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Glossary Item: Hun |
Name | Hun |
Description | A pejorative term for Germans which became the basis for describing the Germans during WW1 as barbarians and savages. It originated when the Kaiser gave a speech in 1900 comparing their might to defeat the Boxer Rebellion to Attila the Hun’s campaigns. |
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