In Episo de 2, ‘Day of Days’, Winters charges ahead and tells them to only follow on his command. From the beginning, he demonstrates great courage and as a result, they trust and follow him. What you can see in Winters is that he cares about the men he is responsible for, so much that he is willing to put his own life on the line. It is the values of Winters and how they inform his actions that have inspired me to write this post. It’s also clear that the Captain is useless in the field, putting the lives of the men at risk and trying to cover up for that by exerting his authority.Īn early scene shows Winters’ values, courage and integrity as he is unfairly disciplined by Sobel and rather than accept a punishment when he has done nothing wrong, he requests trial by court martial which leads to the platoon demonstrating strong support for him and really is Sobel’s downfall.Īs the series progresses, we see a contrasting leadership style in Winters who starts the series as platoon leader and finishes as a Major which is demonstration of his skills.
The soldiers of Easy Company think he hates them because of the way he pushes and tests them to do better all the time. The way Sobel achieves this though is through misuse of power rather than respect. In Episode 1, ‘Curahee’, we meet Captain Sobel, Commander of Easy Company whose drive for excellence makes the group of paratroopers stand out from the crowd. From the very first episode of Band of Brothers, I have wanted to write about the leadership theme within the series and this need has grown ever stronger as the series has progressed.
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