[1296] Operation Níðhöggr
└ posted on Saturday, 9 October 2021, by Novil
- Tanja Dörflinger: May my brother Hannes play too?
- Sandra: Of course, Tanja.(*)
- Hannes: Grüss Gott.
- Caption: (*) = See strips #1098 and #1099
- Sandra: Your brother is really good!
- Tanja Dörflinger: He practices two hours every day.
- Sandra: Is that a poster for our band?
- Tanja Dörflinger: Nein.
- Tanja Dörflinger: This is my battle plan to take back Strasbourg from the wretched frogs!
- Title: Operation Níðhöggr
- Caption: Alsace-Lorraine = German clay!
- Sandra: If squadron Wolf broke through here, it could attack the defenders in the south from behind!
- Tanja Dörflinger: Good work, soldier! If you carry on like this, the Pour le Mérite will be yours soon!
![[1296] Operation Níðhöggr](/comics/2021-10-09-1296-operation-nidhoeggr.png "[1296] Operation Níðhöggr")
An unexpected turn with interesting implications! Then “Die Flut” should be considered canon? It is one of my favourite arcs.
Ahh, je savais qu’on devait toujours nous méfier des salauds allemands!!
that plan looks doable, but the problem is, no self-respecting german warmonger would call ‘Straßburg’ by the french name ‘strasbourg’ …. 😉
Ich mag die Kleine.^^
I like the little one.^^
As a Strasbourgeois, I protest !
The “Pour le mérite”… to help the Germans conquer a French town? I guess Novil has reluctantly accepted that English readers would not understand “Vetdienst”.
Not like Strasbourg, or even the rest of France, consider that it is truly French 😛
@ Ratfox:
“Blue Max” for the allies. 😉
@ TargetDrone:
Look at the german version of this strip.
Also, good job Tanja! Germany is proud of you!
@ FrenchGuy:
I think, they just want to save customs duty on the tarte flambée…
Swabians…
😉
And – just to be clear – »Pour le Mérite« is a Prussian order. It’s military class was awared lastly in 1918, the civil class is granted until today, but is no official German order since 1918.
If Strassbourgh became German that would solve the French opposition to making Brussels the only seat of the European Parliament. So when does this plan take place and how can I help? 🙂
Moatl wrote:
Thanks to the EU, there are no customs. The main advantage would be, that you could order it in german or maybe even english without being looked at like you just insulted the mother of the peson who sells it.
Michiel van Geel wrote:
That would save uns billions.The french probably would want some other EU institution instead.
As a resident of Alsace-Lorraine, I need to say this: you just need to ask and most of us will probably accept willingly
Just don’t put the Alsaciens in charge of Lorraine or else
Riodria wrote:
“Blauer [Blue] Max” was a relatively late nickname, though, which the order first got among pilots once Max Immelmann was the first of them to claim it (unlike other soldiers, among fighter pilots the order, as well as many others during the World Wars, was awarded for a certain number of victories/shot down enemies).
I guess Novil wants to drive us back to the sad story arc with Richard visiting Japan and the ever unfinished lava moat.
@ Regis Earsquake:
I just made joke about the next German state…
I’m from Bavaria and grew up next to the border to Austria. I was 16 when Austria joined the EU.
I can still tell you a bunch of stories related to border control or customs…
One (then former) customs-officer once told my dad (after 1994), that they knew not to perform a control when he was driving home late at night, because they knew he did visit a well know farmer and hand bought Schnaps and Most (cider) there; just above the allowance but to less to do extended paper work late at night. 🙂
@ TargetDrone:
No, no, no. You’re not thinking deeply enough about this! Clearly, they aren’t really German nationalists. They are obviously French spies trying to foment strife between the two nations as a pretext for war against Germany! “Grüss Gott” as a greeting was an excellent misdirect, for who would expect a Frenchman to use that on an American instead of the far more commonly-known “Guten Tag”? But I see right through them!
The Alsace-Lorraine is a wonderful place, especially in the winter. German Christmas with French food. Tourism heaven!
AnotherBear wrote:
Precisely why I had plans to visit the Christmas Market in 2020. Of course we all know what happened to that, and this year my dad is refusing to travel anywhere he says it’s too risky.
@ Regis Earsquake:
They can build submarines for the EU Navy.
@ Owen Smith:
I’ve done both the Rhine and the Danube Christmas Markets. I thought the ones on the Rhine were better, probably because we stopped in three Alsatian cities. My wife still being alive then may have been another factor.
This one shows great Teutonic Tendencies!
Ooh, Tanja would make a good manager for the band. That is a girl who knows how to plan.
By this logic, Germany should hand back most of Slesvig-Holstein — that is, after all, Danish clay! 😛
Yes, more casually antagonizing the french please, we clearly haven’t had enough of that. Comedy Gold.
@ FrenchGuy:
Me too !
“Was ist des Deutschen Vaterland…?”
As a Norwegian with some knowledge of old Norse I’d say the French would find the name “Niðhöggr” fitting for an attack by honourless krauts.
The joke being of course the idea of Germany actually having a military to pull this.
Why is Tanja referring to Alsace-Lorraine in French? The German name is “ Elsaß-Lothringen” or Elsass.
German sausages with French sauces, yum.
TimesNewLogan wrote:
As I think of this: Dummerweiſe Definitionsſache – was in der Vergangenheit dummerweiſe mehrmals zu dummen Kriegen geführt hat…
Are you really sure this is funny?
@ CarlosFerX:
Ils n’auront pas l’Alsace et la Lorraine !
*sigh* Yet ANOTHER rehash of the Franco-German War of 1871? You know there isn’t a wargamer in the world who didn’t cut his gaming teeth on that fight? Dull dull dull. I prefer something with a bit more meat in it, like the Siege of Stalingrad or the Fall of Singapore.
@ CarlosFerX:
I think I like your comment even more as your french is not that great I’m afraid to say.
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But true, replaying 1870 isn’t that fun. Khasan Lake!, now we’re talking
@ CarlosFerX:
C’est le Brit, l’ennemi ancestral, pas l’Allemand (^v^)
@ Swedish Chef:
I am actually fluent and living in France, but I’ll admit I don’t have much practice throwing insults. I should probably move to Paris for that.
*yawn*
It wasn’t really that funny of a joke the first time around.