Band of Brothers Episode 5 (Crossroads) | FIRST TIME WATCHING | TV Show Reaction and Commentary 

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I know it wasn't in your edit, but Winters saying " We're paratroopers lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded." Is the best line in the entire series.

Ammo Dump was a term to identify an ammunition storage area. It would have been a secure area that units could go to in order to get more ammunition.

Once you finish the series. There is a documentary called "We stand alone together". That goes way more in depth with these interviews.

Years ago I met a veteran from WWII he was walking with a walker but wearing his Vet of WWII hat....I asked him if he watched Band of Brothers.? He said yes but could not watch all the episodes because it was too real in his memory.

Yes, the US did in fact have snipers, more commonly referred to as Sharpshooters, in WWII. They went through an Advanced Marksmanship course at Camp Perry in Ohio (but there was no 'official' sniper course). In the field, they were not typically used in the same way Axis forces did. Moreover, they were often misused and primarily used as scouts as they were looked down upon by much of the army brass because their fieldcraft did not fit in with their notions of large scale troop engagements vs. the sniper's stalking (sneaking and killing from afar).

9:36 the miniseries doesn’t show it, but at the real life Crossroads battle, Winters had two Browning .30cal machine guns providing cover fire for the guys charging across the field. If you want to learn how many of these actual battles took place, look up the Operations Room video on the subject. They pretty much covered all the real life battles that were in the miniseries.

Dude, Humble-Up and wear your glasses. You will always be pretty. My wife is nearby, and she says you are suffering from vanity. She says Wear Your Glasses!

Another good reaction, Biss! One of my uncles fought with the 10th Mountain Division in Italy. He would NEVER talk about it. Came to find out that he was decorated for valor during those campaigns. I can only imagine what he carried with him the rest of his life.

I really love your reactions to this iconic mini series! I also love how you can roll your "R's" when speaking. I am looking forward to your reaction to Episode 6!

After watching these episodes you may now see why Sobel had the company run Currahee after eating spaghetti. In a combat area one never knows when they may be called to immediate action.

I knew the subway train scene would get you! It gets me all the time. How these men lived with that PTSD for the rest of their lives is beyond me. They were just starting to understand combat fatigue, as they called it, in the middle of the pacific campaign. They realized that what they thought was a psychological condition some people had prior to enlistment, and came out during stress, was really a condition all soldiers would develop in prolonged intense combat. Most of these men came home with Post Traumatic Stress and one symptom of that is avoidance. So they avoided talking about it and the war in general, and had families and lives and went on as best they could. As they got older they eventually had to deal with it as spouses passed or kids grew up and they retired. There was a sharp increase in that generation seeking VA psychiatric help in the 80s and 90s. Ammo Dump - what they would called and Ammunition Supply Point.

it is an emotional scene to see Winters have one of those flash backs that many soldiers carried with them for the rest of their lives.

If you are into reading, Dick Winters wrote a good book called "Beyond Band of Brothers". There is also an excellent book called "Fierce Valor: The True Story of Ronald Spears and his Band of Brothers".

The red smoke wasn't for screening purposes. It was to signal a coordinated assault after Winters split his squads up and sent them in from different directions, however, Winters himself didn't wait for the smoke. He ran immediately on throwing it and ended up way out in front of his men.

Buckle up, Biss, the next couple episodes are going to get really rough. Poor thing, she's a heck of a trooper, but all heart. 😬

'I know it was not a crying episode', no, they're all crying episodes for me. Just imagining all the sacrifice, the hardships, that's enough to get me every time.

Mag…the Germans are lucky to have you amongst them 😊

It's hard to have a favorite episode because they are all so good, but I think this one is mine. There aren't many leaders in the military who are as complete as Winters was. During my 20 years of service I only had one CO like him. He was motivated by a strong desire to take care of his men, and it drove him to be the best he could be. He stayed on base studying, small unit tactics. I have read a bunch of accounts from the men of Easy, and to a man, they loved him.

