Hogan's Heroes is an American television sitcom that ran for 168 episodes from September 17, 1965, to March 28, 1971, on the CBS

CBS

CBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...

 network. The show was set in a German

Nazi Germany

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 prisoner of war (POW) camp

Prisoner-of-war camp

A prisoner-of-war camp is a site for the containment of combatants captured by their enemy in time of war, and is similar to an internment camp which is used for civilian populations. A prisoner of war is generally a soldier, sailor, or airman who is imprisoned by an enemy power during or...

 during the Second World War

World War II

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. Bob Crane

Bob Crane

Robert Edward "Bob" Crane was an American actor and disc jockey, best known for his performance as Colonel Robert E...

 had the starring role as Colonel Robert E. Hogan, who coordinated an international crew of Allied prisoners running a Special Operations

Special forces

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 group from the camp. The program also featured Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer

Werner Klemperer was a comedic and dramatic actor, best known for his role as Colonel Klink on the CBS television sitcom, Hogan's Heroes.-Early life:...

 as Colonel Wilhelm Klink, the commandant of the camp, and John Banner

John Banner

John Banner , born Johann Banner, was an American film and television actor, who was born and died in Vienna, Austria....

 as the inept sergeant-of-the-guard, Schultz.
The setting was a fictional version of Stalag

Stalag

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 13 (Camp 13 in early episodes), a POW camp for captured Allied airmen located north of the town of Hammelburg

Hammelburg

Hammelburg is a town in the district of Bad Kissingen, in Lower Franconia, Bavaria, Germany. It is situated on the river Franconian Saale, 25 km west of Schweinfurt...

 in the Bad Kissingen

Bad Kissingen (district)

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 woods and run by the Luftwaffe

Luftwaffe

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.