Band Of Brothers
Matthew Dvorak Hour:4th
The 101st Airborne
The main group followed through the novel. First in training to earn the Airborne wings in Georgia. To Normandy France, Denmark, England, Belgium, and Nazi Germany.
Eisenhower Adresses the 101st
Eisenhower addressing the 101st before their jump into normandy, also the first combat situation Easy Company faced in their European campaign.
Major. Richard Winters
Starting off as a lieutenant, winters was constantly getting promoted until his final rank of Major at the end of the story. He was with Easy Company from day one. The longest officer with the Company.
Carentan
The second official battle of Easy Company. This is when Easy has officially been reunited as an entire group as is moving to their first official objective, taking Carentan. A supply route town needed by the axis powers.
Drop zone Able
This was the original plotted out drop zone for Easy, Fox, and Dog Companies. The drop went bad and ended up dropping everyone way off course, mixing with the 506th and the 82nd Airborne divisions. Leading to mixed units taking objectives.
Brecourt Manor
The main reason for Easy's jump into normandy. To take out an artillery battery of 88's to help the frontal land invasion for the allies. This is where Easy lost its first Commander.
"Bastards Of Bastogne"
This battle was very important to the war and to the story. Easy Company was pinned down in Bastogne for weeks with little support. Completely surrounded, Easy managed to hold the important crossroads for the allies. Suffering moderate casualties.
The Eagles Nest
Berchtesgaden was the last town captured by Easy Company. It was also hitlers Private retreat town where the men of Easy can be seen on his captured private Mercedes. They captured Hitlers Private Mountain retreat known as the Eagles Nest.
The Atomic Bombs
Marked the end of WW2 and the end of Easy's struggles. Easy, Fox, and Dog were expected to go to Japan to help end the campaign over in the pacific once they wrapped up the European Campaign, but they were no longer needed once the bombs were dropped and Japan surrendered.