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{{short description|2001 American war drama miniseries}}
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{{Infobox television
| image                = BandofBrothersIntertitle.jpg
| genre                = [[Drama (film and television)#War drama|War drama]]
| creator              = {{Unbulleted list|[[Tom Hanks]]|[[Steven Spielberg]]}}
| based_on             = {{Based on|''[[Band of Brothers (book)|Band of Brothers]]''|[[Stephen E. Ambrose]]}}
| writer               = {{Unbulleted list|[[Erik Jendresen]]|Tom Hanks|[[John Orloff]]|[[E. Max Frye]]|[[Graham Yost]]|[[Bruce C. McKenna]]|[[Erik Bork]]}}
| screenplay           = 
| story                = 
| director             = {{Unbulleted list|[[Phil Alden Robinson]]|[[Richard Loncraine]]|[[Mikael Salomon]]|[[David Nutter]]|[[Tom Hanks]]|[[David Leland]]|[[David Frankel]]|[[Tony To]]}}
| starring             = [[#Cast and characters|Cast and characters]]
| narrated             = 
| music                = [[Michael Kamen]]
| country              = United States
| language             = English
| num_episodes         = 10
| list_episodes        = 
| executive_producer   = {{Unbulleted list|[[Steven Spielberg]]|[[Tom Hanks]]}}
| producer             = {{Unbulleted list|[[Gary Goetzman]]|Tony To|Erik Bork|Erik Jendresen|Stephen E. Ambrose|Mary Richards}}
| editor               = {{Unbulleted list|Billy Fox|Oral Norrie Ottey|Frances Parker|John Richards}}
| cinematography       = {{Unbulleted list|[[Remi Adefarasin]]|Joel J. Ransom}}
| runtime              = 49–70 minutes
| company              = {{Plainlist|
* [[Playtone]] 
* [[DreamWorks Television]] 
* [[HBO|HBO Entertainment]] 
}}
| budget               = $125 million<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.cinemablend.com/television/band-of-brothers-behind-the-scenes-facts-making-of-hbo-series |title=Band Of Brothers: 10 Behind-The-Scenes Facts From The Making Of The HBO Limited Series |first=Philip |last=Sledge |work=Cinemablend |date=June 5, 2024 |access-date=June 5, 2024}}</ref>
| network              = [[HBO]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|2001|09|09}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|2001|11|04}}
| related              = {{Plainlist|
* ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]''
* ''[[Masters of the Air]]''
}}
}}

'''''Band of Brothers''''' is a 2001 American<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/may/14/features.stevenspielberg |title=We're in this together |first=Rupert |last=Smith |date=May 14, 2001 |newspaper=[[The Guardian]] |access-date=February 8, 2016 |archive-date=October 26, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141026113123/http://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/may/14/features.stevenspielberg |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Drama (film and television)#War drama|war drama]] [[miniseries]] based on historian [[Stephen E. Ambrose]]'s 1992 non-fiction book [[Band of Brothers (book)|of the same name]].<ref name=BofB_Book>{{cite book |title=Band of Brothers |last1=Ambrose |first1=Stephen E. |language=en |publisher=Touchstone ([[Simon & Schuster]]) |date=1992 |isbn=978-0-74321-645-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/bandofbrothers00ambr }}</ref> It was created by [[Steven Spielberg]] and [[Tom Hanks]], who also served as [[executive producer]]s, and who had collaborated on the 1998 [[World War II]] film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]].''<ref name="BBCDrama">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bandofbrothers/ |title=Band of Brothers |website=[[BBC]] |access-date=June 9, 2008 |archive-date=May 4, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130504093821/http://www.bbc.co.uk/drama/bandofbrothers/ |url-status=live }}</ref> Episodes first aired on [[HBO]] from September 9, to November 4, 2001. Critically acclaimed, the series won the [[54th Primetime Emmy Awards|Emmy]] and [[59th Golden Globe Awards|Golden Globe]] awards for best miniseries.

The series dramatizes the history of [[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|"Easy" Company]], 2nd [[Battalion]], [[506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|506th Parachute Infantry Regiment]] of the [[101st Airborne Division]]. It begins during Easy Company's [[paratrooper]] training and follows its participation in the [[Western Front (World War II)|Western Front]] of World War II. The events are based on Ambrose's research and recorded interviews with Easy Company veterans. The series took some literary license, adapting history for dramatic effect and series structure.<ref>{{cite book |last=Alexander |first=Larry |date=2005 |title=Biggest Brother: The Life of Major Dick Winters, The Man Who Led the Band of Brothers |location=New York |publisher=NAL Caliber |isbn=978-0-45121-510-9 |url=https://archive.org/details/biggestbrotherli00alex }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.101airborneww2.com/bandofbrothers.html |title=Band of Brothers - Company E/506th P.I.R. in WW2 |first=Mark |last=Bando |website=Trigger Time |access-date=December 24, 2012 |archive-date=July 16, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170716171428/http://www.101airborneww2.com/bandofbrothers.html |url-status=live }}</ref> The characters portrayed are based on members of Easy Company. Each episode begins with excerpts from interviews with some of the survivors, who are identified by name only at the end of the finale.

The title of the book and series comes from the [[St Crispin's Day Speech|St. Crispin’s Day speech]] in [[William Shakespeare]]'s play ''[[Henry V (play)|Henry V]]'', delivered by [[Henry V of England|King Henry]] before the [[Battle of Agincourt]]. Ambrose quotes a passage from the speech on his book's first page; this passage is recited by [[Carwood Lipton]] in the series finale.

==Plot==
Over the course of ten episodes, ''Band of Brothers'' depicts a dramatized account of Easy Company's exploits during World War II.<ref name="BBCDrama"/>

Episodes include their training at [[Camp Toccoa]], the [[American airborne landings in Normandy]], [[Operation Market Garden]], the [[Siege of Bastogne]], the [[Western Allied invasion of Germany|invasion of Germany]], the liberation of the [[Kaufering concentration camp complex|Kaufering concentration camp]], the taking of the ''[[Kehlsteinhaus]]'' (Eagle's Nest) in [[Berchtesgaden]], the [[Allied-occupied Germany|occupation of Germany]], and finally the war's end.<ref name="BBCDrama"/>

[[Richard Winters]] is the central character, shown working to accomplish the company's missions and keep his men together and safe. While the series features a large ensemble cast, each episode generally focuses on a single character, following his action.<ref name="BBCDrama"/>

As the series is based on historical events, the fates of the characters reflect those of the persons on which they are based. Many either die or sustain serious wounds which lead to their being sent home. Other soldiers recover after treatment in [[field hospital]]s and rejoin their units on the front line. Their experiences, and the moral, mental, and physical hurdles they must overcome, are central to the story's narrative.

It follows the story from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of [[World War II]]. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of [[Normandy landings|D-Day]] in support of the landings at Utah beach, participated in the liberation of [[Battle of Carentan|Carentan]] and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler's mountain retreat in [[Berchtesgaden]].

== Episodes ==
{{Episode table |background=#544D2C |overall= |title= |director= |writer= |aux2= |airdate= |viewers= |country=US |aux2T=Main character(s) |episodes={{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 1
 |Title = {{va|Currahee}}
 |DirectedBy = [[Phil Alden Robinson]]
 |WrittenBy = {{StoryTeleplay|t= [[Erik Jendresen]] and [[Tom Hanks]]}}
 |Aux3 = [[Richard Winters]] and [[Herbert Sobel]]
 |ShortSummary = In 1942, Easy Company [[Parachuting#Jump training|jump trains]] at [[Camp Toccoa]] under First Lieutenant Herbert Sobel, a strict disciplinarian who goes out of his way to find fault with his men. The company is shipped to [[England]] in September 1943, and as training progresses, Sobel's inadequacy as a leader in the field becomes evident. Now-Captain Sobel fabricates a dispute with Lieutenant Richard "Dick" Winters, and gives him the option of accepting unwarranted punishment, or trial by [[Courts-martial of the United States|court martial]]. Winters surprises Sobel by rejecting the punishment and chooses the court martial. These factors lead Easy's [[non-commissioned officer]]s to resign en masse. Colonel [[Robert Sink]], the regiment's commander, reassigns Sobel to command a parachuting school for non-infantry personnel. With new leadership, Easy Company prepares for [[Operation Overlord]]. 
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|09|09}}
 |Viewers=9.90<ref name="premiere">{{cite magazine |url=https://www.broadcastingcable.com/news/news-articles/band-brothers-slips-after-attacks/89675 |title=Band of Brothers slips after attacks |magazine=[[Broadcasting & Cable]] |date=October 2, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173035/https://www.nexttv.com/news/band-brothers-slips-after-attacks-89675 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 2
 |Title = {{va|Day of Days}}
 |DirectedBy = [[Richard Loncraine]]
 |WrittenBy = [[John Orloff]]
 |Aux3 = Richard Winters
 |ShortSummary = On June 6, 1944, Easy Company [[Normandy landings|parachutes into Normandy]], but is scattered and many land miles away from their designated drop zones. Most of Easy reconnects, but its company commander, Lieutenant Thomas Meehan, is missing. Winters assumes command and successfully leads a group in destroying [[Wehrmacht|German]] [[artillery]] emplacements firing on [[Utah Beach]] from [[Brécourt Manor Assault|Brécourt Manor]]. Winters also discovers a map of all German artillery emplacements in Normandy. A number of Easy's men earn combat decorations for their part in the attack, including Winters, who is awarded the [[Distinguished Service Cross (United States)|Distinguished Service Cross]].
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|09|09}}
 |Viewers=9.90<ref name="premiere"/>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 3
 |Title = {{va|Carentan}}
 |DirectedBy = [[Mikael Salomon]]
 |WrittenBy = [[E. Max Frye]]
 |Aux3 = [[Albert Blithe]]
 |ShortSummary = Easy fights in the [[Battle of Carentan]] and loses several men. Rumors begin to circulate that Lieutenant [[Ronald Speirs]] killed a group of German [[Prisoner of war|prisoners]]. Private [[Albert Blithe]], who has been struggling with [[shell shock]], is finally spurred into action by Winters during the [[Battle of Bloody Gulch]]. Several days later, Blithe is shot through the neck by a [[sniper]] while on patrol.

