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At the outbreak of World War II, the British Indian Army numbered 205,000 men. Later during World War II, the Indian Army became the largest all-volunteer force in history, rising to over 2.5 million men in size. [107] These forces included tank, artillery and airborne forces. Indian soldiers earned 30 Victoria Crosses during the Second World War.
1943 photo of U.S. soldiers flying the U.S. flag and the Honour flag. Brooks B. Harding (1896–1959), an American, [1] made the acquaintance of United States President Franklin Delano Roosevelt and British Prime Minister Winston Churchill in December 1941 by presenting each with a Victory V symbol embossed in leather with the slogan Absolute Victory by delivery at the White House at a time ...
World War II [b] or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies and the Axis powers. Nearly all of the world's countries participated, with many nations mobilising all resources in pursuit of total war .
Map of the participants of World War II, with Allied countries before Japan's attack on Pearl Harbor in dark green, Allies after the attack in light green, Axis powers in blue, and neutral countries in gray.
About 1.2 million Austrians served in all branches of the German armed forces during World War II. After the defeat of the Axis Powers, the Allies occupied Austria in four occupation zones set up at the end of World War II until 1955, when the country again became a fully independent republic under the condition that it remained neutral.
The Service flag is used by those who held a position in their respective service branches. The TNI (red) variant of the flag is used by those who held a position in the TNI or Armed Forces it self. e.g. Lieutenant General Rudianto [] the commanding general of the TNI Academy (Danjen Akademi TNI), Rear Admiral Poedji Santoso [] who held the position as Head of the Armed Forces Finance Center ...
20 Indonesia. 21 Iran. 22 Iraq. 23 Ireland. 24 Israel. ... Download as PDF; Printable version; In other projects ... This is a list of current flags flown by the ...
For Allies to show the different times that allied countries entered WW2, and the area of control of axis and allies. Uses contemporary boundaries and based on Joaopais's Image:WWII.png that is in turn based on Vardion's Image:BlankMap-World.png. self nom - --Astrokey 44 02:06, 19 May 2006 (UTC) neutral. This one is hard to make a decision.