Winters' remark about the retreating Germans 'still marching with pride' sticks out, as does the baker's angry tirade at his store being cleaned out (at least until Webster shuts him up), but most impactful I think is the scene where Nixon breaks into an upscale house in search of a specific kind of whisky. Nixon, and many of the other men, express their frustration with the war, being stuck in it, and openly question why it's being fought in the first place, with Webster's outburst at the retreating German soldiers probably the most explicit.Ĭonversely, throughout the episode we see scenes of German soldiers and civilians responding to the American soldiers with indignation, arrogance, and maybe even spite. This time around I was struck by just how much is going on in Episode 9, 'Why We Fight.' I've always thought it was the best episode in a series that doesn't really have any bad parts, but it's impressive to me how it blends the personal struggles and doubts of some of the soldiers (especially Captain Nixon, the main focus of the episode) with Easy Company's journey into Germany and their discovery of the concentration camp at Landsberg.
So I re-watch Band of Brothers every couple of years, and each time I pick up on different things.
