E Company of the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest
Brotherhood of the Undaunted presents the work of an outstanding historian about a remarkable company in the US Army. In addition to the combat achievements, which include excellent performances during the invasion of Normandy, in the battles in the Ardennes and in Holland, Ambrose was interested in the special relationship between its members, which lasted for many decades after the end of the war. "Between those veterans, such a close and intimate relationship was evident that to this day they remain a kind of fraternity of the intrepid," he wrote after finishing the book in 1991. So, in addition to a detailed description of the training and fighting of Company E from Normandy to the occupation of Hitler's "Eagle's Nest" in Berchtesgaden, the title is also a probe into the interpersonal relationships of elite soldiers, a description of the formation of a series of friendships "for life and death" and in last but not least, a look at the Western Front of the Second World War through the eyes of an ordinary American soldier.