Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers
Author :
Publisher : Simon and Schuster
Total Pages : 328
Release :
ISBN-10 : 9780743218344
ISBN-13 : 0743218345
Rating : 4/5 (44 Downloads)

Book Synopsis Band of Brothers by : Stephen E. Ambrose

Download or read book Band of Brothers written by Stephen E. Ambrose and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2001-10-26 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Stephen E. Ambrose’s classic New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the acclaimed HBO series about Easy Company, the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers at the frontlines of the war's most critical moments. Featuring a foreword from Tom Hanks. They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak—in Holland and the Ardennes—Easy Company was as good a rifle company as any in the world. From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen E. Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments. They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach; they parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign; they were the Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne, brought in to hold the line, although surrounded, in the Battle of the Bulge; and then they spearheaded the counteroffensive. Finally, they captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost, his Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden. They were rough-and-ready guys, battered by the Depression, mistrustful and suspicious. They drank too much French wine, looted too many German cameras and watches, and fought too often with other GIs. But in training and combat they learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They discovered that in war, men who loved life would give their lives for them. This is the story of the men who fought, of the martinet they hated who trained them well, and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, a company that took 150 percent casualties, a company where the Purple Heart was not a medal—it was a badge of office.


Band of Brothers Related Books

Band of Brothers
Language: en
Pages: 328
Authors: Stephen E. Ambrose
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2001-10-26 - Publisher: Simon and Schuster

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

Stephen E. Ambrose’s classic New York Times bestseller and inspiration for the acclaimed HBO series about Easy Company, the ordinary men who became the World
Beyond Band of Brothers
Language: en
Pages: 322
Authors: Dick Winters
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2011-07-21 - Publisher: Random House

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah be
Nelson's Band of Brothers
Language: en
Pages: 210
Authors: Captain Peter Hore
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-05-20 - Publisher: Seaforth Publishing

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

While there is a perennial interest in the Royal Navy during the Napoleonic wars and in Nelson himself, there is no reference work that chronicles all the capta
Beyond the Band of Brothers
Language: en
Pages: 233
Authors: Megan MacKenzie
Categories: Political Science
Type: BOOK - Published: 2015-06-18 - Publisher: Cambridge University Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

This book examines the role of women in the US military and the key arguments used to justify the combat exclusion policy.
Britain's Band of Brothers
Language: en
Pages: 308
Authors: Tom Keene
Categories: History
Type: BOOK - Published: 2014-03-01 - Publisher: The History Press

DOWNLOAD EBOOK

They were Britain's Second World War 'Band of Brothers', a secret army of fifty handpicked, cross-Channel raiders who carried the fight to the enemy shore long