The story of Operation Market Garden—a failed attempt by the allies in the latter stages of WWII to end the war quickly by securing three bridges in Holland allowing access over the Rhine into Germany. A combination of poor allied intelligence and the presence of two crack German panzer divisions meant that the final part of this operation (the bridge in Arnhem over the Rhine) was doomed to failure.
A misfit group of World War II American soldiers goes AWOL to rob a bank behind German lines.
In New York, armed men hijack a subway car and demand a ransom for the passengers. Even if it's paid, how could they get away?
