This Week: Band of Brothers, Operation Finale, Amazing Grace
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The End of the War in Europe
The scene comes from Band of Brothers, the 2001 HBO miniseries. It's depicting an event that happened this weekend history, the end of the war in Europe during World War II on May 8, 1945. That would be the unconditional surrender of the German army which actually took place the day before and was known as V.E. Day.
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