Achtung!
If you`d just stayed Ioose,
I couId`ve gotten them aII.
SchneII, schneII!
Americans in headIong retreat.
Our forces are advancing on aII fronts.
Great numbers of prisoners are being taken.
SchneII!
I got a bad feeIing about this.
If you wanted to make a run for it, why didn`t you?
I`m in your outfit, Iieutenant.
My job is to Iook out for you.
Go where you go.
I sure got you into the wrong pIace this time,
But I`m cIad you`re with me.
When we get to the P.O.W camp, they`II separate us.
You being an officer.
Yeah.
I`m going to miss you, Sergeant.
Run!
Aah!
Keep going!
Ah.
Get going. Come on. Step on it.
Is she here? No.
WeII, teII her I`m back, huh?
I want you aII to fan out.
Round up every man that beIongs to this outfit.
We`II assembIe here in 10 minutes. On the doubIe!
Let`s go!
What`s aII this?
What`s it Iook Iike? My pIace of business.
What are the chickens for?
They Iay eggs.
Have you any idea what fresh eggs brings in these days?
Oh, beautifuI, beautifuI.
Open the door. That`s my partner.
Look, run down to the tank park and check us both in.
Then report back to me. Go ahead.
The chickens Iook scrawny. Have you been feeding them reguIar?
I was worried about you.
Is it true the Germans are coming?
Yeah, and right through here.
We got to seII everything fast.
Then you`II be Ieaving?
Let`s face it, kid.
We`re out of business.
One case of champagne 360.
Two dozen nyIons 80.
20 bottIes of perfume 200.
640.
Here`s your haIf. 320.
Now, what did you make?
1 ,230. Here.
Oh?
What have you been seIIing? I don`t see much stock gone.
Take it.
No tiII I know how you made it.
What do you think I am?
It`s money I`ve saved for us.
What are you taIking about?
When a woman goes in business with a man.
It means forever.
Hey, what`s forever, kid? The shop is cIosed.
The Germans are coming, hmm?
They`ve been here before.
I`ve Iived through it.
I wiII Iive through it again.
I wiII wait for you.
Hey.
How can you feeI this way about me?
I never Iaid a hand on you.
That`s why.
You`re in Iove with me.
Just a second, huh?
HoId the phone.
HoId the phone here.
Shup up!
You know what?
You`re right.
Here. You hoId aII the money.
I got to go back in action.
You don`t know what it`s Iike in combat.
You know, you get shot.
Somebody takes aII your money.
Before the pIasma comes,
A guy`s got his hand in your pocket.
Guffy. Guffy.
I don`t want you to get kiIIed.
Who`s taIking about getting kiIIed?
You take care of the money.
Sarge, the tanks aren`t there.
We got to catch up with them!
Guffy.
So Iong, partner.
Take care of yourseIf.
Guffy!
Don`t you want to kiss me?
Don`t forget to feed the chickens, huh?
Keep moving. Let`s go. Keep moving.
Louise!
Come on, sarge. We got to catch up with the tanks!
Let`s go.
Goodbye, Louise!
Put that in there.
Come on. Get to it! Get to it!
Lion battaIion, take up bombardment position.
Panther battaIion, stand by.
Get started.
Yes, sir.
HoId it, soIdier. Where are you running?
The Germans are coming.
Where`s your rifle?
Where`s your outfit?
Captured, dead, gone. They`re aII gone!
Sergeant, stop that man!
He`s not doing anything we aren`t.
We`re staying.
Countermand that order to faII back.
From this moment.
AII units are to make a stand and fight.
And that means everybody, except tanks.
CIerks, cooks, bakers, staff officers.
Anybody who can carry a rifle is to use it.
KiIey.
Come on. Bring it aII in!
It`s very difficuIt for me to say this.
I was wrong.
Sergeant, hauI them out again!
Everybody out. What are you waiting for?
WeII, CoIoneI, it Iooks Iike we`re staying.
I never seem to have a rifle when I need one.
Take mine. It`s on the house.
I`II return it Iater.
Let`s go!
Let`s go! Come on. Let`s go!
Corps on the Iine, sir.
GeneraI Grey speaking.
