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[[File:Paris, Wachablösung.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Change of guard at hotel Crillon place de la Concorde in Paris. Picture taken in 1940.]]

[[File:Paris, Wachablösung.jpg|thumbnail|right|250px|Change of guard at hotel Crillon place de la Concorde in Paris. Picture taken in 1940.]]

The '''goose step''' is a type of marching step performed in formal military parades and special ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, the goose step is performed by troops through swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent.

The '''goose step''' is a type of marching step performed in formal military parades and special ceremonies. While marching in parade formation, the goose step is performed by troops through swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent.

Because of the goose steps association with [[Nazism|Nazi]] Germany, the [[Soviet Union]], blind obedience and dictatorships, it has acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world. Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose stepping.

Because of the goose step's association with [[Nazism|Nazi]] Germany, the [[Soviet Union]], blind obedience and dictatorships, it has acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world. Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose stepping.

[[George Orwell]] wrote in "England Your England" (1946):

[[George Orwell]] wrote in "England Your England" (1946):

Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.<ref>[http://jackofkent.com/2012/04/orwell-and-the-ridicule-of-extremists/ George Orwell and the ridicule of extremists]</ref>}}

Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.<ref>[http://jackofkent.com/2012/04/orwell-and-the-ridicule-of-extremists/ George Orwell and the ridicule of extremists]</ref>}}

== Communist armies and goose stepping ==

==Communist armies and goose stepping==

Communist [[China]]'s military engages in goose stepping. The communist North Korean military practices a form of jumping goose step. A video of North Korean soldiers goose stepping in a military parade is [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ga5Dq5IUK1E available at YouTube]. Communist [[Vietnam]]'s soldiers engage in goose stepping as well.

==Notes==

[[Category:Military]]

[[Category:Military]]