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tfwhelen · 2 years ago

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Little is known about Lady Worthington, herself, from her work. Unless, of course, you knew where to look. More than once she’s poked fun of herself but then only the other contributors to the sensational columns knew her identity. To find out more about the authoress, you would need to read her own diary - one that was filled with even more secrets than she had published. Of course, as distrusting of the world around her as she was, she’d first developed a rather complex coded way of writing so that if it ever fell into the wrong hands, no one but she would be able to decode it.

Excerpt from Helen River’s private diary (decoded):

The pen is mightier than the sword!

Or so they say. I often hope it is true, for if I ever find I must defend justice by my skills in battle, Acela will truly be lost. Not that I would lack in bravery on the battlefield (my pride has is stronger than my cowardice), but I sorely lack the necessary coordination to be a fearsome opponent in battle.

I truly was a cowardly little thing as a child, who would have shrunk from a reprimanding from my father, let alone anything truly dangerous. It is a terrible thing in this country to discover that one is fae when you are told from the cradle that they are inherently evil and must be eliminated. I lived every day in fear of what I might do but (perhaps rather selfishly) I was even more terrified about what would happen to me, should I be discovered.

Helen was born to a merchant, but by the time she was a young girl, her elder sister had been married to the King. His mother was a mere human, a commoner, but their’s was a love match and the King having already produced an heir with his first wife, he felt free to marry where he pleased the second time.

Even as a child, I knew I could not trust my Charlotte’s connection to the royal family would not save me. And once the King died, it became clear that her position at court was in title only and surely any reason to cast her out completely would have been used against her. Discovering that her younger sister was fae would certainly please the courts: she’d be charge with harboring me even if she knew nothing.

So, as a young girl, Helen did her best to keep out of everyone’s way. She found pleasure first, in reading. She would devour any books she could find (particularly those of adventure and far off places) -- reading them tucked away in secret corners of the house or under trees in the gardens. When she was a little older, she started to write and there seemed an undeniable freedom when she first wrote down the words: I am fae.

She quickly burned the paper, knowing how dangerous it would be to everyone if it was found. It was too serious a confession to pass off as a joke.

It wasn’t until she discovered that there were others like her: fae living in constant fear of what would happen if they were discovered -- that she truly realized, for the first time, that she had nothing to fear from herself.

Georgiana Mallerton is one of the kindest and most selfless creatures I’ve ever known and there can be nothing more ridiculous than to think she could willing cause anyone harm! (And I do not state this lightly: I am well versed in the nonsensical! Do not forget that Ambrose Ardenne is my nephew).

This realization helped develop Helen from the shy, secluded young girl she was to the more open, witty, sarcastic, and opinionated young woman she is today. Of course, she knew her own situation was precarious -- the courts had already banished her sister from her own home as much as it would be allowed, so there was much and more she wished to say, but would not.

Still, she was restless.

With so much injustice in the world, she could barely stand to sit and do nothing at all. If she could somehow manage to discover the resistance, that would be something, but she had no connections to it at all. Even with her sister’s unstable position as the Dowager Queen, she was still very much at court and could, perhaps, would eagerly be a spy (she knew, after many years of practice, how best to blend into the background where no one much took notice of her).

It was then, that she sparked the idea of writing a gossip column, while subtly trying to declare her own loyalties, with the hopes that, perhaps, she could potentially find a connection that way. It would certainly reach a broad audience, that she knew, but that tricky part was, at once, hiding her own identity but also finding a way that perhaps she could be found --- if she wanted to. If it caused enough of a stir, she also might be able to work out what sides everyone truly was on, by their reaction to it.

Regardless if my plan works, there is something truly liberating in harshly judging some of the more insufferable members of society.

And who am I, you may well wonder? That, dearest reader, is something you shall not see disclosed in my column. It is, after all, full of gossip and what better way to unearth the most scandalous of secrets than to hide behind a veil of anonymity?

(Excerpt from Lady Worthington’s first issue)

#xoxo gossip girl #about #challenge #still trying to find her voice #this isn’t perfect but have a thing #georgiana mallerton #charlotte ardenne #ambrose ardenne

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lestweforget5 · 3 days ago

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hello !! i hope this is somewhat helpful for your research (👀 i love BoB and you’re writing so i’m a lil excited lol). all of my info is taken from chapter 14 of the band of brothers book by stephen ambrose.

when germans operation nordwind the 101st was pulled from the ardennes and sent to alsace to help with defending the line. ambrose details that it was a 160 mile journey by truck which were traveling at a walking pace.

