Follows the 506th Regiment of the 101st Airborne division of the US Army, otherwise known as Easy Company. Survivors tell their stories, and evidence from journals and letters is brought to light.
EPISODE 1
Currahee
During training, a rivalry blazes up between Lt Sobel and Lt Winters, a junior officer who has earned the respect of the men in the US 101st Airborne Division's `Easy' E Company.
EPISODE 2
Day of Days
Thousands of paratroopers cross the English Channel to France on D-Day. Lt Winters leads an attack on a fortified German artillery position, and one of his men falls in battle.
EPISODE 3
Carentan
The uncomfortable truth rings true for Easy Company as they battle on against the Germans, their injuries and their own fears.
EPISODE 4
Replacements
A fresh group of paratroopers join Easy Company shortly before they drop into German-occupied Holland. They are forced to retreat when met by a superior force, and the Allied plan to enter Germany through Holland before Christmas fails.
EPISODE 5
Crossroads
Winters is promoted to Battalion Executive Officer after leading a dangerous mission on a Dutch dike, and an ill-equipped Easy Company race to help hold the Allied line in the Ardennes forest.
EPISODE 6
Bastogne
It's the dead of winter, and Easy Company find themselves in the Belgian forest attempting to fend-off frostbite, hunger and battle fatigue.
Tom Hardy
Damian Lewis
Ron Livingston
Rick Gomez
Scott Grimes
Frank John Hughes
James Madio
Neal McDonough
Donnie Wahlberg
Rick Warden
Shane Taylor