Early in season 3, it's supposedly D-Day. The actual war with Germany ended just over a year later after D-Day. But Hogan's Heroes went on for almost FOUR more years.
Odd thing, TV shows.
yes, considering we are only seeing about 30 multi-day literal "episodes" a year.
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sharethere is a website out there that plotted the Entirety of the series... based on recurring Guest stars and many of the Real world war Milestones that they cited (state of the Russian Front, General X in City Y, Valkyrie, D Day etc)... save for 1-2 episodes None of the events of the series occur in Chronological Order...
I actually used their guide and have sorted my digital copies of the episodes, and am looking to watch the show 'in order' to see how it flows...
If the lapse of time between weekly episodes is compressed, the events could fit into the WWII chronology.
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shareThat is a very impressive Website, a gallant attempt to lay out the pieces that don't quite complete a puzzle.
shareIt doesn't make sense that the Allies could "plan" an operation like Hogan's Heroes, unless they already knew that Klink was stupid and Schultz was a slacker. They couldn't be certain that Hogan and Kinchloe would be assigned to Stalag 13.
I hadn't considered that Lt. Carter and Sgt. Carter could be two different characters played by the same actor...yes, that works...maybe they're related and don't realize it.
I thought Bastille Day (The Klink Commandos) was in July? Perhaps it was a reference to the camp being liberated soon (I don't remember the episode), although that wouldn't happen for over a year.
Also it seems that trading Hans Wagner for Klink would be a far worse offense (by Hochstetter) than dancing with LeBeau. Hochstetter volunteers for the Eastern Front after the Wagner-Klink trade.
Then your head must have exploded contemplating the timeline of MASH. That war lasted just over three years, and the show lasted eleven years. Episodes featuring LtCol Blake took place towards the end of the war (from plot references), but years later, Col Potter hosts an Olympics event to coincide with the real Olympics, which would place it in the summer of 1952.
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