Word: sturzkampf
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...Ju.87s were on the go from dawn to dusk, dropping out of the dazzling sun in near-vertical dives on docks, factories, ammunition dumps, railroad bridges-any target that could be knocked out with a hit from a heavy bomb. In news dispatches the word "Stuka" (Nazi elision for Sturzkampf-flugzeug-dive fighter) took on the connotation of "Cossack" in Tsarist days...
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