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Pierre Mondy Jean Lefebvre Aldo Maccione Erik Colin

In May 1940, during the invasion of France by Nazi Germany, the 7th Transmission Company led by Captain Dumont was attacked by German Stuka bombers and was forced to hide in a forest. To prevent any further attack, three soldiers, Chaudard, Tassin and Pithiviers, were sent to scout a nearby hill. The main company was captured by a German infantry division. The three soldiers, on their own, attempt to avoid German troops and rescue their comrades.During the Battle of France, while the German forces are rapidly spreading across the country, the 7th Transmission Company suffers an air raid near the Machecoul wood, but survive and hide in the wood. Captain Dumont, the company commander, sends three of his menLouis Chaudard, Pithiviers and Tassinto scout the area. After burying the radio cable beneath a sandy road, the little squad crosses the field, climbs a nearby hill, and takes position within a wallcovered area, which happens to be a cemetery. One of the men who was cutting down trees for camouflage hits the wrong tree, pulling up the radio cable from the sandy road and revealing it to the passing German infantry. The Germans cut the cable, surround the woods, and order a puzzled 7th Company to surrender. During that time, Chaudard and his friends, who spotted the Germans, try without success due to the cut cable to contact and join their unit. They can only witness their comrades capture and decide to run away. ........

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