Gott strafe England (lit. 'May God punish England') was an anti-British slogan coined by the German poet and dramatist Ernst Lissauer in 1917 during World War I. The slogan immediately gained widespread popularity in the German Empire, which had been at war with Britain since 1914, and was widely reproduced in Germany's popular culture. The Imperial German Army also adopted the slogan as a motto for its soldiers.
Gott strafe England (lit. 'May God punish England') was an anti-British slogan coined by the German poet and dramatist Ernst Lissauer in 1917 during World War I. The slogan immediately gained widespread popularity in the German Empire, which had been at war with Britain since 1914, and was widely reproduced in Germany's popular culture. The Imperial German Army also adopted the slogan as a motto for its soldiers.
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