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Word: engelland (lookup in dictionary) (lookup stats)
Dates: during 1941-1941
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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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