Easy Company Assaults the Guns at Brecourt Manor on D-Day - Animated

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Lt. Winters is thrust in charge of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment on D-Day, and must lead an assault on the artillery battery at Brecourt Manor. If the guns can't be neutralised, they will do untold damage on Utah Beach as the 4th Infantry Division move ashore.
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@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Merry Christmas chaps and chapettes!

@darthhatchet775 3 года назад

Merry Christmas to you as well 🎄⛄

@henry.3059 3 года назад

Love you!

@billace90 3 года назад

Likewise, have a happy healthy new year!

@samadams2203 3 года назад

And to you. Thanks for the present!

@tswdev 3 года назад

Band of Brothers!

@jerometaperman7102 3 года назад

Elliot Richardson, who later was Richard Nixon's Attorney General, was on Utah Beach that day and was pinned down by those guns. Decades later, he read Band of Brothers and, for the first time, understood why the fire from those guns stopped. He wrote Richard Winters a letter thanking him.

@nutsackmania 3 года назад

I love Elliot Richardson! Did not know this--thank you!

@jerometaperman7102 3 года назад

@@nutsackmania - Elliot Richardson was a rock solid human being. We should all thank Richard Winters for his survival.

@JL-dance 3 года назад

@@jerometaperman7102 if only men like him were around during Trump’s term, instead all the country had were children in the bodies of old people.

@Fede_uyz 3 года назад

This really shows how a single soldier, a platoon, or a company may never understand the full extent of the war and whats happening, and why officers are so valuable, as each officer has a greater and greater bird's eye perspective. A private may only understand his position and job. A sargeant may understand 5-10 men's position and job. A 2nd lt may not know every soldiers job and position, but know's each fire team's rough position and objective. A captain may understand the company's mission, the individual's platoon objectives and rough game plan, but he sure as shit doesnt know every man's position and role in said objective. and how all the platoon's interact to the game plan. A major may know a batallion's company's mission and goal, and how each company interacts with others. By the time you hit lt col and generals you start really seeing how missions get acomplish. A platoon may have to move from point A to point B, but a different comapny may be taking the bunkers preventing them from doing so, and a batallion may be holding back a QRF sent to stop the platoon, and the whole thing may have bern facilitated by an AF airwing that provided aireal recon

@JL-dance 3 года назад

@@Fede_uyz except sometimes i wonder if it really is better for a sergeant with many years of live combat experience to have less say in how to conduct war than a captain who is newer and possibly just has had a role far away from the front.

@tomcarl8021 3 года назад

The story of Band of Brothers would never exist and nobody would ever know the name of Dick Winters if it weren't for historian Steven Ambrose. He was researching his D-Day book and stumbled upon their story. He wrote the book as a side story. Hanks and Spielberg both read the book and the rest is history. Now, imagine all the thousands of other men who accomplished extraordinary things whose stories will never be told.

@Chasing72 2 года назад

Your assessment is spot on. My father served with another airborne Easy Co; of the 517th Parachute Regimental Combat Team. Their history was equally as courageous and interesting as that of this Easy Co, as probably was the history of every Easy Company that saw combat. They all were courageous.

@tomcarl8021 2 года назад

@@Chasing72 Imagine all the combat veterans, or even police officers, who found themselves in an almost unbelievable situation, and afterwards thought, "Jesus Christ, nobody would believe what just happened to me even if I told them".

@SupaSwope 2 года назад

my grandfather was a 1st lt and platoon leader of a intelligence and recon platoon in the 313th. He got a silver star and two bronze stars with oak leaf cluster. His named is mention a few times in a few of the 313th books but never goes into detail. I really wish I could have met the man.

@JohnJohnson-mf3dv 2 года назад

Well said.

@thelegend9098 2 года назад

Look up Leo Major the french canadian in world war 2

@ZoobieDoodie 3 года назад

″‘Hitler made only one big mistake when he built his Atlantic Wall’, the paratroopers liked to say. ‘He forgot to put a roof on it.‘

@biml2585 3 года назад

Almost all paratrooper failed

@brycewalker3726 3 года назад

@@biml2585 That’s not correct at all.

@jlvfr 3 года назад

@@biml2585 many paratroopers failed the _drop points_ ; they did not fail _the mission_ .

@biml2585 3 года назад

@@jlvfr ah shit right my bad

@jiffyjelly1 3 года назад

@@biml2585 Props for admitting when you're incorrect. Not many are willing to do that.

@dreamsofsnow6521 3 года назад

That attack by Winters and his Men is still taught at West Point on how to attack a prepared position as such.

@charltonrusty9630 3 года назад

youve seen band of brothers too lol

@StoutProper 3 года назад

It’s a quote from band of brothers

@charltonrusty9630 3 года назад

@Zane Blaire clearly not seen band of brothers then have you. its veterans telling their story , lol clearly you are the dumb ass mister know it all.

@Andre-ah 2 года назад

Someone had to say it lol always one!

@jayo3074 2 года назад

I highly doubt it lol it was a good attack though

@jonathanallard2128 3 года назад

Imagine the balls it requires just to turn a corner in an enemy occupied trench.

@contrapasta2454 3 года назад

I'd put my helmet on the end of the rifle and wiggle it around out there. Works in cartoons.

@jonathanallard2128 3 года назад

@@contrapasta2454 Sure, when you can afford to. But when sarge says "gogogo we're storming the gun", no time to take your helmet off and wiggle it at the end of your rifle at each bend, it's throw a grenade and rush in with balls of steel.

