Band of Brothers highlighted the lottery in its final episode – an event that was rigged in order to send likeable Easy Company veteran Shifty home.

Band of Brothers may have been about the unity of Easy Company, but there was a time in which division found its way into the unit’s ranks.

The harrowing scenes in the snowy Ardennes Forest during the Band of Brothers “Bastogne” episode are even more astonishing than they appear.

One Band of Brothers episode features the edelweiss flower alongside some interesting lore, but what is the real story behind the alpine plant?

HBO’s Band of Brothers episode 3 focuses on the Battle of Carentan, but does it accurately relay the number of allied casualties during the war?

HBO’s Band of Brothers has numerous key points throughout its 10-episode arch, but the Bastogne storyline is the program’s real turning point.

Band of Brothers is a beloved show, with Spielberg and Hanks’ World War II series fundamentally changing TV forever — and that’s a good thing.