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...Over the German home radio a soldiers' chorus was cheerfully bellowing out Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland. Suddenly came a flourish of martial music, and a hoarse voice cried: "Achtung! Achtung! Enemy planes are over northwest Germany!" Then the station went...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: World Battlefronts: BATTLE OF EUROPE: Clear Track to Berlin | 4/3/1944 | See Source »

Germany's failure to cross the English Channel is the subject of many jokes in The Netherlands. Last September Commissioner Seyss-Inquart had to forbid the singing of Wir Fahren Gegen Engelland (We Are Sailing Against England) because small boys followed the singing German troops and on the three drumbeats between verse and chorus yelled: "Swim! Swim! Swim...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: THE NETHERLANDS: It Beats the Dutch | 1/6/1941 | See Source »

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