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The '''goose step''' is the nickname given to the ''Stechschritt'' 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 by swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent. Its origins are among [[Prussia]]n [[cavalry]] officers who used the exercise to stretch the tendons for horseback riding.  

The '''goose step''' is the nickname given to the ''Stechschritt'' 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 by swinging their legs in unison off the ground, while keeping each leg straight and unbent. Its origins are among [[Prussia]]n [[cavalry]] officers who used the exercise to stretch the tendons for horseback riding.  

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.

In the 20th century goose stepping became associated with [[Nazi]] Germany]], later the [[Soviet Union]], and acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world.  [[Hollywood]] and Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose-stepping.

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

In the early [[Cold War]] period English writer [[George Orwell]] wrote in "[[England]] Your England" (1946):

{{Cquote|The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber.

{{Cquote|The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber.