This method of attack was a totally new concept, taking the war. Gore took one and a Frenchman took another. Gott Strafe England is the definitive account detailing the German air attacks against Great Britain during the First World War. Interestingly this cap badge, copied from an original has the Raven wearing a gas mask canister, this was omitted from the aircraft insignia. The phrase means 'May God punish England' and this was carried into WW2. The caption, meaning 'God punish England,' was a popular slogan of the Germans in World War I. The theory that the pace of human ingenuity is greatest during wartime is proven in this book, as a variety of newly developed weapons - some truly impractical - will be evaluated. Stuck in the front of the book were several of the Gott Strafe England cinderellas. It is the Raven with a runny nose and 'Gott strafe England', was a slogan used by the German Army during World War I. Volume 3 of Gott Strafe England will look into operations on both sides to show that with every new development, there came a further development to counter it. Near the camp was a mountain called Swartswaldeck, which he visited with some other prisoners and at the top was a rest hut with a visitor's book. He was an officer, and as such he could go outside the prisoner of war camp on Tuesday afternoons on 'parole'. This Gott Strafe England cinderella was found by a British prisoner of war, F Gore who was held prisoner in Austria in 1918. He had the power to inspire men into battle and so would have been an important symbol during the war. Odin was looked upon as inspiration for warriors. Gott Strafe England Volume 2 continues with the same high level of detail as to be found in Volume 1: giving the precise routes of every German raider, where every bomb fell, the damage caused. In this cinderella, the god's left eye is covered by hair, implying it is missing. He also created the Hassgesang gegen England, or 'Song of Hate against England'. Odin was often portrayed as a grey bearded old man with one eye. Ernst Lissauer (16 December 1882 in Berlin 10 December 1937 in Vienna) was a German-Jewish poet and dramatist remembered for the phrase Gott strafe England ('May God punish England'). Odin was the chief god in Germanic mythology. In the cinderella shown here, a Nordic god, probably Odin, punishes England with lightening bolts coming from a spear. Gott Strafe England: The German Air Assault Against Great Britain 1914-1918 Volume 1. They featured a variety of designs such as submarines and Zeppelins, showing Germany's technical achievements, and images of England being punished in a variety of fashions.
However a number of unofficial stamp like labels were produced by non government organisations such as the "Federation of the Germans in Lower Austria" to be placed on envelopes. During the war Germany was accused of issuing a stamp with "Gott Strafe England" on it. I’ve never seen a reference to the word prior to WWI, though."Gott strafe England" was the motto of the German Army during the First World War and means "God, punish England". In WW2, Colditz castle, the high-security POW camp, was a “Straflager,” a punishment camp. From the German phrase and song, “Gott Strafe England.” strafing the cooks like Hell.” Also used for a bombardment by shells, “There’s a bloody awful strafe going on up in the supports”. STRAFE-Noun and verb punishment or admonition, e.g. It was most often used in the Great War to refer to an artillery barrage by the enemy (the “morning strafe”) or to refer to a soldier or officer who was in trouble with authority (generally the sergeant, or Commanding Officer, respectively).Įric Partidge, in his excellent “Songs and Slang of the British Soldier, 1914-18” (3rd edition, 1931) says this: Gott Strafe England is the definitive account deta. (An opinion not without some justification). Gott Strafe England: The German Air Assault Against Great Britain 1914-1918 Volume 1. expand her small overseas colonies into a rival Empire. It was most likely picked up from the pre-war German press’ call “Gott strafe England,” as German popular opinion held that the perfidious British did not want Germany to “have her place in the sun,” i.e. To “strafe” someone is to give them a hard time, or punish them (from the German ‘strafer,’ to punish).
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