Greatest war story every produced
I remember when I heard Band of Brothers was coming out on HBO. I was so mad because I didn’t have cable at the time, so I had to ask my aunt who lived in New Jersey to record all the episodes on VHS and then mail me the tapes. I watched the episodes over and over. I think it might be the greatest war story ever produced.<br /><br />Band of Brothers has its origins with the Stephen Ambrose book of the same name that recorded the history of E Company of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division as it landed in Normandy France in 1944 all the way to the end of the war for the unit in Austria.<br /><br />Each episode begins with interviews with survivors of the unit who recollect what they went through. That gives the series a level of authenticity right from the start.<br /><br />There are 10 episodes total. The first is “Curahee, which starts with the unit waiting for D-Day to be announced, but is mostly about how E Company went through basic training at Camp Toccoa in Georgia in 1943. Their commanding officer Lt Sobel (David Schwimmer) is incompetent leading to a dangerous rebellion with the unit’s sergeants going to their overall commander Colonel Robert Sink (Dale Dye) to get Sobel relieved of command. The episode is important because it introduces the first set of major characters, and there’s lots of them, and how they bonded before they went into combat.<br /><br />Usually, with a series this long there would be low points, but that’s not true with Band of Brothers. Each one is a great mix of characters and action. There’s episode 2 “Days of Days” where the unit dropped into Normandy into utter chaos as the men were spread all over the French countryside. Episode 3 “Carentan” covered the capture of that town and the story of Private Blithe (Marc Warren) who suffered from shell shock and then came out of it only to be shot and later die of his wounds. Episode 7 “The Breaking Point” covers the hell the unit suffered through during the Battle of the Bulge. “Why We Fight” covers the unit discovering a concentration camp in Germany. The prisoners they find are horrifying. During the fighting, and especially in Bastogne, the brotherhood between the troops is shown again and again. That’s especially true because so many of the men get killed or wounded. One officer actually breaks after he sees so many of his friends get blown up during the Bulge.<br /><br />It’s really just an amazing series that any war or history buff will love.<br />C
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Here is a brief synopsis of the title : Based on the bestseller by Stephen E. Ambrose, the epic 10-part miniseries Band of Brothers tells the story of Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army. Drawn from interviews with survivors of Easy Company, as well as soldiers' journals and letters, Band of Brothers chronicles the experiences of these men who knew extraordinary bravery and extraordinary fear. They were an elete rifle company parachuting into France early on D-Day morning, fighting in the Battle of the Bulge and capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were also a unit that suffered 150 percent casualties, and whose lives became legend..