Informationen zum Autor 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. Klappentext Subtitled, "The War Memoirs Of Major Dick Winters". Winters commanded the unit now known as the Band of Brothers on D-Day. This book tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 epic "Band Of Brothers", and gives insight into leadership under difficult conditions. Zusammenfassung 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.

Vorwort
The remarkable story of the Band of Brothers, told by its commanding officer

Autorentext
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.

Klappentext

Subtitled, "The War Memoirs Of Major Dick Winters". Winters commanded the unit now known as the Band of Brothers on D-Day. This book tells the tales left untold by Stephen Ambrose in his 1992 epic "Band Of Brothers", and gives insight into leadership under difficult conditions.

Zusammenfassung
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.