WWII Historians Break Down the Best Scene in "Fury"

Thanks so much for having me on! I had such a great time breaking down this scene together, and I can’t wait to see your breakdown of the full movie!

Former US Army tanker here! The banter between the crew is spot on how we all talked to each other. At some point or another you all end up discussing every subject under the sun. You spend that much time together confined in a tiny space and you learn EVERYTHING about each other wither you want to or not. Also loved that they captured that slight reverberation inside the tank whenever you speak, the sound just kind of bouncing off the walls so to speak. The movie also does an amazing job of showing how utterly terrifying and destructive a tank can be, but also how vulnerable they can be too. Always loved this movie!

I was a amphibious tanker for the marine corps and this is the best representation of how it really is inside with the crew

Fury came out 10 years ago!?! Fury takes a lot of deserved heat from critics, especially the ending. I personally loved the movie. Specifically the interaction between the characters. Great breakdown, gents. Thanks. Looking forward to the full breakdown.

22:30 My Grandfather served as a supply truck driver in the British army and a similar kind of thing used to happen there too. His unit was attacked once during the Market Garden campaign and put up one hell of a fight because half the truck drivers had Brens or similar with them rather than their issued weapons.

Yeah my favorite scene from the movie Fury is when they had one of the best military bonding scenes I've ever seen when they dubbed him MACHINE!!!! I served in the US Army in a multiple launching rocket artillery Battalion and I know that camaraderie very well.

15:00 Generally speaking yeah, although one of my all time favourite photos from WW2 is of a British airborne soldier at Arnhem. As he's being marched off into captivity, a German photographer takes his photo, just as he is raising two fingers to the camera (the British hand gesture that means an invitation to f*** off). He was still alive until just a few years ago.

You didn’t need to smuggle them home, you just needed an officer to sign off to ship captured enemy weapons home. Again this info is from a veteran who had a nice collection.

My grandfather which served as part of Comm Group North Africa, Italy, and Sicily during WWII told me he had several Luger pistols, a few helmets, some German medals, and lots of watches. He unfortunately said he believed his command which said that hiding the weapons in your sea bag would be a court martial event. As such, He off loaded all of his pistols. He said after he got back to the states. The whole searching of their sea-bags was BS and he knew several of his buddies which brought homes LOTS of GUNS. that was his biggest regret other than loss of his eldest and youngest brothers- 14th Armored France KIA - Earl Gilbert and Kenneth Gilbert 82nd Airborne Gliders Normandy - D-Day.

Fury is excellent if for nothing else showing what a panzerfaust does to a tank. That scene was terrifying. A family friend was riding on the top of a tank hit by one, was burnt badly and lost part of his foot requiring amputation.

I’ve also read vets say they liked Germany best because the Germans were more like Americans than the rest of Europe, the Germans usually had flush toilets.

Always thought this movie captured the tone of the last few months of the war perfectly. Dirty and exhausted American soldiers fed up fighting and dying to an enemy that refused to accept they had already been defeated. The dying feels even more tragic with the knowledge it is mere weeks before the fighting finally ends for good.

The world war ii museum did a podcast called service on celluloid. Very cool podcast that looked at the movies as well as the history.

I served in the US Army, and I fired an M60 machine gun and every fifth round with a tracer round.

Both my grandfather served in the US Army in World War II my grandfather on my paternal side served with the 452nd Anti-Aircraft Battalion and my grandfather on my maternal side served with the 598 Field Artillery reg😂iment 92nd Infantry Division in Italy. Plus my great-uncle on my paternal side was a Montford Point Marine and he fought in the Battle of Peleliu and Okinawa as well as fighting during the Korean War.

Despite the inaccuracies I enjoyed this movie, there's not many movies souly on tankers so it was nice to finally get one especially one where it was clear the people who worked on it actually cared.

Uncle Lou served in the 28th ID, was wounded by sniper in the Hurtgen Forest, he died of old age with a German bullet in his back as it was too close to the spine they wouldn't chance to remove it. Uncle Del also served in the 28th, was involved in Operation Cobra, the Falaise Pocket, Hurtgren Forest and the Bulge. He was wounded three times awarded the Silver Star, we know he was captured twice during the Bulge but was able to get loose in all the confusion. Both told us that if you had a Luger on you when captured, the Germans would use it to blow your head off. We did the same thing. You let that stuff alone.

So my grandfather was in the 508th PIR, and a story relevant to this clip he told. He said when the were fighting in to Nijmegen, the Germans had placed an artillery piece in the basement of a building with a bore sight right down one of the roads out of one of those small windows. Every time I see the gun in the store front I can't help but remember that story.

19:20 i have to say that i like this look usually more than the clean fresh soldier look

This was a fun movie. Enjoy your guys work. There’s always something to learn. Keep up the great work. There were things Fury got wrong regarding WWII armor tactics but the studio was pressing for more action and kept interjecting a lot of truth by common knowledge regarding Sherman but there were things they got right and the character journey was engaging. While there is a lot wrong about the Tiger engagement tactics and battle doctrines of each side, no one can deny that it’s a cool fight and let’s face it seeing all those historical artifact tanks roaring around in a theatrical fight was joy to watch. That said it is annoying watching Tiger service the last tank in the line first. Allied and Axis combat doctrine was to shoot the lead vehicle first then the vanguard last. Still holds true today. Considering that there is only one functioning Tiger in the world you can forgive the inaccuracy of a Tiger I operating alone. Let alone that Tiger I was pretty much phased out by this point in the war. Still cool to watch. It would have been nerve wracking filming thet scene hoping nothing goes wrong with an irreplaceable historical artifact. The rounds ricocheting off of the ground was nice to see. Regarding tracers, that is what it looks like. It was not overdone or over stylized. I loved that the projectile impacts were depicted with a shower of sparks. When footage of fire fights were televised on the news during Gulf War I people made the comment that it looked like Star Wars. They were surprised by the mass incendiary effects from explosions.😂