Originally published in 1981, Long Day at Shiloh recreates the first twenty-four hours of one of the crucial battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Shiloh.
Originally published in 1981, Long Day at Shiloh recreates the first twenty-four hours of one of the crucial battles of the American Civil War: the Battle of Shiloh.
Als Harald Rüster in Pleskow den Bahnhof verlässt, wird er Augenzeuge, wie das SS-Sonderkommando Ahrends jüdische Frauen und Kinder zusammentreibt, wobei der Hauptsturmführer Ahrends mutwillig von der Pistole Gebrauch macht und eine Frau und ihr Kind niederschießt.
The story revolves around two childhood friends, Manfred and Tony, who were nurtured in the country-side in the fifties and enjoyed the utopia of a nation at peace that was carefree and full of hope after WWII.
When a reporter for the Washington Post sees a group of wounded, half-starved, black troops disembark from a helicopter in Cu Chi during the height of the Vietnam War, he senses a story, but receives no cooperation from the army or the soldiers.
