Dawn Marie, if the young German broke you, here's a true story that will heal your heart. A German Lieutenant saw a wounded American who was all alone. The wounded man was across a mine field but Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld decided to help. He took his medic and another man, went to the wounded G.I. to render aid. On the way back Lengfeld tripped a mine and was killed. He is buried in the Hurtgen Cemetery where there is a plaque placed there by the US 22nd Infantry that reads, "Greater love hath no man that he giveth his life for an enemy." It is written in both English and German.😊
There's also the story of Franz Stigler. A German (BF-109/Messerschmitt) pilot, he had already shot down two B-17 that day, he approached a third and saw that it was heavily damaged, and could even see wounded crew members (he was curious why the tail guns weren't shooting at him). He decided to escort the bomber to protect it from German AA, initially trying to get them to land in closer/neutral Sweden, but the crew didn't understand what he was trying to do so kept heading for England. Stigler remembered a lesson from his commander, saying if he ever saw one of his men shooting at a parachuting soldier, he'd shoot the soldier himself, and considered it to be the same thing. Stigler, who migrated to Canada after the war, eventually met the B-17 pilot in 1990 and they kept in touch until he died in 2008. And in a non-military but still interesting vein, there's John Rabe, a literal card carrying Nazi who helped save the lives of nearly a quarter million Chinese during the Rape of Nanjing (Nanking). After the ROC government decided to abandon Nanjing as its capital following their army's defeat, Rabe and a group of about 20 other westerners (mostly businessmen, but some missionaries and journalists) formed a safety zone around the foreign district in the city, and the group elected Rabe in large part due to the fact that he was a Nazi and that they and Japan were allies. Japan never officially recognized the Zone, but "generally" agreed to respect it, despite multiple instances of them raiding it to "arrest" several hundred at a time. Most of the city's surviving population were the ones that managed to get into the Zone, and Rabe personally protected nearly a thousand of them on his own property. There are several memorials in Nanjing for him.
@@Deukish I knew about Stigler but not Rabe. The B-17 pilot was Charlie Brown and his co-pilot's name was Snoopy. 😅 Actually that's true, not the Snoopy part but Charlie Brown was the name of the pilot and he and Stigler remained friends until their deaths. War sometimes brings out the best in human beings and sadly sometimes the worst. Glad you provided the additional information.😊
@@Deukish If anyone's interested, there's a book about Stigler and Brown entitled "A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II" by Adam Makos. It's a little long, as it tells each pilot's backstory, but it was good. For anyone who would like something a lot shorter, there's a good 11-minute news piece here on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/YKlZg1fEepY/w-d-xo.html
There another story about a German plane being a "wing man" for an English/American plane. Getting him out, not shooting and flying away after escorting to the sea back to England.
The tank was taken out by, essentially, a bazooka. An anti tank rocket. The bullets are green because of a reactive chemical. It's called a tracer bullet. They're typically loaded every 5th round or so. It helps track where your bullets are flying.
Yeah most armys used magnesium which glow orange to red, I believe the Germans towards the end of the war used copper sulfight which was easily obtainable and glowed green.
Magnesium. Nasty. Burns. Doesn't stop burning. Like thermite. Or Phosphorus. I have seen the night sky lit up like Star Wars because of them. I remember my grandfather telling me about landing at Normandy on Day 3. They laid under a transport truck, and could read newspapers at night. He was a quad .50 gunner (AA). Towed. Behind tanks sometimes. On their way from Cherbourg, they rode on top of a Sherman. He said they drove across the bodies of men and horses for three days straight. He couldn't eat, the smell was so bad. Nobody could eat. My great uncle said when they landed, they pushed inland and there were bodies of American men hanging from the trees, from their parachutes. They were shot as they came down. They met up somewhere in Germany at the end. They both had tons of submachine guns and rifles, pistols, knives...you name it. Everyone did, to take back home. The MP's were going from man to man, and seizing all German weapons, piling them up in a massive pile of thousands and thousands of rifles, and burning them. Thousands of men were so angry, they were going to riot and shoot the MP's, but they brought in tanks and told them any man refusing to hand over weapons would be court martialled if not shot. Grandpa said he cried...because those were the most beautiful K-98's, and dead accurate. All those men died, and anyone that lived, didn't even get a hunting rifle out of it. The most amazing thing my great uncle ever saw, were the 1000 B-17 bombers leveling Ft. Koenigsmacher for 3 days straight. When he went up there afterwards...it was just a giant pit, like the surface of the moon full of craters. He said day and night, you could hear and feel the bombs going off. After that, the German 7th Army collapsed and surrendered, and they moved forward into Germany. Grandpa on the other hand, said the greatest thing he ever did, was fish for trout before crossing the Rhine. 72 of them they caught. Everyone ate fried fish that night until they were sick. I still got the pictures of that. He told me- "Patton may have pissed in the Rhine, but I fished it empty." He was hoping someone would remember him as the greatest fisherman of WW2, but he would take the greatest one during the Rhine Battle.
Not a bazooka, but a Panzerfaust. A German anti-tank grenade launcher with a HEAT warhead. And not every grenade launcher you see in the movies is a Bazooka.
Watching movies like this helps me understand why combat veterans typically don't like to talk about their experiences with anyone other than combat veterans. How could we possibly understand what they went through? I'm just glad that they were so f**king tough that they were able to end the Nazis. . . . and a massive thank you to all who have served in the past and to those who are currently serving. May God bless you all.
My dad and all my uncles served in WWII, so I grew up with a knowledge of the War years--my aunt was a war widow and a medical doctor who worked for 40 years in the VA hospitals--so it's all rather close for me. But, no, they never spoke about service--they just did it and then came home, wanting to get on with their lives.
We didn't win. We hired them to work for us. Others escaped. They were allowed to infested our organizations. And now they lead the EU. They fund hate groups, like Soros the nazi collaborator. Hell, Germany shouldn't even have a military according to signed articles, but our leaders thought that was unfair.. so they changed their minds. The original plan was to turn the country into farmland. If those soldiers knew the reality of today, and our politicians betrayals. Many of them, especially those from Europe... never would have bothered to fight. Win? Ha,
No, you're just brainwashed by all the propaganda. The Allies were the bad guys in the war; that's why they are the ones who committed all of the atrocities. Do you have any idea how many millions of Germans were massacred by the Allies _after_ the war was over? All the Nazis were trying to do was reverse the criminal imposition of the Versailles Treaty following the Allied betrayal after WWI. It was Britain and France who declared war on Germany, not the other way round. History is written (or shown in movies, in the Hollywood era) by the victors.
Your gut wrenching reaction at the end when one young man recognises another, speaks volumes to the young men whose lives lost have been forgotten by time and progress... heartbreaking
There is also a tactical wisdom in letting a frightened, broken soldier retreat back to his own ranks and talk about how vicious and scary the enemy is.
