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** While Miller and Mallory are at the supply depot, both Lescovar and a German soldier speak to them in German which is not translated.

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** While Miller and Mallory are at the supply depot, both depot.
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Lescovar and a German soldier speak to them in German which is not translated.translated.
*** A German guard speaks to Colonel Barnesby and other German soldiers in German without translation.

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** During the airdrop, TheMole Nicolai talks to the approaching Nazi bomber pilot in untranslated German.

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** During the airdrop, TheMole Nicolai Lescovar talks to the approaching Nazi bomber pilot in untranslated German.German.
** While Miller and Mallory are at the supply depot, both Lescovar and a German soldier speak to them in German which is not translated.
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** During the airdrop, TheMole Nicolai talks to the approaching Nazi bomber pilot in untranslated German.
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* RealityHasNoSubtitles: * ''Film/ForceTenFromNavarone''
** The Yugoslav characters speak to each other in Serbian. For example, Captain Drazak and a young boy talk to each other without any translation for the audience.
** The German guards on the bridge talk to each other in untranslated German in several scenes.
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** In the novel, Mallory locks up some of the villains but [[AllAccordingToPlan leaves the key so they can escape]]. When he wants them out of the way, he fails to leave the key the next time he does this. Turns out he DidNotThinkThisThrough and anticipate that the Germans might have their own key.

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** In the novel, Mallory locks up some of the villains antagonists but [[AllAccordingToPlan leaves the key so they can escape]]. When he wants them out of the way, he fails to leave the key the next time he does this. Turns out he DidNotThinkThisThrough and anticipate that the Germans they might have their own key.
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* HereWeGoAgain: In the novel after our heroes GotVolunteered for the mission on Navarone, then this one, they look forward to finally getting some leave. Their commander then says that as it happens, there is one more urgent mission that has just come up...


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** In the novel, Mallory locks up some of the villains but [[AllAccordingToPlan leaves the key so they can escape]]. When he wants them out of the way, he fails to leave the key the next time he does this. Turns out he DidNotThinkThisThrough and anticipate that the Germans might have their own key.

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* TanksButNoTanks: In the film, the German tanks are portrayed by Soviet T-34s. While Germany did capture and use them, the film shows the 85mm gunned version, which was not in service when the film took place. (Very few of the 76mm gunned T-34's survived the war.)
** Though that doesn't explain why the Panzer crews are wearing Soviet style tanker helmets...

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* TanksButNoTanks: In the film, the German tanks are portrayed by Soviet T-34s. While Germany did capture and use them, the film shows the 85mm gunned version, which was not in service when the film took place. (Very few of the 76mm gunned T-34's survived the war.)
** Though that doesn't explain why
) Likewise the Panzer crews are wearing Soviet style tanker helmets...helmets.

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* BlackMarket: When captured by the Germans, the Force Ten team claim to be black marketers, and that Miller's suitcase contained stolen penicillin that Weaver had diverted from Army stores for their own use.

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* BlackMarket: When captured by the Germans, the Force Ten team claim to be black marketers, and that Miller's suitcase contained stolen penicillin that Weaver had diverted from Army stores for their own use. Unfortunately the German officer hasn't heard of penicillin, so he takes some convincing.


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* BriarPatching: When a German officer demands to look inside Miller's suitcase, Mallory tells Miller to go ahead and open it. It will ruin their supply of penicillin worth a black market fortune, but he's surely not interested in all that...

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** Barnsby and Mallory kill two Chetnik soldiers who were tracking them, but are later informed that they were actually Partisan spies who had infiltrated the Chetnik camp. Whoops.

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** Barnsby and Mallory kill two Chetnik soldiers who were tracking them, but are later informed that they were actually Partisan spies who had infiltrated the Chetnik camp. Whoops. Turns out they did a KillAndReplace on the two men, who kept their [[FacialHorror faces masked due to flamethrower burns]].
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** Except this is a HistoricalVillainUpgrade. The Chetniks did fight the Germans, but as the latter used DisproportionateRetribution for any attack, preferred to conserve their strength until an allied invasion. As a result they ended up fighting the Partisans more, over who would control post-war Yugoslavia. [[WrittenByTheWinners As the communist Partisans won, they were able to portray this as treason]].
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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Some {{fanservice}}, as we see Maritza in a bathtub.

