How Did One American Soldier Turn His Execution Into a German Disaster?

In January 1945, during the final phase of the Battle of the Bulge, First Sergeant Leonard Funk walked into a snowy farmyard in Belgium and found himself surrounded by nearly 90 armed German soldiers. His own men were already captured. A German officer shoved a weapon into him and demanded surrender. Funk did something no one expected. He laughed. This WARFRONT FILES documentary tells the true story of Leonard Funk, the American paratrooper whose split-second decision at Holtzheim turned an impossible situation into one of the most remarkable Medal of Honor actions of World War II. From Normandy to Operation Market Garden, from the Battle of the Bulge to a frozen Belgian farmyard, this is the story of a soldier who kept thinking when everyone else might have frozen. Subscribe to WARFRONT FILES for true World War II stories told through careful research and real documentary storytelling.