would be a lot faster than dying slowly from sepsis and blood loss from a shot to the gut.
it would be horrible but quick
Please can you upload a lower res version?
Wdym? 240 is the peak of technology
@@ducklingchief8289 lmao fr
It's original footage...lol
Dude he fought alongside with these men! What, do you want him to replicate the whole skirmish?? He could die!
For some reasons low resolution uploads from movies and tv series are better.. more tolerated and not blocked by copy right violations.
"who gave that order, God damnit?"
"uh, the tanks sir"
That last scene when he shoots him, that's what I imagine it is like to shoot another person. Confusing, uncertain and painful.
That is exactly what I thought.
If you have half a heart, at least. Unless you're psychotic, the urge to kill is often fueled by fear, fear that the other guy will shoot you first.
@@SolusDarkcoat Yes most definitely. I suppose I was thinking about the emotion afterwards. You react out of fear and adrenaline and then everything else comes afterwards.
Yeah
Germans: haha we've got them on the r...
Shermans: *no*
As one who served in the Marines in the 80s and 90s. May war never come and that which we all hope for. PEACE.
Annnnnnd I'm about to start this series for the 100th time because of this video
This is the Battle of Carentan. That's crazy I literally JUST watched this on The Operations Room! Sweet!!!
The Op Room video helps put this in perspective.
I was worried there for a second.
Had a cousin In Pattons second Armored Division. The stories that man had. Many just like what is happening here.
You can understand the home sick feeling fighting in another land so far from home.
Especially the Americans, who did not want to fight in the war (general populace).
@@DutchGuyMike Most Germans didn´t want to fight either, they were conscripted
@@DangeHD Yeah, but they were "fighting for their country" which is a significant motivation factor in determination (hence the Germans were often called zealous). The Americans were fighting for so-called "freedom", on a leash of the president.
@@DutchGuyMike Most soldiers were fighting for their home and family in Germany, i'd say about one third of them had some kind of national motivation. For the Americans i'd say about the same.
@@DangeHD I wonder how politics will work in reality once the New World Order has been established through all those covert methods that they're doing, and how the humans with a love for their "country" will be treated :p
It allows one to imagine the formidable power of the blitzkrieg of 1940-1942 when it was implemented in Europe by a powerful Wehrmacht with air supremacy.
What is depicted here is a small blitzkrieg of an exhausted Wehrmacht without air support.
That was very intense & realistic. I had to fight the urge to crawl under the couch! 🤫
This is a good, if short portrayal of the battle of hill 30, I wish the show would’ve spent more time w this battle as it was a turning point in the invasion
The guy that plays 'Blithe', the 502 Private, is actually, yet another British actor playing an American in BOB.. I was recently watch the BBC Tv show "The Musketeers", and there was private Blithe, as the evil Rochefort.....................
I guess those German tank commanders sit upright, right in the line of fire because they listened to Spiers: "You're already dead."
9:30 in the evening back home? If that were the case they would be fighting at 2:30 am.
I always love it when Winters says pour it on em. Idk why it’s just funny to me, but also like cool asf.
Gave me a good chuckle mostly because its longer than is needed and seems slightly out of place
I like how Blithe stepped up to the plate and offered to go Point on next patrol. Then promptly was wounded.
AND THEN he stayed in the army after the war. Promoted to Sgt and all.
Blithe died of his wounds.
@@jackryder-sw9rk nah. Died in 1967.
@@SuperChuckRaney Yup you are right. B of B says he died in 1948 but I did some research and yeah he died of liver failure in Germany, Thanks for setting the record straight.
@@jackryder-sw9rk the story I heard in these youtube interviews was that after the war, some guys just disappeared off the radar totally.
No reunions, no Christmas cards no anything. So a lot of guys knew the "wrong" story on a lot of the OTHER guys.
Not Blitzkrieg, but good scene nonetheless in almost flawless mini-series.
It was a Blitzkrieg. Blitzkrieg is basically a military maneuver by a tank division with troop support that rapidly attacks a front with out stopping. It uses shock and awe effect to break an enemy line. The maneuver was working well till US Armor Division meet and repeled it. By this point US troops understood the maneuver and worked on ways to counter.
