Band Of Brothers Character Analysis

Leadership can be looked at from many different angles. The three most pertinent in this class are through the lenses of the leader, the follower, and the situation itself that tests the leader and their followers. Though he faced many challenges, Captain Winters was able to effectively lead his company and eventually his battalion. Through this episode of Band of Brothers we can see effective leadership in how Captain Winters leads his men, how his followers respond to his leadership and the many scenarios that complicate these points of view.
Captain Winters is a highly motivated officer built more for war than paperwork. Winters is not necessarily confident all the time. He doesn’t like paperwork, handing Easy Company over to someone else, or enduring casualties. However, he is able to fight through all of this to lead every team he is in charge of to success. Whether it’s ambushing the Germans in the dead of night after bringing home a wounded soldier, or being hopelessly outnumbered and ambushing the Germans again in the morning, he always keeps his cool and at least acts like he knows what he’s doing …show more content…
From ambushing Germans, to enjoying down time only to take on casualties and prepare for another assault, a large spectrum of World War 2 is captured in just under an hour. Captain Winters is faced with the challenge of mobilizing and motivating his men immediately after taking on a casualty before everyone goes to bed. Before the casualty came in everyone was getting ready for down time/bed, but after the significant shift in their situation the attitude of the entire company changes. Easy Company is also challenged when they realize they could be out flanked at any moment in the morning and that in order to just survive, they need to attack the Germans. Though they are outnumbered and outgunned, Easy Company is able to overwhelm the Germans enough to carry out a successful