flying divisions mobile units capable of rapid deployment wherever they are needed.
Kaiser Wilhelm, or William II (1859–1941), emperor of Germany and king of Prussia (1888–1918), whose ambitions led Germany into a fruitless and costly war.
Hindenburg Paul von (1847–1934); German field marshal; president of the Weimar Republic (1925–1934).
tommy [British informal] a private in the British army.
trench mortars any of various portable mortars for shooting projectiles at a high trajectory and short range.
parachute star-shell a parachute carrying a light to illuminate troop movements in the dark.
Valenciennes city in northern France, near the Belgian border, which the Germans occupied during World War I.
compositor a typesetter.
