I can picture that scene without even trying. I must have seen that movie 10 times. “Patton” at least 15 times.
That is one of the great things about The Longest Day, the Germans weren’t just these blood thirsty madman like they are usually portrayed. They were just as scared out of their wits as the Allies storming the beaches, and knew they were screwed.
Like the scene with Richard Burton, when he pointed out that the dead German soldier there next to him had put his boots on the wrong feet.