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WWII US foreign language phrasebooks
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William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6274 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 1 of 3 08 April 2011 at 5:42pm \| IP Logged
	http://sprachfuehrer.livejournal.com/27905.html#cutid1 A selection of US military phrasebooks for various languages, issued during the Second World War. I took this item from an interesting Russian-language blog dealing with foreign languages, wartime propaganda and so on (esp. the Eastern Front in WWII, although earlier and later conflicts are also mentioned). The blog contains many examples of books, booklets and so on designed to give soldiers etc. the basics of various foreign languages. The US examples stand out because they seem rather expensively produced, with stout covers and binding. 3 persons have voted this message useful
William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6274 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 2 of 3 11 April 2011 at 3:54pm \| IP Logged
	A picture of a US soldier's cribsheet of basic Pashto phrases. The photo was taken near Kandahar in Afghanistan in June 2010. http://sprachfuehrer.livejournal.com/429086.html Edited by William Camden on 11 April 2011 at 4:00pm 1 person has voted this message useful
William Camden Hexaglot Senior Member United Kingdom Joined 6274 days ago 1936 posts - 2333 votes Speaks: English*, German, Spanish, Russian, Turkish, French	Message 3 of 3 13 April 2011 at 11:39am \| IP Logged
	And a page from a Soviet phrasebook for use in Afghanistan during the 1980s. It is said to be afganskiy yazyk, which usually means Pashto, but the phrases look more like Dari Persian to me. pics.livejournal.com/sprachfuehrer/pic/004zaqbd/ 1 person has voted this message useful

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