@@jonathancarlson6127having done the heroic stand of taking on overwhelming odds sort of cancels out and then some your somewhat valid logic. I think he didn’t feel like watching Norman get flayed alive because war is hell enough already.
The real tank wasn't called Fury it was named "In The Mood" and the men who operated it actually survived the war. Except for War Daddy, he lost a leg. There's a TH-camr who goes by The Fat Electrician who goes into details about War Daddy, His Crew and the tanks they operated in.
Fury shows the grittiness of tank warfare. BTW, there was a real "War Daddy" tank commander. His name was Lafayette "War Daddy" Pool. Every man in his tank had a nickname. The tank was named "In the Mood." He is credited with over 250 armored vehicles destroyed with 12 destroyed tanks among them. He was seriously wounded but survived the war. The tanks they used in the moving came from the Bovington Tank Museum in GB. Fury was the real name of the WW2 tank they used. Great movie and a great reaction.😊
Well done Dawn Marie for getting to the end, your emotional response to this film was totally understandable. We owe so much to the generation that found themselves in a world war
It's not ONE OF, it is THE ONLY functioning Tiger tank left...unless that British museum finally got their restoration project completed (last I heard, they're still having problems getting parts manufactured to repair and restore it, but that was a couple years ago).
@@panamafloyd1469 not sure,,,think(not sure) there were only Two then,,,now there's four but I may be wrong,,,there was one in Australia at a Restoration/Museum I think,,,and Bovington is the British Museum One right? So I'm not sure,,"the Making of" video went into much more Detail
I am a combat Veteran. Your reaction touched my heart. It is for people like you that we put our lives on the line for. Do not mourn for those of us who fall, but thank God Men like us exist.
Dawn, I still tear up every time I watch this movie & I've seen it 10-15 times. The explosion that you thought looked like "fireworks" was a white phosphorus or "Willie Pete" shell. It was an anti-tank munition and was also used to create smoke screens. It was also very hard to extinguish the burning when it hit the human body.
Dawn, The reason this war film is so sad, is because, the most brutal part of any war, is the last few weeks of it: that's the time when the leaders of the side that's about to lose, will tend to force every man, woman, and child, to take arms against the rival armies. It's also when every battle becomes very fierce and even more brutal.
Wars tend to only end to ways. Negotiated end or total destruction. The threat of the latter sometimes forces one side to accept the former, but some wars like WW2 are not over until the last vestiges of one side collapses and its leaders are all either captured, fled, or dead.
I honor your Dad. Burma is often overlooked but the fighting there was every bit as bloody as anywhere in the Pacific. That whole area was vital to the Allied cause because it was the best way to supply China.
I'm gonna have to go through all your reactions. I can't remember seeing one where you cried like this (I'm sure u have, just haven't seen one yet). But wow, you're even beautiful when you cry. Dawn, you did a great job on this one. Thank you
On the machinegun fire, they typically have a 'tracer' every five rounds so the gunner can see where he's hitting. On the duel with the Tiger tank, the tank was played by Tiger 131, the last remaining operational Tiger 1 from WW2. She resides at the Bovington Tank Museum in England, and they let her stretch her legs during open houses and special events. The Museum also owns 'Fury' nd they appear together. And yes, Tiger tanks chewed through American Sherman tanks like butter.
Except at this stage of the war, a Sherman fighting a tiger on the western front is the most unbelievable aspect of this movie. Having a better tank means nothing if that tank doesn't exist.
@@t.dig.2040 So Wittman wasn't in Villers-Bocage then? I'll agree there wasn't many, but I think some Canadians might disagree as well. There are much greater inaccuracies in this film.
The precautions for using 131 included laying a base of concrete under the dirt. The production crew was very careful with Bovington's rare asset. Usually, movie Tigers are Russian tanks with lots of makeup. They're easy to spot, as the road wheels are not interleved, the drive wheel is far too small, and the turret is forward of center.
No, the tiger tank had trouble had trouble with his own self because of his horrendous, mechanical issues. Besides fury should’ve easily been able to destroy the tiger.
The German 88 was a multi purpose weapon. The 88 was used as an artillery weapon and was also used in German tanks. At the time the u.s. did not have a tank gun equal to the 88.
Dawn, I hope that the people in your life realize how special of a person, you are. There are people we meet, as we go through life, of whom we can say, "If you don't like _______you don't like anybody!" You are one of those folks. May you always be such a special person, Be happy, and stay safe!
Thank you Dawn for watching this with us. Courage is being able to continue through when you don't think you can. You did show courage by continuing through to the end. It is necessary to watch movies like this and series like Band of Brothers so that we never enter into war needlessly or carelessly. It also shows us that we can never let a madman rise to power and cause this much horror. You should watch The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946. It centers on 3 WW II veterans returning home and trying to pick up their lives. This is the first movie I know of to deal with PTSD before it even had a name. It has tough moments, but I know you would love it.
Great recommend Roger3141; one of my favorite movies, "The Best Years of Our Lives." Sadly, there are less than about 15 reaction videos for that masterpiece!
One of my Grandfathers was a tanker in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. From El Alamein through North Africa, Sicily and into Italy. Driver and also a Gunner in M3 Grants, then M4 Shermans. Lost three Shermans in Italy, two to mines that blew off a track, one to an anti-tank gun that also damaged a track. He and his mates all managed to safely bale out and escape each time. Never ever talked about the war, other than the very last time I saw him. I'd recently got back from a business trip to Milan and he mentioned he'd been there which prompted him to explain his journey to get there. They were a different generation...
The lasers are 'tracer' rounds as other comments have explained. They're used in this movie for your benefit so you can see the intensity of the fire but you're right, it wouldn't look like that in real life.
It would look close to that depending on what gun you're using. Usually every third or fourth round is a tracer round lets you know where you're shooting at in low light
Hi Marie. I have been watching your videos for quite sometime now and I always asked myself, I wonder if I will ever see you fully break down and cry? Your reaction at the end of this film was very passionate and true. Well done. Continue to be the fun genuine happy person that you are. Your slight silliness in your reactions always makes me smile.
The actor you keep seeing, and wondering about, played the part of the ruthless Colonel Tavington (the British dragoon commander) in Mel Gibson's movie "The Patriot." The actor's name is Jason Isaacs.
The only person I know who served in the military is my grandfather. He fought in WWI, trench warfare. To escape the enemies, my grandfather slept under the dead bodies of his unit. He died before I was born, but my dad has some stories here and there about what he has done.
@@jonathancarlson6127 that was an ironic line from Webster: the Germans had plenty of Ford trucks and GM/Opel---The US Corporations supplied most of the trucks the Germans used in the blitzkrieg. Henry Ford was a Nazi sympathizer who was given a diamond-crusted medal from Hitler himself.
Just goes to show you should never underestimate the sheer power of American logistics... Also, thankfully the Tiger tanks were incredibly unreliable mechanically-speaking and spent almost as much time being repaired as they did moving around and fighting, that helped significantly.
