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May

1944 after a heavy winter battle the

German lines on the Russian front were

pushed back by the Red Army who attacked

in overwhelming strength after the

catastrophe of Stalingrad the time of

the German offensives is over there is

only one direction backwards

the

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cleer who told these men to get a boat I

thought you wanted them here

sir I told you to report back here

that's all get off there I've just made

contact with division our order is to

deny the enemy the facilities of the

station yes we've already laid the

charges sir rails can be replaced

Sergeant I want that tunnel destroyed

what's that got to do with the

facilities of the station it's not your

business Sergeant to interpret

orders get on with it get this train

moving does he think Theus is are coming

by train yeah as soon as this shelling

stops they we his

tanks maybe he thinks it's a good

opportunity for him to get that Iron

Cross

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well all right let's go find the truck

come on

doph help him what the devil are you

doing

coer cougar denying the enemy the

facility of the station

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sir we will take this one

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all right pick up that Ser let's go come

on

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where are they

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sh

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ah

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sh

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hello hello

hello hello

it's the tunel

Destro the tanks got there too soon they

better get moving they're on their way

wait a moment S I gave you explicit

orders am I to understand that you

failed to carry them out or do I take it

that you refuse to do so now you listen

to me your explicit orders just got

three of my men killed no you take it

any way you want but never mention that

to me again you understand

never go

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s

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attention at

EAS hey R what's happened to you I

thought you were never coming back see

if they can do a quick job on him and

make sure they do not send him back to

base I want him here thank you very much

you're very

welcome what happened to you on the

great Retreat

Retreat what Retreat that was it

tactical Readjustment of the line the

furus headquarters just said so we are

consolidating our position whatever that

may mean and I've just been elected

nursemate to Replacements you want to

inspect them not very much it is your

platoon or at least six of them will be

what happened to stransky he went

straight to division headquarters yeah

didn't you know he's being

transferred we have got a new company

Commander Captain Burger any

improvements he smiles a lot

understand you're the longest surviving

an all this company's got in fact I

gather you've more or less been running

it anyway I was hoping you could fill me

in on some of the Personnel

unfortunately division headquarters have

taken priority you to report to General

Hoffman immediately

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it's from P should I take it in unless

you want your head bitten

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enough I have to concern myself with the

personal vendettas of all the men under

my command I shall have precious little

time for anything else well

Sergeant what have you got to say for

yourself I'm sorry to be taking up your

time sir you are a contradiction stanle

always have been as I remember it you've

twice been recommended for a commission

once by

myself and I can tell that your refusal

was somewhat of a disappointment to me

sorry sir a personal decision all right

I accept it your reasons are your own if

open to speculations but there's no

question about your twice being

recommended for court Marshal both cases

for having shown gross disrespect for

Superior officers that was the charge

but not necessarily the truth is that

what you're

suggesting

well here we not only have disrespect

but failing to comply with the orders

and striking a superior officer you

think Captain stransky can substantiate

all this I think captain stransky could

substantiate almost anything sir what

shall I do with this thing I can't

possibly ignore it my accident has

already initialed it just

that you people are giving me far too

much paperwork I can't possibly look at

all this rubbish until tomorrow

no sir well then take it away man take

it away and uh bring it back tomorrow

sir of course bring it back tomorrow you

don't want the entire Army to grind to a

halt very good sir oh yes and uh get a

message through to Sergeant Steiner's

commanding officer tell him the sergeant

is to go on a 14 days

leave effective today effective today

sir yes sir

worldin I don't think it's escaped your

attention but our situation on this

front is rather fluid that's a military

jargon for chaotic by the time your

leave expires the situation may well be

even more fluid in which case having you

incarcerated or shot will become

pointless now get out of my sight

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here we are Mr dman one genuine and te

mtin for the gentleman from

Hamburg you did a very good deal for

eight cigarettes it was a very sound

purchase sir none of your modern rubbish

there that piece of equipment was made

to last as long as a thousand year

right maybe

longer and now

gentlemen we come to the main item a

spare pair of boots only one previous

owner for the personal collection of

private Paul

lsong a gentleman of quality These boots

were private AMS On's pride and joy they

won't leak like the cheap clocks that

you people have been issued with they've

been to the very Gates of Moscow and

most of the way back too I can assure

you they designed to march in any

direction especially backwards which you

will find particularly useful during the

dark days to come they feed us

rabbish uh if they fit I'll give you 10

cigarettes they

yours clear off the sail's

over you Sergeant I don't know how you

do it I really don't

14 days leave you cunning old bastard

how in hell did you angle

that where will you go don't know I

haven't thought about it why don't you

go to Paris Paris well sure why

not why not

indeed I'll see you in two weeks

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heart

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Steiner what are you doing here in Paris

