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When you research a soldier who served in either the British or Indian Army during the Second World War you’ll be confronted by a wide range of military jargon. This is often in the form of abbreviations and acronyms and can make reading military documents very difficult.
Nov 11, 2013 · Here’s a list of some of the soldiers’ language that they saw emerging during and immediately after the war. In October 1941, the journal republished part of a “Glossary of Army Slang ...
- Rebecca Onion
Guides to military terminology in World War II: ranks, acronyms, abbreviations, slang, places, and special terms of the Army Research Branch.
Apr 5, 2015 · 3— Class Z traditionally stood for the Army Reserve: when a soldier was demobilised, he was first transferred to “Class Z” (hence the expression: “Released to Class ‘Z’”). “Class Z” was abolished at the end of WWI (in 1920, according to one source), but re-instated at the end of WWII, in anticipation of war against Communism ...
Jul 31, 2015 · A soldier is so anxious to impress his superiors that he volunteers for every job that’s offered, or otherwise displays unusual diligence. Eagle Day. Payday; also known as “the day the eagle shits.”
- Brett And Kate Mckay
Definitions of the important terms you need to know about in order to understand World War II (1939–1945), including Allied Powers, Anschluss, Appeasement, Axis Powers, Battle of Britain, Battle of the Coral Sea, Battle of El-Alamein, Battle of Guadalcanal, Battle of Iwo Jima, Battle of Midway, Battle of Okinawa, Battle of Stalingrad ...
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Glossary of army slang used in World War II from a list published by the US Army in 1941.