“The convoy went from Bastogne to Bellefontaine, Virton, Etain, Toul, Nancy, Drulingen, arriving in January 20. The 506th PIR went into regimental reserve.” (Ambrose, 224).

according to ambrose the company was in reserve for 2 weeks as they moved throughout the villages. along the way the got resupplied with winter clothes (which certainly could’ve been useful during bastogne) and were for the most part seemed to be granted a sort rest. the next part of the page (225) starts from february 5th onwards !

Hello, Nonnie! Thank you very much for this information. I had an idea yesterday about a possible way a crossover between BoB and my MOTA series would be feasible ... with a little historical fudging since this is fanfiction, and this is very helpful!

#masters of the air #the sunward verse #ask answered #band of brothers

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rp-comments · 1 year ago

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Kate AA | The Fae Wars

LAST UPDATED: 07/29/23 @ 6:59AM CST

WILLIAM ABBOTT

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AULUS ACHESON

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AMBROSE ARDENNE

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CASSANDRA ASTLEY

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OWEN CLARKE

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NICHOLAS GRIFFITHS

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JAMES MALLERTON

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#the fae wars #kate aa

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tfwaloysius · 2 years ago

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Feast of Noros

Aloysius’s first official feast of Noros went about how you might imagine aljdfljfslkd

His mother wouldn’t let him go until he was thirteen years old, which was older than both of his other brothers had been

She deemed him too irresponsible to go and be trusted to stay out with the others and because she didn’t trust him to return home before that, he wasn’t allowed to go at all

Of course, this didn’t stop him from trying to sneak out

He tried every year since his seventh birthday to do so, but kept getting stopped

He prided himself on the fact that he made it further each year, even though the security was heightened each time

(Isabella definitely pointed out to him on multiple occasions that she managed to sneak out to attend when she was six, which certainly wounded Aloysius’s pride, even if they acknowledged that it would be harder to do if one were a prince)

For his costume, he tricked his older brother Amrbose into lending him some of his clothes

He then went as Amrbose, saying that if he does anything to offend the spirits, it will be with his brother who they will quarrel

He also had his first kiss that night

He made friends with some girls who were a few years older than he, but were clearly uneasy to be out so late and he promised to protect them

He also hinted more than once that he was a prince (which is true!) but may have suggested that he was arthur instead (or at the very least ambrose)

He managed to kiss each of the girls which started his official tradition to kiss a strange girl every year on the feast of noros (something he has observed faithfully every year, except for when he was courting Felicity & Isabella)

#challenge #about #ambrose ardenne #arthur ardenne #felicity grey #isabella turner

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5starcinema · 3 years ago

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Battleground (1949) Directed by William Wellman

"You had a good home when you left; you're right!"

That's the march cadence for this squad of the 101st Airborne Division, on their way to Europe, where they will run head on with a counter offensive by the Germans and one of the worst winters on record. The squad won't be singing for some time. Ill equipped for winter weather, nearly out of ammunition and food, and trapped in the snowy, impenetrable woods of the Ardenne forest, these "citizen soldiers" (as historian Stephen Ambrose has called them) faced all the misery and deprivation that characterized the Battle of the Bulge. Director "Wild Bill" Wellman (a WWI veteran, stunt flyer, and Hollywood helraiser par excellence) therefore makes certain that we don't get much to celebrate in this downbeat gem.

The characters are the likable G.I.s found in so many war pictures, but this group isn't having any fun. Wellman also makes it clear that most G.I.s, courageous and patriotic as they may be, had just as soon not slog around Europe on an extended camping trip. But apart from the standard bitching—an art form for most soldiers—there is the very real fear of freezing to death, encountering surprise enemy fire in the blinding snow and fog, or simply getting separated from the outfit and never being seen again. There's even the vague suspicion that the German counter offensive is pushing back the allied armies. The camera captures all these worries in numerous closeups of faces. Soldiers can’t hide it.

In the besieged city of Bastogne, the possibility of stemming the onslaught is weighed against remaining ammunition; in the forests, combat takes place in 11-foot banks of snow or among mazes of heavy evergreen branches. Fighting sheer exhaustion is each soldier's key battle; a mere glimpse of sunlight might constitute a moral victory.