What a great reaction. I am impressed you made it through this gory movie. It is a tough watch. Watching you tear up at the end made me tear up. Great reaction. P.S I hate your new hair it is making me fall in love with how beautiful you look!❤❤❤
I am a retired U.S. Army Tank commander and this movie truly captures the spirit of the armor corps, the U.S. Cavalry and Armor Branch awarded the stars of this movie with the honorary title of Tanker.
As a retired U.S. Army Tank Commander you know surely that this movie - especially the Tiger I Scene - is pure fantasy in LOtR-Style. I appreciate that.
I worked with tanks on occasion. When they are "buttoned up" there is a tank-Infantry phone located on the rear of the tank so Infantry can direct fire or otherwise communicate with the tank commander. As a rule I didn't like working with them since they tend to draw fire! T. Boyte GySgt. USMC, retired Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
Dawn, you are such a good person. Sorry that some of this was a bit much. The two kids took out the tank with a panzerfaust, essentially a charge that fires from a kind of wooden handle and can melt its way through armor before exploding. Once things like that and bazookas started being used mid way through the war, tanks without infantry support suddenly became very vulnerable to that kind of thing.
How can her bravery be rewarded? Dawn Marie surely picked one helluva war movie to react to -- one of the most emotive, horrific ever made. I salute you, young lady, for standing up to, and overcoming, a Hollywood gut wrencher. My guess is it'll be quite some time before we get to see DM tackle another war movie; she needs to give her nerves quite a rest!
Interesting fact, Fury is a Sherman M4E8, 1of 10 working Sherman's held at the tank museum in Bovington. Went to Tiger day last year when they had several tanks including Fury being driven around as well as the only working German Tiger tank in the world
No he played his part in delaying the German advance, the selfless act of those men saved hundreds of allies lives. They could have run and saved themselves but they chose to stay and fight
I would quantify overcoming fear and putting your life on the line for what you believe to be good as being heroic. Don't forget that he didn't need to stay and fight and was advised to instead leave for safety, but he volunteered to risk his life for the Brad Pitt character anyway. I would qualify him to be a hero on that basis.
Did you ever see the 1995 TV movie remake starring Jim Belushi? More or less the same plot, but they portrayed the German fighter pilot as a more sympathetic honorable man and the Italian P.O.W. as a less sympathetic craven coward.
The scene at the end of fury in this 23:00 is based on the story of how Audie Murphy won his medal of honor with is one of the most badass stories in history!
Just about _every_ aspect of war is _constantly_ changing. One thing that never changes, though, is the _hell_ of it. You know you've _truly_ been in war when what you've seen _haunts_ you, afterward. By and large, I think this movie does a good job of covering all the technical details of WWII, but most accurate of all, it shows you why those who've been _through_ war, afterward, don't want to _talk_ about it. What they've seen is _not_ something they want to revisit.
This is a tough one. Life as a WWII tank crew was portrayed here with such intensity. Hugs from all of us, Dawn. And go hug your kids again... and again.
Definitely have a ton of respect for you for sticking it out throughout the movie, even though it was clearly difficult to watch. Even though this movie is pretty fictional, I think it's important for people to see stuff like this to remind them of the things that happen in war and what those guys have to go through.
Speaking of the German SS soldier that let Norman live. People today always paint the individual SS soldiers as all being murdering, heartless devils simply because they were a part of Hitler's elite forces. But there's a real life example of a famous German actor, Hardy Krüger who appeared in many American films after the war. Many people don't know this, but when he was 16 years old he was assigned to fight in an German SS division. When he went to battle he refused to shoot at an American squadron of soldiers. He was branded for cowardice and sentenced to be put to death. But one lone SS officer had mercy on him because he was just a kid and canceled the order and spared his life. Because of that one SS officer, Hardy lived to become an actor and eventually make his way to America to star in many films. Just like with Norman in this movie, all it takes in one other human being to have mercy on another human being to make all the difference if you survive or not.
There are quite a few examples of even higher ranked German soldiers who occasionally refused orders from superiors or found a way to subvert their way around them.
Dawn Marie, Thank you for your honest and clearly emotional reaction. I don't have to read "your" palm to know you are a Kind, Caring, Honest and Beautiful person. But most of all thank you for your respect for the soldiers. None of us can begin to imagine how we would react to such horrific conditions. William T. Aultman SMSgt. USAF Ret.
Those lasers you see in the shots are called tracer bullets they're actually flares instead of bullets so that you can see where you're bullet's are going.
9:16 Killing POW is against Geneva Convention, but attacking enemy while wearing enemy's uniform/flag also prohibited in Geneva Convention. That's why they have rights to executed him.
Dawn, American tanks were inferior in part because we had to make them portable. We had to transport them clear across the Atlantic Ocean to fight the Germans in North Africa and Europe, and we had to transport them all across the vast Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese. The need to transport our tanks via ship across huge distances imposed size and weight limits on American tanks, whereas there were no such limitations on German and Russian tanks. They were therefore free to build larger, heavily armored main battle tanks with bigger, more powerful main guns then the USA as a result. The tradeoff was that American tanks were easier to manufacture and could be mass produced, which allowed the U.S. to win tank battles by outnumbering the opponents.
I've never wanted to hug you ... more, more than I HAVE wanted to before. Sorry you had to go through that but, I'm sure, just like me, a LOT of people were glad you did It. It says a LOT about you and brings you closer to us. You are one of my favorite reactors, so I want you to know that I am serious when I thank you for opening up to us. I will respect your feelings and keep in mind that these are not your type of movies.
I really like your hair color. Fits you well. I hate to do this, but another hard-to-watch but really worth it movie is "12 Years A Slave". It's very good, will bring you to tears, but ultimately make you grateful you saw it.
Great reaction as always gorgeous.... As epic as Saving Private Ryan is Fury made a deeper impact to me.... I dont ever remember seeing you cry this much during a reaction 😭
The latter German tanks of WW2 had thicker armor, while most of the Allied tanks were not meant to really fight tanks (that was up to different units called “tank destroyers” .. in theory). Eventually the Allies started putting bigger guns on their tanks. Though the Tiger and King Tiger tanks were pretty fearsome they actually had a lot of mechanical problems besides being few in number.
Oh! I'm excited! Fury is one of the best films about the humans that have to fight the wars. It's gonna be hard watching you take this one in, and process it. It's a tough trip. But so good! Yeah, I'm glad you brought this. Here we go! :)
In my youth I read a lot of Sven Hassel. He was a Dane that worked in a German steel plant (I believe) before the war, but when his friend got killed in an accident, he joined the German army which seemed like a high status job. ... and the war came. He wrote several novels that are partly auto-biographical and partly fiction (as he basically rendered a mix of his own and others experiences from a first person perspective). He was also a tank soldier, even though many times they also served as infantry when they were out of tanks. They are the most brutal war renditions I have read, and very much from this movie reminds of what he describes in his novels. Main differences is that most of the novels takes place on the eastern front, so in most cases the fighting is with Russians, not Americans. A couple of other great war movies are Hacksaw Ridge based on a true story (but I that one has already been covered here) and Enemy at the Gates that also is based on true events though I think a lot of poetic license have been employed in that case.
