We're gonna hit 'em.
You got it, sir.
First on the left.
Second on the left.
First on the right.
Fall back!
Here they come.
Rock, cover me.
You crazy son of a bitch.
We gotta move!
The 23rd was suppose
to push into Wahlerscheid
but they got all caught up
and now they're pinned down.
What's your situation?
Sector two is not clear.
Made contact with
the enemy here.
Took on a pack gun, some 42s.
Tried to pick our way
through a mine field
but we couldn't get through.
They had 43s, some bettys.
Marked them for engineers.
Casualties?
None this time.
S-2 has reports
with boys and old men
from the 192nd in that area.
Well these were SS.
What do you think, Gene?
I don't think they're
boys and old men.
All right, Captain,
get back to the gate S-2.
Have them double check
their intelligence again.
I don't want any surprises.
Yes, sir.
I got to pull the 23rd out.
They're not gonna
do anything today.
We could go.
What, you're volunteering again?
If that's what's needed.
God bless you, Gene.
You are one of my best.
But you're looking
pretty whipped.
Not yet, sir.
No, all right.
Well I got a little job
for you and your boys.
Look here.
We've got the 99th on our left
and the 106th on our right.
They're spread real thin.
Lots of gaps in that line and
that makes me real nervous.
I want your platoon
to move into here and
fill in those holes
at Lanzerath.
You gotta hold that line.
When do we go?
Well,
check with Miller over
at the 73rd armor.
He's got a patrol leaving
in about 15 minutes.
I think you can catch
a ride with them.
Yes, sir.
Gene, try and stay warm.
The division field
hospital is reporting
hundreds and hundreds
of cases of frostbite.
Don't want you getting
trench foot out there.
Understood?
No, sir.
Carry on.
So those are our orders?
Yep.
10 days pushing on
crossroads in Kraut Wirtfeld
and our reward is a
exclusive stay in the woods?
That's what the Army tells me.
On the front of the line?
Better believe it.
You know the war's over, right?
Last time I checked.
The boys are gonna love you.
Listen up, Joes'.
Orders are in.
We're moving back to the front.
Hey.
Quiet down.
We're going to the
quiet part of the line.
Plug some gaps, fill some holes.
When do we go?
40 minutes.
Hey, what?
You all volunteered
for this, right?
I know it's not warm sheets
and cozy beds
but this is the army,
what did you expect?
Grab your gear.
Moving in 20.
You see, this would've been
a hell of a lot better
than sleeping outside.
You did good, Rock.
Yeah.
They say the war
would be over by now.
Well, the Army says a lot of things.
How long we been doing this, Gene?
Since Fort Riley, I suppose.
Yeah, that's right.
And the Army says go here
and then they say go there
and now they say that
the war's almost over.
What's your point, Rock?
My point is,
I'm getting really
tired of this damn war.
What do you think?
About what?
You think the Krauts
are actually finished?
No, no I don't.
You really think that we're going
to the quiet part of the line?
They call it the front for a reason.
Well, aren't you
just full of good news.
So you're pulling out soon?
Sir.
We leave in a few, sir.
Have you heard
anything back from S-2?
No, not yet.
Phone lines have been
down all morning.
It's hit and miss.
It comes and goes.
I'm sure it's the weather.
Yeah.
I'm sure Division will
get it figured out.
Are you sure those
were SS troops you saw?
Seen a lot of troops in this area.
But yeah, make no mistake.
Those were SS.
I believe you
but intelligence doesn't.
Them again, when have they
been sure about anything?
Hit or miss.
Right, hit or miss.
I see you're still
sporting that cross.
Yeah.
Yeah, I am.
I probably shouldn't show you this.
What are those?
Well, I have a girl back home.
Irene.
And she writes me,
well, just about every week.
Those are all her letters?
Yes, they are.
Dedicated.
The thing is though,
I haven't opened a
single one of them.
No, not one?
No, not one.
Really?
Why not?
I guess I don't open them
because they give me
something to look forward to.
Every time a new
letter shows up,
keeps me a reason to keep going.
Get you through this war.
Right.
Just like your cross.
Yeah.