''Note:'' The episode ends with the inaccurate statement that Blithe never recovered from his wounds and died in 1948. In reality, he recovered and continued to serve in the Army until his death in Germany as an active-duty serviceman in 1967.<ref>{{cite web|title=Band Of Brothers: "Carentan"
|author=Emily Todd VanDerWerff|publisher=[[The A.V. Club]]|date=April 16, 2014|access-date=January 10, 2021|url=https://www.avclub.com/band-of-brothers-carentan-1798180196}}</ref>
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|09|16}}
 |Viewers=7.27<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news2001/sep01/sep24/4_thurs/news1thursday.html |title=In days of tumult, a spirit of unity |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=[[Media Life]] |date=September 27, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150710002127/http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news2001/sep01/sep24/4_thurs/news1thursday.html |archive-date=July 10, 2015 }}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 4
 |Title = {{va|Replacements}}
 |DirectedBy = [[David Nutter]]
 |WrittenBy = [[Graham Yost]] and [[Bruce C. McKenna]]
 |Aux3 = Denver "Bull" Randleman
 |ShortSummary = Replacements join Easy Company and struggle to be accepted by the veterans who fought at Normandy. Winters is promoted to captain. Sobel is the regiment's new supply officer. The company parachutes into the [[Netherlands]] as part of [[Operation Market Garden]] and liberates [[Eindhoven]]. During combat in [[Nuenen]], the replacements integrate themselves with the company, but Easy is forced to retreat. Denver "Bull" Randleman is left behind. Wounded, he hides in a barn and engages in [[close quarters combat]] with a German soldier. He is reunited with the rest of the company the following day.
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|09|23}}
 |Viewers=6.29<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news2001/oct01/oct01/3_wed/news3wednesday.html |title=UPN's 'Enterprise,' most likely to succeed |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=October 3, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150709225342/http://www.medialifemagazine.com:8080/news2001/oct01/oct01/3_wed/news3wednesday.html |archive-date=July 9, 2015 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 5
 |Title = {{va|Crossroads}}
 |DirectedBy = [[Tom Hanks]]
 |WrittenBy = Erik Jendresen
 |Aux3 = Richard Winters
 |ShortSummary = Winters writes an after-action report on Easy's actions during a [[Battle of the Nijmegen salient|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.

Easy Company assists Lieutenant Colonel [[David Dobie]] of the British [[1st Airborne Division (United Kingdom)|1st Airborne Division]] in [[Operation Pegasus]] to rescue 140 of his comrades. The operation succeeds, and the rescued British troops celebrate with Easy. Heyliger is injured in a friendly fire incident, and command of the company passes to Lieutenant Norman Dike before Easy is rushed to [[Bastogne]] to fight in the [[Battle of the Bulge]]. 
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|09|30}}
 |Viewers=6.13<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct08/3_wed/news4wednesday.html |title=Viewers pick season's winners and losers |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=October 10, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025050802/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct08/3_wed/news4wednesday.html |archive-date=October 25, 2006 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 6
 |Title = {{va|Bastogne}}
 |DirectedBy = [[David Leland]]
 |WrittenBy = Bruce C. McKenna
 |Aux3 = Eugene Roe
 |ShortSummary = Easy faces harsh winter conditions in the [[Ardennes]], running dangerously low on supplies. [[Combat medic]] Eugene "Doc" Roe helps his fellow soldiers where he can, while also scrounging for supplies. He befriends a Belgian nurse named [[Renée Lemaire|Renée]]; she is later killed in a German bombing raid. Easy and other American units are surrounded, but General [[Anthony McAuliffe|McAuliffe]], their commander, rejects a German demand to surrender. 
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|10|07}}
 |Viewers=6.42<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct15/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |title='Friends' shows 'Survivor' its stuff |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=October 17, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120308133255/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct15/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |archive-date=March 8, 2012}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 7
 |Title = {{va|The Breaking Point}}
 |DirectedBy = [[David Frankel]]
 |WrittenBy = Graham Yost
 |Aux3 = [[Carwood Lipton]]
 |ShortSummary = Easy holds the line near [[Foy, Belgium]], losing numerous soldiers including Hoobler, who dies after accidentally shooting himself with a [[Luger pistol]]. Winters and the men worry about Norman Dike, who is frequently absent without explanation. First Sergeant [[Carwood Lipton]] attempts to keep Easy's morale up. Lieutenant [[Lynn "Buck" Compton]] watches in horror as his close friends [[William Guarnere]] and Joe Toye each lose a leg to shelling, and he too is pulled from the line. During the assault on Foy, Dike freezes up during an attack, so Winters orders Speirs to relieve him. Victorious but having taken heavy casualties, Easy takes shelter in a church, where Lipton is told he has been given a [[battlefield promotion|field commission]] as a second lieutenant and Captain Speirs is officially assigned command of Easy.
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|10|14}}
 |Viewers=6.43<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct22/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |title='Survivor' sputtering against NBC's 'Friends' |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=October 24, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080516000636/http://medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct22/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |archive-date=May 16, 2008 }}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 8
 |Title = {{va|The Last Patrol}}
 |DirectedBy = [[Tony To]]
 |WrittenBy = [[Erik Bork]] and Bruce C. McKenna
 |Aux3 = [[David Kenyon Webster|David Webster]]
 |ShortSummary = In [[Haguenau]], Easy adjusts to leaving the combat zone and gives a cold welcome to Private [[David Kenyon Webster|David Webster]], who did not break out of the hospital to rejoin the company like others; and new replacement Second Lieutenant Henry Jones, fresh from [[West Point]]. Jones and Webster participate in a night raid across the river to get prisoners for interrogation, which gains them some respect. Winters is promoted to [[Major (rank)|major]], Lipton's commission becomes official, and Jones is promoted to first lieutenant and transferred to the [[Staff (military)|regimental staff]].
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|10|21}}
 |Viewers=5.95<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct29/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |title=The two hit shows TV buyers dissed |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=October 31, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080405194741/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/oct01/oct29/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |archive-date=April 5, 2008 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 9
 |Title = {{va|Why We Fight}}
 |DirectedBy = David Frankel
 |WrittenBy = John Orloff
 |Aux3 = [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]]
 |ShortSummary = As Captain [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]] scrounges for his favored whisky, [[Vat 69]], Easy Company enters [[Nazi Germany]]. Nixon is distraught after learning that his wife is divorcing him; he is demoted to operations officer for the battalion. A small patrol of Easy Company men stumble upon a [[Kaufering concentration camp|concentration camp]] near [[Landsberg am Lech|Landsberg]] and free the surviving prisoners.

