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Doug Allen

Alton M. More

Nicholas Aaron

Robert E. (Popeye) Wynn

Eion Bailey

David Kenyon Webster

Jamie Bamber

Jack E. Foley

Philip Barantini

Wayne A. (Skinny) Sisk

Paul Bentley

Old German in Landsberg

Dean Blanke

German Grandson

Kristina Brändén Whitaker

German Girl with Egg
(as Kristina Branden)

George Calil

James H. (Mo) Alley Jr.

Michael Cudlitz

Denver (Bull) Randleman

Dale Dye

Col. Robert F. Sink

Michael Fassbender

Burton P. (Pat) Christenson

Dexter Fletcher

John W. Martin

David Forest

Prisoner Saying 'Danke'

Rick Gomez

George Luz

Scott Grimes

Donald G. Malarkey

Tom Hardy

John A. Janovec

Ben Hecker

German Man in Flat

Director
- David Frankel
Writers
- Stephen Ambrose
- John Orloff
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Trivia
Many of the extras playing concentration camp inmates were actually cancer patients undergoing treatment, hence their emaciated look.

Goofs
At the beginning of "Why We Fight", the date states April 11, 1945 Thalheim, Germany and the scene is with Capt. Nixon addressing a couple of the men on a balcony watching musicians play a Beethoven piece. Then it flashbacks to a month earlier. At the end, it flashes forward to the original scene and Capt. Nixon states Hitler shot himself. Hitler committed suicide on April 30, 1945.

Quotes
Cpt. Nixon: Hitler's dead.
Joseph Liebgott: Holy shit.
Cpt. Nixon: Shot himself in Berlin.
Sgt. Denver 'Bull' Randleman: Is the war over, sir?
Cpt. Nixon: No. We have orders to Berghtesgaden. We're gonna move out in one hour.
David Webster: Why? The man's not home. Should've killed himself three years ago, saved us a lot of trouble.
Cpt. Nixon: Yeah, he should've. But he didn't.

Connections
Featured in WatchMojo: 20 TV Show Moments That Left Us Traumatized (2024)

Soundtracks
String Quartet in C# minor, op. 131, 6. movement
(uncredited)
Written by Ludwig van Beethoven

This will never leave your memory!

Wow... after all the previous episodes, the tone completely skiftede in this episode, deciding to focus on, perhaps, the most grusome and dark side of WWII!

This is filmmaking at its most powerfull! I was left in shock.. not feeling quite like myself after this, like something was missing! I felt like the characters, who could barrly believe or comprehense what they saw.. to think humans were responsible for this! This is humanity at its most dark!

After all the other episodes, this episode still manages to knock them out, with its brutaly honest depiction! The violin-score, gave off the same vibes as Schindlers List!

This episode shows why WWII is one of the darkest times in human history, and why this show is a MUST WATCH!!