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[Germany's last ditch defense in WW II]: Volkssturm {m}hist.
[the German or Austrian emperor as supreme commander of their empire's forces, esp. in WW I]: oberster Kriegsherr {m}hist.mil.
[WW I German non-combatant equipment service soldier]: Armierungssoldat {m}hist.mil.
[WW II German female auxiliary volunteer with the armed forces]: Wehrmachtshelferin {f}hist.mil.
[WW II German short-range radar used for early warning, searchlight direction or gun-laying, and local observation and tracking]: Funkmessgerät {n} <FuMG>hist.mil.
bonesack [nickname for German parachute jump smock during WW II]: Knochensack {m} [Scherzname für Sprunganzug der dt. Fallschirmjäger im 2. WK]hist.mil.
expellee [German speaker from former settlement area after WW II]: Heimatvertriebener {m}
Kradschütze [WW II German motorcycle mounted infantryman]: Kradschütze {m}hist.mil.
Nebelwerfer [WW II German six-tube weapons launcher used for firing rocket-type projectiles]: Nebelwerfer {m} [Raketenwerfer der dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
panzer [German battle tank, especially of the type used during WW II]: Panzer {m} [Kampfpanzer]mil.
panzers [German battle tank, especially of the type used during WW II]: Panzer {pl} [Kampfpanzer]hist.mil.
the Allies [WW II]: die Alliierten {pl}hist.mil.
Trümmerliteratur [literally transl.: rubble literature, i.e. German literature immediately after WW II]: Trümmerliteratur {f}hist.lit.
Kahlschlagliteratur {f}hist.lit.
arm shield [award for service in some special campaigns, WW II German Armed Forces]: Ärmelschild {m} [Auszeichnung für die Teilnahme an besonderen Einsätzen, 2. WK, dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
Blue Division [WW II, unit of Spanish volunteers in the German Forces]: Blaue Division {f} [2. WK, spanische Freiwilligen-Division in der deutschen Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
Condor Legion [WW II, German Forces]: Legion {f} Condor [2. WK, deutsche Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
diving lung [submerged escape and rescue breathing apparatus for German WW II submarine crewmen]: Tauchretter {m}hist.mil.naut.
Legion Wallonie [WW II, unit of Wallonien volunteers of the German Armed Forces]: Wallonische Legion {f} [2. WK, Verband wallonischer Freiwilliger der dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
military glider [WW II aircraft employed for tactical air assault without engine noise]: Lastensegler {m}hist.mil.
observer badge [WW II German Air Force]: Beobachterabzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
Panzergrenadier Division <Pz.Gren.Div.> [WW II German mechanized infantry division] [Am.]: Panzergrenadierdivision {f} <Pz.Gren.Div.>hist.mil.
pilot's badge [WW II German Air Force]: Flugzeugführerabzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
Screaming Meemies [Am.] [WW II, nickname of the rockets fired from the German Nebelwerfer 41 / 42]: [2. WK, Spitzname der Raketengeschosse der Nebelwerfer 41 / 42]mil.weapons
supply submarine [sl.] [milk cow] [WW II German U-Boat type XIV]: U-Boot-Tanker {m}hist.mil.
Volksgrenadier Division [WW II German infantry division of homeland defense forces]: Volksgrenadierdivision {f}hist.mil.
American Expeditionary Forces <AEF> [U.S. armed forces in Europe during WW I]: American Expeditionary Force <AEF> [US Expeditionskorps in Europa während des 1. WK]hist.mil.
army flak badge [WW II German Army]: Heeres-Flakabzeichen {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
army paratrooper badge [WW II German Army]: Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen (Heer) {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
assault landing craft [WW II, esp. Am.] <LCA>: Angriffslandungsboot {n}hist.mil.
blockade runner badge [WW II German Navy]: Abzeichen {n} für die Blockadebrecher [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
close combat clasp [for hand-to-hand fighting or at close quarters with bayonets, etc.] [WW II German Armed Forces]: Nahkampfspange {f} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
Comrade Lace-up [nickname of Austrian colleagues used by German soldiers, WW I]: Kamerad Schnürschuh {m} [Spitzname, den deutsche Soldaten ihren österr. Kollegen gaben, 1. WK]
destroyer war badge [WW II German Navy]: Zerstörer-Kriegsabzeichen {n} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
flak artillery badge [WW II German Air Force]: Flak-Kampfabzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe] [ugs.]aviat.hist.mil.
frontline flying clasp [WW II German Air Force]: Frontflugspange {f} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
General Army Office [WW II German Forces]: Allgemeines Heeresamt {n}hist.mil.
general assault badge [WW II German Armed Forces]: Sturmabzeichen {n} [Allgemein, dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
glider pilot badge [WW II German Air Force]: Segelflugzeugführerabzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
half-track motorbike [WW II German half-track military vehicle]: Kettenkrad {n}hist.mil.
