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War Slang: American Fighting Words & Phrases Since the Civil War. Courier Corporation. ISBN 9780486797168. Hakim, Joy (1995). A History of Us: War, Peace and all that Jazz. New York: Oxford University Press. ISBN 0-19-509514-6. Jacobson, Gary (August 14, 1994). "Humor best way to remove last of 'Bohicans' resistance". The Dallas Morning News. p. 7H
Deutsches Jungvolk fanfare trumpeters at a Nazi rally in the town of Worms in 1933. Their banners illustrate the Deutsches Jungvolk rune insignia.. The Deutsches Jungvolk was founded in 1928 by Kurt Gruber under the title Jungmannschaften ("Youth Teams"), but it was renamed Knabenschaft in December 1928 [1] and became the Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitlerjugend in March 1931. [2]
From 1936 until 1945, it was the sole official boys' youth organisation in Germany and it was partially a paramilitary organisation. It was composed of the Hitler Youth proper for male youths aged 14 to 18, and the German Youngsters in the Hitler Youth ( Deutsches Jungvolk in der Hitler Jugend or "DJ", also "DJV") for younger boys aged 10 to 14.
Debellatio: to end a war by complete destruction of a hostile state. More severe than sacking. Decisive victory: an overwhelming victory for one side, often shifting the course of conflict. Defilade: a unit or position is "defiladed" if it is protected from direct exposure to enemy fire; see also Hull-down.
Feldjäger – military police detachments formed late in the war to root out deserters; later the name was applied to all military police units of the postwar Bundeswehr. Feldkoch – cook. Feldlazarett – field hospital. Feldpolizeibeamter – field police officer. Feldpost, Feldpostbrief – mail to and from troops at the front.
All of the boys were nicknamed "Ike", such as "Big Ike" and "Little Ike" (Dwight); the nickname was intended as an abbreviation of their last name. [11] By World War II, only Dwight was still called "Ike". [4] In 1892, the family moved to Abilene, Kansas, which Eisenhower considered his hometown. [4]
Lieutenant-General Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden-Powell, 1st Baron Baden-Powell, OM, GCMG, GCVO, KCB, KStJ, DL (/ ˈ b eɪ d ən ˈ p oʊ əl / BAY-dən POH-əl; [3] 22 February 1857 – 8 January 1941) was a British Army officer, writer, founder of The Boy Scouts Association and its first Chief Scout, and founder, with his sister Agnes, of The Girl Guides Association.
The war-bands consisted of shape-shifting warriors, in a symbolic and metaphorical sense, wearing animal skins to assume the nature of wolves or dogs. [44] [45] [46] Members of the kóryos adopted wolfish behaviours and bore names containing the word 'wolf' or 'dog', each a symbol of death and the Otherworld in Indo-European belief. [47]