This was a preparation for any German threat to capture "the Rock".

It was only disbanded, along with the advisory councils, in 1944, by which point the perceived German military threat had diminished.

As a result, the British began to shift their foreign and naval policies to meet the German threat.

In 1938, it is fair to assume, this powerful coalition would have reacted to the German threat at once.

In the 19th century, Britain's invasion phobia became focused on the German 'threat'.

"It is always the youngest soldiers who yell the loudest," she noted, "and we're used to the German threats by now."

Wouldn't it be better to offer Stalin an alliance against any future German threat?

After 1911 the term was used to mean "national renewal" when faced with the German threat.

Only 150 of the factory's 8,000 workers showed up for the pre-election meeting, and they showed little interest in the German threat.

The two most unlikely of allies had combined to destroy the German threat.