Research Paper On Band Of Brothers

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Band of Brothers
Band of Brothers is a captivating non-fictional narrative based on the experiences of the United States Army’s Easy (E) Company during the WWII as articulated by the prolific American historian Stephen E Ambrose. The movie depicts the E, 506th Airborne Division as a good rifle company equaling any other in the world. Band of Brothers gives an account of group of men attached to Easy Company who went through a very rigorous training that prepared them for a myriad of tough assignments they faced later. In the movie, the men from the remarkable unit endured, fought, froze, and went hungry. However, they achieved the main goal of capturing Hitler's Eagle's Nest at Berchtesgaden despite many of them being killed and the unit taking …show more content…

Despite the fact that they were at one point surrounded by the enemy troops and cut off from the supplies, the men endured and fought hard. They supported each other emotionally and physically and this exemplified the Modell II behaviors Double-Loop learning. The men shunned their difference and coordinated their efforts to conquer the enemy. In fact, under the leadership of Winters, the worked as a team to secure Carentan, a strategic area for U.S troops. The men of Easy Company despite being infuriated when Cink orders them to cross the lines in a night raid to capture enemy soldiers, they displayed teamwork, synchronizing their maneuvers and were able to succeed in the night mission. Inferring from Model (2012) and relating to the second loop of double-loop learning, the men reflected on the successes to inform their values and this ensured a sense of wholeness that aligned them to work together. This is exemplified by the fact that when a man got injured, a medic would attend to him immediately, and as they progressed in the war, the bonds of friendship congealed on the icy battlefield in Bastogne, though, the fight was the most arduous. The reinforcement by Winters encouraging the men to carry out the plan while at Bastogne, gave the men strength to withstand the harsh conditions that made them weary and vulnerable to breaking under the stress; they persevered. Therefore, the courage and brotherhood that these me had

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