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They only need
to advance a few hundred yards, but combat in built-up areas like towns
is a challenge. The walls provide shelter to both sides. It is also easy to get disoriented. Urban combat
is some of the most difficult combat that any soldier can encounter. It's not a situation where you're firing at somebody
a hundred yards away. You're firing at them
at point-blank range, and in many cases, it's hand-to-hand
to advance a few hundred yards, but combat in built-up areas like towns
is a challenge. The walls provide shelter to both sides. It is also easy to get disoriented. Urban combat
is some of the most difficult combat that any soldier can encounter. It's not a situation where you're firing at somebody
a hundred yards away. You're firing at them
at point-blank range, and in many cases, it's hand-to-hand
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They only need
to advance a few hundred yards,
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but combat in built-up areas like towns
is a challenge.
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The walls provide shelter to both sides.
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It is also easy to get disoriented.
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Urban combat
is some of the most difficult combat
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that any soldier can encounter.
00:00:20.571 --> 00:00:22.136
It's not a situation
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where you're firing at somebody
a hundred yards away.
00:00:24.963 --> 00:00:27.877
You're firing at them
at point-blank range,
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and in many cases, it's hand-to-hand.
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Movie Summary
As the end of WWII approaches, diehard Nazi forces fight to the end to stop Allied armies from freeing Europe.