@@tharengore7215 No, the Germans lacked the logistical means to deploy Blitzkrieg by this point of the war, let alone the fact that this was so close to Neptune/Overlord. They had a token air force at best, their artillery was all but fixed, and far too much of their armoured elements were held back. Mechanized infantry with armoured support in a localized action, as was the case for most all German counter attacks in those weeks, isn't an example of Blitzkrieg.
With WW2 veterans largely gone I wished the producers had made a counterpart about the 82nd Airborne that had spearheaded airborne operations with botched jumps in North Africa and Sicily. In Sicily General James Gavin the 82nd's commander personally led a ragtag group of scattered soldiers against German elite Fallschirmjagers and carried the day. Like Colonel Sink the 82nd had legendary commanders like Reuben Tucker.
One less pixel and this will be radio
The Germans would do a lot better if they could learn to not run back and forth in front of US machine guns.
The point of "fire and maneuver" is to keep sticking them with that as their only option.
I can only imagine some of that was done for the shows sake. He Germans had a more than capable military then. Only the Japanese run straight into machine gun fire. I could be absolutely wrong though.
@@KaboosOnX1 I believe they intended on rushing and overwhelming defenses; considering mass casualty as an acceptable part of their strategy. This was in order to secure as much ground as possible, while disorienting the enemy line. As shown, they were successful as the left flank fell back under the artillery and quick movement of infantry and armor. If it had worked as planned they wouldn’t have been in the open for long as the American line would be destabilized and they could then utilize the trenches in case of a counter attack (I assume). I am no expert, just going from memory and what I believe.
I do think that it would’ve looked a bit different but I definitely think they would have had to cross fields with oncoming small arms fire. Tanks/planes/artillery would help lessen the effects of the opposing infantry.
@@KaboosOnX1 Pickett’s Charge...(mic_drop)
the first machine gunner on the tank was like .Come on lets get done with it ,i have to go home.
Hey Sarge! Got anymore of dem pixels?
if you think about it, if someone was the son of a veteran of the civil war, there’s a probability they are fighting in this batttle
If you think about it, our forefathers fought in countless wars
If you think about it, there are descendants of Roman legionaries fighting the descendants of barbarians.
This was a great series although it was very difficult to watch. While I grew up with, and enjoy, John Wayne movies this is a much more accurate portrayal of war according to my friends who actually experienced it. I never served as I was too young for Vietnam and too old for the following wars. I have many friends and relatives that experienced Vietnam, Korea, and WW2.
SMH John Wayne... Aka Marion Morrison... He was a racist anyway
@@kbanghart What does SMH mean?
@@tomsampson8084 "shake my head" 😬
Pvt. Blythe was a war hero, and the way he was portrayed in B.O.B was a crime.
It was a mistake.
So much was left out of this scene.
"SHAKE CAMERA FOR EFFECT" "YES SIR!"
People really need to think about how these scenes are filmed. The camera is always pointing in the right direction to capture the action for the viewer.
Whereas in reality, one of these soldiers would have no idea exactly where most of the enemy were, or who was aiming in a particular direction just waiting for someone to step out in front of their sights etc.
They were a generation of exceptionally brave men on both sides of the line. Like every soldier these men marched off to war not knowing if they would ever see their home again, and WW2 was a far more deadlier war than previous wars in many respects because the artillery and tanks were much improved.
I think that the original unedited clip (as on the DVD) was far superior to this. This is shorter but at what cost?
Martin Cox a law suit?
Being able to view this clip at all?
240?
@3:04...
Telly Savalas from Kelly's Heroes?
Что за фильм?
Love the sound of an M2 0.5 cal in the morning.
Ahhh the lovely sight of tanks
The low resolution is to prevent copy right owners from recognizing it so the uploader doesn't get a strike.
3:25 - Just another day at the office... *Yaaawn*
Sound sync issues?
Way to go son well done
Отличный сериал.
0:58 is this a sturmgeschütz III?
Pretty realistic, I just watched a documentary on the 101st facing German mobile guns and being relieved by the 2nd armored division even down to them stopping the first one with a under belly shot while holding a key town after the Normandy beaches
3:17
guy was looking left and says there goes our right flank lmfaooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo
This is throwing the kitchen sink at an enemy.
Does anyone know what the german says as he is running away at 3:57
"Sanitäter" - calling for a medic
I swear the 30 cal from BOB sounds like the bf4 lsat
4k… ty
Blythe became a stone cold killer
I don’t understand why a panther and a jagtpanther would retreat from 4 sherman tanks?
