The real Captain Sobel was nuanced.
Summary SCREENRANT VIDEO OF THE DAY SCROLL TO CONTINUE WITH CONTENT David Schwimmer's character, Captain Sobel, is infamous among the men of Easy Company in HBO's Band of Brothers for his strictness and seemingly malicious nature towards the men under his command, but was his real-life counterpart as bad as the television show portrayed him? Much of the focus on Captain Herbert Sobel takes place in Band of Brothers episode 1, "Currahee," due to his role as the company's...
Captain Sobel's Early Life While the audience gets to know the cast of characters in Band of Brothers more as the series goes on, Captain Sobel has a short role in the show and thus his life outside of Easy Company and his past is not really known. Herbert Sobel was born on January 26, 1912, in Chicago, Illinois.
Though his training was harsh but effective during the initial basic training, Sobel proved himself to be lacking in field command skills when Easy Company was transferred to Camp Mackall, North Carolina. Sobel was said to have difficulty reading a map and would become easily flustered in the field. When the company was moved to England, Sobel's tension with the company grew worse as he attempted to court-martial Easy Company's future leader Lieutenant Richard Winters in a power move.
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