1 00:00:10,141 --> 00:00:12,746 - This documentary, which I've had put together 2 00:00:12,746 --> 00:00:15,634 from our own and captured enemy films, 3 00:00:15,634 --> 00:00:18,668 is, for me, a sort of brief memorandum of the 4 00:00:18,668 --> 00:00:20,939 progress of the war to date. 5 00:00:20,939 --> 00:00:25,599 Here, in 1942, began the myth of Erwin Rommel, 6 00:00:25,599 --> 00:00:27,868 commander of the Afrika Korps, 7 00:00:27,868 --> 00:00:31,396 that clever and courageous desert fox, 8 00:00:31,396 --> 00:00:34,478 on whom Hitler conferred a field marshal's baton 9 00:00:34,478 --> 00:00:37,206 in a ceremony held before the men of the Wehrmacht, 10 00:00:38,447 --> 00:00:41,349 who considered him a new Napoleon. 11 00:00:41,349 --> 00:00:46,182 Rommel's extraordinary reputation seemed destined to grow. 12 00:00:46,182 --> 00:00:49,156 He was given command of that ponderous line of 13 00:00:49,156 --> 00:00:53,110 coastal fortifications known as the Atlantic Wall, 14 00:00:53,110 --> 00:00:55,461 which was to prevent an Allied landing 15 00:00:55,461 --> 00:00:57,384 after the Germans had abandoned 16 00:00:57,384 --> 00:00:59,383 their plans to invade England. 17 00:01:01,199 --> 00:01:03,968 But as you well know it did not succeed. 18 00:01:03,968 --> 00:01:06,946 In June of '44, a colossal amphibious operation 19 00:01:06,946 --> 00:01:09,926 without precedent in history was launched. 20 00:01:09,926 --> 00:01:13,759 10,000 Allied ships set forth against the coast of France. 21 00:01:13,759 --> 00:01:16,437 However, it wasn't easy even for this gigantic task force 22 00:01:16,437 --> 00:01:19,077 to overcome enemy resistance. 23 00:01:19,077 --> 00:01:21,287 The issue hung in the balance with heavy losses, 24 00:01:21,287 --> 00:01:23,898 'til finally the hammering of our artillery 25 00:01:23,898 --> 00:01:27,350 and air force bombing determined the outcome. 26 00:01:27,350 --> 00:01:30,743 200,000 Allied troops landed on the Normandy beaches, 27 00:01:30,743 --> 00:01:33,881 which became the theater of a relentless struggle. 28 00:01:33,881 --> 00:01:37,391 The hopelessness of resistance soon became apparent. 29 00:01:37,391 --> 00:01:40,115 The Atlantic Wall had been destroyed. 30 00:01:40,115 --> 00:01:44,037 Rommel, himself, was wounded and called back to Germany. 31 00:01:44,037 --> 00:01:48,204 The Nazis were beginning to learn the taste of defeat. 32 00:01:50,646 --> 00:01:52,492 But Hitler would not face the facts. 33 00:01:52,492 --> 00:01:55,218 He refused to surrender and he was still acclaimed 34 00:01:55,218 --> 00:01:57,797 by those he kept in ignorance of what was really happening 35 00:01:57,797 --> 00:01:59,138 at the front. 36 00:02:21,602 --> 00:02:23,709 The German army, or what was left of it, 37 00:02:23,709 --> 00:02:26,302 tried to defend the territories conquered in the Blitz 38 00:02:26,302 --> 00:02:28,129 four years before. 39 00:02:28,129 --> 00:02:30,426 But they had been forced back to where we find them today, 40 00:02:30,426 --> 00:02:32,596 practically within the confines of their own 41 00:02:32,596 --> 00:02:34,235 national borders. 42 00:02:34,235 --> 00:02:36,477 Point, Rommel and other high-ranking officers, 43 00:02:36,477 --> 00:02:38,458 faced with the Fuhrer's fanatical stubbornness, 44 00:02:38,458 --> 00:02:41,203 resolved to eliminate him in order to save the country. 45 00:02:43,746 --> 00:02:46,496 Unfortunately, their plot failed. 46 00:02:47,657 --> 00:02:50,292 On our own Freiburg front, their resistance has held 47 00:02:50,292 --> 00:02:52,763 us at bay for over two months. 48 00:02:52,763 --> 00:02:55,275 Our attempt to outflank the enemy line of defense 49 00:02:55,275 --> 00:02:58,030 at Zella Pass has failed. 50 00:02:58,030 --> 00:02:59,482 This is the way things stand. 51 00:02:59,482 --> 00:03:01,904 We must overcome their resistance and end the war. 52 00:03:01,904 --> 00:03:05,543 The operation I've outlined can accomplish both objectives. 53 00:03:05,543 --> 00:03:07,046 - I don't like your plan. 54 00:03:07,046 --> 00:03:11,607 I'm not in the habit of playing with men's lives. 55 00:03:11,607 --> 00:03:13,793 - Nevertheless, you've been lucky at this sort of thing 56 00:03:13,793 --> 00:03:15,728 so far, Major Heston. 57 00:03:15,728 --> 00:03:18,829 This operation must be carried out. 58 00:03:18,829 --> 00:03:19,895 Understand? 59 00:03:19,895 --> 00:03:22,221 Whatever the cost. 60 00:03:22,221 --> 00:03:25,194 I would prefer to keep things friendly, 61 00:03:25,194 --> 00:03:26,694 but if you insist, 62 00:03:27,979 --> 00:03:29,917 I'll make it an official order. 63 00:03:33,689 --> 00:03:35,848 - I'd like the order put in writing. 64 00:03:35,848 --> 00:03:37,681 - I have no objection. 65 00:03:38,815 --> 00:03:41,875 - This operation, as you call it, is a dirty trap. 66 00:03:41,875 --> 00:03:44,292 I want to safeguard my honor. 67 00:03:45,254 --> 00:03:46,587 - You'll get it. 68 00:03:48,618 --> 00:03:52,118 Now, get out, Heston, and see to your men. 69 00:03:53,513 --> 00:03:55,714 - They're not my men, General, they're yours. 70 00:03:55,714 --> 00:03:57,346 - You picked the men. 71 00:03:57,346 --> 00:03:59,346 - Yes, it's true, I did. 72 00:04:00,775 --> 00:04:02,659 Well, here are their files. 73 00:04:02,659 --> 00:04:04,482 Take a good look at them. 74 00:04:04,482 --> 00:04:07,149 They're tops, every one of them. 75 00:04:08,164 --> 00:04:09,247 Don't forget. 76 00:04:10,942 --> 00:04:14,109 I want their death warrant in writing. 77 00:04:16,275 --> 00:04:19,572 - Major Heston, you're going too far. 78 00:04:19,572 --> 00:04:22,139 - Remind me to do you a favor sometime. 79 00:04:22,139 --> 00:04:24,292 - Those written orders you asked for will be ready 80 00:04:24,292 --> 00:04:25,333 in 20 minutes. 81 00:04:25,333 --> 00:04:26,957 My men are already waiting for you 82 00:04:26,957 --> 00:04:29,290 and I have not time to lose. 83 00:04:30,380 --> 00:04:32,025 General? 84 00:04:32,025 --> 00:04:33,817 With your operation wrong, what we stand to lose 85 00:04:33,817 --> 00:04:35,941 a hell of a lot more. 86 00:04:35,941 --> 00:04:37,421 Our lives. 87 00:04:53,434 --> 00:04:55,736 Captain Agamemnon Geeves, 88 00:04:55,736 --> 00:04:59,903 four missions into enemy territory, three landings. 89 00:05:03,467 --> 00:05:04,300 A former medical officer that the war 90 00:05:04,300 --> 00:05:05,133 has turned into a butcher. 91 00:05:09,135 --> 00:05:11,885 There was Lieutenant Steve Bloom. 92 00:05:14,271 --> 00:05:17,614 15 accredited kills, five forced landings behind 93 00:05:17,614 --> 00:05:20,400 enemy lines, and never taken prisoner. 94 00:05:20,400 --> 00:05:21,817 Two silver stars. 95 00:05:28,706 --> 00:05:31,456 Engineer Captain Stuart Latimore. 96 00:05:36,213 --> 00:05:39,552 Six landings, four in the first wave. 97 00:05:39,552 --> 00:05:42,375 A civil engineer, decorations silver and bronze stars. 98 00:05:42,375 --> 00:05:44,542 Spot promotion from merit. 99 00:05:46,203 --> 00:05:48,453 Lieutenant Thomas Mulligan. 100 00:05:54,314 --> 00:05:56,138 Famous professional baseball player. 101 00:05:56,138 --> 00:05:58,727 Volunteered for two missions behind enemy lines. 102 00:05:58,727 --> 00:06:01,644 DFC and special citation for valor. 103 00:06:03,434 --> 00:06:06,101 And last, me, Major John Heston. 104 00:06:07,054 --> 00:06:08,059 Graduated third in class at West Point, 105 00:06:08,059 --> 00:06:11,162 first in special advanced course at War College. 106 00:06:11,162 --> 00:06:12,414 According to military circles, a shoo-in 107 00:06:12,414 --> 00:06:14,465 for a brilliant army career. 108 00:06:44,112 --> 00:06:45,504 - The officer's quarters. 109 00:06:45,504 --> 00:06:47,326 - If you're looking for the officers who just arrived, 110 00:06:47,326 --> 00:06:50,017 Major, I'd better take you to the training field. 111 00:06:51,286 --> 00:06:52,712 They're all veterans, aren't they? 112 00:06:52,712 --> 00:06:54,222 - But the general ordered some testing. 113 00:06:54,222 --> 00:06:56,639 Our instructors are the best. 114 00:06:57,621 --> 00:06:59,189 - Come on, get going, and step on it. 115 00:06:59,189 --> 00:07:00,735 There's going to be some trouble. 116 00:07:00,735 --> 00:07:01,568 - Yes, sir. 117 00:07:01,568 --> 00:07:03,525 - Go! 118 00:07:03,525 --> 00:07:04,516 - A friend. 119 00:07:04,516 --> 00:07:05,382 - Pretty nice. 120 00:07:05,382 --> 00:07:06,215 - Yeah. 121 00:07:06,215 --> 00:07:07,048 - A peach. 122 00:07:07,048 --> 00:07:08,062 You're kidding. 123 00:07:08,062 --> 00:07:09,591 - No, I ain't. 124 00:07:09,591 --> 00:07:10,548 What do you think? 