We lucky few, We Band of Brothers

[kodoman66]

Can I just say they fought so hard and well because they loved each other (in a no homo way). Seriously you have to be special if you miss that. That's why they made the series, they attempted to accurately portray comraderie... and they did. :)

[odstguy89]

i dont want to start an argument about marines and airborne, like ive seen, but i thought the only couple of differences between airborne and marines is that the marines dont jump from planes, or at least not all the time, and airborne troops are skilled at defending posistions that are surrounded by a lot of enemy troops

[lolackay]

@odstguy89 True that, I feel that the Army nowadays is lacking compared to Marines in pretty much all aspects, and its unfortunate

[RASunGod50]

Regardless of the inter-service friction, which was overshadowed by a the war, the U.S. Army performed outstanding!

[RASunGod50]

In fact, there were about 50 (+) Marines serving as liaisons for the Army and British forces who were used to instruct and mentor how to conduct amphibious operations; since, the Navy/Marine Corps had been doing these types of mission since 1775. Whether we believe it or not, the European Theater was the political stage for the Army's rebound into the American and European's communities heart.

[RASunGod50]

You are a complete moron jpcproductions4 ... and you probably flunked out of junior high school history class. And if you get a chance ... take a spelling class ... my 4th grader has better grammar than you. Seriously!

Sounds like none of you know your history very well. The Marines were not allowed to be a part of the invasion of Europe via Normandy; primarily on the basis that the last time they fought on European soil they made a mockery of both the French ... and sadly the U.S. Army

[cttcorran]

@RASunGod50 i fail to see how that would prohibit the marines from fighting in a war where they could be useful, i assume, the marines were more dedicated to fighting the japanese, you know those guys that bombed pearl harbor? i mean someone had to fight those guys, and well the army was busy in the european theater, so the marines had to take up that job.

[RASunGod50]

@cttcorran ... No ... the Marines didn't take up that job ... they were the BEST for the job. The are an expeditionary force that specializes in amphibious assault. Like I said ... they trained key Army personnel ... to train soldiers before the beach assault on Normandy. And yes ... I do know the Japanese well man. Have you ever done cross training with them? Probably not? How about the British? The Canadians? Have you even served? Have you been in combat or in (combat) proximity to the Army?

[RASunGod50]

@cttcorran ... I can tell from the way you answered this statement that (1) you don't know your history very well; (2) you probably are a former Soldier who got out of the service without knowing that much; (3) you just like to hear yourself talk. Come back when you have more substance!

[TheBighairyfart]

St Crispins day

[USAShane]

11 January 2011

Rest In Peace, Major Winters.

Job well done.

Thank you for your service,

for your "band of brothers"

who are also our brothers,

as we are to each other.

Now and forever more.. "we few, we happy few, we band of brothers."

[GFMBalu]

Uns wen'ge, uns beglücktes Häuflein Brüder:

Denn welcher heut sein Blut mit mir vergießt,

Der wird mein Bruder; sei er noch so niedrig,

Der heut'ge Tag wird adeln seinen Stand.

Und Edelleut' in England, jetzt im Bett',

Verfluchen einst, daß sie nicht hier gewesen,

Und werden kleinlaut, wenn nur jemand spricht,

Der mit uns focht am Sankt Crispinus-Tag.

[pydo7]

Whoever you are, wherever you are in this World,one day,somebody "In Authority" might say, that the person who, the day before, you have been quite happy to associate with in goodwill and harmony, is now your enemy.

So, those in charge, (Who know better than you), put a gun in your hand and show you how to kill your fellow man, your new "Enemy".

Killing people is usually discouraged, but now, apparently, it's OK.

Call me a funny bugger but, who gains from this?

It sure as hell ain't you.

[sidDkid87]

this day shall gentle his condition . .

[styxman09]

we few. we happy few. we band of brothers.

[4Ugrunt]

Having been in the Army and the Marine Corps. I really didn't learn to shoot until I was in the Marine Corps and from there I just get better and better.

