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Lt. Boyden:
Colonel Harker, Sir. Major Craig and Captain Bergman reporting. Colonel Harker:
Oh thank you Boyden. Bergman. Hello Craig, good of you to come. I'll get right to it. Sometime ago you submitted a plan to Staff outlining a proposed raid on the German fuel bunkers at Tobruk. Major Craig:
In its infinite wisdom, Staff turned my plan down. Colonel Harker:
Things do have a way of changing though don't they Major. Rommel is 90 miles from Suez. Every shell, every gallon of petrol he gets has to come 300 miles from Tobruk. The RAF is doing its best, but still too much is getting through. So we're going to have a go at Rommel's source of supply. Major Craig:
laughing Colonel Harker:
Did I say something to uh, provoke humor? Major Craig:
Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight. Colonel Harker:
Would you care to expand on that? Major Craig:
When I submitted the plan we could have blown up their fuel bunkers with a handful of men. How in hell are we supposed to get through their defenses now? Colonel Harker:
Drive through Major. Disguised as prisoners of war, guarded by Captain Bergman's personal Afrika Korps. The plan will still basically be yours, except now it will be maximum effort land, sea and air. Major Craig:
Colonel, can you direct me to the nearest bus stop?
Colonel Harker, Sir. Major Craig and Captain Bergman reporting. Colonel Harker:
Oh thank you Boyden. Bergman. Hello Craig, good of you to come. I'll get right to it. Sometime ago you submitted a plan to Staff outlining a proposed raid on the German fuel bunkers at Tobruk. Major Craig:
In its infinite wisdom, Staff turned my plan down. Colonel Harker:
Things do have a way of changing though don't they Major. Rommel is 90 miles from Suez. Every shell, every gallon of petrol he gets has to come 300 miles from Tobruk. The RAF is doing its best, but still too much is getting through. So we're going to have a go at Rommel's source of supply. Major Craig:
laughing Colonel Harker:
Did I say something to uh, provoke humor? Major Craig:
Staff has a genius for sitting on its brains and coming up with perfect hindsight. Colonel Harker:
Would you care to expand on that? Major Craig:
When I submitted the plan we could have blown up their fuel bunkers with a handful of men. How in hell are we supposed to get through their defenses now? Colonel Harker:
Drive through Major. Disguised as prisoners of war, guarded by Captain Bergman's personal Afrika Korps. The plan will still basically be yours, except now it will be maximum effort land, sea and air. Major Craig:
Colonel, can you direct me to the nearest bus stop?
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Colonel Harker you went to an awful lot of trouble to
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shanghai me in on this mission
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If you're not going to follow my advise what the hell am I doing here
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You can't take heavy transport through that without mine detector
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Why are you telling me You brought me along to tell you
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All right Major tell me
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Thank you sir
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Bring up the half track
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This time of the year the wind is from the south
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It blows for months at a time forming a
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Movie Summary
A Canadian POW major is rescued by a special British military unit made up of Germans to help lead an attack on a major Nazi fuel depot in Tobruk, Libya.
