Band of Brothers

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As good a rifle company as any, Easy Company, 506th Airborne Division, US Army, kept getting tough assignments responsible for everything from parachuting into France early DDay morning to the capture of Hitler s Eagle s Nest at Berchtesgaden In Band of Brothers, Ambrose tells of the men in this brave unit who fought, went hungry, froze died, a company that took 150% casualties considered the Purple Heart a badge of office Drawing on hours of interviews with survivors as well as the soldiers journals letters, Stephen Ambrose recounts the stories, often in the men s own words, of these American heroes.Foreword We wanted those wings Camp Toccoa, 7 12 42 Stand up hook up Benning, Mackall, Bragg, Shanks, 12 42 9 43 Duties of the latrine orderly Aldbourne, 9 43 3 44 Look out, Hitler Here we come Slapton Sands, Uppottery, 4 1 6 5 44 Follow me Normandy, 6 6 44 Move out Carentan, 6 7 7 12 44Healing wounds scrubbed missions Aldbourne, 7 13 9 16 44 Hell s highway Holland, 9 17 10 1 44Island Holland, 10 2 11 25 44Resting, recovering refitting Mourmelon le Grand, 11 26 12 18 44 They got us surrounded the poor bastards Bastogne, 12 19 31 44Breaking point Bastogne, 1 1 13 45 Attack Noville, 1 14 17 45Patrol Haguenau, 1 18 2 23 45 Best feeling in the world Mourmelon, 2 25 4 2 45Getting to know the enemy Germany, 4 2 30 45Drinking Hitler s champagne Berchtesgaden, 5 1 8 45Soldier s dream life Austria, 5 8 7 31 45Postwar careers 1945 91Acknowledgments SourcesIndex Best Read [ Band of Brothers ] Author [ Stephen E. Ambrose ] For Kindle ePUB or eBook – kino-fada.fr As a history lover, and as someone who loves not getting flamed on Goodreads, I am loathe to say what I am about to say However, as someone who finds it impossible not to say what I feel like saying, I ll just go ahead and say it I don t like Stephen Ambrose No, no, no Not like that I didn t know him personally, but he seemed like a nice man, a good husband and father Moreover, he did History an incredible service by collecting the stories of ordinary men The living memory of World War II As a history lover, ...Little good comes from war, however it does tend to create heros and leaders and show people how to love and depend upon their comrades The bonds built upon the catastrophic ruin that was World War II is the basis of Stephen E Ambrose s Band of Brothers.After watching the television miniseries a couple times through and really enjoying it for its humanity, I thought it was time I gave the book a go There isn t much difference between the two The timeline and events depicted in the series sta Little good comes from war, however it does tend to create heros and leaders and show people how to love and depend upon their comrades The bonds built upon the catastrophic ruin that was World War II is the basis of Stephen E Ambrose s Band of Brothers.After watching the television miniseries a couple times through and really enjoying it for its humanity, I thought it was time I gave the book a go There isn t much difference between the two The timeline and events depicted in the series stay fairly true to the book, ...This was so good Two thumbs up and a booya I d give it 6 stars if I could I saw the HBO series and loved it so I decided to read the book The book was great too because it gaveinformation on the war and the men involved If you have not seen the series, watch it Then you can call me and tell me how awesome I am for recommending it to you The really great thing about the sho...Rare indeed are the occasions in which I am forced to proclaim an adaptation of the source material to be not just superior, but vastly so And here we are, with me feeling duty bound do do exactly that Paratroopers of Easy Company, in the square of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy June 7, 1944 Let me be frank right at the start Ambrose s deficiencies on display as both a writer and historian are truly baffling to behold, and become glaringly obvious once one manages to detach these from the ad Rare indeed are the occasions in which I am forced to proclaim an adaptation of the source material to be not just superior, but vastly so And here we are, with me feeling duty bound do do exactly that Paratroopers of Easy Company, in the square of Sainte Marie du Mont, Normandy June 7, 1944 Let me be frank right at the start Ambrose s deficiencies on display as both a writer and historian are truly baffling to behold, and become glaringly obvious once one manages to detach these from the admittedly inspiring nature of the subject treated