My uncle fought at bastogne. I cry every time I see them march off into history

Recommend if you want to know more about the events of Band of Brothers to look at the RU-vid channel, "The Operations Room". They have a playlist of BOB videos explaining the battle and how it fits into the wider war effort. I'm not sure if you have finished the series yet, so be warned that there will be spoilers if you have not. ru-vid.com/group/PLErys4h2oiuz4USvrpIkhW6meDLGe1H7g

I recommend 'Wild Tales' (2014) ... And also 'Reservoir Dogs' (Tarantino)

11:03 That is German Artillery, but the first rounds you see at 10:48 is British Artillery. You hear Winters call it in and say "Krauts in the open, fire for effect". 12:12 The hot guy is not the medic, that's Webster. He transfered to Easy Company after Normandy.

When you're done watching the series I highly recommend you watch "We stand alone together". It has all the interviews from the men you see in the beginning of each episode plus some other veterans of Easy Company. Kind of a bonus episode!

there is a part with all the interviews. ITS CALLED WE STAND ALONE TOGETHER1!!1

“Oh, I’ve got goosebumps!” Always makes me smile. Back in the 14th/15th Century the city of London was divided into two halves. North of the river Thames was respectable, south of the river Thames was less respectable and full of inns and theatres. Such establishments were taxed by the church and the Bishop of Winchester. He also taxed the brothels and prostitutes who worked that part of London. Such ladies had a nickname, Winchester Geese, and if you spent too long in their company you would catch any number of diseases some of which gave you horrible bumpy skin conditions, or Goosebumps!!!! And so the phrase was born.

You look just as lovely with your glasses Biss!!! 🤗

In regards to the German army, it can basically be split into two groups. The regular German Army, called the Werhmacht, was Germany’s national army, which existed before the Nazi take over of Germany, and still exists today. In WW2, this is the force where German citizens who were drafted would go. The second group is called the SS, which is short for Schutzstaffel, or “Protection Squad”. The SS started out as Hitler’s personal body guards, and later morphed into the paramilitary arm of the Nazi party. Tlrd, the SS are the ones who ran the concentration camps, conducted assassinations of Hitler’s enemies, things like that. By the time WW2 had started, the SS had also developed a branch called the Waffen SS. The Waffen SS was a full on army, with tanks and artillery, etc, and who’s soldiers were all members of the SS. To be in the Werhmacht, you only had to be German, or one of the conquered peoples that Germany forced into their main army. To be in the SS, you had to be a Nazi. The SS recruited from all of the territories that Germany took over, so there was more than just Germans in it. The SS were also known for dressing up unarmed occupied people in military uniforms, and using them as a human shield. The Wehrmacht is loyal to Germany, the SS were loyal to Hitler and the Nazi party. WW2 Nazi propaganda claimed that the Waffen SS was Germany’s “elite” army, superior to the regular Werhmacht. The SS did receive superior equipment and gear, but the Wehrmacht will always argue that the Waffen SS was mostly talk and show, and the Wehrmacht was the more successful German fighting force.

The end of this episode is powerful and shows the retreating infantry from the Ardennes, defeated, and the Airborne thrown in to fill the holes. The Battle of the Bulge was a major point on the western front. The Aliied leadership was too over-confident and got a little butt-kicking here as the Germans showed they still had some fight left in them. This is mostly historically accurate that they threw the Airborne into Bastogne so quickly they didn't have time to properly resupply them, lack of winter clothing, etc. The end of this episode shows the true meaning of heroism from these men. While everyone else was leaving, they were going into the fight.

Ammo Dump = A storage area for Ammo.

I appreciate your empathy for soldiers on both sides of the war. I see too many reactors who like to talk about how empathetic they are suddenly turn bloodthirsty because they didn't like words somebody said.

A video of the actor who portrayed Dukeman visiting the site of his death. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Dq84-nrmIdI.html

"I would smash a bacon sandwich like there's no tomorrow" - a young woman after my heart.

