page_title: Gott strafe England
section_title: Other uses
hierarchical_section_title: Gott strafe England / Other uses
context_page_description: "Gott strafe England" was a slogan used by the German Army during World War I. The phrase means "May God punish England". It was created by the German-Jewish poet Ernst Lissauer, who also wrote the poem Hassgesang gegen England.
context_section_description: English poet J. C. Squire uses the phrase in his poem "God Heard the Embattled Nations":
  God heard the embattled nations sing and shout
  
  "Gott strafe England" and "God save the King!"
  
  God this, God that, and God the other thing –
  
  "Good God!" said God, "I've got my work cut out!"
  George Bellows created a lithograph titled "Gott Strafe".Louis Raemaekers created a cartoon titled "Gott strafe England".
  The phrase gave rise to the term "Strafing" and to the nickname "Strafer" that was given to the British General William Gott in World War II.
caption: German postcard, 1916; second line reading "Er strafe es!" ("May he punish it!")
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