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"Germany, Mid-August 1916" is the ninth episode of The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles, and the third episode in season two. For home video, it was combined with "Somme, Early August 1916" to form Trenches of Hell.

It originally aired on ABC on October 5, 1992 and forms the second half of a two-part story arc in which Indiana Jones is captured and escapes German forces during World War I. A third episode, "Berlin, Late August 1916", depicting Jones's return to the front lines was considered but it ultimately wasn't produced.

The episode pairs nicely with the previous episode ("Somme, Early August 1916") as it is the continuation to both the 1916 storyline and the modern-day bookends segments (Jones' assualt, arrest and detention); as such, the two episodes aired together as Young Indiana Jones and the Great Escape internationally.

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Opening bookened[]

Having been arrested for accosting a rude donut shop clerk, the old Indiana Jones is in the lockup and annoys his fellow inmates with the story of how he escaped a German POW camp in 1916.

Germany, Mid-August 1916[]

Indy is sent to a prison camp after being captured by the German army. That same day, he joins a band of inmates in a prison break. The escape attempt fails and he is recaptured and transferred to a maximum security prison in a German castle. There he meets Charles de Gaulle, who has also been captured several times trying to escape. The two plot another prison break, after which Indy escapes and De Gaulle is recaptured.

Closing bookened[]

After an hour in detention, Jones is released to meet with his lawyer.

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In Australia, "Germany, Mid-August 1916" and "Somme, Early August 1916" were shown as a two-hour television movie entitled Young Indiana Jones and the Great Escape.

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The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Episodes
Season One:
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6
Season Two:
1 · 2 · 3 · 4 · 5 · 6 · 7 · 8 · 9 · 10
11 · 12 · 13 · 14 · 15 · 16 · 17 · 18
Unaired:
19 · 20 · 21 · 22
TV movies
Hollywood Follies · Attack of the Hawkmen
Treasure of the Peacock's Eye · Travels with Father
International variants
Great Escape · Chicago (1 · 2) · New York (1 · 2)
Related
Unproduced episodes · "Old Indy" bookends
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones re-edit (Connectors)