:03:13
Why? How could it happen?
:03:17
Another 100 metres
:03:19
and the Americans would have
captured the Oberkassel Bridge.
:03:22
It was the only escape route
for our units in that sector.
:03:26
Escape route?
:03:28
No. A highway for the American Army
into the heart of Germany.
:03:35
In any case, the Führer is determined
we shall not take such a risk again.
:03:41
Not very likely.
There's only one bridge left.
:03:46
And already it is threatened
by the American forces.
:03:49
One breakthrough, a few hours,
and it too can be lost.
:03:53
General von Brock,
:03:55
you must prepare to destroy the Remagen
Bridge at the earliest possible moment.
:04:00
Destroy?
:04:03
We have 75,000 men who would be
trapped on the other side of the Rhine.
:04:07
And if the bridge falls to the enemy,
are you prepared for the consequences?
:04:11
These men are all that's left
of the 15th Army.
:04:15
Their only hope of salvation is that bridge.
:04:17
The 1 5th Army will stand or die.
:04:22
The Führer has ordered
that not one foot of our sacred soil
:04:27
will be yielded to the enemy.
:04:30
Herr Feldmarschall,
:04:33
if orders won wars, we wouldn't now be
fighting with our backs against the Rhine.
:04:38
We'd be dancing at the London Savoy.
:04:49
I suggest you speak more carefully,
Herr General.
:04:52
You might be misunderstood.
:04:56
These are your written orders.
:04:59
In the present conditions
I must require your countersignature.