[Nathan920]

pretty much in my opinion the three most highly trained units are Navy Seals, SAS and Spetsnaz, I'm not saying that any other fighting force is obsolete just my opinion that they are have quite a bit of training

[scoutt55]

guys you should stop arguing and think that when ur in the middle of combat some forget training and risk there lives willing to save there buddys the marines and airborne did the exact same job to win the war and another thing training cant stop a bullet peircing the skin they were both trained for combat

[NJburbsSeeker]

Thank you to the WWII riflemen, the fate of civilization was on your shoulders and you stepped up to the challenge and freed the world from tyranny and madness. You will never be forgotten.

[christianarrigoni]

jpcproductions4, what the hell are you on, the airbone was way better trained than the marines and had a more risky job which is why they got paid more dumb ass

[TheGreatGizzo]

I would agree that the Airborne had more training than the Marine Corps in WWII. For one they were airborne qualified, but that really doesn't have to do with their skills in battle, gravity does the work. What they did have was more field training, however by the time the airborne invaded Europe the Marines had been in almost 2 years of constant combat. Ask any vet if they would rather have guys with extra training compared to guys with years of intense combat, who was more proficient?

[kong8765]

@TheGreatGizzo well said.

[christianarrigoni]

@TheGreatGizzo your opinnion is biest. tha could have been the other way arround it just happend te marnes were the firs fighters. but i think i would rather fght with the best, along side the best

[TheGreatGizzo]

@christianarrigoni I would have to argue that my opinion is not bias and that actually you missed my point. Yes, it could have been the other way around, but it wasn't. In order to "rather fight with the best" you have to define the best. My point is that 2 years of playing paintball in the woods is a lot different than 2 years of actual combat operations. Actually there is no comparison. That amount of combat experience does more than any years of training could ever do.

[TheGreatGizzo]

Now if the Airborne and Marines had the same amount of combat experience it would come down to the individual leadership of the units. Shitty leadership= bad performance no matter how good your other soldiers and Marines may be. The amount of training and how often it is practiced and taught also is important, the airborne had this but as I had stated earlier, the Marines were living what they were training for, (for 2 years).

[ANDl23W]

@christianarrigoni The Marines are just that.... First to fight, last to leave. Any branch, whether it be Army, Navy, or Air Force, is more than glad to have a bunch of Devil Dogs around in a firefight.

[dragonangel6]

@ANDl23W The marines wern't the first to fight though, were they?

[lipovan87]

@TheGreatGizzo

Completely aside from the rest of your discussion, airborne training is a scary and intense process that helps people become inured to stress. The effect is that people who go through it are more confident and less scared by PHYSICAL danger. Most of combat isn't physical by psychological. The only real way to be prepared for it is either intense philosophical thinking or actual combat.

[clarkbailey1973]

@TheGreatGizzo Why is there even an argument between people? Both fought and shed blood and died, airborne and jarheads...

[jpb252]

@TheGreatGizzo So the Marines were in battle two years before the Airborne? The first combat jump was in Algeria on 8 NOV 42 (3 months after the Guadalcanal landing) by the 509th PIB. The 509th also made jumps in Tunisia, Italy and France and fought at Anzio. Nothing against the USMC, but the Army did plenty of fighting in the Pacific, too. The 32nd Infantry Div landed in New Guinea in SEP 42. The 503rd PIR made 2 combat jumps in New Guinea and another on Corregidor.

