WINTEX (a paper third world war exercise), mid eighties, HQ RCZ Dusseldorf.
At the evening Commander's briefing the (very urbane) German Oberst LO is briefing us Brits on German preparations for the 'war':
"Today, ve haf released sirty sousand million litres of water from ze Mohne Dam"
He peered up over his half-moon glasses at the Wg Cdr RAF LO and continued sardonically:
"You may remember."