Band of Brothers is a 2001 ten-part television World War II miniseries based on the book of the same title written by historian and biographer Stephen Ambrose. It was executive produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks after their collaboration on the World War II film Saving Private Ryan (1998)."Drama: Band of Brothers". BBC.co.uk. Retrieved: 2008-06-09. The episodes first aired in 2001 on HBO and are still run frequently on various TV networks around the world.Snead, Elizabeth. {0E59E3FA-C0FB-45AE-B8C0-C25DA1977A8B} " Tom Hanks Jumps on Bandwagon". TV Guide. 22 June 2001. Retrieved: 2008-06-09."Band of Brothers Minisite". History.com. Retrieved: 2008-06-09.

The narrative centers on the experiences of E Company ("Easy Company") of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment assigned to the 101st Airborne Division, from Easy's basic training at Toccoa, Georgia, through the American airborne landings in Normandy, Operation Market Garden, the Battle of Bastogne and on to the end of the war.

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