The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American war film based on the 1966 book of the same name co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, a member of the 1st Special Service Force, a joint American-Canadian commando unit that saw action during World War II in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and later in the European Theater of Operations.
The film recounts the formation, training, and first European mission of ...
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The Devil's Brigade is a 1968 American war film based on the 1966 book of the same name co-written by American novelist and historian Robert H. Adleman and Col. George Walton, a member of the 1st Special Service Force, a joint American-Canadian commando unit that saw action during World War II in the Aleutian Islands Campaign and later in the European Theater of Operations.
The film recounts the formation, training, and first European mission of the 1st Special Service Force, a unique American-Canadian commando unit that became known as the "Devil's Brigade". The Americans, largely misfits, and their spit and polish Canadian counterparts eventually overcome reciprocal antagonism, learn to respect each other, and coalesce as a unified team. The film dramatizes the Brigade's first mission in the Italian Campaign, the seemingly impossible task of capturing what had been an impregnable Nazi mountain stronghold, Monte La Difensa, with losses far greater than expected.
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