I've been reading quite a bit on contemporary European History lately and a word that's come-up several time in regards to the German is "Kriegsglück". Having a basic understand of German (and how to google) I figured it means "luck of war" or "fate of war".
But this feels quite lacklustre. What was the significance of this word to the beleaguered German of the third Reich? It seemed to me that it meant far more than just a literal translation, but not being fluent (at all) in Deutsch I fail to grasp it's proper intent.
Any clarification you could provide would be of great help!
Well, I see where you are coming from. A number of German words from the era were successful exports, such as "Schwerpunkt" or the infamous "Blitzkrieg".
But this word really does not carry a special connotation in German, it simply means luck in war as in a war developing favourably. The term has also not been newly coined during the 1930s and 40s, like "Blitzkrieg" for example.
It is not a terribly common word, though a Google search comes up with a few articles using it as one would expect.