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    Steven E. Ambrose. Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle Nest, New York: Simon and Schuster, 2001. Band of Brothers is an exceptionally written well -documented account of the soldier’s personal experiences as they battle across Europe during World War II. The book documented the victories, daily struggles and deplorable conditions endured through first-hand accounts of the Easy Company from basic training in July 1942 until the unit was deactivated in November 1945. The book is very well researched, fascinating and truthful account detailed from the viewpoint of the soldiers. The personal accounts completely validate the actual battles therefore demanding the reader's interest and masterfully…

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    In both Night and Band of Brothers we see many characters lose their innocence. The characters we see in the two texts are very different, on one side we have the members of the holocaust, and on the other we have the people fighting against Hitler. In Night Elie gets his innocence torn away from him at a very young age, and he is forced to watch many of his people die. Over the course of the book we see him lose faith in his god, and in turn lose all of the things his younger self held…

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    Band of Brothers follows Easy Company of the 506th regiment of the 101st airborne from basic training to Hitler’s Eagles nest. The men of easy Company perform admirably and supremely through every grim task given to them. Stephen Ambrose accounts the heroic tale of the paratroopers from Easy Company beginning with their time training in Toccoa with Sobels to D-Day, Holland, Battle of the Bulge, the failure of operation Market Garden, and to the end of the war by taking Hitler’s Eagles nest. The…

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    As we watched the television series, “Band of Brothers” a variety of traits were shown throughout military leadership. Though not all of the traits were considered good, many of them came to form multiple great leaders. Speaking of which, Captain Richard Winters There are a numerous amount of ways to be specified as a bad military leader. For instance, not following directions, not being able to take action when needed, lack of listening to commands, not following a plan, dismissing ideas that…

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    In the article “A Band of Brothers” by James McPherson, the purpose is to explain why ordinary men volunteered themselves into the army in the bloodiest war in American history. MacPherson's thesis explains that the main reason men enlisted themselves was due to honor. He uses primary source diaries from soldiers who fought in the ear to help explore this thesis. The first point that McPherson makes includes three sections: pride is self, community, and family. He explains that having pride…

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    Band Of Brothers Analysis

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    Band of brothers is an accurate historical show that really shows what it was like to be in World War. The TV show is revolved all around the 506th regiment. The name of this young group of soldiers was called Easy Company. At the beginning of the movies you would have never thought what they would have become by the end of the movie. The TV shows first episode starts off at the soldiers. Training camp. The training is located at camp Toccoa. The leader of this young group during the first…

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    Some say that America and the Allies won the war because of a group effort. In all reality this is very true. But if it wasn’t for Easy Company on the front lines in Normandy on D-Day we may have lost the war. The “Band of Brothers” were the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, an elite group of WWII war fighters. They parachuted into Normandy on D-Day June 6th 1944 and later into Holland for Operation Market-Garden September 17th 1944. They fought in…

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    Steven Spielberg's back at it with following his other successful hit Saving Private ryan . Band Of Brothers finds you following E Company of the 506th PIR of the 101st Airborne, From their basic training to the end of WWII. This HBO miniseries has commentary of these soldiers that were in the 101st this helps the “character building” move along as it allows you to access their personal thoughts and opinions on the situations they faced and sets the tone for the episode to come. Band of…

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    Roosevelt would later comment to the public about entering the war with “The struggle would be long and difficult, but by attacking America, its enemies had sowed the seeds of their destruction” (835). In Band of Brothers the viewers get to follow how Easy Company was assembled, how they became a unit of great friends, and all the devastation they witnessed together. This film represents the side of the United States of America and their tactical strategies in the fight to take down Nazi…

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    A person would never be the same after going through battle and experiencing the horrors of war because combat changes a person forever. This is seen in both the miniseries Band of Brothers and the Pacific and with men throughout history. Individuals who constantly see violence and participate in it develop mental trauma, which is commonly called post traumatic stress disorder. Obviously, they can also suffer physical injuries due to the combat or battle, which will affect their life and change…

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