David Frankel, Tom Hanks, David Nutter, David Leland, Richard Loncraine, Phil Alden Robinson, Mikael Salomon, Tony To Malarkey, Donald & Welch, Bob (2009). Easy Company Soldier. New York: St. Martin's Griffin. ISBN 978-0-31256-323-3.

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. The show was selected for a Peabody Award for ' ... relying on both history and memory to create a new tribute to those who fought to preserve liberty.' [62] In September 2019, The Guardian ranked the show 68th on its list of the 100 best TV shows of the 21st century, stating that it "expanded the horizons – and budgets – of prestige TV". [63] Primetime Emmy Awards [ edit ] Category The liberation of one of the Kaufering subcamps of Dachau was depicted in episode 9 (" Why We Fight"); however, the 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kaufering Lager IV subcamp on the day after [33] it was discovered by the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion of the 12th Armored Division, on April 27, 1945. [34] [35] German historian and Holocaust researcher Anton Posset worked with Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks as a consultant, providing photographs of the liberators and documentation of the survivor's reports he had collected over the years. The camp was reconstructed in England for the miniseries. [36] a b c Riding, Alan (June 7, 2001). "Arts Abroad: A Normandy Landing, This One for a Film". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved July 15, 2019. It is uncertain which Allied unit was first to reach the Kehlsteinhaus. Several claim the honor, compounded by confusion with the town of Berchtesgaden, which was taken on May 4 by forward elements of the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Infantry Division. [37] [38] [note 3] Reputedly members of the 7th went as far as the elevator to the Kehlsteinhaus, [37] with at least one individual claiming he and a partner continued on to the top. [41] However, the 101st Airborne maintains it was first both to Berchtesgaden and the Kehlsteinhaus. [42] [ failed verification] Elements of the French 2nd Armored Division, Laurent Touyeras, Georges Buis and Paul Répiton-Préneuf, were present on the night of May 4 to 5, and took several photographs before leaving on May 10 at the request of US command, [43] [44] and this is supported by testimonies of the Spanish soldiers who went along with them.

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Seaton, Matt (September 24, 2001). "Too close for comfort". The Guardian. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved October 9, 2014. Powers, Jake (2008). Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - In Photographs. Guildford: Genesis Publications. ISBN 978-1-90566-206-7. A limited edition coffee table book. 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]

Alexander, Larry (2010). In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth. New York: New American Library. ISBN 978-0-45122-991-5. Part travelogue, part historical perspective. Emily Todd VanDerWerff (April 16, 2014). "Band Of Brothers: "Carentan" ". The A.V. Club . Retrieved January 10, 2021. Billen, Andrew (October 8, 2001). "The true drama of war". New Statesman. Archived from the original on May 31, 2009. Einhorn, Dalton (2009). From Toccoa to the Eagle's Nest: Discoveries in the Bootsteps of the Band of Brothers. BookSurge Publishing. ISBN 978-1-43926-479-9. Clinton, Paul (September 7, 2001). "Enlist TV for 'Band of Brothers' ". CNN. Archived from the original on March 21, 2008 . Retrieved July 15, 2019.Battleground, a 1949 film that followed a company of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division during the siege of Bastogne. Mifflin, Lawrie (December 2, 1998). "TV Notes: World War II, The Mini-Series". The New York Times. Archived from the original on November 16, 2020 . Retrieved July 15, 2019. 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. Special attention was paid to the Brécourt Manor Assault including the owners of Brécourt Manor to this day – the Vallavieille family, including Utah Beach Museum founder Michel de Vallavieille, who was wounded after being mistaken for a German soldier – and the creation of the 13-foot (4.0m) bronze statue of Winters by sculptor Steven Spears. [71] Band of Brothers Podcast [ edit ]

Winters writes an after-action report on Easy's actions during a German counter offensive on the Nijmegen salient; he is troubled by the fact that he shot an unarmed, teenage Waffen-SS soldier during the battle. Winters is promoted to battalion executive officer, and command of Easy is given to "Moose" Heyliger. Herzog, Mark (November 11, 2011). "He Has Seen War". IMDb. Herzog & Company . Retrieved August 29, 2023. a b c d "Band of Brothers". BBC. Archived from the original on May 4, 2013 . Retrieved June 9, 2008. Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion 506th Regiment, US 101st Airborne Division: Video: Allies Sign Control Law For Germany, 1945/06/14 (1945). Universal Newsreel. 1945 . Retrieved February 20, 2012.The production team consulted Dale Dye, a retired United States Marine Corps captain and consultant on Saving Private Ryan, as well as with most of the surviving Easy Company veterans, including Richard Winters, Bill Guarnere, Frank Perconte, Ed Heffron, and Amos Taylor. [17] [28] Dye (who portrays Colonel Robert Sink) instructed the actors in a 10-day boot camp at the Longmoor Military Camp in Hampshire, culminating with parachute training at RAF Brize Norton. [28] [29] [30] Smith, Rupert (May 14, 2001). "We're in this together". The Guardian. Archived from the original on October 26, 2014 . Retrieved February 8, 2016.