Easy secures food for the survivors, but the regiment's surgeon warns of [[refeeding syndrome]]; the survivors have to remain in the camp so they can be monitored. The German locals [[Knowledge of the Holocaust in Nazi Germany and German-occupied Europe|deny knowing about the camp]]. The 101st Airborne's commander, General [[Maxwell D. Taylor|Taylor]], imposes [[martial law]] and orders all able-bodied civilians from ages 14 to 80 to clean up the camp, including removing the bodies. Nixon informs Easy that [[Death of Adolf Hitler|Adolf Hitler has committed suicide]].
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|10|28}}
 |Viewers=6.08<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov05/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |title=World Series scores big for Fox |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=November 7, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025050925/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov05/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |archive-date=October 25, 2006 }}</ref>
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{{Episode list
 |EpisodeNumber = 10
 |Title = {{va|Points}}
 |DirectedBy = Mikael Salomon
 |WrittenBy = Erik Jendresen and Erik Bork
 |Aux3 = Richard Winters
 |ShortSummary = Easy captures the [[Kehlsteinhaus|Eagle's Nest]] in [[Berchtesgaden]] without resistance, and the [[End of World War II in Europe|end of the war in Europe]] is announced. Finding a collection of alcoholic beverages in a cellar at [[Hermann Göring]]'s house, Winters allows the company to celebrate before they travel to [[Austria]] to become an occupying force. It is then announced that the division will be redeployed to the [[Pacific War|Pacific Theater]], but those with enough [[Adjusted Service Rating Score|points]] will get to go home. General Taylor authorizes a drawing for each company to rotate one soldier home, and Staff Sergeant [[Shifty Powers]] wins Easy's drawing but is severely injured in an automobile accident on his way to the airfield. Private Liebgott leads a trio that tracks down and [[summary execution|summarily executes]] a concentration camp commandant at a farm.

Desiring to redeploy sooner, Winters applies for a transfer to the [[13th Airborne Division (United States)|13th Airborne]], but is denied. Despite the war's end, Easy Company men continue to be injured or die. Easy oversees the surrender of 25,000 German troops in [[Zell am See]]. Over a company baseball game, Winters narrates the fates of some of the men. He interrupts the game to announce the surrender of the [[Empire of Japan]], which [[End of World War II in Asia|ends the war]], and then narrates Nixon's fate and finally his own. The episode concludes with interviews with actual surviving Easy Company members.
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|04}}
 |Viewers=5.05<ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov12/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |title=NBC gets that sinking feeling |last=Downey |first=Kevin |magazine=Media Life |date=November 14, 2001 |access-date=July 8, 2015 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20061025040629/http://www.medialifemagazine.com/news2001/nov01/nov12/3_wed/news1wednesday.html |archive-date=October 25, 2006 }}</ref>
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===Special===
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 |Title = {{va|We Stand Alone Together}}
 |DirectedBy = Mark Cowen
 |WrittenBy = William Richter
 |Aux3 = Easy Company real-life members
 |ShortSummary = Subtitled ''The Men of Easy Company'', an official companion documentary included on home video for the miniseries and available on streaming services. Consists of interviews with the surviving real-life members of Easy Company including Winters, Lipton, Guarnere, Heffron and Powers and also photos and video from and related to their service and their annual reunions. Also includes Guarnere and Heffron revisiting Foy and interviews with Easy Company members' families.
 |OriginalAirDate = {{Start date|2001|11|10}}
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==Cast and characters==
The series features a large ensemble cast.

===Main cast===
<!--In all episodes or credited in the opening credit.-->
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* [[Kirk Acevedo]] as Staff Sergeant Joe Toye
* [[Eion Bailey]] as [[United States Army enlisted rank insignia of World War II|Private First Class]] [[David Kenyon Webster]]
* [[Michael Cudlitz]] as Staff Sergeant Denver "Bull" Randleman
* [[Dale Dye]] as Colonel [[Robert Sink]]
* [[Dexter Fletcher]] as Staff Sergeant John "Johnny" Martin
* [[Rick Gomez]] as Technician Fourth Grade George Luz
* [[Scott Grimes]] as Technical Sergeant [[Donald Malarkey]]
* [[Frank John Hughes]] as Staff Sergeant [[William Guarnere|William "Wild Bill" Guarnere]]
* [[Damian Lewis]] as Major [[Richard Winters|Richard "Dick" Winters]]
* [[Ron Livingston]] as Captain [[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]]
* [[James Madio]] as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte
* [[Ross McCall]] as Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Liebgott
* [[Neal McDonough]] as First Lieutenant [[Lynn Compton|Lynn "Buck" Compton]]
* [[Rene L. Moreno]] as Technician Fifth Grade Joseph Ramirez
* [[David Schwimmer]] as Captain [[Herbert Sobel]]
* [[Matthew Settle]] as Captain [[Ronald Speirs]]
* [[Douglas Spain]] as Technician Fifth Grade Antonio C. Garcia
* [[Richard Speight, Jr.]] as Sergeant Warren "Skip" Muck
* [[Shane Taylor (actor)|Shane Taylor]] as Technician Fourth Grade Eugene "Doc" Gilbert Roe
* [[Donnie Wahlberg]] as Second Lieutenant [[Carwood Lipton]]
* [[Rick Warden]] as First Lieutenant Harry Welsh
{{div col end}}

===Recurring cast===
<!--Appeared three episodes or more-->
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* Nicholas Aaron as Private First Class [[Robert Wynn (soldier)|Robert "Popeye" Wynn]]
* [[Doug Allen (actor)|Doug Allen]] as Private Alton More
* [[Jamie Bamber]] as Second Lieutenant Jack E. Foley
* [[Philip Barantini]] as Private Wayne A. "Skinny" Sisk
* [[George Calil]] as Sergeant James "Moe" Alley Jr.
* [[Ben Caplan (actor)|Ben Caplan]] as Corporal [[Walter Gordon (veteran)|Walter 'Smokey' Gordon]]
* [[Michael Fassbender]] as [[Technical sergeant|Technical Sergeant]] Burton Christensen
* [[Craig Heaney]] as Private Roy W. Cobb
* [[Nolan Hemmings]] as Staff Sergeant Chuck Grant
* [[Mark Huberman]] as Private Lester A. Hashey
* [[Robin Laing]] as Private First Class [[Edward Heffron|Edward "Babe" Heffron]]
* [[Mark Lawrence (actor)|Mark Lawrence]] as Corporal William Dukeman
* [[Matthew Leitch]] as Staff Sergeant Floyd Talbert
* [[Rocky Marshall]] as Staff Sergeant Earl McClung
* [[Tim Matthews (actor)|Tim Matthews]] as Private First Class Alex Penkala
* Peter McCabe as Corporal Donald Hoobler
* Phil McKee as Lieutenant Colonel Robert L. Strayer
* [[Peter Youngblood Hills]] as Staff Sergeant [[Darrell Powers|Darrell "Shifty" Powers]]
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====Supporting====
<!--Appeared 2 episodes or less-->
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* [[David Andrews (actor)|David Andrews]] as Major General Elbridge G. Chapman
* Bill Armstrong as Brigadier General [[Anthony McAuliffe]]
* Jonie Broom as Hans Schmidt
* [[Doug Cockle]] as Father John Maloney
* [[Alexis Conran]] as George Lavenson
* [[Dominic Cooper]] as Allington
* Marcos D'Cruze as Joseph P. Domingus
* Tony Devlin as Ralph R. "Doc" Spina
* [[Jimmy Fallon]] as Lt. George C. Rice
* [[Simon Fenton]] as Gerald J. Lorraine
* [[Iain Fletcher]] as Bernard J. "Doc" Ryan
* Tom George as Private White
* Ezra Godden as Robert van Klinken
* [[Stephen Graham (actor)|Stephen Graham]] as Sgt. Myron "Mike" Ranney
* Luke Griffin as Terrence C. "Salty" Harris
* [[Colin Hanks]] as First Lieutenant Henry S. Jones
* [[Tom Hardy]] as Private John Janovec
* Matt Hickey as Private Patrick O'Keefe
* [[Andrew Howard]] as Captain Clarence Hester
* Nigel Hoyle as Staff Sergeant Leo Boyle
* [[Lucie Jeanne]] as [[Renée Lemaire]]
* [[Corey Johnson (actor)|Corey Johnson]] as Regimental Doctor, Major Louis Kent
* Marc Ryan-Jordan as John T. Julian
* [[Wolf Kahler]] as German General
* [[John Light (actor)|John Light]] as Lieutenant Colonel [[David Dobie]]{{refn|group=note|The ''Band of Brothers'' book refers to Dobie as Col. O. Dobey, which is how he is named in the credits.}}
* [[Joseph May]] as [[Edward Shames|Edward J. Shames]]
* [[James McAvoy]] as Pvt. James W. Miller
* [[Stephen McCole]] as [[Frederick Heyliger|Frederick T. "Moose" Heyliger]]
* Hugo Metsers as John van Kooijk
* Benjamin Montague as Private Matt McDowell
* [[Hans Georg Nenning]] as German Baker
* David Nicolle as First Lieutenant Thomas Peacock
* [[Kieran O'Brien]] as Private Allen Vest
* Rebecca Okot as Anna the Nurse
* [[Jason O'Mara]] as First Lieutenant Thomas Meehan III
* [[Peter O'Meara]] as First Lieutenant Norman Dike
* Oscar Pearce as Richard H. Hughes
* [[Simon Pegg]] as First Sergeant William S. Evans
* [[Ben Peyton]] as Warrant Officer Hill
* [[Andrew-Lee Potts|Andrew Lee Potts]] as Eugene E. Jackson
* Dave Power as Rudolph R. Dittrich
* [[Luke Roberts (actor)|Luke Roberts]] as Herbert J. Suerth
* [[Iain Robertson]] as George Smith
* Toby Ross Bryant as Medic Paul Jones
* [[Bart Ruspoli]] as Private [[Edward Tipper]]
* Alex Sagba as Francis J. Mellet
* [[Simon Schatzberger]] as Private First Class Joseph Lesniewski
* [[Andrew Scott (actor)|Andrew Scott]] as Private John "Cowboy" Hall
* [[Graham Seed]] as Brigadier General Red Beret
* Adam Sims as John S. Zielinski, Jr.
* [[Anatole Taubman]] as Otto Herzfeld
* [[Stephen Walters]] as Technician Fifth Grade John "Jack" McGrath, Sr.
* [[Marc Warren]] as Private [[Albert Blithe]]
* [[Jack Wouterse]] as Dutch farmer in barn
* Paul Williams as Private Jack Olsen
* Jonathan Young as Lieutenant John W. Kelley
{{div col end}}