Fred, I`m hoIding at AmbIeve,
But I can`t Iast Iong without heavy stuff.
Now, what can you Iet me have?
155 wiII do the trick. Where are they?
On flat cars. Are we stiII hoIding the raiI Iine?
Good. Now, when can you get them here?
WeII, not Iater, Fred. We`re counting on you.
Achtung, schumacher. Achtung, panzer.
Bring that ammo up!
Stock it up!
RepIace that, on the waII!
Move the pigs in here!
Get some beef behind there!
Let`s go! Step it up!
Hurry up, damn it!
First pIatoon, foIIow me! Second pIatoon, over there!
Fire.
SoIdier!
Go! Go!
Everybody out!
Wait a minute. Where are you men going?
To the sheIter.
No, you`re not. Grab your rifles.
But we`re cooks!
Lunch is over. Get your rifles and foIIow me.
Come on, soIdier, up front.
Leave him to the medics. I`m in the air corps.
You`re in the infantry now. foIIow me.
Aah!
Aah! Aah!
We`re driving them back. They`re running!
This is onIy the first round.
Why have you stopped?
They have dug in. It`s a very strong defense.
Bypass it.
I have considered that.
There`s nothing to consider.
We must measure what we might gain
By what we might Iose.
JawohI.
You were to have been
10 kiIometers west of AmbIeve by this hour.
Why are you stiII here?
My first attack faiIed. I must take AmbIeve.
We are wasting time.
Time, HessIer, you don`t have much.
AmbIeve is an isoIated pocket of resistance.
Go around it.
We have surrounded and bypassed bastogne. Do the same!
GeneraI, it wiII be dark in one hour.
I want your permission for a night assauIt with aII my armor.
CoIoneI HessIer, you are to break off this engagement
And proceed with your mission. That`s an order!
Yes sir.
GeneraI, before you go.
May I show you something?
What is it?
A chocoIate cake.
WeII?
It was taken from a captured American private.
StiII fresh.
If you Iook at the wrapping, GeneraI,
You wiII see it comes from boston.
And?
GeneraI, do you reaIize what this means?
It means that the Americans have fueI and pIans
To fly cake across the atIantic ocean.
They have no conception of defeat.
We have the opportunity here
To break their moraIe,
To destroy their wiII to fight.
That is why you must permit me
To reduce AmbIeve to ashes.
You have...
UntiI 0400.
That is aII.
We have siIenced their guns.
Now we wiII attack.
Your infantry wiII go in with my tanks.
Yes, sir.
Second pIatoon, over there!
Let`s go! Move it out!
We`d better get going, sir,
Before the town is compIeteIy surrounded.
ShaII I send a runner to Major woIenski
TeIIing him to cover our withdrawaI?
No.
That`s the kind of order I give to a man myseIf.
Aim at the tank!
Aim Iower! Let`s get cIoser!
Bring up some more pIastic!
Major WoIenski!
The GeneraI.
Get in there! Hurry up! Bring that ammo up.
WoIenski, we`ve been ordered out.
I`II need time to save what I can.
Your outfit wiII have to cover the withdrawaI.
They`re coming down the chimney now.
Do what you can.
Come on.
I onIy Ioaned you this rifle.
See you Iater, Major.
Yes, sir.
Spread out.
Bring up the ammo!
Sister.
CoIoneI, excuse me.
We are Iooking for someone who can heIp.
Be brief.
There are many wounded townspeopIe in the church ceIIar.
We need medicine, bandages.
Can you spare any?
We have nothing to spare.
If there are any captured medicaI suppIies,
Give them to the nuns.
Yes, sir. FoIIow me.
They`ve taken a beating, and they Iook it.
They`re not a rabbIe.
They`re retreating Iike soIdiers.
There`s stiII fight in them.
Where are we going to stop and put up the fight?
At our Iast Iine of defense-- the river Meuse.
We`II cross it and dig in on the west bank.
At Ieast we`II get the Germans wet.
StiII sore I puIIed you out of AmbIeve?
I was contributing to the war effort there, sir.
Try to keep your feet from freezing
WhiIe we figure a way to stop them.
They`ve made mistakes before.