Sir, what do you know about
this sector we're going to?
To be honest, not much.
Those boys over there are
fresh from the States,
never seen any action.
Short on communications,
ammo and food, I'm sure.
And some combat veterans
looking over their shoulders.
Yes they do.
That's why the Major's
sending you, Gene.
To be honest,
I'd much rather be here.
Leading in those attacks
on the water shed.
That I know, Gene.
But you and your men
have earned some rest
and a little quiet.
The men, they could use the break.
I will get you back
to our side of the lines
as soon as I can.
Thank you, sir.
I will also get S-2
to get on the brass tax
about what you're
seeing out there.
I appreciate that, sir.
SS troops in any sector
is never a good sign.
No.
Never is.
Usually it means the Germans
are up to something.
Yeah, yeah it does.
Thanks for the chat, Gene.
Thank you, sir.
You will be missed.
Good luck out there.
Thank you, sir.
If you see anything,
you let me know.
You can count on it.
Major at least
got one thing right, huh?
How's the right, sir?
It's fine.
You tank boys sure know how
to ride in style.
Say that to Jerry when
he shows up with tigers.
Yeah, well,
that's why you got one of these.
Like shooting spit wads.
We appreciate the lift, Sergeant.
Our pleasure, sir.
You know, I think you could
live in a place like this.
Belgium?
No.
Well, yeah actually.
Quiet.
Maybe snow covered earth.
I really hate the winter.
I've never really
liked it much myself
but nice and quiet though.
I like the quiet.
We haven't had quiet since
we hit the beaches of Normandy.
What do you think of this?
Of this mission?
How are we suppose to hold?
We are spaced so thin.
Well,
young boys and old men.
Right?
That's another thing we
haven't had since Normandy.
Well,
this must be it.
Home sweet home.
Yeah.
Trench foot, here I come.
Could be worse.
Could've had to
dig 'em ourselves.
Well the 99th is on a ride.
I'm sure they checked us in.
That's nice of them.
Anyway.
I want interlocking fields
of fire with the BAR in thirty.
Okay.
Outposts on the heads.
Communication spread down.
And you?
Contact with the 106 boys on our left.
All right.
Where do you want the CP?
Here is as good as any.
All right.
I'll get Rudy over
here, set up the radio.
Keep your heard down.
It's not my head.
My ass I'm worried about.
Keep that down too.
You know,
maybe this quiet will be
different the Normandy.
All right, you stone heads!
Chief!
Sill!
On me.
Where are you boys headed?
Lanzerath.
Oh sorry, sir, didn't see you there.
Enemy movement?
Light incoming.
Rumor has it, Jerry has two
horse drawn artillery pieces
covering this whole sector.
Those poor horses must be
getting worked to death.
Yeah well, I think the Krauts
are about finished here.
Good hunting, sir.
Have a good one.
Major League.
Baseball.
Sorry, sir.
You boys in the 99?
Yes, sir.
Lieutenant Cappa, 23rd.
You here to relieve us, sir?
No, we're here to plug
some gaps in your lines.
Who's in command?
I am, sir.
Well, at least,
lost Captain Watts
a few days back.
Kraut artillery.
Took one in the chest.
So it's just you?
Yeah, we got a CP though.
You wanna show me?
Sure, just follow me.
Rigged that baby myself.
Seen any use on these roads?
A few MPs on jeeps
came threw this morning.
We saw some MPs on the road too.
Probably the same guys.
Yeah, I guess so.
Really, sir,
it's been quiet.
I don't think anyone
wants to start anything.
What do you mean?
It's winter, it's Christmas.
Germans are finished.
You may be right.
I'll run the wire over,
connect you to my CP.
That would be swell, sir.
You see anything, let me know.
Yes, sir.
Anything?
First and second are in position
for their push on Walerscheid.
Artillery?
Pre-ambled before kickoff.
Good.
Heard anything from Cappa?
Nothing yet.
What is it?
Sir,
I would feel a lot
more comfortable
if Cappa was
leading this attack.
I couldn't agree with you more, Joe.
And what have you heard from
out friends over at S-2?
Reports are still coming in.
