The Sherwood Foresters

Italy 1944 - a group of friends from a Derbyshire village travel halfway across the world to fight a distant war - from the landings at Salerno to the march on Rome the young men of the 5th battalion, Sherwood foresters battle their way through the enemy lines to Germany's final defense. Overstretched and understrength they hold a small strip of land against the might of Germany.