1916 in France The germans and the french sat in their trenches. The german army suffered from great losses, so the german general had to come up with a plan. Because he couldn't find a solution for their problems he decided to ask his soldiers. Only one had an idea. 'We should find out the most common french name, shout it over no mans land and kill whoever is stupid enough to react to it.' Since it was the only idea, the german general gave the order to find the most common french name and use this information to kill as many french soldiers as possible. One of his officers discovered that the most common french name was Pierre. The germans tried this tactic and, surprisingly, many french soldiers were stupid enough to stick their head out of the trench when they heard their name. Over the next couple of weeks the french lost uncounted men to the german tactic so they decided to copy it. They assumed the most common german name must be Hans. Their first attempt to try this tactic went as followed: French soldier: 'Hans!' No reaction French soldier: 'Hey, Hans!' German soldier: 'Hans is away!' French soldier: 'Where is he?' German soldier: 'Shitting! Is that you, Pierre?' And the french soldier stuck his head out of the trench