The film locations varied from Switzerland to England, with
the majority being filmed in Hatfield Aerodrome in Hertfordshire where they
recreated replicas of European towns. The
picture below shows a take-off
sequence before the D-Day landings, which was filmed at North Weald Airfield.
The casting for the actors was done brilliantly; this has led to many of them becoming famous, these include:
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Damien Lewis
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Ron Livingston
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Donnie Wahlberg
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Scott Grimes
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Dexter Fletcher
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Michael Fassbender
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Matthew Settle
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David Schwimmer
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Colin Hanks
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Tom Hardy
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Dominic Cooper
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Simon Pegg
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James McAvoy
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Tom Hanks
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Jimmy Fallon
The storyline centres on Easy Company, 506th
Regiment of the 101st Airborne Division during World War 2, from
1942 to 1945. To get behind enemy lines to help support the landing at Utah
beach they parachute in, they also participate in the liberation of Carentan as
well as a concentration camp. They once again parachute into an operation
called Market Garden and were the first to enter Hitler’s mountain retreat in
Berchtesgarten.
I have to be honest……this is my favourite TV series, it is
just fantastic! It is full of action, huge war scenes, big explosions and so
much emotion / feelings between characters.
It permanently has you hooked and before you know it, the episode has
finished. It is also factual as at the end of each episode it tells you
information regarding that event you just watched i.e. if any of the men won
awards or who died etc. You even have interviews with the real characters at the
beginning on the episodes, but you never know who they are until the end so
that it keeps you guessing. So in my opinion get online and buy this series,
you won’t regret it!
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