The plan to photograph the plans for the German invasion of Great Britain goes bad when Edith puts the smoke bomb in the wrong chimney of the chandacirc;teau, and Renandeacute; and LeClerc are forced to blow up the safe in another kind of chaos than they had originally planned.
During the escape, Renandeacute; and LeClerc are captured by the Communist Randeacute;sistance.
Helga is ordered by the Colonel to be Lieutenant Gruberandacute;s best friend, but during their not-so-romantic tandecirc;te-andagrave;-tandecirc;te, Edith and the servant girls steal the Lieutenantandacute;s little tank to try and rescue Renandeacute;.
In this spoof of World War II, Renandeacute; Artois runs a cafandeacute; in German-occupied France. He always seems to have his hands full: He's having affairs with most of his waitresses, he's keeping his wife happy, he's trying to please the German soldiers who frequent his cafandeacute;, and he's running a major underground operation for the Resistance.