- Director: Phil Alden Robinson, Richard Loncraine, Mikael Salomon, David Nutter, Tom Hanks, David Leland, David Frankel, Tony To
- Release Year: 2001
- Production Country: United Kingdom, United States
- Language: English, Dutch, French
Band of Brothers
- Era: 20th Century
- Regions: Europe, Western Europe, Belgium, France, Germany, Netherlands, Americas, North America, United States
- Subject: World War II
- Film Type: Mini-Series
Description
The men of E Company from the U.S. 101st Airborne Division come together, experiencing life, death, joy, and sorrow as they serve their country in the battlefields of Europe.
Themes
World War II (1939 – 1945), Basic training, Normandy landings "D-Day" (6 June 1944), Operation Market Garden (17 – 25 September 1944), Siege of Bastogne (20 – 27 December 1944), United States Army, Military sociology, Loyalties, Family relationships, Casualties of war, War crimes, Holocaust (Jewish), Third Reich (1933 – 1945), Modern warfare, Prisoners of war (POWs), Naziism, Literature, Legends and mythologies, Nationalism, Public memory, Individualism, Oral history