Beyond Band of Brothers

[Josh_HLB]

I just bought this book today. So far its pretty good. Its MAJ. Dick Winters telling the story of Easy Company in his own words, and his life after VE-Day and VJ-Day.

Anyone else read it/ are reading it?

[enigma]

nar, only read BOB ... is this one any good?

[Josh_HLB]

FRom what i have read, its like a more accurate and detailed version of the Movie, plus you learn more about Winters.:cool:

[jm.]

wow cool, didnt know about this. I thought BoB was a fantastic book, It would be interesting to see the events of Easy Company from a different angle, especially Winters'. thanks very much for the heads-up mate :D

[OliverMarshall]

is this one any good?


its pretty good

:rolleyes:


I might get it

[NicholasJohnson]

I read it, it's very good. You get a lot more information than in Ambrose's book because this is in Winters' own words.

[DarkOmen]

Cool, I think i'll get it aswell. I honestly didn't know about it.

[Miepjesman]

Yeah, I like the book, very accurate about Winters.:)
You should also read the books of Donald R. Burget. He was a soldier in the second world war. Served in the 101st airborne division 506th regiment Able compagny. He has a couple of very good books, over D-Day, Market-Garden and Bastogne. :cool:

[Boonja]

a wonderful book i had just finished was called "Parachute Infantry" by David Webster.


A member of the 101st, as well as Easy Company. Really good book. I recommend it to all.

[343Guiltyspark]

i bought $200 worth of books on sunday , i picked up B-BOB , flags of our fathers , seven roads to hell , and forgotten soldier , and 1 HUGE encyclopedia of tanks , i have an encyclopedia of weapons from world war 2 coming in the mail......

but i have already seen the tv series , so i thought instead of getting amboses book , i would get winters version

[harrisonmai]

GuiltySpark, your on the right track to doing accurate research. All are decent books. Ambroses movie is off, its great to read the actual memoir of the person who lived it first hand. Happy reading.

[enigma]

GuiltySpark, your on the right track to doing accurate research. All are decent books. Ambroses movie is off, its great to read the actual memoir of the person who lived it first hand. Happy reading.
His movie? Didnt the miniseries go into alot more deapth then the actuall book did?

Anyhoo, doesnt Donald R. Burget give E company a bad rep in his books? I think i read somewhere that he was rather angry (as where alot of vets from the 101st supposidly) about Ambrose focusing on E Company, and that he made these feeling clear in the book.
Any truth to this?


343Guiltyspark: May i ask what these 2 encyclopedias are called and what is your impression on the one that you already have?

[Bazooka_Boy]

I've read four Donald R. Burget books and they are all great, easy to read, even for a slow reader such as myself. But I don't recall any refences in his books to Ambrose or any other books. Ambrose is better than a lot of authors as he got out there and spoke to the vets. Someone will always be anoyed that he cover this story instead of that story etc. but one man can only do so much. I think there are normally a couple of decent books by different authors that cover aspect of the war even if every battle/unit is not covered in detail

[Wundai]

Beyond Band of Brothers sounds great :D

By the way, i just read in the newspaper that the city of Eindhoven has made Major Winters a Citizen of Honor( not sure if this is right translation in english though ;) ) for his deeds and the deeds of the 101st in Eindhoven during WWII. He received the symbol of honor, which was the highest decoration the city had to offer.

On topic though ;) :
In the Movie "Band of brothers" alot of the story is already told from Winters perspective. (Normandy, Holland etc.).

And since i've never read the book i wanted to know if the books are more the summing up of facts, or more the personal opinions and memories from the soldiers in E-companie?

thnx in advance for an answer

[343Guiltyspark]

343Guiltyspark: May i ask what these 2 encyclopedias are called and what is your impression on the one that you already have?yes , the first is called

"The encyclopedia of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles from world war 1 to the present day"

its about 2 inches thick and is absolutly AMAZING , its a definate buy for anyone who is interested in tanks , OR just wants to know about them !:)



The other one i got in the mail is called "The encyclopedia of weapons of World War II : The comprehensive guide to over 1500 weapon systems, including tanks, small arms , warplanes , artillery , ships , and submarines "


its an AMAZING book , with almost EVERY weapon you could think of , it has weights of the weapons , effective ranges ect.

both of these are the best reference books i could recommend

BTW , they are edited by the same guy Chris Bishop

[PF-Kenny]

yes , the first is called

"The encyclopedia of tanks and armoured fighting vehicles from world war 1 to the present day"

its about 2 inches thick and is absolutly AMAZING , its a definate buy for anyone who is interested in tanks , OR just wants to know about them !:)



The other one i got in the mail is called "The encyclopedia of weapons of World War II : The comprehensive guide to over 1500 weapon systems, including tanks, small arms , warplanes , artillery , ships , and submarines "


its an AMAZING book , with almost EVERY weapon you could think of , it has weights of the weapons , effective ranges ect.

both of these are the best reference books i could recommend

BTW , they are edited by the same guy Chris Bishop
so ummm... how much do they cost, and where are they?

[343Guiltyspark]

i got the "weapons of ww2" online on amazon its a big red book


i got the tank encyclopedia from borders

here is the link to the weapons or ww2 book , but i may have found a better one , i will post both links http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781586637620&itm=15



and here is the possible better one , but for ww2 referance DEFINATLY go for the red one above ......

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781592236299&itm=1


and here is the tank encyclopedia http://search.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?z=y&EAN=9781592236268&itm=1

[Josh_HLB]

Beyond Band of Brothers sounds great :D

By the way, i just read in the newspaper that the city of Eindhoven has made Major Winters a Citizen of Honor( not sure if this is right translation in english though ;) ) for his deeds and the deeds of the 101st in Eindhoven during WWII. He received the symbol of honor, which was the highest decoration the city had to offer.

On topic though ;) :
In the Movie "Band of brothers" alot of the story is already told from Winters perspective. (Normandy, Holland etc.).

And since i've never read the book i wanted to know if the books are more the summing up of facts, or more the personal opinions and memories from the soldiers in E-companie?

thnx in advance for an answer


Beyond Band of Brothers fixes the mistakes in the mini series. Alot of the stuff in the movie has little inaccuracies, and the book has awesome parts that should have been in the mini series. Winters is telling everything in Beyond BOB, and its a very very good book.