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The 'desert fox' in World War 2 was a nickname for the German General Field Marshal Erwin Rommel. His actual nickname was 'Wüstenfuchs' which is the german word for 'Desert Fox'.
It is the British's nickname for the German is 'Jerry'. In WW1 they used "Hun". Some continued that usage into WW2. The American's nickname for the German is 'kraut'. The German's nickname for the British is 'Tommy', and for the Americans is 'Ami'.
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The nickname of German submarines during World War I was "U-boats," which stands for "Unterseeboot," meaning "undersea boat" in German. These submarines played a significant role in naval warfare, employing tactics such as unrestricted submarine warfare to disrupt Allied shipping. U-boats became notorious for their effectiveness in sinking merchant and military vessels. The term has since become synonymous with German submarines in both World Wars.
The other two names for the "Sitzkrieg" (a nickname given by German soldiers during the lull in fighting) are "the Sitting-Down War (translated literally from German) and the Phony War.
Jerry was a nickname given to German troops.
'The Desert Fox' was the nickname given to Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, the commander of the German Afrika Corps during World War 2
Germans wer often called "Huns" by their enemies in World War I
The nickname of US infantryman during World War I was Scuttlantlists in honor of the Scuttlant flyboys in West Virginia.
Blitzkrieg. In German it means "Lightening War," and refers to a swift military offensive using ground and air forces.
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