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Question:example, bouncing betty...etc.
any slang terms that the soldiers used, whatever...but it can only apply to WW1


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any slang terms that the soldiers used, whatever...but it can only apply to WW1

Over the Top = to attack, generally from the trenches; “In the Trenches”
Big Bertha = German 420mm howitzer, named for a family member of the Krupp Arms manufacturer.
Dogfight = aerial combat
Suicide Ditch = front line trench (British)
CRUMMY To be itchy because of louse-bites
DOG AND MAGGOT Bread and cheese
DRAW CRABS To attract enemy artillery fire
FLYING PIG British 9.45" trench mortar bomb
JERRY UP! Warning exclamation that a German aeroplane was overhead and may drop bombs

Trench Warfare.
The Great Flu Pandemic.

Shell Shock, was called battle fatigue in World War II and Korea, and Post traumatic Stress Disorder after Vietnam.

Big Bertha, the largest Cannon ever made was named by German soldiers for the daughter of the owner of the Krupp works where it was made.

Fashions were different in those, days, so I don't know if this is something the young lady would find especially offensive, flattering or what.