I have started a similar post some time ago about this movie:
Cross of Iron
There is only one thing to it: this is one hell of a movie. Superb acting, superb eye for detail, superb story. The book ends different, but the movie is one of the first from German perspective.... Great!
p.s. 5.56 Have you ever seen the German film "Stalingrad". This is certainly worth your time, I recommend it!