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Killed in action (KIA ) is a casualty classification generally used by militaries to describe the deaths of their own combatants at the hands of hostile forces. NATO definition: a battle casualty as when a combatant is killed outright or who dies as a result of wounds or other injuries before reaching a medical treatment facility or help from fellow soldiers. The United States Department of...
Please do not add profiles to this project. This is an “umbrella" project. Add the profile(s) to one of the following project/categories listed. ==* Civilian War Casualties * Died as Prisoner of War (POW) * Killed by Disease * Killed in Action (KIA) * Died from War Wounds (KBW, DOW, DWRIA)* Missing in Action (MIA) (presumed deceased)* Shot at Dawn ===If you do not find a project or category tha...
Military History Journal Vol 9 No 3 - June 1993 (incorporating Museum Review) THE BATTLE OF SILKAATSNEK - 11 JULY 1900 by I.B. Copley, Dept. Neurosurgery, Medunsa Introduction After the fall of Pretoria on 5 June 1900, the British forces found themselves in command of most strategic points, but with enormously extended lines of communication. In the Western Transvaal, communications were mainta...