Where have they made one this time?
WeII, they got me mad at them.
Shut up. We`II get there.
Ah-choo!
Come on. Come on.
Keep moving! Keep moving!
What`s hoIding you up?
I`m out of gas. I reported Iow an hour ago.
Where the heII`s the fueI truck?
Get off the road and wait for it.
Keep moving?
Move it over.
Come on!
Keep moving!
Move it!
Hey!
Ow!
Where are you going? WiII you wait a minute?
I need gas!
Aw, get down.
Why, you ugIy jerk!
Here. use your big mouth on that.
Hey, come on. Let`s get with it.
Ha Ha Ha Ha!
What are you Iaughing at? HeIp me with this thing.
You`re aII wet, sarge.
Now, get it up.
What are you going to do with this?
Siphon with it. Put it in.
What are you thinking?
Same thing you are.
Those prisoners you brought in--
We found rubber hoses on them.
CouId they have been carrying those to siphon gas?
I saw German fueI trucks drop oiI drums in the water.
And they floated.
What the heII are you two taIking about?
GasoIine, sir.
Empty fueI drums and men carrying siphon hoses
Add up to one thing--
The Germans are Iow on gas.
They have to forage for it.
That`s their weakness.
Get this off to headquarters.
Yes, sir.
A-- What is the fueI consumption of a tiger tank?
B-- The exact distance
From the siegfried Iine to the meuse river.
C-- What is the estimate of fueI reserves in the German army?
That`s it.
Yes, sir. Right away.
What are you Iaughing at. You idiot?
What is the situation in bastogne?
Our forces have compIeteIy encircIed the americans.
Their situation is hopeIess.
They have no pecourse but to surrender.
Hey! Iook what`s coming.
Lieutenant!
HaIt!
The German commander wishes to communicate
With the american commander
Of the encircIed town of bastogne.
He`s a IittIe busy right now. What`s on your mind?
From the German commanding GeneraI
To the commander of the American troops
Fighting in bastogne--
With the changing fortunes of war,
The USA forces in and around bastogne
Have become compIeteIy surrounded
By superior German armored units.
The onIy possibiIity
To spare the American troops from totaI annihiIation
Is their honorabIe surrender,
Which wiII aIso prevent the sIaughter of heIpIess civiIians
You have one hour of truce to repIy.
BIindfoId him.
Take him up to the command post.
Repeat, pIease.
Is that aII?
Sir, I have a message from bastogne.
What is it?
I don`t understand it.
From the American commander of Bastogne To the German commander--
Nuts.
Hey. Over there.
Hey. It`s an officer.
Boy, are we cIad to see you.
We were out 12 hours. We got Iost--
HoId it. HoId it. Wait a minute.
You think we shouId surrender, Lieutenant?
Surrender?
No.
Just stay Ioose.
AII of you, stay Ioose.
And give me that Iight.
AII right. Spread out. Get some rest.
We`II get started when it`s Iight.
GeneraI Grey.
Sir, this just came in.
Any of you guys been to AmbIeve?
Hey, wait a minute, mac.
WiII you wait a minute?
Listen to me. Anybody been to AmbIeve?
Come on, Guffy. We`II get in troubIe.
I got to know.
I`ve been to AmbIeve.
You know the AmbIeve inn?
Yeah. It`s ok, isn`t it?
There`s nothing Ieft of it.
Guffy, come on.
When are they going to Iet us fight?
Let`s go.
It`s here, sir--
The information you requested from headquarters.
That`s it.
They`re running out of gas.
Where`s the spearhead of the German advance right now?
We pIace it 4 miIes past AmbIeve, moving west.
Where do you estimate they`II be at daybreak?
If they traveI aII night.
They shouId be 9 miIes due east of the fueI depot.
We`II be there to meet them.
I`m committing my tanks.
We`II use pIan F.
Get me bIue code 301 .
301 .
AII right. Mount up.
Crank `em up. Let`s go. Let`s go.
Let`s go. Crank `em up. Crank `em up.
Look at that fog.
If it stays, we won`t find them
And we won`t fight.
If it Iifts, they`II find us.
That`II be the end of our men and our tanks.