sergeant

why are you not expecting to see me

again I was asking what you're doing

here I'm on

leave let me see your

papers

gladly congratulations major what no

iron crossed I see you have been

promoted yes thank you thank you

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I don't understand what seems to be the

trouble sir nothing nothing your pass is

perfectly in order it's just seeing

youry excuse me

Sergeant I have been looking for your

arm warning car kach wants to see you

he's creeping his head off about the

Quarter Master General's inspection I'm

coming right

away I won't be long

enjoy your leavea

sergeant

sir have you been in Paris

long not long enough to see all the

sites in

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Paris oh what was that all about my

compion orot to pay what he ow I'm

afraid that's an old habit of

his a very expensive way to get drunk do

you want to get drunk no not at those

prices this place is very

dear now what I told him to save the

bill for the major he comes in here

every

day I have some drinks in my apartment

there if you like to get drunk it will

not hurt so

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much right there

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a bed is a good place to hide in and yet

sometime or other you have to get up and

face a new day

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the German High command announces at

dawn on June 6th Allied sea forces

landed troops in Normandy and formed a

bridge head all soldiers on leave in the

Paris area should immediately report to

the nearest army assembly station

I'm afraid

we have to face a new

day I shouldn't stay in Paris much

longer if I were

you we should be leaving a lot of debts

behind there is no reason why you should

pay

them see that you get there by$ 2400

hours tomorrow are you you will be in

trouble understand yes

s first 71st huh A Long Way from Home

aren't you

Sergeant you'd be surprised how many men

managed to go a rift by reporting to one

unit after another without ever getting

back to their own as far as I'm

concerned they should be shot as

deserters your outfits in transit from

the East they'll be going to aanch best

thing you can do is meet up with them

there there'll be a truck leaving

shortly don't worry they'll be there and

so will you within 24 hours or else

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Colonel Rogers reporting for Duty sir

well glad to have you with us Colonel

why don't you just sit down there you're

pressor Colonel Peterson was a good man

he was a damn good man he's going to be

a sad loss to a division well I'll try

to live up to him sir well I'm sure you

will now you know anything about the

situation here not much well let me show

you now this here this is the 71st

division they're under the command of

General

Huffman our intelligence tells me that

they Shi here straight from the Russian

front so that I beg your pardon sir

there's something you're looking for

maybe like a cigarette or something

I

see but as I was saying they uh shipped

here from the Russian front so they must

know their

business we know what their uh anti-tank

capabilities are sir no we don't know

nothing that's what I want you to find

out you see a few days we're going to

launch a big attack and I don't want my

tanks running into any unpleasant

surprises for warned is forearm

Colonel certainly

is yes

you have to excuse me I uh haven't had

time to go over your uh military records

as closely as I like you see uh I'm a

West Point man myself class of 19 and I

was just wondering there a possibility

that you were

no

no I see well you you have seen some

kind of service over here action I

presume yes sir North Africa cerine pass

cerine pass yeah well uh I consider that

some sort of a tactical

setback I consider it a great a disaster

myself this time to Sho is on the other

foot Colonel we're going to hit him

where it hurts the Ducks are on the pond

thank you

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Colonel sorry sir did you ask for field

glasses oh yes thanks oh I'm sorry sir

you're going to have to sign for these

well that's

okay General likes to go buy the book

sir that's okay too I just wish you

wouldn't talk as though he'd written a

dam thing sir that's Sergeant Anderson

in the Jeep oh

thanks Anderson yes sir

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you old bastard now take it easy take it

easy how was Paris huh oh fine fine fine

what did you bring me back did you bring

me something take it easy it's all in

there well why didn't you say

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so so that's the new Colonel wonder what

he's like don't ask Pell don't ask why

you heard something yeah he's mean he's

tough and there's only one thing he

hates more than crowds Italian

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s

Bon yes

sir sure like to get down there and

Recon n other anti-tank

placements that's how we lost CL

Peterson

sir what do you see over

there you see any anti-tank

guns no

sir well what do you see

well looks like they're having some kind

of parade sir oh that's

nice I love a

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parade looks like they're uh getting one

of those lectures on how to win the war

probably the same kind of lectures we've

been

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getting well we can't see too much from

