Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers…loved it.

To me, the series represents a high point in pop culture consciousness concerning World War II. It was wildly popular, and has brought much new blood to the ww2 themed forums around the net. I visit a few of those, and I’ve stopped being surprised at the newbies who refer to BoB as if it is definitive history of the 101st A/B in WWII. In those forums, I’ve seen one particular user gently (and others times not) correcting people over and over on various disputed historial points in the series. His motivation is the difference between what movie makers will do for expediency sake that ends up sacrificing the truth of circumstances in small, yet important ways.

Mark Bando (not the user listed above), author of several 101 A/B themed books, maintains a section on his web site devoted to the series. It’s worth considering. You can read his extensive and interesting comments here.