"You don't know Shire?" General Winter looked at General Gis with a hint of surprise in his eyes.
Then General Winter quickly realized that ever since the German Army breached Belgium, he and the others here had been surrounded by the German Army. Outside phone lines were cut off, and communication could only rely on telegrams—it seemed normal not to have heard of Shire.
"But you should have heard of tanks!" General Winter asked again. Even German captives would say a few words about them.
General Gis nodded, "I have heard of them. Are they real?"
General Gis thought it was just a rumor, or a lie spread by German captives for some purpose.
"Of course they're real!" General Winter replied, "Shire is the person who invented tanks!"
General Gis uttered an "Oh," but he still remained half-skeptical.