@71degrees 3 года назад

Balls that big should be chasing Indiana Jones

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 года назад

When you do not fear death its not hard at all.

@jonathanallard2128 3 года назад

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 I don't fear death myself. I fear suffering and agony though. You don't always just die in war. Sometimes you get mortally wounded and have to agonize for days/weeks before you go. Sometimes you just get mutilated or maimed. Those things I would fear.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

So in Band of Brothers they show Lorraine missing everything and Guarnere mopping up. In reality Lorraine hit, Guarnere missed and Winters mopped up. I thought that was an interesting bit.

@superg3962 3 года назад

Why do you think BOBrothers modified what actually happened? Seems like a perfectly set up-size scenario to fit into the film....

@MihzvolWuriar 3 года назад

I remember this show, and I was actually looking up if someone has mentioned it, I'm glad you did, because that show is good. And great video btw.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

@@superg3962 i agree. The whole dynamic of Guarnere being unconvinced by Winters at first would have made this scene interesting

@Matthew10950 3 года назад

@@TheOperationsRoom i think the scene was more designed to show that Easy men were a step above your normal trooper, be they Sinks jeep driver or even just anotger company in the battalion, as when the section of dog company gets shredded carrying on the attack.

@NickHaus683 3 года назад

@@superg3962 what?

@Wolfeson28 2 года назад

6:50 Winters himself brings up one of the things that always impresses me about this attack (one of many things, of course). Keep in mind, that this was the *first* combat action for the vast majority of this division (including, I believe, all of the soldiers in this attack), and things had already gone awry with the scattered parachute drops. And yet, all over the area, these soldiers gathered themselves into what groups they could, figured out where they were in the middle of a battle zone in the pitch dark, got to work, and still accomplished stuff like this. How good must their training have been, and how courageous must these soldiers have been, to have the will and the capability to successfully carry on with their mission despite everything working against them?

@arcticdragon104 2 года назад

Overcoming adversity and the ability to adapt is important in war

@michaelmorgan9289 2 года назад

Perhaps you should balance your praise & consider equally & perhaps the more important British Airborne operations on D Day as the Americans weren't the only Nation to land in France on D Day. You have to give the American credit for their professional self publicity machine.

@Wolfeson28 2 года назад

@@michaelmorgan9289 I absolutely did not intend my comment to disrespect any of the other participants in D-Day, or to minimize the exemplary courage and skill that they also displayed. This particular video was about members of the American 101st, so that's the group my comment focused on. And you do have a point that publicity (especially the Band of Brothers book and miniseries) made the achievements of these soldiers far better known than those of most other units that served in the campaign.

@timothyball3144 2 года назад

I kept thinking the same thing. They had zero combat experience against Germans with alot of experience yet they got it done.

@1776PartyAgain 2 года назад

I feel training had little to do with it except for the layout of the area. Everything else was pure determination, adrenaline and proof that they are the greatest generation to do it. They got it done by understanding what was needed of them and handled business for each other.

@k0lds0up5 3 года назад

Imagine getting shot in combat and just saying “I goofed”

@kylejohnson4222 3 года назад

You say some odd things when your life is flashing before your eyes. This guy was just a kid, probably more worried about the thought of letting his comrades down than the risk to his life - the adrenaline probably covered up the pain.

@billd.iniowa2263 3 года назад

That's dedication to your company right there. They were trained to rely on each other. He felt he let his buddies down. The weak link in the chain. Some might call it brain washing. I call it training.

@mulder801 3 года назад

in BoB, is this the man that got shoot twice in the arse on the whole tour of duty?

@krag9083 3 года назад

That's not wanting to be the reason your friends get killed

@nicholasshaler7442 3 года назад

@@mulder801 Yessir.

@heyheyzx1479 3 года назад

Damn makes me wanna watch Band of Brothers again

@lezardvaleth2304 3 года назад

There is always an excuse to watch Band of Brothers again.

@TheStol 3 года назад

Makes me wanna play CoD again

@aboriani 3 года назад

Same here...

@TheCarter_Show 3 года назад

Do it! I just watched the whole series last month. I’ve literally watched that shit more than 100 times

@WifiPillow 3 года назад

Makes me wish the OG Call of Duty would get a remake where the mission around this would be more accurate.

@figurativeride2258 3 года назад

I personally love these little "war stories" in between the bigger pictures

@RealMailou 3 года назад

Yeah it really makes you think. Like usually I just look at wars as like frontlines and operations. ”Oh they did this operation and thats how the frontline moved” ect, but I forget that behind everything are small battles in which men did small actions that make the operations and frontlines move.

@kingponto1295 3 года назад

The many thousands of small encounters like this over the course of World War I and World War II are staggering. Uncommon valor seemed to be common place.

@davecrupel2817 3 месяца назад

Sometimes its the little engagements that make all the difference.

@seccretasianMAN 3 года назад

I can literally picture the episode from Band of Brothers as you walk us through each action sequence. Brilliant work.

@salto1994 Год назад

Same :P

@WNActivist88 Год назад

They filmed the scene exactly as how they were told it happened, so it makes sense.

@mikenaugz88 11 месяцев назад

except in the show they were set up more like a horse shoe

@scottfirman 3 года назад

Winters saved my dad that day as well as others. A True hero.