Although actors John Hodiak, Van Heflin, Ricardo Montalban, and a crew of character players do a remarkable job of making it feel authentic, conveying the misery most effectively is James Whitmore as the unforgettable Sergeant Kinnie. He's a bow-legged, cigar-chomping, grizzled old vet who by God finds the means—and the spirit—to bull his way through all conceivable obstacles. When he notices his shadow in the snow, he almost cries at the revelation. Now supplies can be flown into the combat zone. It's a typical G.I.’s holiday; the possibility of K-rations, new rounds for his M-1, and a blanket. Only a vet like Wellman himself might understand why this little moment is the film's climax.

#world war two #the forties #motion pictures

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terminallymystical · 5 years ago

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hi so this is an essay on the siege of bastogne i wrote for school!! feel free to just read or use as a basis for your own HIS essays! i just had a lot of fun writing this and i wanted to share :> the cited works are at the very end, no actual links but most of the references can be found in file format online! x

Easy Company and the 101st: The Siege of Bastogne

THE BEGINNING OF HOW THE AMERICANS WITHSTOOD THE NAZI’S LAST OFFENCE

“On December 21, it snowed, a soft, dry snow. It kept coming, 6 inches, 12 inches. The temperature fell to well below freezing, the wind came up… The men were colder than they had ever been in their lives. They only had their jump boots and battle dress with trench coats… Runners went into Bastogne and returned with flour sacks and beds sheets which provided some warmth and camouflage… the cold penetrated right into the bones. Shivering was as normal as breathing.” [1]

The events that occurred between 16 December, 1944 to 25 January, 1945, became known as the Battle of the Bulge. To this day it is the third deadliest campaign in American military history, resulting in estimated 89,500 casualties for the Americans, and between 63,000 to 98,000 for the Germans. This includes killed, wounded, missing and captured men. Approximately 3,000 civilians were killed. [2] For the 101st Division, total battle casualties in the Bulge were 1,766 killed, 6,388 wounded, and 207 missing in action. One of the major battles in the Bulge was the Siege of Bastogne, which happened between the 20th and 27th of December, 1944.

Bastogne is the hub of the highway net covering the eastern Ardennes— a countryside forbidding to the movement of mechanized forces except when the roads are available. Meaning the surroundings of the town are densely forested, with rough terrain and ridges formed by the Ardennes mountain range. By holding Bastogne, the Allies could unhinge German communications who were striking westward to the line of the River Meuse. [3] The German’s plan was to surround Bastogne and capture the Belgian port of Antwerp, consequentially cutting off supply to four Allied armies and trapping them there. If the Germans succeeded, they would have forced the Allies into a peace-treaty that favoured the Axis power. [4] In order to do this they had to gain control of the seven main roads through Belgium, which converged in the crossroads at Bastogne. The Allied Commanders considered the Ardennes area to be unsuitable for a large-scale German offensive. The surprise on the hand of the Germans was achieved, like most surprises in war, because the offensive made no sense. And because the defenders were guilty of gross overconfidence. [5]

After Hitler launched what would be his last offensive attack on 16 December, Eisenhower made a critical decision for the entire battalion without consultation of anyone outside of his staff, declaring the crossroads town of Bastogne as the place that had to be held no matter what. On 17 December alone, 60,000 men plus ammunition and other supplies, were transported into the Ardennes. In the first week, Eisenhower moved 250,000 men and 50,000 vehicles onto the front lines. Not even in Korea, Vietnam, or the Gulf War, was the U.S Army capable of moving so many men and so much equipment so quickly. [6] Easy Company was among them. All the men knew was that there was a gaping hole in the line and they were being sent to fill it. Grossly under-equipped for battle, the men were sent into the Ardennes with insufficient ammunition, no winter clothing, little food, and little medical supplies.

When the troop convoys carrying the 101st stopped outside of Bastogne, the men jumped out and marched down the road toward the Ardennes. The men they were relieving came toward them defeated and exhausted, some were panicked and yelling at their relievers to run away. Easy and the other companies in 2nd Battalion tried to gather what ammunition they could from the retreating soldiers, but it still wouldn’t be enough. Sounds of the battle were coming closer. To the rear, south of Bastogne, the Germans were about to cut the highway and complete the encirclement of the Bastogne area. Easy had no artillery or air support due to the low hanging fog that had fallen in the forest.

