Why did the Germans try to surrender to the British under a white flag?
I don't understand 2:00:15/2:56:12 of A Bridge Too Far (1977). I quote this transcript:
That's far enough! We can hear you from there.
Rather an interesting development, sir.
My general says there is no point in continuing this fighting. He is willing to discuss a surrender.
Tell him to go to hell. We haven't the proper facilities to take you all prisoner! Sorry.
What?
We'd like to, but we can't accept your surrender. Was there anything else?
The Germans won Operation Market Garden.
So the Germans wouldn't have needed to surrender. Did he intend to say a surrender by the British to the Germans?
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Why did the Germans try to surrender to the British under a white flag?
They didn't.
The British soldier is being sarcastic aand indicating that, since there is no way the British would surrender he is deliberately misunderstanding the German request and stating that he thinks it's the German's intention to surrender.
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