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And see.

The lad to cook Hitler's goose.

Why don't you throw it?

Watch it, you might break the window.

You coming down?

See you there in a second.

How long's your leave for?

That's the thing, I'm not really supposed to be here.

Can't you get in trouble for that?

I'm stationed out in Cookmere, middle of bloody nowhere.

No one will find out.

It's nice there though. When the war's over I'll take it.

That'd be nice.

What do you think you're doing?

Coming for a swim.

Oh, it's freezing.

You're coming in then, Top.

Hey, another tiger.

Hang on a minute.

Standing, innit? Yeah, that's right.

I'm sorry, I can't quite remember your... Crimes. And your crimes.

What are you in for?

Oh, this and that.

How about yourself?

Collect for a bloody training exercise.

Oh, we'll come down on you like a ton of bricks.

Storming a bloody teacup, innit? I could do with a cup of tea about now.

Join the club.

Do you get your transfer thingy through?

Yeah, yeah, the wife won't do, please.

Can't imagine she would be.

I'm telling you, them rich tops in Downing Street came to their senses.

They put me in old Churchill's seat.

I'd have this entire war sorted out in a jiffy.

The way I see it, it's about land, empire.

This is yours, and this is ours.

I mean, take Poland.

Why they wanted to start a war over it, I'll never know.

You've been there?

No. Nah, neither.

Let them have the shithole, as long as we can hold on to India.

I mean, starting the war over Africa, I can understand.

It's because of the oil, isn't it?

Yeah, well, we'll be off there soon.

Yeah. I'll tell you one thing I'll miss.

It's that barman's daughter down at the Bellinons.

Of course, I'm Yanko Aver before I get back.

You never know. We'll go over by Christmas.

Yeah, and I'm fucking Santa Claus.

That's what they say every single time.

You know, you're too bloody optimistic. That's your problem.

No, I'm a realist. You're a pessimist. That's the difference.

I brought you a cup of tea, Charlie.

She's had her wits' end in there, Charlie.

There was nothing I could do. I know, lad.

I've been there myself before.

Just take care of yourself, keep your head down, and you'll be all right.

Do you want to die? Is that it?

No, no I don't.

Why are you going?

Every man has to do his bit. I'm doing it for you.

No, no you're not.

We'll get through this. I promise.

Me, you and Terry.

I'm going to come back. I know it.

You have a family.

It'll be over by Christmas.

I'll come home then.

They said that last time. They always say that. My son's going to grow up

without a father. Like you did.

Let someone else go. Well, that would just mean another boy will grow up

a father, and another wife will be a widow.

That man won't be as lucky as me.

I'm going to come back, I promise you.

I need you here.

I'll do this by myself.

I'll do it.

Captain Thompson reporting, sir.

Thompson, yes.

Yes, sir.

I've got a new assignment for you.

German tanks are expected there.

And infantry there.

You're to assemble a four -man squad.

Go in quick and quiet and... Damn it, man.

The whole bloody thing rests on your shoulders.

In other words, don't cock it up.

For his sake, I'm... We're going out on ready.

When? We're out tomorrow morning. Say, oh, it's this hundred hours. I need two

more minutes.

Oh, um... Groin?

You do.

Then how about clock?

This morning.

Christ. Standing then.

I'll settle them outside command.

You try to get some transport.

Oh, bloody heat.

You should be glad it isn't raining standing in the girls' plough.

The captain's right.

You should look on the bright side.

That's the problem. Everything's so bloody bright out here.

You're just a village idiot, Milton.

You'd better watch it, Grimes, you cocky bastard.

I'm a higher rank than you.

I just like to keep positive.

How the hell do you do that?

Ah, it's not so hard.

Optimism runs in my family.

Just take me grandad.

Oh, you've gone and done it now, Chas.

Christ, we're all going to have to read about that bloody grandad story again.

I'll have slipped me a wrist before Jerry even has a chance to take a pop at

Why the hell have you got that?

Boy off an errand for a bar of Cadbury's.

Besides, I've got it all planned out for when we get to Germany.

See, I'll take this knife, snip off Hitler's one and only, and then serve it

to old Ava on a silver platter.

Thanks for that image. No problem, Cap.

I've established the Hun's general course.

Only thing is, it goes through a minefield.

What if they've re -mined it?

Not so bloody positive now, are you? Unless Jerry sent in the bombers,

way through for his armour.

Well, if we get through, what happens if we run into the crowd?

Well, that is rather the point of our mission.

We just have to hope that somebody up there is rather fond of us.

If we do run into them, we'll talk our way out of it. Oh, you speak Kraut now

then, do you?

It's a work in progress.

Anyway, we shall be done here soon.

I've a bad feeling about this.

Yeah, feeling's mutual.

If we get to the tracks, it'll be fine, right?

Fuck! Help me! Come on!

Ah, fuck! Ah,

fucking... Ah, fuck!

Ah, fucking easy!

Jesus! Ah, fucking... Ah, fuck!

Ah, easy!

Fucking hell!

Fuck, yeah!

