Minefields are based on real historical events. 1945 In May, after the defeat of Germany, a large number of German soldiers fighting in Denmark became prisoners of war.
In World War II, Denmark was occupied by Germany for a long time. In order to prevent allied forces from landing on the west coast of Denmark, the Germans laid more than 2.2 million mines there.
After the war, how to clean up so many potential threats became a difficult problem.
The Danish government asked German prisoners of war to clean up the long coastline by hand according to the mine distribution map.
As we all know, the cost of mine laying is low, but it is extremely difficult to clean up. According to the formal steps, it is a qualified process to go through three steps: mine clearance, explosive disposal and battlefield area cleaning.
According to the records, 6,543.8+500,000 mines on the Danish coastline were cleared by more than 2,000 German prisoners of war. They didn't have any detection equipment, and more than half of the prisoners were killed or injured, many of them teenagers.
I was also impressed by the beginning of Minefield. There are only subtitles at the beginning of the film: 1945. In May this year, Germany ended its five-year occupation of Denmark. There is no music, just accompanied by one heavy breathing.
The first picture is like this: Carl, the Danish master sergeant wearing a red beret, is sitting in a jeep, watching a long line of German prisoners of war rush past him, ready to be escorted to mine clearance.
Suddenly, Carl saw a prisoner with a Danish flag. He jumped out of the car, took the national flag and knocked down the prisoner angrily. "This is not your national flag! Get out of here! This is my country! You are not welcome here! This is your fault! "
The film did not explain Carl's background during the German occupation of Denmark.
1940, Denmark's territory was similar to that of Switzerland, but its army was much less. There are less than 15000 troops in the whole country, and they are scattered all over the country, and the assembly has not been completed.
Denmark could have assembled troops, and the Danish government received exact information five days before the German invasion. But Denmark thinks it is of little use to assemble troops. On the contrary, it might invade Germany in the name of hostility, so the government did not take any action, neither mobilized the war nor put the army on the defensive.
In this case, the Danish people went to sleep on the night of April 8, and woke up the next day to find that the country had been occupied by Germany, because it took only four hours for the Germans to occupy Denmark.
The specific process is as follows:
The Germans attacked Denmark at 4 o'clock on April 9, 1940/KLOC-0. It is more appropriate to attack than March.
The Germans advanced in many ways and basically encountered no resistance. The road to Copenhagen, the capital, easily occupied the Rome Bridge in Dauster and the port of Copenhagen by land and water.
63 minutes after the German action, the 198 infantry division had landed in Copenhagen and occupied the Danish Army Command without firing a shot.
The fiercest resistance took place in Hazeru, a small town in southern jutland. There are over 400 Danish soldiers here. At 7: 50, they broke out with the Germans, wounded a German tank and killed two soldiers themselves.
The reason for the defenders' resistance is that the Danish royal family and government have surrendered, but the orders have not yet been given to the troops.
When the Germans approached the Danish palace, they gave Denmark a limited ultimatum: if they didn't surrender immediately, they would bomb areas including Copenhagen.
The Danish government made a trade-off and quickly decided to surrender in order to avoid casualties. At 8: 34, Denmark announced its surrender.
The exchange of fire in Ha Zeiler Wu lasted 10 minutes, and the defenders finally received the order to surrender and stopped fighting. In the process, the Germans also killed several people, another garrison soldier was killed and three citizens were killed in the crossfire.
During the occupation, many Danish resistance organizations were active underground and helped Danish Jews to travel to Sweden. In order to resist the Soviet Union, Denmark also has Danish volunteers to cooperate with the German army.
Germany's occupation of Denmark is mainly economic. It has been supplying ham, meat products and dairy products to Germany for a long time and is an important supplier of the Third Reich.
Denmark is not always as weak as it was in World War II. Now all the countries in northern Europe have been ruled by Denmark at different times.
From the 8th century to the10th century, the ancestors of the Danes were part of the famous Vikings. They once conquered England, Ireland and France, and their influence once extended eastward to Estonia.
/kloc-At the end of 0/4, the history of the main federation of Scandinavia was broken, and Sweden began to seek independence. 1523, Stockholm was captured and Sweden gained independence.
Since then, Denmark has launched two wars against Sweden: the Seven-year War in the North and the Karma War, but they failed to reconquer Sweden.
16 18-1648 The thirty years' war led to the great decline of Danish national strength. Denmark was defeated in the war, Sweden rose, once invaded jutland and killed Denmark. Denmark's military strength declined, and its population plummeted by 20%, so it had to cede land to Sweden for compensation. The former regional leaders are no longer in the limelight.
During the Napoleonic Wars, Copenhagen, Denmark was besieged by Britain, Norway also took the opportunity to gain independence, and Denmark lost its only follower.
Since then, Denmark has become a small country in the region, trying to protect itself from powerful forces.
Finally, I went back to the movie Minefield. In the film, sergeant Carl, who looks rough, appears as a grumpy image. He was cruel and even cruel to young prisoners of war and raped them in the name of justice.
With the deepening of the plot, Carl gradually changed his attitude. He realized that the war had brought pain to both sides. He began to reflect on his revenge, change his attitude and realize that life is the most precious thing.
He finally tried his best to help the surviving teenagers get rid of the shadow of death.
Minefield is a reflective film. Its scene is not thrilling, but it can make people think deeply. It embodies the macro-topic that human beings reflect on themselves and examine their living conditions.
Minefield is a good film and has won many awards internationally. Denmark, which can make such a film, should be a reflective country.