Battleground

Battleground is an American black and white film from 1949. It is a war film set during the siege of Bastogne in 1944. The film was made from a screenplay by one of the participants on the American side, and the extra's roles are played by members of the 101st Airborne Division. The film won two Oscars.

The film follows a platoon of infantrymen of the 327th Glider Infantry Regiment: these are rushed into a truck load if their Division occupy the key position Bastogne goes before the German offensive reached the city. Once there, without extraordinary equipment, they take a position outside the city in where they Burrow, the cold, the snow, German patrols and shelling suffering. Over time the Sun breaks through, literally first (so they get air support and supplies) and then also figuratively: they are horrified.

The film is relatively simple and focuses primarily on the day-to-day concerns of the men, and especially the continuous mutual joke, with the entire events making an omelet in a manhole and keeping a church service under a wide variety of men believe in a fire break, etc.