Gebirgsjäger, German and Austrian mountain troops, wore Edelweiss badges, not flowers, on their uniforms as a symbol of pride in their mountaineering and soldiering skills. He further identifies a flower on the German’s uniform as Edelweiss, saying that it only grows high up in the Alps and is meant to be the mark of a true soldier. Lewis Nixon joins them and identifies the German as a Fallschirmjäger, a paratrooper. Dick Winters emerges from the darkness, further startling Blithe, and informs him that the German is dead. Moving quietly through the darkness, he rounds a tree and is startled by a German soldier behind an MG42 machine gun. (Photo posted by user SprogCollector via )ĭuring this episode, Private Albert Blithe is sent forward of Easy Company to re-establish contact with Fox Company during a night movement. A German Gebirgsjäger officer with his Edelweiss badge displayed on his headgear. However, this article will focus on 6 inaccuracies that actually changed important historical details or rewrote a person’s story. However, “Band of Brothers” did take some artistic license for the sake of storytelling and presented some glaring historical inaccuracies as a result.Ī serious WWII history buff could point out dozens of small mistakes in “Band of Brothers” like the inaccuracies of a German Jagdpanther at Bloody Gulch, the wearing of the 101st Screaming Eagle patch during the Battle of the Bulge, or the anachronistic headset worn by a C-47 pilot taking off from England. Using leftover props and costumes from “Saving Private Ryan,” and with the consulting help of surviving Easy Company veterans, Hanks and Spielberg strove to bring the stories of Easy Company to life. Produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks after their 1998 success, “Saving Private Ryan,” the miniseries has been praised for its drama and storytelling.
Most members of the military will be familiar with the HBO miniseries “Band of Brothers,” which follows the story of the men of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division in WWII.
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