up

here looks like we could uh get on down

through there there and probably get a

little closer yes sir that's where we

lost Colonel Peterson

sir you know something Sergeant you're a

hell of a lot of fun to be around thank

you

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sir right left right left right

the cha

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o LIF

face

edes when I tell you to dismiss private

Nissen dman and Ro will go back to the

observation posts the rest of you can

help how in a Cook

House must you do that

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platoon 10 hot platoon

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dismiss good morning

Sergeant do you make a habit of parading

your men in the middle of an artillery

barrage no sir the Americans are very

methodical sir they operate strictly

according to the clock from dawn until

noon they uh they shell that part of the

Town break for lunch and then from

lunchtime until dusk they shell that

part of the

town you have nothing to fear

sir thank you it's very

reassuring well now let me see your

situation reports General Hoffman will

be passing through here on a tour of

inspection within the next half hour the

platoon office is there sir thank

you I thought we got rid of him

Battalion Commander as of this

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morning who the devil is that the old

man's granddaughter sir he he's ill

stays in his room upstairs do you mean

to tell me there are still civilians in

this town I have no idea major the

company's cled back down the road I

haven't been able to get over here

before well Steiner how many a fair

number most of them old people they tend

to hide in the cellers it's most

unsatisfactory

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good morning sir if you'd care to step

inside I have a detailed situation

report not just now stransky thank you

not just now

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I think I would like to have a closer

look at the valley down there that area

is not secured sir I haven't been down

there myself of course not St but

perhaps you could lend me Sergeant

Steiner for half an hour or

so yes of course sir Sergeant

Steiner in the meantime why don't you

give your report to Kilner here he has a

great eye for detail don't you Kilner

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well St what do you think about this

war this war

it is an improvement on the last one

don't be

impertinent there are people who believe

you already lost the war at

Stalingrad what do you think about that

that we shoot our bolt at

Stalingrad I would say that we shot our

bolt a long time before stying glad

would you indeed and all this time you

contined to fight

bravely although you knew the what we

lost a matter of survival

I think you Tak an excessive pride and

modesty

Sergeant anyway the facts Remain the war

is lost and as long as we have to

tolerate the jumped up Corporal villain

the slaughter will

continue I want you to cross the animal

lines find someone of

authority and convince them that we are

prepared to

negotiate Adolf Hitler not

withstanding Adolf Hitler will be dead

in two days and I shall be back here

with a group of senior

officers we will be authorized to accept

the Allied terms for a seiz

fire we sold a pair of boy boots two

weeks

ago he'd still be wearing them if you

generals had made your choice a little

earlier Steiner this time we are in the

line of fire what more can we

do what more can any of us

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do you three ready yes

sir

ah listen I want R standing by again to

take a message to headquarters when we

get back two nights in a

row this time why can't I come with you

well who would look after the

kindergarten if we didn't get back not

me I'll tell you that right now if you

don't get back

I'm I'm resigning ncos cannot resign

we're in for life I don't even know

where you're going we are looking for

information

hold I want you

that's

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charcoal burner's

Hut do you think he knows anything about

anti-tank guns well as one way to find

out okay you take that side I'll go

around this side yes sir cover us

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oh

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all right get the

weapons ah

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you want to ask him about they man I

