In 1944, in France, the rogue American soldiers Lieutenant Robert Yeager, Private Fred Canfield, the murderer Tony, the thief Nick, and the coward Berle are transported to a military prison. However, the convoy is attacked by the Germans and they survive and flee with the intention of crossing the border to Switzerland. Along their journey, they fight a German platoon and capture Adolf Sachs who offers to guide them to the Swiss border. When they meet a German unit, they kill them but discover that they actually were an American commando unit on a mission headed by Colonel Buckner to steal a German V2 warhead. Lt. Yeager, Fred, Tony, and Nick offer to risk their lives to accomplish the mission.