In advance of the D-Day Landings, paratroopers from the US 82nd Airborne Division are dropped behind enemy lines to capture strategic positions. One such location is near the town of Ste Mere Eglise where American airborne troops fight Nazi forces for control of a bridgehead for three days, to prevent German reinforcements from reaching the beaches.
Nazi diehard and fanatics fight to the last man to stop Allied forces from freeing Europe, keeping an unrelenting grip on the naval bases, citadels and fortresses of occupied Europe.
S4 E1. Killer Causeway
After the landing on Normandy Beach, the Battle of Carentan breaks out and an American unit launches a desperate bayonet charge.
S4 E2. Bunker Blitz
Nazi diehard and fanatics...
1942年的德国,17岁的少年Friedrich(马克思·雷迈特 Max Riemelt 饰)努力训练自己,梦想有朝一日能够加入纳粹的训练营。在通过重重考试之后,他获得了机会,然而他的父亲却极力反对,于是他伪造父亲在文书上签名,成功成为了训练营的一名成员,开始了每天艰苦的训练。在其中,他认识了Albrecht(汤姆·希林 Tom Schilling 饰),一个德国军官的儿子,两人建立了深厚的友情。然而Albrecht却不热衷于纳粹,反而更喜欢文学和写作。Albrecht的父亲却希望儿子跟他一样,以后成为一名纳粹军官,两人矛盾不断。在训练营里,Friedrich和Albrecht发现了许多丑恶的现象,Friedrich的信仰开始有所动摇。而在一次水中训练中,Albrecht却再也没有从水中出来......
本片获2003德国电影奖最佳原创剧本奖。