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Band of Brothers 1x6 (Patreon)

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2024-06-13 16:00:27
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celilmandir

Here's a map of the Bastogne area, in that late December period, they were completely surrounded, there was nowhere to go, nowhere to retreat to. However one big mistake the encircling Germans forces committed was that they'd only attack from one direction at a time, allowing the defending troops to turn all of whatever little artillery support they had toward that direction. https://i.pinimg.com/originals/8e/d3/31/8ed33109f228919897e7919acfbbb944.jpg Remember the exchange between Winters and Jimmy Fallon at the end of the last episode. "You're gonna be completely surrounded." "We're paratroopers, Lieutenant. We're supposed to be surrounded." Starting with Ep3, every episode focused, and will focus, on one specific soldier a bit more than the others. Ep3 was Blithe, Ep4 was Bull, Ep5 was Winters, here in 6 it's Doc Roe. 7, 8 & 9 will follow the same pattern. This episode and the next one were filmed inside massive hangars, on a lighted sound stage. Despite successfully conveying the impression of utter cold, the cast were all sweating bullets under their heavy clothing and hot lights, needing to wipe their faces between takes. Misty breathing was added in post-prod. About 300,000lbs of shredded paper and plastic pellets were used to replicate snow. Production brought in real trees, and also used fake foam ones rigged with explosives to replicate artillery strikes. There is absolutely no torture going on. Any enemy surrendering was to be treated humanely, and in this situation of winter weather, even taking his coat would have been borderline a crime. You are absolutely correct about Guarnere having a UTI. Last episode when he came back, he was looking for a little joint called Lulu's, so one of the ladies there gave him an extra gift.. A WWII battalion of 400-500 men might have about 30 medics, so things might not be so bad as it might be alluded to in here, where we mostly see Doc Roe running everywhere. That winter in Belgium was one of the coldest on record, with temperatures reaching down -20'F in some areas. Imagine you're a Texas or Florida lad who's never even seen snow in your life so far and you get thrust into that white hell.. Hooch is poor quality, bootleg liquor. Basically getting the guys drunk to numb the pain. The incident with the plane shooting at the guys on the ground has never been fully explained, even the vets back then had no idea why it happened. There are a couple theories, and they're just all equally valid. The pilot might have wanted to clear the drop zone. The pilot might have thought they were Germans rushing toward the town. The pilot might have wanted the men back into the safety of the tree line. Smokey Gordon, the man who gets shot through both shoulders and becomes paralyzed (he's the same man who was collecting the purple heart medals under his pillow, and reciting the poem mocking Smith stabbing Talbert, in ep3) eventually recovered and regained all mobility, but he was left with crippling back pains the rest of his life. People not aware of his condition would come to him to congratulate him, hugging him and patting him on the back, causing him to suffer tremendously, but he always made it a point to never let it show on his face. The character of Renée was based on a real nurse by the same name, Renée Lemaire. She and Augusta Chiwi had been visiting in Bastogne when the Germans surrounded the place, and both were trained nurses so they volunteered to help with the wounded. They were credited with saving countless lives, and the men would call them "The Angels of Bastogne." Renée was killed while trying to evacuate wounded men during the bombardment, she had gotten 6 out and went in for a 7th but lost her life in the process. Meanwhile, Augusta had been in an adjacent building and got blown right through a wall by a blast, but was otherwise uninjured. Earlier that day, Renée had salvaged a parachute from the supply drop, planning to use the silk fabric for a wedding dress some day (she was the fiancee of a Jewish man arrested some time earlier). Once her body was pulled from the ruins, it was wrapped in that parachute and brought back to her family by the battalion surgeon. There are no records of Doc Roe and Renée actually meeting, but her story was too important to not include it in this episode. Augusta Chiwi lived until 2015, and was awarded several honors for her actions in Bastogne, where she is buried. I love the duality of that last scene, where Doc Roe pulls out Renée's scarf to use as a bandage. In a way, it's Renée's last act of healing. It also shows how the men could not dwell on past events and needed to wholly focus on the present moment, and the present moment required him to bandage Babe's hand with whatever was available. This episode has always been one of my favorite.

skye

I loved this episode bc I feel like, when you think of war, you think of the soldiers who have fought for your country and obviously that IS important, but it's crazy because medics are under appreciated (in comparison, at least) in the midst of it all but then you see this episode and what they have to deal with while all this is happening and gah, I'm getting chills.