125 00:07:13,396 --> 00:07:14,229 What do you think? 126 00:07:14,229 --> 00:07:16,896 - She looks like a marine to me. 127 00:07:17,797 --> 00:07:19,130 - Hold it there. 128 00:07:22,688 --> 00:07:23,740 Gentlemen, I've been instructed to check your 129 00:07:23,740 --> 00:07:25,752 physical conditioning. 130 00:07:25,752 --> 00:07:26,848 Now these men are going to attack you as if 131 00:07:26,848 --> 00:07:28,502 they were your enemies. 132 00:07:28,502 --> 00:07:30,493 If, without meaning to, they should hurt you, 133 00:07:31,538 --> 00:07:33,642 I'm sure you'll forgive them. 134 00:07:38,267 --> 00:07:40,600 First exercise, use a knife. 135 00:07:46,734 --> 00:07:49,317 Second exercise, use your feet. 136 00:07:55,323 --> 00:07:57,490 Third exercise, with club. 137 00:07:59,736 --> 00:08:02,153 Fourth exercise, full nelson. 138 00:08:08,487 --> 00:08:09,320 Karate. 139 00:08:09,320 --> 00:08:11,882 Be careful, sir, this can be fatal. 140 00:08:11,882 --> 00:08:13,299 All right, go on. 141 00:08:25,593 --> 00:08:28,606 Now, gentlemen, to remove a bit of surplus fat, 142 00:08:28,606 --> 00:08:31,306 you have 40 seconds to complete this obstacle course. 143 00:08:31,306 --> 00:08:33,721 - Here we go again. 144 00:08:33,721 --> 00:08:35,195 - I don't know whether it interests you or not, 145 00:08:35,195 --> 00:08:38,612 those who do not complete it, won't be chosen, 146 00:08:38,612 --> 00:08:40,029 so get ready, go. 147 00:08:47,421 --> 00:08:49,421 Now you have 30 seconds. 148 00:09:31,269 --> 00:09:32,808 - Ah. 149 00:09:36,882 --> 00:09:38,215 Congratulations. 150 00:09:39,342 --> 00:09:41,616 Nobody has to be eliminated, as far as I'm concerned, 151 00:09:41,616 --> 00:09:44,199 gentlemen, but just for laughs, 152 00:09:45,148 --> 00:09:48,231 let's see you disarm these crutchers. 153 00:10:13,461 --> 00:10:16,378 - I see you're enjoying yourselves. 154 00:10:18,667 --> 00:10:22,214 - Are you the joker who organized all this, Heston? 155 00:10:22,214 --> 00:10:25,181 - On behalf of General Moore, I bid you welcome. 156 00:10:25,181 --> 00:10:26,163 And I trust you will forgive him 157 00:10:26,163 --> 00:10:27,992 for not coming along personally. 158 00:10:27,992 --> 00:10:31,909 Unfortunately the war is keeping him very busy. 159 00:10:33,007 --> 00:10:34,607 And now I suggest you take a shower, 160 00:10:34,607 --> 00:10:39,198 and in about 12 minutes, we'll meet in the assembly room. 161 00:10:39,198 --> 00:10:43,139 You better make that 20, I still have another all to make. 162 00:10:53,164 --> 00:10:54,914 Follow me, gentlemen. 163 00:10:59,484 --> 00:11:01,377 At ease, gentlemen. 164 00:11:01,377 --> 00:11:02,710 Please sit down. 165 00:11:07,422 --> 00:11:08,641 Now if I were to tell you that you've been chosen 166 00:11:08,641 --> 00:11:10,130 for your personal abilities, 167 00:11:10,130 --> 00:11:11,597 you'd probably think that I was trying to put something 168 00:11:11,597 --> 00:11:15,026 over on you, so let's just say that you were picked 169 00:11:15,026 --> 00:11:17,056 because you all have excellent memories 170 00:11:17,056 --> 00:11:19,806 and because you all speak German. 171 00:11:25,044 --> 00:11:28,127 The mission's objective is to contact 172 00:11:31,751 --> 00:11:35,665 the German military leaders who want to overthrow Hitler 173 00:11:35,665 --> 00:11:38,082 and bring an end to this war. 174 00:11:39,556 --> 00:11:42,806 Before I go any further, let me stress, 175 00:11:43,981 --> 00:11:47,394 that this is a particularly dangerous mission. 176 00:11:47,394 --> 00:11:50,910 More than we went through on the training field? 177 00:11:50,910 --> 00:11:51,929 - Yeah, when I risk my life, I want 178 00:11:51,929 --> 00:11:54,191 to know why I'm doing it. 179 00:11:54,191 --> 00:11:56,222 - You're absolutely right. 180 00:11:56,222 --> 00:11:58,727 But in this case, I can't tell you why. 181 00:11:58,727 --> 00:12:00,727 I don't have the answer. 182 00:12:03,382 --> 00:12:06,715 These envelopes contain the instructions 183 00:12:07,579 --> 00:12:09,775 you're supposed to carry out. 184 00:12:09,775 --> 00:12:11,822 Now, wait a minute. 185 00:12:11,822 --> 00:12:13,218 If you open them, that will automatically mean 186 00:12:13,218 --> 00:12:15,285 that you accept. 187 00:12:15,285 --> 00:12:17,877 And that you commit yourselves never to reveal to anyone, 188 00:12:17,877 --> 00:12:22,044 under any circumstances, what your instructions are. 189 00:12:23,659 --> 00:12:25,576 Not even to each other. 190 00:12:26,626 --> 00:12:29,240 - Sounds great, but I don't like it. 191 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:30,229 Something's fishy. 192 00:12:30,229 --> 00:12:32,301 Look. 193 00:12:32,301 --> 00:12:33,134 We're men. 194 00:12:34,034 --> 00:12:34,915 Not a pack of cards. 195 00:12:34,915 --> 00:12:37,071 - And you, Major Heston, what will you be doing 196 00:12:37,071 --> 00:12:40,159 while we're risking our lives? 197 00:12:40,159 --> 00:12:42,164 - I'll be going with you. 198 00:12:42,164 --> 00:12:44,247 Here are my instructions. 199 00:12:45,278 --> 00:12:48,334 But don't let that influence you. 200 00:12:48,334 --> 00:12:50,856 Ah, then even you don't know the overall plan. 201 00:12:50,856 --> 00:12:51,689 - No. 202 00:12:54,085 --> 00:12:56,496 Just the general outline. 203 00:12:56,496 --> 00:12:59,798 - A sitting duck, just like us. 204 00:12:59,798 --> 00:13:03,878 All right, wither thou goest, there go I. 205 00:13:03,878 --> 00:13:04,711 - Please. 206 00:13:06,385 --> 00:13:08,797 Think carefully about it. 207 00:13:08,797 --> 00:13:10,215 Once you've read these instructions, 208 00:13:10,215 --> 00:13:13,337 you'll be obliged to see the mission through to the end. 209 00:13:13,337 --> 00:13:15,615 So if you have any doubts at all, 210 00:13:15,615 --> 00:13:18,216 now is the time to walk away. 211 00:13:18,216 --> 00:13:19,049 And, look. 212 00:13:22,786 --> 00:13:26,953 I have to confess to you that if I were in your shoes, 213 00:13:28,604 --> 00:13:31,437 I'd refuse without any hesitation. 214 00:13:32,613 --> 00:13:35,810 - Is this all part of General Moore's instructions? 215 00:13:35,810 --> 00:13:37,643 You want us to refuse? 216 00:13:39,092 --> 00:13:40,743 - You can think whatever you like. 217 00:13:40,743 --> 00:13:42,950 I've said my piece. 218 00:13:42,950 --> 00:13:46,147 Now it's up to you to decide. 219 00:13:46,147 --> 00:13:49,125 - Thanks for the explanation, Major. 220 00:13:49,125 --> 00:13:50,719 Now the surprise. 221 00:14:28,298 --> 00:14:32,465 - When you have committed your instructions to memory, 222 00:14:44,041 --> 00:14:45,958 put the papers in here. 223 00:15:06,736 --> 00:15:09,062 Are there any questions? 224 00:15:11,967 --> 00:15:13,877 - The marshal is in his villa on the Rhine, 225 00:15:13,877 --> 00:15:15,870 convalescing from wounds he received in Normandy. 226 00:15:15,870 --> 00:15:18,233 He knows we're coming and will find ways to contact us. 227 00:15:20,860 --> 00:15:22,759 - Through one of his men. 228 00:15:22,759 --> 00:15:25,710 Each of us will carry a message on microfilm, 229 00:15:25,710 --> 00:15:29,140 but only one will contain the real message. 230 00:15:29,140 --> 00:15:29,973 Doctor. 231 00:15:34,982 --> 00:15:37,815 This is part of your instructions. 232 00:15:39,329 --> 00:15:42,715 Now all of you please go into the next room, 233 00:15:42,715 --> 00:15:44,386 and follow Captain Geeves' orders. 234 00:16:14,813 --> 00:16:17,313 - Well, that fixes you, Major. 235 00:16:28,771 --> 00:16:30,271 Send someone else. 236 00:16:42,956 --> 00:16:44,539 - We leave tonight. 237 00:17:17,947 --> 00:17:19,298 Not until you are on the plane 238 00:17:19,298 --> 00:17:23,465 and airborne, will you know the sixth member of the group. 239 00:17:34,039 --> 00:17:37,057 Allow me to introduce Hermann Traniger. 240 00:17:37,057 --> 00:17:39,140 A major in the Wehrmacht. 241 00:17:42,394 --> 00:17:45,313 - Did you know the sixth member was a German? 242 00:17:45,313 --> 00:17:47,587 - Major Traniger is part of this mission. 243 00:17:47,587 --> 00:17:49,337 That's all I can say. 244 00:17:52,440 --> 00:17:55,188 - Why should I take part in any action with a Nazi? 245 00:17:55,188 --> 00:17:56,596 That goes for me, too. 246 00:17:56,596 --> 00:17:58,168 - This wasn't in the agreement. 247 00:17:58,168 --> 00:17:59,803 You're trying to put one over on us. 248 00:17:59,803 --> 00:18:00,978 I'm pulling out. 249 00:18:00,978 --> 00:18:03,145 - All right, children, you were all warned. 250 00:18:03,145 --> 00:18:04,418 There's no turning back unless you're prepared 251 00:18:04,418 --> 00:18:07,233 to face a court martial. 