==Production==
The series was developed chiefly by [[Tom Hanks]] and [[Erik Jendresen]], who spent months detailing the plot outline and individual episodes.<ref name="TV Notes">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/arts/tv-notes-world-war-ii-the-mini-series.html |title=TV Notes: World War II, The Mini-Series |first=Lawrie |last=Mifflin |date=December 2, 1998 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173025/https://www.nytimes.com/1998/12/02/arts/tv-notes-world-war-ii-the-mini-series.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Steven Spielberg]] served as "the final eye" and used ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]'', the film on which he and Hanks had collaborated, to inform the series, although Jendresen served as showrunner.<ref name="Private Ryan">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/arts/television-radio-learning-how-the-private-ryans-felt-and-fought.html |title=Television/Radio: Learning How the Private Ryans Felt and Fought |first=Kristin |last=Hohenadel |date=December 17, 2000 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=August 24, 2008 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173154/https://www.nytimes.com/2000/12/17/arts/television-radio-learning-how-the-private-ryans-felt-and-fought.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Grater |first1=Tom |title='Band Of Brothers' showrunner Erik Jendresen on US TV industry: 'the fear of failure is extraordinary' |url=https://www.screendaily.com/news/band-of-brothers-showrunner-on-us-tv-industry-the-fear-of-failure-is-extraordinary/5131712.article |access-date=24 August 2022 |work=Screen International |date=17 August 2018}}</ref> Accounts of Easy Company veterans, such as [[Donald Malarkey]], were incorporated into production to add historic detail.<ref name="Private Ryan" />

===Budget and promotion===
[[File:Band of Brothers poster.jpg|thumb|A promotional poster for ''Band of Brothers'']]

''Band of Brothers'' was at the time the most expensive [[Miniseries|TV miniseries]] to have been made by any network.<ref name="Pentagon">{{cite news |title=On Television: HBO Bets Pentagon-Style Budget on a World War II Saga |first=Bill |last=Carter |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 3, 2001 |access-date=August 24, 2008 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/03/business/on-television-hbo-bets-pentagon-style-budget-on-a-world-war-ii-saga.html |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173030/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/03/business/on-television-hbo-bets-pentagon-style-budget-on-a-world-war-ii-saga.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Brothers">{{cite news |title='Brothers' invades fall lineup HBO's WWII miniseries battles network premieres |first=Gary |last=Levin |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=January 9, 2001}}</ref>  Its budget was about $125 million, or an average of $12.5 million per episode.<ref name="Private Ryan" />

An additional $15 million was allocated for a promotional campaign, which included screenings for World War II veterans.<ref name="Pentagon" /> One was held at [[Utah Beach]], Normandy, where U.S. troops had landed on [[Normandy landings|June 6, 1944]]. On June 7, 2001, 47 Easy Company veterans were flown to Paris and then traveled by chartered train to the site, where the series premiered.<ref name="Cable">{{cite news |title=HBO Cable network sets itself apart with daring fare |first=Gary |last=Levin |newspaper=USA Today |date=April 4, 2001}}</ref><ref name="Arts Abroad">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/arts/arts-abroad-a-normandy-landing-this-one-for-a-film.html |title=Arts Abroad: A Normandy Landing, This One for a Film |first=Alan |last=Riding |date=June 7, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173039/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/06/07/arts/arts-abroad-a-normandy-landing-this-one-for-a-film.html |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Chrysler]] was a sponsor, as its [[Jeep]]s were used in the series.<ref name="Jeep">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/media-business-advertising-jeep-s-manufacturer-seeks-capitalize-vehicle-s.html |title=Advertising: Jeep's manufacturer seeks to capitalize on the vehicle's featured role in 'Band of Brothers' |first=Stuart |last=Elliott |date=September 10, 2001 |newspaper=The New York Times |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173038/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/10/business/media-business-advertising-jeep-s-manufacturer-seeks-capitalize-vehicle-s.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Chrysler spent $5 million to $15 million on its advertising campaign, using footage from ''Band of Brothers''.<ref name="Jeep" /> Each of the spots was reviewed and approved by the co-executive producers Hanks and Spielberg.<ref name="Jeep"/>

The [[BBC]] paid £7 million ($10.1 million) as co-production partner, the most it had ever paid for a bought-in program, and screened it on [[BBC Two]]. Originally, it was to have aired on [[BBC One]] but was moved to allow an "uninterrupted ten-week run", with the BBC denying that this was because the series was not sufficiently mainstream.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/entertainment/tv_and_radio/1492257.stm |title=Spielberg epic loses prime slot |date=August 15, 2001 |work=BBC News |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=June 1, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200601085917/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/1492257.stm/ |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite magazine |url=http://www.newstatesman.com/200110080038 |title=The true drama of war |first=Andrew |last=Billen |date=October 8, 2001 |magazine=[[New Statesman]] |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090531132154/https://www.newstatesman.com/200110080038 |archive-date=May 31, 2009}}</ref> Negotiations were monitored by [[Prime Minister of the United Kingdom|British Prime Minister]] [[Tony Blair]], who spoke personally to Spielberg.<ref name="BBC">{{cite news |title=BBC pays £15m for new Spielberg war epic |first=Nicholas |last=Hellen |date=April 8, 2001 |newspaper=[[The Sunday Times]]}}</ref>

===Location===
The series was shot over eight to ten months on Ellenbrook Fields, at [[Hatfield Aerodrome]] in [[Hertfordshire]], England. This location had been used to shoot the film ''[[Saving Private Ryan]]''.<ref name="Private Ryan" /><ref name="Brothers" /> Various sets were built, including replicas on the large open field of 12 European towns, among them [[Bastogne]], Belgium; [[Eindhoven]], Netherlands; and [[Carentan]], France.<ref name="Hatfield">{{cite news |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/hatfield-prepares-for-invasion-of-spielberg-brigade-739014.html |title=Hatfield prepares for invasion of Spielberg brigade |first=Clare |last=Garner |date=December 11, 1999 |newspaper=[[The Independent]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173033/https://www.independent.co.uk/news/media/hatfield-prepares-for-invasion-of-spielberg-brigade-739014.html |url-status=live }}</ref><ref name="Arts Abroad" /> [[North Weald Airfield]] in [[Essex]] was used for shots depicting the take-offs for the [[D-Day]] [[Normandy]] landings.

The village of [[Hambleden]], in [[Buckinghamshire]], England, was used extensively in the early episodes to depict the company's training in England, as well as in later scenes. The scenes set in Germany and Austria were shot in Switzerland, in and near the village of [[Brienz]] in the [[Bernese Oberland]], and at the nearby Hotel Giessbach.

