The Great Escape
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Too many lives are at stake.
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What my personal feelings are
is of no importance.

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You appointed me Big X,
and it's my duty to harass,

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confound and confuse the enemy
to the best of my ability.

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- That's true.
- That's what I intend to do.

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I'm gonna cause such a terrible stink
in this Third Reich of theirs

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that thousands of troops'll be
tied up here looking after us.

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How?
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By putting more men out of this
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perfect camp of theirs
than have ever escaped before.

:30:35
Not two or three or a dozen, but 200, 300.
Scatter them all over Germany.

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- Think that's possible?
- The men are here to do it.

:30:42
The goons have put every escape artist
in Germany here. You said so yourself.

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Have you thought of what it might cost?
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I've thought of the humiliation
if we just tamely submit,

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knuckle under and crawl.
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Surely you don't advocate that,
do you, sir?

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I have to point out
one thing to you, Roger.

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No matter how unsatisfactory
this camp may be,

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the high command have left us
in the hands of the Luftwaffe,

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not the Gestapo and the SS.
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Look, sir, you talk about
the high command of the Luftwaffe,

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then the SS and the Gestapo.
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To me they're the same.
We're fighting the bloody lot.

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There's only one way to put it, sir.
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They are the common enemies of
everyone who believes in freedom.

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If they didn't approve of Hitler,
why didn't they throw him out?

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I have no argument with you, Roger.
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As senior officer, I'm merely
pointing out a pertinent fact.

:31:42
When are you calling a meeting, X?
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Tonight.

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