Band of Brothers

On June 4, 1944--just two days before the Allied invasion of Normandy--Lts. Richard Winters (Damian Lewis) and Lewis Nixon (Ron Livingston) reflect back on the events and training that led them to D-Day with the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment E (a.k.a. Easy Company).

Thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France on D-Day; Lt. Winters leads an attack on a fortified German artillery position.

On D-Day plus two, the scattered men of Easy Company regroup with the help of Pvt. Albert Blithe (Marc Warren). Lt. Welsh (Rick Warden) then delivers their orders: they must take the town of Carentan.

A fresh group of paratroopers joins Easy Company shortly before it parachutes into German-occupied Holland; the company has to retreat when it meets a superior force.

Winters leads a dangerous mission on a Dutch dike; although ill-equipped, Easy Company races to help hold the Allied line in the Ardennes Forest.

In the dead of winter, the men of Easy Company fend off frostbite and hunger--in addition to the enemy--while holding the line in a forest outside of Bastogne. Meanwhile, exhausted medic Eugene Roe finds friendship with a Belgian nurse.