Superior numbers... Not to mention not every German tank crew was manned by hardened veterans.
why didn't they fire as they retreated is a better question
@@DapaChrons German tanks never fired while on the move. It’s also stop, shoot, stop, shoot.
@@DapaChrons M1 Garands against tanks??? Yeah, that would stop them.... SMH.
@@ffjsb I meant the German armour
Probably just me but I don't think any further editing to this scene was required. Don't know if youtoob is forcing people to cut things to pieces or if it's just a case of look what I can do.
Must be the greatest feeling while getting lit up to see shermans coming to help
IS COMING.. TAKE COVER
3 OCLOCK TANK!
The stug and jagpanzer had good frontal armor. Marder was tin foil. Surprised that we didnt see germans rotate to face the shermans and work to take out some or all
that look 1:24. Imagine what kind of look they had in real life.
Hahahaha, that’s beautiful.
I know this is an edit, but I don't ever recall seeing the guy hit at 3:37 before.
I think you're right.
@Jason C Oh, I had no doubt it was in the show. I just didn't remember it. And agreed about the front hit.
Well hello 2cd armored!!
No plan survives contact with the enemy
Lot of editing done on this clip
I always try to link my favorite WWII films together. Like right now, Captain Miller and the boys are out looking for Private Ryan. Then in this scene, when 2nd Armored rolls up, I like to believe it’s Fury, with Warddaddy and the rest coming to reinforce Easy Company after fighting through D-Day.
Dog and fox retreated and easy stayed in the fight 👌 that’s hardcore
I just love the Germans vehicles!!
He'll on Wheels
They can't penetrate a Jagdpanther pointing down, but it sure as hell won't stay alone against 4-5 Shermans that close range lol.
Due to the bocage this is actually a semi or full realistic scenario.<
It's not a "Blitzkrieg" though. That is a strategic/operational thing, fast armor units - limited mechanized and combined arms - spearhead far ahead of convoy lines, motorized come after.
The goal is to encircle large parts of a static enemy or otherwise be much faster than the retreating enemy,
Always good to remember most of the German units were in Italy and the Russian front.
So? The fuck does that have to do with this video?
@@Front-Toward-Enemy Just a comment on the WW2 is all. You know that. Your just being an ass hole!
@Donny Cavallacci Overwhelming industrial capacity and sheer numbers are wonderful things to have.
Yeah, Americans love to take credit for the war in Europe, even though over 80% of German casualties were on the eastern front.
The western front was a side-show for the Germans, and the Italians were almost useless as allies.
With that said, I still love this series though.
@@MASAsports2020 Best quote of the year! your a 100 percent right! Hitler should of taken out England first before Turing East!
240 k ARE YOU KIDDING MAN !
I don't really know but is this scene from band of brothers somehow related to the battle of hill 30 of brothers in arms: road to hill 30?
Yes, this was the bookend battle from Road. To Hill 30. In the second game, Earned in Blood, you get the same battle from Hartsock’s perspective in the “Bloody Gulch” chapter.
I know an old combat veteran who loved battle so go figure i guess
those Sherman will be doom if Tiger tank show up there
The only thing missing from them tanks with the soldiers standing erect on the back firing the machine gun is a 400 foot tall American flag flying on a pole.
Back in Kabul!
Great scene from a great series, but this isn't Blitzkrieg. This is just armor in support of infantry on both sides. You would have to wait for 1st Army's operation Cobra and the subsequent formation of 3rd Army for real American Blitzkrieg.
Wait, why wouldn't the jagdpanther just rotate slightly and obliterate a Sherman.
...then reverse backwards while they're reloading!
At that range the Sherman is equally lethal to the jp and there are 4 Shermans. That sloped front isn't invincible like WoT would make you believe
@@redshark618 no it's not?😂 The front of the panther is 80mm, sloped back - depending on the angle the Sherman's were firing up the hill at, that's anywhere from 130-160mm of effective armour.
The 75mm gun was good for about 100mm pen @100m. The 76mm was only capable of penning that with either M93 ammunition (APCR) (not used). Or possibly if they got very lucky with AP ammo and the jagdpanthers steel was dodgy.
@@Liamv4696 False, Shermans could penetrate the front Armor of a Panther at 500m
@eedd sdsd yes