A Brit, an American and an Italian are taken PoW In the last year of the Second World War, the Nazis take a Brit, an American and an Italian as prisoner. They torture them for information about allied plans. The Brit holds out for a few weeks, but eventually his stiff upper lip is beaten off of him, and he breaks; telling the Nazis everything they want to know. The American, also, can only take the torture for a few weeks before he spills his guts and provides them with every last bit of intel they ask for. But the Italian never breaks, and a year later, when they are rescued, the allied forces are stunned to discover that the Italian has barely spoken a word to his captors. ""How did you do it? How did you not break and talk?"", they asked with astonishment. The Italian waves his hands vigorously and asks ""How could I a-talk with a-my hands a-tied behind my a-back??""