Band Of Brothers Podcast

After the hell of Guadalcanal, we head to Melbourne for some R&R. After arduous months in Guadalcanal, exhausted Marines are given rest and recreation in Melbourne, where they find the girls friendly and the beer cold. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love a bloody good...

Still on Guadalcanal with low supplies, fighting everything including dysentery and the Japanese. We continue The Pacific. Outmanned and with supplies low, Basilone and other marines on Guadalcanal rally to repel superior Japanese forces. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love a bloody good war movie...

Starting The Pacific – Theatre of World War II, as seen through the eyes of several young Marines. Veteran Sergeant John Basilone ships out soon after Pearl Harbor for Guadalcanal while other young enlistees are sent to boot camp. We are NOT experts, veterans or master tacticians of World War II but we do love...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...