Brecourt Manor 2007

Update 10th Jan 2011. I heard today that Richard 'Dick' Winters, who led the assault on Brecourt Manor, died on 2nd Jan 2011. A truly great man has departed this world. May he Rest In Peace.

A brief look at the Brecourt Manor site made famous by the Band of Brothers TV mini series.

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[ulysses1904]

Thanks for posting this. I have seen the BoB series and read Dick Winters memoirs dozens of times and probably will never get to visit these sites so thanks for filming this.

[VideoHistoryToday]

@ulysses1904 Hope you have seen my other Band of Brother real location clips. So far I have seen much Brecourt Manor, Carentan and recently the foxholes around Foy near Bastogne. Next year I'm hoping to hit Holland following the Market Garden route and maybe in the distant future, Bergesgarden. I am fasinated about where real events happened. If you ever do make it to Europe, I am aware of a tour company that takes you to all the BoB locations. Bit pricey but maybe worth it if you like BoB.

[GodOfWar221]

Having been there myself, a couple summers back it was hard to fathom that there were German guns in those positions, for all it is now is a farmers field which prevented my father and I from actually going onto the field, and I saw the map that Winters drew as well, it was a very moving experience.

[VideoHistoryToday]

@GodOfWar221 I realise this doesn't help but I only got to see the field after knocking on the front door of the farmhouse nearby. In fact I've been there twice now and both times was told 'OK' (they don't speak English and I don't speak French but they knew what I was asking). Interestingly the map drawn by Winters on the new memorial seems to contradict aerial views of the site and other testimony. Not sure if Winters made an error or if I'm going mad.

[dpsantos1994]

in band of brothers... this is where they filmed the defense against the german counter attack right? when the shermans then came in (in episode "carentan") i think?

[VideoHistoryToday]

The whole Band of Brothers series was filmed in England (Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire to be precise). Some other small locations were used in England (Hambleden, Buckinghamshire). Parts of Saving Private Ryan were filmed at Hatfield as well, (with the famous opening beach scene filmed near f Curracloe, CO Wexford, Ireland).

[USMCbroski2010]

This is pretty cool. I love the BoB series and find everything about it very fascinating. I'm a history major, so I love this type of stuff, especially from WWII. I have been dying to see these places for myself, but I don't really know how or when I could make a trip over there. Foy and Bastogne would definitely be on the list as well.

[miah022]

Thanks for your videos. I live in Oklahoma city, Oklahoma and have watched many of your videos and have been lucky enough to travel to normandy beach, your videos have helped me to know what to look for when i get there.

[flyboysevere]

@VideoHistoryToday almost correct. Some parts were filmed in Interlaaken in Switzerland 

[bcbuds187]

Its becouse the first map they drew was what they expected to be there.. the gun that he added after they dident know it was there before they attacked.

[eleMent248]

Lol you're polish.