A lot of them are
about German patrols.
An increase?
Yeah.
Lots of enemy movement.
What are our reconnaissance
planes reporting?
Sir, division is reporting
a major front moving in.
Limited visibility.
All planes.
Fighters, bombers,
everything are grounded.
Oh for God sakes.
No air support?
None.
I don't know.
Maybe it's just small
reconnaissance and force patrols
doing the usual, feeling us out.
Maybe.
Joe,
you let me know if anything,
the smallest thing, changes.
Yes, sir.
I'll let you know.
What?
What're they up to?
Slow it down, Mac.
There's something in the trees.
Anti-tank gun in the trees!
30 degrees!
HG round!
On the way!
Fire! Fire! Fire!
Nice shot, Mac!
Holy shit!
Tigers, four o'clock!
Come on!
Come on, Mac!
Come on!
Tigers!
Four o'clock, four
o'clock, four o'clock!
Well,
holy shit, Danny.
We are not digging
to China, here.
Yeah, you get down in this
foxhole and try and dig.
What?
You see this here?
Yeah.
You know what this means?
Keep digging.
Hey.
Good to see you're
safe and sound.
Men spread out?
Yeah.
I got them spaced
out the best I can.
Provisions?
It's no turkey dinner
but men got food
and plenty of ammo.
Can we hold?
What?
You mean, if the
Krauts make a push?
Yeah.
The men will follow you
to hell and back, sir.
So how are they over there?
They're pretty green.
Come on.
I'll show you to your new home.
Definitely isn't gonna
be like being back home
but this should be a little
bit warmer than a foxhole.
Fine, Rock.
Gene!
Gene!
There is a hell of a fire
fight to the east of us.
All right, let's go see Rudy.
Yeah.
What do you got, Rudy?
I don't know, sir.
I got a scrambled
message from the 99 boys
but couldn't make anything out.
The line went dead.
Hey,
keep trying.
I will, sir.
Outposts see anything?
No.
I even checked
before I woke you.
Get down! Get down!
Down!
Well that was pretty close
for two cannons and some horses.
Those are 105s, Rock.
You think the Germans
are making a push?
I don't know.
Sir?
You see anything, give it hell!
You guys be ready!
Sir!
Doc?
We're running low on plasma.
We could use a
little more morphine.
We'll get what we can.
You find a hole.
We're gonna be busy soon.
Sarge?
Shut up!
What's happening, Rock?
Keep your head down.
Germans are making a push.
Rifles on ready.
Get down, get ready.
Get ready.
Don't fall back.
Pour it on 'em!
They're falling back.
Medic!
Sorry, sir.
He needs an aid station, sir.
We don't got one, doc.
No, I don't wanna go.
Sorry, sir.
Victor three, over.
In section eight.
How many?
No, no, no, we need you to...
Hello?
Hello?
Line's dead.
All reports say the same.
Kraut movement, infantry,
tanks, everything.
Right down the Elsenborn road,
are weakest point of our lines.
This could be a major
German offensive.
And you've heard
nothing from Division?
No.
Our flanks are in
danger of being exposed.
If we're cut off
we'll be completely surrounded.
If this is a major German offensive
they'll have to get the
crossroads up Bastogne
and down here, St. Vith.
And if they take those,
they'll easily cross
the Meuse river.
Yeah, if they cross the Meuse,
you know what's next.
They got a straight bath all
the way to the English Channel
and the port of Antwerp.
They'll cut us and
the British in half
as four entire armies
surrounded with no supplies
behind enemy lines.
Crossroads at Lazaranth.
That's the only
place that has a road
that'll support German armor.
They have to take Lazaranth.
That's Cappa's position.
Yeah.
Get my jeep.
Sir?
I'm blind.
We have to get the hell out
there and see what's going on.
Saddle up, Captain!
Yes, sir!
I am losing my edge.
How're we doing, Rock?
Real thin, sir.
Those two new replacements
bought it already.
Who?
I don't know,
I didn't get their names.
Shit!
Krauts behind us!
How the hell did
they get behind us?
I don't know.
All right,
so what do we do now, sir?
SS.
Tank support?