@alexgreen6678 Год назад

God bless. In a way your fait was dependent on Winters and his men.

@SwitchTalkChannel 9 месяцев назад

If you were not born yet, then that means Winters is the reason you're alive (assuming your dad would have 100% died had they not taken out the guns, etc.), which is weird to think about.

@TacticalJay62 5 месяцев назад

@@SwitchTalkChannelI mean winters definitely saved the fate of few thousand people atleast

@Anamericanhomestead 3 года назад

Love these infantry assault videos. Veteran 1st Battalion 6th infantry here.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Thank you sir!

@externallife1043 3 года назад

You should definitely read Infantry Assault by Rommel. Basically this video but for the duration of the entire WW I.

@HaloToday 3 года назад

God bless you and your family and I thank you for service! Merry Christmas!

@adammaximus9957 3 года назад

278th here! Awesome videos!

@adammaximus9957 3 года назад

@MichaelKingsfordGray huhhhh

@zhizunbao333 3 года назад

One day the grandson asked "grandpa, were you a hero in the war?" "No, i'm not a hero, but I have served in a company of heroes"

@yeildo1492 3 года назад

Mike Ranney's wrote this in a letter to Capt Winters. Thank you to SARDriverDave for the correction.

@SARDiverDave 3 года назад

@@yeildo1492 Thought it was Ranney's grandson, relayed by Winters.

@yeildo1492 3 года назад

@@SARDiverDave You are correct. The video is easily found on RU-vid. I will make the correction. And Happy New Year!

@Gendonramsay 3 года назад

I also served in company of heroes, been playing it for years, great game

@AP-ui7oi 2 года назад

To say Dick Winters was “ a very capable leader” is an understatement. Great video.

@frankkolton1780 Год назад

The Brits are masters of understatement.

@McGyver777ATGMAIL 3 года назад

Winters was an impressive leader every step of the way, and his meticulous notes in recording history led to us learning of the great sacrifices these men have daily.

@JohnMasterCheif Год назад

not only that, but didn't his actions here become standard training for US military?

@JerryBoy245 6 месяцев назад

@@JohnMasterCheifit’s taught in West Point and this is textbook on assaulting an enemy position

@Two2onefive 3 года назад

"Led by a capable officer that day".... Wished my LT was 5% as capable as Winters when I was in🤦🏽‍♂️...

@stevedavenport9719 3 года назад

Most Army officers are mediocre. I believe they were of higher caliber back then.

@braytac 3 года назад

@@stevedavenport9719 probably not, history just forgot them.

@JackHGUK 3 года назад

@@stevedavenport9719 yeah only the good and the terrible are remembered

@LtRiot 3 года назад

This isn't a normal line battalion, frat boy Army LT. These were Airborne. Special Forces. I assure you today, just as then, our most highly trained elements have incredible leaders

@buckplug2423 3 года назад

In peacetime, if you have a bad officer, the worst that can happen is that the outfit will be policing up the barracks on a Friday afternoon (albeit that's usually the sergeant's "outstanding idea"...). In war, if you have a bad officer, there won't be an outfit. A type of natural selection for officers.

@woodchuckcider1 3 года назад

My weekend pass was revoked after watching this.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Are you sure it wasn't rust on the butt plate hinge spring?

@SgtMjr 3 года назад

@@TheOperationsRoom No he was blousing his pants into his boots.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

He should know better. Don't give any excuses.

@akizeta 3 года назад

@James Estelle That was genius casting. He was like the worst version of Ross from _Friends._

@gonuts4donuts 3 года назад

It was the can of peaches.. I mean United States Army property.

@Flociety 3 года назад

6:47 "Our success was due more to our training" You have to think what Easy Co. would have been like without the "help" of Cpt. Sobel. Yes, he was a terrible combat leader, but many of the men of Easy did agree that he did toughen them up.

@Kuhndog94 3 года назад

He was a good training officer, but a bad field officer. His story after the war is even more tragic. Died from malnutrition in a nursing home in 1987 and they didn't even hold a funeral.

@Flociety 3 года назад

@@Kuhndog94 Yeah, I feel bad that his life ended the way it did and that his legacy is the way it is. He even attempted suicide by shooting himself in the head, but he actually lived, though he severed his optical nerves in the process and left him blind.

@Sammm107 3 года назад

Still, very noble of him to be humble like that. Any other incompetent leader would take full credit I assume

@ardshielcomplex8917 2 года назад

Anyone could have done Sobels job, he was a nut case.

@SirAdrian87 2 года назад

@@ardshielcomplex8917 Except nobody did. None of the other companies were trained to such high standards.

@leddielive 3 года назад

Apologising for getting shot whilst in battle is all anyone needs to know about Winters men.

@richardallgood815 Год назад

Popeye Wynn was my Gt. Uncle. He had a brother that served in the Burma theatre and a sister (Which was my Grandmother) When Winters tells that story in the miniseries and gets choked up It is very emotional. My grandmother had a pair of wooden Dutch shoes that have Eindhoven Sept.44 written on them that he sent her

@Kate31415 3 года назад

Highest quality content. Just showed it to my granddad who fought in WW2 (he fought in a different theatre but just because I know he always wanted to be in Normandy, although glad he wasn't), we've had a few glasses of port tonight after a wake, he said ''where I was, we didn't even know what we were supposed to do in that much detail when we were the ones about to do it!''. And now the war stories are really coming out. So fascinating. Merry Christmas. Stay safe and well

@Kate31415 3 года назад

I'm one of his registered carers in case anyone thinks about the current covid guidelines over here! Probably shouldn't be letting him drink port but he's a bit of a character when he wants to be bless him

@ptonpc 3 года назад

@@Kate31415 I think after everything he's seen and done, he deserves it. Merry Christmas to you both.

