# The Huns — A Yankee in the Trenches character guide

> The Huns in A Yankee in the Trenches by Robert Derby Holmes.

**Role:** minor

**Also known as:** the Huns

**First appearance:** 0005-ii-going-in

## Who they are

Derogatory term for German soldiers used by the Allies.

## Relationships

### [The Narrator](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/characters/narrator)

_rivalry_

The Huns is a derogatory term for Germans, emphasizing the narrator's adversarial and hostile relationship with the enemy.

## In the story

### [Glossary of Army Slang](https://www.betterreads.dev/discover/a_yankee_in_the_trenches_se/chapters/glossary-of-army-slang)

Defined as 'a German' in the glossary.

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