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HOGAN'S HEROES

"The Changeling": Original airdate, April 18, 1971 and April 25, 1971 (two parts)

An unexpected shock at Stalag 13: Arriving at the camp, in the company of General Burkhalter and a contingent of SS guards, is none other than Adolf Hitler. Burkhalter explains to Colonel Klink, more nervous and obsequious than ever, that the Fuhrer needs an unlikely place to hide for a few days to avoid an attempt on his life being plotted by some Wehrmacht generals - "and this is as unlikely a place as we could think of."

Hogan and his men, spying on Klink's office, realize that this is a golden opportunity that cannot be foregone. Le Beau and Newkirk want to assassinate Hitler, but Hogan says flatly that that would be a suicide mission. But Hogan decides on an even more audacious plan - to abduct Hitler and take him back to England.

Much of the first of the two-part episode is consumed with the elaborate arrangements Hogan and his men must make to carry out their plan - this calls for every ounce of each of their skills. Nonetheless, they are very nearly caught at the end of part 1.

In part 2, they successfully seize Hitler during the night, chloroforming him and bundling him into a sack, and then taking him into the tunnels. They take Hitler to their underground contacts, who successfully bundle him off to a submarine and then to England - when Hitler awakens, he is shocked to be face to face with Churchill and a roomful of British soldiers with guns pointed at him. They also take Burkhalter, realizing they can't leave him behind, and take out the SS guards, replacing them with the Heroes. Carter then gets into Hitler's bed, disguised one more time as Hitler. He awakens Klink, telling him in mock-Hitler outrage that he has arrested Burkhalter and demanding to be taken back to Berlin immediately, along with his guards (aka Hogan's men). They travel to Berlin, where Carter as Hitler gets on the radio and immediately declares Germany's unconditional surrender, ordering all German units to stop fighting.

Back at the Stalag, Klink, hearing the broadcast, muses, "I can't believe the Fuhrer gave up so easily."
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