Search results for "Armed forces" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • an aircraft, by a person or group, usually armed. The first recorded incident ... forest between Paris and Lyon, France. The armed chauffeur and young secretary ...
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  • Rwanda's armed forces consist of mostly infantry and an air force ... war of 1994 weakened the government armed forces, which could not stop ...
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  • 1964. In April 1966, the Rhodesian armed forces engaged militants in Sinoia ... Zambia. An operation by the Rhodesian armed forces to destroy a ZIPRA base ...
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  • large French cities or towns. These police forces were later assisted by inspecteurs ... to the Civil Power is a role of many armed forces). A high-profile example ...
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  • a unified militia over several disparate forces and the ability of a federal ... of the states. He uses the British Armed Forces and British militias as ...
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  • ) was an armed Polish insurrection by the city's populace early ... Although the Russian forces were more numerous and better equipped ...
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  • tactics to whittle away at the Kuomintang forces, increasing the size of his ... considered founders of China's armed forces, at the Chinese Military ...
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  • his commission and took command of the armed forces of the state of Virginia ... who have served in the United States Armed Forces. Planning for the memorial ...
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  • or leather shields; horsemen in cuirasses, armed with iron lances, swords ... winds, though, and was unable to send any forces until spring. Narvaez’s ...
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  • enemy power during or immediately after an armed conflict or war. International ... and New Zealand held by the Japanese armed forces were subject to brutal ...
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  • and independence of the Philippines through armed force. He quickly rose to ... and independence of the Philippines through armed force. He joined as a lieutenant ...
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  • in February 1967, and more conservative forces attempted to curb Red Guard ... with Red Guard leaders, criticized their armed struggle, and abolished the ...
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  • a "people's war" of armed struggle involving guerrilla ... Democracy, and the Theory of Productive Forces as applied to village-level ...
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  • As ordered by the Stavka (the Soviet Armed Forces Command), the Dukhovshchina ... *Istomin, V.P. Operations of Soviet Armed Forces During the Great ...
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  • she was kidnapped by the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) on ... to avoid direct confrontation with government armed forces. ...
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  • proposed a plan to separate the opposing forces by placing United Nations ... Six Day War. During the war, Israeli armed forces captured the east bank ...
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  • regime later renamed it 'Tatmadaw (Armed Forces) Day'. ... Army was renamed the Patriotic Burmese Forces (PBF), and then gradually ...
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  • of China, geographically belonged to China. Armed with that confidence and ... provisions. Constant attacks by Goguryeo forces and illness inflicted heavy ...
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  • Pegu would augment Toungoo's military forces, strengthening Toungoo to ... region around Bassein and augmenting his forces with military manpower and ...
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  • surrounded by much larger American militia forces, took place after his retreat ... When, on August 1, 1777, Burgoyne's forces finally reached the Hudson ...
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