@Ronnie-Jones 3 года назад

The most forbidden documentary in history; “Europa The Last Battle” at archive dot org archive.org/details/EUROPATheLastBattle

@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 3 года назад

Covid is so blown put of proportion it's not even funny. I've had it for 3 days now, and my 76 year old grandma had a fever for a day and no other symptoms. If you dont mind, tell your grandad I said "thank your for your service", and take good care of him. There are too few of the greatest generation left.

@scottb4579 3 года назад

@@Dee-nonamnamrson8718 My friend's wife's best friend just got it 3 weeks ago. She suffered some brain damage due to low O2 levels despite being on a ventilator. It's not that blown out of proportion.

@brendanmccallion2350 3 года назад

Unbelievable how Winters pulled this off. This is actually so inspiring.

@PauluzP 3 года назад

Winters was one hell of a guy! What he did in Holland running at the whole batalion shooting till the rest showed man had balls the size of a aircraft carrier...amazing how he ran so fast

@thathandsomedevil0828 3 года назад

The move that winters pulled off is still studied in USA military academies today.

@Youre_Right 2 года назад

At West Point when discussing an attack on a fixed position this is the attack that is taught as the example of what to do.

@WNActivist88 Год назад

He didn't "pull it off", this was training that every officer and soldier was taught.

@thss3103 Год назад

@@WNActivist88 ??? He pulled it off without any prior intelligence of the mission. All he knew was artillery, not even the amount of foot soldiers they were going to encounter. He had to scout the area himself. And he pulled it off with way less men. There’s a reason this is still taught at military academies for how to assault a fixed position.

@simplyafederalist 2 года назад

The band of brothers mini series episode showing this battle. Is the best battle scene ever to be filmed on camera, bar none. The hour episode showing the battle is one of the best things I have ever seen on a screen.

@unprofound 2 месяца назад

Absolutely! This is HBO producing the very pinnacle of television! With all the CGI garbage out there now (looking at you Masters of the Air), I don't think we'll ever see anything this good again...

@sigma663 2 года назад

I studied D day for most of my 34 year Army career, first as a Infantry Officer and later as a Military Instructor at OCS. Winter's leadership and courage and Easy Co extraordinary accomplishments were my favorite topics as instructor and my personal hero who I always tried to emulate. Thank you for your project. You got me hooked again!!

@misanq 3 года назад

Can you imagine being the germans manning the battery that day? You're a rear echelon gunner/security detail literally miles away from the front line and suddenly out of nowhere your position gets hit and flanked by one of the most elite infantry companies of the war. It'd be like heading to the park to play a game of pickup soccer with your bros and you suddenly look up and see the Brazilian world cup team running onto the field.

@stevedavenport9719 3 года назад

Well, the Germans violated a principal of warfare. They should have had a forward deployed infantry platoon or two to be on the lookout for such an attack...or at least had a few strategically placed in the hedgegroves to watch for enemy infantry and pick them off.

@princeofcupspoc9073 3 года назад

@@stevedavenport9719 The vast majority of experienced German soldiers and officers were on the Eastern Front. That's why the US troops were able to be so successful. For what happens against experienced and hardened German troops, see first days of the Battle of the Bulge and the assault of Monti Casino.

@iain3482 3 года назад

@@princeofcupspoc9073 don't be daft. There are far too many factors in play to be able to make any sort of comparison, not to mention you're cherry-picking your evidence. Besides, the Germans lost both the battle of the bulge and monte cassino.

@Thoradim 3 года назад

thats not how it worked, artillery batteries personel were just as much soldiers as the infatry, although this particular unit the battery was part of, was indeed most likely a green division (91st infantry, defending utah beach, formed from luftwaffe personel transport crews), ironic id say

@S0ulinth3machin3 3 года назад

@@iain3482 he's right though. The Germans didn't have their experienced troops at the beaches in Normandy. It would have been crazy of them to do that - they were facing an existential threat on the Eastern Front no matter what happened in the West. They'd already lost 3 million men on the Eastern Front by June, 1944. OTOH, the Americans on the ground weren't experienced either, June 6 was the first taste of combat for most of them. Talk about a baptism by fire. For both sides.

@damsonn 3 года назад

I read about this in Ambrose book almost 20 years ago. IIRC two guys who provided suppresive fire climbed a tree from which they engaged the Germans. After the fact they concluded it was really stupid idea, though it was effective they had lot of luck surviving that decision.

@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 3 года назад

In my military doctrine climing trees is prohibited when in a firefight. If the bullet doesnt kill you the fall just might.

@daddysempaichan 3 года назад

@@baltulielkungsgunarsmiezis9714 Also, you can't run or take cover when up a tree. And if you get shot while up a tree, you need to get down somehow to get patched up.

@armyvet8279 3 года назад

Lipton was the only one who climbed a tree.

@LK_tutturu 3 года назад

It completely takes me out of the episode for a moment seeing a guy shooting from on top a tree, or another going for a Lüger out in the open. Turns out it's all true lmao. Reality is stranger than fiction.

