Band of Brothers

Band of Brothers is a ten-part television miniseries, co-produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks, detailing the role of Easy Company of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, U.S. 101st Airborne Division, in World War II. It is based on a book of the same name by Stephen Ambrose and was first broadcast in 2001.

The title

The title for the series and the book it's based on comes from a speech delivered by Henry V of England before the Battle of Agincourt in William Shakespeare's Henry V; Act IV, Scene 3:

Related Topics:
Henry V of England - Battle of Agincourt - William Shakespeare - Henry V

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:And Crispin Crispian shall ne'er go by,

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:From this day to the ending of the world,

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:But we in it shall be remember'd;

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:We few, we happy few, we band of brothers;

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:For he to-day that sheds his blood with me

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:Shall be my brother; be he ne'er so vile,

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:This day shall gentle his condition:

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:And gentlemen in England now a-bed

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:Shall think themselves accursed they were not here,

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:And hold their manhoods cheap whiles any speaks

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:That fought with us upon Saint Crispin's day.

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(King Henry, IV.iii)

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