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The "Panzerlied" ('Tank Song') is a Wehrmacht march of the Nazi era, sung primarily by the Panzerwaffe—the tank force of Nazi Germany during World War II. It is one of the best-known songs of the Wehrmacht and was popularised by the 1965 film Battle of the Bulge. [1] It was composed by Oberleutnant Kurt Wiehle in 1933.
Girls und Panzer, a Japanese anime series about WW2-era tanks being maintained and used as a school sport for girls includes the song (used without lyrics) for the school (Kuromorimine Girls Academy) that uses tanks of Nazi Germany. The schools vice commander, Erika Itsumi, gets her name from the song whilst the name "Erika" is both a German ...
The Königgrätz March (AM II, 134 (AM II, 195)), also known as Der Königgrätzer or Der Königgrätzer Marsch, is one of the most famous German military marches, composed in 1866 by Johann Gottfried Piefke in commemoration of the Battle of Königgrätz, the decisive battle of the Austro-Prussian War, in which the Kingdom of Prussia defeated the Austrian Empire.
A marching song with the same melody as the Lied der Legion Condor was adopted by the Charlemagne French SS Division, [9] the Estonian SS Division, the Latvian Legion and the Norwegian Legion during the war. [10] A song with a similar melody, Dragões do Ar ("Dragons of the Air"), was adopted by the Paratroopers Brigade (Brazil). [11]
"Ein Heller und ein Batzen", also known by its chorus of "Heidi, heido, heida", [1] (with all three words being modifications of the name Adelheid) [2] is a German folk song. Written by Albert von Schlippenbach in the 1820s as a student drinking song, it later became a popular marching song in the Wehrmacht during the Second World War. [3] [4]
Therefore, the best that can be understood about German Music during the war is the official Nazi government policy, the level of enforcement, and some notion of the diversity of other music listened to, but as the losers in the war German Music and Nazi songs from World War II has not been assigned the high heroic status of American and ...
Sentimental Journey (song) Shtil, di nakht iz oysgeshternt; Si vas para Chile; Siekiera, motyka; The Sinking of the Reuben James; Smoke on the Water (Red Foley song) A Soldier Speaks; Soldier's Last Letter; Song of the Soviet Army; Stalin Wasn't Stallin' Stars and Stripes on Iwo Jima
Pages in category "German military marches" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total. ... Erika (song) Es war ein Edelweiss; G. Graf Zeppelin ...