Efforts to aid a Nazi general's assassination plan hit a snag when Schultz unknowingly activates a time bomb meant for the Führer.Efforts to aid a Nazi general's assassination plan hit a snag when Schultz unknowingly activates a time bomb meant for the Führer.Efforts to aid a Nazi general's assassination plan hit a snag when Schultz unknowingly activates a time bomb meant for the Führer.
- Gen. Stauffen
- (as Oscar Beregi)
- Guard
- (as Peter Hellmann)
- Prisoner of War
- (uncredited)
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- TriviaThis story is based upon the real 1944 Hitler assassination attempt. In July 1944, Colonel Claus Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg carried a briefcase loaded with explosives into a staff meeting. The bomb went off, but Hitler was only injured because the heavy oak conference table shielded him from the blast. Von Stauffenberg was quickly arrested and then executed.
- GoofsWhen the briefcase is latched, the bomb is armed to detonate. After Schultz accidentally latches it, Hogan unlatches it just in time - but in the next shot, the briefcase is latched again.
- Quotes
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Now, men, I have a very important announcement to make.
Cpl. Peter Newkirk: [jeering] Hey, they're gonna surrender.
Cpl. Louis LeBeau: Smart move!
Sgt. Andrew Carter: [playing along further down the line] Hey, the Krauts are gonna surrender.
POW #2: Who told you?
Sgt. Andrew Carter: I just heard it.
POW #2: [as some of the prisoners begin to cheer and applaud] Hey, the Krauts are surrenderin'.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Colonel Hogan, control your men.
Col. Robert E. Hogan: Aw, I can't, sir. The news of your surrendering is...
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Who said anything about a surrender?
Col. Robert E. Hogan: You did, sir.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: When?
Col. Robert E. Hogan: Just now. You used the word yourself.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Only to deny it!
Col. Robert E. Hogan: Well, it had to start somewhere.
Col. Wilhelm Klink: Silence!
Col. Robert E. Hogan: Okay, men! The surrender's off!
[the men vocalize their disappointment]
The issue of the briefcase can be used as a teaching tool about the attempted assassination of 20 July 1944 by some of Hitler's own senior staff using a briefcase with a bomb inside.
The dialogue about the best minds in Germany working now to assassinate Hitler when they were the ones who put him in power in the first place is very telling.
Teaching about war is vital. From a useful historical take on the war this episode is one of the best.
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- Dec 26, 2021