This second episode follows David Kenyon Webster and the rest of Easy Company to their defeat at Nuenen during Operation Market Garden, a battle that has since become famous thanks to Band of Brothers. While the show gets many things right, Webster's authentic version of events adds some additional insight into this famous skirmish against the half-tracks and Panther tanks of the German 107th Panzer Brigade.
This episode includes updates on the troubled progress of Operation Market Garden, details the mission and organization of the German armored brigade, reviews the historical accuracy of Band of Brothers and reconstructs the exact events that took place at the Battle for Nuenen.

Private Webster’s War by DigitalBattlefieldTours follows Easy Company of the 101st Airborne Division through Operation Market Garden using the writings of David Kenyon Webster. His memoir Parachute Infantry laid the foundation for the success of Band of Brothers by giving a detailed and honest account of life as a parachute infantryman in Easy Company. Despite the key importance of his work, Webster only played a small part in the HBO miniseries Band of Brothers that propelled Easy Company to worldwide fame. This documentary aims to correct that by telling the real history of Easy Company from Webster’s perspective, backed-up by historical research and on-site footage recorded during the 78th anniversary of Operation Market Garden.


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BONUS CONTENT
Ten bonus facts are available for Patreon members at: patreon.com/digitalbattlefieldtours


COPYRIGHTED MATERIALS
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Webster portrait colorization by Jakob Lagerweij


ABRIDGED LIST OF SOURCES
Listed in episodes I & II.


TIMESTAMPS
00:00 Looking Back
02:06 Market Garden Falls Apart
04:43 Enter the Panzers
07:40 Danger from the East
12:14 Opening Moves
16:30 The Road to Nuenen
24:23 Band of Brothers
28:17 Battle Reconstruction
36:37 In Webster’s Footsteps
48:14 Reflecting on a Retreat
51:37 Dark Days Ahead