The reason it looks like “lasers” is because in most machine guns like that, every 5th round is what’s called a tracer round. Meaning the bullet essentially burns hotter and you can see the bullets path so you can see where you’re shooting.
The shots that look like green/red lasers are called "Tracer" rounds. A tracer round is a bullet that has a small pyrotechnic charge built into it's base. When the round is fired, the charge is ignited and burns as it flies downrange. Usually, every third to fifth round in a magazine is a tracer round. This allows shooters to see where their bullets are going in low/no light situations. They are especially handy at night, when you can't use/see your iron sights.
Oh, I like the change of the hair color to a spicy dark ginger. It goes nicely with the lightings in the background. It really says Halloween and Thanksgiving is almost here.
1:40 - "What's so special about the German tanks?" Bigger, tougher, more powerful. Historically speaking, America didn't put the resources into tank development like the British and Germans. Gen. Patton, when he was a Lieutenant, advocated for tanks but the US govt said mm, not so much. It's all in the Lasidas Farago novel "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph". If you want to know ANYTHING about WW2 in a clear, concise, easy to understand manner, watch Mark Felton Productions channel. He has a banger of a theme song.
Shermans did the job they needed to, particularly when up-gunned, and were way more reliable and produced in much larger numbers. Quantity has a quality all its own. Plus the trans-Atlantic shipping and docking facilities available couldn't have handled a huge heavy tank at that time. They made the right call with the Sherman.
THIS 3rd army drive up to the rhine and across was particularly savage push with many boys on both sides killed as the war in germany ended . A big moment in history like few others.
Great movie and a heartfelt reaction, Dawn. It really does show the horrors of war and the dehumanising trauma. Still glad you watched it. And i agree with another commenter, gorgeous redhead 😊
The gunfire is green because the ammo belts have a tracer every third round so they can aim without aiming. The green comes from a chemical they coat the bullets in. When it flies through the air, the friction burns the coating off. So, it just looks like a lazer.
I think you can take comfort in knowing that Norman will likely only remain at the frontlines ("the front" he asked about) for a short time, waiting for his Medal of Honor citation to go through. Then they will send him home for all the steak dinners and scotch he can handle, while selling war bonds.
LOVE YOU as a redhead. Nice film. Good storyline and stellar cast with superb acting. Big shoutout from your guy in the states. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. U.S.A. Liking your style lots, with the super cute accent and infectious laugh. Keep em coming, please, Love.. See ya on the next. Much peace and happiness to you and yours. See you on the next.
Every time I go down to the Bovington tank museum, I give Tiger 131 a little pat on the hull. When you see one in real life you can see the reason why they caused so much fear on the battlefield, just the rumour that Tigers are around would cause panic. Although in reality there were not that many around.
The green bullets are tracer rounds. Tracer rounds allow soldiers to track the bullets and adjust their aim. They can be especially useful at night when the trajectory is very bright
The lasers are tracer rounds. They were/are about every 4 or 5 rounds to aid aiming. Also can just be used to alert when nearing the end of a magazine.
The reason the rounds look like that when they’re being fired is every 3 to 5 rounds should be a tracer so you really don’t have to aim you can just see where your rounds are going. Tracers leave a trail behind them.
Nowadays, in many modern tanks, you can fire the big .50 caliber machine gun (intended for use against aircraft and other vehicles) from inside the tank, which is nice. Back in the day, though, you had to stand on the outside to fire that thing, with very limited protection at the front (and no other direction).
Dawn Marie, if the young German broke you, here's a true story that will heal your heart. A German Lieutenant saw a wounded American who was all alone. The wounded man was across a mine field but Lieutenant Friedrich Lengfeld decided to help. He took his medic and another man, went to the wounded G.I. to render aid. On the way back Lengfeld tripped a mine and was killed. He is buried in the Hurtgen Cemetery where there is a plaque placed there by the US 22nd Infantry that reads, "Greater love hath no man that he giveth his life for an enemy." It is written in both English and German.😊
There's also the story of Franz Stigler. A German (BF-109/Messerschmitt) pilot, he had already shot down two B-17 that day, he approached a third and saw that it was heavily damaged, and could even see wounded crew members (he was curious why the tail guns weren't shooting at him). He decided to escort the bomber to protect it from German AA, initially trying to get them to land in closer/neutral Sweden, but the crew didn't understand what he was trying to do so kept heading for England. Stigler remembered a lesson from his commander, saying if he ever saw one of his men shooting at a parachuting soldier, he'd shoot the soldier himself, and considered it to be the same thing. Stigler, who migrated to Canada after the war, eventually met the B-17 pilot in 1990 and they kept in touch until he died in 2008.
And in a non-military but still interesting vein, there's John Rabe, a literal card carrying Nazi who helped save the lives of nearly a quarter million Chinese during the Rape of Nanjing (Nanking). After the ROC government decided to abandon Nanjing as its capital following their army's defeat, Rabe and a group of about 20 other westerners (mostly businessmen, but some missionaries and journalists) formed a safety zone around the foreign district in the city, and the group elected Rabe in large part due to the fact that he was a Nazi and that they and Japan were allies. Japan never officially recognized the Zone, but "generally" agreed to respect it, despite multiple instances of them raiding it to "arrest" several hundred at a time. Most of the city's surviving population were the ones that managed to get into the Zone, and Rabe personally protected nearly a thousand of them on his own property. There are several memorials in Nanjing for him.
@@Deukish I knew about Stigler but not Rabe. The B-17 pilot was Charlie Brown and his co-pilot's name was Snoopy. 😅 Actually that's true, not the Snoopy part but Charlie Brown was the name of the pilot and he and Stigler remained friends until their deaths. War sometimes brings out the best in human beings and sadly sometimes the worst. Glad you provided the additional information.😊
@@Deukish If anyone's interested, there's a book about Stigler and Brown entitled "A Higher Call: An Incredible True Story of Combat and Chivalry in the War-Torn Skies of World War II" by Adam Makos. It's a little long, as it tells each pilot's backstory, but it was good. For anyone who would like something a lot shorter, there's a good 11-minute news piece here on TH-cam: th-cam.com/video/YKlZg1fEepY/w-d-xo.html
There another story about a German plane being a "wing man" for an English/American plane. Getting him out, not shooting and flying away after escorting to the sea back to England.
@@derrickduncanson9253 you're probably referring to the Stigler story already referenced? Or.was there a separate instance?
The tank was taken out by, essentially, a bazooka. An anti tank rocket.
The bullets are green because of a reactive chemical. It's called a tracer bullet. They're typically loaded every 5th round or so. It helps track where your bullets are flying.