Please, less advise like he needs to rest. That face is going to haunt him forever. Use wood for the fire. Oh yeah, there’s firewood right by the side of the road. According to you they needed to pull back at the crossroads. The charged forward and wiped out about a company and a half of SS. It’s war. You don’t win hiding and going backward. Spiers explained what was needed to Blythe in Ep 3. Guess you didn’t buy in.

My grandfather will be wounded during the next episode and is the church ⛪️ at the end. His war ended here and was returned home to a hospital.

You are correct in saying that you don't like to judge the soldiers based on their government. A lot of the German soldiers were just following orders, and would have been considered traitors if they disobeyed. The USA is similar in that regard (or at least used to be). A prime example would be the Vietnam war. Those soldiers were treated like crap by their country, both from the government, and the citizens. As horrific as war is for any soldier, the fact that the country you fought for spits on you, I can only imagine the devastation that a soldier feels. This is why a lot of Vietnam vets suffered greatly after the war between PTSD, drug addiction, homelessness, and suicide. I imagine German soldiers during WWII suffered in similar ways. But in most countries, you're not allowed to have any sympathy for Germany whatsoever.

I love how you try to interpret hand signals. You pretty much have to know. Makes me feel better not knowing myself.

Your thoughts on respecting Enemy troops is quite valid. A solder is a person and 90% of them have no more wish to be on the line then anyone. They don't have a choice. If you want to hate Hatet the oligarchs who start the wars but never fight in them. When you're on the line and in moments of calm you must respect your opponents. Regardless of the uniform they are in they may truly be fighting for honorable reasons. In the heat of battle, you really don't have time to think about it. And here we go, into the Battle of the Bulge.

her reactions are good, actually engaged in what she's watching, not just cheap fake surprise reactions like the others.

This is one of my favorite episodes(they're all great, but 5, 7, 9 and 10 are the standouts for me). Tom Hanks did such a good job with the directing. I love your love and how much you care for Winters. Same ❤❤❤

Prettier without glasses!? I dunno who yer trying to impress, but when it comes to what a guy sees, there is ten thousand different kinds of pretty, Make your look the way you want to be seen.

An ammodump or fueldump is a deliberate storage area, not "dumped" / abandoned ammo/fuel.

I have to disagree... glasses can make a woman look sexy. They can create a glare though.

Beautiful reaction Biss. Grazie

A real leader doesn't say "Go Go Go!" to his men... Like Winters, he just goes himself and yells to his men "follow me!!"

25:47 they aren’t actually “dumping out all the ammo.” An “ammo dump” is a collection point of all the company’s ammo needed for the unit. From there, the ammo gets distributed out to the units that need it. During the Battle of the Bulge, the Germans overran many American supply depots, which is why the guy was running ammunition back and forth.

"There's A LOT of sh*t and it's heading this way..." This is when Tom Hanks takes the reigns as director. We get much more introspective with Winters, before PTSD was even recognized as a condition. General Patton famously acknowledged it with a soldier by the back of his hand across the face. Oh, and if you run into any bacon sandwiches...let me know. Currahee ♠

Indeed handsome as f*#@ without glasses! 😂 😉

This series is full of details about the 1940s. In the first episode Sobel would yell out “Hi oh, Silver” as they were running up Currahee. This phrase was from The Lone Ranger, a radio program which later was a tv series and a movie. Silver was the name of the Lone Ranger’s horse. Roy Rogers was “the king of the cowboys.” His horse was named Trigger. Good choice for a horse, maybe for a dog.

And to make matters worse, this was one of if not the coldest winter in the decade.

22:43 I think Winters needs to talk to Buck. He did right there, that's all he needed to say.

Friendly Fire happened all the time, in this war.

Hey biss. You got five episodes left. Now that you know everyone, attached to everyone. The next five episodes is a pretty tough ride. Enjoy watching your reaction depending Brothers can't wait for Bastone keep your tissues handy then buckle up. ❤️💚☘️🇺🇦

Winters claims to not be a quaker nor Mennonite.

You’re right in that the main German army, the Wehrmacht, had soldiers who weren’t Nazis and didn’t support Hitlers policies. The troops they caught at the crossroads were SS. The SS were all committed Nazis who swore allegiance to Hitler. So the Wehrmacht weren’t all bad guys, but the SS definitely was.

