The Great Escape
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:31:01
I have to point out
one thing to you, Roger.

:31:04
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.
:31:14
Look, sir, you talk about
the high command of the Luftwaffe,

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then the SS and the Gestapo.
:31:19
To me they're the same.
We're fighting the bloody lot.

:31:23
There's only one way to put it, sir.
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They are the common enemies of
everyone who believes in freedom.

:31:29
If they didn't approve of Hitler,
why didn't they throw him out?

:31:32
I have no argument with you, Roger.
:31:34
As senior officer, I'm merely
pointing out a pertinent fact.

:31:42
When are you calling a meeting, X?
:31:52
Tonight.
:32:05
Gentlemen, no doubt you've heard the
immortal words of our new commandant.

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"Devote your energies
to things other than escape

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and sit out the war
as comfortably as possible."

:32:17
Well, that's exactly
what we're going to do.

:32:20
We're going to devote our energies
to sports and gardening,

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all the cultural pursuits
as far as they're concerned.

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In fact, we're going to
put the goons to sleep.

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Meanwhile, we dig.
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Now, even a superficial look
at the compound

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shows us that huts 104 and 5
are closest to the woods.

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The first tunnel goes out from 105,
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directly east
under the cooler and the wire.

:32:46
But that's over 300 feet, Roger.
:32:48
- Did you make a survey, Dennis?
- Only a temporary one, sir.

:32:51
- I make it just over 335 feet.
- Tell me when you've got an exact one.

:32:55
Willie, this time we'll dig straight down
30 feet before we go horizontal.

:32:59
That'll rule out any question
of sound detection or probing.


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