![]() The Pacific was filmed in 2010 and was based largely on two memoirs from lower enlisted infantrymen. The actors even met or spoke with the men they would be playing. The historian Stephen Ambrose sat down and interviewed the men of Easy Company, the company portrayed in the series, getting first-hand accounts of the men who went there and did that. For Band of Brothers, they went beyond that. ![]() The shows depict actual events and use the accounts of veterans who were there to form the basis of the narrative. ![]() Band of Brothers versus The Pacific – The source material This is where the big divide between the shows starts and why opinions are often split amongst fans. I can appreciate a creative team not wanting to make the same series and only change the setting. That’s what they have in common, but they tell different stories.
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