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Soviet Union invaded Poland, just as Germany had earlier. Britain declared war on Germany but made the Soviet Union an ally. The brutality of the Soviets surpassed that of the Nazis. Being an ally of the Soviet Union, Britain was complicit in their atrocities, as well as their own at Dresden and other German cities. Unfortunately only the losers are subject to war crimes trials.

I recognize the Kommandant as an actor in Tinker, Tailor, Soldier, Spy, the earlier television series.

The glider was not made of toilet paper rolls.

8:30 - This is the moment Colonel Preston stood up to the Kommandant, and here he says what I think we would all say, whoever liberates the castle, Americans or Russians, we would tell them of the execution. Americans would want revenge, on the murder of their own soldier. The Russians would use it to kill the whole Wehrmacht based at the castle. Look at the eyes of the Kommandant, he knew it.

As an American never saw the series. Very old soldiers the bane of many movies and tv shows.

The man playing captain ullman could have played Otto Skorzeny. He has that look. Great actors.

Defenders of the Third Reich!

Such superb acting here and it a joy to watch. A shame there’s only 3 I think left of the original cast.

As with almost every drama and movie about WW2, the major error is that the actors should mostly be under 24

I would like to complain about the lack of diversity in the British ranks ,and among the German soldiers

Who played Douglas Bader and the poor batman who had to carry him about and endure his bullying behaviour. 🤔

Hans Meyer is superb

Dresden was the manufacturing center for high quality optics used in war machines, as well as being the home for the Gestapo's most horrific torture chamber.

"They wouldn't bomb it for nothing...", laughter!

Ten past midnight, great novel with Colditz playing a small yet significant part

Brilliant acting from the actors playing Germans

Just in case anyone wonders if it would have flown.......... ruclips.net/video/5cTcyXKWRys/видео.html

So they built a mock up gilder for the TV series as well, I wonder where it is now?

I remember a movie about this pow camp. They successfully flew that glider/plane out of the castle. As awesome as the great escape.

I read the book. Watched the movie. I want to visit Colditz.

One salient fact missed is that the silly Germans allowed Shaw to obtain at least one book on glider-making ,if not also others on aeronautics.

Imagine being part of three iconic 70s tv series. Tinker tailor soldier spy Colditz Secret Army. Bernard Hepton.

Really great. Thank you.

Thank you.

Thank you very much for uploading all the episodes of this excelent drama.Superb acting throughout both season 1 and 2 .

Brilliant acting from Bernard Hepton.

Adding the Yanks was really superfluous. Max Dodd is a whining yankee idiot.......still gotta suck up to the US money and production arrangement.....

Great acting from Bernard Hepton.

Bernard Hepton is a superb actor, but he was exceptional in this episode.

a number of the same actors and team went onto make "Secret Army"- a great series as well

I'd forgotten just how good this series is.

I think it's more than worth pointing out to anyone watching this program that the "Colditz Glider" could and did fly! A replica was built using Goldfinch's original sketches and detailed input in 1999. The glider (which was actually nicknamed "The Colditz Cock") and it flew "perfectly". Bill Goldfinch along with about a dozen veterans who worked on the glider were in attendance and witnessed the test flight, "looking on with great pride." Now that's what I call a happy ending! :)

Bernard Heptons role as Kommandant is second to none. This episode shows the humanity that underlay the dutiful soldier with the man who is a father and husband. He was never a tyrant but also knew that genuine authority is earned through respect and impartiality.

From about 34:00 on, so incredibly moving and poignant. The grief over their son's death is palpable. Their pain could power the Sun.

Excellent subtitles, for anyone that cares about that.

The Kommandants son is KIA, like tens of millions of other sons and daughters (28 million Russian alone) and, yet only now he understands the pain and suffering the German nation has inflicted on other nations. Germany is loosing the war, the salad days are over and now a change of heart, like so many Germans. They voted with their feet in 1933, landslide victory for the National Socialist Party, now its gone pear shopped they all want out. Lest not forgot to reach his rank he must of been a very ambitious sort of fellow indeed. Also, he was the guy that approved the court martial (death) of Carrington....yet Mohn is pictured as the villain.

I’ve been and seen colddiz it is so interesting a must visit place

5:45 My wife? You mean my husband sir! 😂 nice one for the upload MW 👍😎

Wonderful television. Well worth a revisit. Superbly acted by all.

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tony shaws flight was top secrete the irony haha

Such a great shame the Glider was never found, probably broke up for firewood in post-war Colditz.

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Makes ya rethink these Krouts, maybe we shoulda left them alone & give em 50-100 years or so, maybe life would be better all blonds hair, blue eyes, doubt the Jews & Gypsies would agree

OMG, WHAT G GREAT Show/Episode!,, I LOVE That Commondant!!! I’d serve under that Nazi any day!!!! But, that Hitler guy is like alway SO mad & angry, sometimes, he can be a Real Jerk

Before he complained about Germans fleeing before the Russians, Uhlman should have been informed of what the German army did to the Russians.

What happened to Mohn? Wasn't he trapped inside the barbed wire at the end of the last episode?

Actually, Dresden had quite a number of war material factories and was a major transport hub between east and west Germany. The idea that it was a senseless attack was put out by German propaganda and later helped by the Soviets as a propaganda op against the West.

My Nanna watched this when she was my age and now I am watching it 😄

I dint want this series to end