Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy... Summary
Stephen Ambrose

Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy... Summary

Band of Brothers is a non-fiction historical account of the U.S. Army's Easy Company during World War II. A part of the elite 101st Airborne Division, Easy Company participated in the Normandy D-Day invasion and was the first group of Allied troops to reach Hitler's Eagle's Nest retreat in Germany as the German troops surrendered.

Easy Company was formed by volunteer soldiers. The men were from different part of the...

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