===Historical accuracy===
To preserve historical accuracy, the writers conducted additional research. One source was the memoir of Easy Company soldier [[David Kenyon Webster]], ''Parachute Infantry: An American Paratrooper's Memoir of D-Day and the Fall of the Third Reich'' (1994).{{citation needed|date=October 2017}} This was published by [[LSU Press]], following renewed interest in World War II and more than 30 years after his death in a boating accident. In ''Band of Brothers'' Ambrose quoted liberally from Webster's unpublished diary entries, with permission from his estate.<ref name=BofB_Book/>{{refn|group=note|Webster is referenced 18 times in the index, and appears on 69 pages.}}

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.<ref name="Private Ryan" /><ref name="Vets">{{cite news |title=Actors & Vets Bond In 'Band Of Brothers' |first=Richard |last=Huff |date=September 9, 2001 |newspaper=[[New York Daily News]]}}</ref> Dye (who portrays Colonel [[Robert Sink]]) instructed the actors in a 10-day [[Recruit training|boot camp]] at the [[Longmoor Military Camp]] in Hampshire, culminating with parachute training at [[RAF Brize Norton]].<ref name="Vets" /><ref>{{cite web |last1=Warden |first1=Rick |title='Lunch At Longmoor' - Rick Warden takes Band of Brothers actors back to Bootcamp, 18 years on |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ukanmadzCco |website=YouTube |date=July 2019 |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Band of Brothers |url=https://warriorsinc.website/television-projects/band-of-brothers/ |website=Warriors, Inc. |access-date=21 August 2023}}</ref>

The production aimed for accuracy in the detail of weapons and costumes. Simon Atherton, the weapons master, corresponded with veterans to match weapons to scenes, and assistant costume designer Joe Hobbs used photos and veteran accounts.<ref name="Private Ryan" />

Most actors had contact with the individuals they were to portray before filming, often by telephone. Several veterans came to the production site.<ref name="Private Ryan" /> Hanks acknowledged that alterations were needed to create the series: "We've made history fit onto our screens. We had to condense down a vast number of characters, fold other people's experiences into 10 or 15 people, have people saying and doing things others said or did. We had people take off their helmets to identify them, when they would never have done so in combat. But I still think it is three or four times more accurate than most films like this."<ref name="Arts Abroad" /> As a final accuracy check, the veterans saw previews of the series and approved the episodes before they were aired.<ref>{{cite news |title=Miniseries put actors through boot camp |first=Sandy |last=MacDonald |date=September 15, 2002 |newspaper=[[The Daily News (Halifax)|Daily News]]|location=Halifax}}</ref>

Shortly after the premiere of the series, Tom Hanks asked Major Winters what he thought of ''Band of Brothers''. The major responded, "I wish that it would have been more authentic. I was hoping for an 80 percent solution." Hanks responded, "Look, Major, this is Hollywood. At the end of the day we will be hailed as geniuses if we get this 12 percent right. We are going to shoot for 17 percent."{{sfnp|Kingseed|2014|p=260}}

[[File:506 Inf Rgt DUI.jpg|thumb|150px|The 506th PIR Unit emblem]]
The liberation of one of the [[Kaufering concentration camp|Kaufering subcamps]] of [[Dachau concentration camp|Dachau]] was depicted in episode 9 ("[[Why We Fight (Band of Brothers)|Why We Fight]]"); however, the 101st Airborne Division arrived at Kaufering Lager IV subcamp on the day after<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006152 |title=The 101st Airborne Division |website=The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum |access-date=May 9, 2016 |archive-date=July 7, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180707144109/https://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006152 |url-status=live }}</ref> it was discovered by the 134th Ordnance Maintenance Battalion of the [[12th Armored Division (United States)|12th Armored Division]], on April 27, 1945.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10006170 |title=The 12th Armored Division |website=The U.S. Holocaust Memorial Museum |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173215/https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/the-12th-armored-division |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum: Liberation of Concentration Camps |url=http://www.12tharmoredmuseum.com/liberation.asp |website=The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum |access-date=May 27, 2015 |archive-date=April 29, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150429123113/http://www.12tharmoredmuseum.com/liberation.asp |url-status=live }}</ref> 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 survivors' reports he had collected over the years. The camp was reconstructed in England for the miniseries.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://buergervereinigung-landsberg.de/geschichte/orginalfilm.htm |title=Die Amerikanische Armee entdeckt den Holocaust |trans-title=The American Army discovers the Holocaust |website=Bürgervereinigung zur Erforschung der Landsberger Zeitgeschichte |language=de |access-date=July 28, 2018 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173226/http://buergervereinigung-landsberg.de/geschichte/orginalfilm.htm |url-status=live }}</ref>

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 (United States)|7th Infantry Regiment]] of the [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Infantry Division]].<ref name=historynet>{{cite web |url=http://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-race-to-seize-berchtesgaden.htm |title=World War II: Race to Seize Berchtesgaden |last=McManus |first=John C. |date=June 12, 2006 |website=HistoryNet |access-date=July 10, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173041/https://www.historynet.com/world-war-ii-race-to-seize-berchtesgaden.htm |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite book |url=http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Chronology/USA-SS-Chronology-5.html |editor-last=Williams |editor-first=Mary H. |date=1960 |title=Special Studies, Chronology 1941-1945 |series=[[United States Army in World War II]] |publisher=Center of Military History, United States Army |quote=In U.S. Seventh Army's XV Corps area, 7th Inf of 3d Div, crossing into Austria, advances through Salzburg to Berchtesgaden without opposition. |access-date=January 11, 2017 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173157/http://www.ibiblio.org/hyperwar/USA/USA-SS-Chronology/USA-SS-Chronology-5.html |url-status=live }}</ref>{{refn|group=note| According to [[Dwight D. Eisenhower]], Supreme Commander of Allied forces in Europe, the [[3rd Infantry Division (United States)|3rd Infantry Division]] was the first to take the town of Berchtesgaden; the "Eagle's Nest" is never mentioned.<ref>{{cite book |title=Crusade in Europe |url=https://archive.org/details/crusadeineurope00eise |url-access=registration |last=Eisenhower |first=Dwight D. |date=1948 |location=New York |publisher=[[Doubleday (publisher)|Doubleday]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/crusadeineurope00eise/page/418 418] |quote="On May 4 the 3d division of the same corps captured Berchtesgaden." (The corps mentioned was the US XV Corps. The term "Eagle's Nest" is not in the quote nor the paragraph that mentions the capture of Berchtesgaden.)}}</ref> General [[Maxwell D. Taylor]], former Commanding General of the [[101st Airborne Division]], then attached to the [[XXI Corps (United States)|XXI Corps]], agreed.<ref>{{cite book |title=Swords and Plowshares |url=https://archive.org/details/swordsplowshares00tayl |url-access=registration |last=Taylor |first=Maxwell D. |date=1972 |location=New York |publisher=[[W. W. Norton]] |page=[https://archive.org/details/swordsplowshares00tayl/page/106 106] |isbn=9780393074604 |quote=3d Division units got into Berchtesgaden ahead of us on the afternoon of May 4}}</ref><!-- What did Taylor have to say, if anything, about the Kehlsteinhaus, which is the point at issue on this page? --> }} Reputedly members of the 7th went as far as the elevator to the ''Kehlsteinhaus'',<ref name=historynet/> with at least one individual claiming he and a partner continued on to the top.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://lcweb2.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.09540/ |title=Veterans History Project: Interview with Herman Finnell |date=2001 |website=Library of Congress |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173048/http://memory.loc.gov/diglib/vhp/story/loc.natlib.afc2001001.09540/ |url-status=live }} Herman Louis Finnell of the 3rd Division, 7th Regiment, Company I, states that he and his ammo carrier, Pfc. Fungerburg, were the first to enter the Eagle's Nest, as well as the secret passages below the structure. Finnell stated that the hallway below the structure had rooms on either side filled with destroyed paintings, evening gowns, destroyed medical equipment and a wine cellar.<!-- Note: Unlike Hitler's Berghof, the Kehlsteinhaus was ''not'' bombed; purportedly SS troops which survived the air raid inflicted substantial destruction on the Berghof, Kehlsteinhaus, and elsewhere before leaving the area in advance of Allied occupation. It remains unclear who inflicted the destruction the Fungerburg describes, the SS, or prior U.S. troops. --></ref> However, the [[101st Airborne Division|101st Airborne]] maintains it was first both to Berchtesgaden and the Kehlsteinhaus.<ref>[[E Company, 506th Infantry Regiment (United States)|Easy Company of the 2nd Battalion 506th Regiment]], US 101st Airborne Division: {{cite video |year=1945 |title=Video: Allies Sign Control Law For Germany, 1945/06/14 (1945) |url=https://archive.org/details/1945-06-14_Allies_Sign_Control_Law_For_Germany |publisher=[[Universal Newsreel]] |access-date=February 20, 2012 }}</ref>{{Failed verification|date=November 2017}} Elements of the [[2nd Armored Division (France)|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,<ref>{{cite book |title=Les Fanfares perdues: Entretiens avec Jean Lacouture |last1=Buis |first1=Georges |last2=Lacouture |first2=Jean |date=1975 |location=Paris |publisher=[[Éditions du Seuil]] |language=fr}}</ref><ref>{{cite book |title=La Nueve. Los españoles que liberaron París |trans-title=The Nine. The Spaniards who liberated Paris |first=Evelyn |last=Mesquida |location=Barcelona |publisher=[[Ediciones B]] |date=April 2010 |language=es |isbn=978-8-49872-365-6}}</ref> and this is supported by testimonies of the Spanish soldiers who went along with them.

