![]() ![]() This documentary came with the DVD of the main movie that I have in my library. Today, it would probably be done with CGI artwork. I doubt that a movie could be made like this today because of the lack of realistic outdoor locations and ever-dwindling numbers of actual vehicles and weapons. Hundreds of vehicles and tanks were brought to battle readiness. Fonda says that the studio brought in tons and tons of weapons and ammunition. ![]() The account and character are fictitious, but the character closely resembles Gen. Kessler, commander of the Panzers that spearhead the Battle of the Bulge for the Germans. Story: This movies opening prologue states: June 1942. It does show some of the shooting locales, and Robert Shaw talks about the cold and the heat of being in the tanks. Story: As the Battle of the Bulge rages on, an American tank unit gets trapped behind Nazi. This short film doesn't have a lot more in it. Lauchert survived the war and when this documentary was made, he was living in retirement in a small town in Germany. He was the real commander of the 2nd Panzer Division that spearheaded the German breakout in the Battle of the Bulge. Meinred von Lauchert, who served as a technical expert for the film. Luckily, Cappa and his comrades sense there’s something off about this crew, especially when they try to commandeer their jeeps and suggest leaving the wounded behind to die.Henry Fonda narrates this documentary, "Filming of 'The Battle of the Bulge.'" It's a short that introduces us to Gen. Plus, there’s a squad of American MPs knocking around with almost comically exaggerated accents who turn out to be German spies. The larger goal for the allies, represented here mostly by Tom Berenger and Billy Zane talking in a tent as they play Maj McCulley and Gen Omar Bradley, is to take control of fuel supplies to the Germans who might be on the verge of winning the war. On the other hand, the Americans had only about 80,000 men, 400 guns and about 400 AFVs, including about 240 Sherman tanks. German panzers included Panzer IVs, Panthers, Tiger 1s and Tiger 2s. ![]() In this instalment, Luke’s wholesome, square-jawed protagonist Lt Cappa and his ethnically diverse yet strangely interchangeable-looking men are defending a field hospital just behind the frontline near Lanzerath, Belgium, as the titular Battle of the Bulge rages in December 1944. German forces at the start of the battle included about 200,000 men, 1,900 guns, and 600 tanks and other tracked vehicles. ![]() This stilted, herky-jerky tale of Yankee heroism – written and directed by, as well as starring, Steven Luke – seems to be a sequel to Luke’s earlier second world war saga, Wunderland, a work not well-reviewed nor widely seen. ![]()
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