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Jerry was what the British called the Germans, "Ger"man, "Jer"ry, I think just because it sounded slangy. Some called them the Boche, or the Hun, epithets left over from WWI. Americans called them Krauts, or squareheads.

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It was word play on Germans/Germany = Jerries In Italy, the British used the term "Teds" for Germans because the Italian word for German was Tedeshi.

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