“We weren’t particularly elated at being here. Rumours are that Krauts are everywhere and hitting hard. Farthest from your mind is the thought of falling back. In fact it isn’t there at all. And so you dig your hole carefully and deep, and wait, not for that mythical superman, but for the enemy you had beaten twice before and will again. You look first to the left, then right, at your buddies also preparing. You feel confident with Bill over there. You know you can depend on him.” [7]

The men were sent out on patrols. Mortar attacks would fall. Snipers by day, and an even worse bitter cold by night. No one had enough sleep. Shell bursts hitting trees sent splinters, branches, trunks, and metal showering down on the men and their foxholes. For protection, they would cover their holes with logs, but without axes it was extremely difficult. Officers had to watch their men for signs of breaking. Captain Richard Winters of E. Company sensed that Private Joseph Liebgott was on the edge, so he brought the man back to the battalion command post to be his runner. “Just being back 50 yards off the front line made a tremendous difference in the tension.” Winters wrote. [8] Light didn’t come until 0800, and darkness fell at 1600. Sixteen hours of night in frozen conditions made the men miserable, but they pushed through it. Winters recalled, “When a man was hit hard enough for evacuation, he was usually very happy, and we were happy for him— he had a ticket out to the hospital, or even a ticket home— alive. When a man was killed— he looked ‘so peaceful’. His suffering was over.” [9]

Christmas eve rolled around. The men received General McAuliffe’s Christmas greetings. “What’s merry about all this, you ask?… Just this: We have stopped cold everything that has been thrown at us from the north, east, south and west. We have identifications from four German Panzer Divisions, two German Infantry Divisions and one German Parachute Division… The Germans actually did surround us, their radios blared our doom. Their Commander demanded our surrender in the following impudent arrogance:

“To the U.S.A Commander of the encircled town of Bastogne.

The fortune of war is changing. This time the U.S.A. forces in and near Bastogne have been encircled by strong German armoured units. More German armoured units have crossed the river Our near Ortheuville, have taken Marche and reached St. Hubert by passing through Hompre-Sibret-Tillet. Libramont is in German hands.

There is only one possibility to save the encircled U.S.A. troops from total annihilation: that is the honourable surrender of the encircled town. In order to think it over a term of two hours will be granted beginning with the presentation of this note.

If this proposal should be rejected one German Artillery Corps and six heavy A. A. Battalions are ready to annihilate the U.S.A. troops in and near Bastogne. The order for firing will be given immediately after this two hours term. All the serious civilian losses caused by this artillery fire would not correspond with the well-known American humanity.

The German Commander.”

Shortly after, General McAuliffe sent the following communication to von Lüttwitz in response:

“To the German Commander.

NUTS!

The American Commander.”

McAuliffe continues: “We are giving our country and our loved ones at home a worthy Christmas present and being privileged to take part in this gallant feat of arms are truly making for ourselves a Merry Christmas. A. C. McAuliffe, Commanding.” [10]

The men of the 101st didn’t share McAuliffe’s upbeat attitude. However, on the day following Christmas, Lt. Col. Creighton Abrams of the 37th Tank Battalion broke through the German lines. The 101st were no longer surrounded, and soon enough supply trucks were coming through and bringing the men food, medical supplies, winter clothing and ammunition. The wounded were evacuated, and in the breaking of the siege the men learned that they had become a legend even as the battle continued. To the outside world, the men of the 101st Division became known as the ‘Battered Bastards of Bastogne’. [11]

While the men were expecting to return to Camp Mourmelon to ‘bask in the Allied world’s adulation and perhaps to celebrate the New Year in Paris’, [12] their hopes were cut short when they were ordered to continue holding the line. Their conditions had improved, seeing as they now had winter clothing and a hot meal every now and then, but the frigid temperatures lingered with the snow and the Germans were now shelling the company daily. “At midnight, on the eve of 1945, every gun in Bastogne and every mortar piece on the MLR joined in a serenade of explosives hurled at the Germans.” [13]

Easy Company and the rest of the 101st Division’s time in the Ardennes over the course of eight days was an excruciating and extremely difficult struggle. One that had brought physical and emotional suffering to men on both sides, and a staggering amount of casualties in such a short period of time. Their ‘victory’ was hard won, but holding the line at Bastogne was essential to stopping the German forces from advancing and successfully capturing the crossroads. The 101st Airborne wouldn’t depart the Ardennes region and enter the French town of Hagenau until January 18, and they would suffer many more losses, but the Siege over Bastogne had been broken.

