In June 1944, paratroopers from the 101st Airborne race to secure the French city of Carentan and open a link between the American forces on Omaha and Utah beaches. But Nazi paratroopers arrive first and pin them down outside of the city. Running out of options, their commander orders a daring bayonet charge to break through the Nazi defenses.

After months of fighting in Europe, US forces finally cross into Germany to destroy Hitler's war-making power and encounter the infamous Siegfried Line defenses. With their sights set on the city of Aachen, the Americans must smash through two lines of bunker fortifications to capture the ancient capital.

In October 1944, a regiment of segregated Japanese American soldiers fights to rescue an encircled US battalion in the steep, booby-trapped forests of the Vosges mountains. With the Nazis closing in and supplies running out, the Nisei soldiers push the limits to reach their brothers-in-arms. It will take more than fifty years for their valor to be fully acknowledged.

As Christmas 1944 nears, Nazi Panzer forces sweep through Belgium as they drive to recapture the port city of Antwerp. At westernmost edge of the famous Bulge, American paratroopers of the 517th Parachute Infantry Regiment fight fiercely to reverse the breakthrough. During the fighting, a young US scout becomes separated from his regiment and spends the night trapped behind the enemy line. As the Battle of the Bulge rages, a young US scout becomes separated from his regiment and spends the night trapped behind the enemy line.

In a bid to support the Battle of the Bulge in Jan 1945, Heinrich Himmler launches a surprise offensive to recapture the French city of Strasbourg. A regiment of green US troops, defend Maginot Line pillboxes to slow the Nazi offence but are eventually overrun. Undeterred, a former cook refuses to leave his post and makes a daring stand in the face of overwhelming odds.

October 1944. After a nighttime crossing the flooded Savio River in Italy, a newly formed tank hunting platoon of the Canadian Seaforth Highlanders encounters a Kampfgruppe of German Panther tanks and self propelled guns. Cut off from their own armour by the rising river, the Seaforths must fight off the battle group with only weapons they can carry.