All right,
we gotta get to the crossroads.
Rock, second squad
at our flanks.
I'll go get third.
We meed back here, okay?
Okay.
Be careful, Sarge.
What in the hell is that?
That's my goat.
Your goat?
Gotta have something
to carry my goods.
Oh my God, you are killing me.
What's going on?
The Germans are pushing.
Where's Kelly?
He's out checking points.
Are you kidding me?
Well, I gotta guard my goods.
God!
How many?
20, maybe 30.
They're trying to flank us.
They might have us cut off.
Well shit!
Okay, you two,
stay close.
What about Betty?
Unless she can carry a rifle,
leave her!
God!
Baker, baker,
this if Fox Red, over.
Any luck?
I'm getting nothing, sir.
Keep trying.
Yes, sir.
Got second squad ready, sir.
You seen Rock?
Hadn't come back yet.
We can't wait any longer.
Send the scouts out.
Yes, sir.
Baker, baker,
this is Fox Red, over.
Baker, baker, this
is Fox Red, over.
Damn it, watch it!
Sorry, Sarge.
Sarge, are we lost?
I am way too old for this.
Sarge?
Do you think Betty's all right?
Forget about your goddamn
goat for a minute, will you?
Jesus!
Just move it!
Go!
I shoulda joined the Navy.
Krauts up ahead, sir.
You saw the crossroads?
Yeah, it looks like they're overrun.
Right.
Pass the word back to the squad.
I'm gonna go check it out.
Yes, sir.
Hey, bud.
They came out of nowhere.
I'm sorry, sir.
It's okay, son.
Move it!
How's it look?
Bad.
There's more Krauts
here than in Germany.
We need to find
another way around.
What do we do?
Lieutenant?
Sure looks like him.
All right.
Kelly, on point.
We can flank 'em.
Clear!
Watch your socks.
Good to see you too, sir.
What're we gonna do with him?
Sir?
Go.
Go.
You can't let him go.
Go!
Go!
Let's find our lines.
Kelly, on point.
They're just sitting there.
We must be getting close
to our lines.
How many grenades we got?
Couple captured potato mashers, why?
Take Grace.
Flank on the right, I'm
gonna hit them on the left.
We're not seriously
gonna attack, are we?
Kelly, you're with me.
Yes, sir.
Sir,
we can get to our lines.
We'll meet them there.
We're gonna fight them here.
When you guys hit them left,
lay cover.
I'm gonna blast them
with the grenades.
Move quick, wait for my shot.
You got it.
Let's go.
Clear!
Grace, clear?
Grace!
Sorry, Sarge.
Grace!
Grace!
No, Grace!
Medic!
Rock, we have to go!
Rock, we have to go!
Kelly, see if that
jeep is working!
Yes, sir.
Rock, go!
Hey, Sarge, good to see you.
Found that.
Good work, corporal.
How's our radio?
Rudy's been trying all day.
Rudy!
How're we doing?
I can't get out to anyone, sir.
The Germans are
jamming our signal.
Maybe they've been overrun.
Wonder what we're gonna do.
I have an idea.
What're you doing?
Morse Code.
Let's hope our boys are listening.
Break four, nine, zero,
breaker four, nine, zero.
Victor three.
Anyone out there, over?
Break four, nine, zero,
breaker four, nine, zero.
Victor three.
Anyone out there, over?
Holy shit.
That's Morse Code.
Copy this.
Cappa, I could kiss you.
Sir, we made contact with Cappa.
He's at the crossroads
at Lanzeranth.
He wants to know his orders.
My God, those poor kids.
This just breaks my heart.
Sir?
Tell Cappa he's on his own.
Verify it.
Yes, sir.
So what did they say?
Ordered to hold.
Hold?
Hold with what?
What do we got?
Scrounged what we could
but it ain't much.
Got the two 30s
with a few boxes.
Bazooka but we only
got three rounds.
Hand grenades, a few landmines.
Plus the 50.
It's not much to stop armor.
Listen up!
We've been ordered to hold.
Germans are coming this way.
We're all with you, sir.
All right!
Let's get to work!
Chief!
That thing clean?
