Band of Brothers, Carentan: Where it really happened.

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  • @vsmicer
    @vsmicer 7 ปีที่แล้ว +70

    I live in France and was in Carentan many years ago as well as more recently. The landscape - the terrain has changed quite a lot. Some of the old houses were rebuilt, but not exactly in the same place as road layouts were changed, widened, new drainage, telecoms etc all had to be accommodated. The road into town was changed quite a bit over the last 80 years, widened, scoured flatter and straightened, built upon and around and properly laid - before that, it was a compacted gravel/shingle road typical of much of the French countryside until fairly recently. The drainage ditches on either side were filled in and proper drains fitted. of course, the town itself has expanded considerably in the last 80 years too.
    Although the Carentan scenes were shot at the old BAE airstrip (along with most of the rest of the series) on the outskirts of Hatfield, the reconstruction was taken from original town plans, photographs and other sources as much as logic and cost would allow - it was therefore, far more accurate than a visitor to the town today might realise. The video maker was right about the house on the corner being used as a first aid post (along with the then small station waiting room). I think for those with historical curiosity and interest, little videos like this are very valuable.

    • @jesso777
      @jesso777 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      Awesome, thanks, and I really mean THANKS

    • @geodes4762
      @geodes4762 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      The world has turned many times since these events took place and roads, houses and modern utilities have been altered to accommodate the needs of the people. So, it is not surprising that the area does not look exactly the same. I have done extensive battlefield touring on my own throughout Europe. There are several areas where the battlefield have been relatively unaffected by modern changes. In Germany, the Huertgen Forest area, especially the Kall Trail is almost exactly the same. In France, the Verdun area, save for the growth of the forests, is largely a restricted area because of all the still hidden shells. The trench lines are still clearly evident and hardly any new roads or building have been built. The same for many areas down in Italy from the Alps where many WWI battles were fought to the North Apennines. Further south, the old town of San Pietro was still largely standing in ruins and abandoned as it had been in 1944. Thanks for posting your video!

    • @acousticshadow4032
      @acousticshadow4032 ปีที่แล้ว

      Valuable information, and most eloquently stated. Much obliged!

  • @mrevonomis
    @mrevonomis 8 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    Thank you for this video my friend. My wife & I have been to Carentan several times in the last 10 years, but never quite knew where things happened for Easy. We're off there again in October, so this time we'll know where to look!

    • @jayveepicar1076
      @jayveepicar1076 5 ปีที่แล้ว

      Have you visited the place where German Colonel surrendered.There is an episode on Band Of Brothers maybe the ending scene where the German Colonel surrender on that place

  • @richardbevan8838
    @richardbevan8838 6 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    The first aid post was the green painted frontage a few doors along from the house on the corner. I was there last weekend. Great vid btw.

    • @barrytookey297
      @barrytookey297 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      hi richard can i ask how you know the green painted building was the aid station ? im ging there sat 18 sept 2021 thank you barry

  • @Wokkelwokkel
    @Wokkelwokkel 9 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    It is at the crossing of Boulevard de Cotentin and Route d'Auvers (D903)

  • @pheasantpluckersson2138
    @pheasantpluckersson2138 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Where you turned left into the town with the railway line to your right is where the original level crossing was, lots of footage of half tracks and tanks crossing here after the battle
    The level crossing was closed off many years ago and replaced with a flyover

  • @Selelis
    @Selelis 9 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    Well - we have to take into account that the tv series was not filmed on site but in hertfordshire england so there will certainly be huge differences.

    • @zainahmed6502
      @zainahmed6502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +7

      But the producers reconstructed the town based on historic town plans

  • @ebola1974
    @ebola1974 ปีที่แล้ว

    The roundabout you were looking down on from the bridge was the place where Carwood Lipton was wounded

  • @placeholdername3206
    @placeholdername3206 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    It's easy to feel like you know this place well if you've played the Call of Duty 2 Carentan map, or the WW2 map. As far as I know the map layout and how it looked was directly taken from Band of Brothers. How authentic the Band of Brothers set was im not really sure of.

    • @michakrawcow1265
      @michakrawcow1265 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      The band of brothers set was actually reconstructed using original maps from the town of carentan so it's actually more similar to the original than you think!

  • @MrBaldy79
    @MrBaldy79 9 ปีที่แล้ว +7

    landscapes have changed over te years

  • @olentangy74
    @olentangy74 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    What strikes me is how after seven decades, there is very few reminders of what occurred there. Asa visitor I would definitely need a guide..

  • @HaNNibal97smiTH
    @HaNNibal97smiTH 10 ปีที่แล้ว +10

    you should do the same thing with Brothers In Arms locations

    • @RipperBravo
      @RipperBravo 3 ปีที่แล้ว

      That’s real. I thought they were fictional ?

