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==Origins of the name==
==Origins of the name==
The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military forces depicted in the [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure'' (the Body Carrier) depiction of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla. In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group appears to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] to the closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' without being spoken by name.<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles].</ref>
The name Wagner (pron: ''VAHG-nər'') is actually a tip of the hat to American military forces depicted in the [[Francis Ford Coppola]] film, ''[[Apocalypse Now]]'' which uses in the film score music from Act III of [[Richard Wagner]]'s ''Die Walkure''<ref>[https://youtu.be/30QzJKCUekQ Ride of the Valkyries - Apocalypse Now (3/8) Movie CLIP (1979) HD].</ref> (the Body Carrier) depiction of warrior maidens carrying the bodies of slain heroes from the battlefield to Valhalla. In the 2022 Russian propaganda film, ''Scorching Sunlight'', about the origins of the [[Donbas war]] in 2014, the Wagner group appears to assist the [[Lugansk People's Militia]] to the closing bar's of Wagner's ''Das Rheingold'' without being spoken by name.<ref>[https://youtu.be/3dlb5bCoKQo Final scene ‘Scorching Sunlight’ Burning Sun with English subtitles].</ref>
==Special Military Operation==
==Special Military Operation==