Winters has moved up to 2nd in command of 2nd Battalion, the executive officer (usually said XO, sometimes S1), the man in charge of personnel in the battalion. Nixon is S2 (intelligence) one level up at regimental level. Winters will still "command" Easy (and Dog and Fox) but it isn't his job to "lead" them anymore. Orderly = officer's assistant. Makes sure the officer is fed and properly dressed (so he doesn't waste time looking after himself), Winter's one also can type, a nice bonus. By the way, the British Army calls the same job "batman" (cricket term), which leads to a lot of jokes, "Alfred (his butler) is Batman's batman." for example.

18:35 the back story here was that he was riding a captured motorcycle and was shot in the hip by a sniper. Was sent to a hospital and was caught sneaking out of the hospital before discharge, was court-martial and demoted to the rank of private. He said he would leave the hospital again to get back to the front lines, so the hospital let him go, if his court-martial papers did get sent back to the 101st they were likely ignored because by they were in the Battle of the Bulge and couldn’t afford to lose a combat experienced NCO.

Keep them tissues handy from here on out beautiful

Really enjoying your reactions

10 Americans against 200 SS.

He won over 6 grand which is about 108000 in 2024 dollars. He kept 3600 dollars which is about 65000 dollars. Thats a lot of money for a craps game.

Brace yourself! The next couple episodes are far more intense than what you've seen so far.

I'd like to see how you look with glasses! BTW, if you want to take a more in--depth look at Operation Market Garden you should see A Bridge Too Far from 1977; not only does it cover this in great detail, it also has a massive all-star cast.

There's a follow up documentary called together we stand the men of easy company that has to be seen after the last episode

~grin~...'He's hot!'...that was Webster (the guy who gave the little Dutch boy chocolate)

Find someone who cries over you the way that Biss cries over Winters.

11:07 First it was allied artillery, called by Winters, then German artillery answered back.

11:51 I see where you’re coming from but in this battle specifically I don’t feel bad. They’re SS which is the branch of the German military who were directly in charge of carrying out the holocaust, from what I understand.

Tom Hanks directed.. my fav episode fo sho!

This ain't about German people today but the Germans back then I will never treat them way any respect or have sympathy 💯 I'm a British man who great nan use to talk to us about the blitz how can u respect a country that dropped bombs on the innocent.. n yeah I know wat everyone will say the UK did it too but we did it cus the Germans did it 1st... but we showed them the might of the RAF at the Battle of Britain 🇬🇧

Great epidode. So emotional. Your reactions are always helpful Biss.

Not exactly, when Winters was promoted from being the CO (Commanding Officer) of easy company, to take over for Major Horton who was killed, he was becoming the CO for ALL 9 companies of the Battalion, instead of just Easy Company, so instead of being in charge of 150-200 men, he was then in charge of 1,500 to 2,000 men, so his responsibilities were increased by ten fold, BUT Easy company was still one of his companies that he was in command of.

The guy who got wounded (not killed) is the same one who gave chocolate to the kid.

Jimmy Fallon!

"SNAFU" ... Situation normal, all f**ked up.

About the sniper in the team, Shifty Powers was a very skilled shot and he's shown in the series firing a (very accurate) 30.06 bolt action rifle. It didn't fire as quickly as the M1 Garand everyone else had, but it was particularly deadly in the hands of a skilled marksman. About using the 101st as troops at Bastogne: they were the most combat ready, skilled troops available in what was obviously an emergency situation. They were never meant to be used like regular infantry, but it was understandable that they were brought up to plug what had become a big gap in the lines as other infantry were mauled.

I know it's a question from the last video, but Holland was the Western coast of the Netherlands that was its own province under the Holy Roman Empire between the 10th and 16th centuries. It was self-ruling and still holds the three largest Dutch cities; Rotterdam (largest port in Europe), The Hague, and Amsterdam. "Holland" has been used for centuries to refer to the Netherlands. The Netherlands officially stopped all domestic use of "Holland" to refer to itself in regards of legal documents and official papers of the government in 2020. Holland (the province) is still the most influential part of the Netherlands. For comparison, you can compare how big cities in US states determine political statutes for the entire rest of their respective states to Holland's influence over everything in the Netherlands.