252 00:18:07,233 --> 00:18:09,795 - With the orders I got, I ought to kill you now. 253 00:18:12,205 --> 00:18:15,122 You kill me, the mission will fail. 254 00:18:17,087 --> 00:18:19,837 - You're lying to save your skin. 255 00:18:20,751 --> 00:18:23,118 - If I weren't necessary, 256 00:18:23,118 --> 00:18:24,701 why am I here? 257 00:18:24,701 --> 00:18:26,701 - You don't convince me. 258 00:18:27,666 --> 00:18:32,230 - Only one of us has the complete message for Rommel. 259 00:18:33,202 --> 00:18:34,035 - Maybe. 260 00:18:35,866 --> 00:18:38,874 - If you really have orders to kill him, Mulligan, 261 00:18:38,874 --> 00:18:41,516 what are you waiting for. 262 00:18:41,516 --> 00:18:43,481 - Careful what you do, 263 00:18:43,481 --> 00:18:46,898 because I'll be watching your every move. 264 00:19:01,835 --> 00:19:02,962 After 20 minutes flying time 265 00:19:02,962 --> 00:19:05,545 proceed to pilot's compartment. 266 00:19:20,655 --> 00:19:22,089 - I'm right at home up here. 267 00:19:23,658 --> 00:19:26,298 Mills, Bob Mill, what are you doing here? 268 00:19:26,298 --> 00:19:27,614 - Headquarters asked for me especially. 269 00:19:27,614 --> 00:19:29,084 - You're kidding. 270 00:19:29,084 --> 00:19:31,752 - Yeah, they asked for the best pilot and the oldest plane, 271 00:19:31,752 --> 00:19:32,703 so here we are. 272 00:19:33,618 --> 00:19:37,466 The truth is, I knew you were coming and wanted 273 00:19:37,466 --> 00:19:38,949 to say good bye. 274 00:19:38,949 --> 00:19:41,505 - Thanks a lot, so that's meant to cheer me up? 275 00:19:41,505 --> 00:19:43,742 - Listen, Steve, what made you decide to become 276 00:19:43,742 --> 00:19:45,282 a parachutist? 277 00:19:47,153 --> 00:19:48,653 - Ah, another day. 278 00:19:50,713 --> 00:19:52,684 And behind German lines, too. 279 00:19:52,684 --> 00:19:55,013 - No, not this time. 280 00:19:55,013 --> 00:19:59,061 The date's with a German field marshal. 281 00:19:59,061 --> 00:19:59,894 Rommel. 282 00:20:07,134 --> 00:20:09,174 - B 29 located, sir. 283 00:20:09,174 --> 00:20:13,005 Heading five, zero, coordinates zero dash zero. 284 00:20:13,005 --> 00:20:15,794 - As soon it's over the Rhine, let me know. 285 00:20:15,794 --> 00:20:18,127 - I'm flying over the Rhine. 286 00:20:20,606 --> 00:20:23,345 Don't worry, Steve, someone will survive 287 00:20:23,345 --> 00:20:25,874 to tell all about this. 288 00:20:25,874 --> 00:20:29,179 - Thanks, Mills, thanks a lot. 289 00:20:29,179 --> 00:20:31,059 - Goodbye, Bloom. 290 00:20:31,059 --> 00:20:31,892 - So long. 291 00:20:31,892 --> 00:20:32,725 - And good luck. 292 00:20:32,725 --> 00:20:33,558 - Thanks. 293 00:20:35,450 --> 00:20:38,115 Kangaroo calling Swordfish. 294 00:20:38,115 --> 00:20:39,969 Tell the boys happy holidays. 295 00:20:39,969 --> 00:20:43,520 We're awaiting news of Uncle Mills, over. 296 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,088 - Swordfish received. 297 00:20:45,088 --> 00:20:46,171 Over and out. 298 00:20:48,520 --> 00:20:49,725 Your attention, please. 299 00:20:49,725 --> 00:20:51,763 This is the pilot speaking. 300 00:20:51,763 --> 00:20:52,990 Message received. 301 00:20:52,990 --> 00:20:54,276 Happy holidays. 302 00:20:54,276 --> 00:20:55,276 That is all. 303 00:20:59,848 --> 00:21:00,848 - All right. 304 00:21:02,981 --> 00:21:05,260 Hook on to the automatic parachute release bar. 305 00:21:05,260 --> 00:21:06,593 Prepare to jump. 306 00:21:39,031 --> 00:21:39,939 Fire! 307 00:21:41,891 --> 00:21:43,032 Fire! 308 00:21:48,589 --> 00:21:49,422 - Now! 309 00:21:57,819 --> 00:21:58,652 Now! 310 00:22:05,535 --> 00:22:06,840 Now! 311 00:22:06,840 --> 00:22:07,673 Hey, wait! 312 00:22:28,580 --> 00:22:29,913 Did you do that? 313 00:22:35,183 --> 00:22:36,016 Go! 314 00:22:42,043 --> 00:22:42,876 Before you jump, 315 00:22:42,876 --> 00:22:46,626 push the red button to the right of the door. 316 00:23:01,051 --> 00:23:02,355 - Hit on the tail. 317 00:23:02,355 --> 00:23:03,688 Losing altitude. 318 00:23:12,973 --> 00:23:14,770 The crew's safe, I'm going to jump. 319 00:23:14,770 --> 00:23:15,853 Over and out. 320 00:24:06,232 --> 00:24:07,548 On the ground, proceed to a point 321 00:24:07,548 --> 00:24:10,248 marked X on the map to arrive at rendezvous point 322 00:24:10,248 --> 00:24:11,915 at zero six oh five. 323 00:24:31,154 --> 00:24:32,339 - Search the woods. 324 00:24:37,713 --> 00:24:40,066 You two, take the hold. 325 00:27:07,176 --> 00:27:08,207 - Down. 326 00:27:08,207 --> 00:27:09,040 Mills! 327 00:27:09,040 --> 00:27:10,123 Hit the dirt. 328 00:27:11,659 --> 00:27:12,492 (bullets whizzing0 329 00:27:26,935 --> 00:27:28,285 - Yeah, thanks. 330 00:27:28,285 --> 00:27:29,343 For a moment I thought I'd had it. 331 00:27:29,343 --> 00:27:30,176 - Come on. 332 00:29:47,246 --> 00:29:49,745 - We really gotta move. 333 00:29:49,745 --> 00:29:50,578 - Or be late. 334 00:29:50,578 --> 00:29:51,411 - Come on. 335 00:29:56,173 --> 00:29:57,474 - You could have chose something else to burn 336 00:29:57,474 --> 00:29:59,597 instead of that church. 337 00:29:59,597 --> 00:30:01,186 - Those were your orders, you agreed to carry them out. 338 00:30:01,186 --> 00:30:02,769 Now leave me alone. 339 00:30:04,979 --> 00:30:06,548 - Hey, you lousy Nazi. 340 00:30:06,548 --> 00:30:08,301 Why'd you leave your parachute uncovered? 341 00:30:08,301 --> 00:30:09,914 Who says it was mine? 342 00:30:09,914 --> 00:30:12,435 Anyway, what I do with my parachute is my business. 343 00:30:12,435 --> 00:30:13,271 Who are you to question. 344 00:30:13,271 --> 00:30:14,854 - Oh, knock it off. 345 00:30:15,926 --> 00:30:16,895 Where the hell is Bloom? 346 00:30:16,895 --> 00:30:17,728 He should be here by now. 347 00:30:17,728 --> 00:30:19,395 It's oh six oh nine. 348 00:30:21,942 --> 00:30:23,710 - There is one more of us, 349 00:30:23,710 --> 00:30:26,346 and six less of the enemy who are trying to capture him. 350 00:30:29,142 --> 00:30:31,511 - You must be joking. 351 00:30:31,511 --> 00:30:34,276 - We're here to carry out a mission! 352 00:30:34,276 --> 00:30:37,355 Not to go around acting like a bunch of boy scouts. 353 00:30:37,355 --> 00:30:39,481 If Lieutenant Mills has got nothing to do with us, 354 00:30:39,481 --> 00:30:40,789 he'll have to go. 355 00:30:41,972 --> 00:30:43,635 Let the Gestapo get him so they can torture him? 356 00:30:43,635 --> 00:30:44,920 - You got no feelings at all! 357 00:30:44,920 --> 00:30:47,647 - What the hell are we supposed to be, expendable bodies? 358 00:30:47,647 --> 00:30:50,814 That you can dispose of as you please? 359 00:30:59,296 --> 00:31:01,680 - This is something between you Americans. 360 00:31:01,680 --> 00:31:03,394 I'm a German. 361 00:31:03,394 --> 00:31:06,074 - It's a majority decision, friend. 362 00:31:08,914 --> 00:31:11,009 Thank you, fellow citizens, but if I had a choice, 363 00:31:11,009 --> 00:31:13,005 I'd rather spend the rest of the war 364 00:31:13,005 --> 00:31:14,085 in a comfortable prison camp. 365 00:31:15,031 --> 00:31:16,998 - All right, enough of this baloney. 366 00:31:16,998 --> 00:31:17,831 Let's get out of here. 367 00:31:17,831 --> 00:31:19,859 And that includes you, too, Mills. 368 00:31:19,859 --> 00:31:21,646 And you do exactly as you're told! 369 00:31:21,646 --> 00:31:22,479 Let's go. 370 00:32:13,907 --> 00:32:16,746 - General van Gruber. 371 00:32:16,746 --> 00:32:18,048 - Good morning, Wolf. 372 00:32:19,396 --> 00:32:20,229 - Yes. 373 00:32:26,119 --> 00:32:28,859 Still no news of the Americans? 374 00:32:28,859 --> 00:32:31,117 - We have combed the area as far as Zella Pass 375 00:32:31,117 --> 00:32:35,197 but have not yet found any trace of them. 376 00:32:35,197 --> 00:32:38,763 However, I don't think that the crew of a plane 377 00:32:38,763 --> 00:32:43,384 that has been shot down represents a military danger. 378 00:32:43,384 --> 00:32:45,899 - Aren't you underestimating the fact you lost 379 00:32:45,899 --> 00:32:47,566 several of your men? 380 00:32:49,426 --> 00:32:50,728 Yes. 381 00:32:50,728 --> 00:32:51,561 A church. 382 00:32:56,273 --> 00:32:58,511 The parachutes abandoned. 383 00:32:58,511 --> 00:33:00,281 It's a well defined mission. 384 00:33:00,281 --> 00:33:03,328 - At any rate, sooner or later they would appear. 385 00:33:03,328 --> 00:33:05,679 I have very few men, and I cannot take any of them 386 00:33:05,679 --> 00:33:09,016 away from Zella Pass to aid in the search. 387 00:33:09,016 --> 00:33:10,016 - Very well. 388 00:33:11,368 --> 00:33:15,822 But that is not the only reason for my visit. 