Yeah most armys used magnesium which glow orange to red, I believe the Germans towards the end of the war used copper sulfight which was easily obtainable and glowed green.
Magnesium. Nasty. Burns. Doesn't stop burning. Like thermite. Or Phosphorus. I have seen the night sky lit up like Star Wars because of them. I remember my grandfather telling me about landing at Normandy on Day 3. They laid under a transport truck, and could read newspapers at night.
He was a quad .50 gunner (AA). Towed. Behind tanks sometimes. On their way from Cherbourg, they rode on top of a Sherman. He said they drove across the bodies of men and horses for three days straight. He couldn't eat, the smell was so bad. Nobody could eat.
My great uncle said when they landed, they pushed inland and there were bodies of American men hanging from the trees, from their parachutes. They were shot as they came down.
They met up somewhere in Germany at the end. They both had tons of submachine guns and rifles, pistols, knives...you name it. Everyone did, to take back home. The MP's were going from man to man, and seizing all German weapons, piling them up in a massive pile of thousands and thousands of rifles, and burning them.
Thousands of men were so angry, they were going to riot and shoot the MP's, but they brought in tanks and told them any man refusing to hand over weapons would be court martialled if not shot. Grandpa said he cried...because those were the most beautiful K-98's, and dead accurate. All those men died, and anyone that lived, didn't even get a hunting rifle out of it.
The most amazing thing my great uncle ever saw, were the 1000 B-17 bombers leveling Ft. Koenigsmacher for 3 days straight. When he went up there afterwards...it was just a giant pit, like the surface of the moon full of craters. He said day and night, you could hear and feel the bombs going off. After that, the German 7th Army collapsed and surrendered, and they moved forward into Germany.
Grandpa on the other hand, said the greatest thing he ever did, was fish for trout before crossing the Rhine. 72 of them they caught. Everyone ate fried fish that night until they were sick. I still got the pictures of that.
He told me- "Patton may have pissed in the Rhine, but I fished it empty."
He was hoping someone would remember him as the greatest fisherman of WW2, but he would take the greatest one during the Rhine Battle.
It breaks my heart to see you cry so hard Dawn. The new hair color is beautiful.
Not a bazooka, but a Panzerfaust. A German anti-tank grenade launcher with a HEAT warhead. And not every grenade launcher you see in the movies is a Bazooka.
@@sachnito3417 which is why I said "essentially" ... It makes it relatable to everyone who may not know otherwise.
Watching movies like this helps me understand why combat veterans typically don't like to talk about their experiences with anyone other than combat veterans. How could we possibly understand what they went through? I'm just glad that they were so f**king tough that they were able to end the Nazis. . . . and a massive thank you to all who have served in the past and to those who are currently serving. May God bless you all.
My dad and all my uncles served in WWII, so I grew up with a knowledge of the War years--my aunt was a war widow and a medical doctor who worked for 40 years in the VA hospitals--so it's all rather close for me. But, no, they never spoke about service--they just did it and then came home, wanting to get on with their lives.
We didn't win. We hired them to work for us. Others escaped. They were allowed to infested our organizations. And now they lead the EU. They fund hate groups, like Soros the nazi collaborator.
Hell, Germany shouldn't even have a military according to signed articles, but our leaders thought that was unfair.. so they changed their minds.
The original plan was to turn the country into farmland.
If those soldiers knew the reality of today, and our politicians betrayals. Many of them, especially those from Europe... never would have bothered to fight.
Win? Ha,
No, you're just brainwashed by all the propaganda. The Allies were the bad guys in the war; that's why they are the ones who committed all of the atrocities. Do you have any idea how many millions of Germans were massacred by the Allies _after_ the war was over? All the Nazis were trying to do was reverse the criminal imposition of the Versailles Treaty following the Allied betrayal after WWI. It was Britain and France who declared war on Germany, not the other way round. History is written (or shown in movies, in the Hollywood era) by the victors.
WAIT?! YOUR HAIR! LOL looks amazing Dawn ! 😊
Surprise! 😅
@@DawnMarieX i was so confused because i recognized the name but not the hair lol
What happened to Marilyn Monroe that I've been watching all of these months? She never had red hair.
@@DawnMarieX GASP 😍😍
Dawn you were already a beautiful blue eyed blonde lass but…wow! Your husband is a lucky man for sure.
On a positive note, the red hair fits you
Thank you 😁
Any color . . .
Seems October appropriate.
@@DawnMarieX my daughter has told me she will never go back to her true blonde hair after dying her hair about the same red as your's.
NO TO RED HAIR!!!
Your gut wrenching reaction at the end when one young man recognises another, speaks volumes to the young men whose lives lost have been forgotten by time and progress... heartbreaking
Most accurate quote every: “Ideals are peaceful. History is violent.”
The young German Soldier that let Norman go represents a young version of Norman.😊
It broke me 😭
There is also a tactical wisdom in letting a frightened, broken soldier retreat back to his own ranks and talk about how vicious and scary the enemy is.
@@jonathancarlson6127At this point in the war? No, it's just a remnant of humanity.
@@jonathancarlson6127having done the heroic stand of taking on overwhelming odds sort of cancels out and then some your somewhat valid logic.
I think he didn’t feel like watching Norman get flayed alive because war is hell enough already.
@@jonathancarlson6127 Not in this case, the hundreds of dead Germans around one immobilised tank tells a different story
The real tank wasn't called Fury it was named "In The Mood" and the men who operated it actually survived the war. Except for War Daddy, he lost a leg. There's a TH-camr who goes by The Fat Electrician who goes into details about War Daddy, His Crew and the tanks they operated in.
Fury shows the grittiness of tank warfare. BTW, there was a real "War Daddy" tank commander. His name was Lafayette "War Daddy" Pool. Every man in his tank had a nickname. The tank was named "In the Mood." He is credited with over 250 armored vehicles destroyed with 12 destroyed tanks among them. He was seriously wounded but survived the war. The tanks they used in the moving came from the Bovington Tank Museum in GB. Fury was the real name of the WW2 tank they used. Great movie and a great reaction.😊
Thank you so much for watching ❤
The real War Daddy's tank (a different tank, of course) was "In the Mood". The Fat Electrician has a great video about it. 😁
@@Stevarooni i came to the comments to see how many other ppl knew about that fat legend. Such a great story teller.
Well done Dawn Marie for getting to the end, your emotional response to this film was totally understandable. We owe so much to the generation that found themselves in a world war
The Tiger Tank in the Running Battle is One of THE last fully functional WWII GERMAN TIGER TANKs in existance
That's the one from Bovington? 131?
It's not ONE OF, it is THE ONLY functioning Tiger tank left...unless that British museum finally got their restoration project completed (last I heard, they're still having problems getting parts manufactured to repair and restore it, but that was a couple years ago).