Thunder!

WEAR YOUR GLASSES!! You are a stunningly beautiful young woman, anyone that can’t see that isn’t worth your time to worry about.

Yeah, they were in a bad shape in Bastogne. But reading up on different fronts of the war. The Russians had it even worse. They went into the war with just pitchforks, or whatever farm implements that could be used as a weapon, in a lot of cases. They just didn’t have guns for everyone, but everyone wanted to fight. When it’s said this is the Greatest Generation, it’s true, across all the Allies. Later on, ppl that are informed don’t really hold it against the German soldiers, just the SS division. They were the ones that committed/oversaw the atrocities at Hitler’s command.

You are very strong and doing great Biss. This is best for everyone to watch at least once.

Some of the most grim moments of the first world war were incidences of generals deploying their men in horrific conditions while being inadequately equipped for the offensives they had planned. One of the worst was Conrad von Hotzendorf who ordered Austro-Hungarian forces to attack well fortified russian positions, high up in the mountains, during winter, with only their summer uniforms. Huge number of casualties from the weather alone. Where the russian defences were in the mountains, the Austro-Hungarian army couldn't bring their heavy artillery guns with them, and this was before air support was really invented. Freezing to death, attacking russian trenches with machine gun nests and artillery support, who held the high ground over a mostly open field that the Austro-Hungarian soldiers would have to cross to reach them, wearing summer uniforms in the middle of winter. Three times. Hotzendorf ordered his men to attack those positions three separate times, and to no one's surprise, they were never able to break through the russian lines and take the position. Just awful.

Bravo.

flamethrowers , bazookas....and other things

In real life, when they charged the crossroads, Winters arrived first and alone literally because he was in better shape than all the rest of the men. In real life, they all took off running together and Winters got to the crossroads first because he was a fucking Chad.

8:19 my grandpa is my favourite, no bullshits, abduct soldier behind lines - never spoke about it, never "recon unit of unfriendly asking" and they "killed it"

I wouldn’t mind if you wore glasses I think you’d look cuter 😉

12:59 Yep ... Just watch any of the uncensored videos coming out of the current war in Ukraine. Looks the same as this. The technology changes but the outcome doesn't.

haha, it's kind of funny hearing a german say: "it's not coming from us". 😅

Wow how many languages do you speak Spanish, German, French and English I have heard so far amazing Great reaction so far ...the best is yet to come

The problem many people in command had was, they took the right decision but war is war, you can do everything right but people will die. Many of them, in their older years, battled with the fact of overthinking "If I had done this, or that, this soldier would still be alive" when the outcome was completely out of their hands.

When you're done with this series, please watch "We Stand Alone Together." It is a documentary with interviews of a lot of these men. Made around 2000.

An ammo dump is where ammunition is stored. ...LOL..ok , just saw someone else already explained. :)

Just a suggestion sweetheart, but watch the movie "A Bridge Too Far" it gives the full picture of the Arnhem battle and what the British Airborne were doing.

Well done.Good work. Thanks. When you watch the end of this series, Easy Company will be in your heart all the rest of your days.

The lieutenant who brought the ammunition in the jeep is an honest to god hero himself. He and two other volunteers made nine trips back and forth to bring needed supplies to Easy Company and the other companies in the 501st. The last three trips were made *after* the Germans had encircled the 501st, meaning that he could have easily been captured and killed. He was preparing a tenth trip when he was specifically ordered to stand down by his commanding officer. For his valor he was awarded a Silver Star for valor.

Did you hear the guy talking about eating rats when Winters was in the cafe in Paris? ew!

Lets Roll Looking amazing wearing green Oh this is #5 let me go to #2

I don't understand the pink smoke when trying to be stealthy.

for the next 4 Episodes the shit going to hit the fan going to get real bad now