  • @localbod
    @localbod 5 ปีที่แล้ว

    @VideoHistoryToday thankyou so much for posting this.
    In 2011 I visited the area including Carentan, St Come du Mont, Vierville , Le Grand Chemin , St Mere Eglise, Omaha and Utah.
    I never managed to get so close to Brecourt manor as you.
    Fascinating to see the real route that 506 PIR took into Carentan.
    Did you manage to get any footage of Hill 30, if indeed you actually went there.
    I was convinced I had found the correct location but I had no maps and or guides to be sure it was the right place.

  • @JacobBuus
    @JacobBuus 9 ปีที่แล้ว

    Good job! Thanks for posting.

  • @valentis13
    @valentis13 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    as i was researching the area on google earth...i think cafe de normandie from BoB and also from CoD games is in fact bar du stade.but also there is another interesting thing:the church in carentan.the real church notre dame doesnt look like the one depicted in the show/game.but exactly same church can be found in a small village carquebut near carentan and the church is called saint ouen.maybe the show and game took that small village as inspiration for carentan with a lil bit detail changes.

  • @craigsmith1713
    @craigsmith1713 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    Would be nice to see a comparison of old vs new landscape

  • @rataplannormandie1388
    @rataplannormandie1388 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    I looking for the house where tipper Get injurid,any help?

  • @BillDrives
    @BillDrives 10 ปีที่แล้ว

    Excellent video...I followed it through using Google street maps too...thank you for the information.

  • @sunkintree
    @sunkintree 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    So there was basically no way that there would be a building straight left of the entrance (modern cafe du stade, cafe de normandie in the BoB) and instead was open road on both sides? I'm trying to sort out fact from fiction. I think BoB also made it appear that on the right side there was a sharp 90 degree road turn (no long straight road) as well. Not having open roads on each end for a huge main road leading into town seems nonsensical except in the case of fiction

  • @ikigai47
    @ikigai47 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Beautiful area!

  • @Grandizer8989
    @Grandizer8989 6 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    :50 Deja Vous

  • @DRF1001
    @DRF1001 9 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    The ambush is still by the book / West point . - Cheers

    • @zainahmed6502
      @zainahmed6502 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You're thinking of Brecourt Manor Assault. Carentan wasn't an ambush, the German's were expecting an American attack on the town.

  • @markmcgrath3292
    @markmcgrath3292 6 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    Steven Spielburg really messed up with private Blithe, He actually became a Master Sgt. and vietnam veteran and hero. Family did not sue for slander yet.

    • @SebastianSmith-c5t
      @SebastianSmith-c5t 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      They also screwed up the year he died.

    • @Jimmy-Vance
      @Jimmy-Vance 5 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      You're complaining but spreading false Informations yourself.
      He fought in Korea, not Vietnam.

    • @ikigai47
      @ikigai47 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      lol @Vietnam.

  • @huss1205
    @huss1205 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    France is beautiful...

  • @possummay
    @possummay 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Whilst the video is good, and the information passable, the presenter needs to brush up on his French! The last 's' in any french word (particularly names) is always silent. So Auvers becomes 'Eau'ver(s). I don't mean to be critical but this is just a hobby-horse of mine!

    • @I_Don_t_want_a_handle
      @I_Don_t_want_a_handle 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      You sound like my missus, she hates people murdering her language. Now pronounce the French for frog ...

  • @80iesDude45
    @80iesDude45 7 ปีที่แล้ว

    Carentan or Carentaaan

  • @mangukaharpg3699
    @mangukaharpg3699 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    Is that the part at the start when they go to rush in

  • @LA6NYC
    @LA6NYC 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    I was just there w my daughter and that is NOT where the attack started. We found the exact spot and house they they met resistance. This is b/s.

  • @curtisjones3624
    @curtisjones3624 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Unliked. Just because you can’t understand that it’s roughly almost 80 years. Things change. Obviously the landscape and leveling of roads changed. BOB got it right. And you got it wrong in the sense that you said they got it wrong.

    • @liltoaster7308
      @liltoaster7308 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      It's a docu-drama based on real life, not real life itself! I'm sure it wasn't as accurate as you think it is.

    • @evanr9945
      @evanr9945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@liltoaster7308 I live in the area where Crossroads episode actually took place and I can assure you the BoB production team did an excellent job in capturing the scenes at that moment in time on each location. It's scary how close they captured the locations same goes for Eindhoven, Nuenen etc.

    • @liltoaster7308
      @liltoaster7308 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@evanr9945 I was specifically referring to the Carentan episode in my original comment, so my mistake for not clarifying. Since they shot on location for some scenes, especially in the Holland episodes they did get a lot right as far as the set for different places. Other areas like almost the entirety of the Bastogne episodes and part of the Normandy episode were filmed indoors. They also redecorated a few of the same villages over to like like different places. I agree though, the attention to detail is generally stunning and spot on.

    • @ikigai47
      @ikigai47 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      nerds.

    • @evanr9945
      @evanr9945 4 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@ikigai47 by default, if checking vids like these you are some sort of nerd.
      Nerd.