TRANSLATION KEY

Translation Key


British words and phrases

"Marm" — (slang) Cockneyed version of "Ma'am" short for the more formal Madam from the French Madame


French words and phrases

Chic alors! — Literally "how chic" meaning excellent or wonderful. An expression of joyous approval.

Madame — a married woman

Mademoiselle — an unmarried woman

Monsieur — an honorific reserved for men, equivalent to mister or sir

naïveté — lack of experience, wisdom, or judgment; innocence or lack of sophistication

Où avez-vous de deux venez? — where did you two come from?

Oui — Yes


German words and phrases

Danke — Thanks

Durchsuchen den raum — search this space (room)

Fräu — a married woman

Fräulein — an unmarried woman

Führer — also Fuehrer (when the umlaut ü is not available) from Führer und Reichskanzler (meaning Chancellor) is the German title meaning leader or guide now most associated with Chancellor Adolf Hitler

Hauptmann — see Kapitän

Heil Hitler — The Nazi salute or Hitler salute was a gesture of greeting in Nazi Germany. Usually, the person offering the salute would say "Heil Hitler!", "Heil, mein Führer!"

Herr — mister

Kapitän — company grade, a German Army Captain is equivalent to an O-3 and commands at the company level or serves on junior staff. Sometimes informally referred to as the Hauptmann or "top man" depending upon the military branch.

Leutnant — the lowest ranking commissioned officer in the German Army, equivalent to an O-1 the Second Leutnant supervises enlisted ranks, technicians, and outranks cadets and ensigns. Often in charge of a platoon.

Mache schnell! Suche das Zimmer. Suche überall. — Make haste. Search the room. Search everything.

Oberleutnant — a senior or First Lieutenant, equivalent to an O-2, often in charge of the junior officers who were platoon leaders and sometimes company commanders.

Oberst — the field-grade German Army Colonel is equivalent to an O-6 and commands at the battalion or brigade level and serves on senior staff. This is one rank below General officer.

Schutzstaffel — translated to Protection Squadron or defense corps, abbreviated SS and occasionally referred to as the Waffen SS, the Schutzstaffel was a major paramilitary organization under Adolf Hitler and the Nazi Party throughout his rise to power and the rise and fall of the Third Reich. In the hierarchy of the Nazi party, they were known as the “super” Nazis, each having sworn an oath of eternal loyalty to the Third Reich and its ideals. They wore distinctive uniforms and insignia to visually separate them as the “elite” Nazi fighting force. Their uniform emblems included the SS Totenkopf which was a skull and bones “Death’s head” emblem worn on both the soft headgear as well as elsewhere on the dress uniform, the stylized “SS” that was made to resemble twin lightning bolts, and the red armband sporting a black Nazi Swastika on a circle of white.

Seig heil — a victory salute used originally by Nazis at political rallies

Was ist das? — What is this?

Wunderbar — Wonderful


Period Vehicles

Avro Anson 652 – The Avro Anson was a British twin-engine, multi-role aircraft that served with the Royal Air Force, Fleet Air Arm, Royal Canadian Air Force and numerous other air forces before, during, and after the Second World War. It was configured to support multiple roles from reconnaissance to transportation to close air support for combat operations.

Developed from the Avro 652 airliner, British pilots often incorrectly referred to the Avro Anson as the Avro Anson 652 just as US servicemen incorrectly referred to a GPW Light Duty Truck as a “Jeep”.

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British Avro Mk I aka “Avro Anson 652”

Kübelwagen — (literally translated as "bucket car", for its resemblance to a metal bathtub on wheels) The Volkswagen Kübelwagen was a light military vehicle designed by Ferdinand Porsche himself and built by Volkswagen during World War II for the exclusive use of the Nazi military (both Wehrmacht and Waffen-SS). Based heavily on the Volkswagen Beetle it was considerably boxier in appearance.

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Nazi Kübelwagen made for use by the Nazi land forces

North American Na-16 — Originally developed in the early 1930s, the North American Aviation NA-16 was the first trainer aircraft built by North American Aviation, Inc. and was the beginning of a long line of closely related North American trainer aircraft that would eventually number more than 17,000 examples including the BT-9, NJ-1, Harvard I, NA-57, and SK-14 to name a few.

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US Air Force post war configuration of the North American Na-16

This was a single engine three wheel aircraft with tandem seating in the most common configuration, although certain variants had up to four seats. It was widely used as a training aircraft by many countries, including the United States and Nazi Germany.

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Nazi Luftwaffe pre-war configuration of the North American Na-57

Opel Blitz truck — Opel Blitz (German for "lightning") was the name given to various German light and middle-weight truck series built by the German Adam Opel AG automobile manufacturer between 1930 and 1975.

Trippel SG-6 Schwimkraftwagen — Development of this amphibious vehicle began prior to 1939 at the Trippelwerke Hamburg Saar. Used by the Nazis in towns with ports and bodies of water, the vehicle mostly served as a land born light truck or troop transport.

Zundapp KS750 motorcycle (with or without sidecar) — Purpose built for the Nazi German military, the motorcycle had 10 speeds and topped out at 60 mph. It was agile and able to handle very steep climbs and rough terrain with relative ease. It was often coupled with a Steib sidecar, the BW38 (Beiwagen 1938)


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