Aug 18, 2014 · Even the german word for the marching style: "Stechschritt" (literally stabbing step) hints at the idea of intimidation. The Wehrmacht both prior and after WWI retained its use as a celebration of Prussias military tradition. However after WW2 it became assotiated with the WWII Wehrmacht and consequently fell into disuse.

Oct 22, 2018 · Probably the last time German soldier (No matter their ideologies) march with a goose-step on German soil. I stumble upon this video while watching a few East German parade,The atmosphere here is kinda sad too it feel like …

Aug 29, 2014 · Goose stepping was invented and practiced in the Prussian and later German armies as a form of exercise. You lift the leg up high like a shifted sit up, and move forward. In the old German manuals it was used mainly for exercise and then for the presentation marches.

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Feb 6, 2024 · People get that impression from surface level aesthetics, and it was probably intentional for propaganda reasons, but the East German Army was very much a Soviet entity at its core (even their goose-step was a Russian goose-step, marched with clenched fits, not the open palm German goose-step)

Apr 29, 2021 · 30 June, 1943: German troops await their planned offensive, Belgorod region. Frogskin7 Summer, 1943: Members of the Großdeutschland Division in an armored fighting vehicle.

Feb 16, 2022 · Based on my recent Chile run (much in need of rework and update), I'm under the impression that broadly speaking, the syndie Chileans swapped their role model to UoB instead, wearing brodie helmet, great emphasis on already having one of the most competitive navies in South America and needing to expand it further.

Jun 24, 2013 · I think it's also worth noting that a modern goose-step parade display would never go over because, in the minds of most of the world, goose-step = Hitler. I would guess that this is due to the wide dispersion of WWII-era films showing the German forces marching that way, and it's become so iconic that although Hitler certainly wasn't the first ...

Jul 7, 2018 · Turns out, goose stepping has been around much longer than that. Side note: Wikipedia has a pretty detailed entry on it, for those interested in learning more about the purpose and history of the goose step.

Jan 14, 2022 · China adopted the goose step during the last days of its imperial dynasty, since their Beiyang New Army was modelled after the Prussian Army. After the 1911 revolution, the National Revolution Army of the Republic of China continued the practice due to tradition and also influences from their German military advisors in 1920s. source