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The inventor of the Bellamy salute was James B. Upham, junior partner and editor of The Youth's Companion. [1] Bellamy recalled that Upham, upon reading the pledge, came into the posture of the salute, snapped his heels together, and said, "Now up there is the flag; I come to salute; as I say 'I pledge allegiance to my flag', I stretch out my right hand and keep it raised while I say the ...
People performing the Nazi salute at the Harzburg Front rally in Bad Harzburg, October 1931 Hitler used to answer the common salute with his modified version, where his palm was parallel to the sky. The salute was executed by extending the right arm stiff to an upward 45° angle and then straightening the hand so that it is parallel to the arm ...
The event was highly choreographed in the fascist style, with uniformed Bund members carrying American and Nazi flags and the display of the Nazi salute. This was problematic because at that time, the very similar Bellamy salute was used to salute the American flag, which was marched down the aisle at this event. [8]
Reichswehr soldiers swearing the Hitler oath in 1934, with hands raised in the traditional schwurhand gesture. The Hitler Oath (German: Führereid or Führer Oath)—also referred in English as the Soldier's Oath [1] —refers to the oaths of allegiance sworn by officers and soldiers of the Wehrmacht and civil servants of Nazi Germany between the years 1934 and 1945.
The only country that executed more of its own servicemen than Germany in World War II was the Soviet Union. [75] By way of contrast, during all of World War II, Britain executed 40 of its servicemen, France executed 102 and the United States executed 146 while the Wehrmacht executed 519 of its personnel during the first 13 months of the war ...
Elon Musk gestures as he speaks at Capital One Arena in Washington, D.C., on Jan. 20, 2025. Credit - Angela Weiss—AFP/Getty Images Elon Musk was visibly bursting with excitement after President ...
As the chatter has continued into Tuesday, Jan. 21, people have also been weighing in on the history of Nazi salutes — and other salutes, including the so-called “Roman salute” that is ...
For this speech, Hitler wore a field-grey military uniform, conforming with the Generalissimo rank he was assuming, rather than the brown Nazi Party uniform that he had worn for earlier speeches. The 1 September 1939 Reichstag speech is a speech made by Adolf Hitler at an Extraordinary Session of the German Reichstag on the day of the German ...