Luftwaffe Troops Goose Stepping:
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"Goosestep" parade march.
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Shake-Speer
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When the LSSAH band comes through in that sequence, the fellow with the baton really shows it off. He goosesteps like a Rockette, his feet kicking up nearly to his waist, and does it with a lot of grace and style.Navy Vet wrote:In Triumph of Will, Himmler sure doesn't "goose step" too good. However, when the band leader strikes up and the drummers begin that is very dramatic and the goose march begins.
Although hardly useful on the battlefield, it's a shame that fear of the Nazis resurgence and ignorance of it's history has caused the abandonment of such a crowd-pleasing soul-stirring parade step.
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That's right. The real goose step was performed by the officers (and only for a short while) when saluting.Phoenix wrote:When the LSSAH band comes through in that sequence, the fellow with the baton really shows it off. He goosesteps like a Rockette, his feet kicking up nearly to his waist, and does it with a lot of grace and style.Navy Vet wrote:In Triumph of Will, Himmler sure doesn't "goose step" too good. However, when the band leader strikes up and the drummers begin that is very dramatic and the goose march begins.
Although hardly useful on the battlefield, it's a shame that fear of the Nazis resurgence and ignorance of it's history has caused the abandonment of such a crowd-pleasing soul-stirring parade step.
Cheers!
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Did you know that the British Army did the goose step for a long time. Following the Seven Years War (1756 - 1763) the Army embraced all things Prussian. The uniforms (1768) and the military manuals. I read these in the British Library and realized they were virtual translations of the Prussian originals.
In fact the goose step may have been adopted earlier. There is a print of Horse Guards Parade which looks like mid 1750's to me (Hogarth?). As well as troops exercising, amongst the crowd of walkers there is a gentleman with two male children. He uses his stick to beat time as his two sons learn the goose step. It was probably dropped after the Crimean War, when the British went Francophile. After the Franco-Prussian War, the Army reverted to German lookalike. Pickelhaube (1878) and all. but not the goose-step. That's where the current policeman's helmet comes from. Not a lot of people know that.
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In fact the goose step may have been adopted earlier. There is a print of Horse Guards Parade which looks like mid 1750's to me (Hogarth?). As well as troops exercising, amongst the crowd of walkers there is a gentleman with two male children. He uses his stick to beat time as his two sons learn the goose step. It was probably dropped after the Crimean War, when the British went Francophile. After the Franco-Prussian War, the Army reverted to German lookalike. Pickelhaube (1878) and all. but not the goose-step. That's where the current policeman's helmet comes from. Not a lot of people know that.
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Reference the comment on hearing Reich music in other venues:
While in the high school band, we had a particular tune we played at graduation ceremonies every year, entitled "Austrian Hymn." One day, I heard something on TV, and mentioned it to a buddy, also in the band, with whom I played wargames.
After that, whenever we played that tune, we always grinned and sang, "Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles....."
Well, we got a kick out of it!!
While in the high school band, we had a particular tune we played at graduation ceremonies every year, entitled "Austrian Hymn." One day, I heard something on TV, and mentioned it to a buddy, also in the band, with whom I played wargames.
After that, whenever we played that tune, we always grinned and sang, "Deutschland, Deutschland, über alles....."
Well, we got a kick out of it!!
Hahaha!
The Evzones do that to stretch their legs, it was invented by a man by the name of Mitzotakis, (his grandson or w/e is famous for screwing up Greece along with other several prestigious politicians), who when was a Lieutenant in the Evzones had pains in his legs. They do their little march every 45 minutes or so.
Basically, its the worst goose step ever. They raise their legs at what must be a near 90 degree angle.
And is that a Garand I see?
The Evzones do that to stretch their legs, it was invented by a man by the name of Mitzotakis, (his grandson or w/e is famous for screwing up Greece along with other several prestigious politicians), who when was a Lieutenant in the Evzones had pains in his legs. They do their little march every 45 minutes or so.
Basically, its the worst goose step ever. They raise their legs at what must be a near 90 degree angle.
And is that a Garand I see?
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Showing off with style and grace is an understatement, whoever this band leader was is the best example of a goose steper I have ever seen!!! What is LSSAH?Phoenix wrote:When the LSSAH band comes through in that sequence, the fellow with the baton really shows it off. He goosesteps like a Rockette, his feet kicking up nearly to his waist, and does it with a lot of grace and style.
LSSAH - Leibstandarte SS Adolf Hitler
This site has some good photos of Leibstandarte members at work - none of the goose step, however. Does anyone have a photo of the LSSAH man mentioned above?
http://home.earthlink.net/~gwcone/hugo.html
This site has some good photos of Leibstandarte members at work - none of the goose step, however. Does anyone have a photo of the LSSAH man mentioned above?
http://home.earthlink.net/~gwcone/hugo.html