Summary Of Band Of Brothers By Stephen E. Ambrose

For this assignment, I have chosen to read the story Band of Brothers written by Stephen E. Ambrose. The author came from a great deal of knowledge as he was previously a history professor for over four decades. Mr. Ambrose set out to interview the E. Company, 506th regiment, 101st Airborne division regarding their experiences during World War II. During World War II, they fought Germany on D-Day at the beaches of Normandy and were able to make it all the way to what was known as Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. Stephen Ambrose wrote several stories on World War II but he tells this specific one through a narrative point of view. He explains the events that transpired through the eyes of the interviewed soldiers in order to give us external insight.

Company's experiences throughout the war. Members of the company are interviewed by Ambrose, which he then uses to recreate the battlefield training, friendship and heroic actions of the E. Company men. The story begins with the men of E. Company during training. They experienced extreme conditions and more strenuous physical activity than any other company. They were pushed to the limit by their Company Commander, Herbert Sobel. The E. Company men clearly hated this part of training and very often let that be known through their complaining. The men would constantly curse Sobel behind his back with the most common insult referring to him being Jewish. “Behind his back the men cursed him, “F---ing Jew” (pg.24). Not long after the men would learn that all of their training they had worked so hard to complete would completely pay