WORKS CITED

[1] “Band of Brothers” Ambrose, Stephen E. (1992) p. 181 [4] p. 172 [6] p. 174 [7] p. 177-178 [8] p. 187 [9] p. 187 [12] p. 191 [13] p. 193

[2] “Bastogne: The First Eight Days” Marshall, S.L.A. (1988) p. 9

[3] “The Sixth Panzer Army Attack” Cole, H. (1965)

[5] “The Unknown Dead: Civilians in the Battle of the Bulge” Schrijvers, Peter (2005) University Press of Kentucky

[10] “Rendevous with Destiny” Rapport and Northwood, p. 545 [11] p. 586

#bastogne #easy company #wwii #history essay #band of brothers

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anastpaul · 5 years ago

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Saint of the Day – Saint Maurilius of Angers (c 336-426) Bishop of Angers between 423 and 453. Patronages – Angers, fishermen and gardeners.

Saint Maurilius, closely associated with the early history of the church of France, was born near Milan, of an illustrious Christian family, around the year 336. He was later drawn to Tours by the virtues of Saint Martin (died 397), who had built a monastery in Milan, where he had undertaken to form young men to virtue and sacred studies. Maurilius was among them but when the Arians drove Saint Martin, a stranger in Italy, from the city, he lost his beloved master. He remained for a time as cantor for Saint Ambrose, bishop of Milan and Father and Doctor of the Church but after the death of his father renounced his patrimony and went to Tours to rejoin Saint Martin, there the Apostle of Gaul ordained him a priest.

He devoted himself to the salvation of souls, his zeal led him to a site near Angers where, by his prayers, he brought down fire from heaven on a pagan temple and afterwards built a church of at the same site. Alongside it, he had a monastery constructed and soon many souls came to dwell in the shadow of the cross, thus forming the city of Chalonne. When the Bishop of Angers died, Maurilius was chosen by Saint Martin to succeed him. On the day of his consecration, a dove entered the church and came to rest on his head.

A few years later, a strange episode occurred. During the consecration of a Mass celebrated by the Bishop, a dying child was brought in great haste to the church, to receive Confirmation. St Marilius, not thinking that the lad was in danger, continued Mass but during this time the child died. Maurilius was so grieved by this that he fled without advising anyone and embarked for England, where in great humility he took employment as the gardener of a nobleman.

His community and diocese at Angers were inconsolable and sought him out so diligently that they discovered his retreat. He refused, however, to return as Bishop, stating that he could not do so because during his voyage he had lost at sea the keys to the Cathedral and had vowed not to return until he found them. But see, said the messengers, what we have here, during our crossing a fish was cast up by a wave onto the deck of the ship and in its stomach we found these keys! Maurilius obeyed the Will of Heaven. When he returned, he asked to be taken to the tomb of the child and with tears streaming from his eyes asked God to restore him to life. The resurrected child was given the name of René for this reason, which in French means reborn and he eventually became the successor to Maurilius as Bishop of Angers.

The remainder of his life the Saint passed in his habitual austerity and in great zeal for the salvation of souls. When he had reached his ninetieth year, God revealed to him the hour of his departure. Preparing himself with the greatest solicitude, he ordered his grave to be dug and after a short illness, gave up his soul to his Creator. At his funeral, besides other miracles which took place, two persons who had been blind from birth received their sight and a man who had been paralysed thirty-one years, regained the use of his limbs, on kissing the coffin in which the relics of the Saint reposed. Well worth considering are the words which the holy man spoke shortly before his death to those around him: “Ponder well,” said he, “that your souls are bought at a great price: the precious blood of Jesus Christ.”

In the seventh century, devotion to St Maurilius grew. A biography of him was written by Magnobodus and, in 873, his body was transferred to the Cathedral of Angers, which had already been dedicated to St Maurice. Two hundred years later, St Maurilius was frequently mentioned together with St Maurice as the patron saints of the Cathedral. Nevertheless, on 16 August 1239, the remains of St Maurilius were placed in a new urn but they were scattered in 1791, when the Cathedral was vandalised during the French Revolution. Only a few small parts were recovered and they are now kept at the Cathedral.

