Thus the joke…
It’s a play on words, and the involuntary nature of service in the German military at the time.
German Army had 1.3 million conscripts and 2.4 million volunteers in the period 1935-1939 so odds are he signed up to be there.
For some value of 'joke'.
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German Army had 1.3 million conscripts and 2.4 million volunteers in the period 1935-1939 so odds are he signed up to be there.