And that is in essenc...How many historians does it take to write a bad book that translates into a great TV series While the deeds on Easy Company, encompassing the most famous American battles in the ETO, are a goldmine, mr ambrose fails to preserve the thrill in print The participants don t come to life, even tough they are introduced with the standard sort of pre war bio in the body of the text and rounded up with a post war bio The heat of battle, ironically, is only felt in the icy cold of an Ardennes winter How many historians does it take to write a bad book that translates into a great TV series While the deeds on Easy Company, encompassing the most famous American battles in the ETO, are a goldmine, mr ambrose fails to preserve the thrill in print T...The last few chapters were truly unbearable in their intensity As the soldiers discover for the first time what the real cost and cruelties of the war they fought was, we too are forced to try and understand this unimaginable thing called war that can never be understood even by the ones that fought in it, let alone by posterity looking back.There are some things in life that can only ever be expressed in one way silence ...Ambrose s Band of Brothers is probably the best ever true WW2 novel I have ever read It makes an excellent vacation read for those who enjoy this genre It deals with the individual men of Easy Company, 506 PIR, 101st Airbourne Division Through Ambrose s portrayal of the men s lives and ordeals he shows how a group of men become not just pals, but brothers we see the formation of the company through training then on to D Day, Holland, Bastogne, Germany and Austria The ending of the novel Ambrose s Band of Brothers is probably the...FINAL REVIEW I was a little forgiving early but it got too much I have just had to write about a few of the many absurdities of this book 130 pages in and will finish this but if it does not improve it will be lucky to get a 2 star rating This author called the German soldiers Jerry, babbled about the British army taking tea and attempted to put on a affected accent On page 172 it reads The Germans managed to achieve surprise on a scale comparable with Barbarossa in June 1941 or Pearl Harb FINAL REVIEW I was a little forgiving early but it got too much I have just had to write about a few of the many absurdities of this book 130 pages in and will finish this but if it does not improve it will be lucky to get a 2 star rating This author called the German soldiers Jerry, babbled about the British army taking tea and attempted to put on a affected accent On page 172 it reads The Germans managed to achieve surprise on a scale comparable with Barbarossa in June 1941 or Pearl Harbour Or and not put a date to Pearl Harbour Or even why put a date to Barbarossa Not trust your readers to know what Barbarossa was Easy Company is forgiven with a boys will be boys attitude when they have their leave pass s revoked for appalling behaviour, on the other hand others No such leeway Page 172 and 173 Apparently The surprise was achieved, like most surprises in war, because the offensive made no sense For Hitler to u...I m shocked to learn that Ambroses taught history The military history analysis is pretty poor to appalling He s good when he talks about Easy Company and relates stories Though he states that the book is very much a group effort with the men from E Company, so how much of that credit goes to them is anybody s guess, and some events were anonymised and possibly left out to protect people Whenever he attempts military analysis of the actual way battles, his thoughtless MURRIKA propagand I m shocked to learn that Ambroses taught history The military history analysis is pretty poor to appalling He s good when he talks about Easy Company and relates stories Though he states that the book is very much a group effort with the men from E Company, so how much of that credit goes to them is anybody s guess, and some events were anonymised and possibly left out to protect people Whenever he attempts military analysis of the actual way battles, his thoughtless MURRIKA propaganda grates like hell His core thesis appears to be that dem...AMAZING I was cold when they were cold, tired with them, hungry with them, and relieved when they left the front lines I felt like I was there the entire time and could not stop turning the pages A historical, true, and educational book Very insightful as to war and the minds of soldier...

Band of Brothers
  • English
  • 13 June 2017
  • Paperback
  • 432 pages
  • 0743464117
  • Stephen E. Ambrose
  • Band of Brothers