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* ToplessnessFromTheBack: Some {{fanservice}}, as we see Maritza in a bathtub. There's even a brief shot of her breasts as she gets out.
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* TheBigGuy: Drazak, literally, as he's played by Richard Kiel.

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* TheBigGuy: Drazak, literally, as he's played by Richard Kiel.Creator/RichardKiel.
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''Force 10 from Navarone'' is [=MacLean=]'s only sequel work, written as a follow-up to the film adaptation of ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'' rather than to the original novel.

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''Force 10 from Navarone'' is Notable as [=MacLean=]'s only sequel work, written as a follow-up to the film adaptation of ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'' rather than to the original novel.



!!''Trope Ten from Navarone'':

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''Force Ten From Navarone'' is [=MacLean=]'s only sequel work, written as a follow-on to the film adaptation of ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'' rather than to the original novel.

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''Force Ten From 10 from Navarone'' is [=MacLean=]'s only sequel work, written as a follow-on follow-up to the film adaptation of ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'' rather than to the original novel.
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''Force Ten from Navarone'' is a 1968 novel by Creator/AlistairMacLean, and [[TheFilmOfTheBook a 1978 film adaptation]] starring Robert Shaw, Creator/HarrisonFord and Edward Fox. The events depicted take place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but are [[HistoricalFiction entirely fictional]]. A small contingent of American soldiers, plus two of the British soldiers from ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'', are sent to Yugoslavia to carry out two separate missions. The Brits aim to eliminate a known traitor masquerading as a Yugoslav Partisan, while the Americans were sent to destroy a bridge.

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''Force Ten 10 from Navarone'' is a 1968 novel by Creator/AlistairMacLean, and [[TheFilmOfTheBook a 1978 film adaptation]] starring Robert Shaw, Creator/HarrisonFord and Edward Fox. The events depicted take place during UsefulNotes/WorldWarII but are [[HistoricalFiction entirely fictional]]. A small contingent of American soldiers, plus two of the British soldiers from ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'', are sent to Yugoslavia to carry out two separate missions. The Brits aim to eliminate a known traitor masquerading as a Yugoslav Partisan, while the Americans were sent to destroy a bridge.
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* KnifeFight: In the climax Weaver gets into a knife fight with the Chetnik leader, who even [[PoliticallyIncorrectVillain mocks "blackie" for bleeding red]]. Weaver ultimately wins but is gravely injured.

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* LesCollaborateurs: The Chetniks. Echoes RealLife as they tended to willingly work with German and Italian occupation forces in Yugoslavia.



* LesCollaborateurs: The Chetniks. Echoes RealLife as they tended to willingly work with German and Italian occupation forces in Yugoslavia.
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** Barnsby and Mallory kill two Chetnik soldier who were tracking them, but are later informed that they were actually Partisan spies who had infiltrated the Chetnik camp. Whoops.

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** Barnsby and Mallory kill two Chetnik soldier soldiers who were tracking them, but are later informed that they were actually Partisan spies who had infiltrated the Chetnik camp. Whoops.
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* DressingAsTheEnemy: The main characters are all either spies or guerilla fighters operating in occupied territory, so you betcha:
** Barnsby and Mallory kill two Chetnik soldier who were tracking them, but are later informed that they were actually Partisan spies who had infiltrated the Chetnik camp. Whoops.
** Force Ten uses the same tactic with dressing two Partisan soldiers as Chetniks when they raid their base later on to retrieve several prisoners.
** And again when they infiltrate a German base to steal the explosives they need to blow up the dam, they pose as Wehrmacht soldiers.


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* FlippingTheBird: When Force Ten infiltrate a German base to steal explosives by posing as Wehrmacht soldiers, one of them is accosted by a German soldier. Since he doesn't actually speak German, he compromises by giving him the finger instead.


