Snafu. "Situation normal - all fouled up.
Doughboys.
Slang term for a German ( fritz was/is a German name)
It was a term used for German nationals.
Among other things, they used the (offensive) term kraut, which derived from sauerkraut.
Jerry Jerry was the British term. US soldiers called them Krauts or Nazis.
Doughboys.
Slang term for a German ( fritz was/is a German name)
Allied powers in both wars. The term Central Powers was used in World War I for Germany, Austro-Hungary and Turkey. In part this alliance buttressed ( Huns) as a slang term for Germans, a Hungarians were allies!
American soldiers were called Yanks by the Allies and Ami or Amis by the Germans
It was a term used for German nationals.
Among other things, they used the (offensive) term kraut, which derived from sauerkraut.
Jerry Jerry was the British term. US soldiers called them Krauts or Nazis.
Almost any where in the world. Yankee is a slang term used for usa americans. During USA Civil war, the term was used for soldiers fighting on the side of Lincoln.
Agua Mala is the slang term used for Portuguese Man o' War, a sea creature. Agua Mala would translate to (if not refering to the slang term) bad water.
During the Vietnam war the term "Charlie" referred to "cong"...as in the Vietcong http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Viet_Cong
'Jerries' was British army slang during the second world war for Germans. In the first world war, British soldiers were known as 'Tommies'.
A person who favors seccesion from the Union. A slang term used to that effect back after the Civil War.