Hans Von Hammer; Hauptmann Stalschmidt; Hauptmann Blume; Hauptmann Engels; German pilots; Russian soldiers; Russian boy
Synopsis
Von Hammer despises Nazism, but agrees to rejoin the Air Force when an old comrade pleads that the young pilots need him. He leads and performs superbly, but clashes repeatedly with a Nazi subordinate. Crashing behind enemy lines awakens him to the horrible suffering that Germans are inflicting on Russians.
Hans Von Hammer; Hauptmann Stalschmidt; Hauptmann Blume; Haputmann Engels; Ubben; Sgt. Rock (cameo)
Synopsis
Equipped with a small number of jet fighters, von Hammer leads his men against overwhelming odds. Shot down near Dachau, he sees a concentration camp firsthand and angrily demands that his men join him in surrendering to the Allies. Engels tries to kill him, but Stalschmidt kills Engels and convinces von Hammer that German civilians still need their protection. As the end finally comes, von Hammer destroys his jets and surrenders his unit to Easy company.