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British soldiers- Tommies
German Soldiers- Krauts, Jerrys, Huns, Tedeschi (Italian term)
Teds (British abbreviated form of above)
Japanese Soldiers- Japs, nips, slants (the term slants reffers to the Japanese people's eye shape.)
American soldiers- G.I.'s (Government Issue) Or For the Real Green soldiers, draftees, Joes, Mac (USMC only)
Italian soldiers- Eye-ties, Goombah (Even though the term was more widly used after the war to reffer to Italian thugs)
French soldiers- Frogs
Polish soldiers-the polls
Russia-Reds, Ruskies, Commies, Ivan.
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What slang did USsoldiers use for German soldiers in world war 1?
Krauts was the most common. Squareheads, Jerries, some used terms left over from WWI, and called them the Huns, or the Boche.
What slang terms did German soldiers use for US British and Russian soldiers in World War 1?
The Germans referred to the British as 'Tommys'.
What were slang terms for Japanese during world war 2?
There were many names for the Japanese during WW2, some that I know of were "Tojo, slants, and nips."
Was Kraut a nickname for Germans in World War 1?
Yes, one of many slang nicknames used.
What slang terms did US soldiers use for German soldiers in World War 2?
Jerry Jerry was the British term. US soldiers called them Krauts or Nazis.
