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This project is used to collate all units from New York who served in the Union Army. Wikipedia This Project was started to list all the Units...a list of units not people...but because many profiles do not specify the exact unit the person served in the purpose of this project has now been expanded to be a collection of profiles that served in any NY unit. If you know the exact unit a person s...
It is my aim, to find out, who were those brave men and women who fought so brave against the Nazis in WW2.Feel free to join and tell the story of those brave people!
The Bataan Death March (9-17 April 1942) was the forcible transfer, by the Imperial Japanese Army, of 12,000 American and 64,000 Filipino prisoners of war after the three-month Battle of Bataan in the Philippines during World War II, which resulted in the deaths of thousands of prisoners. The 128-kilometer march was characterized by wide-ranging physical abuse and murder, and resulted in very h...
Cemetery Name: Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial* Cemetery Location: Turkey* NZ Casualties: 183* Total Known Casualties: 183==Location Information:==Hill 60 (Kaiajik Aghyl, or Sheepfold of the Little Rock), on the 60 metre contour line, is the end of a range which runs south-eastward to Hill 100 between Kaiajik Dere and Asma Dere. Hill 60 (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Hill 60 Cemetery, whi...
The Mexican–American War , also known as the First American Intervention , the Mexican War , or the U.S.–Mexican War , was an armed conflict between the United States and Mexico from 1846 to 1848 in the wake of the 1845 U.S. annexation of Texas, which Mexico considered part of its territory despite the 1836 Texas Revolution.Combat operations lasted a year and a half, from spring 1846 to fall 18...
Company C ( "Capt. John Porter's Co." - Culpeper County)=The purpose of this project is to document all the profiles of the men who served in this unit. Point Of Contact For This Page: Donald Colvin
This project is used to relate all units from Texas who served in the Confederate Army. Handbook of Texas Online: Civil War Texas Military Forces Museum: Texas Military Forces in the Civil War Texas Civil War Confederate Units Texas Civil War Museum Texas Military Forces Museum: Texas During the Civil War Under the Rebel Flag: From the Texas State Library and Archives Commission
Casualties of World War One See also - World War 1 Main page The aim of this project is to record the fatalities of World War 1 by country. Africa - 10.000 South Africa - 7.000 Pvt Charles T Barnes 2nd Regt. South African Infantry Pte William August Birkigt He served with the 2nd South African Infantry. He may be burried at a Commonwealth War Cemetary or was one of thousands wh...
The Battle of Bataan (January 7 – April 9, 1942) was fought by the United States and the Philippine Commonwealth against Japan during World War II. The battle represented the most intense phase of the Japanese invasion of the Philippines during World War II. In January 1942, forces of the Imperial Japanese Army and Navy invaded Luzon along with several islands in the Philippine Archipelago afte...
PLEASE NOTE: Limited qualifications for this project. Please read description before adding profiles..This project aims to include and acknowledge people profiled on Geni.com who participated in the International Brigades (Spanish: Brigadas Internacionales), military units, made up of volunteers from different countries, who travelled to Spain, in order to fight for the Second Spanish Republic,...
The Order of the Bath The Order of the Bath is mainly awarded to officers of the Armed Services, as well as to a small number of civil servants. Numbers may be increased in times of war or in the event of any military or civil action or service which merits 'peculiar honour or reward'. In 1971 women were admitted to the Order for the first time. The Order now consists of the Sovereign (Ki...
The main information and outline is from The Military History of World War II: Volume 15: European Resistance Movements, by Trevor Nevitt Dupuy, Col., U.S. Army, Ret., Franklin Watts, Inc., New York, c. 1965. Book * May 10 The Unknown War.The Land of Lidice: Czechoslovakia.They Did Not Scare Us: Poland.Caged - A Story of Jewish Resistance - David J. LandauThe Holocaust, the Jewish Tragedy - Mar...
