An Evening of Generals - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: In Klink's office, the lower corner of the poster Hogan holds up alternates between being over the right side of his chest, to being tucked under, and back.
An Evening of Generals - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: In the barracks, after Hogan asks Newkirk about volunteering, the coffee cup Newkirk has is held with his left hand fingers in the handle. After the angle cut, the cup is in his hand with the handle toward the camera.
An Evening of Generals - S3-E13
Revealing mistake: The silver rack with bowls starts moving a second before the rocking explosion.
An Evening of Generals - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: As Klink is listening to Burkhalter, he is gesturing with a blue pencil. A second later, it's yellow.
An Evening of Generals - S3-E13
Continuity mistake: As Klink is listening to Burkhalter, his right hand is on the desk. A second later, it's at the top of his chest with his left, holding a pencil.
Answer: The core POWs regularly escaped the prison camp but they made it their mission to conduct espionage and commit sabotage in the surrounding German territory. They also collaborated with different underground resistance groups and used a network of secret tunnels to help prisoners from other POW camps to escape, who then relayed vital information back to the Allied forces. Hogan and his men maintained the illusion that Stalag 13 had never had any prisoners escape in order to avoid their covert operations being shut down. Being that the prison camp is set in Germany during WWII, there were no American embassies.
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Hogan has mentioned to different characters that they are actually stationed at Stalag 13 to help allied soldiers and prisoners from other Stalags to escape Germany.