![[1093] Die Flut (The Flood)](/comics/2019-06-27-1093-die-flut-the-flood.png "[1093] Die Flut (The Flood)")
This is the little piece of #&@% who is responsible for the destruction of Nuremberg:
Why not take the opportunity and listen to one of the best German songs, that has the same title: Die Flut by Joachim Witt and Peter Heppner.
- Radio: Central Europe resembles a powder keg. Germany stumbles aimlessly towards the abyss. Terrorist acts by unlawful Liechtensteiner combatants have become part of daily life.
- TV: The siege of Stuttgart by the Swiss army continues. Meanwhile, the battles between royalist Bavarians and republican Swabians have spread to Austria.
- Radio: The troops of the Swedish king Carl Gustav have crossed the river Main and are carrying out massacres on the Bavarian civilian population. Hundreds of thousands are on the run.
- TV: Germany lies in ruins. France is on the verge of collapse. Millions of refugees are on their way to America.
- Sandra: Holy shit…!
- Smartphone: They’re here!
- Caption: DIE FLUT (THE FLOOD)
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Am I the first to comment on the 30years war?
Guess we are going to have a story arc starting, but I don’t really see where it goes to yet…
I suppose this is a way to comment on matters related to refugees in general without triggering the racist buttons for some types of people. Clever, I say.
I like how the conflict itself is so over-the-top unlikely, so you can just see it as fantasy and not think about it too hard.
Well, this one was unexpected.
And just now I’m realizing that Woo was warning us last strip… And by his reaction to the script, it’s only going to get worse. And crazier.
Is this your cat?
Don’t get fooled by the fact that that video was uploaded last year. It was uploaded pretty much 20 years after the original release of the song.
Terra Titanic by Peter Schilling is another one of those songs that fit this current day and age nicely. It’s from 1984.
Oh my, this commentary thread is going to explode.
Wow, look at this comic, so far up in the air, right over my head.
Seriously, the way they teach history in Australia is sorely lacking.
Is nobody going to talk about the fact that this is probably the first time we’ve ever seen an uncensored swear in Sandra and Woo?
Whahahahaha, ohh, this is exactly how people in europe feel.. and maybe everywhere..
Loads of news about foreign conflicts, and saying that refugees are insane to stay in those regions.
But when those refugees come to your neighbourhood the first thing they do is react like they been invaded. (and usually the opinions of them are not positive).
I’d love to see a mass migration of mainly causacian folk to America – and see the US roll out the red carpet welcoming them in “our wonderful NATO allies” “Special Relationship” “Unique Circumstances” etc
I have a Swiss friend and according to him the Germans, French, (and Italians) are flooding Switzerland due to a flood in their own countries.
Kinda funny.
uneducated american here, completely missing the reference or joke, as well as why novil is calling the king of sweden a pos o.O
So, gonna explain the Swedish King hate? All I could find was a sex scandal from 2010. I kind of doubt that’s the issue.
I’m surprised that the picture of Carl XVI Gustav didn’t have a goofy hat on.
Ignacio Raglianti wrote:
And it was by adorable Sandra, too!
Is this your cat?
[clear picture of a racoon]
I have to wonder what mischeif woo has been up to
For those wondering about the pic of the Swedish King and the hate:
The pic is of King Carl Gustav XVI of Sweden. The first King Carl participated in the 30 years war and slaughtered many Germans and Novil is German. The comic above is a ‘What if the 30 years war happened today?’
I like this.
My family ended up in America because of the Thirty Years War. My ancestors were Protestant Germans in northern Germany, and when the Swedes occupied their chunk of countryside they joined up to fight their Catholic oppressors. When the Catholics drove the Swedes out they went to Sweden rather than stay behind and get convicted of treason. A generation later, they went to the American colony of New Sweden, which eventually became Pennsylvania, and my German-speaking ancestors became the first “Pennsylvania Dutch”.
