as frontline combat troops in 1944–1945. Jäger – [1] light infantry; used alone or as part of a specialty such as Gebirgsjäger or Fallschirmjäger. [2] Fighter Airplane. The root Jagd- is also used in its literal meaning of "hunter" for weapon systems such Jagdtiger. jawohl – simply the word "yes" with the emphatic "wohl", which one might translate as "Yes, indeed!", "Aye, aye, sir!" or "Absolutely yes!" Widely used in World War II. Junkerschule – SS officer academy. K "Kaczmarek" – wingman Kadavergehorsam – "absolute duty and blind obedience till death."; lit.: "carcass obedience" Kaiserliche Marine (KM) – Imperial German Navy Kaiserlicher Yacht-Club (KYC) – Imperial Yacht Club Kameradschaft – small military unit, or phrase for "comrade support amongst soldiers" (see Volkgemeinschaft). Kampf – struggle, fight or conflict. Kampfeinsitzer Kommando (KEK), the first specialist, single-seat armed scout/fighter units of the Fliegertruppe predecessor of the Luftstreitkräfte, first formed by Inspektor-Major Friedrich Stempel in February 1916, and the direct predecessor units to the Jagdstaffeln fighter squadron units first formed in the late summer of 1916. Kampfflotte – battle fleet. Kampfgeist – fighting spirit. Kampfgeschwader (KG) – bomber wing (USAAF practice)/group (RAF practice) Kampfgruppe—1. an Army battlegroup or task force; formal designation of an ad hoc task force, or informal term for a combat unit at greatly reduced strength. 2. In the Luftwaffe, a bomber unit equivalent to a US/French group or a British Commonwealth wing. Kampfmesser – combat knife. Kampfplan – battle plan. Kampfschwimmer – frogman. Kampfzone – battle zone. Kampfwunde – battle injury. Kanone – gun (as opposed to a howitzer). Kanonier – gunner Kapitän – naval rank of captain; in full Kapitän zur See (KzS or Kpt.z.S.) ;literally, sea captain. Commanded any capital ship. Kapitänleutnant (Kptlt.) – naval rank of lieutenant commander or (literally) captain lieutenant. Officers of this rank generally command small vessels such as U-boats and minesweepers. The rank is often shortened to "Kaleun", with junior officers addressing people of this rank as "Herr Kaleun". Kapitulation – surrender. Kapo – overseer, NCO (sl). Esp. a prisoner who acted as an overseer of his fellow inmates in the Nazi concentration camps (see Konzentrationslager). Karbol-Tränke – field dressing station Kartenstelle – mapping detachment, normally part of staff company of a division or higher Kaserne – barracks, casern. Kavallerie (Kav.) – cavalry. KdE – abbreviation for the Kommandeur der Erprobungsstellen, the commander of all German military aviation test facilities in World