@@panamafloyd1469 not sure,,,think(not sure) there were only Two then,,,now there's four but I may be wrong,,,there was one in Australia at a Restoration/Museum I think,,,and Bovington is the British Museum One right? So I'm not sure,,"the Making of" video went into much more Detail
I am a combat Veteran. Your reaction touched my heart. It is for people like you that we put our lives on the line for. Do not mourn for those of us who fall, but thank God Men like us exist.
Amen, brother.
What you said reminded me of the message in Victor Davis Hanson's lecture, PATTON: AMERICAN AJAX (TH-cam)
Thank you for your service God bless. "Blessed are the peacemakers, for they will be called children of God" Matthew 5:9.
@@jakeclark6339 Now tell us what 1 Samuel 15:3 says.
Dawn, I still tear up every time I watch this movie & I've seen it 10-15 times. The explosion that you thought looked like "fireworks" was a white phosphorus or "Willie Pete" shell. It was an anti-tank munition and was also used to create smoke screens. It was also very hard to extinguish the burning when it hit the human body.
"the front of what?"
I lost it there :DDDD
Dawn,
The reason this war film is so sad, is because, the most brutal part of any war, is the last few weeks of it: that's the time when the leaders of the side that's about to lose, will tend to force every man, woman, and child, to take arms against the rival armies. It's also when every battle becomes very fierce and even more brutal.
Wars tend to only end to ways. Negotiated end or total destruction. The threat of the latter sometimes forces one side to accept the former, but some wars like WW2 are not over until the last vestiges of one side collapses and its leaders are all either captured, fled, or dead.
My Dad, Cpl.William Joseph "Bill" Winstein, Sr., fought on the Burma Road in WWII.
I honor your Dad. Burma is often overlooked but the fighting there was every bit as bloody as anywhere in the Pacific. That whole area was vital to the Allied cause because it was the best way to supply China.
I'm gonna have to go through all your reactions. I can't remember seeing one where you cried like this (I'm sure u have, just haven't seen one yet). But wow, you're even beautiful when you cry. Dawn, you did a great job on this one. Thank you
I seen alot of War movie reactions and this is by far the realest reaction. 💯🇺🇸💯🇺🇸💯👊🏽
On the machinegun fire, they typically have a 'tracer' every five rounds so the gunner can see where he's hitting. On the duel with the Tiger tank, the tank was played by Tiger 131, the last remaining operational Tiger 1 from WW2. She resides at the Bovington Tank Museum in England, and they let her stretch her legs during open houses and special events. The Museum also owns 'Fury' nd they appear together. And yes, Tiger tanks chewed through American Sherman tanks like butter.
Except at this stage of the war, a Sherman fighting a tiger on the western front is the most unbelievable aspect of this movie. Having a better tank means nothing if that tank doesn't exist.
@@t.dig.2040 So Wittman wasn't in Villers-Bocage then? I'll agree there wasn't many, but I think some Canadians might disagree as well. There are much greater inaccuracies in this film.
The precautions for using 131 included laying a base of concrete under the dirt. The production crew was very careful with Bovington's rare asset. Usually, movie Tigers are Russian tanks with lots of makeup. They're easy to spot, as the road wheels are not interleved, the drive wheel is far too small, and the turret is forward of center.
No, the tiger tank had trouble had trouble with his own self because of his horrendous, mechanical issues. Besides fury should’ve easily been able to destroy the tiger.
The German 88 was a multi purpose weapon. The 88 was used as an artillery weapon and was also used in German tanks. At the time the u.s. did not have a tank gun equal to the 88.
Fun fact “fury” and the tiger tank are both from Bovington tank museum in Dorset.
Dawn, I hope that the people in your life realize how special of a person, you are. There are people we meet, as we go through life, of whom we can say, "If you don't like _______you don't like anybody!" You are one of those folks. May you always be such a special person, Be happy, and stay safe!
Thank you Dawn for watching this with us. Courage is being able to continue through when you don't think you can. You did show courage by continuing through to the end. It is necessary to watch movies like this and series like Band of Brothers so that we never enter into war needlessly or carelessly. It also shows us that we can never let a madman rise to power and cause this much horror. You should watch The Best Years of Our Lives, 1946. It centers on 3 WW II veterans returning home and trying to pick up their lives. This is the first movie I know of to deal with PTSD before it even had a name. It has tough moments, but I know you would love it.
Great recommend Roger3141; one of my favorite movies, "The Best Years of Our Lives." Sadly, there are less than about 15 reaction videos for that masterpiece!
One of my Grandfathers was a tanker in the Royal Wiltshire Yeomanry. From El Alamein through North Africa, Sicily and into Italy. Driver and also a Gunner in M3 Grants, then M4 Shermans. Lost three Shermans in Italy, two to mines that blew off a track, one to an anti-tank gun that also damaged a track. He and his mates all managed to safely bale out and escape each time. Never ever talked about the war, other than the very last time I saw him. I'd recently got back from a business trip to Milan and he mentioned he'd been there which prompted him to explain his journey to get there. They were a different generation...
They were f.. oI generation who fought and died for st@lin
The lasers are 'tracer' rounds as other comments have explained. They're used in this movie for your benefit so you can see the intensity of the fire but you're right, it wouldn't look like that in real life.
It would look close to that depending on what gun you're using. Usually every third or fourth round is a tracer round lets you know where you're shooting at in low light
It looks pretty darn close to that in "real life".
@@jamesk0ua The movie makes it looks like it's every round, man.
Hi Marie. I have been watching your videos for quite sometime now and I always asked myself, I wonder if I will ever see you fully break down and cry? Your reaction at the end of this film was very passionate and true. Well done. Continue to be the fun genuine happy person that you are. Your slight silliness in your reactions always makes me smile.
The actor you keep seeing, and wondering about, played the part of the ruthless Colonel Tavington (the British dragoon commander) in Mel Gibson's movie "The Patriot." The actor's name is Jason Isaacs.
Jason Issacs ALSO played Lucius Malfoy (Draco’s dad) in the Harry Potter movies.
@@MichaelSSmith-hs5pw Yeah, she got to that eventually.
And a hilarious role as General Zhukov in The Death Of Stalin.
The only person I know who served in the military is my grandfather. He fought in WWI, trench warfare.
To escape the enemies, my grandfather slept under the dead bodies of his unit.
He died before I was born, but my dad has some stories here and there about what he has done.
Thankfully the German only managed to produce 1437 Tiger I tanks while the Allies produced 49,234 M4 Shermans
“Say Hello to Ford and General 🤬-ing Motors!”
@@jonathancarlson6127 Indeed!
@@jonathancarlson6127 that was an ironic line from Webster: the Germans had plenty of Ford trucks and GM/Opel---The US Corporations supplied most of the trucks the Germans used in the blitzkrieg. Henry Ford was a Nazi sympathizer who was given a diamond-crusted medal from Hitler himself.
@@jonathancarlson6127 someone watched "Band of Brothers"
Just goes to show you should never underestimate the sheer power of American logistics...