take guns Colonel you want me to ask him

we are two men are dead yungun got hit

both

legs you and this take him back I'll U

handle the

prisoners you want him to bleed to death

we' never get him back with these two

long

go you uh left yourself a little

short-handed haven't you sergeant

sit

down it's your ball game I know turn off

that radio

Cel well what are you going to do about

it I intend making you listen to what I

have to say and then returning to my

lines while you return to yours I get it

this squarehead figur he's lost the war

now he wants to be one of the good guys

you should have thought of that you son

of a [ __ ] before you got us in here and

killed my two

men I've got a better idea we'll forget

about that little talk and uh you just

let me have the gun and

you come on back with us you will listen

to me colel the war is lost already it

has cost too many lives and now some of

our generals are beginning to admit it

so why don't they just quit

some of our high command are prepared to

discuss terms even unconditional

surrender is preferable to this

Relentless Slaughter on both sides come

so General Hoffman authorized me to

authorized since when to General send

sergeants to discuss terms of surrender

perhaps because our commanderin-chief

was a Corporal makes it easier for them

how do you like that a crowd comedian no

no

Colonel the time for laughing at Adolf

Hitler is passed in a matter of hours

we should hear that he is dead come on

Sergeant I've been lied to by experts

now why should I believe you I risk my

life getting here I could be one of

those dead men outside and if you don't

listen to me Colonel you'll make

yourself an accomplice of her Hitler in

a blood B you fight dirty

Sergeant okay what are we talking about

there would be three German officers in

St valon at 1400 hours

tomorrow they will be prepared to meet

any auth authorized Allied officers to

discuss terms for a general ceasefire

how do you know you're not being used

could be people that sent you are

stalling for time time is on your side

not ours and general Hoffman is an

officer who can be trusted meaning other

officers cannot very few of my

acquaintance Colonel you're asking us to

receive three German generals at400

hourss tomorrow with a guarantee of safe

conduct

well I guess I can give you that in the

name of briger General Webster and who

shall I say is passing this message on

schiner Sir Sergeant Rolf schiner first

71st paner

division okay Sergeant I'll deliver your

message getting the brass to believe it

is something else though thank you carel

perhaps you might try asking your people

how many men they expect to lose if they

resume this offensive

I suggest you take your weapons with you

when you go I thought you didn't trust

officers one has to take risk sometimes

Colonel and Sergeant why don't you take

the radio spares of War you might be

able to pick up the baseball scores or

hear news of a sudden death in Berlin

I can't wait to see the old man's face

when I tell him this I'm glad it's you

that's telling him a sergeant yes sir a

sergeant I don't

know I don't believe it do you mean to

tell me that the German High command has

entrusted a sergeant with the fact that

they're going to kill Hitler well I

guess they had to trust somebody sir

that's the damnest thing I ever heard

yeser kind of took me by surprise too

yeah take you by surprise all right you

w with the division for 10 minutes when

you were taken prisoner that must have

been a hell of a surprise too I'm afraid

the General's lost the point no the

general has lost nothing has not lost

the point in a couple of hours we're

going to launch our major offensive

don't you think the Crouch know that

don't you know what they're doing man

they're stalling they're talking about a

complete cease fire sir on the entire

front I've guaranteed their officers

safe conduct on your

name on Whose name uh your name sir it's

your command

they'll be entering your

allines I don't

believe I don't believe

him I can't believe

you you know better than that you know

you can't tell the enemy the name of

your commanding officer when you're in

Africa where the hell were you hitting

thee as a matter of fact I was hitting

the ass sir and I do admit I was trying

to get the hell out of there

now for Christ's sake General they're

talking about a plan to knock off Hitler

and trying to negotiate a cease fire

don't you think you ought to phone

someone phone someone phone someone and

give them a delay and in the meantime

they fortify St balone so when I come

rolling in there with my tanks I go

rolling out of there like a goddamn

barbecue and I cremate a whole command

the decision to wait or attack is not

yours sir you may be right but I don't

think you have any choice you got to

pass the message on it was not meant for

us I don't care who it was meant for

if I pass the message on and the message

is wrong who do you think's going to be

the py me I'm the py I understand that

sir but you've got to pass the message

on all right I'll tell you what I'll do

I'll pass the message

on but if my Superior officers believe

this then I'm going to send my entire

command man out for heart practice and

you don't you run into any more German

Sergeant I'll try sir but you can't be

too sure in the dark

uhhuh come

here I want you to do me a very personal

favor what's that sir get the hell out

of

here yes sir

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hello yeah this is

uh Bigg good dear General Webster I'd

like to speak to General cin at

headquarters

please yes yes

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we now put him on I wait yes yes I can

hear you are you certain nobody else G

H perhaps it was too much to

expect it does matter that we

tried there's always that

difference anyway it was very kind of

you to call me thank

you no no I don't expect you

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excuse me sir isn't it time we retired

for the night it's well after 2:00 is it

anything I could deal with for you no no

can you get through to S valoon no sir

the lines have been down since this

morning and there's nothing anybody can

do why don't you go to

bed the war will still be here

tomorrow very

well good night sir

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get this message to General

hobman where are they what

happened I lost

them how are the legs thank you

all right

Sergeant but how

Sergeant I told you I lost

them one cannot be a Superman all the

time ke it wears you out it really wears

you

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out have

am I to understand that we dispensed

with the formality of saluting

General

Hoffman by order of the fura you're

hereby under arrest and relieved of your

command forth with you're charged this

conspiracy high treason and attempted

assassination here is the

indictment you're entitled to read it if

you wish no thank you if it was written

by one of your people to misuse of

language will be quite appalling one of

the Lesser crimes your Bunch should be

made for account for today any

accounting will be made by

you am I to be Court Marshal then that

formality has already been disposed of

several of your fellow conspirators were

executed last night you also will be

shut your possessions confiscated your

family sent to concentration camps and

your name truck from all

records however there is an alternative

you may take

this it's extremely bad for the heart

you will be given a normal military

funeral your Widow will receive a

pension and the matter will be

forgotten you have 2 minutes

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what do you want dispatch to General

