# war  declaration on hitler??? why?

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-declaration-on-hitler-why/44251>\
**Category:** The BBQ Pit\
**Created:** [December 6, 2000, 3:27am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-declaration-on-hitler-why/44251 "2000-12-06T03:27:31Z")\
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**Author:** ![Journeyman](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/779978/32.png) [@Journeyman](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Journeyman)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 12:32am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-declaration-on-hitler-why/44251/81 "2001-05-11T00:32:19Z")

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> \*Originally posted by Ogre \*  
> \*\*Well, monkeylucifer, the obvious explanation is that Hitler trained “frogmen,” which were codenamed “toads” (except in German, of course,) who also specialized in tunnel warfare. These crack troops were known as “toads in the hole,” and even the Gestapo were afraid of them. Hitler got the idea from eating the British dish, so the British declared war on him out of rage.
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> “Onion gravy,” by the way, was German code for onion gravy.
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> Yum.
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> 🙂 \*\*

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**Author:** ![trose](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/f9ae1b/32.png) [@trose](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/trose)\
**Post date:** [May 11, 2001, 3:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/war-declaration-on-hitler-why/44251/82 "2001-05-11T03:57:30Z")

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