Band Of Brothers (Interviews)

Klaus said:

I will have to check this out. Have you read any german accounts from D day?

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Yep! Read that one too! Although, from the soldiers perspective, they didn't have very high quality troops to defend the beaches. Which would make sense at that point, if you're down on man power, you wouldn't be able to tie up your best guys on a potential water landing.
I don't want to imagine what would have happened on D day if the Germans were at full strength with their best men.

I also read Beneath a Scarlet Sky. I know some reviewers got bent out of shape that it wasn't possible for many of the recollections to be true. But who knows? It is definitely more of a "story" than a just a straight retelling of events. But I think it may give a good look at what living in Italy may have looked like during WWII

andymarkv said:

Which would make sense at that point, if you're down on man power, you wouldn't be able to tie up your best guys on a potential water landing.

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Cool I will have to check that out.

didn't the Germans but all their strength into defending Calais? That was my recollection as to why Normandy was defended by the JV squad.

Klaus said:

didn't the Germans but all their strength into defending Calais? That was my recollection as to why Normandy was defended by the JV squad.

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You're right! But at that time well trained soldiers were getting pretty thin period, so they made their best guess and placed them where they thought the landing would be.
The thing that stood out to me from "Through German Eyes" was the universal sense of awe at the unbelievable amount of mobilized allied forces coming at them from the sea.

RX1Cobra said:

If you have History Channel they're playing the entire thing this Thursday starting at 7 AM (central). It is 100% worth the watch and IMO the best mini series ever produced.

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how many is there total? I set my recording but it looks to only be playing 3.

They're doing a marathon of the show on history Channel today

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Looks they're doing the whole series.

10 episodes

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BOOGIE MAN said:

They're doing a marathon of the show on history Channel today

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Looks they're doing the whole series.

10 episodes

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Thanks

I met the surviving members in Germany; 2004.
'Band of Brothers' troops pay a visit to Hanau on way to Bastogne reunion



I was in Korea '99-'20, and was assigned to the 1/506th "stands alone" along the DMZ and than 1/503rd during my year stay.

Very proud to say I was a member of the 506th; no where near as important as the men who came before me though.




~~~From Wikipedia
The battalion was reactivated on 16 March 1987 as part of the 2nd Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division in Korea, by reflagging the 1st Battalion, 9th Infantry Regiment, at Camp Greaves.The 1st Battalion continued the mission to man Guard Posts Ouellette and Collier, conduct combat and recon patrols, man the southern entrance to the Korean Demilitarized Zone and maintain the bridge platoon that guarded Freedom Bridge. It was later reorganized as an air assault battalion, 1-506 Infantry (Air Assault) and eventually switched brigades in a 2nd Infantry Division reorganization. The majority of the battalion remained at Camp Greaves while its Alpha Company was located at Camp Giant, just south of Freedom Bridge, over the Imjin River.

Watching this for the thousandth time on the History Channel right now.

It never gets old.


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Tifosi2003GT said:

I can't remember what came before or after the Soprano's back in the day. Deadwood or Band of Brother's but man between those 3 shows Hbo killed it!!!

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I read somewhere that BoB had the largest budget of any of them up until Game of Thrones.

Klaus said:

Cool I will have to check that out.

didn't the Germans but all their strength into defending Calais? That was my recollection as to why Normandy was defended by the JV squad.

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Rommel wanted to defend Normandy, Hitler and his sheep thought it was Calais due to false espionage that Patton was commanding/gearing up the FUSAG. The main reason Normandy was as fortified is due to Rommel's relentless pushing of the troops stationed there.

Rommel was receiving a combination of veterans from the Eastern front who were tired of fighting, old men, and Hitler youth. He was getting the real bottom of the barrel, for example: some of the artillery used were WWI relics from the French military. Germany was struggling to send ordinance to Normandy. With the Eastern front, and the US pushing up through Italy (from Africa), Germany had too many fronts.

Rommel was also with his wife on D-Day thinking based upon weather reports that there was no way that the A(E)F would invade.

Consider this: the A(E)F struggled after landing on Normandy for quite some time. You can read about Monty's and Bradley's struggles after the initial invasion. The Allies were very dependent on artillery and bombers to make any advancement. Those two had to occur before the infantry and armor would advance. If Hitler had listened to Rommel about Normandy defenses, AND provided him with the requested armor for support, D-Day may not have been successful, and would have been the US Dunkirk.

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