Neveneffecten - Second Season

May 1940, the German Blitzkrieg is advancing.

The British Expeditionary Forces are driven back to the North Sea in only 18 days.

300 000 Soldiers were hastily transferred to England.

A handful of Belgians went along with this crossing.

Belgians who will remain in England during the war.

Enlisted in the army in exile.

They are recruits, fishermen, farmers' sons.

But they want to fight.

They want to go back to the mainland to expel the German occupiers.

It is the forgotten story of four of these Belgians that we will tell you today.

Four Belgians on D-day.

We've been there for four years, in England. Four years.

They ignored us, those Englishmen.

We were just the peasants. - The peasants.

- The stupid Belgians. - The peasants.

But then, on D-day, we've shown them otherwise!

Without us, D-day would've turned out totally different.

But they still talk about it today!

About us. - About the farmers.

Yes that's true, they still talk about it today.

But I think there's no need for that.

All those things have been taken out of context.

There's a perfectly logical explanation for all of it.

Or at least reasonably logical.

The whole thing wasn't meant that way.

D-DAY

I had good men in the war. Men unlike any other.

They have all proven themselves. Whatever they say otherwise.

Damn it, those are a lot of Fritz.

- I'll get 5 of them, at least. - I'll get 10 before you even shoot.

You don't even know where the front of the rifle is.

Make sure I'm not the first one to shoot you down.

Allright men, that's a MG42 on the strong point.

We'll flank them and....

Willy please, now is not time! Concentrate!

We'll flank them, but wait on my mark. Allright?

Wait. Wait...

- Hey? What are we doing ? - Catching Hitler.

- Look there, Hitler! Look there ! - Where ?

Gerard! Hilaire! Raf! Come on!

Stop, stay there!

Hey guys, they're only shooting with paint.

I've got 2 buddy, 2-0.

- Forget it, those don't count! - How come they don't count ?

- You were cheating! - Then run a bit faster.

God damn it, that's cheating! Filthy dog!

- Look at that, Raf got one with stripes. - Damn, that's extra points.

Yes Raf, huge patriot that guy.

He absolutely wanted to fight for his country.

He even lied for it on his medical test.

But we didn't know that back then.

Out of hundreds of thousands of soldiers we, little Belgians,

were selected to jump ashore first on the beaches of Normandie.

That was the first chance to catch Hitler!

The first chance! What an honour! The first liberators of the continent!

But, then...

- We had overslept, didn't we? - Well yes, we overslept.

God damn it! Get up, get up everyone! It's 1h30! We need to go in half an hour!

Is there coffee? Without coffee I won't land.

Come on guys. Raf, did you set the alarm? It's set on 2h30!

No? 8h30.

Raf you're holding it upside down.

Oh, then it's 2h30, that's right...

How did you not see that? Can't you read or what?

Uuhm, not so well.

Come on guys, we need to be on that boat in half an hour!

Will you stop it with those annoying sounds?

Damn, I even prepared a speech. Wait a second ...

Friends, comrades in arms .....

Great courage and brotherhood ....

Rather a dead hero than a living coward...

But know that we are not alone in our battle.

After our historic first steps on the continent...

come thousand more comrades.

Friends, behold the proud soldiers of the Allied Army!

- Where is the army now? - They left already ?

No, that can't be. They were leaving at 2 o' clock they said.

- Here, 2 o' clock. - It says a.m ?

- Well yeah, After Midday. - It that After Midday ?

Gerard, a.m and p.m.

After midday and... Pefore Midday.

It says 2 a.m. That's After Midday.

That's it. They're all wrong.

Or... They left early so they can catch Hitler first!

- What !? - Damn it, the bastards!

Let's catch them god damn it !

There is not going to be a d-day without us!

We'll grab a boat and follow them! - Yes !

Willy do you want to stop with those sound stupid idiot!

Okey then. - Why did you do that!?

He could've provided the comic relief during our adventures.

Who will be uncomplicatedly funny now when it becomes boring?

We need nobody else. We're strong enough with the four of us.

- By the way, 2-1. - He doesn't count.

Only Germans count. Otherwise I shoot Raf.

Guys! Only Germans count.

Is that no perseverance?!

Getting behind because the rest was too early!

We got no appreciation for that!

Come on, continue talking in the car, get ready.

The service is at 1 o' clock.

Yes, Raf left us last week.

It's his funeral today in Ostend.

And I don't want to be late! You know what the consequences are!

Keep moving, before they get to France.

Where do I need to sail to ? Where is France located ?

- In the south, look at the compass. - Isn't it in the east?

East, south, that doesn't help me. The compass says E and F.

E stands for east and the F stand for...

...for forward. Off course.

So is it east or forward now?

Just follow the arrow, how hard can it be?

Allright, follow the arrow.

Sergeant, according to the arrow we're almost east.

Then we've arrived. Damn it, the rest will already be there.

- You see them ? - No!

I guess we did overtake them then.

Yes! Land! Raf, Hilaire, hold tight. Gerard, full power and get on that beach!

Take cover in the impact craters and behind...!

Install the bridgehead and hold it, rally point dog one. Go, go, go.

- Gerard, get down! - But, there's nobody here.

- I guess we're the first then. - No! It's certainly an ambush.

- Come on. - Gerard!

Hello!

Hello! Krauts!

- Do you see Hitler? - There is nobody here.

Come on... Where are they?

Well, we've already libarated this place.

Later, they managed to reconstruct the route we took.

And according to the average fuel consumption of a boat like that...

...and the current and the wind during that time,

...it had to be something like this.

But at that time we didn't know where we were.

So what better could we do than ask?

There...

- Soldier on a bicycle. Black uniform. - Waffen SS.

Okey men. He's going to tell us where we are.

I've got enough to get him to talk.

- Aaand 1-0 for Gerard. No? - Hold on, it's 1-2.

It's an SS, that's double points. That's double points isn't it sergeant?

- Gerard, you idiot! I needed him alive! - Why is that?

How can he tell us where we are now, you calf?!

- Oh yea ... - So he doesn't count ?

I don't care about that stupid game. I want to know where we are.

Come one, search me another one.

If he doesn't count, he doesn't count.

Honest is honest.

- Soldier on foot. Brown Uniform - Sturmabteilung.

Damn it, he has mortar grenades on him.

We wait until he has past and then we...

Well, he shot the first one.

- Little child. - Damn it!

By the way Sturmabeitlung, isn't that 5 points ?

No that's not 5 points! Now stop with that stupid game!

Take it easy boy, take it easy.

There's a whole army between us and Berlin. The next one will also be able to talk.

The next one who shoots one gets minus 500. And I'm not kidding.

- Can he just choose it like that? - He's boss Gerard.

- Soldier on guard. Blue uniform. - Luftwaffe.

Stay there! Stay there!

Put down those rifles, I'm serious.

Speak up, where are we?

There, minus 500 for Gerard.

Damn it that's cheating! Filthy dog!

We're at war now aren't we.

Now it's enough! If you shoot one more, it's minus 1000 points,

I shoot both of you myself, and I get 500 million points for each.

He can't stand losing can he?

Speak up "Scheinehund". Where are we?

You can understand me! Where are we?

- What did he say? - He says we're in Bretagne.

Hey, ask how far away we are from Hitler.

Yes, well he says we're in the middle of hostile territory.

And that we're allowed to fire at anything military.

- That's good. - Wait, who guards the prisoner?