Band Of Brothers Podcast

Oct 31 2024 15 ep. 58 mins 82
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Your hosts Elton McManus and Andy Poulastides are here to walk you through possibly the greatest TV show ever created. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love a bloody good war movie so that’s why we’re here. The only official research we have to do is to watch the episode or film that we’re covering. If you’re after in depth historically accurate material, there are plenty of other shows out there. This may not be the place for you. That’s cool. Please note that we may drop the odd swear now and again or may something inappropriate so please make sure the children can not hear as we wouldn’t want to pollute their vocabulary.

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The Thin Red Line

Oct 31 2024 66 mins  
We head over to the Pacific to cover the 1998 triple album The Thin Red Line. Adaptation of James Jones’ autobiographical 1962 novel, focusing on the conflict at Guadalcanal during the second World War. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love a bloody good war movie...

Part Ten – Points

Sep 04 2024 60 mins  
We are now at the end of our journey with Band Of Brothers, the only thing to do now is to tot up our pints to see if we go home or on to Japan. Part Ten – Points. As the Germans surrender, it appears that the hard days for Easy Company are over when...

Downfall

Aug 28 2024 60 mins  
Today we get to talk about the last ten days of Hitler, down in his bunker. Traudl Junge, the final secretary for Adolf Hitler, tells of the Nazi dictator’s final days in his Berlin bunker at the end of WWII. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do...

Part Nine – Why We Fight

Aug 21 2024 46 mins  
Not an easy episode to talk about. Part Nine – Why We Fight. As the Allies move into Germany and the war comes closer to an end, disillusionment and anger set in for Easy Company – until they stumble onto a concentration camp abandoned by the German military. We are NOT experts, veterans or master...

Part Eight – The Last Patrol

Aug 14 2024 60 mins  
The end is in sight but there are a few missions to complete. Part Eight – The Last Patrol. Easy Company is in Hagenau in February 1945, where they prepare for a night patrol mission to capture German prisoners. The patrol includes one veteran who is despised for missing Bastogne and a new lieutenant fresh...

Battle Of The Bulge

Aug 07 2024 63 mins  
We take a pause with Band Of Brothers to cover a dramatization of Nazi Germany’s final Western Front counterattack of World War II – Battle Of The Bulge We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love a bloody good war movie so that’s why we’re here. The...

Part Seven – The Breaking Point

Jul 31 2024 50 mins  
We continue to be frozen in foxholes, have trees fall on us and taking orders from Dike all whilst reviewing Part Seven – The Breaking Point. Easy Company remains in the Ardennes Forest preparing for an inevitable attack on German forces in the town of Foy. However, morale is low due to cold weather, constant...

Part Six – Bastogne

Jul 24 2024 48 mins  
Your hosts Elton McManus and Andy Poulastides review Part Six – Bastogne whilst fighting of the cold, the germans and are on the hunt for scissors. In the dead of winter, the men of Easy Company fend off frostbite and hunger – in addition to the enemy – while holding the line in a forest...

Part Five – Crossroads

Jul 17 2024 45 mins  
Your hosts Elton McManus and Andy Poulastides review Part Five – Crossroads where we’re attacking a company that’s given away their position, have a ton of reports to write up and then off for a well earned soak in a bath. Winters writes a report on the challenge of an unexpected resistance to a German...

A Bridge Too Far

Jul 10 2024 70 mins  
Your hosts Elton McManus and Andy Poulastides take a small but related detour to talk about the truly epic A Bridge Too Far. Operation Market Garden, September 1944: The Allies attempt to capture several strategically important bridges in the Netherlands in the hope of breaking the German lines. We are NOT experts, veterans or master...