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* MagnificentBastard: Oberst Kurt Steiner is a German paratrooper commando with a prestigious war record before he and his men are condemned for trying to rescue a Jewish woman facing deportation. Steiner agrees to lead a mission organized by the Abwehr to assassinate UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill in exchange for a full pardon. Steiner and his soldiers expertly infiltrate the small English town Churchill is scheduled to pass through by [[DressingAsTheEnemy posing as a Polish unit]], only being discovered when one of his men is killed while trying to save a little girl, exposing his German uniform underneath his Polish one. All of Steiner's men are killed to secure his escape, allowing him to infiltrate the American Army base undetected and [[spoiler:assassinate Churchill, only for it to be revealed that Steiner really killed a BodyDouble with the real Churchill safely at the Tehran Conference.]]
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* MagnificentBastard: Oberst Kurt Steiner is a German paratrooper commando with a prestigious war record before he and his men are condemned for trying to rescue a Jewish woman facing deportation. Steiner agrees to lead a mission organized by the Abwehr to assassinate UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill in exchange for a full pardon. Steiner and his soldiers expertly infiltrate the small English town Churchill is scheduled to pass through by [[DressingAsTheEnemy posing as a Polish unit]], only being discovered when one of his men is killed while trying to save a little girl, exposing his German uniform underneath his Polish one. All of Steiner's men are killed to secure his escape, allowing him to infiltrate the American U.S. Army base undetected and [[spoiler:assassinate Churchill, only for it to be revealed that Steiner really killed a BodyDouble with the real Churchill safely at the Tehran Conference.]]
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* IronWoobie: Steiner and his BadassCrew of fellow paratroopers can be considered this. Despite serving a criminal regime that happens to be UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, they are in fact [[TokenGoodTeammate decent people]]. They are all under suspended sentence of death after [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished trying to help a Jewish girl to escape the Holocaust]] and are forced to go on a mission to kidnap UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill as the only way to restore their reputation. Throughout the book and film adaptation, the German paratroopers never once show a [[KickTheDog negative aspect]] during their mission and only show [[PetTheDog positive aspects]] [[spoiler: up to their tragic ends]] (one paratrooper named Werner disguised as a "Cpl. Kuniski" has a [[PluckyComicRelief playful sense of humor]] [[AffablyEvil even towards]] the HeroAntagonist [[TheNeidermeyer Col. Pitts]], another named Sgt. Altmann shows his HiddenDepths as being a WickedCultured pianist when he show off his talent to get the attention and appreciation of the village's vicar [[spoiler: and as a last performance in the face of death at the hands of the Allies]] and last, but most importantly, [[spoiler: one of the paratroopers sacrificed his team's cover by performing a HeroicSacrifice to rescue a little girl from a water wheel, to which the mother bittersweetly thanked Steiner for saving her daughter's life even after the cover has been blown]]). Despite these positive traits, they are still treated by the villagers, especially the vicar, as "[[AcceptableTargets the bad guys]]," after [[spoiler: blowing their cover]], which is understandable as their governments are at war. [[spoiler: Their deaths are made sadder when it is revealed Churchill was never present at the village and this effort all along was a ShaggyDogStory, even though it was the paratroopers' only chance to redeem their image and escape court martial. Worse, when they all die, they die with their memories demonized in the eyes of the Allies as the usual cliche Nazi villains despite never once have KickTheDog]].
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* IronWoobie: Steiner and his BadassCrew of fellow paratroopers can be considered this. Despite serving a criminal regime that happens to be UsefulNotes/NaziGermany, they are in fact [[TokenGoodTeammate decent people]]. They are all under suspended sentence of death after [[NoGoodDeedGoesUnpunished trying to help a Jewish girl to escape the Holocaust]] and are forced to go on a mission to kidnap UsefulNotes/WinstonChurchill as the only way to restore their reputation. Throughout the book and film adaptation, the German paratroopers never once show a [[KickTheDog negative aspect]] during their mission and only show [[PetTheDog positive aspects]] [[spoiler: up to their tragic ends]] (one paratrooper named Werner disguised as a "Cpl. Kuniski" has a [[PluckyComicRelief playful sense of humor]] [[AffablyEvil even towards]] the HeroAntagonist [[TheNeidermeyer Col. Pitts]], another named Sgt. Altmann shows his HiddenDepths as being a WickedCultured pianist when he show off his talent to get the attention and appreciation of the village's vicar [[spoiler: and as a last performance in the face of death at the hands of the Allies]] and last, but most importantly, [[spoiler: one of the paratroopers sacrificed his team's cover by performing a HeroicSacrifice to rescue a little girl from a water wheel, to which the mother bittersweetly thanked Steiner for saving her daughter's life even after the cover has been blown]]). Despite these positive traits, they are still treated by the villagers, especially the vicar, as "[[AcceptableTargets the "the bad guys]]," guys," after [[spoiler: blowing their cover]], which is understandable as their governments are at war. [[spoiler: Their deaths are made sadder when it is revealed Churchill was never present at the village and this effort all along was a ShaggyDogStory, even though it was the paratroopers' only chance to redeem their image and escape court martial. Worse, when they all die, they die with their memories demonized in the eyes of the Allies as the usual cliche Nazi villains despite never once have KickTheDog]].