Major Dick Winters, who commanded the 2nd Battalion of the U.S. 506th PIR in May 1945, stated that they entered [[Berchtesgaden]] shortly after noon on May 5. He challenged competing claims stating, "If the 7th Infantry Regiment of the 3rd Division was first in Berchtesgaden, just where did they go? Berchtesgaden is a relatively small community. I walked into the Berchtesgaden Hof with Lieutenant Welsh and saw nobody other than some servants. Goering's Officers' Club and wine cellar certainly would have caught the attention of a French soldier from [[Philippe Leclerc de Hauteclocque|LeClerc]]'s [[2nd Armored Division (France)|2nd Armored Division]], or a rifleman from the U.S. 3rd Division. I find it hard to imagine, if the 3rd Division was there first, why they left those beautiful Mercedes staff cars untouched for our men."{{sfnp|Kingseed|2014|pp=35-36}}

==Reception==

===Critical reception===
''Band of Brothers'' has a 94% approval rating on [[Rotten Tomatoes]], with an average rating of 8.1/10 and based on 34 reviews. The website's critics consensus reads: "''Band of Brothers'' offers a visceral, intense look at the horrors of war – and the sacrifices of the millions of ordinary people who served."<ref>{{Cite web|title=Band of Brothers|url=https://www.rottentomatoes.com/tv/band_of_brothers/s01|website=Rotten Tomatoes|language=en|access-date=June 8, 2021}}</ref> [[Metacritic]], which uses a [[weighted average]], gives the miniseries a score of 87 out of 100 based on 28 reviews, indicating "universal acclaim".<ref>{{Cite web |title=Band of Brothers |url=https://www.metacritic.com/tv/band-of-brothers |access-date=July 30, 2022 |website=[[Metacritic]]}}</ref>

[[CNN]]'s Paul Clinton said that the miniseries "is a remarkable testament to that generation of citizen soldiers, who responded when called upon to save the world for democracy and then quietly returned to build the nation that we now all enjoy, and all too often take for granted".<ref>{{cite web |url=http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/band.brothers/index.html |title=Enlist TV for 'Band of Brothers' |last=Clinton |first=Paul |date=September 7, 2001 |website=[[CNN]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080321052240/http://archives.cnn.com/2001/SHOWBIZ/TV/09/07/band.brothers/index.html |archive-date=March 21, 2008}}</ref> Caryn James of ''[[The New York Times]]'' called it "an extraordinary 10-part series that masters its greatest challenge: it balances the ideal of heroism with the violence and terror of battle, reflecting what is both civilized and savage about war." James also remarked on the generation gap between most viewers and characters, suggesting this was a significant hurdle.<ref>{{cite news |first=Caryn |last=James |title=TV Weekend; An Intricate Tapestry Of a Heroic Age |newspaper=The New York Times |date=September 7, 2001 |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/movies/tv-weekend-an-intricate-tapestry-of-a-heroic-age.html |access-date=August 24, 2008 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173037/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/07/movies/tv-weekend-an-intricate-tapestry-of-a-heroic-age.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Robert Bianco of ''[[USA Today]]'' wrote that the series was "significantly flawed and yet absolutely extraordinary—just like the men it portrays," rating the series four out of four stars. He noted however that it was hard to identify with individual characters during crowded battle scenes.<ref>{{cite news |first=Robert |last=Bianco |title='Band' masterfully depicts horror, complexity of war |newspaper=[[USA Today]] |date=September 7, 2001}}</ref>

[[Philip French]] of ''[[The Guardian]]'' commented that he had "seen nothing in the cinema this past year that impressed me as much as BBC2's 10-part ''Band of Brothers'', produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, and [[Ken Loach]]'s ''The Navigators'' on Channel 4", and that it was "one of the best films ever made about men in war and superior in most ways to ''Saving Private Ryan''."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/23/features.review |title=Diamonds in the dross: Films of the year |last1=French |first1=Philip |date=December 23, 2001 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173216/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/dec/23/features.review |url-status=live }}</ref> Matt Seaton, also in ''The Guardian'', wrote that the film's production was "on such a scale that in an ad hoc, inadvertent way it gives one a powerful sense of what really was accomplished during the D-Day invasion - the extraordinary logistical effort of moving men and matériel in vast quantities."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/24/features.mattseaton |title=Too close for comfort |last1=Seaton |first1=Matt |date=September 24, 2001 |newspaper=The Guardian |access-date=October 9, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173213/https://www.theguardian.com/film/2001/sep/24/features.mattseaton |url-status=live }}</ref>

[[Tom Shales]] of ''[[The Washington Post]]'' wrote that though the series is "at times visually astonishing," it suffers from "disorganization, muddled thinking and a sense of redundancy." Shales observed that the characters are hard to identify: "Few of the characters stand out strikingly against the backdrop of the war. In fact, this show is all backdrop and no frontdrop. When you watch two hours and still aren't quite sure who the main characters are, something is wrong."<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/08/band-of-brothers-ragged-wwii-saga-off-to-a-slow-march/4a25b6f3-14f7-49b4-96aa-d1b7fd1d9b86/?noredirect=on |title='Band of Brothers': Ragged WWII Saga Off to a Slow March |first=Tom |last=Shales |date=August 7, 2001 |newspaper=[[The Washington Post]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173230/https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/lifestyle/2001/09/08/band-of-brothers-ragged-wwii-saga-off-to-a-slow-march/4a25b6f3-14f7-49b4-96aa-d1b7fd1d9b86/?noredirect=on |url-status=live }}</ref>

''Band of Brothers'' has become a benchmark for World War II series. The German series ''[[Generation War]],'' for example, was characterized by critics as ''Band of Brüder'' (the German word for "Brothers").<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/band-of-br%C3%BCder-a-german-view-of-wartime-1.1343285 |title=Band of Brüder: a German view of wartime |first=Derek |last=Scally |date=March 30, 2013 |newspaper=[[The Irish Times]] |access-date=July 8, 2013 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173046/https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/europe/band-of-br%C3%BCder-a-german-view-of-wartime-1.1343285 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Ratings===
''Band of Brothers''{{'}} September 9, 2001 premiere drew almost 10 million viewers.<ref name="9/11">{{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/movies/fewer-soldiers-march-onscreen-after-attacks-filmmakers-weigh-wisdom-military.html |title=Fewer Soldiers March Onscreen; After Attacks, Filmmakers Weigh Wisdom of Military Stories |first=Rick |last=Lyman |date=October 16, 2001 |newspaper=[[The New York Times]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173040/https://www.nytimes.com/2001/10/16/movies/fewer-soldiers-march-onscreen-after-attacks-filmmakers-weigh-wisdom-military.html |url-status=live }}</ref> Two days later, the [[September 11 attacks]] occurred, and HBO immediately ceased its marketing campaign.<ref name="9/11" /> The  third episode drew 7.2 million viewers<ref name="9/11" /> and the last episode received almost 5.1 million viewers, the smallest audience.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1005087812651291880 |title=HBO's 'Band of Brothers' Draws Series' Smallest Audience for Finale |first=Sally |last=Beatty |date=November 7, 2001 |newspaper=[[The Wall Street Journal]] |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=April 28, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200428163241/https://www.wsj.com/articles/SB1005087812651291880 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===Awards and nominations===
The series was nominated for 20 [[Primetime Emmy Award]]s and won seven, including Outstanding Miniseries and Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special.<ref name=emmys2002>{{cite web |url=http://www.emmys.com/shows/band-brothers |title=Band of Brothers: Awards & Nominations |website=Television Academy |access-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 14, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714231727/http://www.emmys.com/shows/band-brothers |url-status=live }}</ref> It also won the [[Golden Globe Award]] for Best Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television,<ref name=goldenGlobes2002>{{cite web |title=Band of Brothers |url=http://www.goldenglobes.com/band-brothers |website=Golden Globes Awards |access-date=June 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140714203520/http://www.goldenglobes.com/band-brothers |archive-date=July 14, 2014 }}</ref> [[American Film Institute]] Award for TV Movie or Miniseries of the Year,<ref name=afi2001>{{cite web |title=AFI Awards 2001 |url=http://afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards01.aspx |website=American Film Institute |access-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-date=July 23, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140723065242/http://afi.com/afiawards/AFIAwards01.aspx |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Producers Guild of America Award]] for Outstanding Producer of Long-Form Television,<ref name=upi20020304>{{cite web |title=Producers Guild of America Awards winners |url=http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/03/04/Producers-Guild-of-America-Awards-winners/UPI-21691015268843/ |website=United Press International |access-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173042/https://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2002/03/04/Producers-Guild-of-America-Awards-winners/21691015268843/?ur3=1 |url-status=live }}</ref> and the [[TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries and Specials|TCA Award for Outstanding Achievement in Movies, Miniseries, and Specials]].<ref name=tca2002>{{cite web |title=2002 TCA Awards winners |url=http://tvcritics.org/2002-tca-awards-winners/ |website=Television Critics Association |access-date=June 7, 2014 |archive-date=September 6, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170906134814/http://tvcritics.org/2002-tca-awards-winners/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

