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A small U.S. squadron holds off the Nazis in a desperate last stand.
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In autumn 1944, Reese, a sullen and rebellious American soldier, is demoted for drunkenness and sent back to his outfit, a small, battle-weary, infantry squad stationed near Germany's formidable Siegfried Line in Belgium. Reese's open resentment at being replaced as staff sergeant alienates him from his fellow GI's, despite his decoration for courage during previous combat missions. When the squad is ordered to defend a thinly wooded area facing a German pillbox, they use various ruses to convince the enemy that they are a much larger force. Although their instructions are merely to hold their position until replacements arrive, Reese realizes that they cannot long continue to fool the Germans, and he leads an unauthorized charge against the pillbox. The raid is unsuccessful and Reese is slated for court martial. But, with the coming of dawn, he unleashes a one-man assault against the stronghold and blows himself up along with the German gun crew, enabling the Allied forces to breach the hitherto impregnable Siegfried Line.
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