[kong8765]

@christianarrigoni there is no doubt that today Marines are the finest fighting organization the world has ever seen. but if i lived back in the time of the greatest generation, it would have been a hard choice to make between the airborne or the Marine Corps

[christianarrigoni]

@kong8765 actually the SAS is the most highly trainned today, i think thats becaus they are a smaller force. but i will agree with you that the marines are probably doing the best job right now. i think durring world war 2 that the war couldnt have been won without eiher marine nor airborne although marines contributed the most. the airborne was a new fighting style that had been invented to simply help the marines i suppose

[kong8765]

something you might find interesting is that amphibious warfare was a new concept to the Marines. it was first developed by LtCol Pete Ellis and put into efect by the General John Lejuene. today that is what the Corps is: an expeditionary fighting force in readiness capable of carrying out amphibious operations within an hours' notice. but that is why WWII was also a baptism of fire for Marines, and why Guadalcanal was such a turning point not only for the allies, but for the Corps as well

[armadillon011]

@christianarrigoni ok so Im a Marine and im gonna try to make this comment as unbiest as possible but Marines are way better trained and Marines didn't do alot of fighting in WWII but the fighting we did do gave us a new nickname because we kicked so much ASS!!! But even to this day we would not be able to do our Job with out the ARMY and the Airforce and sadly the navy as well jp jp but honestly if we didnt have every branch working together we wouldn't be as afftive!

[RASunGod50]

You are a complete moron jpcproductions4 ... and you probably flunked out of junior high school history class. And if you get a chance ... take a spelling class ... my 4th grader has better grammar than you. Seriously!

Sounds like none of you know your history very well. The Marines were not allowed to be a part of the invasion of Europe via Normandy; primarily on the basis that the last time they fought on European soil they made a mockery of both the French ... and sadly the U.S. Army.

[cttcorran]

i dont really think you know anything about the pacific theater if you think that the Airborne had riskier missions than the marines did. you should really start by looking up battles like Okinawa and Iwo Jima, and learn about how much those soldiers went through, because what you see Easy company when they're surrounded by germans and cut off completely, thats what the marines had most of the time in the pacific, never had the right supplies, and faced a much more fierce enemy...

[cttcorran]

@christianarrigoni with that said, i love the series band of brothers, and i think that Capt. Winters is the model officer, and the men of easy company certainly broke the mold when they came through, and set a standard higher than most could even see, and they had risky missions, and at times things were bad, but i can't say they are better, or worse than the marines. they're different. and i respect them both, and honor them both equally

[Nicmac6363]

@christianarrigoni There is no need to swear and to dishounor the bravery and courage that the real men should. This is based on a true story and very close to the actual truth, so don't swear and dishouner the men that fought. Next time just tell the person that wrote the comment that they could be wrong, but so may you

[Sarah329487]

Who do the army trust the most?

AIRBORNE!

Who do the ladies love the most?

AIRBORNE!

Who are the Marines jealous for?

AIRBORNE!

Who do the Jerrys fear the most?

AIRBORNE!

[JPCProductions4]

@Sarah329487 stop fucking saying this everywhere the marines are 10 times better. They fought one helluva a tougher war in wwii than the airborne.

[EJperfection]

Beautiful!

[tony13a]

St Crispins Day Speech,Henry V .

[mhwolves]

thank you so much for making this video very few have been to make something of greatness like this many have tried but many have failed to do so you finally found a great song that actually fits with this show

[homievader]

You guys do realize that he didn't actually say this right?

It was in a Shakespearean play that this monologue was spoken.

[Enfield476]

Were are losing these national treasures now, faster than we lost their brothers during the war. Listen to their stories, and treasure the honor of knowing them. For we shall never meet them again.

[aaronalpha147]

i think we lucky few works better anyway

[mrblonde200]

Both of my grandfathers fought in this conflict. Watching these images still resonate with me very strongly. Perhaps it's the wrong question, but I still ask myself why the Germans had to start this war.

[CrypticArtist]

it was out of desperation. after ww1 germany was in an economic depression. through desperation they turned to hitler who forced nationalism and condemned people he thought were unfit as the enemy and everyone just sort of followed. its sort of a question yould have to ask a sociologist.

[jen4k2]

As a historian... That's something historians still argue about to this day.

[xGerberbabyx]

its not lucky few. its we happy few

[TheGreatGizzo]

I'm aware of that, but I embedded we lucky few in the video, so I can't really change it.

