Captain Edward Banks (Andrew Howard) and Corporal Powell (Neil Newbon), both SOE undercover British Intelligence officers, are given command of a small unit dubbed "Matchbox".

The objective of Matchbox is to retrieve Dutch gold and art treasures plundered by the Nazis, concealed within an underground bunker rigged with traps.

Matchbox's mission is disrupted as they are downed before reaching their drop zone after facing hostile fire from German forces, which results in casualties.

Renegade German forces led by Lieutenant Jergen Voller (Alexander Skarsgård) who is Kessler's brother, alongside Corporal Dieter Max (David Ginola) and Sergeant Hans Beck (Karel Roden), also attempt to retrieve the Dutch gold and art treasures.

Dutch resistance fighters Benitta (Lucy Gaskell) and Saskia (Coral Beed) locate the stolen loot beneath their farm and upon finding that it is about to transported to Berlin by Kessler, inform the British Intelligence.