The Better Brotherhood: The Day We Drink Hitler’s Champagne

Incredibly, the company that began in Toccoa, trained on Currahee, jumped into D-Day and Market Garden, and held the Bois Jacques woods in Bastogne, lived to see VE Day in Berchtesgaden—at Hitler's very own mountain retreat, known as the "Eagle's Nest." At D-Day+336, these men who had lost, survived, and fought for so much got to kick their feet up on their enemy's balcony, plunder his champagne, and raise a few toasts to his final defeat.

This incredible moment was captured in an iconic photo that is usually found on our walls or computer desktops. It means so much to us because it reminds us of a day coming when we can celebrate the devil's defeat—and yet, we know the war isn't over when the seventh trumpet sounds.

Join Jeff, Steph, Anna, Andrew, and Dalton for the final episode in our 'Better Brotherhood' miniseries.


RESOURCES:
- "Gallows," song by Jess Ray
- "Commitment to a Wartime Lifestyle," Essay by Ralph D. Winter, Sept. 1, 1994 (see http://www.missionfrontiers.org/issue/article/commitment-to-a-wartime-lifestyle)
- "The Last Battle," C. S. Lewis


DURATION: 46 minutes