Band of Brothers [DVD] [2001] [2011]

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Veterans History Project: Interview with Herman Finnell". Library of Congress. 2001. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved July 15, 2019. Herman Louis Finnell of the 3rd Division, 7th Regiment, Company I, states that he and his ammo carrier, Pfc. Fungerburg, were the first to enter the Eagle's Nest, as well as the secret passages below the structure. Finnell stated that the hallway below the structure had rooms on either side filled with destroyed paintings, evening gowns, destroyed medical equipment and a wine cellar. Bennett, Roger (November 11, 2021). "Band of Brothers Podcast". Apple Podcasts. Home Box Office . Retrieved August 21, 2023. Downey, Kevin (October 31, 2001). "The two hit shows TV buyers dissed". Media Life. Archived from the original on April 5, 2008 . Retrieved July 8, 2015. The 12th Armored Division". The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved May 27, 2015. Starting with jump training at Camp Toccoa, Georgia, Band of Brothers follows the unit through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Siege of Bastogne, the invasion of Germany, including the liberation of a concentration camp, and on to the war's end. It includes the taking of the Kehlsteinhaus (Eagle's Nest) at Obersalzberg in Berchtesgaden and refers to the surrender of Japan. [3]

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Herzog, Mark (November 11, 2011). "He Has Seen War". IMDb. Herzog & Company . Retrieved August 29, 2023. Beatty, Sally (November 7, 2001). "HBO's 'Band of Brothers' Draws Series' Smallest Audience for Finale". The Wall Street Journal. Archived from the original on April 28, 2020 . Retrieved July 15, 2019. In 2021, on the occasion of the miniseries' 20th anniversary, HBO produced an official podcast hosted by British-American author, broadcaster and filmmaker Roger Bennett of the Men in Blazers soccer show and podcast. After a prologue episode featuring Tom Hanks as executive producer, it progresses through each episode giving a brief summary before interviewing actors and crew members about their roles, their careers leading up to the miniseries, their experiences with the show and the specific episode. [72] Podcast episode list Band of Brothers is a dramatized account of "Easy Company", part of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, assigned to the United States Army's 101st Airborne Division during World War II. Over ten episodes the series details the company's exploits during the war. [3]To preserve historical accuracy, the writers conducted additional research. One source was the memoir of Easy Company soldier David Kenyon Webster, Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich (1994). [ citation needed] This was published by LSU Press, following renewed interest in World War II and more than 30 years after his death in a boating accident. In Band of Brothers Ambrose quoted liberally from Webster's unpublished diary entries, with permission from his estate. [2] [note 2]

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There aren't much TV-series which have left such an impression on me as Band of Brothers did. From the moment I saw the first episodes, I knew I had to buy this on DVD. Shortly after the premiere of the series, Tom Hanks asked Major Winters what he thought of Band of Brothers. The major responded, "I wish that it would have been more authentic. I was hoping for an 80 percent solution." Hanks responded, "Look, Major, this is Hollywood. At the end of the day we will be hailed as geniuses if we get this 12 percent right. We are going to shoot for 17 percent." [32] The 506th PIR Unit emblem Shales, Tom (August 7, 2001). " 'Band of Brothers': Ragged WWII Saga Off to a Slow March". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved July 15, 2019. Seaton, Matt (September 24, 2001). "Too close for comfort". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved October 9, 2014.

The series was nominated for twenty Primetime Emmy Awards, and won seven, including Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special. [57] It also won the Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television, [58] American Film Institute Award for TV Movie or Miniseries of the Year, [59] Producers Guild of America Award for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television, [60] and the TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials. [61] Lerman, Laurence (December 8, 2008). "2008 Video Hall Of Fame Profile: Henry McGee". Videobusiness.com. Archived from the original on May 28, 2009 . Retrieved August 10, 2011. The series dramatizes the history of "Easy" Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division, from jump training in the United States through its participation in major actions in Europe, up until Japan's capitulation and the end of World War II. The events are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure. [4] [5] The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Excerpts from interviews with some of the survivors are used as preludes to the episodes, but they are not identified by name until the end of the finale. Taylor, Maxwell D. (1972). Swords and Plowshares. New York: W. W. Norton. p. 106. ISBN 9780393074604. 3d Division units got into Berchtesgaden ahead of us on the afternoon of May 4 Williams, Mary H., ed. (1960). Special Studies, Chronology 1941-1945. United States Army in World War II. Center of Military History, United States Army. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved January 11, 2017. In U.S. Seventh Army's XV Corps area, 7th Inf of 3d Div, crossing into Austria, advances through Salzburg to Berchtesgaden without opposition.