389 00:33:15,822 --> 00:33:20,183 Would you like to go with me for a short drive? 390 00:33:20,183 --> 00:33:24,529 - May I ask the reason for this unusual invitation? 391 00:33:24,529 --> 00:33:26,940 - This is not the time or place for explanations. 392 00:33:26,940 --> 00:33:27,992 Let's go. 393 00:33:27,992 --> 00:33:29,909 We've just enough time. 394 00:33:32,856 --> 00:33:34,879 Is this an order? 395 00:33:36,935 --> 00:33:39,352 No, it's a polite invitation. 396 00:33:40,523 --> 00:33:44,690 And I promise you will see something quite interesting. 397 00:33:48,138 --> 00:33:49,966 Your men who have guarded Zella Pass 398 00:33:49,966 --> 00:33:54,133 will have nothing to do until the day of our victory. 399 00:33:55,172 --> 00:33:58,005 - One never knows where the enemy plans to attack. 400 00:33:58,005 --> 00:34:01,100 - It will be on the other side of the Rhine. 401 00:34:01,100 --> 00:34:03,209 The Hanover side of the Rhine, 402 00:34:03,209 --> 00:34:07,091 where the Fuhrer will decide to use, at last, 403 00:34:07,091 --> 00:34:09,091 our greatest war secret. 404 00:34:10,568 --> 00:34:14,401 The weapons we are constructing at Peenemünde. 405 00:34:15,687 --> 00:34:19,854 Uh, don't you think that way, too, General van Gruber? 406 00:34:22,290 --> 00:34:24,916 - I consider it very dangerous to force our people 407 00:34:24,916 --> 00:34:28,749 to resist desperately for some fantastic idea. 408 00:34:30,320 --> 00:34:32,503 May I ask where we're headed for? 409 00:34:32,503 --> 00:34:33,896 - The local railway station. 410 00:34:33,896 --> 00:34:34,729 Why? 411 00:34:34,729 --> 00:34:38,812 - Soon a special military train will be arriving. 412 00:34:45,161 --> 00:34:48,244 (train whistle blows 413 00:35:21,329 --> 00:35:22,539 - The power has to be cut. 414 00:35:22,539 --> 00:35:23,483 You're on, engineer. 415 00:35:23,483 --> 00:35:25,066 Right. 416 00:35:27,869 --> 00:35:30,036 - Be sure to get Mulligan. 417 00:35:33,339 --> 00:35:34,756 Geeves and Mills. 418 00:35:37,701 --> 00:35:38,534 Come on. 419 00:36:36,982 --> 00:36:39,290 Hey, you! 420 00:36:39,290 --> 00:36:41,047 What are you doing down there? 421 00:36:41,047 --> 00:36:42,485 - There's something wrong. 422 00:36:42,485 --> 00:36:45,508 I'll have to cut the power, just for a minute. 423 00:39:31,028 --> 00:39:33,611 - That's one I owe you, Heston. 424 00:40:02,768 --> 00:40:04,317 - Get the generals out of the car, 425 00:40:04,317 --> 00:40:06,200 and I don't want any more firing. 426 00:40:07,033 --> 00:40:08,366 - Yeah, well enough. 427 00:40:09,199 --> 00:40:10,343 - It's just a scratch. 428 00:40:10,343 --> 00:40:12,206 - Let me see. 429 00:40:17,879 --> 00:40:21,379 Come outside, gentlemen, please. 430 00:40:31,473 --> 00:40:34,106 - Colonel Wolf, I don't like mysteries 431 00:40:34,106 --> 00:40:35,774 and I don't like puzzles. 432 00:40:35,774 --> 00:40:39,010 - Nevertheless, those arriving on the train 433 00:40:39,010 --> 00:40:41,260 will be of interest to you. 434 00:40:43,537 --> 00:40:47,616 I know you fought in the Afrika Korps with Marshal Rommel. 435 00:40:47,616 --> 00:40:50,640 And you were on very friendly terms with him. 436 00:40:50,640 --> 00:40:51,983 - It was a great honor for me. 437 00:40:51,983 --> 00:40:54,479 We have discovered 438 00:40:54,479 --> 00:40:57,388 that Marshal Rommel was implicated 439 00:40:57,388 --> 00:40:59,638 in the plot to kill Hitler. 440 00:41:00,524 --> 00:41:02,151 - I don't know what you're getting at with these 441 00:41:02,151 --> 00:41:06,318 insinuations, nor do I know why we are here in this station. 442 00:41:07,197 --> 00:41:10,033 - There are some important officers aboard 443 00:41:10,033 --> 00:41:12,928 who will go on to their destination from here 444 00:41:12,928 --> 00:41:14,754 in my armored cars. 445 00:41:14,754 --> 00:41:15,911 May I ask who they are? 446 00:41:15,911 --> 00:41:20,078 Those who tried to betray us to the enemy 447 00:41:21,743 --> 00:41:23,743 by plotting with Rommel. 448 00:42:11,401 --> 00:42:12,734 - You damn Nazi! 449 00:42:14,286 --> 00:42:17,592 That guy recognized you, that's why you killed him. 450 00:42:17,592 --> 00:42:19,703 - I was obeying my orders. 451 00:42:19,703 --> 00:42:21,612 - And suppose he was one of Rommel's men. 452 00:42:21,612 --> 00:42:23,255 You killed him to make the mission fail. 453 00:42:23,255 --> 00:42:25,021 - Cut it out, Mulligan. 454 00:42:25,021 --> 00:42:28,238 This is isn't the place indicated for the rendezvous. 455 00:42:28,238 --> 00:42:29,274 You're free. 456 00:42:29,274 --> 00:42:30,191 You may go. 457 00:42:31,272 --> 00:42:33,082 - If this is a trick to shoot us in the back, 458 00:42:33,082 --> 00:42:35,281 then shoot us now. 459 00:42:35,281 --> 00:42:36,757 - It's no trick and I have no intention of shooting 460 00:42:36,757 --> 00:42:37,899 you in the back. 461 00:42:37,899 --> 00:42:39,576 Now here are your instructions and a map to show you 462 00:42:39,576 --> 00:42:41,845 how to get through our lines, all right? 463 00:42:41,845 --> 00:42:43,042 Now get going. 464 00:42:43,042 --> 00:42:44,969 - We cannot accept that. 465 00:42:44,969 --> 00:42:47,049 We would be traitors. 466 00:42:47,049 --> 00:42:49,161 - Then stay here and be tortured by the Gestapo. 467 00:42:49,161 --> 00:42:51,744 It's all the same to me, buddy. 468 00:43:02,421 --> 00:43:04,344 - You'd better take care of that arm. 469 00:43:04,344 --> 00:43:06,011 It looks pretty bad. 470 00:43:08,397 --> 00:43:09,230 - Thanks. 471 00:43:45,346 --> 00:43:46,179 When the train reaches the station, we'll have 472 00:43:46,179 --> 00:43:48,929 the whole Wehrmacht on our tails. 473 00:43:51,516 --> 00:43:52,349 - Come on. 474 00:43:55,978 --> 00:43:58,395 Where's Traniger? 475 00:44:01,428 --> 00:44:03,813 - Maybe he's got some orders to carry out. 476 00:44:03,813 --> 00:44:05,711 - I'm getting sick of his mysterious orders. 477 00:44:05,711 --> 00:44:07,172 - Well, let's not stand around here talking, 478 00:44:07,172 --> 00:44:08,840 because if we give them time to get organized, 479 00:44:08,840 --> 00:44:10,162 they're gonna-- 480 00:44:14,635 --> 00:44:15,468 Nice work. 481 00:44:49,324 --> 00:44:52,739 - Stop the train! - Stop the train! 482 00:45:52,633 --> 00:45:53,548 Get moving! 483 00:45:53,548 --> 00:45:55,962 Find those Americans. 484 00:45:55,962 --> 00:45:57,879 Bring them to me alive! 485 00:46:10,124 --> 00:46:11,748 They have entered an area controlled by you, 486 00:46:11,748 --> 00:46:13,415 if I'm not mistaken. 487 00:46:23,975 --> 00:46:27,642 The only prisoner killed is General Niemann. 488 00:46:28,841 --> 00:46:32,378 Who would have hated us to harass the others who plotted 489 00:46:32,378 --> 00:46:34,795 the attempt on Hitler's life. 490 00:46:39,141 --> 00:46:43,229 You have a grave responsibility on your shoulders. 491 00:46:50,402 --> 00:46:51,671 If you are wounded and cannot 492 00:46:51,671 --> 00:46:55,838 continue, relay your instructions to the second-in-command. 493 00:47:02,623 --> 00:47:03,948 - I'm all right, keep moving. 494 00:47:03,948 --> 00:47:04,781 - No. 495 00:47:05,872 --> 00:47:07,761 If you go on with that bullet inside you, 496 00:47:07,761 --> 00:47:09,956 you'll bleed to death. 497 00:47:09,956 --> 00:47:11,301 - Yeah, but we can't stay here. 498 00:47:11,301 --> 00:47:14,218 It will louse up the whole mission. 499 00:47:16,255 --> 00:47:17,255 - All right. 500 00:47:19,667 --> 00:47:23,334 You've got five minutes to get it out of me. 501 00:47:26,294 --> 00:47:27,544 - Okay, Geeves. 502 00:47:32,130 --> 00:47:33,893 This will have to do the job. 503 00:47:33,893 --> 00:47:36,144 - Come on, hurry it up, we're wasting time. 504 00:47:36,144 --> 00:47:37,811 Give me a cigarette. 505 00:47:57,755 --> 00:47:59,088 Lousy cigarette. 506 00:48:09,555 --> 00:48:11,972 You're risking the operation. 507 00:48:40,444 --> 00:48:43,027 - Take one to relieve the pain. 508 00:48:49,872 --> 00:48:54,039 - - Let's get out of here before they start looking for us. 509 00:49:54,576 --> 00:49:59,018 - Do you know what this microfilm contains, Major? 510 00:49:59,018 --> 00:49:59,851 - No. 511 00:50:00,934 --> 00:50:02,449 I was only ordered to give 512 00:50:02,449 --> 00:50:05,624 it to you personally, Herr Field Marshal. 513 00:50:05,624 --> 00:50:08,632 - It gives precise instructions on leaving Germany, 514 00:50:08,632 --> 00:50:12,215 and finding asylum in some neutral country. 515 00:50:13,895 --> 00:50:18,062 - But staying here would be very dangerous for you, sir. 516 00:50:18,925 --> 00:50:21,963 - I foresee the end in store for me. 517 00:50:21,963 --> 00:50:24,914 But I prefer to confront it rather than abandon my country 518 00:50:24,914 --> 00:50:27,426 when thousands of men are asked to die 519 00:50:27,426 --> 00:50:30,009 carrying out a madman's orders. 