His Majesty's Stationary Office (HMSO) Catalogue - Glossary Item 'Hun'

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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.

There are 6 Books that reference this Glossary Item

Name	Bomber Command Continues. The Air Ministry Account of the Rising Offensive against Germany. July 1941 - June 1942
Category	Action in the Air
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	Air Ministry
Published	Aug/1942
iTunes	Available

Name	By Air to Battle. The official account of the British Airborne Divisions
Category	Action in the Air
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	Air Ministry
Published	Oct/1945

Name	Over to You, New Broadcasts by the R.A.F. TN
Category	Air Reference
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	none
Published	Dec/1943
iTunes	Available

Name	The Army At War. The Northern Garrisons. (By Eric Linklater)
Category	Action on Land
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	War Office
Published	Aug/1941
iTunes	Available

Name	There's Freedom in the Air. The Official Story of the Allied forces from the Occupied Countries
Category	Action in the Air
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	none
Published	Mar/1944
iTunes	Available

Name	We Speak from the Air. (Broadcasts by the R.A.F.)
Category	Air Reference
Issued By	Ministry Of Information
Issued For	Air Ministry
Published	Mar/1942
iTunes	Available