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To this end, the Union army fought and ultimately triumphed over the efforts of the Confederate States Army. Over the course of the war, 2,128,948 men enlisted in the Union army, [2] including 178,895, or about 8.4% being colored troops; 25% of the white men who served were immigrants, and a further 18% were second-generation Americans.
Heerestruppenbrigade (Army Troops Brigade): Viribus unitis (Latin for "combined strength") Luftlandepioniere (Airborne Engineers): Wir bewegen alles (German for "we move everything") Heeresfliegertruppe (Army Aviation Corps): Ohne Furcht – Nach vorn! (German for "without fear – forward!") Deutsche Marine (German Navy)
There is one platoon in every infantry battalion in the Indian Army. Ghatak is a Hindi word meaning "killer" or "lethal". They act as shock troops and spearhead assaults ahead of the battalion. Their operational role is similar to Scout Sniper Platoon, STA platoon of the US Marine Corp and the Patrols platoon of the British Army. A Ghatak ...
This is a list of American Civil War units, consisting of those established as federally organized units as well as units raised by individual states and territories. Many states had soldiers and units fighting for both the United States and the Confederate States (Confederate States Army).
Upon the establishment of India's independence in 1947, the country became a dominion within the British Commonwealth of Nations.Nevertheless, the armed forces, namely, the British Indian Army (IA), the Royal Indian Navy (RIN) and the Royal Indian Air Force (RIAF) - under the helm of King George VI as the Commander-in-Chief - retained their respective pre-independence ranks and corresponding ...
Strategic operations of the Union army in the American Civil War (3 C, 5 P) Pages in category "Union army" The following 22 pages are in this category, out of 22 total.
Units and formations of the Union army by state or territory (46 C) Pages in category "Military units and formations of the Union army" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Until the independence of India, the "Indian Army" was a British-commanded force defined as "the force recruited locally and permanently based in India, together with its expatriate British officers"; [16] the "British Army in India" referred to British Army units posted to India for a tour of duty. The "Army of India" meant the combined Indian ...