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Band of Brothers Epi 4 " Replacements"
🕑 Added 2023-10-20 16:43:17 +0000 UTCWhat an episode! It continues to show the intense brutality of WW2. I just felt so hard for the men coming into Easy and trying to fit in. But, I loved the arc. I appreciated the truth of what the veterans said at the beginning of not wanting to get to know them. It would be so challenging to have the newcomers come in who weren't as skilled as you and to see them die. Or just coming into such a tense situation and stirring up the pot within a tight group.
I got so emotional about the intense reality of the combat when they were leaving Eindhoven and the toll that it takes on the soldiers. I loved how they consoled one another. Just a powerful moment for me as the camaraderie is still there through the tough emotional parts and they are so honest in front of one another. No words need to be spoken.
I feel like I am always lost for words at the end of these in my "post feels"! It's so much easier to digest after the fact or once I have slept on it, or even getting to watch myself back.
Thanks so much for watching! sorry no timer still working on that😅!
So happy you are here to watch! I'm so thankful for you!!
xx
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Comments
Stephen Knueppel
I will add my voice to you watching A Bridge too Far. A great movie that really lets you see how complex Operation Market Garden was and the disaster that happened to British 1st Paratrooper Division. German tanks as a group were called Panzers. The Panzer Mark VI was nicknamed Tiger. It was a heavy tank that could easily destroy our Sherman tanks but very few were built and none have appeared in the show so far.
Josh Phillips
A Bridge Too Far is an excellent film about Operation Market Garden. This was only a little snippet of what actually happened. Needless to say, it was a complete disaster. The Operations Room on YouTube also has excellent overviews and animations about nearly all of these battles in BoB. Highly recommend if you’re curious about the real thing.