@wilhufftarkin8543 3 года назад

@@LK_tutturu Not everything in German is written with umlauts. It's Luger not Lüger. ;)

@geodes4762 3 года назад

Band of Brothers is a great series. Have watched it several times. It really underscores the Greatest Generation. However, I cant help feeling that many people walk away from this series thinking that Easy Company won WWII and that it was a unique unit. Nothing could be further from the truth. There were “Easy Companies” in every US division in the ETO. When I say “Easy Companies” I am not just referring to the alphabetical designation. I am talking about infantry companies with brave Americans who prevailed under some grueling condition. The 101st Airborne Division has a storied history in WWII, lots of battles, lots of brave acts of heroism, etc but so do lot of other divisions. The 82nd Airborne also made the jumps at Normandy and in Holland. Many brave soldiers in that division as well. The 29th Division suffered horrible causalities at Omaha Beach. Many heroes amongst that bunch as well. O don’t think enough has been said that Easy Company 506 Parachute Infantry Regiment was but one company and was chosen to illustrate how just one of many units in the Army had some great soldiers, leaders and comradeship.

@edwardschmitt5710 2 года назад

Yeah because we won. There were ALSO lots of battles, storied acts of heroism, bravery, and some great leadership on the German side. You are referring to but one side of things. So if you want to bestow platitudes on these qualities you should acknowledge both sides. We don't because it was dead Americans that resulted. And we won. War is hell. The dead do not speak, and for the most part neither does the loser. Most heroes lay dead at the end of the war, this was but one story where things worked out. The Germans really failed here for not clearing better sight lines due to the hedgerows.

@corbinmcnabb 2 года назад

I suspect Ambrose intended his book to give a feel for what all soldiers went through, using E company as a tool for this.

@104thironmike4 Год назад

@@edwardschmitt5710 The reason we do not celebrate individual acts of heroism on the German side, is because at large they served an evil and criminal regime and purpose and committed countless unspeakable atrocities on a scale never seen before. They squandered the right to have their "heroic acts" paraded for glory by their actions surrounding and overshadowing them. Greetings from a German.

@104thironmike4 Год назад

@@AaronRMG It's ok to name evil, Hitler, Nazis, etc... No need to shy away from that. The Germans fought for the Nazis. Many of them were dedicated Nazis, many tolerated and welcomed them if not, and even more were complicit and complacent. The myth that the Wehrmacht were just soldiers is not true. The Wehrmacht committed as many war crimes as the SS, if not more.

@eddyrichards8474 9 месяцев назад

I gather that there were also British, Canadian, Russian, Australian, Indian etc etc troops who also played a part in defeating the Nazis

@MScotty90 3 года назад

3:34 Lynn "Buck" Compton is in the UCLA baseball hall of fame (fun fact: he was college teammates with Jackie Robinson). Imagine how hard that dude must've been able to throw a grenade. After the war, he became the Los Angeles District Attorney, and was the one who prosecuted Sirhan Sirhan for the assassination of Robert Kennedy.

@ryand.3858 3 года назад

I’d give him a bunch of grenades. With an arm like that I bet he could huck a grenade right where he wanted it every time. Really cool info. ✌️

@jasonsimmons6684 3 года назад

Yeah legend says he didn't even pull the pin.

@cssleprechaun 3 года назад

When I saw that scene of when Buck threw the grenade at the artillery battery in BoB. I had always thought it looked so weird that he threw it so hard that it had NO arc whatsoever like how grenades were normally tossed. Come to realize that it was a complete accurate portrayal since Buck was a UCLA baseball player. It blew my mind and I had so much respect for countless details that the show had.

@MScotty90 3 года назад

@@cssleprechaun Going even deeper, the actor that played Buck, Neal McDonough, was a pitcher in high school and turned down several baseball scholarships to go to Syracuse for theater. He played club baseball at Syracuse and pitched well enough to get offered a minor league contract by the Pirates, which he turned down in favor of an opportunity to play Lou Gehrig in "The Babe Ruth Story" So long story short, that throw in the scene was no bullshit. Source: www.timeschronicle.ca/family-first-me-second-key-to-success-actor/

@fredlougee2807 3 года назад

@@MScotty90 McDonough was a great choice for playing Compton. I thought he should have been nominated for an Emmy for the Bastogne scenes.

@bradleyclutton4564 3 года назад

Never knew there was a half hour delay till the final assault on the last Gun

@akizeta 3 года назад

Hollywood, like combat, really messes with your sense of time.

@thebackmarker3575 3 года назад

combat is a slow affair.

@76JStucki 3 года назад

Yeah I mean...that would have slowed down the action a bit in BoB.

@SemperFine 3 года назад

what i dont get is how the germans just sat there for 30 minutes continuing to fire the gun without any defensive perimeter set up. have they not heard or seen their comrades being blown up to bits by grenades just from the other side of the same trench?

@jonathanallard2128 2 года назад

@@SemperFine What makes you think they didn't set up defensive measures? It's not because they lost that they didn't try.

