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Indlæser... Kammerater i krig (1992)af Stephen E. Ambrose
  
Der er ingen diskussionstråde på Snak om denne bog.  bratell | Dec 25, 2020 |  One of the benefits of my job is that I get a week and a half off over the Christmas holiday. During these extended breaks, I sit down and watch the entire HBO series called Band of Brothers*. To me, this series is a great look at leadership and sacrifice. One of the things I had not yet done is read the book upon which the series was made. Last week, I finally had an opportunity to read Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest and I am glad that I did. The HBO series follows the book quite closely; however, the book did share some details that could not be adequately shown on film. This was the second book I had read from Stephen Ambrose. I had previously read The Wild Blue: The Men and Boys Who Flew the B-24s Over Germany 1944-45. I like the relaxed story-like pace of his books. Read more (  ) skrabut | Sep 2, 2020 | Very similar to the HBO series based on it, which is to say, excellent. (  ) beautifulshell | Aug 27, 2020 | I enjoyed reading this because I love hearing the stories of the men of E Company. However, having finished it, I didn't gain much that wasn't conveyed much more powerfully by the miniseries and accompanying documentary. So I'm about to watch that again. As others have commented, it's more a stitched-together series of interviews than anything resembling a real history. (  ) LudieGrace | Aug 10, 2020 | Great story about this wartime regiment and the bonds the soldiers formed over the span of 3 years. I was impressed how closely the HBO show followed the story and enjoyed all the actual anecdotes and information the author included from the actual soldiers. Would definitely read another Ambrose novel in the future. ( ) briandarvell | Aug 7, 2020 | ingen anmeldelser | tilføj en anmeldelse
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Stephen E. Ambrose's iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II's most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, US Army. 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 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 E. 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. No library descriptions found. |
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In this book Stephen E. Ambrose reminds me of [a:Tom Clancy|3892|Tom Clancy|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1175466521p2/3892.jpg], what an American does can never be wrong. Since that is both stupid and ignorant as well as arrogant and rude it gives those of us with slightly more open minds some rough times.
But back to the book. The author and his co-authors (the participants in the book) tells a story about how an elite regiment is formed in the US in 1942, how it makes it through the west front from 1944 to 1945. The story, as most combat stories from any war, is a grim one. Maybe the people are tougher and more determined than many others, it seems more then likely, but at the end it's the same story.
Where the book falls through is where it reports factually, almost amused, about the looting and pillaging done by the troops after just a few chapters earlier declared how the soldier from a democratic state by design became superior soldiers from other states. It is an interesting theory but I think it's just a theory. As proof the Ambrose uses the fact that Easy company managed to repel and defeat elite soldiers from Nazi Germany. People that have been through 5 years of war. Strangely he doesn't notice how he himself writes that studies shows that the combat ability of any soldier declines after 90 combat days and after 140 is more or less gone since the soldier will only try to survive, using any means available.
There are many theories to how and why the war ended as it did and soldiers behaved as they did. This book adds nothing to those.
If you want to read about the second world war, pick up something by [a:Antony Beevor|3407|Antony Beevor|https://d202m5krfqbpi5.cloudfront.net/authors/1338559644p2/3407.jpg] for instance.
If you want to get a view of the horror of war and combat, watch the HBO series "Band of Brothers" based on this book. I believe it to be more accurate than this book. (