Also, thankfully the Tiger tanks were incredibly unreliable mechanically-speaking and spent almost as much time being repaired as they did moving around and fighting, that helped significantly.
"Stop, drop and roll . . . right under that tank" I'm glad to see the school lessons didn't go to waste 😁
What a great reaction. I am impressed you made it through this gory movie. It is a tough watch. Watching you tear up at the end made me tear up. Great reaction. P.S I hate your new hair it is making me fall in love with how beautiful you look!❤❤❤
@6:27 that's Clint Eastwood's son Scott Eastwood😊
Saw him 😁
I am a retired U.S. Army Tank commander and this movie truly captures the spirit of the armor corps, the U.S. Cavalry and Armor Branch awarded the stars of this movie with the honorary title of Tanker.
As a retired U.S. Army Tank Commander you know surely that this movie - especially the Tiger I Scene - is pure fantasy in LOtR-Style. I appreciate that.
@@bernisweltredsun1245 Yes the battle scenes were bogus I was talking about the camaraderie.
well done Dawn, I knew before watching this would be a tough one. also love the new hair.
The whistles of the shells whizzing by is my favorite part of this movie in the ricochets.
You're such an angel with a pure heart
I worked with tanks on occasion. When they are "buttoned up" there is a tank-Infantry phone located on the rear of the tank so Infantry can direct fire or otherwise communicate with the tank commander. As a rule I didn't like working with them since they tend to draw fire!
T. Boyte
GySgt. USMC, retired
Vietnam 1965-66/1970-71
This story takes place only a month before Germany surrenders.
Dawn, you are such a good person. Sorry that some of this was a bit much. The two kids took out the tank with a panzerfaust, essentially a charge that fires from a kind of wooden handle and can melt its way through armor before exploding. Once things like that and bazookas started being used mid way through the war, tanks without infantry support suddenly became very vulnerable to that kind of thing.
This is the first time I have ever seen you in such a state after a film.
How can her bravery be rewarded? Dawn Marie surely picked one helluva war movie to react to -- one of the most emotive, horrific ever made. I salute you, young lady, for standing up to, and overcoming, a Hollywood gut wrencher. My guess is it'll be quite some time before we get to see DM tackle another war movie; she needs to give her nerves quite a rest!
Interesting fact, Fury is a Sherman M4E8, 1of 10 working Sherman's held at the tank museum in Bovington. Went to Tiger day last year when they had several tanks including Fury being driven around as well as the only working German Tiger tank in the world
Fury is a M4A2E8
"ideals are peaceful history is violent" possibly one of the most profound quotes to come out of a movie in the last 5 years
Being told hes a hero... when hes just a survivor...
No he played his part in delaying the German advance, the selfless act of those men saved hundreds of allies lives. They could have run and saved themselves but they chose to stay and fight
I would quantify overcoming fear and putting your life on the line for what you believe to be good as being heroic.
Don't forget that he didn't need to stay and fight and was advised to instead leave for safety, but he volunteered to risk his life for the Brad Pitt character anyway. I would qualify him to be a hero on that basis.
@@CoffeeConnected As much of a hero as any other.
Such a great film and well chosen cast. Loving your new hair colour, suits you.
Thank you ❤
I second that, on both counts!
Yup, and your gorgeous eyes jump out on my screen
one of my most favorite movies of all time ❤ was so waiting for this with you
Another good tank movie to watch that's not so brutal is Sahara (1943) with Humphrey Bogart.
Did you ever see the 1995 TV movie remake starring Jim Belushi? More or less the same plot, but they portrayed the German fighter pilot as a more sympathetic honorable man and the Italian P.O.W. as a less sympathetic craven coward.
I love that film! That tank was named Lulu Belle.
OMG...love the hair Dawn ❤️
You did well to get through this, we are very proud of you. Have you tried "The Monuments Men" ?
The scene at the end of fury in this 23:00 is based on the story of how Audie Murphy won his medal of honor with is one of the most badass stories in history!
YOU are truly a treasure. One of the best.
Just about _every_ aspect of war is _constantly_ changing. One thing that never changes, though, is the _hell_ of it. You know you've _truly_ been in war when what you've seen _haunts_ you, afterward.
By and large, I think this movie does a good job of covering all the technical details of WWII, but most accurate of all, it shows you why those who've been _through_ war, afterward, don't want to _talk_ about it. What they've seen is _not_ something they want to revisit.
This is a tough one. Life as a WWII tank crew was portrayed here with such intensity. Hugs from all of us, Dawn. And go hug your kids again... and again.
Definitely have a ton of respect for you for sticking it out throughout the movie, even though it was clearly difficult to watch. Even though this movie is pretty fictional, I think it's important for people to see stuff like this to remind them of the things that happen in war and what those guys have to go through.
Speaking of the German SS soldier that let Norman live. People today always paint the individual SS soldiers as all being murdering, heartless devils simply because they were a part of Hitler's elite forces. But there's a real life example of a famous German actor, Hardy Krüger who appeared in many American films after the war. Many people don't know this, but when he was 16 years old he was assigned to fight in an German SS division. When he went to battle he refused to shoot at an American squadron of soldiers. He was branded for cowardice and sentenced to be put to death. But one lone SS officer had mercy on him because he was just a kid and canceled the order and spared his life. Because of that one SS officer, Hardy lived to become an actor and eventually make his way to America to star in many films. Just like with Norman in this movie, all it takes in one other human being to have mercy on another human being to make all the difference if you survive or not.
There are quite a few examples of even higher ranked German soldiers who occasionally refused orders from superiors or found a way to subvert their way around them.
"This is you, at one point." That's exactly why he knows what he needs to do now.
Dawn Marie, Thank you for your honest and clearly emotional reaction. I don't have to read "your" palm to know you are a Kind, Caring, Honest and Beautiful person. But most of all thank you for your respect for the soldiers. None of us can begin to imagine how we would react to such horrific conditions. William T. Aultman SMSgt. USAF Ret.
Those lasers you see in the shots are called tracer bullets they're actually flares instead of bullets so that you can see where you're bullet's are going.
9:16 Killing POW is against Geneva Convention, but attacking enemy while wearing enemy's uniform/flag also prohibited in Geneva Convention. That's why they have rights to executed him.
Dawn, American tanks were inferior in part because we had to make them portable. We had to transport them clear across the Atlantic Ocean to fight the Germans in North Africa and Europe, and we had to transport them all across the vast Pacific Ocean to fight the Japanese. The need to transport our tanks via ship across huge distances imposed size and weight limits on American tanks, whereas there were no such limitations on German and Russian tanks. They were therefore free to build larger, heavily armored main battle tanks with bigger, more powerful main guns then the USA as a result. The tradeoff was that American tanks were easier to manufacture and could be mass produced, which allowed the U.S. to win tank battles by outnumbering the opponents.
The young German soldier not ratting him out is one of my favorite positive twists ever.
