Film o nemških vojakih, ki se iz arogantnih in zmagoslavnih morilcev spremenijo v demoralizirane reve. Spomladi leta 1942 nemška vojska prodre globoko v Sovjetsko zvezo in je na poti v Stalingrad. Hitler, ki narobe oceni vztrajnost Rdeče armade, je prepričan, da bodo mesto osvojili še pred zimo. Toda nacistične čete so slabo oblečene in nimajo dovolj hrane, zato dobesedno zmrznejo in stradajo do smrti, voditelji pa jih v glavnem zapustijo. Za vojake Fritza, Hansa, Rolloja in GeGeja se je bitka za življenje šele začela. Streli in bombe sploh niso najhujši; večina vojakov bo izgubila boj z lakoto in mrazom. Film govori o ključni točki v drugi svetovni vojni kot o veliki grozi, v kateri je bil povprečen nemški vojak prav tako žrtev nacističnega zla kakor Sovjeti.
The invasion of a village in Byelorussia by German forces sends young Florya into the forest to join the weary Resistance fighters, against his family's wishes. There he meets a girl, Glasha, who accompanies him back to his village. On returning home, Florya finds his family and fellow peasants massacred. His continued survival amidst the brutal debris of war becomes increasingly nightmarish, a battle between despair and hope.
In the brutal trench fighting of the First World War, a British Infantry Company is separated from their regiment after a fierce battle. Attempting to return to their lines, the British soldiers discover what appears to be a bombed out German trench, abandoned except for a few dazed German soldiers. After killing most of the Germans, and taking one prisoner, the British company fortifies to hold the trench until reinforcements can arrive. Soon, however, strange things being to happen as a sense of evil descends on the trench and the British begin turn on each other.
An army of bear cubs train and indoctrinate young recruits for the war against the unicorns, which threatens the safety of the cubs. Brothers Bluey and Tubby, along with a group of inexperienced cadets, are sent on a dangerous mission to save the Magic Forest, where the unicorns live, and start a terrible battle.
An idealistic United Nations official learns the harrowing truth about war when she falls in love with an American officer charged with the evacuation of civilians. As hostilities escalate, the officer and his small detachment are left to hold the line until allied forces can be brought into action.
In 1974, a soldier, having now returned home, is haunted by shadows from the past, but are they just in his mind?