Translation for 'Greatest Generation' from English to French

Greatest Generation [1901-1927]

Génération {f} grandiose [1901-1927]sociol.

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greatest respect

plus grand respect {m}

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greatest discretion

plus grande discrétion {f}

in the greatest secrecy

dans la plus grande discrétion {adv}

greatest common divisor <GCD>

plus grand commun diviseur {m} <PGCD>math.

to shroud sth. in the greatest secrecy

entourer qc. de la plus grande discrétion

to treat sth. as one's greatest treasure

tenir à qc. comme à la prunelle de ses yeux

generation

production {f} [d'électricité, énergie]électr.ind.

génération {f}

interwar generation

génération {f} de l'entre-deux-guerressociol.

generation gap

conflit {m} de générationssociol.

generation change

changement {m} de génération

generation-spanning

intergénérationnel {adj}sociol.

electricity generation

production {f} d'électricitéélectr.ind.

change of generation

changement {m} de génération

from generation to generation

de père en fils {adv}

Silent Generation [1928-1945]

Génération {f} silencieuse [1928-1945]sociol.

Lost Generation [1883-1900]

Génération {f} perdue [1883-1900]sociol.

Generation X [1965-1980] [also: Gen X]

Génération {f} X [1965-1980]sociol.

to be handed down from generation to generation

passer de génération en génération

to pass sth. on from generation to generation

transmettre qc. de génération en génération

• The Committee's motto was "From the Greatest Generation to the Latest Generation", and most of its activities focused on educating America's youth about the legacy of the World War II generation.
• During a segment on Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation", Rooney stated that he had been opposed to World War II because he was a pacifist.
• Serving as the only regional station playing the "Great Depression" and World War II era music remembered by what came to be known as "the Greatest Generation", the station's hosts/DJ's and publicity staff encouraged and supported a number of unofficial fan clubs, singers and bands/orchestra followers, organizing social events, dances and musical concerts in the area, including touring national combos and several well-known local performers such as Zim Zemarel and His Orchestra.
• Like his contemporary Terry Southern, Meyer realized that sex—as one of the few common interests among most humans—was a natural vehicle for satirizing values and conventions held by the Greatest Generation.
• He made his debut for Željo's first team in 1964, and was a standout member of the club's greatest generation that won its only Yugoslav First League title in 1972.

• It was to be the beginning of a long relationship with Foss, whom Brokaw would later feature in his book about World War II veterans, "The Greatest Generation".
• The Greatest Generation, also known as the G.I. Generation and the World War II generation, is the Western demographic cohort following the Lost Generation and preceding the Silent Generation.
• The entire focus of the Veterans’ Voice programs was to honor and show our great respect and appreciation to our World War II “America’s Greatest Generation” war heroes, as well as our Korean War, Vietnam War, and Gulf War veteran heroes.
• It is not a specific generation or cohort in the sense of the Greatest Generation or the Baby boomer generation, but a phenomenon that can affect anyone whose parents and children need support at the same time.
• He traveled to the Normandy beaches in 1984 in the company of Tom Brokaw and was a source of inspiration for Brokaw's book "The Greatest Generation".

• According to an article in "Der Spiegel" by Klaus Wiegrefe, many personal memoirs of Allied soldiers have been willfully ignored by historians because they were at odds with the "greatest generation" mythology surrounding World War II.
• She was inducted into the National Women's Hall of Fame in Seneca Falls, New York, in 1996 and was featured by Tom Brokaw in his book "The Greatest Generation".
• Brown is mentioned in The Wonder Years track "We Could Die Like This" off their 4th album "The Greatest Generation" with the lyrics: "We watched the '92 Birds take the field without Jerome Brown".
• He was the first major party nominee for president of the Greatest Generation, and the first to have been born in the 20th century.
• The backstories and the stories of the games themselves highlight the values of the times and provide poignant, funny, and inspirational lessons about how football shaped the lives of many who became part of the Greatest Generation.

• Senator Hatfield merited his own chapter in Tom Brokaw's "The Greatest Generation".