Cemetery Name: Buttes New British Cemetery New Zealand Memorial, Polygon Wood Cemetery Location: Zonnebeke, West-Vlaanderen, Belgium NZ Casualties: 378 Total Known Casualties: 378 Location Information: The New Zealand Memorial to the Missing is located within Buttes New British Cemetery, 8 kilometres east of Ieper town centre, on the Lange Dreve, a road leading from the Meenseweg (N8)...
Volunteers of the Lithuanian Armed Forces (1918–1923) When Lithuanian independence was declared, volunteers of the Lithuanian Army Forces started to gather in October, 1918. On 23rd November, 1918 the first order for the Defense Ministery was signed. This day is considered the day of restoration of the Lithuanian Armed Forces. At that time there were 100 military officers, officials, doctors a...
King Philip's War, sometimes called the First Indian War, Metacom's War, Metacomet's War, or Metacom's Rebellion, was an armed conflict between Native American inhabitants of present-day New England and English colonists and their Native American allies in 1675–78. The war is named for the main leader of the Native American side, Metacomet, who had adopted the English name "King Philip" in hono...
In Germany, stalag (German pronunciation: [%CB%88%CA%83talak]) was a term used for prisoner-of-war camps. Stalag is a contraction of "Stammlager", itself short for Kriegsgefangenen-Mannschafts-Stammlager.According to the Third Geneva Convention of 1929 and its predecessor, the Hague Convention of 1907, Section IV, Chapter 2, these camps were only for prisoners of war, not civilians. Stalags wer...
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...
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Wikipedia Article Notable Alumni The United States Air Force Academy (also known as USAFA or Air Force Academy), is a military academy for officer candidates for the United States Air Force. Its campus is located immediately north of Colorado Springs in El Paso County, Colorado, United States. The Academy's stated mission is "to educate, train, and inspire men and women to become leaders of cha...
Slag van Magersfontein - 11 Dec 1899 Battle of Magersfontein - 11 Dec 1899 Die Slag van Magersfontein het 'n beroemde oorwinning geword vir die Boeremagte tydens die Tweede Vryheidsoorlog. Hierdie slag het een van 'n driestuks neerlae deur die Britse magte (saam met Colenso en Stormberg) uitgemaak wat in Brittanje as die Swart Week bekend gestaan het. Die slag het gevolg na drie opeenvolgende n...
1788 bildades Värmlands fotjägarbataljon för att försvara gränsen mot det danska Norge. År 1812 ändrades namnet till Värmlands fältjägarregemente och 1876 till Värmlands fältjägarkår. I samband med försvarsreformen 1901 sammanslogs Värmlands fältjägarkår med Hallands bataljon, och bildade den 1 januari 1902 Vaxholms grenadjärregemente. Värmlands fältjägarkår tilldelades sin fana 1885, och från...
Seven Years' War= Seven Years' War was a global military war between 1756 and 1763, involving most of the great powers of the time and affecting Europe, North America, Central America, the West African coast, India, and the Philippines. In the historiography of some countries, the war is alternatively named after combats in the respective theaters: the French and Indian War (North America, 1754...
The Battle of Antietam /ænˈtiːtəm/ also known as the Battle of Sharpsburg, particularly in the South, fought on September 17, 1862, near Sharpsburg, Maryland, and Antietam Creek as part of the Maryland Campaign, was the first major battle in the American Civil War to take place on Union soil. It is the bloodiest single-day battle in American history, with a combined tally of dead, wounded, and ...
This project focuses on Civil War "notables" from the Union and Confederate armies and their families. Meaning of the word notables: NOTABLES, noun famous or important persons worthy of attention or notice; remarkable.== including officers, volunteers, and draftees on both sides who are or should be recognized for their "NOTABLE" activities during the American Civil War — whether e...
The Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War, as well as the primary command structure of the Department of Northern Virginia. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac. = Districts =Three districts were created under the Department of Northern Virginia:* Aquia District* F...
The Confederate States of America ( CSA or C.S.A. ), commonly referred to as the Confederacy , was an unrecognized secessionist state existing from 1861–65. It was originally formed by seven slave states in the Lower South region of the United States whose regional economy was mostly dependent upon agriculture, particularly cotton, and a plantation system of production which in turn largely rel...
Please add Profiles of persons who died in or survived the British "hellcamps" to this project. This project is a tribute to them . Included also British soldiers and doctors stationed in these camps. Note: Please do not add profiles of Boer soldiers interned in POW camps outside South Africa A website with searchable data bases : BCCD To participate in any project - you do need to fir...
The Murmansk Legion , also known as the Finnish Legion, was a British Royal Navy organized military unit during the 1918–1919 Allied North Russia Intervention. It was composed of Finnish Red Guards who had fled after the Finnish Civil War from the White-dominated Northern Finland to Russia and of some Finns working on the Murmansk Railroad. The Legion, along with British troops, fought off the ...
in 1876, the United States Coast Guard Academy (USCGA) is the military academy of the United States Coast Guard. Located in New London, Connecticut, it is the smallest of the five federal service academies. The academy provides education to future Coast Guard officers in one of eight major fields of study.Unlike the other service academies, admission to the academy does not require a congressio...
List of Australian Divisions in World War II* 1st Armoured Division* 2nd Armoured Division - also known as the 2nd Calvary Division and 2nd Motor Division* 3rd Armoured Division - also known as the 1st Calvary Division and 1st Motor Division* 1st Division* 2nd Division* 3rd Division* 4th Division* 5th Division* 6th Division* 7th Division* 8th Division* 9th Division* 10th Division* 11th Division...
CAMPAIGN OVERVIEW = During the Second World War, the North African Campaign took place in North Africa from 10 June 1940 to 13 May 1943. It included campaigns fought in the Libyan and Egyptian deserts (Western Desert Campaign, also known as the Desert War) and in Morocco and Algeria (Operation Torch) and Tunisia (Tunisia Campaign). Short Video on the Air War in East Africa >>>>>----------------...
After a twenty-three-year absence, women returned to general Navy service in early August 1942, when Mildred McAfee was sworn in as a Naval Reserve Lieutenant Commander, the first female commissioned officer in U.S. Navy history, and the first Director of the WAVES, or "Women Accepted for Volunteer Emergency Service". In the decades since the last of the Yeomen (F) left active duty, only a rela...
The War in Afghanistan began on October 7, 2001, (On Going) as the armed forces of the United States and the United Kingdom, and the Afghan United Front (Northern Alliance), launched Operation Enduring Freedom in response to the September 11 attacks on the United States, with the stated goal of dismantling the Al-Qaeda terrorist organisation and ending its use of Afghanistan as a base.The Medal...
Aim of this project is to list all American soldiers who were prisoners of war during World War Two. You can help by linking profiles of American POW's to this project or create profiles and link them.
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...
Upplands ståndsdragonregemente (Upplands ståndsdragoner) uppsattes 1700 av främst adeln och prästerskapet i Svealand. Det bar inledningsvis namn efter sina chefer och bestod till en början av 600 (700) man, fördelade på sex, från 1701 åtta kompanier. Överfört till Reval (nu Tallinn) 1701 deltog det i slagen vid Errastfer 1701, Jakobstadt 1704, Gemäuerthof 1705, Liesna (Lesna) 1708 och slutligen...
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...