520 00:50:32,061 --> 00:50:35,561 This is my decision and it is irrevocable, 521 00:50:36,987 --> 00:50:41,249 but must not influence the rest of the mission. 522 00:50:41,249 --> 00:50:43,574 It is a difficult time for us all 523 00:50:43,574 --> 00:50:47,741 and each one must act according to his conscience. 524 00:50:48,843 --> 00:50:49,714 - But sir. 525 00:51:51,289 --> 00:51:53,223 - The train was attacked by commandos, 526 00:51:53,223 --> 00:51:57,222 defined by General van Gruber as a regular crew 527 00:51:57,222 --> 00:51:58,972 of a plane shot down. 528 00:52:00,018 --> 00:52:01,613 It's possible that our prisoners are with this 529 00:52:01,613 --> 00:52:03,530 American commando unit. 530 00:52:04,724 --> 00:52:07,386 I will accept all responsibility, Herr Hitler. 531 00:52:07,386 --> 00:52:08,386 Heil Hitler. 532 00:52:09,665 --> 00:52:13,015 He orders the area to be combed inch by inch. 533 00:52:13,015 --> 00:52:15,248 - Hmm, to do that I would have to have 534 00:52:15,248 --> 00:52:17,657 a thousand men available. 535 00:52:17,657 --> 00:52:19,313 And I don't have them. 536 00:52:19,313 --> 00:52:21,896 - You do have, at Zella Pass. 537 00:52:23,059 --> 00:52:25,346 - That sector is of vital strategic importance, 538 00:52:25,346 --> 00:52:28,512 and I refuse to withdraw any of my men! 539 00:52:28,512 --> 00:52:31,053 - Unless the conspirators are found, 540 00:52:31,053 --> 00:52:32,896 they'll want someone's head in Berlin. 541 00:52:32,896 --> 00:52:35,063 And I'm very fond of mine! 542 00:52:35,986 --> 00:52:39,067 - I have never doubted your bad taste. 543 00:52:39,067 --> 00:52:40,382 - Are you refusing to cooperate 544 00:52:40,382 --> 00:52:42,942 in the capture of the commando unit? 545 00:52:42,942 --> 00:52:43,775 - No. 546 00:52:43,775 --> 00:52:47,156 But only the men I have available will back up the action 547 00:52:47,156 --> 00:52:48,906 of your armored cars. 548 00:54:20,364 --> 00:54:21,478 It's stupid. 549 00:54:46,336 --> 00:54:49,836 Nothing much, he was a bad shot. 550 00:55:19,926 --> 00:55:22,200 - I'm happy to see you all alive and well. 551 00:55:22,200 --> 00:55:24,019 - Yeah, we're happy we found you, too. 552 00:55:24,019 --> 00:55:26,710 - You know you've got a lot of explaining to do. 553 00:55:26,710 --> 00:55:30,788 - We were almost sure that you betrayed us. 554 00:55:30,788 --> 00:55:34,156 - Marshal Rommel refuses to leave the country. 555 00:55:34,156 --> 00:55:38,661 It was part of my orders to propose this to him. 556 00:55:38,661 --> 00:55:40,343 - What else could you expect from a man like him. 557 00:55:40,343 --> 00:55:42,157 I understand. 558 00:55:42,157 --> 00:55:43,844 I'm sorry, but we have to go ahead with the mission anyway. 559 00:55:43,844 --> 00:55:45,215 Come on, let's go. 560 00:55:45,215 --> 00:55:46,256 Go! 561 00:56:09,373 --> 00:56:10,206 - There. 562 00:56:11,585 --> 00:56:12,984 The Zella Pass. 563 00:56:12,984 --> 00:56:14,655 On the other side is the American army. 564 00:56:14,655 --> 00:56:16,248 Well, that's where I get off. 565 00:56:16,248 --> 00:56:18,186 In two hours I could be home. 566 00:56:18,186 --> 00:56:19,090 - It's impossible to pass. 567 00:56:19,090 --> 00:56:22,173 Two entire companies are guarding it. 568 00:56:25,267 --> 00:56:27,273 - Come on, let's get off this road. 569 00:56:27,273 --> 00:56:30,116 Spielberg Pass is less heavily guarded. 570 00:56:30,116 --> 00:56:34,283 - Only a few men guard it because the road is heavily mined. 571 00:56:35,237 --> 00:56:38,673 - Yeah, but our objective is Spielberg. 572 00:56:38,673 --> 00:56:39,506 Let's go. 573 00:56:59,152 --> 00:57:01,911 - Now, my friends, trying to take 574 00:57:01,911 --> 00:57:05,447 that emplacement means losing our necks. 575 00:57:05,447 --> 00:57:06,862 And I'm no hero. 576 00:57:06,862 --> 00:57:07,874 - He's right. 577 00:57:07,874 --> 00:57:09,382 Mills doesn't belong to the group and he didn't volunteer. 578 00:57:09,382 --> 00:57:11,248 We can't force him to stay. 579 00:57:11,248 --> 00:57:13,618 - He knows too much to be allowed to go. 580 00:57:13,618 --> 00:57:14,651 - They'd make him talk in a minute. 581 00:57:14,651 --> 00:57:16,150 - Sure. 582 00:57:16,150 --> 00:57:18,567 - Sorry but he's got to stay. 583 00:57:19,979 --> 00:57:21,979 - Nothing else I can do. 584 00:57:25,413 --> 00:57:28,649 - Synchronize your watches with mine. 585 00:57:28,649 --> 00:57:30,566 It's now five zero two. 586 00:57:32,405 --> 00:57:35,988 We go into action in exactly three minutes. 587 00:57:41,083 --> 00:57:43,072 Bloom, you cover us from up there. 588 00:57:44,542 --> 00:57:46,109 - There's only one thing Mills can do for us. 589 00:57:48,042 --> 00:57:50,459 That is, if you allow him to. 590 00:57:59,121 --> 00:58:00,038 - Come on. 591 00:58:56,689 --> 00:58:58,664 - I wonder what was on Heston's mind when he said 592 00:58:58,664 --> 00:58:59,972 if you allow him to. 593 00:58:59,972 --> 00:59:01,612 - I'm so damned mixed up 594 00:59:01,612 --> 00:59:03,984 I don't understand anything anymore. 595 00:59:03,984 --> 00:59:06,435 - Mills, don't waste any time. 596 00:59:06,435 --> 00:59:08,311 Go on, get out of here. 597 00:59:08,311 --> 00:59:10,634 No, I'm sticking with the mission. 598 00:59:10,634 --> 00:59:12,944 - Even if we had a means of transportation, 599 00:59:12,944 --> 00:59:15,167 you would need an anesthetic, too, right? 600 00:59:17,963 --> 00:59:20,314 - Naturally, since they're forcing me to fight this war. 601 00:59:20,314 --> 00:59:23,270 They could provide me with some comfort, too. 602 00:59:34,470 --> 00:59:36,387 - There's your comfort. 603 01:03:13,236 --> 01:03:14,069 - Thanks. 604 01:03:46,576 --> 01:03:49,780 Hey, Major! 605 01:03:49,780 --> 01:03:51,697 - I don't know a thing. 606 01:03:55,301 --> 01:03:57,301 Lieutenant Robert Mills. 607 01:03:59,802 --> 01:04:01,469 Serial number 45127. 608 01:04:09,571 --> 01:04:10,404 - When did you give him the pentothal injection? 609 01:04:10,404 --> 01:04:11,793 - 10 minutes ago. 610 01:04:11,793 --> 01:04:15,960 He's beginning to go under the effect of the drug now. 611 01:04:17,356 --> 01:04:18,189 - Speak. 612 01:04:19,082 --> 01:04:21,082 You must know something. 613 01:04:23,584 --> 01:04:25,584 You must have overheard. 614 01:04:26,778 --> 01:04:29,326 Why did they come down? 615 01:04:29,326 --> 01:04:30,909 - I don't remember. 616 01:04:33,245 --> 01:04:34,078 - Talk! 617 01:04:35,458 --> 01:04:36,291 Why? 618 01:04:37,378 --> 01:04:39,378 - I don't know anything. 619 01:04:40,796 --> 01:04:45,025 I only know name 620 01:04:45,025 --> 01:04:45,858 Rommel. 621 01:04:47,925 --> 01:04:49,175 Marshal Rommel. 622 01:04:52,184 --> 01:04:53,017 Rommel. 623 01:04:55,500 --> 01:04:57,250 I only know the name. 624 01:04:59,292 --> 01:05:00,125 Rommel. 625 01:05:03,331 --> 01:05:04,960 - The prisoner has spoken. 626 01:05:04,960 --> 01:05:08,699 We are now certain that there is another plot 627 01:05:08,699 --> 01:05:12,032 of the enemy with Marshal Rommel's help. 628 01:05:14,117 --> 01:05:18,148 Yes, Herr Himmler, I will wait for your orders. 629 01:05:18,148 --> 01:05:19,231 I'll be here. 630 01:05:22,832 --> 01:05:26,251 - Yes, the moment has come to pay for the failure 631 01:05:26,251 --> 01:05:29,289 of the attempt made against that maniac 632 01:05:29,289 --> 01:05:32,400 who has brought or country to complete ruin. 633 01:05:32,400 --> 01:05:34,801 However, we shall not give them the pleasure of 634 01:05:34,801 --> 01:05:36,551 seeing we are afraid. 635 01:05:40,272 --> 01:05:42,522 - Erwin, it's not possible. 636 01:05:45,699 --> 01:05:48,240 Tell me it's only a nightmare. 637 01:05:48,240 --> 01:05:51,334 - The whole of Germany is living through a nightmare 638 01:05:51,334 --> 01:05:54,501 for which it will awake only too late. 639 01:06:19,010 --> 01:06:21,042 Go now, my dear. 640 01:06:21,042 --> 01:06:24,136 You have always been strong in difficult moments. 641 01:06:25,017 --> 01:06:28,929 I must ask you to be strong now, too. 642 01:06:28,929 --> 01:06:29,762 Go. 643 01:06:56,985 --> 01:06:58,267 I'm on personal orders from Hitler. 644 01:06:58,267 --> 01:06:59,600 - Make it brief. 645 01:07:06,079 --> 01:07:09,445 A very fitting message from a tyrant. 646 01:07:09,445 --> 01:07:11,225 - And a generous gesture to one who has plotted 647 01:07:11,225 --> 01:07:13,017 against his life. 648 01:07:15,162 --> 01:07:17,948 - The loss of your rank and execution 649 01:07:17,948 --> 01:07:19,031 as a traitor. 