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Honorifics are words that connote esteem or respect when used in addressing or referring to a person. In the German language, honorifics distinguish people by age, sex, profession, academic achievement, and rank. In the past, a distinction was also made between married and unmarried women.
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 ...
Blitzkrieg – "lightning war"; not a widely used German military term, this word became popular in the Allied press and initially referred to fast-moving battle tactics developed principally by German military theorists, most notably Erwin Rommel, Heinz Guderian, and Erich von Manstein, using massed tanks and ground-attack bombers to speedily ...
An award of the Iron Cross, 1st or 2nd class for those who had already received the decoration in World War I 100,000+ War Merit Cross (1st Class) Kriegsverdienstkreuz 1. Klasse: 18 October 1939 – 8 May 1945 Awarded with and without swords. For meritorious contributions to the war effort after being awarded the War Merit Cross, 2nd class
Orders, decorations, and medals of the German states; Awards and decorations of the German Armed Forces; List of honours of Germany awarded to heads of state and royalty; Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany. List of recipients of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
A German soldier and five Afghan children were immediately killed by the blast. Three other troopers and a child were seriously injured. Sergeants Berges, Dietzen, Lukács, and Geist rushed to their aid and were eventually able to rescue two German soldiers and one child at the risk of their lives.
Pages in category "Honorifics by country" The following 14 pages are in this category, out of 14 total. ... German honorifics; I. Honorary titles of Indian leaders;
German war criminals argued, once investigated by the Allies in the trials starting in 1945, that they had merely acted the way they did due to their orders ("Befehl ist Befehl"). From their perspective, they were bound by their "unbroken esprit de corps" and their oath of loyalty, showing a soldierly perspective. They argued to have only acted ...