"Was bedeutet Ruckkampfer?" Topic
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| Ben Lacy | 05 Dec 2009 9:39 a.m. PST |
Please forgive my use of English, but I am seeking a translation for Ruckkampfer, or perhaps Rückkampfer which was apparently a nickname given to German stragglers during July 1944 after the collapse of the 4th Army at Minsk. I believe the word for straggler is Der Nachzügler, but what then is the literal translation of Rückkampfer? Is it a struggle/fight to return or move? I can't find it in my dictionary. Thanks, Ben |
| borrible | 05 Dec 2009 9:43 a.m. PST |
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| Ben Lacy | 05 Dec 2009 10:08 a.m. PST |
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| tuscaloosa | 06 Dec 2009 8:04 a.m. PST |
Hmm, we would never say "back strugglers"; I think stragglers is the best. "Those fighting to rejoin their unit" would be the most specific, if a bit cumbersome. |
| (Leftee) | 06 Dec 2009 1:03 p.m. PST |
Back-fighters. Does it specifically refer to them as Forlorn Hope (ordered to stay behind),, or as Straggler types trying to get back to German lines? |
The G Dog  | 06 Dec 2009 8:23 p.m. PST |
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| I Jim I | 08 Jan 2010 9:11 p.m. PST |
"Returned fighter(s)" might be a better literal translation for Rückkämpfer. |
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