The Monuments Men — Austria
The climax — inside the Altaussee salt mine, the greatest cache of looted art ever assembled. Including Michelangelo's Madonna of Bruges and the Ghent Altarpiece.
Altaussee held over 6,500 artworks including masterpieces looted from across Europe for Hitler's planned Führermuseum in Linz. A Nazi gauleiter ordered the mine blown up with 500kg bombs hidden inside. Local miners removed the bombs and saved the collection. The Monuments Men arrived on May 8, 1945 — the day Germany surrendered.