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[ Bastogne ][ December, 1944 - Belgium ]
Easy Company digs foxholes in the snow around the Belgian town of Bastogne. They are woefully under-manned and under-supplied to hold the line against the inevitable German armored attack.
Medic Eugene Roe scrounges morphine and other much-needed medical supplies to treat the various ailments and wounds of the men, who are bitterly cold and, in many cases, stricken with trench foot. His travels take him to a cut-off Aid Station in the surrounded, besieged town of Bastogne. There he meets a beautiful Belgian nurse named Renee Lemaire ministering to the horrible suffering of wounded American soldiers.
Easy loses two men on an ill-fated patrol but are congratulated on Christmas Day for holding the line by Col. Sink. He reads aloud their commanding general's concise, defiant response to a German surrender demand: "Nuts!" With no sign of relief in sight, the men celebrate a miserable holiday together in their foxholes. The Germans bomb Bastogne, hitting the Aid Station and killing Renee, whose body Roe discovers.

[ The Breaking Point ][ January 26, 1945 - Foy ]
Easy Company have successfully held off German attempts to take over Bastogne and are now preparing to take control of the nearby town of Foy.
During the attack on Foy, the Company undergo severe artillery bombardments from the enemy. Despite every effort by Sergeant Lipton to hold the group together the attack is fierce and several Easy Company veterans are killed or maimed in the battle.
The Company is at breaking point and morale is low. Sergeants Toye and Guarnere have each lost a leg in the attack, and the rest of the company must come to terms with such an horrendous blow to their camp.
It all proves a little too much for Lt. Compton, who suffers an emotional breakdown and is forced to leave the line before the moral of the camp is further destroyed.
The incompetence of their commander, Lieutenant Dike, further compounds the already disastrous situation when he freezes up at a crucial moment during the battle, leaving the rest of the company open to attack. Sgt. Lipton had previously warned Capt. Winters about Dike�s emotional condition, but both were unable to do anything about him until it was too late. Lt Speirs of Dog Company is sent to relieve a distraught Lipton, and successfully leads the company to victory.
The battle of Foy is a bittersweet victory for Easy Company. The town is successfully taken, but at an enormous cost to the camp.

[ The Last Patrol ][ February 19, 1945 - France ]
There are signs that the war may be coming to an end. Easy Company have settled down in a town close to the German border and the men, although still on the front line, are finally able to sleep in houses. Just across the river are the German troops who are also relishing the same creature comforts.
Easy Company receive orders to cross into enemy territory to take prisoners. Most of the troops are hoping they will not be picked to carry out the assignment.
But orders must be obeyed and Sgt. Malarkey is given the call to lead the 2nd platoon across the river. Still mourning for the death of his friends at Bastogne, Malarkey is relieved when Lt. Jones asks to go in his place. Jones has just arrived in the camp from West Point and is eager to put his combat skills into practice. The move is okayed by Capt. Winters and the troop move into position.
Also receiving the call to go is Pvt. Webster.
Webster, having just returned to the Company after an absence to treat a relatively minor wound, is finding it hard to regain the acceptance of his old buddies.
The company are able to retrieve two prisoners, but unfortunately lose a man in battle. Winters, weighing up the death of yet another man decides to disobey orders to send a second troop into the German camp.

[ Why We Fight ][ April, 1945 - Germany ]
It has been a long hard battle but Easy Company have finally managed to enter Germany where surprisingly, they face little resistance from the local residents. In fact their so called �enemies� are so industrious that the Company begin to relax and even fraternise with the local people.
Captain Nixon returns from a combat jump that unfortunately took a disastrous turn for the worse. He has now become disillusioned and cynical about the war and turns to the bottle. A worried Major Winters voices his concerns about the emotional state of his friend.
Easy Company receive news that President Roosevelt has died and decide to head to another German town. Near to the town is a small forest, Winters sends a small patrol in to explore. Inside the forests the patrol are shocked and horrified to discover an abandoned concentration camp with hundreds of people still imprisoned. The Nazis have long deserted the camp leaving the mostly Jewish captives to starve. As a result many corpses now litter the prison cells.
The patrol begin to free the prisoners, but are ordered to herd them back to the concentration camp so that their recovery can be more easily monitored.
The rest of the Company cannot believe that the local citizens did nothing to help the prisoners, and decide that the locals should be the ones to clean up the camp and remove the many corpses. The locals comply, but maintain that they knew nothing of the camp and it�s residents.
Whilst supervising the clean up, the Company receive news that Hitler has commited suicide.

[ Points ][ Spring, 1945 - Berchtesgaden ]
Having heard that Hitler is now dead, Easy Company enter Berchtesgaden a Bavarian town that once housed the top officers of Hitler�s Third Reich. Their objective is to capture Hitler�s mountain fortress known as Eagle�s Nest.
The Company make their attack. They overcome the German forces who surrender the Eagle�s Nest fortress. Celebrations erupt throughout the camp as the men realise that the war is almost at an end and they will soon return home to their families.
A victorious Easy Company travel to Austria, but their elation is short lived as they soon learn only the few men who have earned enough 'points' will be going home. The rest of the Division will be redeployed to the Pacific Theatre, where they must await official orders to leave Europe. Major Winters applies for a transfer to a unit that is moving out immediately, but his request is denied.
Sergeant Chuck Grant is critically wounded by a drunken trooper from another Company. Captain Speires is called to deal with it. Despite having enough points to go home Speires decides he will stay on as Company Commander. Major Winters however decides he does not want to make a career out of the army and accepts Captain Nixon's offer of a job with his family�s company when they return home from the war.
The Japanese surrender signals the end of a long, hard, gruesome war. Winters gives the momentous news to Easy Company. Hitler is dead, the war is over and a Victorious Easy Company celebrate the end of a war in which they fought hard and won.
A closing vignette tells what happened to the men of Easy Company after they returned home.