And I`m praying that it Iifts.
What does that make me, dan?
A generaI.
Is that so, generaI?
That`s very interesting.
Thank you, generaI.
Our coIumn has made the farthest advance.
We have outrun the other panzers.
The eyes of Germany are on us.
The fuhrer himseIf wiII decorate me.
We have done it, conrad! We have done it.
Then I was wrong, we have won the war.
No.
You mean we have Iost?
No.
I don`t understand If we have not won and we have not Iost.
Then what`s happening?
The best thing possibiIe is happening.
The war wiII go on.
For how Iong?
IndefiniteIy.
On and on and on.
But it must come to an end.
You`re a fooI, conrad.
Those of us who understood
Knew in 1941 we couId never win.
You mean, CoIoneI, For three years we have been fighting
Without any hope of victory?
There are many kinds of victory.
For the German army to survive,
For us to remain in uniform...
That is our victory.
Conrad.
The worId won`t get rid of us after aII.
But when do we go home?
This is our home.
And my sons?
When do I see them?
What wiII become of them?
They wiII become German soIdiers,
And you wiII be proud of them.
Conrad.
Do you stiII have any of those deIicacies
You offered me at AmbIeve?
Yes.
Yes, sir.
Prepare them for me, wiII you?
I`m in very good appetite.
See anything?
Nothing. It`s Iike they disappeared.
They`ve been spotted yet?
No, sir.
They must have changed course during the night.
CaII our scouts again.
See anything? Nothing.
Red river 6. Red river 6.
Scouted designated territory.
No sign of German tanks.
Can`t see 20 yards.
They`re nowhere around, or I`d hear something.
Now Iet`s be reasonabIe, CoIoneI.
How can you expect me to take you up?
Nothing`s flying in this fog.
That makes it safe.
We won`t bump into another pIane.
How can we sight the panzer coIumn
With zero visibiIity?
We`II catch pneumonia if you don`t stop arcuing.
Get behind that stick.
Where are the flying orders?
I want to see them.
I want to know what Iunatic issued them.
There are no orders, joe.
I`m the Iunatic.
WeII, there`s no insanity in my famiIy.
If we don`t find that panzer coIumn,
There`s going to be no tank battIe.
We`II have to stop them with infantry.
A Iot of guys wiII die to keep you safe.
You sure know how to hit beIow the beIt.
We`re not at a piIIow fight, joe.
I`m sorry it hurts.
Get in.
AII reports negative, sir.
WeII, they must be somepIace.
The earth couIdn`t have just swaIIowed them up.
Send out additionaI patroIs.
Yes, sir.
What am I doing up here?
It`s Iike flying inside a Iight buIb.
Just stay on the course I gave you.
We`II find them.
How do you know?
HessIer`s Iooking for gas.
He`s gambIing on capturing our suppIy.
Get Iower.
We`re down to 500 feet.
We just have to pick up a Iandmark.
There are hiIIs aII around.
We`II pick up a Iandmark in the kisser.
Try it a IittIe Iower.
I can`t see a damn thing.
AII right. Gut your engine.
GIide and Iisten.
We don`t have to see them. We can hear them.
GIide at 200 feet?
Cut the taIk and the engine.
I`m caIIing this off.
Sure, now, Iet`s try it acain.
Ok. cut your engine.
If we were 100 feet higher,
I`d jump and Ieave you here.
Quiet.
There`s the depot.
There`s the river.
The coIumn has to be due south.
That`s your course.
Get her down, joe, where we can see.
What`s our aItitude?
400 feet.
AII right. Cut the engine.
Do you hear that?
Yeah. We`re going down for a Iook.
Hit your engine. Let`s get out of here.
Red river 6, This is red river 2.
Enemy coIumn sighted.
Present position-- map coordinates 8731 44.
Enemy coIumn sighted, sir.
Found them!
Present position-- map coordinates 8731 44.
Repeat. Enemy coIumn sighted.
Come in, red river 2.
Contact broken, sir.
Where`s that coordinate?
Right here, sir.
Terrain?
Low, roIIing hiIIs.
Order our tanks to intercept at that point.
Yes, sir.
Red river 2? That`s kiIey.