@Wil_Dasovich 2 года назад

awesome breakdown of this manoeuvre

@zkrvdc Год назад

I never thought of seeing you watching this kind of video. Have you seen Band of Brothers? 10/10 would reccommend

@olliephelan 4 месяца назад

It ignores how a unit can just sneak up on a large artillery position unseen or undetected. In the absence of any info on that, Id suggest that their success was based on lack of german basic precautions such as mines tripwires and sentries and basic observation of the surrounding area. They also have a building ( the manor) to survey the area and a crossroads that shouldn't be left unwatched. How many Germans did he say were left ? 50 to 100 ? How can you have 50 infantry guarding the guns without guarding them ? The spots where winters set his MGs should have had german MGs already there for that very reason. It was not a "textbook attack on a fixed position". It was an attack on a fixed position which never thought it would be attacked.

@wheelndeal1962 3 года назад

As the son of a Combat Engineer father who landed on Utah Beach, I salute the brave men of Easy Company!

@marcastals7886 2 года назад

Dude, engineers didn't had an easy task on D-day. All my respect.

@crispy6311 3 года назад

Bro, you have to do more Easy Company. This is so damn good.

@whosagoodgirl5846 3 года назад

Think it might work with the operation market garden

@barondessein8891 3 года назад

Or the night patrol, when they had to make some German prisoners.

@SonOfPatriots 3 года назад

Definitely!!! More easy company missions would be great

@teto85 3 года назад

Ever hear of a TV show by the name of "Band of Brothers?"

@apropercuppa8612 3 года назад

@@whosagoodgirl5846 I would love to see that as the Royal Tank Regiment that supported the 101st was the Regiment my own relative served with. He was K.I.A. in Belgium just three weeks before they linked up with them. I made a couple of posts on Reddit about it some time back - old.reddit.com/r/DestroyedTanks/comments/9l1zlz/sherman_of_the_44th_royal_tank_regiment_knocked/ and - old.reddit.com/r/TankPorn/comments/9ld40a/the_44th_royal_tank_regiment_lined_up_front_to/ And if OP doesn't mind me sharing here, another channel did clear up the issues that the BoB series got wrong - ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iENPMYHaPNE.html In saying that, I am all for him doing one himself for his own channel. That would be really cool.

@None0fYourBusiness 3 года назад

One of the most inspiring men to ever serve. If you've never seen Band of Brothers then drop what you're doing and watch the series immediately.

@rickybobby6605 3 года назад

I just found your channel. It’s flat out fantastic. The fact you get right down to it with no fluff , BS or sub begging is just a bonus. You sir, just earned a sub. I’ll be binging your videos in the days to come. Cheers mate.

@markpolgar1974 3 года назад

I love when an engament is so well documented and can be followed like this. I would love to see more content like this!

@kmc7355 3 года назад

Band of Brothers is a must watch

@leebh8607 3 года назад

and the books are must reads

@atamagashock 3 года назад

Band of Brothers and The Pacific are two of my all time favorite movies/tv show/mini series. I watch them atleast twice a year since there release. I can only hope that Masters of Air lives up to those two

@michaeldebellis4202 3 года назад

@@atamagashock Agree. I wish that Hollywood would make war movies from actual stories rather than the contrived plots screenwriters who know nothing about war concoct.

@ashemgold 3 года назад

As this was narrated I was seeing the visuals from the Band of Brothers series. Fantastic.

@LoudRevised 3 года назад

They call it the Easy Company because they’re so good at fighting, they make it look Easy.

@darthhatchet775 3 года назад

I see what you did there 😁 👍

@WHOARETHEPATRIOTS475 3 года назад

gg ez - xXx_Lt_Winters_xXx

@TheStol 3 года назад

@Fondil Mahbols it's 1st Lt Dick Winters

@yanislahtal6253 3 года назад

"We make it look easy. It's a walk with the boys." -someone, idk

@Gopniksquat 3 года назад

@@TheStol He’s talking about Herbert Sobel, the man who trained Easy Company. After the NCOs of Easy brought up serious concern’s about following Sobel into combat, Sobel was transferred. He was hated by the men of Easy but his hardass personality trained them well

@LMXVII 3 года назад

I just rewatched the series and was looking for the bonus content from the box set and ran across this video. Thanks for putting together this video! Great content!

@memby93x 7 месяцев назад

My grandpa landed with the 4ID on Utah. It's absolutely wild to me to think that Winters and Easy Company potentially saved his life and my very existence.

@MRptwrench 3 года назад

14 men against 50? "Only when there are things a man will not do is he capable of doing great things." Mencius

@SteveMHN 3 года назад

Winters needed the other men to carry his balls.

@HeadHunterSix 3 года назад

In fairness, he probably didn't expect 50.

@Jukkzter 3 года назад

"It looks like you guys are gonna be surrounded!" "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant, we're supposed to be surrounded"

@veegtec 3 года назад

“Never have so many owe their futures to so few” These brave young souls should be whom we always remember and aspire to. Lest we forget.

@user-qp3xe6vn6d 3 года назад

What a great video. Job well done. I can tell how much went into creating these videos and I speak for everyone, we thank you.

@stefanschleps8758 3 года назад

Glad I found your channel. Men are trained to respond. Well trained men are quicker and calmer in battle than those that are poorly trained. But courage cannot be trained. Courage is born by the stress of battle, in the heat of the moment the heart of a hero is forged. Thank you for honoring the exploits of these men. Their sacrifices are more important today than at any other time in recent memory. Remember our Vets. RIP. Thanks again.

@Daeyel 3 месяца назад

I think a lot of courage is assessing the situation and knowing what needs to be done, and how it needs to proceed. And that comes from training. When you see the problem clearly and how to address it, it is much easier to begin the process.

