One day after D-Day and American and German soldiers are separated from their respective units. Both Paul and Manning struggle with their situation. Everyone has their own reason for wanting to return home.
The young Sergeant Hartwig and his comrades are in France. They are supposed to take propaganda photos there. But they have no idea that they are in the middle of the invasion by the Allied forces.
The Second World War depicted through the eyes of a German platoon on the Eastern Front.