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A battleaxe is an axe which was specially designed to be used a weapon for wars. Battleaxes have been in use since the third millennium B.C.
The word battleaxe became a slang word during World War II. Operation Battleaxe took place between June 15 and 17, 1941. Operation Battleaxe, which is the codename of one of the most expensive failures in the history of military operations that came into being during World War II, is the second attempt by the British forces to relieve the Siege of Tobruk (a city in Libya) by the Axis Powers.
The commanders of Operation Battleaxe were Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse of the United Kingdom, who was in charge of the XIII Corps (which comprised the 7th Armoured and the 4th Indian), and General Edwin Rommel of Germany, who was in charge of Afrika Korps (which comprised the Fifth Light Division and the Fifteenth Panzer Division).
The word battleaxe became a slang word during World War II. Operation Battleaxe took place between June 15 and 17, 1941. Operation Battleaxe, which is the codename of one of the most expensive failures in the history of military operations that came into being during World War II, is the second attempt by the British forces to relieve the Siege of Tobruk (a city in Libya) by the Axis Powers.
The commanders of Operation Battleaxe were Lieutenant-General Noel Beresford-Peirse of the United Kingdom, who was in charge of the XIII Corps (which comprised the 7th Armoured and the 4th Indian), and General Edwin Rommel of Germany, who was in charge of Afrika Korps (which comprised the Fifth Light Division and the Fifteenth Panzer Division).
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Battle-ax is more commonly slang for an aggressive or domineering woman, and was used in 1936 in a film according to the Dictionary of American slang. I'd like to know the origin of this meaning. Rscooper@aol.com, 11.9.09
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