I've never wanted to hug you ... more, more than I HAVE wanted to before. Sorry you had to go through that but, I'm sure, just like me, a LOT of people were glad you did It. It says a LOT about you and brings you closer to us. You are one of my favorite reactors, so I want you to know that I am serious when I thank you for opening up to us. I will respect your feelings and keep in mind that these are not your type of movies.
I really like your hair color. Fits you well. I hate to do this, but another hard-to-watch but really worth it movie is "12 Years A Slave". It's very good, will bring you to tears, but ultimately make you grateful you saw it.
Great reaction as always gorgeous.... As epic as Saving Private Ryan is Fury made a deeper impact to me.... I dont ever remember seeing you cry this much during a reaction 😭
The latter German tanks of WW2 had thicker armor, while most of the Allied tanks were not meant to really fight tanks (that was up to different units called “tank destroyers” .. in theory). Eventually the Allies started putting bigger guns on their tanks.
Though the Tiger and King Tiger tanks were pretty fearsome they actually had a lot of mechanical problems besides being few in number.
"this is either going to be epic or devastating"........YES
This entire movie takes place from the morning to end end of the day, the night battle. He was with the crew for less than 24 hours.
My dad lost an eye in the battle of the Kasserine Pass. He was a heavy drinker most of his life. He never talked about the war.
Oh! I'm excited! Fury is one of the best films about the humans that have to fight the wars. It's gonna be hard watching you take this one in, and process it. It's a tough trip. But so good! Yeah, I'm glad you brought this. Here we go! :)
Good luck! ❤
The red hair matches with her eyebrows more.❤
A war movie that I would like to recommend is one man's hero from the year 1999. It is about John Riley and the Saint Patrick's battalion.
Thanks for 'trying' Dawn Marie. You do such men honor.
In my youth I read a lot of Sven Hassel. He was a Dane that worked in a German steel plant (I believe) before the war, but when his friend got killed in an accident, he joined the German army which seemed like a high status job. ... and the war came.
He wrote several novels that are partly auto-biographical and partly fiction (as he basically rendered a mix of his own and others experiences from a first person perspective). He was also a tank soldier, even though many times they also served as infantry when they were out of tanks. They are the most brutal war renditions I have read, and very much from this movie reminds of what he describes in his novels. Main differences is that most of the novels takes place on the eastern front, so in most cases the fighting is with Russians, not Americans.
A couple of other great war movies are Hacksaw Ridge based on a true story (but I that one has already been covered here) and Enemy at the Gates that also is based on true events though I think a lot of poetic license have been employed in that case.
The reason it looks like “lasers” is because in most machine guns like that, every 5th round is what’s called a tracer round. Meaning the bullet essentially burns hotter and you can see the bullets path so you can see where you’re shooting.
The shots that look like green/red lasers are called "Tracer" rounds. A tracer round is a bullet that has a small pyrotechnic charge built into it's base. When the round is fired, the charge is ignited and burns as it flies downrange. Usually, every third to fifth round in a magazine is a tracer round. This allows shooters to see where their bullets are going in low/no light situations. They are especially handy at night, when you can't use/see your iron sights.
Dawn, your eyes look positively electric with your new hair style. We approve.
Oh, I like the change of the hair color to a spicy dark ginger. It goes nicely with the lightings in the background. It really says Halloween and Thanksgiving is almost here.
It's going to be epic AND devastating.
1:40 - "What's so special about the German tanks?" Bigger, tougher, more powerful. Historically speaking, America didn't put the resources into tank development like the British and Germans. Gen. Patton, when he was a Lieutenant, advocated for tanks but the US govt said mm, not so much. It's all in the Lasidas Farago novel "Patton: Ordeal and Triumph".
If you want to know ANYTHING about WW2 in a clear, concise, easy to understand manner, watch Mark Felton Productions channel. He has a banger of a theme song.
Shermans did the job they needed to, particularly when up-gunned, and were way more reliable and produced in much larger numbers. Quantity has a quality all its own. Plus the trans-Atlantic shipping and docking facilities available couldn't have handled a huge heavy tank at that time. They made the right call with the Sherman.
@@tomw324 I'm so glad the Chieftan's and others' message has finally sunken into the Zeitgeist
THIS 3rd army drive up to the rhine and across was particularly savage push with many boys on both sides killed as the war in germany ended . A big moment in history like few others.
Great movie and a heartfelt reaction, Dawn. It really does show the horrors of war and the dehumanising trauma.
Still glad you watched it.
And i agree with another commenter, gorgeous redhead 😊
Watching you cry is making me cry. 😢war is HELL!
The glowing is from tracer rounds. The bullet is treated with phosphorus and it lights up while being fired
The gunfire is green because the ammo belts have a tracer every third round so they can aim without aiming. The green comes from a chemical they coat the bullets in. When it flies through the air, the friction burns the coating off. So, it just looks like a lazer.
Love this film.
And love the red hair Darlin! Matches your firey spirit!
YEEEEEEES!
Been waiting for you to do this one.
Brads greatest performance!!!!!
Great reaction as it says alot about you. Brilliant.
By the way the hair is fantastic🎉
Your hair colour is beautiful Dawn
Aww thank you 😁
Love the hair, really suits you :) great reaction btw, honest and true.
I think you can take comfort in knowing that Norman will likely only remain at the frontlines ("the front" he asked about) for a short time, waiting for his Medal of Honor citation to go through. Then they will send him home for all the steak dinners and scotch he can handle, while selling war bonds.
LOVE YOU as a redhead. Nice film. Good storyline and stellar cast with superb acting. Big shoutout from your guy in the states. Gatlinburg, Tennessee. U.S.A. Liking your style lots, with the super cute accent and infectious laugh. Keep em coming, please, Love.. See ya on the next. Much peace and happiness to you and yours. See you on the next.
She does have a great sense of humor.
Every time I go down to the Bovington tank museum, I give Tiger 131 a little pat on the hull. When you see one in real life you can see the reason why they caused so much fear on the battlefield, just the rumour that Tigers are around would cause panic. Although in reality there were not that many around.
The green bullets are tracer rounds. Tracer rounds allow soldiers to track the bullets and adjust their aim. They can be especially useful at night when the trajectory is very bright
The lasers are tracer rounds. They were/are about every 4 or 5 rounds to aid aiming. Also can just be used to alert when nearing the end of a magazine.
The reason the rounds look like that when they’re being fired is every 3 to 5 rounds should be a tracer so you really don’t have to aim you can just see where your rounds are going. Tracers leave a trail behind them.
Nowadays, in many modern tanks, you can fire the big .50 caliber machine gun (intended for use against aircraft and other vehicles) from inside the tank, which is nice. Back in the day, though, you had to stand on the outside to fire that thing, with very limited protection at the front (and no other direction).
131's cameo is the best!
Love the red hair! Great reaction as usual too.
I actually got to go to the museum where the Fury tank is. Got to see both the Tiger and the Fury tank
Fury makes us all cry. Every. Single. Time.