kriegie

Englisch - Türkisch

Definition von kriegie im Englisch Türkisch wörterbuch

Relevante Übersetzungen

POW

{k} Prisoner of War

POW

(Askeri) savaş esiri (prisoner of war)

Englisch - Englisch

Definition von kriegie im Englisch Englisch wörterbuch

POW

Etymologie

() German Kriegsgefangener. Former POW Paul Gordon of Reading, Pennsylvania, claims to be the man who coined the term. He was captured by the Germans after the B-17 in which he was a ball turret gunner was shot down over France on October 9, 1942; he spent the remainder of the war as a detainee in Stalag 17b, Krems, Austria. Early in his captivity he was with a group of fellow POW's who were pondering what to call themselves, since the German word "Kriegsgefangener" (war-prisoner) was too cumbersome. According to Paul, he said, "Heck, we'll just be Kriegies," and the name stuck.