Armeeoberkommando - Field Army Command.Armee-Nachrichten-Führer - Army Signals Officer, served on the staff HQ of an Army.Armeeabteilung - command between a corps and an army, an enlarged corps headquarters." Arbeit macht frei" - " Work sets you free" notorious slogan seen in some Nazi concentration camps.Amt Mil - German Army intelligence organization which succeeded the Abwehr.Ami - German slang for an American soldier.Alte Hasen - "Old hares" slang for military veterans who survived front-line hardships.Allgemeine-SS - "General SS" general body of the Schutzstaffel consisting of full-time, part-time, and honorary members."Alarm!" - U-boat order to activate the alarm and begin a crash dive.
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AK - äusserste Kraft (voraus), naval command for full speed or flank speed.AGRU-Front - Technische Ausbildungsgruppe für Front U-Boote – technical training group for front-line U-boats.Aggregat-4 (A4) - earlier name for the German V-2 rocket.
Adlerangriff - "Eagle Attack" term for projected "decisive attack" by the Luftwaffe on RAF Fighter Command.Abzeichen - insignia badge of rank, appointment or distinction.Abwehr - "defense" as a shortening of Spionage Abwehr (spy defense) the term referred to the counter-espionage service (German Secret Service) of the German High Command, headed by Admiral Canaris.Abteilung (Abt.) - detachment, section, battalion.A-Stand - Forward defensive gunner's position on aircraft.Some factories that were the primary producers of military equipment, especially tanks, are also given.
Some terms are from the general German cultural background, others are given to show a change that was made before or after the Nazi era. Also included are some general terms from the German language found frequently in military jargon. Ranks and translations of nicknames for vehicles are included. This is a list of words, terms, concepts, and slogans that were have been or are used by the German military.
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