3 real historical locations · Germany
David Ayer's gritty film follows a Sherman tank crew fighting through Germany in April 1945 as the war nears its end but the killing continues. Unflinching in its portrayal of combat fatigue, moral compromise, and the bonds forged between men who live and die together in a steel box.
CinemaMapped has mapped 3 real historical locations where the story takes place, spanning Germany.
April 1945 — Sherman tank crew 'Wardaddy' fights deep into Nazi Germany. Final stand at a crossroads against SS troops.
By April 1945, Allied tank crews were pushing deep into Germany against fanatical SS resistance and Volkssturm militia. The Harz mountains were one of the last pockets of organised German resistance before the final c...
View location →The tank crew passes through a ruined Cologne -- its cathedral improbably still standing amid total devastation -- advancing with the 2nd Armored Division in...
Cologne was captured by American forces on March 6-7, 1945 after heavy fighting. The city was 90 percent destroyed but Cologne Cathedral survived -- having been used by Allied navigators as a landmark for bombing miss...
View location →The 2nd Armored Division's final advance through central Germany in April 1945 -- ruined villages and desperate last-stand resistance that forms the backdrop...
In April 1945, the US 2nd Armored Division drove through central Germany, reaching the Elbe River at Magdeburg on April 11-12. American forces halted there per the Elbe Agreement, waiting for Soviet forces -- leaving ...
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