Anyway, these poor people will probably end up in the same boat as eastern Europeans a century ago. People forget that Slavic people were firmly in the “bad other” category back in the day, along with Aftricans, Irish, Jews, and (oddly enough) Catholics.
Edit: Wrong King for the Thirty Years War but further factoids:
Carl Gustav X started the ‘Northern War’ with the Polish-Lithuanian Commonwealth. This war is also known as ‘The Deluge’ aka ‘Die Flut’
Gasp! Sandra, watch your language! You only say that kind of thing when a grenade lands in your foxhole. Source: I was’t the luckiest soldier in 1944.
It’s time to build another wall. It’s gonna be the second biggest, it’s gonna be the second best wall. There’s isn’t gonna be a second better wall anywhere in the world. We’re gonna build a wall along the Eastern Seaboard and we’re gonna make Switzerland pay for it because they have three syllables, too.
✌😗✌🇺🇲 vote Tronald Dump 1972
Haha, I actually wrote a little fantasy story about the refuge/abuse situation 😉
Now I’m curious where this is going.
@ Nickel:
one might argue if you survived a grenade in your foxhole that luck was in your favor XP
Language! Hey, binary’s a language, swearing isn’t. A sanskrit translation would be cleaner.
Ooooh, this’ll get allllll KINDS of political.
@ Nsinger998:
Well… The Sabaton’s one and only “Lifetime of war” applies in virtually any war…
Two ways to view the world
So similar at times
Two ways to rule the world
To justify their crimes
By kings and queens young men are sent to die in war
Their propaganda speaks those words been heard before
Two ways to view the world brought Europe down in flames
Two ways to rule…
Nsinger998 wrote:
The 30 years war was fought by king Gustav II Adolf. I do not think the Lion from the North is the reason of hate. Europe would be very different today if Battle of Breitenfeld did not take place.
Glaubensfreiheit für die Welt,
rettete bei Breitenfeld
Gustav Adolf, Christ und Held.
*Whistles. Love to see the size and amount of boats/planes etc. they used as transport. Now to the business of what to do with millions? 1 Water, 2 food, 3 shelter and 4 direction in that order. Needed skill sets get first pick of permanency after a rudimentary language assessment, equivalency training, and confirmation. Everyone left gets the first four benefits on a farm (have issues Now with farmers not having enough hands to harvest crops, plus will be needing an increased ready food supply for number two)), or helping out with the rest of the new arrivals to get them situated. Crimes and related get flown Back and GPS tagged to bar reentry. System set up in a month tops If the host country can be motivated to act instead of waffle.
Ooooh, “Die Flut” is one of my favorite songs I admit.
Also good comic.
Thats all.
@ Seaxneat:
I’m Swiss and while it’s true that we have many foreigners from the surrounding countries coming to Switzerland, it’s mostly because we have a high demand of skilled specialists and workers in general here. Together with high wages (but also higher cost of living) and high standard of living, this results in quite a bit of immigration. There sure are other reasons too, but afaik this is the main reason for most.
In the middle: Viviana from Gaia 🙂
@ Nick/Tyrong:
During the 30-year war Swedish army plundered Prague and stole most of Rudolf II. art collection.@ Nobody:
Also Ferdinand II. executed 27 Czech lords in 1621. What is worse for czech lands, Westfall peace settled on boards of 1627, not 1618, thus making Czech kingdom loser in the War, falling under Austrian dynasty.
… while I do not fully get the ‘deeper meaning’ of this stip (which might be present or not), I do find it a little strange that always and everywhere Europe (and expecially Germany) seems to get the blame for false politics etc.
Why don’t you instead make some references to Trump about building his wall, and locking refugee children into cells for months, separated from her parents etc. etc. …?
Also, please note that a very high percentage of people claiming to be refugees are actually just people seeking a better life. Which is understandable, but not within the definition of refugee status.
@ Grollo:
it’s not fantasy. It’s history.@ Grollo:
It’s not fantasy. It’s history. That actually DID happen.
Hey now, please don’t call our king a “piece of #&@%”… xD
Wait, what does Carl XVI Gustaf have to do with any of this? O_o
kotih wrote:
Ditto.
