- As the Germans surrender, it appears that the hard days for Easy Company are over when they are stationed in Austria. However, they soon learn that those soldiers without enough service points will be sent to fight in Japan.
- It's May 1945 and Easy Company finds itself the first Allied troops to enter Berchtesgarden, Hitler's Bavarian retreat. They find the village virtually empty with only a few people working in the hotel. They're there only a short time when they get the news they've been waiting for: the German army surrenders and the war in Europe is over. For those with enough service, it means a trip home while the rest continue to train for an eventual transfer to the war in the Pacific. For others still, tragedy still awaits. The men of the 101st all have varied futures ahead of them. The bonds of brotherhood shaped in battle will remain with them for their lifetimes and beyond.—garykmcd
- In the conclusion of this HBO miniseries, Major Winters leads Easy Company into the Bavarian town of Berchtesgaden -- once the home of the Third Reich's officers -- and receives orders to take the abandoned "Eagle's Nest," Hitler's mountaintop fortress.
- Easy Company's mission in Europe is coming to an end. They capture the Eagle's Nest in Berchtesgaden, the crown jewel of the Nazi Party. They find a few dead Nazi officers and a few of Easy Company's men indulge in the liquor and champagne that was left behind. After securing Berchtesgaden and the Eagle's Nest, Easy Company moves on to Zell Am Zee in Austria, where they are newly headquartered. With the war still being fought against the Japanese Empire in the Pacific and Asia, Easy Company's men must remain on the European front until victory over Japan is declared or they each earn enough experience points to go home. Most of their work involves directing resettlement efforts, guiding refugees back to their homes and accepting the surrender of German military units. The men also loot the abandoned and still-occupied homes of local residents, taking items like silver flatware for themselves.
There is talk of Easy Company being redeployed to the Pacific theatre, but word of their orders is slow in coming. A lottery is held to award one man from each unit the necessary number of points to return home permanently; the lottery is fixed by the men of Easy Company and Shifty Powers (Peter Youngblood Hills) is chosen. Shifty's award is bittersweet; however, an auto accident on route to the airfield causes Shifty serious injuries and he remains in Europe, recuperating for several months following the official end of the war.
Private Webster (Eion Bailey) and Sergeant Liebgott (Ross McCall) are sent to a house in the country to apprehend a man believed to be a Nazi officer associated with concentration camps. Liebgott seems uninterested in bringing the man to proper justice and interrogates him with little evidence and over Webster's protests. While Webster and the other man sent with them, Sisk (Philip Barrantini), wait outside the house, the Nazi officer runs out, having been wounded in the neck by Liebgott. Liebgott's pistol jams and he orders Web to shoot the fleeing man; Web refuses. However, the man is shot by Sisk before he can reach the woods.
Private Janovic (Tom Hardy), moments after being relieved by Private Webster, is killed in an auto accident near a checkpoint. Many men, lacking sufficient duties, are being killed in frivolous accidents, fraternizing with local women, or looting local stores for liquor. One inebriated man is found after having killed a British officer and his adjutant. When he is approached by Sergeant Grant (Nolan Hemmings), he shoots the sergeant in the head in a drunken haze and escapes in a stolen jeep. Lieutenant Spiers leads the effort to find a neurosurgeon for Grant, who will live. The drunken GI is found and, after being severely beaten by fellow GIs and Spiers, is turned over to the military police. Easy Company accepts the surrender of several German officers and their units. One general, having been met in the field by Private Babe Heffron (Robin Laing), is given to the newly promoted Lieutenant Lipton. When the general surrenders he gives an emotional speech, translated by Liebgott, to his men that reflects Winters' & Easy Company's contributions to the war.
In August, 1945, the men, while playing a baseball game in Austria, are informed of the surrender of Japan. Winters' narration reveals the paths the lives of many of his comrades took following the war. The very last scenes of the movie are excerpts from interviews with the still living members of Easy Company, portions of which have also been shown at the openings of every episode in the miniseries. In these final scenes, the names of the men interviewed during the miniseries are revealed, including Dick Winters.
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