Beechwood Cemetery , located in Ottawa, Ontario, is the National Cemetery of Canada. It is the final resting place for over 75,000 Canadians from all walks of life, such as important politicians like Governor General Ramon Hnatyshyn and Prime Minister Sir Robert Borden, Canadian Forces Veterans, War Dead, members of the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, and men and women who have made a mark on Ca...
This project is intended for all of those that served in the United States Continental Navy.The Continental Navy was the navy of the United States during the American Revolutionary War, and was formed in 1775. Through the efforts of the Continental Navy's patron, John Adams, and vigorous Congressional support in the face of stiff opposition, the fleet cumulatively became relatively substantial ...
This project is used to relate all units from North Carolina who served in the Confederate Army.
This project is about Blacks that lived during and participated in World War II. The struggles and hardships that they had to enduring during the war--fighting for their own freedom against racism and discrimination on the homefront and on the battlefield. >>>> Project Photo ' = Real African American History - World War II (1939 - 1945)== A Short Timeline ==1939-45 - "The treatment accorded the...
Pietersburg People in this camp 6533 Pietersburg was the northernmost camp in the Transvaal system, isolated and difficult to service. Although Pietersburg itself was relatively open, the nearby Zoutpansberg was mountainous and forested, bordering on Mozambique. The town was only occupied by the British on 8 April 1901 and, initially, the people of this region were housed in Irene camp. It was ...
This was one of the many wars that made up the French and Indian Wars. See the Master Project Indian Wars The summary is taken from French and Indian War and Atlas of the North American Indian, Revised Edition, 2000. ==French and Indian War==What most historians call the French and Indian War was really the final conflict in a long series of wars among the the European colonial powers for world...
The Capture of Savannah, or sometimes the First Battle of Savannah (because of a siege in 1779), was an American Revolutionary War battle fought on December 29, 1778 between local American Patriot militia and Continental Army units holding the city and a British invasion force under the command of Lieutenant Colonel Archibald Campbell. It was the opening move in the British southern strategy to...
NOTE: This project is NOT for individual profiles. Please add profiles to State or Unit projects only. The Union Army was the land force that fought for the Union during the American Civil War. It was also known as the Federal Army, the U.S. Army, the Northern Army and the National Army.[1] It consisted of the small United States Army (the regular army), augmented by massive numbers of units su...
At the outbreak of the war, the Jews, eager to demonstrate their loyalty to their respective countries, rallied to the war effort. Initially the Jews in Russia were no exception, but when the policy of deportation was implemented, many Jews began to pray for the victory of the Central Powers. Nevertheless, about half a million Jews donned Russian uniforms. On the opposite side, almost 100,000 J...
=Älvsborg Regiment= ===The Älvsborg Regiment (Swedish: Älvsborgs regemente ), designation I 15 and I 15/Fo 34, was a Swedish Army infantry regiment that traces its origins back 1624. It was disbanded in 1998. The regiment's soldiers were originally recruited from the provinces of Västergötland , and it was later garrisoned there in the town Borås .=====Heraldry and traditions=====Colours, stand...
Cemetery Name: Grévillers New Zealand Memorial Cemetery Location: Pas de Calais,France NZ Casualties: 446 Total Known Casualties: 446 Location Information: Grevillers (New Zealand) Memorial is situated in Grevillers British Cemetery. Grevillers is a village in the Department of the Pas-de-Calais, 3 kilometres west of Bapaume. From Bapaume take the RD929 in the direction of Amiens, t...
National Cemetery is a United States National Cemetery within Woodlawn Cemetery, which is in the city of Elmira, in Chemung County, New York. Find a Grave
Slag in de Javazee ‧ 27-28 feb 1942 ‧ Pertempuran Laut Jawa NIEUWS 2018 januari : Schending grafrust in Javazee Na de aanval van Japan op de Amerikaanse vloot in Pearl Harbour op 7 dec 1941, was de Japanse opmars door Zuid-Oost-Azie onstuitbaar. De geallieerde zeestrijdkrachten leverden een moeizame strijd tegen de Japanners en werden steeds weer het slachtoffer van luchtaanvallen. Hong Ko...