Американские военные полицейские готовят оберфенриха Гюнтера Биллинга и его товарищей к расстрелу. Военнослужащие 5–й роты 12–го парашютного полка оберфенрих Гюнтер Биллинг, оберефрейтор Вильгельм Шмидт и унтер–офицер Манфред Пернасс, принадлежали к одной из диверсионных групп Отто Скорцени...

Man awaiting firing squad

For all those that know, Guy De Maupassant was a wonderfully gifted short story writer. "Two Friends" is no different. This simple story of two friends, who enjoyed fishing together before the war, ask for and receive permission to fish once again at their favorite place within earshot of the Prussian guns. They soon find themselves in enemy hands, and are given a chance to go free if one or the other would betray both their homeland and their friend by giving up the password to the Prussian…

cruel and unusual punishment