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."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/band-of-brothers |title=Band of Brothers (HBO) |date=May 2002 |website=Peabody Awards |access-date=July 15, 2019 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173043/http://www.peabodyawards.com/award-profile/band-of-brothers |url-status=live }}</ref> 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".<ref name=Guardian_20190926>{{cite news |title= The 100 best TV shows of the 21st century |url=https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/16/100-best-tv-shows-of-the-21st-century |work=The Guardian |date=September 16, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191101054025/https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2019/sep/16/100-best-tv-shows-of-the-21st-century |archive-date=November 1, 2019| url-status=live }}</ref>

====Primetime Emmy Awards====
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|-
! style="width:400pt;"| Category
! style="width:300pt;"| Nominee(s)
! style="width:105pt;"| Episode
! style="width:100pt;"| Result
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Miniseries|Outstanding Miniseries]]
| [[Steven Spielberg]], [[Tom Hanks]], [[Gary Goetzman]], [[Tony To]], [[Stephen E. Ambrose]], Eric Bork, Eric Jendresen, Mary Richards
|
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Achievement in Interactive Television Programming
| 
| 
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Art Direction for a Miniseries or Movie
| [[Anthony D. G. Pratt|Anthony Pratt]], Dom Dossett, Alan Tomkins, Kevin Philpps, Desmond Crowe, Malcolm Stone
| "The Breaking Point"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or a Special|Outstanding Casting for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special]]
| Meg Liberman, Camille H. Patton, Angela Terry, Gary Davy, Suzanne M. Smith
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie|Outstanding Cinematography for a Miniseries or Movie]]
| [[Remi Adefarasin]]
| "The Last Patrol"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Directing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special]]
| [[David Frankel]], Tom Hanks, [[David Nutter]], [[David Leland]], [[Richard Loncraine]], [[Phil Alden Robinson]], [[Mikael Salomon]], Tony To
|
| {{won}}
|-
| Outstanding Hairstyling for a Miniseries or Movie
| Helen Smith & Paula Price
| "Crossroads"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Main Title Design|Outstanding Main Title Design]]
| Michael Riley, Michelle Dougherty, Jeff Miller, Jason Web
|
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Make-up for a Miniseries or Movie (Non-Prosthetic)
| Liz Tagg & Nikita Rae
| "Why We Fight"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Outstanding Prosthetic Make-up for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special
| Daniel Parker, Matthew Smith, [[Duncan Jarman]]
| "Day of Days"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | Outstanding Single-Camera Picture Editing for a Miniseries or Movie
| Frances Parker
| "Day of Days"
| {{won}}
|-
| Billy Fox
| "Replacements"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Special|Outstanding Sound Editing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special]]
| Campbell Askew, Paul Conway, James Boyle, Ross Adams, Andy Kennedy, Howard Halsall, Robert Gavin, Grahame Peters, Michael Higham, Dashiell Rae, Andie Derrick, Peter Burgis
| "Day of Days"
| {{won}}
|-
| rowspan=3 | Outstanding Sound Mixing for a Miniseries or Movie
| Colin Charles, Mike Dowson, Mark Taylor
| "Carentan"
| {{won}}
|-
| David Stephenson, Mike Dowson, Mark Taylor
| "Day of Days"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Colin Charles, Keven Patrick Burns, Todd Orr
| "The Breaking Point"
| {{nom}}
|-
| rowspan=2 | [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Special Visual Effects|Outstanding Special Visual Effects for a Miniseries, Movie, or Special]]
| Angus Bickerton, John Lockwood, Ken Dailey, Joe Pavlo, Mark Nettleton, Michael Mulholland, Joss Williams, Nigel Stone
| "Replacements"
| {{nom}}
|-
| Angus Bickerton, Mat Beck, Cindy Jones, Louis Mackall, Nigel Stone, Karl Mooney, Laurent Hugueniot, Chas Cash
| "Day of Days"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Stunt Coordination|Outstanding Stunt Coordination]]
| Greg Powell
| "Carentan"
| {{nom}}
|-
| [[Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie or a Dramatic Special|Outstanding Writing for a Miniseries, Movie, or Dramatic Special]]
| Erik Bork, [[E. Max Frye]], Tom Hanks, Erik Jendresen, [[Bruce C. McKenna]], John Orloff, [[Graham Yost]]
|
| {{nom}}
|}

====Golden Globe Awards====
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! style="width:400pt;"| Category
! style="width:200pt;"|Nominee
! style="width:100pt;"| Outcome
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Miniseries or Television Film|Best Miniseries or Television Film]]
|
| {{won}}
|-
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film|Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film]]
| [[Damian Lewis]] 
| {{nom}}
|- 
| [[Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Series, Miniseries or Television Film|Best Supporting Actor in a Series, Miniseries, or Television Film]]
| [[Ron Livingston]] 
| {{nom}} 
|}

==Home media==
The miniseries was released on [[VHS]] and [[DVD]] box sets on November 5, 2002. The DVD set has five discs containing all ten episodes, and a bonus disc including ''We Stand Alone Together: The Men of Easy Company'' and an official video diary by [[Ron Livingston]] ([[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]]) showing the actors' boot camp at Longmoor.<ref>{{cite web |author=Home Box Office |title=Ron Livingston's Video Diaries |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ju11gCisOL4 |website=YouTube |date=May 2, 2020 |access-date=21 August 2023 |language=en}}</ref> A collector's edition of the box set was also released, containing the same discs in a tin case instead of cardboard. {{as of|2010}}, ''Band of Brothers'' was one of the best-selling TV DVD sets,<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6620883.html?industryid=47211 |title=2008 Video Hall Of Fame Profile: Henry McGee |first=Laurence |last=Lerman |date=December 8, 2008 |website=Videobusiness.com |access-date=August 10, 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090528225800/http://www.videobusiness.com/article/CA6620883.html?industryid=47211 |archive-date=May 28, 2009}}</ref> having sold about $250 million worth.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/entertainmentnewsbuzz/2010/03/over-three-million-viewers-sign-up-for-hbos-the-pacific.html |first=Joe |last=Flint |title=Over 3 million viewers sign up for HBO's 'The Pacific' |date=March 16, 2010 |newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]] |access-date=August 10, 2011}}</ref>

The series was released as an exclusive [[HD DVD]] TV series in Japan in 2007. With the demise of the format, they went out of production. A [[Blu-ray Disc]] version of ''Band of Brothers'' was released on November 11, 2008, and has become a Blu-ray Disc top seller.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://whv.warnerbros.com/WHVPORTAL/Portal/product.jsp?OID=50192 |title=Band of Brothers |website=[[Warner Bros.]] DVD Shop |access-date=August 6, 2008 |archive-date=November 16, 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201116173223/https://www.warnerbros.com/landing?OID=50192 |url-status=live }}</ref>

===''He Has Seen War''===
In 2011, HBO aired a documentary entitled ''He Has Seen War'' with Tom Hanks as executive producer and Mark Herzog as director about the postwar stories of and lasting effects of the war, including [[post-traumatic stress disorder]], on not only Easy Company members but also members of the [[1st Marine Division (United States)|1st Marine Division]] who were subjects of ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]'' after the division fought at [[Guadalcanal Campaign|Guadalcanal]], [[Battle of Cape Gloucester|Cape Gloucester]], [[Battle of Peleliu|Peleliu]], [[Battle of Iwo Jima|Iwo Jima]] and [[Battle of Okinawa|Okinawa]]. [[William Guarnere|William "Wild Bill" Guarnere]] and [[Donald Malarkey]] both appear alongside their families, as does the family of [[Lynn Compton|Lynn "Buck" Compton]] and also the families of Corporal [[Eugene Sledge]] and Private [[Robert Leckie (author)|Robert Leckie]], two of the members of the 1st Marine Division who are central characters in ''The Pacific''.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Herzog |first1=Mark |title=He Has Seen War |url=https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2152741/?ref_=ttpl_ov |website=IMDb |publisher=Herzog & Company |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=11 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=National WWII Museum |title=He Has Seen War (Airing and Discussion) |url=https://vimeo.com/512968625 |website=Vimeo |access-date=29 August 2023 |date=16 February 2021}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=He Has Seen War |url=https://www.herzogcompany.com/case-studies/he-has-seen-war/ |website=Herzog & Co. |access-date=29 August 2023}}</ref>

===''Dick Winters: Hang Tough''===
In 2012, the Richard D. Winters Leadership Monument near [[Sainte-Marie-du-Mont, Manche|Sainte-Marie-du-Mont]] in Normandy recognizing all American junior officers, together with their divisions and corps, who led the way on [[Normandy landings|D-Day]], was unveiled on the 68th anniversary of the invasion. For the occasion, the World War II Foundation, which raised the funds for the monument, produced a biographical documentary entitled ''Dick Winters: Hang Tough''. [[Damian Lewis]], who played Winters, narrates the film in the American accent he used while playing him. Documentary filmmaker and World War II Foundation founder and president Tim Gray is the creator of the overall film, which includes actual photos, photos from the miniseries and interviews with the real-life Winters and other Easy Company members including a number who were portrayed in the show such as Guarnere, Malarkey, [[Edward Heffron|Edward "Babe" Heffron]], Frank Perconte and [[Edward Tipper]].

