E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne, U.S. Army

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne; From Normandy to Hitler's Eagles Nest
By Stephen E. Ambrose
Published: 1992

"Band of Brothers" is Stephen Ambrose's most famous work. Based on interviews, memoirs and letter's, it is the history of a company of American paratroopers from basic training through D-Day and the battle for Normandy and the following campaigns in Holland, Belgium, France and Germany. Easy Company, 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airbornne Division (the "Screaming Eagles") was one of the best infantry companies in Europe during the war. Ambrose's account is an excellent work showing the Second World War not from the perspective of a historian, but of the men who fought on the front lines. Recommended for anyone with even a passing interest in the war, a must for any student of history. Ambrose produced one of the most moving works of history out there.

**** out of ****
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