@vandenberg298 3 года назад

I was here after 70 years to see where the men fought. And it is worth a visit to Normandie. This animation ensures that the puzzle is completed, thank you for that. Merry Christmas from the Netherlands

@Falkirion 3 года назад

Fantastic work. Love when you drill down to these small battles that often get overlooked in the larger narratives of the war.

@davidl3904 3 года назад

Loving the clarity of the graphics and the humble narration.

@JWallace004 3 года назад

Super glad I found your channel! Love the stories and the way you bring them to life with the simulations. Keep working, cheers!

@tucker1012 3 года назад

“ Find your friggin Luger? Why don’t I go get it for you stupid mick!” - Guarnere

@davebartosh5 3 года назад

As far as I know, this attack is still taught at West Point as a classic assault on a fixed position.

@johngorter7807 3 года назад

This very true, and he was awarded DSC

@djb3v 3 года назад

You literally got this info straight from Band of Brothers you fucking vegetable.

@TheJimmyJazz1994 3 года назад

@@djb3v chill out man

@randomwicked9806 3 года назад

@@djb3v Does it make it any less true? Nobody can quote facts, is that what you are saying???

@BananenbaumEY 3 года назад

and what exactly is taught? because is a pretty straight forward "rush". dont see any tactical genius here tbh

@kurthagardorn 3 года назад

Really well done. The clearest visual of what happened that I've found. Thanks!

@bartbutkis 2 года назад

Thank you for your fantastic history lesson. Your method of presentation enabled a clear understanding of the battle plan by members of Easy Company that morning and how it all played out. Well done sir!

@bikernumber7180 3 года назад

I remember first learning about this assault in band of brothers and to get this kind of look at the attack is just marvellous. Please do an easy company series! :) I've become utterly hooked on your channel. Easily my favourite keep it up!

@mikecygk 3 года назад

Beautifully done, as ever. Thank you!

@Brian-nw2bn 3 года назад

Brilliant. Simply brilliant. Merry Christmas Operations Room, thank you for the gift of your channel.

@joelrussell1662 3 года назад

Absolutely love what your doing. Production & presentation are top knotch. Thanks.

@motmontheinternet 3 года назад

Can you imagine being an artilleryman with enemy troops just 50 feet away planning to kill you and you're told to just keep firing at the beach for hours? It's only a matter of time before the enemy makes their way down that trench.

@thecocktailian2091 3 года назад

Why they didnt at least detach one guy to watch the approach is head scratching. They must not have know the trench was taken, chalking the gun losses to frontal fire.

@kameronjones7139 3 года назад

My only guess is they didn't know what was happening due to the noise of firing the gun

@marianpazdzioch5437 5 месяцев назад

Or those were some low quality German troops with bad commander.

@LoudRevised 3 года назад

It’s a Christmas miracle, 2 videos in a week.

@FlexBeanbag 3 года назад

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@dangarcia6760 3 года назад

Thank you for putting out this kind of detail. It brings together the movie and the interviews as to what actually happened. Subscribed.

@janicedavid9812 3 года назад

The Operations Room video are so well done. Great graphics great commentary so very interesting. Please keep them coming.

@chrisjohnson3912 3 года назад

Amazing content. Well done. If possible, other Easy Company actions like the Holland crossroad battle and the attack on Foy would be great to see in this format.

@thewyj 3 года назад

I am surprised how long it took. I think "action" is portrayed quickly in movies or TV to make it entertaining but in real life it's so much slower.

@tophan5146 3 года назад

Have you seen fights in Dragon Ball?

@tomnewham1269 3 года назад

Movies and TV don't do battles any justice. They make it look like the soldiers are shooting all of the time but reality is the total opposite.

@YinYangLogo 3 года назад

I think it's mainly because they skip all the long pauses. In this video, he told us that Winters waited for half an hour for reinforcements to arrive - half an hour of waiting around doesn't make for very good television

@BlueSaphire70 10 месяцев назад

This was very excellent! I had read what had happened at the Brécourt Manor Assault, but seeing it in animation has made a world of difference. Thank you for posting this.

@mikemiller1646 3 года назад

These detailed small group action videos are the best. Glad that attention is paid to the actions of individuals.

@donaldparlettjr3295 3 года назад

In the making of the Band of Brothers the 4th gun in the mini-series is in my friends back yard. It is serial number 19 from Krupps Metal works. Made in 1940. It still had its original solid rubber tires. It weighs 7500 # yet when folded up for transport it balances out with two fingers, amazing! He bought it several years of the production company and had it shipped over from their storage.

@charlesemerytookeiii6632 10 месяцев назад

Do you mean the 4th German Gun shown at Brecourt Manor in the Mini-Series? Serial Number 19 from Krupps Metal Works? Wow! The "balances out with two fingers" part is amazing!

@D3rAm1 3 года назад

Has Christmas come early? 2 videos in a week!

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Hope you enjoyed!

@D3rAm1 3 года назад

@@TheOperationsRoom Very much so! Stellar production, in-depth research and entertaining. You are truly raising the bar. Thank you very much! Stay safe

@gatorEMT Год назад

This video was the best visual representation of the event I have seen. Well done.

@JLange642 3 года назад

Wonderfully detailed explanation and presentation! Thank you- just watched the "Day of Days" episode last night so this was very relevant!

