<P> In a subterranean lair , it is revealed the officer is Col. Martin Hessler ( Shaw ) , a fictional Panzer tank commander loosely based on SS - Standartenführer Jochen Peiper . Hessler is briefed by his superior , Gen. Kohler ( Werner Peters ) , on a new German attack , piercing west against the American lines . Kohler points out a clock with a 50 - hour countdown , which is the time allotted for the operation , beyond which Germany has no resources for full - scale attack . At the same time German soldiers disguised as American troops , led by Lt. Schumacher ( Ty Hardin ) , are tasked with seizing vital bridges and sowing confusion behind the Allied lines . </P>
<P> In a subterranean lair , it is revealed the officer is Col. Martin Hessler ( Shaw ) , a fictional Panzer tank commander loosely based on SS - Standartenführer Jochen Peiper . Hessler is briefed by his superior , Gen. Kohler ( Werner Peters ) , on a new German attack , piercing west against the American lines . Kohler points out a clock with a 50 - hour countdown , which is the time allotted for the operation , beyond which Germany has no resources for full - scale attack . At the same time German soldiers disguised as American troops , led by Lt. Schumacher ( Ty Hardin ) , are tasked with seizing vital bridges and sowing confusion behind the Allied lines . </P>
german tanks in battle of the bulge movie
german tanks in battle of the bulge movie
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