Hoffman not

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now what's the difference idiot

was this a heart attack we could have

kept the whole thing quiet but now I

don't

know Berlin yes Berlin you want me to

spell it for

you where's that man

gone the dispatch Rider who was he I

don't

know hello hello

welcome to Suicide La any activity no

way expecting

someone hold

that Haina here any sign of RKA

yet all right never mind

you should never have given him that

motorcycle he's probably hold up in some

brel how many tanks do you think they

will have over there Sergeant listen s

they've got so many tanks they don't

know what to do with them St vone is

only an observation post so if they do

decide to come it'll be three years so

fast they will be halfway to Paris

before you have even had time to die

hello hello I do believe something

unpleasant is head

I think he's coming from the Town

Square all right how no need to wet your

pants what's going on yes sir cor corer

couger

speaking yes sir right away

[ __ ] now we are going to have a real

fight in our hands the old damn

Battalion is diing in anti-tank guns

everything stransky is up there now

wants you to report him right

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away keep your eye on that road any sign

of activity and I want to be the first

man to know not stransky not Hower

nobody but me understand yes sir

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where's your observation post right

ahead

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C get that track out of here I want the

whole spare

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cleared

ah sent Steiner you'll be pleased to

hear that we are finally to get some

sensible orders now you didn't listen to

Dr gobl broadcasting from bin no a group

of officers tried to kill the fura

yesterday your friend General Hoffman

was involved he shot himself this

morning so now we are getting our orders

direct from the fura he knows how to

wage

war

Steiner there will be no more retreating

we are going to fight and we're going to

fight right here put that gun up the

road

I want a meeting of plon commanders

within half an

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hour old convoys on the Move enemy

planes rafing all the time uh

anyway you'd better have this

back don't have something to eat we

haven't much time

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well sir no you looking for German

generals now our radio just reported it

hit us WIP out half the to Brass in

Berlin well with luck they may not have

gotten to General hman though you still

wants to talk turkey we might save this

entire front we better talk fast we just

got orders to take up starting

positions anything going on over there

there was a whole lot of smoke a while

back but you couldn't tell where they

were coming or going

come on we better get rolling yeah

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Sergeant Steiner still in

there I guess he just figured what part

of the deal

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we

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Dr what you doing and start unloading

the track outside and don't worry about

the shells this is only a shower the

downpour comes later

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strength through Joy

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I what do you suppose would become of us

all of the fur spent this evenings doing

this kind of thing H I'm sorry I I

didn't think don't apologize if you

think the fer will understand who am I

to complain

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hurry up come come

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come hry are hurry up hurry up come on

move move

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you better take

cover where are the others the Sellar

you mean they left you up here yes

sergeant

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I'll count it for where's Coro

Kella isn't he back there with you sir I

sent him up to get the last of those

cases where the hell is he now he's dead

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thank you Sergeant well

done come I want to show you

something look here

that's a drain in the main square and

there are more of them we are covering

every part of the

square and they all are wired to go off

simultaneously they ingenious that

should win you the Iron Cross

major three squadrons of Tanks such and

perhaps more and we're not just going to

stop them we are going to annihilate

them always assume you can get all the

Americans bunched up in the Square at

the same time I'm not assuming it's

arant I'm arranging it

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General web's back at headquarters sir

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can I have some initial initial

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yes sir well no I figure sir if we don't