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In Vouziers, in the Ardennes region of France, the Église Saint-Maurille (Church of St. Maurilius). was dedicated to him in the twelfth century.

In art, he is represented as a bishop with a fish holding a key or a garden spade. He can be seen in one of the stained glass windows of the south side of the choir of the Cathedral of Angers and also, in the tapestries of Angers from the 15th and 16th Centuries, see below.

Saint of the Day – Saint Maurilius of Angers (c 336-426) Saint of the Day - Saint Maurilius of Angers (c 336-426) Bishop of Angers between 423 and 453.

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argunners · 6 years ago

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TITLE: Band of Brothers

This landmark miniseries based on Stephen E. Ambrose’s best-seller, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, recounts the remarkable achievements of an elite team of U.S. paratroopers during World War II. This series tells the story of Easy Company of the U.S. Army 101st Airborne Division, 506th Regiment, and their mission in World War II Europe, from Operation Overlord, through V-J Day.

EPISODES: Band of Brothers

[junkie-toggle title=”Season 1″ state=”closed”]Episode 1: Currahee

In Toccoa, Ga., 1942, a disparate group of young men begins voluntary training to become members of one of America’s newest military regiments – the paratroopers. Under the harsh leadership of Lt. Sobel (David Schwimmer), members of the newly formed Easy Co. go from green civilians to some of the Army’s most elite soldiers. As training progresses, a rivalry flares between Sobel, whom the men despise, and Lt. Winters (Damian Lewis), a junior officer who’s earned the respect and admiration of the company.

Episode 2: Day of Days

On June 6, 1944, D-Day, planes with thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France, where they come under heavy fire. None of the men land where they expected to, and many lose their weapons and supplies in the drop. Winters links up with solitary soldiers, and they set off to find their units. Winters (Damian Lewis) is later chosen to lead an attack on a fortified German artillery position; the mission is successful, but Winters, now acting company commander, loses his first man.

Episode 3: Carentan

Two days after D-Day, Easy Co. is sent to take the town of Carentan, engaging in a successful battle that results in several casualties. Some soldiers, including Pvt. Blithe (Marc Warren), have a difficult time adjusting to combat. After 36 days in Normandy and several fierce battles, Easy returns to England, but their celebrations are short-lived, as news comes that they’re moving out again.

Episode 4: Replacements

Due to heavy casualties, a group of fresh paratrooper replacements joins Easy Co. in time for a massive drop into German-occupied Holland for Operation Market-Garden. While met with no resistance in Eindhoven, Easy and a cluster of British tanks are repelled from a nearby town by a superior German force, sustaining many casualties as they retreat. The Allied plan to enter Germany through Holland and end the war before Christmas fails.

Episode 5: Crossroads

Winters (Damian Lewis) leads a risky mission on a Dutch dike, resulting in a resounding victory, for which he is promoted to Battalion Executive Officer. Dissatisfied with his new, largely administrative job, Winters is concerned about the leadership of the three companies he now commands. After a weekend pass to Paris, news arrives of a massive Axis effort in the Ardennes Forest, threatening to break the Allied lines. Easy Co. races in to hold the line, ill-equipped for the bitterly cold weather and the entrenched battle ahead.

Episode 6: Bastogne

In the dead of winter, in the forest outside of Bastogne, Belgium, the men of Easy Company struggle to hold the line alone while fending off frostbite and hunger, having arrived with no winter clothes and little supplies and ammunition. Medic Eugene Roe (Shane Taylor) is overwhelmed, on edge and close to combat exhaustion when he finds friendship with a Belgian nurse. Easy Co. spends a miserable Christmas in the trenches, and receives the news that the German army’s demand for surrender was met with Gen. McAuliffe’s defiant answer: “Nuts!”

Episode 7: The Breaking Point

Having thwarted the Germans at Bastogne, the exhausted Easy Co. must now take the nearby town of Foy from the enemy. Several are killed and wounded in fierce shelling, compounded by the incompetence of their commander, Lt. Dike (Peter O’Meara), about whom Winters (Damian Lewis) can do nothing. Easy takes Foy, but at an enormous cost.