High Seas Fleet [WW I German main battle fleet]: Hochseeflotte {f}hist.mil.naut.
infantry assault badge [German ground forces during WW II]: Infanterie-Sturmabzeichen {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
infantry landing craft [WW II, esp. Am.] <LCI>: Landungsboot {n} für Infanteriehist.mil.
infantry landing ship [WW II, esp. Am.] <LSI>: Landungsschiff {n} für Infanteriehist.mil.
Kriegsmarine auxiliary personnel [WW II German male assistant with the Navy often conscripted from the Hitler Youth]: Marinehelfer {m}hist.mil.
Luftwaffe auxiliary personnel [WW II German male assistant with the Air Force often conscripted from the Hitler Youth]: Luftwaffenhelfer {m}hist.mil.
marine infantry corps [WW I Imperial German Navy security and garrison troops]: Marinekorps {n}hist.mil.naut.
naval combat clasp [WW II German Navy]: Marine-Frontspange {f} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
panzer assault badge [WW II German Armed Forces]: Panzer-Kampfabzeichen {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
raindrop camouflage pattern [WW II German Forces and East German Forces]: Ein-Strich-kein-Strich-Tarnmuster {n} [ugs.] [Wehrmacht und Nationale Volksarmee]hist.mil.
Serbian Volunteer Corps <SDK> [WW II]: Serbisches Freiwilligenkorps {n} <SDK>hist.mil.
submarine bubble target <SBT> [Br.] [WW II German sonar decoy for submarines]: Bold {m} [dt. U-Boot-Täuschkörper gegen die ASDIC-Ortung]hist.mil.naut.
submarine combat clasp [WW II German Navy]: U-Boots-Frontspange {f} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
submarine war badge [WW II German Navy]: U-Boots-Kriegsabzeichen {n} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
tank destruction badge [for individual destruction of enemy armored fighting vehicle at close range with hand-held weaponry] [WW II German Armed Forces]: Sonderabzeichen {n} für das Niederkämpfen von Panzerkampfwagen durch Einzelkämpfer [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
tank landing ship [WW II, esp. Am.] <LST>: Panzerlandungsschiff {n}hist.mil.
Victory-Mail letter <V-Mail letter> [Am.] [WW II]: [US Feldpostbrief während des 2. WK]hist.mil.
War Merit Cross [WW II German Armed Forces]: Kriegsverdienstkreuz {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
to go over the hill [Am.] [WW II, sl. for: to desert]: abhauen [ugs.] [desertieren]idiommil.
air force paratrooper badge [WW II German Air Force]: Fallschirmschützen-Abzeichen (Luftwaffe) {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
anti-aircraft artillery badge [WW II German Air Force]: Kampfabzeichen der Flakartillerie {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
anti-partisan war badge [WW II German Armed Forces]: Bandenkampf-Abzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
army balloon observer badge [WW II German Armed Forces]: Ballonbeobachterabzeichen {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]aviat.hist.mil.
auxiliary cruiser war badge [WW II German Navy]: Kriegsabzeichen {n} für Hilfskreuzer [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
combined pilot-observer badge [WW II German Air Force]: Gemeinsames Flugzeugführer- und Beobachterabzeichen {n} [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
Commander of Submarine Warfare [Germany, WW II]: Führer {m} der U-Boote <FdU>hist.mil.
commerce-raider war badge [WW II German Navy]: Kriegsabzeichen {n} für Hilfskreuzer [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
E-boat war badge [WW II German Navy]: Schnellboot-Kriegsabzeichen {n} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
military campaign in Poland [WW II, codename "case white"]: Polenfeldzug {m} [Codename "Fall Weiß"]hist.mil.
naval artillery war badge [WW II German Navy]: Kriegsabzeichen {n} für die Marineartillerie [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
SS and Police Leader [commander of large units of the SS, Gestapo and of regular German police in a given territory during and prior to WW II]: SS- und Polizeiführer {m} <SSPF>hist.