It's over, mate.

Don't shoot!

We surrender!

We've been here since Tobruk.

Old Cooper came here weighing 160 pounds. Now he's 94.

Roll call at dawn, meals twice a day.

It's four men to a bed, but they can hold six.

Try and make your Red Cross packs last a while, because the food here ain't the

Ritz, but other than that, you're living the life of Riley.

We've won in Africa.

I'm telling

you, I ain't even touched a girl since embarkation.

Neither. To be honest, I'm trying to stop the desire.

How about you?

You got a girl back home?

at the time of surrender with the light.

Right, listen up, lads. There's a few words I want to have with you before

night's out.

Now, first of all, there is to be no fraternisation with the Aitais.

Is that clear?

Yes, sir.

Right, a few other things.

I've got sentries on the main gate mounted.

We send a party out to rescue the local area in case the Hun does turn up.

but I don't think that will happen.

Intelligence is this.

Our boys are landing in Rome and Milan, and the Navy, they should be coming in

Genoa and Rimini.

So this is it.

By my reckoning, we have just 24 hours to hold out, and then it's our time.

Good luck, boys.

You need to have a drink, mate. Take some of mine.

Strong mind.

Some fella over there has been drinking it out of an enamelled mug, and the

enamel's coming off. Don't you get it? We have to leave now.

Calm down, mate. Now ain't the time for quick action. But it is. The Allies

aren't going to come. The Krauts are coming here, and they'll ship you off to

Germany.

I'm telling you, let them come.

But I'll tell you, we go out there, a couple of Brits like us, don't speak the

lingo, they will fucking shoot us.

Look, have I ever given you reason not to trust me?

No. So listen to me now. If we get out of here and make it back to the Allied

lines, they'll send us home. Our part in this war will be over.

Allied lines?

You're bloody delusional. We're better off here, waiting with food and drink,

and wait for them to come to us.

They're the devil you know.

I understand what you're saying, mate.

But it ain't worth the risk.

I'm sorry.

But I ain't going.

Amici, amici.

Alemania, Alemania.

Americano. Wait, wait, wait. I'm English, I'm English, I'm English.

Fumare. Wait.

Cigarette.

Amici.

Iglesias. We like, we like.

Wait, wait, wait.

Follow, come on.

Follow, follow.

Come on, follow.

Good.

Who is it? It's an English soldier.

Can't you take this to the German bank?

It's in the stairs.

They won't find it.

Yes, it's better, isn't it?

He has to work to earn his living.

We don't have enough for ourselves.

My wife, she has a pay order.

But I think she understands.

My dearest Charlie,

I've been counting the days, but now I'm counting the months since your last

letter.

Where are you, my love?

I have nothing left to hold except the hope that one day you'll return to me.

Charlie, come back to me.

Come back.

Senor Lido, you work too hard?

I like hard work. I worked on the train back over in England.

What is it like in England?

You live in London?

Yeah, London.

Raffaele, when did the snows help?

I'm afraid for your child,

when the snow comes.

that there she ever come, it is not a saviour.

I take you into the mountains, there is a cave.

The Germans have come.

Go into the forest. Oh, Giovanni, he will find you there.

I must go now, Charlie.

You will not be safe.

You need to stop helping me, you know.

Charlie, it's... It's a Nephilim.

Charlie, on the radio, he says, uh, if we help you, the Allies will die.

I've never heard that.

Is it true?

And you knew? And your wife and your leader, do they know?

How did you get away?

The Germans, uh, they came up to the mill.

They took Senor Lee.

How did they know I was there?

Top of my hotel.

The fascists.

What's the situation down there?

Many more border have to come.

They've billeted the town.

Terrible border.

Putting you all in danger.

I should never have stayed here.

Thank you very much.

You got a light?

I don't like it.

Okay.

What happened to your arm?

Training exercise went wrong.

So, what's a nice girl like you doing around here?

My son.

He's sick.

Well, I hope he gets better soon.

I'm Michael, by the way. Michael Romero.

Where are you from, Michael?

I'm from Vancouver.

Is that in America?

No, it's Canada.

I really should be going.

But I don't even know your name.

Americano!

Hey. Sorry.

Hey, I know you. You're the lady from the hospital. You have a good memory.

Hey, wait a minute.

Hey, how's your kid?

I'm on my way to get him from school, so if you don't mind.

My arm's much better, by the way.

Well, it won't be for much longer. We keep running out of buildings, not

where you're going. You bumped into me.

Well, without me to catch you, you would have run straight into the road.

Well, it would have been a whole lot worse if I went into a car.

I'm not sure worse is the right word.

Hey, that's not fair.

Isn't there some other girl you can bother? I'd rather bother you. Well,

doing a good job.

What is it with you people?

I'm just trying to be friendly.

We're a lot smarter than you lot from across the pond.

You're not trying to be my friend.

It's true what they say about you.

Overpaid and sexy.

Hey, I'm not overpaid.

Well, I'm sure there are plenty of other girls who want to be your friend.

Damn you English girls are a hard crowd.

