Won the war :lol: :lol: :lol: :lol:
for me, band of brothers rocked from episodes 1-4. then it started to go downhill slowly.
the best scene is the reenactment of the battle of bloody gulch, with the panzergrenadier attack.
The thought of the hundred and first went through hell in back in the battle of the bulge and i cant belive that easy held of the constant bombardment of the german troops in the village of foy and they still pulled it off, and the german troops even outnumberd the 506th
and they just attacked one division at a time, when first of all the germans could have attacked the 506th and easy company at the same time in which they didnt. no offense to the 101st, but those could have been there final days. 
true i totally agree with you in that sense
Paratroopers destroy german army allone,brave mans. 
Having worked with both the 82nd and 101st, I have to say that the present day US Airborne are generally a nice bunch of guys, with a proud history.
Got their arses kicked on PURPLE STAR though, by me, 10th Mountain Div & the Gurkhas
The Airborne was an all volunteer unit. Most of them read a LIFE article saying 'IF YOU WANT TO JOIN THE BEST, JOIN THE PARATROOPERS." :mrgreen: So, most of them jonied. Joe Toye, Malarkey, Richard Winters, George Luz, justto name a few. 1942-1944 they trained to kill krauts. They always had fights. Pretty soon, they start to look like this guy. :oops: After they entered England in 1944, they had some more training with Captain Soble. So, after June 4, 1944, they were on their way to Normandy, to the biggest offensive ever known to man. I am getting tired of typing, you guys go on.
I thought the Soviets Op Bagration was the biggest offensive known to man, or possibly Barbarossa?
How many of the division’s members in WW2 received Medal of Honor? I know of Lt. Col. Cole and Pfc. Mann. Are there any others?
*COLE, ROBERT G.
Rank and organization: Lieutenant Colonel, U.S. Army, 101st Airborne Division. Place and date: Near Carentan, France, 11 June 1944. Entered service at: San Antonio, Tex. Birth: Fort Sam Houston, Tex. G.O. No.: 79, 4 October 1944. Citation: For gallantry and intrepidity at the risk of his own life, above and beyond the call of duty on 11 June 1944, in France. Lt. Col. Cole was personally leading his battalion in forcing the last 4 bridges on the road to Carentan when his entire unit was suddenly pinned to the ground by intense and withering enemy rifle, machinegun, mortar, and artillery fire placed upon them from well-prepared and heavily fortified positions within 150 yards of the foremost elements. After the devastating and unceasing enemy fire had for over 1 hour prevented any move and inflicted numerous casualties, Lt. Col. Cole, observing this almost hopeless situation, courageously issued orders to assault the enemy positions with fixed bayonets. With utter disregard for his own safety and completely ignoring the enemy fire, he rose to his feet in front of his battalion and with drawn pistol shouted to his men to follow him in the assault. Catching up a fallen man’s rifle and bayonet, he charged on and led the remnants of his battalion across the bullet-swept open ground and into the enemy position. His heroic and valiant action in so inspiring his men resulted in the complete establishment of our bridgehead across the Douve River. The cool fearlessness, personal bravery, and outstanding leadership displayed by Lt. Col. Cole reflect great credit upon himself and are worthy of the highest praise in the military service.
*MANN, JOE E.
Rank and organization: Private First Class, U.S. Army, Company H, 502d Parachute Infantry, 101st Airborne Division. Place and date: Best, Holland, 18 September 1944. Entered service at: Seattle, Wash. Birth: Rearden, Wash. G.O. No.: 73, 30 August 1945. Citation: He distinguished himself by conspicuous gallantry above and beyond the call of duty. On 18 September 1944, in the vicinity of Best., Holland, his platoon, attempting to seize the bridge across the Wilhelmina Canal, was surrounded and isolated by an enemy force greatly superior in personnel and firepower. Acting as lead scout, Pfc. Mann boldly crept to within rocket-launcher range of an enemy artillery position and, in the face of heavy enemy fire, destroyed an 88mm. gun and an ammunition dump. Completely disregarding the great danger involved, he remained in his exposed position, and, with his M-1 rifle, killed the enemy one by one until he was wounded 4 times. Taken to a covered position, he insisted on returning to a forward position to stand guard during the night. On the following morning the enemy launched a concerted attack and advanced to within a few yards of the position, throwing hand grenades as they approached. One of these landed within a few feet of Pfc. Mann. Unable to raise his arms, which were bandaged to his body, he yelled “grenade” and threw his body over the grenade, and as it exploded, died. His outstanding gallantry above and beyond the call of duty and his magnificent conduct were an everlasting inspiration to his comrades for whom he gave his life.
Thanks, Dani.
You’re welcome mate.
I know, to some extent, Stephen Ambrose has been discredited as a source due to his nasty habit of delegating to his son, and others, writing and interview responsiblities and that this has resulted plagiarism in several works. He also has a tendency to get basic elementary facts wrong (such as once stating at the end of “Citizen Soldiers” that a former American soldier wrote him a letter to “correct” him of his “error” stating that the German Panther tanks where armed with 75mm guns instead of the infamous 88mm. Had he checked, Ambrose could easily have found that he was initially correct and that the Panther, with only a few exceptions, was indeed armed with a high velocity 75mm gun instead of accepting the word of some crank).
But he states unequivocally that certain elements of the 101st Airborne such as E-company rivaled today’s smaller US Special Operations units as far as quality of personnel and fighting ability. Even the Delta Force.
Hello
No ideal historic publicists and there is lack of ideal historic books as well. I am also historic publicist and may tell that it is impossible to write perfect historic text to satisfy all the readers and to avoid various imperfections. Stephen E. Ambrose wrote also incorrect data about Operation Varsity in his “Citizen Soldiers” but on the other hand who writes better about the ETO? Alexander McKee for instance? Compare historic culture of both these men. For McKee north-west Europe was liberated by the British Army with the US Army in the far background and doing almost nothing. Ambrose in his work is able to honor all Allied nations from the ETO - from the greatests to all the smallests. And this is Ambrose’s value and class unknown for many others.
Best regards 
Greg
Hi, I’m new to the site so nothing too controversial. It may be the case that some people believe Easy Company won WW11 on their own but if this is the case these are the people who would have know nothing about the War prior to Band of Brothers. The quality part of B of B is how personal it makes the war. The fact that it appeals to a wider audience than would normally watch a War series ensures all the guy’s involved will be remembered by more than the few of us with a genuine interest in the period. Biased it maybe but worthwhile it certainly is. And at the end of the day Winters & his men are worthy of acknowledgement; The fact others are equally worthy but have missed out should not mean Easy also get forgotten. Rob
Hollywood has definately given Easy Company a “head start”.
The 101st Airborne had a series on TV witch I watched all of the episodes. I also read the book. They fought with pride no matter what. I thought it was interesting in the battles they had to win. I don’t know if you know this but they were sent to Japan after Europe, but it was only the people you didn’t get to go home.
So true GermanSoldier.
They are probally the best ww2 paratroopers around watch band of brothers and then you’ll understand a bit more i only know them from that and brothers in arms
2 Para didn’t earn the nickname “The Red Devils” in North Africa for nothing.
Johnny Frost lead a compnay of them on the Bruneval Raid, and he with a company of them were the only troops to reach Arnhem Bridge. Not that I’m saying that they were the best, but equal to any. The German paras defending Monte Casino were, in my opinion, second to none.