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To: FreedomCalls

"he literally wrote the book on tank warfare: "Achtung-Panzer!" was the name of it."

Now, that's a great title! I love German, it's so, um, IMMEDIATE!


281 posted on 11/14/2004 6:50:49 PM PST by jocon307 (Jihad is world wide. Jihad is serious business. We ignore global jihad at our peril.)
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To: jocon307
Now, that's a great title [Achtung-Panzer!]! I love German, it's so, um, IMMEDIATE!

Yeah, you can tell a lot about an Army by the way their soldiers are called to attention. The Germans are sharp and short with the stabbing "Achtung!" There's no way to ignore that. The French have the long nasally drone of "Ahhh-tahhn-seee-oone!" like a Move-on slacker slurping a creamy latte mocha. The Brits stuck us via English with the drab "Attention!" but thankfully our NCOs have shortened it to the twin bayonet thrust of "TEN-HUT!"

309 posted on 11/14/2004 7:12:33 PM PST by FreedomCalls (It's the "Statue of Liberty," not the "Statue of Security.")
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