A by-the-book Captain is ordered to capture a strategic village in Italy. The Italian soldiers are willing to surrender, if they can have a festival first. The lieutenant convinces the Captain this is the only way. Because of aerial reconnaissance, they must look like they are fighting. To sort this out an intelligence officer is sent in. Meanwhile the festival gets complicated with the Mayors daughter.
Petty con artists Slicker Smith and Herbie Brown mistakenly join the Army evading the cops. The cop chasing them winds up as their drill instructor. A rich young man and his former working class chauffeur are not only in the same unit, they're vying for a pretty girl who seems attracted to both.
Sergeant Grimshawe wants to retire in the flush of success by winning the Star Squad prize with his very last platoon of newly called-up National Servicemen. But a motley bunch they turn out to be, and it's up to Grimshawe to put the no-hopers through their paces.
The working-class Smiths change their initially sunny views on World War I after the five boys of the family witness the harsh reality of trench warfare.
Nazi işgali altındaki Fransa üzerindeki bir keşif görevinde, pilot David Holden bir B-17 bombacısı ile birlikte vurulur. Bunun ardından Holden bir havaalanının yakınına inmek zorunda kalır ve burada Almanların ABD işaretli uçağa, Mihver Devletlerin savaşı kazanmasına yardımcı olabilecek, şehri yok edebilecek bir süper bomba yüklediğini öğrenir. Holden, yakalanan mürettebatı kurtarmak ve kıyamet planını durdurmak için arama devriyelerinden ve intikamcı bir Nazi askerinden kaçmalıdır.