[firecrotch54]

wow this video is amazing. great work

[AlfonsM]

Nice video, nicely made. (And i'm not english)

[oosaf]

Very nice video, don't mind all the people saying this is only for the English. Very curious what the song you used is called

[TheGreatGizzo]

Thanks for the comment, glad you liked it! Yeah, I should cool down about the speech, hehe. The song is called "Escape" by Craig Armstrong.

[oosaf]

Thanks buddy

[chaserclan]

cool :D

[1V4Victory1]

"This speech is for Englishmen alone to cherish. !"

to right!

[TheGreatGizzo]

What do you mean by cherish?? Understanding it and knowing what he is referring to and appreciating it. All it he does is put into words what all those who experience combat together know already. Let the English have the speech, but the message and meaning is cherished by all those who fight together, because they are the source of this understanding, not the speech itself, they are only words used for the common folk, not the source.

[1V4Victory1]

band of brothers makes the british look incompetent, like when the brit tank commander drives his tank into an ambush after the americans try and stop him. THAT NEVER HAPPEND. the tanks didnt attack the town with the US paratroopers, they came latter.

[TheGreatGizzo]

Yes, there are some historically incorrect depictions in the mini series, but nothing that took away the reality of what they did and went through. I'm not sure what this has to do with the speech, but I don't think any Americans believe the Brits were incompetent in the war. Stuff like that happened with both the Americans and Brits. I mean look at Lt. Dyke.

[turboleaf]

This day is called the feast of Crispin, he that outlives this day and comes safe home shallstand a Tipped-toed when this day is names, He that shall live this day and see old age will yearly vigil feast is neighbors and say, tomorrow is saint Crispian's day, then he will strip his sleeves and show his scars and say: "these wounds I had on Crispian's Day" Old men forget, yet all shall be for got, but he will remember with advantages what feats he did that day..... greatest speech ever said- HenV

[esmielawrence]

We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

For he today that sheds his blood with me

Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

This day shall gentle his condition:

And gentlemen in England now abed

Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

[Talbot6832]

Emphasis on the word 'England'. This speech is for Englishman alone to cherish.

[Talbot6832]

Englishmen* rather

[TheGreatGizzo]

You couldn't be more wrong, this is a speech of the bond that comes from combat and the courage that it takes. What being said here is not a new idea or an English idea. You are saying people can't cherish other words that derive from another country or culture...

This speech yes, is directed at his men at the time, but it is a concept that can be applied to anyone who has heeded the call to duty. And only they will understand it.

[partgas]

You're right mate. I'm English but that speach has Universal appeal, anyone who's fought in war knows the meaning of bonding and brotherhood.

[oosaf]

Thank you for you kind words

[EnglishHuscarl]

@Talbot6832 Why? Anyone can cherish it, it's not your speech to say who can cherish it.

[OenizWil]

gives me goosebumps.

[OenizWil]

we happy few...we band of brothers!!

[basestarn]

which onee can u find the speech and the vid which u can find on t.v in the adver break u know "we lucky few we band of brothers" and "we in it shall be remberd" plz reply soo i know

[spez1989]

henry the 4th shakespeare

[RogueRM]

Henry the fifth

[TheWeatherRune]

Henry V Shakespeare.

[Skipster4]

it's "We few, we happy few, we band of brothers"

happy not lucky...

[TheGreatGizzo]

Well, Carwood Lipton of Easy Company in the mini series quoted it this way. (Also) That Shakespeare quote from the King Henry play is widely accepted for using "we lucky few".

[cousteau]

no it's not.

It's "we happy few" Henry v

no biggie, good vid

[ncstate5000]

whats the music for this?

[TheGreatGizzo]

The song is "Escape" by craig armstrong!

[gdbalck]

Are you sure? I could swear that is the begining of Lux Eterna.  Then again, he likes to combine pieces :) Excellent video, 5*

[piercedlip69]

WOW ! that waas the greatest vid ive seen in a while, the quality wasnt too good but it made up for it. very nice

[TheGreatGizzo]

Thank you for your comment!

I'm glad you mentioned something about the quality, I'm going to try something to fix that!