Brotherhood

Adah 2021-10-18 09:31:21

The Second World War is drawing to a close, and at the same time it has reached its worst season. The Nazis in Germany retreated steadily, the Allies decided to open a second battlefield in Europe, and Normandy in northern France became the key to the beginning of the new game. On June 6, 1944, the E Company of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division of the United States was ordered to airborne this gunfire-intensive beach. Company E is composed of a group of passionate, patriotic and uplifting youths. The rigorous training has allowed them to become the elites and backbones of the US military. Under the command of Lieutenant Winster, the soldiers overcame various disadvantages and successfully completed the landing battle. After that, a high-intensity battle kicked off until they conquered Hitler's last fortress, the base camp in Berchtesgaden. The Brothers Company is an ode and requiem for ordinary warriors.

In the film, the friendship between the soldiers of the E company has never been confessed by the passionate words, but it unmistakably penetrates the bits and pieces of their words and deeds as the story unfolds. When they first entered the training camp, due to the oppression of the instructor Sobel, they were inspired to unite and form a confrontation. The young soldier was afraid of climbing, refused to participate in mountain training and was punished by Sobel to climb alone. When he walked halfway hard, he found his teammates gradually gathered around him. When Sobel squeezed Winters, who was beloved by the soldiers, they risked military law to dispose of them and protested collectively. In the flames of war, the friendship of life and death has truly experienced the harshest and cruel test in the world. Before going to the battlefield, Sergeant Gnelli said to his companions: "On the battlefield, you can't believe anything except yourself and your closest comrades."

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Band of Brothers quotes

  • [Translating a speech a German General is giving to his men after they all surrendered]

    Liebgott: Men, it's been a long war, it's been a tough war. You've fought bravely, proudly for your country. You're a special group. You've found in one another a bond, that exists only in combat, among brothers. You've shared foxholes, held each other in dire moments. You've seen death and suffered together. I'm proud to have served with each and every one of you. You all deserve long and happy lives in peace.

  • Nixon: Division has decided to pluck one officer from each regiment who served in the heroic defense of Bastogne and send them back to the States on a thirty day furlough... get him out banging the drum for the war bonds, that kind of thing. Turns out I've been plucked.

    Richard Winters: Hey, that's fantastic, Lew. Good for you.

    Nixon: Thank you.

    Richard Winters: But how does your leaving help me?

    Nixon: It doesn't. I'm not going. I've already seen the States, I grew up there. That's why I came to Europe. I just wish they told me a war was going on. Anyway, this thing is wasted on me, but I'm sure we could find an officer somewhere in this battalion that could use a long trip home.