Wikipedia tells me who the guy is but makes no mention of why he might have incurred the wrath of an artist.
Info please?!?!?!
@ TBthegr81:
Nothing. Either a google search gone wrong or playing on the idea that the 30 year war happened today, which would’ve been under our current kings rule. (not that our king has any power whatsoever).
@Fox
I didn’t notice that it mirror the Thirty Years War at first, you’re right that it’s supposed to mirror history. Even so, the sequence of events is not something that could happen today, not the way it’s described. I’m not saying a war in Europe between EU members is completely impossible (though it is very unlikely at the moment), I’m saying it wouldn’t happen this way.
Liechtenstein having a significant contribution? They are a country of 38k people, that is a small town. Switzerland launching a big offense? They’re very defensive and neutrality minded. The Swedish king leading the army? He has no actual power today, the army is lead by professional generals. Conflict between Swabia and Bavaria? This isn’t the 17th century HRE, Germany is much more united today – maybe if it was a conflict between east and west Germany it would seem a bit more likely. Also, refugees coming dressed in traditional folk clothes is silly – those are clothes you wear when celebrating a festival, not really for traveling.
@ Grollo:
I was at the Whitehorse airport a couple of years ago and I saw some tourists in lederhosen. So some people apparently think that it is practical clothes for travelling.
Incidentally, Whitehorse has a direct flight to Frankfurt. A lot of Germans and Austrians enjoy visiting the Yukon.
@ ex:
Yeah I mean
Försvarsmakten would get their asses handed to them if they ever tried to invade Germany or France so blaming a modern king with no control over the military for a theoretical war is weird.
Probably mixing up the Carl G’s and googling a picture of XVI when thinking of X, XI or XII.
OK… I’m confused… and these dates may be a little off (it’s 3AM and my history classes were 40 years ago)!
Gustav II Adolf tears up Bavaria in 1632. The Swiss siege Stuttgart in 1742. Jamestown is settled in. 1707, but the U.S. doesn’t exist till 1776. Germany isn’t unified till 1872. My historical knowledge isn’t good enough to get the rest of the references.
Aside from the fact that Europe (or at least parts of it) have been more often at war than at peace for almost a thousand years, I’m not sure what the point of this is. If its about U.S. immigration policy, we’re still taking legal immigrants. If its about millions of people trying to flee across borders, aside from China and India (oddly, you never hear of refugees going there), no one has the infrastructure to accept a million.
@ Nobody:
YES! i´m not the only history nut out there noticing this!
i guess this is novils way to point out that at one point (or rather several) in our history MANY europeans left their home and became ‘refugees’ in america (and other countries)
Dazkey69 wrote:
Me-ow!
@ kotih:
Check on Wikipedia for Thirty Years War
”We all live in America.
America so wunderba”
@ Nimetu:
While true that can be said about almost every battle.
30 year war started in Prague at White mountain… and essentialy last battle of it was also fought in Prague where swedish managed only to pillage half of the city and were stopped at the bridges by milita as austrian regular force was heavily depleted.
Wow, okay. In an time when anger and hatred infest every comment section and people lash out at whatever they are told to lash out yet, is calling the *current* king of Sweden a pos, even as a joke, a smart thing to do?
Really thought Sandra and Woo was smarter than engaging with fake news/misdirection nonsense that rightwing sites do.
Grollo wrote:
Well a war between current EU members is generaly imposible.
Germans have 11 submarines out of which only 1 is seaworthy since christmass (and they only have 3 full crews to man it anyway – with vacations and everything) Czech army has 23 000 people…
that would not be enough to defend Pilsen… town of 50000 people.
Making actual war of conquest takes insane amount of manpower to secure the gains. Currently only Swiss and Finnish would be capable of assembling such army… and that would only be becuase they still have obligatory military service and could recall enough people to actually hold some teritory.
thats one thing so called “profesional armies” utterly suck. They simply cant project force over area long time because they lack manpower.