Almost, Sarge.
Great.
Corporal?
Hey, Sarge.
How are we?
Ready to go.
Sir?
We're all set.
Germans are gonna love this.
Brilliant.
Baker, Baker, four,
seven, is anyone out there?
Baker, Baker, four, seven,
is anyone out there?
Captain?
Lieutenant?
Good to hear your voice, sir.
Good to hear yours as well.
What's going on up there, sir?
Nothing good, Gene.
We're plumb in the middle
of a major German offensive.
Yeah, we are seeing that too.
Germans have broken
through every sector.
US Forces are withdrawing.
What about us?
Gene,
your position is at a
critical road junction.
You're gonna be seeing
heavy infantry and troops
coming your way soon.
I know it's a lot to ask, Gene,
but you and your men have
got to hold the Germans back.
You've gotta hold them
off as long as possible.
Those are our orders?
Gene, if we do not hold
the Germans back,
we could very well find
ourself retreating back
to the English coastline.
A lot of American
troops are going to die.
So, yes, those are your orders.
Okay.
So we'll hold them
off as long as we can.
You're a hell of a soldier, Gene.
Thank you, sir.
You take care out there.
Yes, sir.
Over and out.
Here.
Rock?
How come your
coffee's always cold?
Because it started off that way, sir.
Think there's any
luck in that for us?
Well,
here they come.
Hell of a lot of Germans
coming down that road, sir.
They're moving in fast.
All right, get this out of here.
Good work!
Get that thing ready.
Sarge, I'm having second
thoughts about this one.
You know what,
I've been having second
thoughts about this entire war,
so stop your bitching!
Rudy, see if you can
get us some artillery.
Yes, sir.
Anything?
We're on our own.
Kraut armor!
Get down!
No you don't!
Rudy!
Get a message!
Rudy!
Is he dead?
Not yet!
Get him out of here!
Come on, let's go.
Retreat!
We're gonna fallback
in the woods!
This fight ain't over.
We can flank them,
hit them in the ass!
Let's go!
We can't hold this position too long!
Is this our last stand?
Hey! Hey!
Yeah?
Let's fallback.
We can use these.
Gene, get down!
Baker, Baker, four, seven,
is anyone out there?
Is anyone out there?
If you can hear me, hear this.
At 5:30 this morning
the 6th Panzer Army attacked
all through our lines
along the Ardennes Forest.
This is not a small,
localized counterattack
but a major German offensive.
I repeat,
this is not a small,
localized counterattack
but a major German offensive.
Heavy German infantry and armor
have broken through our lines
are are trying to flank us.
Orders.
Hold at all cost.
I repeat, hold at all cost.
We have to slow
the German advance.
Give time for reinforcements.
What we do here today
may affect the
outcome of the war.
Hold your ground.
Good luck and God bless.
Rock.
Sir, you're back.
It's snowing.
Yeah, you've been out for awhile.
Does that help?
What?
Your cross.
Reminds me of my faith,
why we fight.
Yeah, well,
sure has been lucky for you.
You hear that?
Yeah.
Do we have anything
that can stop them?
Just the panzer buster.
Okay.
If we can bottleneck the tank,
we can take out it's tread,
slow them down for
a few more hours.
Yeah.
Yeah, I like it.
I'll cover you.
Okay.
You only got one go, sir.
Here it comes.
Hell of a shot, sir.
You got any more tricks
up your sleeve now?
Not this time, Rock.
Heard anything from Cappa?
As of last report,
they were still holding.
So we don't know if he made it.
No.
Soldier,
damn fine one too.
Saddle up there, Captain.
Yes, sir.
So much for the war
being over by Christmas.
You just got ahead and take those
because I didn't
need them anyway.
You think the
others made it back?
I hope so.
What do you think
they're gonna do with us?
Probably ship us back to Germany.
You know, they're separate us.
Officers and enlisted men.
Yeah, I know.
But they haven't yet.
You know, it's been a real pleasure
fighting with you, Rock.
Stop talking like this is goodbye.
Looks like the Krauts probably
have a party waiting for us.
Cap and Rock.
I hope so.
No.