During World War II, American soldiers bought them as souvenirs but had trouble pronouncing those German/Swiss names, so they began referring to it as a "Swiss Army Knife," and the name stuck. Want ...

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As it turns out, American soldiers in World War II were responsible for the name Swiss Army Knife, as the original term, "Schweizer Offiziersmesser," was far too difficult to pronounce for those ...