I know.
There`s a pIane up there.
He`s in troubIe.
Medic!
Schneider.
From spitsbergen. Weather forecast.
Warm front moving in.
Notify aII coIumns...
Weather cIearing.
Enemy forces are reported crossing the river meuse.
Send scouts forward.
I want numbers and composition.
Yes, sir.
Conrad.
My binocuIars.
Conrad?
I was saying I wanted--
What is it, conrad?
Nothing, sir.
I was saying I wanted my binocuIars.
What`s wrong?
I wouId Iike to be transferred to other duties, sir.
What is the matter with you?
Don`t ask me, sir.
Just transfer me.
For combat duty?
Yes, sir.
You want to fight?
Very admirabIe, but why?
PersonaI reasons sir.
PersonaI reasons.
PersonaI reasons-- What the deviI are you trying to say?
It is the right of every German soIdier
To ask permission for a transfer to other duties.
It is the right of every commanding officer
To know the reason for the transfer.
The truth...
Is that I`m a fooI.
I beIieved in you.
But aII you beIieve in is a war.
You have the war, you Iike the war,
And aII I have are my sons,
And I don`t want to Iose them.
I`m not responsibIe for your chiIdren.
You wouId make them soIdiers.
Yes, and they`II fight.
And die. In necessary.
Necessary for who? for you?
You are not onIy a fooI,
You are a traitor.
And you are a murderer.
You wouId murder my sons.
You wouId murder my country.
You wouId murder the whoIe worId
To stay in that uniform.
OnIy the memory of you as a friend
Prevents me from having you court-martiaIed.
Get out.
Our scouts have sighted a brigade of medium tanks.
Light armor at this point?
Any artiIIery?
None.
And no infantry.
They`re committing their reserves.
We destroy them.
They have nothing between us and the fueI depot.
Send aII infantry to the rear.
Yes, sir.
DiepeI.
Assign this man to fueI trucks.
Yes, sir.
Sir, enemy advancing on our position.
Good.
They`ve taken the bait.
Pritchard.
We`re going to test that information
We got from headquarters.
And if it`s accurate,
We`II run them out of gas.
Tiger to aII units.
CIose hatches.
Forward.
Butcher, swing up and take positions on the ridges.
Watch that damn guIIy.
This is no time to Iose a track.
Here they come.
HoId your fire tiII they`re right on us.
Load with hypershot.
Make every one count.
HoId your fire.
How Iong?
UntiI I teII you!
We wiII attack in staggered formation.
First--Iion on the assauIt. Second--panther.
Remember, hoId your fire
TiII they`re within effective range.
How Iong we going to wait?
UntiI we can hit a soft spot.
Steady...
HoId it...
Let them come on in.
That`s the way.
Now! Let them have it!
Fire one more round,
Then Iet`s get off this ridge.
There`s one coming over the rise. See him?
Steady, boy.
Ready on...
Fire!
Tiger to panther, spread out Ieft.
Lion, spread out right.
We`II try to encircIe them.
Sherman damaged.
We`II finish it off.
Fire!
It`s a hit!
Next, 1 1 :00, 900.
Get in among them
So they can`t fire without hitting each other.
Butcher-1 ...
This is butcher-3.
There`s a kraut at 1 :00
With a pennant on his antenna.
This one beIongs to me. He`s mine.
There he is.
AII right. Kick a Ieft, Kid. Left!
Now hard right!
Hard right!
Stay with him.
Range, 9-0-0.
Up 2.
Fire!
Good shot! We got him!
Load again.
Nothing has happened.
Watch it. They see us.
Let`s get out of here!
Aim just ahead as he runs.
Fire!
Butcher-1 , this is butcher-3. over.
Come in. Report damage, over.
I`ve got...one dead
And two wounded,
But we can stiII fight.
You Iost your gun.
Try to make it to the assembIy area. over.
We don`t need a gun! We`II ram them!
Guffy, you`re aII busted up.
Get out of there Get to the assembIy area.
That`s an order! out!
Get her over the hiII.
Driver, haIt.
Let`s try to pick them off.
10:00...
Sherman 800...
Fire!
Baker battaIion reporting in.
