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[[File:Indo-Pakistan border.jpg|thumbnail|right|300px|Nightly ceremony on the Indo-Pakistan border with soldiers goosestepping past each other.<ref>[https://youtu.be/K-k-5U__ilI Closing border ceremony between India and Pakistan (full) @ Attari, India], Jul 23, 2012. [[YouTube]].</ref>]]

[[File:Ukrainian fascists goosestepping in ceremony with Starmer & Zelenksy.PNG|right|300px|thumb|[[Ukrainian Nazi|Ukrainian fascist]]s goosestepping ahead of wreath laying ceremony by [[authoritarian]] [[dictator]]s [[Keir Starmer]] of the [[UK]] and [[Volodymyr Zelensky]] of the [[Kiev regime]].]]

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 a [[Western Europe]]an [[military]] tradition originally known as the ''Stechschritt'', a type of marching step performed in formal military parades and special ceremonies.  It has been emulated by military establishments throughout the [[planet]] for more than a century.  

In the 20th century goose stepping became associated with [[Nazi Germany]] and acquired a negative reputation in the Anglo-American world. [[Hollywood]] and Anglo-Americans commonly mock goose-stepping. During the [[London Blitz]] of 1941, [[George Orwell]] wrote a [[patriotic]] essay entitled "[[England]] Your England":

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 ''Stechschritt'' is basically a show of good horsemanship. It has since been adopted as part of the [[military]] traditions of many nations and countries outside of the [[Angelo-American]] world.

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

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|colspan="3"|<hr/>(''left'') Goose stepping in the pre-[[NATO]] [[German]] armed services; (''center''} [[Canadian]] Armed Forces goose stepping in international exercise in [[Poland]], 2014.<ref>[https://www.facebook.com/canadianarmy/photos/a.263398710418781/679112008847447/?type=3 Canadian Army, September 14, 2014, Exercise MAPLE ARCH 14, Canadian Armed Forces Members Participate in International Exercise in Poland.]</ref> (''right'') Polish military goose stepping, August 15, 2018.

[[File:Goose stepping in the Swedish Army.PNG|center|600px|thumb|Goose stepping in the [[Swedish]] armed services.<ref>[https://youtu.be/Qjcev7HHKyE Swedish Military Ceremony - Swedes marching in the Prussian Stechschritt], [[YouTube]].</ref>]]

It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face.

It is simply an affirmation of naked power; contained in it, quite consciously and intentionally, is the vision of a boot crashing down on a face.

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>}}

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==Notes==

==Notes==

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==External link==

==External links==

*[https://youtu.be/Qjcev7HHKyE Swedish Military Ceremony - Swedes marching in the Prussian Stechschritt], [[YouTube]].

*[https://youtu.be/BIpr4JeKXkg Former American Honor Guardsman Reacts To Russian Honor Guard | Volgograd, Russia], Sep 14, 2026

 

*[https://youtu.be/adzg_iMg9Sc The "Other" German Army - Chile's Prussian Tradition], [[Mark Felton]] Productions, Dec 2, 2018. [[YouTube]].

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