Damn you Canadians, you're a consistent lot.

Well, I'd like a chance to prove myself to you. Here.

Let's call it 7 o 'clock Saturday night.

So what do I call you?

You can call me Tab.

What does that mean?

It's like a nickname when I was a girl. Your daughter would tap in to get sweet.

That kind of stuff.

He just had this charm about him.

He was quite remarkable, really.

Well, then.

I can't go.

Why not?

Well, if you aren't going to go, then I will. No, why not?

I wish I had a Canadian Air Force captain.

All I've got is a bloody telecommunications officer.

Tell you what, you go with him, I'll take Terry, and he can stay the night at

mine.

Really?

Just when I thought my luck was in.

Dad won't be too pleased, though.

Ivy, how could you have done this?

Have you forgotten your husband in Italy? What do you think he's doing,

around with Italian flutes?

He's over there fighting for you and your son.

What, you think it's been easy for me these last few years?

To be left alone at home while others fight for me.

It's been hell.

I don't know how you could be so selfish.

Could you?

She has a husband.

And what if he don't come back?

There's been no news for weeks now, and his father never came back in the last

war. No, but I did.

I know what men go through over there.

What I've seen and done, just remember that.

dearest wife.

This letter will probably never get to you, but it brings me comfort to write

it. I'm alive and well and living in the safety of a convent.

What is this world in which we find ourselves?

How can men unleash such evil upon one another?

War doesn't make heroes out of us. It turns us into animals.

Sometimes I feel this war has changed me so much that I won't be the same man

when I return to you.

But that hope...

I hope that someday I'll return if the only thing that keeps me going.

All my love, your Charlie.

Along every road, in endless procession, refugees streamed toward collecting

stations set up by the Allied military government.

Many helpless families, made homeless by the German seizure of their country,

were forced north during the Nazi retreat.

Stripped of most of their possessions, only a few were adequately clothed or

until the Allied Fifth Army landed.

Removing these helpless people from the ruins of their shattered homes is one of

the great rescue achievements of the war.

The real tragedy is the plight of the very young. The world into which they

born has been a world of suffering and sorrow.

Now the Allied authorities open the way to a new haven, a haven where they may

wait in safety for the day of peace.

As quickly as possible, army trucks take them to ports of embarkation.

Hey buddy, you see a girl with a black and white dress just came down here?

sorry mate, tip off.

Who are you? I'm a soldier.

American? English.

You're lucky, I'm with the resistance.

The fascists killed my family.

They'll pay for it.

I'm trying to get back to mine.

Good luck.

I fascisti.

1800 lire is the price for you.

That's a lot of money.

Do you know the song? What song?

Se potessi avere mille lire al mese, mille lire al mese.

I will not give you two effects.

I deserve them.

Oh, really?

Sì.

The mountain is full of young men.

The fascists are too scared of your English and Americano to catch you.

I bet they'll be the first to wave their flags when our boys march through in

the end.

Okay, but first we have to kill the Germans.

I'm going south to find a bandit.

He's a cop.

Yeah, well, Italian pictures are the best.

Like women.

You know, el culo.

It's too dangerous for a fire.

Thank you.

What do you think? Who are you?

Capture him now and I'll shoot.

Capture him immediately.

We haven't killed him.

You know what I mean?

But then if you think about it...

Hey, Grimes! Grimes!

Hey, so, uh, when did you get back?

Transport got in two weeks ago.

Well, it's good to see you.

What happened after I left?

Jerry came a couple of days later, like you said they would.

Put us in a train from Germany.

The cold.

Italy was fucking abundant.

How'd that happen?

Dickie.

He didn't make it.

He kept trying to escape.

He brought his body back.

Four days and nights on that train packed like cattle.

It wasn't until February until the Allies came and they sent a plane.

Well, it'll be over soon.

Once we beat the Japs.

I was just being demotivated.

So what are you going to do now?

Well, the worst is over.

I think we're going to get better here on out.

That's what I think, anyway.

So I'm heading down to Bristol.

Nice. So you got down again, then?

No, I... I just need to get away for a bit.

I can't take being called a hero.

What I've seen?

Done?

How can I be proud of that?

I'm so fucked up.

Sometimes, sometimes I wish I was the one who got stuck in that dream.

I really do.

Are you all right, mate?

Yeah, yeah.

I've never been better.

I'd, uh, just be off.

Well, if you're, um, driving down Sussex Way, you'll probably be all right.

Sounds good.

Yeah, it's good to be here.

My dearest wife, it won't be long now, and I shall be able to see you both

night.

All I hope, my darling, is you won't get too used to seeing me, and then we

start living like other married couples, just taking things for granted.

But when we get our own home, we should be happy.

And if you want your little girl by then, well, all you have to do is ask

I suppose you still do want her.

Well, this is about all I can write for tonight.

So if I get a letter from you tomorrow, I'll write again too.

All my love, darling.

Charlie P .S.

Kid Terry for me and tell him I got his letter and I hope he comes to meet me

again on Saturday.

Thank you.