In WWII, American soldiers commonly called Germans and Japanese as krauts and Japs.
The prevalence of the term led soldiers in World War II to start referring to themselves as GIs. Some servicemen used it as a sarcastic reference symbolizing their belief that they were just mass-produced products of the government. During the war, GI Joe also became a term for U.S. soldiers.
Ami – German slang for an American soldier.
The Japan Self-Defense Forces (Japanese: 日本 自衛隊, romanized: Jieitai; abbreviated JSDF), also informally known as the Japanese Armed Forces, are the unified de facto military forces of Japan established in 1954.
In WWII, American soldiers commonly called Germans and Japanese as krauts and Japs.
shogun, (Japanese: “barbarian-quelling generalissimo”) in Japanese history, a military ruler. The title was first used during the Heian period, when it was occasionally bestowed on a general after a successful campaign.
I only know two nicknames from WW2: Iwan (mostly used in singular form) for Russians, and Tommy for Brits. May be there were no nicknames for members of other nations (e.g. France, Netherlands) because the Huns didn't fight them long enough for establishing nicknames.
We got our nickname Devil Dogs from official German reports which called the Marines at Belleau Wood Teufel Hunden.
"Ami" or "Amis", short for American, not nasty - just slang. It took on deeper meaning during the cold war, but was fairly neutral at the time of WWII when first used. Sometimes you heard translations / variations / updates of the WWI "dough boy" - maybe in English, maybe translated.
The origins of the term Tommy is widely disputed, the most common interpretation is that the term comes from Tommy Atkins, which is slang for a common soldier in the British Army. The term Tommy was established during the nineteenth century, but is particularly associated with World War 1.
GI Joe in American English
US. Slang. any man in the U.S. armed forces; esp., an enlisted soldier in WWII. Word origin.
German soldiers also called themselves Schweissfussindianer – 'Indians with sweaty feet' – which had an interesting counterpart in a term for British soldiers: 1000 Worte Front-Deutsch (1925) states that after 'Tommy' the main German epithet for British soldiers was Fussballindianer – 'football Indians'.
The 442nd Regimental Combat Team, a segregated Japanese American unit, is remembered today for its brave actions in World War II. Despite the odds, the 442nd's actions distinguished them as the most decorated unit for its size and length of service in the history of the US military.
Unlike the prisoners held by China or the western Allies, these men were treated harshly by their captors, and over 60,000 died. Japanese POWs were forced to undertake hard labour and were held in primitive conditions with inadequate food and medical treatments.
At least initially, Germans regarded British and American soldiers (especially Americans) as somewhat amateurish, although their opinion of American, British, and Empire troops grew as the war progressed. German certainly saw shortcomings in the ways the Allied used infantry.
Have you ever wondered why British Soldiers are referred to as Tommies? You can see the reference everywhere from the Poetry of Rudyard Kipling to contemporary historical works like The Last Fighting Tommy by Harry Patch.
That name has stuck with the 5th Marine Regiment ever since. The nickname Devil Dog is commonly used by all Marines to describe themselves, actually. At the war's end, France awarded every member of the 5th Marine Regiment its highest medal for courage on the field of battle: the Croix de Guerre.
Heinie (pejorative) The Americans and Canadians referred to Germans, especially German soldiers, as Heinies, from a diminutive of the common German male proper name Heinrich.
Britisher. An archaic form of "Briton", similar to "Brit", being much more frequently used in North America than Britain itself, but even there, it is outdated. An equivalent of the word "Engländer", which is the German noun for "Englishman".
The history of the city of Tokyo stretches back some 400 years. Originally named Edo, the city started to flourish after Tokugawa Ieyasu established the Tokugawa Shogunate here in 1603.
Independence: 660 BC (traditional founding by Emperor Jimmu, held as official dogma until 1945.)
Origin:Japanese. Meaning:God spirit; God of thunder and lightning. Raiden is a gender-neutral name of Japanese origin. In Japanese mythology, this name was given to Raijin, god of thunder and lightning.