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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>]]
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[[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]].]]
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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 ''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 West]].
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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.
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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.
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==Goose stepping in NATO Armed Serices==
 
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|colspan="3"|<hr/>(''left'') German soldiers: Change of guard at hotel Crillon place de la Concorde in Paris. Picture taken in 1940. (''center''} [[Canadian]] Armed Forces members participate in international exercise in [[Poland]], 2014.<ref>https://www.facebook.com/canadianarmy/photos/a.263398710418781/679112008847447/?type=3</ref> (''right'') Polish military goose stepping, August 15, 2018.
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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.
 
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[[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>]]
 
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== China's police/soldiers and goose-stepping ==
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==Other examples==
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[[File:Indo-Pakistan border.jpg|thumbnail|center|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>]]
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[[File:Dmitry Medvedev in Vietnam 31 October 2010-2.jpeg|thumbnail|center|500px|Communist Vietnamese soldiers laying a wreath at the [[Ho Chi Minh]] Mausoleum.  ]]
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[[File:Dmitry Medvedev in Vietnam 31 October 2010-2.jpeg|thumbnail|center|500px|Communist Vietmanese soldiers laying a wreath at the [[Ho Chi Minh]] Mausoleum.  ]]
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[[File:Livelsberger.PNG|center|500px|thumb|[[US Army]] trained Green Beret [[Matthew Livelsberger]], the alleged 2024 Las Vegas Trump Tower Cybertruck bomber, goosestepping in a "Soldiers Challenge" for the History Channel.<ref>https://t.me/myLordBebo/54792</ref> See also [[Essay: Atheist militaries and goose stepping]].]]
 
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==Angelo-American traditions==
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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 [[UK]] [[patriotic]] essay entitled "[[England]] Your England":
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During the [[London Blitz]] of 1941, [[George Orwell]] wrote a [[Germanophobic]] essay entitled "[[England]] Your England". Contemporary [[neo-fascist]] [[propagandist]]s claim the essay was written in 1946 to ridicule and attack the [[Soviet Union]], the Angelo-American ally during [[World War II]] after the Soviet Union defeated [[Nazi Germany]].<ref>[https://www.conservapedia.com/index.php?title=Goose_step&oldid=1222647 18:02, 1 June 2016‎ Conservative (Talk | contribs | block)‎ . . (776 bytes) (+776)‎]</ref>
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{{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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{{Cquote|The goose-step, for instance, is one of the most horrible sights in the world, far more terrifying than a dive-bomber.
 
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.
  
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*[https://youtu.be/Qjcev7HHKyE Swedish Military Ceremony - Swedes marching in the Prussian Stechschritt], [[YouTube]].
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*[https://youtu.be/BIpr4JeKXkg Former American Honor Guardsman Reacts To Russian Honor Guard | Volgograd, Russia], Sep 14, 2026
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*[https://youtu.be/adzg_iMg9Sc The "Other" German Army - Chile's Prussian Tradition], Mark Felton Productions, Dec 2, 2018. YouTube.
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*[https://youtu.be/adzg_iMg9Sc The "Other" German Army - Chile's Prussian Tradition], [[Mark Felton]] Productions, Dec 2, 2018. [[YouTube]].
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*[https://t.me/Slavyangrad/127071 "If you want to win contest, your mind must be hard and joyless, like Russian turnip.”]
 
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Latest revision as of 03:58, October 1, 2026

Ukrainian fascists goosestepping ahead of wreath laying ceremony by authoritarian dictators Keir Starmer of the UK and Volodymyr Zelensky of the Kiev regime.

The goose step is a Western European 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.

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 Prussian 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.

Goose stepping in NATO Armed Serices

     

(left) Goose stepping in the pre-NATO German armed services; (center} Canadian Armed Forces goose stepping in international exercise in Poland, 2014.[1] (right) Polish military goose stepping, August 15, 2018.
 
Goose stepping in the Swedish armed services.[2]

Other examples

 
Nightly ceremony on the Indo-Pakistan border with soldiers goosestepping past each other.[3]



 
Soldiers in the Peoples Liberation Army (PLA) goose stepping in Beijing, China.
 
Communist Vietnamese soldiers laying a wreath at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum.
 
US Army trained Green Beret Matthew Livelsberger, the alleged 2024 Las Vegas Trump Tower Cybertruck bomber, goosestepping in a "Soldiers Challenge" for the History Channel.[4] See also Essay: Atheist militaries and goose stepping.

Angelo-American propaganda

During the London Blitz of 1941, George Orwell wrote a Germanophobic essay entitled "England Your England". Contemporary neo-fascist propagandists claim the essay was written in 1946 to ridicule and attack the Soviet Union, the Angelo-American ally during World War II after the Soviet Union defeated Nazi Germany.[5]


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

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.

Its ugliness is part of its essence, for what it is saying is ‘Yes, I am ugly, and you daren’t laugh at me’, like the bully who makes faces at his victim.

Why is the goose step not used in England?

There are, heaven knows, plenty of army officers who would be only too glad to introduce some such thing.

It is not used because the people in the street would laugh.

Beyond a certain point, military display is only possible in countries where the common people dare not laugh at the army.[6]

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