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Nov 1, 2015 · Inspired by Dr. Stephen Ambrose’s bestselling book and the successful HBO series Band of Brothers, many people have travelled the world following the footsteps of Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment in the European Theatre of Operations.
Oct 7, 2001 · Bastogne: Directed by David Leland. With Kirk Acevedo, Doug Allen, William Armstrong, Philip Barantini. In the dead of winter, the men of Easy Company fend off frostbite and hunger - in addition to the enemy - while holding the line in a forest outside of Bastogne.
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- Drama, History, War
- David Leland
- 2001-10-07
- 5 Hatfield Aerodrome
- 4 North Weald Airfield
- 3 Hambleden
- 2 Home County Forests
- 1 Bernese Oberland, Switzerland
A Former British Aerospace Factory That Occupied Hertfordshire
The vast majority of Band of Brothers was filmed in Hatfield Aerodrome, a former British Aerospace factory that occupied a vast swath of land in the county of Hertfordshire, England. Spielberg and Hanks had previously used the location to shoot parts of Saving Private Ryan. The large open field was used to represent twelve different European towns, including Bastogne in Belgium, Eindhoven in The Netherlands and Carentan in France. The production team even constructed a fake forest to simulate...
The Planes Taking Off In North Weald Airfield Are CGI
Ironically, the D-Day airfield take-off scenes that punctuate Band of Brothers’ first episode could not be filmed at the Hatfield airfield. To capture the beginning of Easy Company’s journey into Normandy, the production used North Weald Airfield in the neighboring county of Essex. Fittingly, North Weald was an actual tactical location used by British planes in World War 2. However, the planes seen taking off from the airfield at the episode’s end are CGI.
Hambleden Was Used As A Replacement For Aldbourne
The vast majority of the training sequences from Band of Brothers episode one were shot in the aerodrome. However, a real village, Hambleden, was used for the scenes shot in the village of Aldbourne. Hambleden is in Buckinghamshire, another county neighboring Hertfordshire. The picturesque town also features in the 1968 British film Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
The Location Was Also Used For Gladiator, Children of Men, and War Horse
Additional scenes of Band of Brothers had to be filmed in real forests, although the filmmakers did not stray far from Hertfordshire, shooting in two forests in the home counties. Surrey’s Bourne Woods was used for some of the training exercise scenes in episode one. Bourne Woods has served as a filming location for numerous high-profile films, including Gladiator, Children of Men and another Steven Spielberg project, War Horse. Ashdown Forest of East Sussex was used for a sequence in episode...
The Location Was Used For Scenes Set In Austria & Germany
For the scenes set in Austria and Germany, the Band of Brothers cast and crew went to the Bernese Oberland in Switzerland and the nearby hotel Giessbach. The Bernese area features prominently in Band of Brothers’ final episode, “Points.” Parts of the Bernese Grimsel Pass were used for the site of Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest. The Austrian town of Zell am See is represented by the Swiss village of Brienz and the grand hotel at which the main characters stay for episode 10 is, in reality, the hotel Gi...
The 101st Airborne were surrounded in the Ardennes town of Bastogne from the 19th December to the 26th December 1944 during the Battle of the Bulge. Their heroic defence of the town would become...
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Finding relics of the 101 Easy Company (Band of Brothers): Boix Jacques. Some tourist information: it is possible to park here and pay a visit and tribute to the memorial. From here, you can also have a walk in the forest to see some foxholes.
Bastogne is a highly strategic area for advancing German tank divisions due to the village being a junction of seven major roads connected to several bridges that will allow the tanks to move toward their ultimate goal; crossing the Meuse River and reconquering Antwerp.
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On 13 January 1945, the Fontaine Woods overlooking the village of Foy in Bastogne, was the frontline for the men of Company E. From this location on the edge of the woods, they launched their attack on Foy, to liberate it from German troops.
