Another issue with this series is the writers took far too many liberties with facts in order to make "better" TV. Westgate's character was a complete fabrication, the real family (Wingate) refused to let them use her real name because none of what they showed was true, other than hooking up with Crosby. Egan wasn't involved at all with the Russelsheim massacre. Rosie was rescued by the Russians but it wasn't in the middle of a battle. But the worst and most eye rolling change was the "battle" at the POW camp in the finale. There was no battle, the camp was handed over to the Americans without conflict because of course it was, the Germans knew the war was over. And Egan never raised and hugged an American flag, but I guess they had to shoehorn that in for the 'merica crowd
Band of Brothers had a few notable errors (Blithe's death being the most egregious), but they were the fault of Stephan Ambrose who wrote the book. The show runners never changed anything simply to try to add more drama. WWII was full of amazing true stories, there's no need to make #### up to have a good show
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