Episode 8: The Last Patrol

Easy Co. arrives in the Alsacian town of Haguenau near the German border, and are ordered to send a patrol across the river to take enemy prisoners. Lt. Jones (Colin Hanks), fresh from West Point and eager for combat experience, volunteers to lead. While successful, the mission costs another paratrooper’s life, prompting Winters (Damian Lewis) to ignore the order to send a second patrol the next night.

Episode 9: Why We Fight

Easy Co. finally enters Germany, to surprisingly little resistance, and has a chance to relax for the first time in a long time. A patrol in a nearby forest discovers an abandoned Nazi concentration camp, still filled with emaciated prisoners. The local citizenry, unbelievably disavowing knowledge of its existence, is made to clean it up, as the news arrives that Hitler is dead.

Episode 10: Points

Once home to the top officers of the Third Reich, Easy Co. enters the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden, and captures “Eagle’s Nest,” Hitler’s mountaintop fortress. Facing imminent deployment to the Pacific Theater, the men compare their “points” to see who has earned enough to go home. However, the Japanese surrender ends the war. A closing vignette tells what happened to the men of Easy Company after they returned home.

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IMAGES: Band of Brothers

DETAILS: Band of Brothers

Title Band of Brothers Country US Created by Tom Hanks, Steven Spielberg Cast Scott Grimes, Damian Lewis, Ron Livingston Language English, German, Dutch, French English Subtitles Yes

CAST:

Damian Lewis as Major Richard “Dick” Winters

Scott Grimes as Technical Sergeant Donald Malarkey

Ron Livingston as Captain Lewis Nixon

Donnie Wahlberg as Second Lieutenant Carwood Lipton

Shane Taylor as Technician Fourth Grade Eugene “Doc” Roe.

Frank John Hughes as Staff Sergeant William “Wild Bill” Guarnere

Michael Cudlitz as Staff Sergeant Denver “Bull” Randleman

Neal McDonough as First Lieutenant Lynn “Buck” Compton

David Schwimmer as Captain Herbert Sobel

Dexter Fletcher as Staff Sergeant John “Johnny” Martin

Kirk Acevedo as Staff Sergeant Joe Toye

Matthew Settle as Captain Ronald Speirs

Eion Bailey as Private First Class David Kenyon Webster

James Madio as Technician Fourth Grade Frank Perconte

Colin Hanks as First Lieutenant Henry S. Jones

Rick Gomez as Technician Fourth Grade George Luz

Rick Warden as First Lieutenant Harry Welsh

Douglas Spain as Technician Fifth Grade Antonio C. Garcia

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Band of Brothers (2001) TITLE: Band of Brothers This landmark miniseries based on Stephen E. Ambrose's best-seller, and executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, recounts the remarkable achievements of an elite team of U.S.

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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest - Stephen E. Ambrose

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They came together, citizen soldiers, in the summer of 1942, drawn to Airborne by the $50 monthly bonus and a desire to be better than the other guy. And at its peak -- in Holland and the Ardennes -- Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Divison, U.S. Army, was as good a rifle company as any in the world.

From the rigorous training in Georgia in 1942 to the disbanding in 1945, Stephen Ambrose tells the story of this remarkable company. In combat, the reward for a job well done is the next tough assignment, and as they advanced through Europe, the men of Easy kept getting the tough assignments.

They parachuted into France early D-Day morning and knocked out a battery of four 105 mm cannon looking down Utah Beach; they parachuted into Holland during the Arnhem campaign; they were the Battered Bastards of the Bastion of Bastogne, brought in to hold the line, although surrounded, in the Battle of the Bulge; and then they spearheaded the counteroffensive. Finally, they captured Hitler's Bavarian outpost, his Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden.

They were rough-and-ready guys, battered by the Depression, mistrustful and suspicious. They drank too much French wine, looted too many German cameras and watches, and fought too often with other GIs. But in training and combat they learned selflessness and found the closest brotherhood they ever knew. They discovered that in war, men who loved life would give their lives for them.

This is the story of the men who fought, of the martinet they hated who trained them well, and of the captain they loved who led them. E Company was a company of men who went hungry, froze, and died for each other, a company that took 150 percent casualties, a company where the Purple Heart was not a medal -- it was a badge of office.

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