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Eleanora 2022-07-08 21:03:04
faded charge
After the Allied forces landed in Normandy, France on June 6, 1944, the Germans retreated. Although the Allied morale was high, they thought that the end of the war was just around the corner, but the later Operation Market Garden was frustrated, and because the supply line was too long, the...
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Adolf 2022-07-08 21:03:59
war without heroes
TG's active duty soldiers may not agree, but for us viewers, war is something else entirely - for example, in the war movies we are familiar with, there are spears and guns on one side, warriors screaming, and blue Celtic pounces on calm. On the other side, artillery fire roared, the forest was...
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[first lines]
Narrator, news footage: August 1944. The outcome of the Second World War appeared to be no longer in doubt. Paris was liberated. After four years of fighting, victory against the Germans seemed assured. Since the Normandy landings, American and Allied forces had battled their way across northern Europe, and pushed the German enemy to within its own homeland.
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Lt. Lukas: Captain Pritchett sir? You have a Private Manning here.
Capt. Roy Pritchett: Alright
[Looks at Manning]
Capt. Roy Pritchett: You Manning?
Pvt. David Manning: I think so.
Lt. Lukas: Give him a straight answer Private.
Capt. Roy Pritchett: Relax!
[Turns back to Manning]
Capt. Roy Pritchett: You can stop looking for your platoon. They didn't make it.
Pvt. David Manning: What?
Capt. Roy Pritchett: Looks like you were the only one who made it out. Your lucky day.
Pvt. David Manning: [Sarcastic] Lucky day?
Capt. Roy Pritchett: You're alive.
Pvt. David Manning: Am I?
