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A First World War Canadian electoral campaign poster. Hun (or The Hun) is a term that originally refers to the nomadic Huns of the Migration Period.Beginning in World War I it became an often used pejorative seen on war posters by Western Allied powers and the basis for a criminal characterization of the Germans as barbarians with no respect for civilization and humanitarian values having ...
It was recorded as a colloquial term for Germans by the mid-19th century. During World War I, Kraut came to be used in English as an ethnic slur for a German. However, during World War I, it was mainly used by British Soldiers; during World War II, it became used mainly by American soldiers and less so by British soldiers, who preferred the terms Jerry or Fritz.
Tommy – German slang for a British soldier (similar to "Jerry" or "Kraut", the British and American slang terms for Germans). Totenkopf – "death's head", skull and crossbones, also the nickname for the Kampfgeschwader 54 bomber wing of the World War II era Luftwaffe. Tornister – Back pack
Stielhandgranate is the German term for "stick hand grenade" and generally refers to a prominent series of World War I and World War II–era German stick grenade designs, distinguished by their long wooden handles, pull cord arming and cylindrical warheads.
A slang term for the buttocks A derogatory term for German soldiers that originated in World War I; also a crewcut haircut (from the stereotypical German soldier's haircut) A slang term for Heineken International , a Dutch brewing company
The name spread to German newspapers and then to Allied troops as "Big Bertha" and became slang for all heavy German artillery, but especially the 42-centimetre guns. [ 41 ] [ 42 ] The name has since entered the public consciousness, for example being applied as a moniker to a line of Callaway golf clubs and a satirical French-language magazine ...
A publicity photograph of "Tommy Atkins", a soldier of the 51st (Highland) Division, seated with a large doll in his arms, taken during the German offensive in Lys, 13 April 1918. Tommy Atkins or Thomas Atkins has been used as a generic name for a common British soldier for many years. The origin of the term is a subject of debate, but it is ...
In the Battle of Dybbøl in 1864, both Danish and German forces used "Hurrah" as a war cry. During World War I in the Italian Front of 1915. Before battle, Italian soldiers would yell "Savoia" or "Avanti Savoia", which is "Come on Savoy!" or "Onwards Savoy!" in Italian (compare "For the king!" among British soldiers of the same era).