@JordocTV 3 года назад

this has rapidly become my favorite channel on YT,

@seppshlllearningcenter419 3 года назад

More small unit action breakdowns! This was great. I know it's relatively hard to find small unit stuff like this burried under vast amounts of information on broader operations and larger battles. Perhaps I can help with that from the German perspective here and there.

@ThisHandleFeatureIsStupid 3 года назад

Wow. What a fantastic job you did with this! 🤩 Thanks for taking the time.

@mysam4504 Год назад

Fantastic layout and description. I even love that you didn't beg for likes and subscribers. Definitely liked and subscribing for more. I appreciate everything about this.

@christiaancallewaert1512 2 года назад

I went to the location in normandy where this took place with a guide who explained everything in detail. Was fascinating. Much respect.

@BwowC 3 года назад

I know a lot of work must go into making these videos, but I still cant get enough! Keep it up Operations Room.

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Thank you!

@BwowC 3 года назад

@@TheOperationsRoom Perhaps something with Rommel V. Patton in North Africa would be a good follow up. You earned my bell icon.

@CdotH1506 Год назад

Amazing break down, commentary, editing and animation… I’ve subscribed and look forward to watching more

@pippopippis7632 2 года назад

Thank you, I have been waiting for this explanation for a long time.

@darryl635 3 года назад

Man this is a christmas miracle, thank you for posting this i really needed it

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

You're very welcome

@Chris-Theodore 3 года назад

It is not hard to tell that you work very hard on these amazing videos. Merry Christmas and keep up the good work!

@C0wb0yBebop 3 года назад

Never heard of this ! Amazing way to visually display battles 💗

@czwirner 3 года назад

Very nice job sir, im subbing. After reading the book 3 or 4 times and watching BoB many times more, it was really nice to see this assault from a top down perspective, its pretty damn hectic in the series.

@pauls5706 3 года назад

This is fast becoming my favourite channel, bravo!

@TheOperationsRoom 3 года назад

Wow, thanks!

@honklerfinkelstein2113 3 года назад

That fact that he is said "goofed" will never not be funny to me

@williamdowden4494 3 года назад

Was laughing and crying at the same time when I watch that for the first time.

@Dracule0117 3 года назад

I've always wanted to see an overhead tactical view of this assault. Thanks for putting this together!

@ditto1958 2 года назад

Thank you! Read the book several times and watched the miniseries several times, but your video makes it easy to understand.

@benmurphy9409 3 года назад

Your content is so fresh and unique. I’ve been looking for more content like this, but I haven’t found anything close. I am a student of anything WW2, so the combination of your models, narration and historical records was great! This may be selfish of me, and maybe only pertains to me, but I would love to see more on Easy Company. It would be amazing if you could make companion videos to the important battles that everyone is familiar with from the show Band of Brothers: Day of Days, maybe some coverage on the jump as a whole, showing how all parachute units were spread all over the place, and some of the other exploits; Carentan battle and corresponding counter by the Germans; Cross Roads; and I’m sure there is a ton to cover on Bastogne. Again, this is just my own selfish wish list lol. I think they would be huge hits, and I would continue to watch and share all of your content. Thank you so much for everything you do, because I know how challenging it is to put together a single segment in a single video! I can’t even imagine how many man hours it took for just a 7:15 minute video. Keep putting together these fire videos, and we will keep watching!!!!

@sharpie2425 3 года назад

Even tho I would love more videos, I enjoy having to wait for high quality and honestly great content.

@eman610 3 года назад

Just watched the 2nd episode of Band Of Brothers, where they depict this very scene. They seem to have it practically perfect. Thank you so much for the diagram! This was awesome!

@Tophet1 3 года назад

Another brilliant vid. Please never stop.

@OFFF861 3 года назад

And then later on in the day, Lt. Speirs asked the German prisoners if they'd like some cigarettes. 🙂😬

@PauluzP 3 года назад

Lmfao

@joshwoods1107 3 года назад

Zigaretten??

@eizendragon5141 3 года назад

And all they heards was brrrrttttt

@ramal5708 3 года назад

Like Muck said "BRRRRRT, he hoses them"

@g_pazzini 3 года назад

that happened before this brecort manor assault

@benjaminlehmann 3 года назад

The Battle of Goose Green would be good; Bravo Two Zero; The Iranian Embasy raid; and the resistance of the VC winner Robert Henry Cain in Market Garden

@kevinjenkins6986 3 года назад

One of my favorite scenes from BOB, great video!

@blujay2084 3 года назад

This was outstanding. Bravo. I've just finished B of B and the particulars of this operation were never clear. Thanks much.

@litodailisan8408 3 года назад

Band of Brothers had too much cinematic license in portraying this particular battle. You did it true justice by showing a drone's eye view and no other frills. Well done.

@HI-hr5up 2 года назад

Richard Winters is one of the greatest soldiers this country has ever had. From tactics to bravery to leadership, the man had every quality of a natural born soldier. I doubt he ever saw it that way though.

@zielsoN1 2 года назад

Perfect work. Thank you, you do important job.

@JamesBond-gh2pr 3 года назад

thank you for the perfect explanation and description of what I have seen many times but now better understand.

@JohnMcMahon. 3 года назад

Real bad ass move. Winters was aggressive and direct, where a more cautious or hesitant approach would end in stalemate, defeat or retreat. The problem is knowing when to be aggressive or cautious and finding the proper balance. It’s better to be aggressive when you’ve got the element of surprise.