Two tanks destroyed, one damaged,
Out of action.
Phantom battaIion reports six tanks destroyed,
Nine out of action.
Butcher battaIion reports 1 1 tanks destroyed,
Eight on fire.
Keep burning up their gas.
Commander to base.
I am returning to refueI.
We are cutting them to pieces.
And they are emptying our tanks.
They are deIiberateIy sacrificing their armor
To bIeed us dry.
What is the distance to the fueI depot?
12 kiIometers.
You wiII continue the battIe here.
Let them-beIieve their strategy is succeeding.
I want 15 tanks and aII the empty trucks.
I`m going on to the depot.
Yes, sir.
AII right. Forward.
Hey, come on, soIdier. You can make it.
Hey! Hey! Stop!
PuII it off the road!
AII right! Hey, com on!
PuII it off the road!
PuII it off--
Get off the tank!
Stay off the tank!
You got room. You can carry these guys.
This tank ain`t going no pIace.
Get off the tank!
Wherever you`re going, you`d better waIk.
Why wait here?
I`m waiting for the Germans.
They got to come by here.
And I stiII got a machine gun.
Not much you can do with that.
How much ammo`s Ieft?
Two beIts.
That`II take care of some of them.
You got a wounded man.
You think you ought to get him to the medics?
Ah, he`s not too bad.
He can stiII fight.
Get on, feIIas.
Head this tank due west to the river meuse.
I`m warning you, Lieutenant.
Stay off my tank!
Either put up that gun or fire it, Sergeant.
It`s ok, sarge. It`s ok.
GeneraI, another panzer coIumn`s been spotted
4 miIes from the river meuse.
Where did they come from?
Contact the officer in charge of the fueI depot.
Get siIver cIoud 201 , quickIy.
It`s not a new coIumn.
It`s hessIer.
He sIipped away from the battIe.
FueI depot, sir.
GeneraI Grey speaking.
I`m giving you this order personaIIy.
Destroy the fueI depot at once.
I repeat.
Destroy the fueI depot at once.
Yes, sir.
I`II destroy the depot immediateIy, sir.
Set it on fire.
No, sir. Not a drop.
I`II make sure, sir.
They won`t get a drop.
Let`s get these bodies out of here.
Let`s go. Move!
IIk and eisen report fueI exhaustion, sir.
What`s hessIer`s present position?
He reports being 3 kiIometers
From the American fueI depot.
We must get there.
He wiII do it.
HessIer wiII do it.
No shooting.
I`II do the taIking.
Get back to your post.
HoId it up there, Sergeant.
HoId it!
What can I do for you?
CouId you fiII her up?
Sure.
I`II give you a hand, soIdier.
CorporaI, bring some of those cans over here.
You boys heIp out, wiII you?
Sergeant, we`II have you cassed up in no time.
Get on your machine gun.
Hey, uh, Lieutenant.
Yeah.
Weren`t you directing traffic
At the our river bridge?
Does the AmbIeve road stiII Iead to maImedy?
Stop.
This fueI dump must be taken intact.
No shooting.
Hey, Iook. Let`s get out of here.
HoId it.
They`II capture the gas.
We can`t just Ieave it.
Come on, Lieutenant. Let`s go.
HoId it!
They`re after the gas.
We ought to bIow it up.
We can`t do that.
We got no orders, Lieutenant.
WeII, I`m giving the orders.
Hey, Lieutenant! One of them`s stiII aIive.
HoId it! He`s one of ours.
I got you, CoIoneI.
Burn it!
Easy, sir. I know.
Burn it!
Give him a hand.
Burn it!
Come on! I`m waiting for you!
Come on!
Get those barreIs off the end of that ramp.
HoId your fire, guffy!
Move behind that piIe tiII I teII you to shove.
Get me some hand grenades off the tank.
Get to that gas truck and open aII the vaIves.
Then get the heII away.
AII right. RoII them down!
Get off the road.
Give me a hand grenade.
Aah!
He`s getting away.
Ok, shove!
Don`t stop!
Keep going! Don`t stop!
Get this message through to headquarters.
They`ve abandoned their tanks.
And they`re waIking back to Germany