Episode 2 of Band of Brothers is the day of all days, D-Day. The largest invasion in military history begins. The men of Easy Company begin their war with jumping out of planes as the allied forces jump into Normandy. They are the first wave of the military on D-Day and must help destroy German artillery that are firing onto the beaches of Normandy. The Germans are firing upon Utah Beach, killing American Army men. Dick Winters begins his war without a weapon and must lead his men in this first battle of the war with the allied forces behind enemy lines. Winters is forced into this position due to the leader of Easy Company dying during the jump into Normandy. The war has begun, and now the men of Easy Company must stick together and help one another in this deadly war, and they must help one another survive so they can end this war and go back home to their families.