re: Greatest non-fictional villain in film?

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Not really a villain, but Herbert Sobel from Band of Brothers.

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Have you read the Ambrose book?

While it's true that Easy hated Sobel, and he was not a combat leader, most of the guys acknowledged that he was responsible for the tight knit and superb fitness and training they had. Sure Ross plays the role as an a-hole, but I'd hardly call him a villain.

Not to hijack, but something I always loved from the book that wasn't really discussed in the series was when Easy gets to England, their instructors stopped leading PT runs with the company because they were in insanely better shape than any of their instructors and none could keep up.