普通人的战争

AstheseasonedinfantryandtankunitsoftheGerman11thPanzer"Ghost"divisionmovesilentlyintopositiononthesnowcoveredhillsaroundNennigGermany,abattlewearyGIandhisunitstandreadytodefendthesmalltown,akeypositionintheAlliedadvancetowinthewar.Outgunnedandoutnumbered,S/SgtDonSmithstrugglestofindhopeandcourageagainstoverwhelmingoddsinoneofthedecisiveconfrontationsinthe"BattleoftheBulge"duringWWII.HissquadofGI’softhe94thInfantryDivisionlayduginontheridge-lineoutsideoftown.NooneinhighcommandbelievedthatGermanforceswouldattackinthesubzerotemperaturesandnearblizzardconditions.Asthepre-dawnattackcomes,withcommunicationsdownSgt.Smithisleftwithnochoicebuttomakehiswaythroughenemyfire,unarmedandwounded,intotownandwarnofthecomingattack.Basedonactualaccounts"Everyman’sWar"explorestheheroiceventsofthisdecoratedveteranscourageandthestrugglebetweendutyanddesire.Betweentheprospectofthelifeandlove,Dorinethatwaitsathomeandtheharshrealitiesofwarwhichmarksthepivotalepochinhislifeashediscoversthatthelossofhopecanbeworsethanthelossoflife.Oneman’scourage...Oneman’shope...Everyman’sWar