Raiding Hitler's liquor cabinet atop the Eagle's Nest: The story behind this iconic Easy Company...

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Anyone who has seen HBO’s Band of Brothers knows that Easy Company and the rest of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment ended the war occupying Berchtesgaden, home of Adolf Hitler’s “Eagle’s Nest” mountain villa. The town was also a de-facto second headquarters for the Nazi government. As Allied forces approached Berchtesgaden, each unit nearby vied for the opportunity to be the first to seize the town, and the prestige that would come with being the first to occupy Hitler’s Nazi getaway in the mountains. However, the story behind that operation, like many stories from war, is a bit more complicated than the narrative we get on screen.
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Passing this one to my spouse...he's a historian and we were stationed in Germany and visited Bertchesgarten

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