On several occasions, Irish nationalists took advantage of crises in Britain to launch rebellions. However, for various reasons they were unable to take advantage of the Indian Rebellion of 1857. When the First World War broke out in 1914, it was perceived as an opportunity for a rising (which materialized in 1916). In the Emergency during World War II, some Irish republicans repurposed the phrase in advocacy of an alliance with Nazi Germany on the basis that it was at war with the United Kingdom. According to a 1998 article in "Irish America", the motto "didn't always work successfully for the Irish".