One of the best war miniseries ever

I have a deep love of history. The wars, the settling of America, but my biggest area of history that I love to study is the Holocaust ERA. There have been many great movies about this time period, The Hiding Place, Schindlers List, Valkyrie, Silent Night just to name a few. Also, give that my grandmother is half Dutch and half German really adds to the mystery. Had I known that the city I was stationed in is where my German ancestors hailed from, I would have spent more time learning about them.

I started watching the dvd series Band Of Brothers which follows EZ Company from beginning to end. It showed each mission they had and the personal battles each one faced. This series was produced by Tom Hanks and Steven Spielberg, this is very well done, but the Pacific portion of the series, I couldn’t get past the third dvd before I lost interest. I don’t know why but it just seems like there is less fighting and more personal recreation time to me.

EZ Company starts out with a commanding officer named Sobel, that is a perfectionist, but can’t read a map. Sobel proved his incompetence again and again during training exercises. His entire company was captured because they were in the wrong place. Lt. Winters wondered privately about Sobel’s ability to lead in combat as did some of the non commissioned officers in the company. Then Sobel’s brings up charges on Winters who requested a court martial. The NCO’s then forced the Battalion Commanders hand, which forced Sobel out as the commanding officer. Yes Sobel was a dick, but he…