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What slang terms did German soldiers use for US British and Russian soldiers in World War 1?
The Germans referred to the British as 'Tommys'.
What slang did USsoldiers use for German soldiers in world war 1?
Krauts was the most common. Squareheads, Jerries, some used terms left over from WWI, and called them the Huns, or the Boche.
What were the German soldiers called in World War 2?
The Wehrmacht was the Armed forces The Army was the Heer Slang terms: Boche which is French for hard head American's called them krauts short for saurkraut. The British called them Jerry's
What slang terms did German soldiers use for French soldiers in World War 1?
On the German side, the favoured names for the French were Franzmann and several names based on germanised French phrases: Parlewuhs (parlez-vous), Wulewuhs(voulez-vous), Olala, and the very popular Tulemong(tous le monde). (28) For British soldiers, the Germans, like the French, used "Tommy," although naturally deforming the pronunciation. Ref: http://www.firstworldwar.com/features/slang.htm
What groups paid the greatest price in terms of the number of lives lost during the war was it German soldiers or Russian soldiers or Japanese civilians or Japanese soldiers?
Russian soldiers