650 01:07:21,255 --> 01:07:23,460 Should you accept, you will be honored as the 651 01:07:23,460 --> 01:07:27,026 greatest hero the Third Reich has produced. 652 01:07:27,026 --> 01:07:31,082 - That dishonor is more infamous than the first. 653 01:07:31,082 --> 01:07:34,519 Keep it for some other of your crimes. 654 01:07:34,519 --> 01:07:37,215 Your weapon is unworthy of going down in history. 655 01:08:04,318 --> 01:08:05,695 - Get out, Wolf. 656 01:08:21,089 --> 01:08:22,452 - Huh. 657 01:08:22,452 --> 01:08:23,535 Oh, it's you. 658 01:08:25,460 --> 01:08:27,748 - Go get some rest. 659 01:08:27,748 --> 01:08:31,206 It's time for me to relieve you. 660 01:08:31,206 --> 01:08:33,029 It's all right. 661 01:08:33,029 --> 01:08:33,862 Go on. 662 01:09:07,381 --> 01:09:08,387 - Hey! 663 01:09:25,338 --> 01:09:28,921 Okay, who were you signalling? 664 01:09:30,057 --> 01:09:32,953 - I was just carrying out orders, Mulligan. 665 01:09:36,041 --> 01:09:36,874 - Ask him. 666 01:09:39,093 --> 01:09:42,676 - Don't ask me, I have my own instructions. 667 01:09:43,919 --> 01:09:46,731 Like I said before, I don't know the whole plan, 668 01:09:46,731 --> 01:09:50,875 nor do I know where the devil this is gonna lead us. 669 01:09:50,875 --> 01:09:53,642 - What a rotten mess we've got ourselves into. 670 01:09:53,642 --> 01:09:55,237 - I don't like being clobbered from behind 671 01:09:56,464 --> 01:09:59,964 - Why you! 672 01:10:08,339 --> 01:10:10,672 - No funny business with me. 673 01:10:12,411 --> 01:10:14,640 I'm a doctor but I prefer to prevent a disease 674 01:10:14,640 --> 01:10:16,723 before I have to cure it. 675 01:10:19,819 --> 01:10:22,609 A free fire works display. 676 01:10:22,609 --> 01:10:24,776 Courtesy of General Moore. 677 01:10:27,358 --> 01:10:28,563 - Look! 678 01:10:28,563 --> 01:10:29,396 Traniger! 679 01:10:31,443 --> 01:10:32,839 Traniger! 680 01:10:32,839 --> 01:10:33,672 Damn him. 681 01:10:33,672 --> 01:10:34,505 He's gone! 682 01:10:36,302 --> 01:10:38,104 A crowd skip. 683 01:10:38,104 --> 01:10:40,430 - Now don't tell me he was following orders, too. 684 01:10:40,430 --> 01:10:43,368 This whole thing is becoming a little ridiculous. 685 01:10:43,368 --> 01:10:46,035 Yeah, it is, isn't it. 686 01:10:47,482 --> 01:10:49,509 And your rocket flares. 687 01:10:49,509 --> 01:10:52,746 Are they for Rommel or an invitation to the SS 688 01:10:52,746 --> 01:10:54,246 to pay us a visit? 689 01:10:58,269 --> 01:10:59,102 Yeah? 690 01:11:00,142 --> 01:11:03,262 The signal's coming from the Spielberg emplacement. 691 01:11:03,262 --> 01:11:06,770 Transmit the message to Army General Headquarters. 692 01:11:06,770 --> 01:11:07,603 What? 693 01:11:08,907 --> 01:11:10,735 Direct to Army General Moore. 694 01:11:10,735 --> 01:11:13,661 - We have an order from the Army General staff. 695 01:11:13,661 --> 01:11:15,617 I refuse to unman Zella Pass 696 01:11:15,617 --> 01:11:17,958 to send reinforcements to Spielberg, 697 01:11:17,958 --> 01:11:20,643 which is of secondary importance. 698 01:11:20,643 --> 01:11:22,872 - Your attitude is tantamount to treason. 699 01:11:22,872 --> 01:11:25,050 By capturing this commando unit we can learn 700 01:11:25,050 --> 01:11:26,981 the extent of this obvious plot between 701 01:11:26,981 --> 01:11:30,451 the Americans and Rommel against our beloved Fuhrer. 702 01:11:30,451 --> 01:11:34,473 That is why Herr Himmler decided to liquidate Rommel. 703 01:11:41,712 --> 01:11:43,712 Excuse me for listening. 704 01:11:45,870 --> 01:11:49,537 But Marshal Rommel's death has been useless. 705 01:11:52,957 --> 01:11:54,707 Major Hermann Traniger, 706 01:11:54,707 --> 01:11:57,766 of the Secret Information Service. 707 01:11:57,766 --> 01:12:00,374 I repeat, a useless death. 708 01:12:00,374 --> 01:12:01,457 Colonel Wolf. 709 01:12:02,704 --> 01:12:05,121 All the forces we have in the area must be sent 710 01:12:05,121 --> 01:12:07,538 to the Spielberg emplacement. 711 01:12:09,297 --> 01:12:11,137 - To capture a commando unit. 712 01:12:11,137 --> 01:12:12,236 So? 713 01:12:12,236 --> 01:12:15,576 To prevent a defeat on that front. 714 01:12:15,576 --> 01:12:18,224 We are sure that the Americans will try to break through 715 01:12:18,224 --> 01:12:20,276 that sector at dawn. 716 01:12:20,276 --> 01:12:22,278 - Yes, in spite of what you think, 717 01:12:22,278 --> 01:12:25,581 I believe there was some connection between 718 01:12:25,581 --> 01:12:27,664 the Americans and Rommel. 719 01:12:28,908 --> 01:12:33,075 But we are in agreement about the military action to take. 720 01:12:34,091 --> 01:12:36,993 And it is necessary that the political objectives 721 01:12:36,993 --> 01:12:40,183 coincide with the military ones. 722 01:12:40,183 --> 01:12:42,165 See to it, General. 723 01:12:42,165 --> 01:12:44,915 I will assume all responsibility. 724 01:13:30,429 --> 01:13:31,389 - Good morning. 725 01:13:31,389 --> 01:13:32,429 - Good morning. - Good morning. 726 01:13:32,429 --> 01:13:33,867 - Colonel Wolf of the Gestapo calling the 727 01:13:33,867 --> 01:13:37,351 second panzer division in the Black Forest, come in. 728 01:13:37,351 --> 01:13:39,285 - The second panzer division here. 729 01:13:39,285 --> 01:13:41,940 We are in the course of mobilizing our tanks. 730 01:13:41,940 --> 01:13:44,126 - You have two hours to get to Spielberg. 731 01:13:44,126 --> 01:13:46,051 You will work together with the men at the tail 732 01:13:46,051 --> 01:13:48,177 and with General van Gruber's men. 733 01:13:48,177 --> 01:13:50,242 And take a maximum amount of missiles. 734 01:13:51,565 --> 01:13:54,147 - No, you didn't hurt me. 735 01:13:54,147 --> 01:13:56,696 It's what I've done, betraying my buddies. 736 01:13:56,696 --> 01:13:58,252 - It's not your fault. 737 01:13:58,252 --> 01:14:01,335 Everybody talks after that injection. 738 01:14:02,323 --> 01:14:04,488 I was unable to prevent it. 739 01:14:04,488 --> 01:14:06,155 They had me watched. 740 01:14:07,792 --> 01:14:11,959 We don't all look at things the same way in Germany. 741 01:14:17,937 --> 01:14:20,204 - Leave us alone, please. 742 01:14:20,204 --> 01:14:22,871 - With pleasure, Major Traniger. 743 01:14:26,801 --> 01:14:27,968 - Get dressed. 744 01:14:32,741 --> 01:14:36,324 - I don't take orders from a dirty traitor. 745 01:14:43,214 --> 01:14:46,121 - I serve my country in my own way. 746 01:14:46,121 --> 01:14:50,288 And you get dressed if you want to save your companions. 747 01:15:02,183 --> 01:15:03,016 Berta. 748 01:15:09,837 --> 01:15:11,379 Listen. 749 01:15:11,379 --> 01:15:14,606 You mustn't judge me by appearances. 750 01:15:14,606 --> 01:15:17,348 - We both know why you went to the other side. 751 01:15:17,348 --> 01:15:19,348 What made you come back? 752 01:15:24,498 --> 01:15:25,915 - Rommel is dead. 753 01:15:32,986 --> 01:15:35,193 - I know you're troubled, Hermann. 754 01:15:35,193 --> 01:15:37,504 But you shouldn't come back if he's dead. 755 01:15:37,504 --> 01:15:40,482 You swore to me you'd resist 'til Germany's freed. 756 01:15:40,482 --> 01:15:42,149 - You must trust me. 757 01:15:48,602 --> 01:15:50,496 - The American officers did, 758 01:15:50,496 --> 01:15:53,125 and now they'll die because of you. 759 01:15:53,125 --> 01:15:53,958 - It has to be so. 760 01:15:53,958 --> 01:15:54,958 That is war. 761 01:15:56,765 --> 01:16:00,230 And there's no need for you to become so dramatic about it. 762 01:16:01,689 --> 01:16:03,994 What are five lives compared to millions 763 01:16:03,994 --> 01:16:06,014 who are put to death? 764 01:16:06,014 --> 01:16:07,592 - You speak in a way that makes me feel 765 01:16:07,592 --> 01:16:09,641 I don't know you at all. 766 01:16:09,641 --> 01:16:10,474 Let me go. 767 01:16:11,599 --> 01:16:12,516 I hate you. 768 01:16:15,053 --> 01:16:18,303 - Time's getting short, Major Traniger. 769 01:16:33,765 --> 01:16:34,770 Let's go. 770 01:16:34,770 --> 01:16:38,293 We can't allow van Gruber to lose the game for us now. 771 01:16:38,293 --> 01:16:41,578 You've no idea how stupid he is. 772 01:16:41,578 --> 01:16:43,866 - There are some who lost everything 773 01:16:43,866 --> 01:16:46,497 before the game started. 774 01:17:04,614 --> 01:17:05,854 Major? 775 01:17:05,854 --> 01:17:09,771 Looks like the whole Wehrmacht is coming at us. 776 01:17:12,433 --> 01:17:13,555 Tanks. 777 01:17:13,555 --> 01:17:14,388 And you know what? 778 01:17:14,388 --> 01:17:16,279 I'm clearing out. 779 01:17:16,279 --> 01:17:17,564 - We won't be able to hold out. 780 01:17:17,564 --> 01:17:19,272 Not for very long. 781 01:17:19,272 --> 01:17:20,105 - Right. 