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Band of brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, Stephen E. Ambrose

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Band of brothers, E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest, Stephen E. Ambrose

Language

eng

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Literary text for sound recordings

history

Main title

Band of brothers

Medium

digital audio book

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Oclc number

567088733

Responsibility statement

Stephen E. Ambrose

Sub title

E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne : from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

Summary

Formed in July 1944 and deactivated in November 1945, E Company was one of the most successful light infantry units in the European theater. Its troops saw their first action on D-Day behind the Normandy beachhead, took part in Operation Market Garden in Holland, held the perimeter around Bastogne during the Battle of the Bulge, and were the first to reach Hitler's Bavarian outpost at Berchtesgaden. The book is enlivened with pertinent comments by veterans of "Easy Company," who recall not only the combat action but their relations with their officers (one company commander was a petty tyrant of the worst type, but his oppressive ways had much to do with the unit's impressive esprit de corps ) and their impressions of the countries through which they campaigned (hated the French, loved the Germans)

Target audience

adult

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