In this episode, Easy Company is still in Holland, and with too few men are expected to hold the town they're in from the Germans. When Winters is promoted (because he is the greatest of all time, and it's noticed by his superiors), Easy is given a new CO, "Moose" Heyliger, who leads a successful rescue mission of 140 British soldiers before being seriously injured in what surely was called "friendly fire" but was actually a jumpy soldier not waiting to confirm identity before shooting. This brings them their worst CO, who we'll talk about more in the coming episodes.


Here is a detailed description of the fight at the crossroads: https://www.warhistoryonline.com/featured/easy-company-crossroads-battle.html


Operation Pegasus: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Pegasus


"Moose" Heyliger: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frederick_Heyliger
Heyliger's legacy: https://www.army.mil/article/49035


The AV Club recap: http://www.avclub.com/tvclub/band-brothers-crossroads-204013