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Volley fire can be seen in many movies such as Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End. Most accurately, volley fire was depicted in the movie Zulu, a fictionalization of the Battle of Rorke's Drift. To defend a fixed position, British infantry used two-rank volley fire, and later three-rank volley fire, to decimate an attack by a large Zulu ...
Second corporals also disappeared at that time (the second corporal had been an actual rank, whereas lance-corporal was private acting in the rank of corporal). The pre-war infantry rank of colour sergeant had generally given way to the ranks of company sergeant-major and quartermaster-sergeant in 1914 when the four-company organization was ...
In World War I, shell shock was considered a psychiatric illness resulting from injury to the nerves during combat. The nature of trench warfare meant that about 10% of the fighting soldiers were killed (compared to 4.5% during World War II) and the total proportion of troops who became casualties (killed or wounded) was about 57%. [2]
While many ranks might have equivalents in other air forces, in reality the Luftwaffe military had a far greater responsibility; while officers of the Royal Air Force, the British Air Force, were graded to a higher rank when performing higher rank functions, Luftwaffe officers maintained their rank while performing functions, regardless of size ...
The 369th Infantry Regiment, originally formed as the 15th New York National Guard Regiment before it was re-organized as the 369th upon its federalization, and commonly referred to as the Harlem Hellfighters, was an infantry regiment of the New York Army National Guard during World War I and World War II.
Red Army Uniforms of World War II in Colour Photographs. London: Windrow & Greene. ISBN 978-1872004594. Rosignoli, Guido (1972). Army badges and insignia of World War 2: Book 1. MacMillan Colour Series. New York: Blandford Press Ltd. ISBN 9780026050807. LCCN 72-85765. Rosignoli, Guido (1980). Naval and Marine Badges and Insignia of World War 2 ...
2 e Groupe (Fairey Fox) 3 e Groupe (Fairey Fox) 4 e Groupe (Fairey Fox) 5 e Groupe (Renard R.31) 6 e Groupe (Renard R.31) 2 e Régiment d'Aéronautique (2nd Air Regiment - Fighter aircraft) 1 er Groupe (Gloster Gladiator & Hawker Hurricane) 2 e Groupe ; 3 e Groupe (Fairey Fox) 3 e Régiment d'Aéronautique (3rd Air Regiment - Reconnaissance and ...
The 1917 French Army mutinies took place amongst French Army troops on the Western Front in northern France during World War I.They started just after the unsuccessful and costly Second Battle of the Aisne, the main action in the Nivelle Offensive in April 1917.