wos germany the only country to do the goose step march??
best krieg...

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No. Mussolini adopted it for his army but don't know how it took. There is a photo of him teaching the march to his general staff. Didn't the Red Army have a version of the Goose Step?

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From what I understand Mussolini adopted it in 1938. But it goes back for some time.

Goose-Step - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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thanks for the info fellows my god the goose step must of been very hard
on the knees and other joints of ones body
it's a wounder some were not put out of active service dut to this odd
way of marching ...best mark

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The last I have seen the Goosestep used was in a North Korean Military parade in 1995.

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Took me a while to find it

YouTube - Le Forze Armate Italiane all'inizio della II Guerra Mondiale

And something rather difficult, the SS band doing the goose step. (05:20)

YouTube - Triumph of the Will 4

Imagine playing an instrument and marching...................

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I remember seeing the changing of the guards at the eternal flame in East Berlin, and they were doing it too! That was 1978!

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This is a 1942 British newsreel taking a less than serious view of the German goose-step


YouTube - Storm Troopers doing the Lambeth Walk

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And I don't know if anyone ever saw a film of this : say la vee: lowering of the flag

The ceremonies on the India-Pakistan border. Now that's showbusiness!

http://www.worldtrek.org/odyssey/asi...rder_large.ram

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boy, that does look like it would be hard on the knees!

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I own an SKS and just carrying it one handed that way would be hell!!

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just looking at thoes korean soldiers marching how my legs are aching
ouch... krieg

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They do it at the Tomb of the Unk Soldier in Moscow. Goose stepping was created by the Prussians I believe long ago. So far as I know it is only used for formal events. More traditional/formal than normal marching drill.

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all i can say is my god . the super goose step.. mw

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I always was fasinatinated by this march, althouhg I did know that it had a name for it. I find it amazing how they can do that, many perfectly while in a parade, it is beautiful to watch, just like a formation of ww2 war planes gently turning.

Oh now look what you have all gone and done

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Robert,

I know the Evzones don't actually Goose step as such but they do perform a manoeuvre similar to it.

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I've always been fascinated by that German march. They do it so well that it looks like it were robots who were the ones marching, instead of soldiers.

Woa woa woa woa, Owen! The Evzones are an entire class apart! Have you ever seen their drill? Out of this planet!

YouTube - Evzones sto syntagma

And they still talk about the Maori Haka? YouTube - Pakistan India Wagah Border Ceremony (by Michael Palin)

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Had a lot of fun reading this thread. From an article I read somewhere (possibly Wiki), it said that the Goose-step was invented an army officer. It was designed to be very difficult to carry out, counting on one's ability to balance properly and was used to pick out drunk soldiers.

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yes i will agree with this thread hes turned out quight interesting i wounder if and soldier wos not so good at this way of marching
best krieg

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LOL. Now that's a jewel.

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thanks .za. well worth a giggle well i did . krieg

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