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Bastogne seemed like Hell on earth! Was very interesting to see the company more from the medics perspective also! Love this show! We real

Bastogne seemed like Hell on earth! Was very interesting to see the company more from the medics perspective also! Love this show! We really hope you enjoy this one! Let us know what you think in the comments here or over on Discord!

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David Bennett

I guess the 'murican way to say it is "the hundred and first"....alternatively you could state it more specifically by saying "the Five oh Sixth" (the regiment to which easy company belongs...) It's my understanding that the temperature during the battle of the bulge in the part of belgium where Easy Co was dug in averaged around 20 degrees fahrenheit, pretty dang cold if you aren't properly dressed for it. part of the lore regarding the "NUTS!" response was that the german officer in charge didn't understand what it actually meant and needed someone to explain it to him. The american soldier acting as translator rendered it as "Du kannst zum Teufel gehen", basically "go to hell!!" Renee Lemaire actually rescued 6 GIs and gone back to get a 7th when the bombs that destroyed the church took her life. An important detail of Renee's life that is often overlooked is that her jewish fiance had been arrested by the gestapo earlier on in 1944. Without getting too deep into the weeds of the battle of the bulge, it was the last major offensive that the Bundeswehr was able to mount, being on the defensive for the rest of the war. While they initially had caught the allies sleeping and had a 2 to 1 advantage (some 400,000 troops in mid december of 44 to the allies 200,000, by January, the german armies involved were down to around 380,000 soldiers while the allows had reinforced to where they had 700,000 men at arms. Bastogne is basically smack dab in the middle of the german bulge which is why they were struggling for most of that month: it was german army units all around for nearly 30 miles in ANY direction. Patton and his third army came from the south to eventually break the back of the german advance and relieve Mccaullife and the 101st.

Sterling LaLoge

One of the things that they kind of explored and you both touched on very lightly was Doc's almost segregation from the rest of the company. They showed it well in the show with him always sitting alone or standing away from groups of guys. How he never called anyone by their nick name. How he knew everyone and took care of everyone, but was not a part of everyone. I think because it is kind of the curse of the medic. You have to be able to make tough choices if the worst happens. So you can not allow yourself to become to friendly. Plus having to deal with the extra mental toll of constantly seeing the worst parts of war. Constantly being on the move taking care of each man. Even just walking around men would come up and make a complaint about something they were suffering. So he ended up carrying the burden of the pain of the entire company, but had no one to share that burden with. That is why Renee was such a positive in his life. With her he had someone that understood the burden that he carried.

Flix n Feels

Awesome info as always David thank you! The events are so mind boggling its hard to think that all this actually happened and the men at the start of each episode endured and prevailed during all of this! I (Harry) knew of the battle of the bulge and the Germans trying to counter attack however didn't realise while watching until the end that Bastgone was part of it all. Really enjoying getting to piece it all together and remember lots of the history I learned more of when I was younger and having it be fresh in the mind again. Great show as always. Hope you're enjoying it!

Flix n Feels

Yeah it seems like a very lonely and vital role! You summarised it perfectly I think. Having to stay detached to be able to do their role and job effectively. It must have been brutal. Was very sad how it ended for Renee. Thank you for sharing your thoughts on the episode with us! Really hope you enjoyed it!

Davis H

my great-grandfather was in the Canadian Medical Corps in ww2 as a stretcher bearer, he arrived on Juno beach on the 7th, the day after the main landings. He wasnt medically trained, he wasnt a medic but he still wrote to my great grandmother about how isolated he felt compared to the other guys since his role was only to interact with the soldiers after they had sprung a leak via bullet wound. Im sure it didnt help that he was much older then the other soldiers, he was 39 at the time. After he got home my Nana said he never talked about the war but had sleep issues. RIP Chuck Edgar No. 16 Canadian ambulance.

Flix n Feels

Oh wow 😯 what an incredible job to serve but it must've had so many challenges! It would be a lot to deal with especially not being fully trained prior, how horrendous 😔 the impact it had on so many is tragic but what brave men they were!