Band of Brothers & The Pacific 12-Disc DVD Box Set
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Both The Band of Brothers and The Pacific were produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks and are based on real events. While quite graphic, they involve you as you watch each episode, and you get to feel like you are there with them.
Band of Brothers
This is the story of “E” Easy Company, 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from their initial training starting in 1942 to the end of World War II. They parachuted behind enemy lines in the early hours of D-Day in support of the landings at Utah Beach, participated in the liberation of Carentan and again parachuted into action during Operation Market Garden. They also liberated a concentration camp and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in Berchtesgaden. A fascinating tale of comradeship that is, in the end, a tale of ordinary men who did extraordinary things.
The Pacific
The Pacific follows the lives of a U.S Marine Corps squad during the campaign within the Pacific against the Japanese Empire during WWII. Made by the creators of Band of Brothers, it follows a similar line of thought to outline the hardships of the common man during war.
The Pacific is in parts a fast-paced war series that can be enjoyed by action lovers while containing a more sensitive side when projecting the relationships (brotherhood) of Marines on the battlefield. Where The Pacific takes a new direction from its “older brother” is in its depiction of the lives of soldiers who were picked to return home to increase the sales of war bonds.
In doing this it also depicts the life cycle of returned soldiers from initial joy to the eventual feeling of regret and to a certain extent shame felt by soldiers wanting to return to the war in service of either their comrades or nation.
Condition
Used. All discs checked with no major defects found.