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40k Orks aren't caricatures of Germans. They're soccer hooligans / lower class (Cockney) louts. I think the German thing came from the helmets being a popular biker affectation (http://www.ironhorsehelmets.com/novelty.htm), and Ork bikers were just another facet of the amusing collection of stereotypes.

Yup.

JF- of course, but anyone who’s studied WWII at all will tell you most of the heavy lifting was done by the Russians. Germany beat up its own military attacking Russia, Russia took it, turned them back, and then marched back to Berlin. We and the English certainly fought hard, but simply saying “we beat the Germans” or “we freed Europe from Facism” is misleading to the point of historical inaccuracy.