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Old May 16th, 2007, 11:27 AM
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Default Re: German nicknames

The Small Partizans = Lice

UvD (Unteroffizer von Dienst something like Duty NCO) = Soviet U2 'nightattack' aircraft, because they had a habit of showing up at "unwanted hours."

Horst Wessel Suppe - all the good parts of the soup "marched along in spirit", compare this to the Horst Wessel song where the comrades killed by the communists "marched along in spirit).

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