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  • # Characteristic of members of the armed forces. #: She was dishonorably ... # (Canada, US) Relating to armed forces such as the army, marines ...
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  • days, involving mass demonstrations and violent armed clashes with police and gendarmes, the last loyal forces of the Russian monarchy. On February ...
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  • armée), from Medieval Latin armāta (armed force), a noun taken from ... ## Used absolutely for that entire branch of the armed forces. ...
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  • the most notorious war crimes committed by the armed forces of Imperial Japan, including anthrax, cholera, and bubonic plague attacks on both military ...
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  • the sacrifices of members of the armed forces and of civilians in times of war, specifically since the First World War. It is observed on November ...
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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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  • ##:I was escorted from the building by a body of armed security guards. ... ##:All bodies are held together by internal forces. ## (uncountable ...
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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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