Search results for "Armed forces" - New World Encyclopedia

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  • The Bronze Star Medal is a United States Armed Forces individual military decoration which may be awarded for bravery, acts of merit, or meritorious ...
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  • vehicle that is protected by armor and armed with weapons. Most AFVs are ... designed primarily to engage enemy forces by the use of direct fire ...
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  • The Silver Star is the third highest military decoration that can be awarded to a member of any branch of the United States Armed Forces. The ...
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  • Condition of the Wounded and Sick in Armed Forces in the Field" (first ... Sick and Shipwrecked Members of Armed Forces at Sea" (first adopted ...
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  • to bring harmony and cooperation within the armed forces. ... the British Military and the Canadian armed forces. For members of the United ...
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  • On July 26, 1953, a group of approximately one hundred poorly armed ... "Che" Guevara, who joined their forces. They were trained by Alberto ...
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  • The Korean forces, known as "Tiger Hunters," were led by ... ==The armed conflict== On June 10, 1871, the Americans attacked Choji ...
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  • at Hyphasis. Alexander divided his forces, leading one group campaigning ... Alexander left behind a contingent of Greek forces which established ...
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  • in the world, the Republic of Korea Armed Forces, or ROK Armed Forces ... Although the National Armed Forces Organization Act stipulates that ...
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  • was that the local government and police forces were made up mostly of those ... camps on Mt. Hallasan and the government forces held the coastal towns. Farming ...
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  • had made the journey to the new territory, armed and ready to fight. Kansas, and in November 1854, thousands of armed Southerners known as "border ...
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  • Whites were combined into the so called Armed Forces of South Russia (Вооружённые ... by General Denikin and named the "Armed Forces of the South of Russia ...
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  • catch, not worth the trouble of an armed conflict. Ganghwa Island, ... Goryeo took refuge on the island as Mongol forces invaded in 1232. ...
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  • degree and constitute the main bulk of armed forces available for defense ... referred to the land component of the armed forces, both regular (full time ...
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  • the Indian Military, Pakistan's armed forces had a qualitative edge ... * Iqbal, Pervaiz. The Armed Forces of Pakistan. Allen & Unwin ...
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  • and the Unified Command of Pact Armed Forces, which had authority over ... Warsaw Pact forces were utilized at times, such as during the 1968 ...
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  • sacking of Lawrence, Kansas by pro-slavery forces, John Brown and a band of ... Sovereign proclaiming that proslavery forces "are determined to repel ...
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  • “generally refer to conflicts with armed forces on either side which are ... additional requirement for identifiable armed forces. The December 1990 version ...
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  • naval arm of the Weimar Republic’s Armed Forces. He commanded torpedo ... to ensuring the loyalty of the German armed forces and trying to ensure German ...
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  • The Korean Peninsula had been divided between occupation forces of ... North Korea to withdraw forthwith their armed forces to the 38th parallel; ...
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