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 {{convert|13|ft|m|adj=on}} bronze statue of Winters by sculptor Steven Spears.<ref>{{cite web |last1=Gray |first1=Tim |title=Dick Winters: Hang Tough |url=https://wwiifoundation.org/lesson/dick-winters-hang-tough/ |publisher=World War II Foundation |access-date=22 August 2023}}</ref>

===''Band of Brothers'' Podcast===
In 2021, on the occasion of the miniseries' 20th anniversary, HBO produced an official podcast hosted by British-American author, broadcaster and filmmaker [[Roger Bennett (journalist)|Roger Bennett]] of the [[Men in Blazers]] soccer show and podcast. After a prologue episode featuring [[Tom Hanks]] as executive producer, it progresses through each episode giving a brief summary before interviewing actors and crew members about their roles, their careers leading up to the miniseries, their experiences with the show and the specific episode.<ref>{{cite web |last=Bennett |first=Roger |title=Band of Brothers Podcast |url=https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/band-of-brothers-podcast/id1583082956 |website=Apple Podcasts |publisher=Home Box Office |access-date=21 August 2023 |date=11 November 2021}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|+ Podcast episode list
|-
! No. !! Episode/Topic !! Guest(s)
|-
! 0
| Prologue
| [[Tom Hanks]] (Executive producer)
|-
! 1
| "Currahee"
| [[Ron Livingston]] ([[Lewis Nixon III|Lewis Nixon]])
|-
! 2
| "Day of Days"
| [[John Orloff]] (Writer, Episodes 2 and 9) and [[Richard Loncraine]] (Director, Episode 2)
|-
! 3
| "Carentan"
| Capt. [[Dale Dye]] ([[Robert Sink]] / Senior military advisor) and [[Matthew Settle]] ([[Ronald Speirs]])
|-
! 4
| "Replacements"
| [[Frank John Hughes]] ([[William Guarnere|William "Wild Bill" Guarnere]])
|-
! 5
| "Crossroads"
| [[Erik Jendresen]] (Supervising producer / Lead writer)
|-
! 6
| "Bastogne"
| [[Shane Taylor (actor)|Shane Taylor]] (Eugene "Doc" Roe)
|-
! 7
| "The Breaking Point"
| [[Donnie Wahlberg]] ([[Carwood Lipton]])
|-
! 8
| "The Last Patrol"
| [[Scott Grimes]] ([[Donald Malarkey]])
|-
! 9
| "Why We Fight"
| [[Ross McCall]] (Joseph Liebgott) and John Orloff
|-
! 10 
| "Points" 
| [[Damian Lewis]] ([[Richard Winters|Richard "Dick" Winters]])
|}

==See also==
{{Portal|Television}}
* ''[[The Pacific (miniseries)|The Pacific]]''
* ''[[Masters of the Air]]''
* ''[[Battleground (film)|Battleground]]'', a 1949 film that followed a company of the [[327th Glider Infantry Regiment]], [[101st Airborne Division]] during the [[siege of Bastogne]].
* ''[[Dead Eyes]]'', a [[podcast]] series by [[Connor Ratliff]] "investigating" his loss of the role of Zielinski
* ''[[Generation War]]'', a German miniseries about the lives of four [[Wehrmacht]] soldiers

==Notes==
{{reflist|group=note}}

==References==
{{Reflist}}
;Bibliography
*{{cite book |last=Kingseed |first=Cole C. |date=2014 |title=Conversations With Major Dick Winters: Life Lessons from the Commander of the Band of Brothers |location=New York |publisher=[[Berkley Books]] |isbn=978-0-69813-960-2}}

==Further reading==
A number of books give further insight into Easy Company:
* {{cite book |last1=Alexander |first1=Larry |title=In the Footsteps of the Band of Brothers: A Return to Easy Company's Battlefields with Sgt. Forrest Guth |date=2010 |location=New York |publisher=[[New American Library]] |isbn=978-0-45122-991-5 |url=https://archive.org/details/infootstepsofban0000alex }} Part travelogue, part historical perspective.
* {{cite book |last1=Brotherton |first1=Marcus |title=A Company of Heroes: Personal Memories about the Real Band of Brothers and the Legacy They Left Us |date=2010 |location=New York |publisher=Berkley Caliber |isbn=978-0-42523-420-4}} Profiles of deceased Easy Company men by their family members.
*{{cite book |last1=Brotherton |first1=Marcus |title=Shifty's War: The Authorized Biography of Sergeant Darrell Powers, the Legendary Sharpshooter from the Band of Brothers |date=2011 |location=New York |publisher=Berkley Caliber |isbn=978-1-10150-525-0}}
* {{cite book |last1=Brotherton |first1=Marcus |title=[[We Who Are Alive and Remain]] |date=2009 |location=New York |publisher=Berkley Caliber |isbn=978-0-42523-419-8}} Oral history featuring 20 surviving members of Easy Company.
* {{cite book |last1=Compton |first1=Lynn |last2=Brotherton |first2=Marcus |name-list-style=amp|title=Call of Duty |date=2008 |location=New York |publisher=Berkley Publishing Group |isbn=978-0-42521-970-6 |url=https://archive.org/details/isbn_9780425227879 }} Recounts Compton's career as an attorney and prosecutor of [[Sirhan Sirhan]].
* {{cite book |last1=Einhorn |first1=Dalton |title=From Toccoa to the Eagle's Nest: Discoveries in the Bootsteps of the Band of Brothers |date=2009 |publisher=[[CreateSpace|BookSurge Publishing]] |isbn=978-1-43926-479-9}}
* {{cite book |last1=Guarnere |first1=William |last2=Heffron |first2=Edward |last3=Post |first3=Robyn |name-list-style=amp|title=Brothers in Battle, Best of Friends |date=2008 |location=New York |publisher=Dutton Caliber |isbn=978-0-42522-436-6}}
* {{cite book |last1=Malarkey |first1=Donald |last2=Welch |first2=Bob |name-list-style=amp|title=Easy Company Soldier |date=2009 |location=New York |publisher=[[St. Martin's Griffin]] |isbn=978-0-31256-323-3}}
* {{cite book |last1=Powers |first1=Jake |title=Easy Company 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment - In Photographs |year=2008 |location=Guildford |publisher=[[Genesis Publications]]|isbn=978-1-90566-206-7}} A limited edition [[coffee table book]].
* {{cite book |last1=Webster |first1=David Kenyon |title=Parachute Infantry |date=1994 |location=Baton Rouge |publisher=Louisiana State University Press |isbn=978-0-80711-901-3}} Published posthumously.
* {{cite book |last1=de Trez |first1=Michel |title=Corporal Forrest L. Guth |series=The Way We Were No.1 |date=2004 |location=[[Wezembeek-Oppem]] |publisher=D-Day Publishing |isbn=978-2-96001-765-6}} A collection of Guth's war time pictures and memoirs.
* {{cite book |last1=Winters |first1=Richard D. |last2=Kingseed |first2=Cole C. |name-list-style=amp|title=Beyond Band of Brothers: The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters |date=2005 |location=New York |publisher=Berkley Caliber |isbn=978-0-42520-813-7 |url=https://archive.org/details/beyondbandofbrot00wint }}

==External links==
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{{wikiquote|Band of Brothers}}
* {{official website|http://www.hbo.com/band-of-brothers}}
* {{Rotten Tomatoes TV|band-of-brothers|Band of Brothers}}
* {{IMDb title|0185906|Band of Brothers}}
* [http://feeds.radioamerica.org/rd-bin/rdfeed.mp3?Veterans&cast_id=1007 Bill Guarnere and Babe Heffron discuss their experience as part of the Band of Brothers] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120118205938/http://feeds.radioamerica.org/rd-bin/rdfeed.mp3?Veterans&cast_id=1007 |date=January 18, 2012 }}
* [http://www.101airborneww2.com/bandofbrothers.html Mark Bando's ''Band of Brothers'' pages] (Bando is a prolific historian of the 101st Airborne)
* [http://www.landsberger-zeitgeschichte.de/Geschichte/geschichte/orginalfilm.htm Film of the U.S. Army: liberation of the concentration camp Kaufering IV (by Landsberg Lech), in April 1945:] This film and the photos, made by the U.S. Army, served as a template for Part 9 ''Band of Brothers''. These documents were given to the team of director and producer Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks by the European Holocaust Memorial (Landsberg).

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