have any problems I don't think we will

I think I should get to objective uh

objectives AEL and Baker about HR plus

three sir yes sir yes sir yes sir thank

you sir I hope so thank you

sir gentlemen excuse me a minute I want

to talk to Colonel Rogers

it's about our little message to Berlin

there seems to be a change P's going out

on a turkey shoot and his German

General's lying Dead all over the place

the general Hopman may still be alive

sir willing to surrender this whole area

well if he is I want to tell you

something if he is he's praying that to

get stop but don't come knocking at his

door what if he isn't that place is a

fortress we hit that we'll take a weapon

that'll keep our burial detail busy for

a year you mean the high command just

turned us down flat a high command did

not even

reply all right gentlemen I want you to

listen to me

now listen closely this is the first

time that we've had any major action in

Normandy that means the eyes of the

military and possibly the eyes of the

world are going to be watching us what

we're doing so what I want made here is

history and not a screw

up is that

clear all right now this is your orders

you listen clear you going at 1,400

hours right after the artillery barrage

lifts once you're in your tactics are at

your own discretion but you keep one

thing in mind and one thing alone your

main objective is St Marie about mopping

up balone don't worry about that the

people come in after you'll take care of

that is that clear yes sir sir are there

any questions no sir all

right

okay I'd like to take this opportunity

now

to wish all of you something going to

need that's good

luck General Sir yeah if uh High

Commander just turned us down flat I

could understand that but uh no reply at

all I don't know what to tell you Rogers

believe me it's just as much a surprise

to me as is to you I don't know maybe

course this Hitler thing they turned

turned around and called a deal

off what can I tell you what's that old

saying ours is not the reason why ours

is but to etc etc etc and die right yes

sir that's it oh

Rogers

sir there something else I'd like to say

to you what's that

sir good

luck thank you sir you're welcome

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you want to switch that damn thing off

Anderson

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hey girl we're really going to hit him

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huh who's that kid that's Dugan sir came

in his replacement last

week he'll learn

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it

stopped all right everybody to your post

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got all right yes this makes you gun

Commander think you can manage it yes

s

how what the hell are you doing here

Captain B and Clingan reliefed us

transy's

orders I don't suppose it

matters what's wrong with you any anyway

nothing I suppose I was just hoping that

all this would do go

away right we never let that stop us

before correct so why should we now huh

well said Corporal Krueger well said

carry on with the punishment when the

tanks come do me a favor keep that

stupid head of yours down I always do

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about half hour

sir well what do you think

Sergeant about what

sir suppose General Hoffman is sitting

over there with the senior officers just

waiting to throw in the

towel we causing ourselves an awful lot

of grief for

nothing mhm closing our top brat is

sitting back at headquarters waiting to

find out if there's enough crows left to

negotiate

with

well only one way to find

out what do you think Z

yeah I guess you're

right Sergeant Anderson yes sir how

about loaring me your Jeep for a few

minutes I'm sorry sir I don't like to

let other people use my

jeep come on

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where in the hell's the colonel going oh

I just checking out the road he'll be

back in a minute

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the tanks will enter the Square from

that road down there there's no other

way for them to

come what they will find is an

apparently undefended

town now when a sufficient number of

Tanks have entered the square the entire

Square will be

demolished any tanks that may survive

will then be dealt with by the

guns now I want you people make it quite

clear to the gun Crews that they're not

to fire a single shot until they hear

that

explosion is that understood yes sir

very well

dismiss S

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Steiner well what you think how does it

look quite undefended

huh yes sir

quite

deserted you're

right it looks

deserted Sal Becker

sir after you wire the plunge I want to

talk to you yes

sir

yes what an American Jeep yes major an

American Jeep about 1200 M they're

flying a white flag let them come on

don't fire until they reach

you but so what about the White Flag I

don't care what they're flying they are

not to get away do you hear me yes sir

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oh

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them dirty Crow sons of [ __ ] busting

my goddamn radio I told you Sergeant

those people can shoot

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quickly Sergeant

quickly get the people out of the square

come on get them out of the square come

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on get out of here come on come on check

the house is over there

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they're on their way major at least

three

squadrons

good they'll find plenty of patriotic

Frenchmen to welcome them

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what the hell's going on I don't know

Sergeant ask the major I will

take him back to his room I'm sorry

Sergeant but the major said do as I tell

you is it ready yes sir good

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major you can't do this fransky why ever

not Sergeant it was your own idea you

said the square looked deserted you were

quite right most

unconvincing you stupid vicious

murdering bastard you know what you're

doing s and I don't you've laid your

hands on my person once don't ever

presume to do it again

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this is as far as we got last time

around

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d

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move on and slow

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there

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m mure

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tell me Sergeant whatever happened to

those three generals

of it's past history so

for

us why is the m waiting

bet grael is that your girlfriend

Colonel no but I believe Sergeant

Anderson has an interest in

her uh where are your antitank in

placement sergeant everywh

it won't make any difference I

know give me time to get the town's

people into the cellers

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H yeah this was a

mishy come on fellow

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be

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all

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too bad it didn't work out sergeant

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