782 01:17:21,138 --> 01:17:24,272 What are we waiting for, anyway? 783 01:17:24,272 --> 01:17:26,361 - Wait a minute, wait a minute. 784 01:17:26,361 --> 01:17:28,546 Now let's not panic, boys, until we see 785 01:17:28,546 --> 01:17:30,629 the whites of their eyes. 786 01:17:32,532 --> 01:17:34,973 Don't you think it's time we had a little talk? 787 01:17:34,973 --> 01:17:38,806 Try to put the pieces of this puzzle together. 788 01:17:41,089 --> 01:17:42,476 The plane was supposed to have crashed because 789 01:17:42,476 --> 01:17:43,809 it had been hit. 790 01:17:44,705 --> 01:17:47,139 That's why I blew the plane up. 791 01:17:47,139 --> 01:17:49,252 According to my instructions. 792 01:17:52,353 --> 01:17:55,842 At that exact moment, shortly before, 793 01:17:55,842 --> 01:18:00,009 I was to tell Mills, "Rommel is the object of our mission." 794 01:18:01,899 --> 01:18:04,865 Then it was planned that he be taken prisoner, 795 01:18:04,865 --> 01:18:06,994 and made to talk. 796 01:18:06,994 --> 01:18:09,725 The order to start the train moving could only 797 01:18:09,725 --> 01:18:12,190 have been given to tip off the German command 798 01:18:12,190 --> 01:18:13,690 about our mission. 799 01:18:17,527 --> 01:18:19,396 - That's true, and that's why the attack on the train 800 01:18:19,396 --> 01:18:21,394 and the liberation of the generals was ordered. 801 01:18:21,394 --> 01:18:22,708 It was just to make the Germans think that Rommel 802 01:18:22,708 --> 01:18:25,625 was the key to the whole operation. 803 01:18:26,624 --> 01:18:27,457 - No, no. 804 01:18:28,470 --> 01:18:31,116 The telegraph signal sent by Latimore 805 01:18:31,116 --> 01:18:34,833 would eliminate this spot as a contact point 806 01:18:34,833 --> 01:18:35,930 with Rommel's men. 807 01:18:39,954 --> 01:18:42,206 - They could have been for our side, not for the Germans. 808 01:18:42,206 --> 01:18:43,039 - That's it, you got it. 809 01:18:43,039 --> 01:18:44,007 Boy, that's it. 810 01:18:44,007 --> 01:18:47,654 And this thing about Rommel was just a 811 01:18:47,654 --> 01:18:48,654 smokescreen. 812 01:18:50,948 --> 01:18:52,990 - There was nothing on them. 813 01:18:52,990 --> 01:18:55,270 Except maybe on Traniger's. 814 01:18:55,270 --> 01:18:57,552 - That Kraut's the part that's hard to figure. 815 01:18:57,552 --> 01:18:58,885 What's he up to? 816 01:19:00,074 --> 01:19:01,146 - That's impossible to know because he's not 817 01:19:01,146 --> 01:19:03,475 here to complete the puzzle. 818 01:19:03,475 --> 01:19:05,498 But one thing is certain. 819 01:19:05,498 --> 01:19:07,820 We were supposed to bring every German in the area 820 01:19:07,820 --> 01:19:08,653 to this point. 821 01:19:09,486 --> 01:19:12,172 And, dammit, boys, we've done it. 822 01:19:12,172 --> 01:19:14,226 We've made our objective. 823 01:19:14,226 --> 01:19:15,736 Now you guys get the hell out. 824 01:19:15,736 --> 01:19:17,068 All of you. 825 01:19:17,068 --> 01:19:18,046 And that's an order. 826 01:19:18,046 --> 01:19:18,879 - Uh- huh. 827 01:19:18,879 --> 01:19:21,839 What if our mission was not only to draw them here 828 01:19:21,839 --> 01:19:25,610 but to keep them pinned down with our fire? 829 01:19:25,610 --> 01:19:28,088 - Well, I've got more than enough weapons and ammunition 830 01:19:28,088 --> 01:19:29,838 to take care of that. 831 01:19:32,057 --> 01:19:34,472 Superman doesn't want us to bother him. 832 01:19:34,472 --> 01:19:36,129 Yeah, he has no further use for us. 833 01:19:36,129 --> 01:19:38,492 - Yeah, he wants all the glory for himself. 834 01:19:38,492 --> 01:19:39,969 So he can win the Congressional Medal of Honor. 835 01:19:39,969 --> 01:19:40,811 What do you think of that? 836 01:19:40,811 --> 01:19:41,644 - All right. 837 01:19:41,644 --> 01:19:44,212 All right, all right, all right. 838 01:19:44,212 --> 01:19:45,579 I brought you here not knowing how this was gonna 839 01:19:45,579 --> 01:19:46,785 turn out. 840 01:19:46,785 --> 01:19:48,858 But now I want you to get the hell out of here 841 01:19:48,858 --> 01:19:51,441 so that my conscience is clear. 842 01:19:52,588 --> 01:19:53,598 Understand? 843 01:19:53,598 --> 01:19:57,181 - What if I still got a secret instruction? 844 01:19:59,536 --> 01:20:01,701 One ordering me to keep you company. 845 01:20:01,701 --> 01:20:02,871 So you won't get bored. 846 01:20:02,871 --> 01:20:05,485 - Oh, what a coincidence. 847 01:20:05,485 --> 01:20:08,368 And I'm supposed to watch to see that the fever 848 01:20:08,368 --> 01:20:10,591 doesn't go up on the war horse. 849 01:20:10,591 --> 01:20:11,424 - Yeah. 850 01:20:11,424 --> 01:20:14,200 And I'm supposed to see that he doesn't destroy 851 01:20:14,200 --> 01:20:16,405 any more works of art. 852 01:20:16,405 --> 01:20:18,779 A C.O. with no one to yell orders at is like an umpire 853 01:20:18,779 --> 01:20:21,946 without a ball game, so start yelling. 854 01:20:23,384 --> 01:20:24,384 - All right. 855 01:20:26,319 --> 01:20:28,868 Stubborn bunch of bastards. 856 01:20:28,868 --> 01:20:32,307 We'll try to keep them busy for as long as we can. 857 01:20:32,307 --> 01:20:33,729 Now, listen, there's not gonna be any lack of discipline, 858 01:20:33,729 --> 01:20:35,350 you hear that? 859 01:20:35,350 --> 01:20:37,683 And from now on, nobody dies, you hear me? 860 01:20:41,323 --> 01:20:44,240 Nobody dies without orders from me! 861 01:21:42,624 --> 01:21:44,380 We'd save time if we offered the prisoner 862 01:21:44,380 --> 01:21:46,626 in exchange for their surrender. 863 01:21:46,626 --> 01:21:48,968 - We don't have the time. 864 01:21:48,968 --> 01:21:50,429 - He's right. 865 01:21:50,429 --> 01:21:52,930 And he needs the time. 866 01:21:55,964 --> 01:21:58,937 - That you brought up too many of our forces for five men. 867 01:21:58,937 --> 01:22:03,104 And you've left the Zella Pass unguarded for the enemy. 868 01:22:04,084 --> 01:22:06,584 - May I invite our attention, 869 01:22:09,218 --> 01:22:11,257 General van Gruber, to the fact that the Americans 870 01:22:11,257 --> 01:22:14,812 have tried and failed to carry the Zella Pass. 871 01:22:14,812 --> 01:22:17,214 I don't think they will try again, 872 01:22:17,214 --> 01:22:19,811 but they will attack here next. 873 01:22:19,811 --> 01:22:24,269 I am in complete agreement with you, Colonel Wolf. 874 01:22:24,269 --> 01:22:25,998 In any case, I shall stand behind you 875 01:22:25,998 --> 01:22:29,331 if you decide to add prudence to wisdom. 876 01:22:35,424 --> 01:22:37,264 - Bring the prisoner. 877 01:22:37,264 --> 01:22:38,264 - Come here! 878 01:23:12,867 --> 01:23:14,460 - Look, they're sending a messenger. 879 01:23:14,460 --> 01:23:16,842 That's great for our side. 880 01:23:16,842 --> 01:23:18,342 We gain some time. 881 01:23:19,878 --> 01:23:23,628 - Either he's shaking with fear or he's lame. 882 01:23:25,515 --> 01:23:26,645 It's both. 883 01:23:26,645 --> 01:23:27,478 It's Mills. 884 01:23:31,794 --> 01:23:33,404 You guys go on with the preparations. 885 01:23:33,404 --> 01:23:36,026 I'm stalling as long as I can. 886 01:23:36,026 --> 01:23:37,359 Okay. 887 01:23:50,066 --> 01:23:50,899 - They sent me. 888 01:23:50,899 --> 01:23:52,971 They say surrender and they'll spare your lives. 889 01:23:52,971 --> 01:23:53,978 - Yeah. 890 01:23:53,978 --> 01:23:55,064 Take it easy, Mills, take it easy. 891 01:23:55,064 --> 01:23:56,269 I got plenty of time. 892 01:23:56,269 --> 01:23:58,576 - You only have a few minutes. 893 01:23:58,576 --> 01:23:59,839 And I mean only a few, 894 01:23:59,839 --> 01:24:03,052 and then they'll attack with all they've got. 895 01:24:04,646 --> 01:24:07,516 - That damn Nazi Traniger. 896 01:24:07,516 --> 01:24:08,349 - I see. 897 01:24:17,887 --> 01:24:21,054 Did they torture you to make you talk? 898 01:24:22,893 --> 01:24:25,121 - I tried to keep my mouth shut. 899 01:24:25,121 --> 01:24:27,704 Then they gave me an injection. 900 01:24:28,845 --> 01:24:31,762 I'm not tough like the rest of you. 901 01:24:32,598 --> 01:24:33,431 - Mills. 902 01:24:34,801 --> 01:24:36,030 Listen, why don't you stay here. 903 01:24:36,030 --> 01:24:38,653 There's a place for you with us. 904 01:24:38,653 --> 01:24:42,820 - Thanks, Heston, but I've got more modest ambitions. 905 01:24:44,280 --> 01:24:48,447 All I wanted to do was to sell hot dogs on 32nd Street. 906 01:24:49,970 --> 01:24:52,637 - Yeah, well, that sounds great. 907 01:24:54,299 --> 01:24:55,799 Anyway, good luck. 908 01:24:59,620 --> 01:25:00,453 - Yeah. 909 01:25:08,264 --> 01:25:09,097 - Mills! 910 01:25:10,702 --> 01:25:15,508 Anyone of us would have talked after an injection. 