Stahlhelm, Bund Deutscher Frontsoldaten [paramilitary organization of WW I frontline soldiers in the Weimar Republic]: Stahlhelm {m}, Bund der Frontsoldatenhist.pol.
Women's Auxiliary Air Force [Br.] [WW II, member of the female auxiliary corps of the Royal Air Force] <WAAF>: [2. WK, Mitglied des Korps der weiblichen Helfer der Royal Air Force]aviat.hist.mil.
air force close combat clasp [WW II German Air Force]: Nahkampfspange {f} der Luftwaffe [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]hist.mil.
air force ground assault badge [WW II German Air Force]: Erdkampfabzeichen {n} der Luftwaffe [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
air force panzer assault badge [WW II German Air Force]: Panzer-Kampfabzeichen {n} der Luftwaffe [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]hist.mil.
badge for destruction of strafing warplanes [by individual small-arms fire] [WW II German Armed Forces]: Tieffliegervernichtungsabzeichen {n} [dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
Battle of the Philippine Sea [WW II June 19–20, 1944]: Schlacht {f} in der Philippinensee [2. WK 19. und 20. Juni 1944]hist.mil.
clasp "1939" of the Iron Cross [WW II German Armed Forces, awarded to previous recipients of the 1914 Iron Cross]: Spange {f} "1939" zum Eisernen Kreuz [2. WK dt. Wehrmacht, verliehen an Träger des EK 1914]hist.mil.
combat badge for small battle units [WW II German Navy]: Bewährungs- und Kampfabzeichen {n} der Kleinkampfmittel [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
East Front Winter Campaign Medal for 1941-42 [coll.] [Eastfront medal or Frozen Meat medal, WW II German Armed Forces]: Medaille {f} "Winterschlacht im Osten 1941/42" [ugs.] [Ostmedaille oder Gefrierfleischorden, dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.
Finnish Volunteer Battalion of the Waffen-SS [WW II]: Finnisches Freiwilligen-Bataillon {n} der Waffen-SS [2. WK]hist.mil.
high seas fleet war badge [WW II German Navy]: Flotten-Kriegsabzeichen {n} [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
honor roll clasp of the German Air Force [WW II]: Ehrenblatt-Spange {f} der Deutschen Luftwaffe [2. WK]aviat.hist.mil.
honor roll clasp of the German Army [WW II]: Ehrenblatt-Spange {f} des Deutschen Heereshist.mil.
honor roll of the German Air Force [WW II]: Ehrenblatt {n} der Deutschen Luftwaffe [2. WK]aviat.hist.mil.
honor roll of the German Army [WW II]: Ehrenblatt {n} des Deutschen Heeres [2. WK]hist.mil.
honor table clasp of the German Navy [WW II]: Ehrentafel-Spange {f} der Deutschen Kriegsmarine [2. WK]hist.mil.naut.
honor table of the German Navy [WW II]: Ehrentafel {f} der Deutschen Kriegsmarine [2. WK]hist.mil.naut.
Imperial German Army Air Service [WW I German air force 1910-1916]: Fliegertruppe {f} [dt. Luftstreitkräfte von 1910 - 1916]hist.mil.
Imperial German Army Air Service [WW I German air force 1916-1919]: Luftstreitkräfte {f}hist.mil.
sea battle badge of the air force [WW II German Air Force]: Seekampfabzeichen {n} der Luftwaffe [2. WK dt. Luftwaffe]aviat.hist.mil.
Supreme SS and Police Leader [WW II German police and SS commander for occupied territory]: Höchster SS- und Polizeiführer {m} <HöSSPF>hist.
vehicle-and-personnel landing craft [WW II, esp. Am.] <LCVP>: Landungsboot {n} für Fahrzeuge und Personalhist.mil.
war badge for minesweepers, sub-chasers and security units [WW II German Navy]: Kriegsabzeichen {n} für Minensuch-, U-Boots-, Jagd- und Sicherungsverbände [dt. Kriegsmarine]hist.mil.naut.
War Order of the German Cross [coll.] [German Cross, WW II German Armed Forces]: Kriegsorden {m} des Deutschen Kreuzes [ugs.] [Deutsches Kreuz, 2. WK, dt. Wehrmacht]hist.mil.

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