Monty Python got some good alliterative mileage out of that term in their movie “And Now For Something Completely Different.” One sequence in the movie is a fake WWII British newsreel, in black and white, with suitably bombastic narration that includes the opening line “Yes, the war against the Hun continues – and as Britian’s brave boys battle against the Boche…” By the standards of genuine WWII newsreels, that’s actually not as over-the-top as it sounds to modern ears. And during a real WWII deception operation, the fake letter from General Nye to General Alexander which was the centrepiece of the “Mincemeat” disinformation scheme used such phrases as “We have had recent information that the Boche have been reinforcing and strengthening their defences in Greece and Crete…”
What do your names mean?
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Being a Warhammer 40.000 lunativ, it should come as no surprise that I use the name of the Imperium’s most venerated soldier, Commissar Sebastian Yarrick as my WWW handle since the beginning of my web life.
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im guessing you play the gaurd? :mrgreen:
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Guy Sager is the author of “Forgotten Soldier.” He was a german foot soldier who was eventually in the elite Gross Deutchland Division. It’s a great book if you like military books.
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Armored Battlegroup, to be specific.
Among others.
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Could someone tell me what the heck Soldat means?
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Could someone tell me what the heck Soldat means?
I thought it was like a “Paid” sticker for oversized purchases that won’t fit in a bag…
A little tag that says “Sold At” followed by the name of the store :-P
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Soldat translates into Soldier in Danish.
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“Soldat” also means “Soldier” in German.
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Mine is from Final Fantasy VII. One of Cloud’s weapons.
RB
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And about a hundred other works before that :-)
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Soldat is a title of a book written by a German Soldier who was a member of the General Staff and was a prisoner in Russia. Read it, too.
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