911 01:25:15,508 --> 01:25:18,258 Why don't you go into the bunker. 912 01:25:19,289 --> 01:25:21,334 Sit there and rest. 913 01:25:21,334 --> 01:25:22,584 You'll be okay. 914 01:25:28,298 --> 01:25:29,298 - Thank you. 915 01:25:46,858 --> 01:25:49,695 - Your idea has not only lost our prisoner, 916 01:25:49,695 --> 01:25:51,820 but Dan, as well. 917 01:25:51,820 --> 01:25:54,487 And you know we don't have much. 918 01:25:56,895 --> 01:26:00,354 Move the tanks in with the assault troops. 919 01:26:09,741 --> 01:26:12,622 - Looks like the whole Wehrmacht. 920 01:26:12,622 --> 01:26:16,405 - Get to the bunker and take a machine gun. 921 01:26:16,405 --> 01:26:20,572 (shouting military orders in foreign language) 922 01:27:39,890 --> 01:27:43,640 The show is about to get underway. 923 01:28:09,342 --> 01:28:11,255 Let 'em have it! 924 01:28:11,255 --> 01:28:13,838 Give 'em everything you've got! 925 01:28:17,476 --> 01:28:18,309 (guns fir 926 01:28:33,613 --> 01:28:37,603 - Try to cover Latimore until he gets to the bunker! 927 01:29:02,889 --> 01:29:05,521 Start pitching, Mulligan! 928 01:29:05,521 --> 01:29:06,354 Hit 'em! 929 01:29:27,733 --> 01:29:29,149 Nice pitching, champ. 930 01:29:29,149 --> 01:29:30,816 They're all strikes. 931 01:29:33,718 --> 01:29:34,798 I, myself, would love 932 01:29:34,798 --> 01:29:37,048 to come out of this attack. 933 01:29:37,973 --> 01:29:40,001 - If you want to share with Colonel Wolf the glory 934 01:29:40,001 --> 01:29:43,095 of wiping out the few remaining men, go ahead. 935 01:29:43,095 --> 01:29:45,690 - The official position is they'll take them. 936 01:29:45,690 --> 01:29:47,748 You will answer to the Fuhrer. 937 01:29:47,748 --> 01:29:48,998 - We can do it. 938 01:29:50,068 --> 01:29:51,068 Second unit! 939 01:30:27,591 --> 01:30:28,424 - I'm hit. 940 01:31:46,331 --> 01:31:47,527 - Mills! 941 01:31:47,527 --> 01:31:49,610 Come out here, you idiot! 942 01:31:52,267 --> 01:31:54,371 - Look, Major, he's the only one who didn't know. 943 01:31:54,371 --> 01:31:55,204 You got him into this. 944 01:31:55,204 --> 01:31:57,564 You and Moore and the whole friggin' army. 945 01:31:57,564 --> 01:31:59,647 You got me to help, even. 946 01:32:12,944 --> 01:32:15,209 - You go out there and I'll put a bullet in your butt! 947 01:32:15,209 --> 01:32:16,042 - You better not waste a bullet. 948 01:32:16,042 --> 01:32:17,517 You might need it. 949 01:32:17,517 --> 01:32:20,294 - Bloom, Bloom, come back! 950 01:32:32,563 --> 01:32:33,397 Geeves! 951 01:32:33,397 --> 01:32:34,230 Geeves! 952 01:32:35,698 --> 01:32:37,198 Explode the mines! 953 01:32:39,715 --> 01:32:40,585 Latimore! 954 01:32:40,585 --> 01:32:41,918 Let 'em have it! 955 01:33:31,356 --> 01:33:32,189 - Bloom! 956 01:33:34,980 --> 01:33:36,563 - I'm too far gone. 957 01:33:37,668 --> 01:33:39,136 Poor bastard. 958 01:33:39,136 --> 01:33:41,969 He's the only one who didn't know. 959 01:33:43,000 --> 01:33:45,500 Yeah, yeah, I know. 960 01:33:49,629 --> 01:33:52,542 - Urgent message for General Moore. 961 01:33:52,542 --> 01:33:54,940 The boys are burning hot at Spielberg. 962 01:33:54,940 --> 01:33:56,207 - General Moore, a message. 963 01:33:56,207 --> 01:33:57,078 The boys are burning hot. 964 01:33:57,078 --> 01:33:58,745 - That's the signal. 965 01:33:59,769 --> 01:34:01,186 Order the attack. 966 01:34:12,838 --> 01:34:16,005 - There's your victory, General Moore. 967 01:34:17,297 --> 01:34:18,130 I hope. 968 01:34:28,453 --> 01:34:30,370 You stupid old bastard! 969 01:34:48,247 --> 01:34:49,815 Latimore! 970 01:34:49,815 --> 01:34:52,148 Let 'em have it on the left. 971 01:35:03,456 --> 01:35:04,289 Latimore! 972 01:35:29,146 --> 01:35:33,423 - General, the American forces are attacking. 973 01:35:33,423 --> 01:35:37,007 - Order the retreat to everyone in trucks. 974 01:35:37,007 --> 01:35:38,298 If they want someone's head in Berlin, 975 01:35:38,298 --> 01:35:40,744 it will be yours now, Colonel Wolf. 976 01:35:40,744 --> 01:35:43,411 My report will be very specific. 977 01:35:44,316 --> 01:35:46,816 - If you have time to make it. 978 01:36:09,366 --> 01:36:10,199 - To Zella Pass! 979 01:37:38,762 --> 01:37:40,012 - Major, Major. 980 01:39:06,649 --> 01:39:11,197 - The last piece of the puzzle is in pretty bad shape. 981 01:39:11,197 --> 01:39:15,659 - I would have preferred to die with the rest, 982 01:39:15,659 --> 01:39:18,826 a similar death for a different ideal. 983 01:39:25,817 --> 01:39:27,418 - If our forces get through the Zella Pass, 984 01:39:27,418 --> 01:39:31,085 a lot of the credit will go to you, as well. 985 01:39:45,083 --> 01:39:46,750 Where are you going? 986 01:39:50,343 --> 01:39:52,143 - Going back. 987 01:39:52,143 --> 01:39:53,676 Is right. 988 01:39:53,676 --> 01:39:55,009 A different way. 989 01:39:58,017 --> 01:39:59,642 I would be a traitor to my people if I 990 01:39:59,642 --> 01:40:00,475 left now. 991 01:40:03,197 --> 01:40:08,102 There's a lot of work still to be done for Germany. 992 01:40:08,102 --> 01:40:10,533 When the war is over, my country will be in ruins, 993 01:40:10,533 --> 01:40:12,365 my people will be defeated. 994 01:40:12,365 --> 01:40:13,984 We will have to dig ourselves out of the rubble 995 01:40:13,984 --> 01:40:16,484 and rebuild the whole country. 996 01:40:17,917 --> 01:40:19,330 And I must do what I can. 997 01:40:19,330 --> 01:40:20,747 I've got to help. 998 01:40:23,863 --> 01:40:24,863 - Good luck. 999 01:40:26,518 --> 01:40:27,351 Major. 1000 01:40:30,975 --> 01:40:31,808 - Thanks. 1001 01:40:33,068 --> 01:40:34,833 And good luck to you, too. 1002 01:40:36,509 --> 01:40:37,342 Major. 1003 01:40:46,382 --> 01:40:48,060 And was the mainstay 1004 01:40:48,060 --> 01:40:50,174 of the successful mission. 1005 01:40:50,174 --> 01:40:53,172 His actions were an inspiration to his American companions, 1006 01:40:53,172 --> 01:40:56,842 displaying magnificent leadership and conspicuous bravery. 1007 01:40:56,842 --> 01:40:58,327 Although wounded, he never relented 1008 01:40:58,327 --> 01:41:00,104 in his determined effort. 1009 01:41:00,104 --> 01:41:02,105 And Major Heston's courage and resourcefulness 1010 01:41:02,105 --> 01:41:04,804 in the face of overwhelming odds were in keeping 1011 01:41:04,804 --> 01:41:07,121 with the highest traditions of military service 1012 01:41:07,121 --> 01:41:10,086 and reflect great credit upon himself, his unit 1013 01:41:10,086 --> 01:41:12,336 and the United States Army. 1014 01:41:24,314 --> 01:41:25,814 - Congratulations. 1015 01:41:30,427 --> 01:41:31,810 - By direction of the President of the 1016 01:41:31,810 --> 01:41:34,762 United States and under the provisions 1017 01:41:34,762 --> 01:41:38,762 of the Act of Congress approved 28 August, 1944, 1018 01:41:40,538 --> 01:41:43,938 the Distinguished Service Cross for extraordinary heroism 1019 01:41:43,938 --> 01:41:47,534 in action is awarded posthumously to the officers 1020 01:41:47,534 --> 01:41:48,451 as follows. 1021 01:41:50,684 --> 01:41:52,767 Captain Agamemnon Geeves. 1022 01:41:54,738 --> 01:41:57,000 Captain Amos Bloom. 1023 01:41:57,000 --> 01:42:00,154 Lieutenant Thomas Gavin Mulligan. 1024 01:42:00,154 --> 01:42:02,742 Lieutenant Stuart Latimore. 1025 01:42:02,742 --> 01:42:04,742 Lieutenant Robert Mills. 1026 01:42:07,817 --> 01:42:09,502 - And congratulations once more, 1027 01:42:09,502 --> 01:42:12,666 Lieutenant-Colonel John Heston. 1028 01:42:12,666 --> 01:42:14,840 Your promotion is well deserved. 1029 01:42:14,840 --> 01:42:18,043 - So is yours, Major General Moore. 1030 01:42:18,043 --> 01:42:19,751 - We may have had our little differences 1031 01:42:19,751 --> 01:42:23,418 at the beginning, but the mission was successful. 1032 01:42:23,418 --> 01:42:25,430 And it was certainly worth it. 1033 01:42:25,430 --> 01:42:26,717 - Of course. 1034 01:42:26,717 --> 01:42:30,313 Two promotions, six medals at the cost of only five lives. 1035 01:42:30,313 --> 01:42:33,617 - I know that war is hell, it's a dirty business. 1036 01:42:33,617 --> 01:42:36,304 - War is death, General. 1037 01:42:36,304 --> 01:42:38,721 - But as I still have to say, 1038 01:42:39,952 --> 01:42:42,952 there are ideals worth fighting for. 1039 01:42:44,376 --> 01:42:47,530 - There will always be different ideals, General, 1040 01:42:47,530 --> 01:42:50,667 and, I suppose, men who will die for them. 1041 01:42:50,667 --> 01:42:53,394 At least, 'til they stop giving medals 1042 01:42:53,394 --> 01:42:56,977 and promotions in exchange for men's lives. 1043 01:42:58,167 --> 01:43:00,334 With your permission, sir.