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* PlayingPossum: When they notice that they're being followed by two Chetnik soldiers, Mallory shoots his gun in the air and plays dead so they will get close enough that Barnsby can shoot them.
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* KidsAreCruel: There's a young boy in the [[LesCollaborateurs Chetnik]] camp who alwys laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.

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* KidsAreCruel: There's a young boy in the [[LesCollaborateurs Chetnik]] camp who alwys always laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.
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* KidsAreCruel: There's a young boy in the Chetnik camp who alwys laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.

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* KidsAreCruel: There's a young boy in the Chetnik [[LesCollaborateurs Chetnik]] camp who alwys laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.
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* KidsAreCruel: There's a young boy in the Chetnik camp who alwys laughs at captured enemy soldiers being taken away to be tortured by the Germans.
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* PoliticallyIncorrectVillain: Aside from the Nazis themselves (though they seem to be more regular German forces), the boisterous Chetnik leader touches Weaver's face to see if his black skin leaves stains. [[spoiler:Since he's pretending to be a Partisan at the time, this is a hint that he's actually a Nazi collaborator.]]
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** Brown in the novel. Since he dies in the film version of ''TheGunsOfNavarone'', and [=MacLean=] wrote ''Force 10'' to more closely follow the film, Brown is MIA.

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** Brown in the novel. Since he dies in the film version of ''TheGunsOfNavarone'', ''Literature/TheGunsOfNavarone'', and [=MacLean=] wrote ''Force 10'' to more closely follow the film, Brown is MIA.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Gregory Peck and David Niven do not reprise their roles from the first movie (Possibly because Force 10 was made seventeen years after Guns, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Robert Shaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.
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* HereWeGoAgain: Having complained loudly about being sent straight from Navarone to Yugoslavia, our heroes are ''finally'' looking forward to some leave, when their commander says that another little job has just come up...

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* FireForgedFriends: Miller and Mallory could barely tolerate each other in the previous movie, but act like close friends in this one.



* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Upon realizing that [[spoiler:they had failed to plant the charges needed to destroy the dam - and with it the bridge - before the Nazis began their dawn offensive]], Barnsby and Mallory set the timer on the bomb for thirty seconds, shake hands, and casually stroll away. [[spoiler: Fortunately for them, the blast wasn't as big as they expected - Miller wasn't able to make a dam-destroying bomb with the materials he had, so he instead built a bomb that would weaken its structure enough that the millions of tons of water it was holding back could finish the job.]]

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* ItHasBeenAnHonor: Upon realizing that [[spoiler:they had failed to plant the charges needed to destroy the dam - and with it the bridge - before the Nazis began their dawn offensive]], Barnsby and Mallory set the timer on the bomb for thirty twenty seconds, shake hands, and casually stroll away. [[spoiler: Fortunately for them, the blast wasn't as big as they expected - Miller wasn't able to make a dam-destroying bomb with the materials he had, so he instead built a bomb that would weaken its structure enough that the millions of tons of water it was holding back could finish the job.]]
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* RefugeInAudacity: The plan to steal explosives from the German supply depot. Miller dons an enemy uniform, walks into the appropriate warehouse, loads two boxes of explosives and some detonators on a hand cart, and walks out. Nobody asks who he is, why he's in the warehouse, or what he's planning to do with all those explosives.
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* SpannerInTheWorks:
** Since the last three missions into Yugoslavia had been compromised before they even got into the country, Force Ten started their mission by stealing a plane from an Allied airfield, thus ensuring that nobody outside of high command knew that there was a mission. A passing MP car nearly ruined the mission before they got off the ground.
** And a fighter patrol who spotted their plane entering Yugoslavian airspace shot the plane down and killed half the team before they could do anything, seriously complicating their later efforts.
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* TheOtherDarrin: Gregory Peck and David Niven do not reprise their roles from the first movie (Possibly because Force 10 was made seventeen years after Guns, making them too old to play people who should have only aged a matter of months between films at most). Robert Shaw and Edward Fox take the roles of Mallory and Miller, respectively.

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