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Beyond Band of Brothers

The War Memoirs of Major Dick Winters

«Praised as an exemplar of leadership, [Winters] shows here what he did to earn that praise, and how he did it»

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On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches and reach the solid ground of Normandy. The plane carrying many of the commanding officers was shot down, leaving Dick Winters suddenly in command of his company. But during the drop he, and many of his men, had been separated from his equipment and was unarmed except for a trench knife.

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On D-Day, Dick Winters took off with 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment and prepared to parachute into German-held north France. Ground troops landing on Utah beach were relying on Easy Company to secure one of the causeways that were vital if the troops were to get off the beaches and reach the solid ground of Normandy. The plane carrying many of the commanding officers was shot down, leaving Dick Winters suddenly in command of his company. But during the drop he, and many of his men, had been separated from his equipment and was unarmed except for a trench knife.

In this remarkable World War 2 memoir, Dick Winters tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 epic Band of Brothers. Starting with an account of the gruelling training designed to make the 506th the most elite unit in the US Army, Beyond Band of Brothers is fascinating account of one man's experience of commanding Easy Company from D-Day, to the Battle of the Bulge and into Germany. Dick Winters gives real insight into leadership under the most difficult conditions - every man in the company had been injured by the time they reached Germany - and tells the real story of the Allies' final defeat of Hitler, from the point of view of someone who was really there.

Medlemsvurdering:
En veldig sterk bok. Lettfattelig skrevet, men likevel betydningsfull. Et veldig viktig ord i tittelen, er: "Beyond". For denne boken er ikke en ren gjenfortelling av det du ser i den kjente HBO serien, men snarere utdypninger av det som skjedde i løpet av krigen og gjerne med et mer fokus på det man ikke kunne se på lerretet. Det inkluderer mange av Major Dick Winters egne tanker og refleksjoner om krigen.

Jakob Meyer Vevatne

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Detaljer

Forlag
Ebury Press
Innbinding
Paperback
Språk
Engelsk
Sider
336
ISBN
9780091941581
Utgivelsesår
2011
Format
20 x 13 cm

Om forfatteren

Major Dick Winters was born in Pennsylvania in 1918. He was one of the initial officers assigned to Easy Company of the 101st Airborne. Winters jumped into France on D-Day and commanded the unit now known as the Band of Brothers. Promoted to captain and then battalion commander, he led his men through the Battle of the Bulge and captured Berchtesgaden, Hitler's Bavarian retreat. Major Winters died in January 2011.

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«Praised as an exemplar of leadership, [Winters] shows here what he did to earn that praise, and how he did it»

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«[An] extraordinary memoir»

H. R. McMaster, author of Dereliction of Duty

Medlemmers vurdering

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Jakob Meyer Vevatne – 27.11.2022

– En veldig sterk bok. Lettfattelig skrevet, men likevel betydningsfull. Et veldig viktig ord i tittelen, er: "Beyond". For denne boken er ikke en ren gjenfortelling av det du ser i den kjente HBO serien, men snarere utdypninger av det som skjedde i løpet av krigen og gjerne med et mer fokus på det man ikke kunne se på lerretet. Det inkluderer mange av Major Dick Winters egne tanker og refleksjoner om krigen.

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Jarle Aas – 11.04.2016

– Samme tittel av historikeren Steven Ambrose var meget bra og anbefales på det varmeste. Boken beyond Band of Brothers er skrevet av en av hovedpersonene i verket til Steven Ambrose, kompanisjefen for Easy kompani i 101 airborne division, major Dick Winters. Winters som ikke er forfatter skriver på lettfattelig engelsk, og boken gir en mer utfyllende skildring av mennene i Easy kompani. Den anbefales til alle som har ambisjoner å bli en god leder, enten det er i Forsvaret eller i næringslivet. Det er også en varm og god skildring av vennskap blandt mennesker som lever tett på hverandre og hvordan de hjelper hverandre gjennom krigens redsler. Winters liker dårlig å fremheve seg selv. Noe som avspeiler seg i svaret et barnebarn stilte han. Bestefar var du en helt? Nei, men jeg deltok i et kompani som besto av helter. Dette skjedde etter TV serien Band of Brothers i 2001.

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