Fury

In the final weeks of the war, a battle-hardened tank commander and his weary crew push deep into Germany with a green replacement gunner aboard their Sherman tank named Fury. They face increasingly desperate and fanatical German resistance, including Hitler Youth conscripts and superior enemy armor. The film culminates in a last stand against overwhelming odds.

By spring 1945 Allied forces were advancing rapidly into Germany against a collapsing but still dangerous Wehrmacht, including hastily conscripted teenagers and elderly militia in the Volkssturm. American Sherman tanks were technologically outmatched by German Tiger tanks, a disparity central to the film's depiction of armored combat.

The characters and central battle are fictional, though the film is praised for its accurate depiction of tank mechanics, crew dynamics, and the technological gap between American and German armor.

Directed by David Ayer

Cast: Brad Pitt, Shia LaBeouf, Logan Lerman, Michael Peña, Jon Bernthal

Positioned at April 1945 within the Final months, 1945 phase of the war, as part of the Western Allied invasion of Germany. This is entry 139 of 150 in the chronological archive.

• tank warfare
• Sherman tank
• Germany 1945
• armored combat
• end of war

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