Band of Brothers is a 10-part miniseries produced by Steven Spielberg and Tom Hanks for HBO. The miniseries follows Easy Company, an army unit during World War II, from their initial training at Camp Toccoa to the conclusion of the war. The series is based on the book written by the late Stephen E Ambrose. Tom Hanks approached Steven Spielberg, who just finished production of Saving Private Ryan. Together they approached HBO with their idea. The station was willing to spend a industry record sum of $120m to realize the project.
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Easy Company enters Berchtesgaden, site of Hitler's Eagle Nest, and the believed hold out of the Nazi administration. As the Second World War comes to an end, the members of Easy Company find themselves faced with the prospect of going home or being shipped off to Japan, and the only difference is a few points on their service record.