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The Ethiopian National Defense Force ( ENDF) ( Amharic: የኢፌዲሪ መከላከያ ሠራዊት, romanized : Ye'īfēdērī mekelakeya šerawīt, lit. 'FDRE Defense Force') is the military force of Ethiopia. Civilian control of the military is carried out through the Ministry of Defense, which oversees the Ground Forces, Air Force, Naval ...
The New Zealand Army Band (Māori: Puoro Puoro Ngāti Tūmatauenga) is a brass band that primarily provides musical support for the New Zealand Army at all state and ceremonial occasions. It was founded in 1964 by Captain (later Major) James Donald Carson (1934–2008) of the Royal New Zealand Infantry Regiment .
V-mail, short for Victory Mail, was a hybrid mail process used by the United States during the Second World War as the primary and secure method to correspond with soldiers stationed abroad. To reduce the cost of transferring an original letter through the military postal system , a V-mail letter would be censored, copied to film, and printed ...
The Myanmar Army ( Burmese: တပ်မတော် (ကြည်း); pronounced [taʔmədɔ̀ tɕí]) is the largest branch of the Armed Forces ( Tatmadaw) of Myanmar (formerly Burma) and has the primary responsibility of conducting land-based military operations. The Myanmar Army maintains the second largest active force in Southeast Asia ...
The Arakan Army ( Rakhine: ရက္ခိုင့်တပ်တော် ), officially the Arakha Army ( Rakhine: အာရက္ခတပ်တော်, romanized: Araka Tatdaw; [20] abbreviated AA) is an ethnic armed organisation based in Rakhine State ( Arakan ). Founded on 10 April 2009, the AA is the military wing of the United League ...
The National Airborne Service Corps ( NASC; traditional Chinese: 內政部空中勤務總隊; simplified Chinese: 内政部空中勤务总队; pinyin: Nèizhèngbù Kōngzhōng Qínwù Zǒngduì; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Lāi-chèng-pō͘ Khong-tiong Khîn-bū Chóng-tūi) is the sole agency of the Republic of China (Taiwan) that operates aircraft and ...
Coxey's Army marchers leaving their camp. Coxey's Army was a protest march by unemployed workers from the United States, led by Ohio businessman Jacob Coxey.They marched on Washington, D.C., in 1894, the second year of a four-year economic depression that was the worst in United States history at the time.
During April–May 1944 the Romanian forces led by General Mihai Racoviță, together with elements of the German Sixth Army were responsible for defending Northern Romania during the Soviet First Jassy-Kishinev Offensive, and took part in the Battles of Târgu Frumos. In late August 1944, the Red Army entered eastern Romania.