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Nicholas Herkimer
Herkimer, Nicholas (1728–77) Revolutionary army officer, born near what is now Herkimer, New York. He was wounded while on a mission to rescue Fort Schuyler, which was besieged by British forces, and died of complications from the resulting leg amputation. Although his troops had been forced... Read more |
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United States. Army. Forces Command
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Revolutionary War
Revolutionary War. The Revolutionary War...mercenaries. Although the imperial forces held significant advantages...the Americans' belief in a revolutionary republican ideology, the...provided to the American forces by interior lines of ... |
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revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793–1802, 1803–15), fought between England...insurrection of 1798. Yet Ireland also supplied about one‐third of the forces that fought against France. Wartime spending seriously weakened Irish... |
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Air Force Combat Organizations: Tactical Air Forces
...1947, the United States Air Force (USAF) increasingly viewed...used as an independent combat force whenever possible. The differing...The modern USAF tactical air force structure has been built upon...support for friendly surface forces either through close ... |
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Special Operations Forces
...operations forces: Special Forces, Psychological Operations, Civil Affairs, Delta Force, Special Operations Aviation...Air, Land) and the air force has the Special Operations...Corps has no such permanent forces but contained special ... |
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Weaponry, Air Force
...principal tasks of an air force in war is the destruction...achievement of this aim, air force weapons have evolved from hand‐held guns and...insignificant. The U.S. Army Air Forces entered World War II using weapons that...carried torpedoes. (The air force ... |
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Tito and the Partisans
...a clandestine communist revolutionary using many pseudonyms, one...revolutionary undertaking against the forces of domestic and international...Pavelić's pro-Axis Ustaša forces.This was when Tito understood...generally speaking, occupation ... |
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Irish Republican Brotherhood
...Republican Brotherhood, a revolutionary organization that grew out...resolutely committed to physical force. Even with the constitutional...as Sinn Féin, did the revolutionary tradition revive. It found...Tom Clarke, a committed revolutionary who had spent ... |
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Nicaragua, U.S. Military Involvement in
...who had joined a revolutionary force opposing his...against Zelaya's forces. The victorious revolutionaries, under the leadership...revenue. American forces were removed in...until U.S. forces were withdrawn...powerful ... |
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Jungle Warfare
...employs Special Operations Forces conducting long‐range reconnaissance...locate concentrations of enemy forces and critical targets. Light infantry...destruction of the hostile force.The American military's expertise...operations, hoping to force the enemy ... |
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Paramilitary Groups
...similarly organized to military forces.” Almost all paramilitary...any number just before the Revolutionary War. The Revolution spawned violent...more organized violence for revolutionary purposes. Their crucial...that occurred during late revolutionary, ... |
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Revolutionary War, American
Revolutionary War, American (1775–1783...laid siege to the British forces in Boston (June 15, 1775...additional land and naval forces to North America, but despite...and liberties. The British forces evacuated Boston on March...Continental Army into a capable ... |
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Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars
Revolutionary and Napoleonic wars (1793–1815...Prussians at Valmy in September 1792, revolutionary France announced war against the states...combined Russian‐Austrian‐Prussian force. In February 1814 Wellington crossed... |
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Washington, George
...George (1732–1799) Revolutionary army officer and U.S...to surrender to a superior force. As an aide to Gen. Edward...ambush that decimated his force. Washington commanded all Virginia forces before resigning his commission in 1758. He began the ... |
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Russian Civil War
...Intervention. Counter-revolutionary forces began organized resistance...TROTSKY. In northern Russia a force made up of French, British...Siberia, where US and Japanese forces landed, Admiral Kolchak acted...cooperation between ... |
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Hessians
...fought with the British forces in North America during the Revolutionary War. The 29,000 German...all the campaigns of the Revolutionary War suffering notable defeats...North America after the Revolutionary War. |
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Iran-Iraq War
...invasion of Iran, then in revolutionary ferment following the overthrow...leader Saddam Hussein's forces met little resistance but...aggression only a few years later. Revolutionary Iran, having seized the U...once formidable armor and air forces. The end of ... |
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Oriskany, Battle of
...between British and American forces near Oriskany, New York, on August 6, 1777, during the Revolutionary War. On August 3, British...York to join with British forces at Albany. Two miles west of Oriskany Creek, the British force ambushed a colonial ... |
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Lexington, Battle of
...marking the beginning of the Revolutionary War in Lexington, Massachusetts...April 19, 1775. An American force of about seventy minutemen...Paul Revere, that a British force of about 250 men, under Maj...soldiers fired on Parker's force after hearing a ... |
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army
army An organized force of people armed for fighting...mercenaries to great effect in their forces, but it was the armies of...fully professional standing forces, which dominated Europe from...recruited in France to fight the REVOLUTIONARY and NAPOLEONIC WARS. ... |
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China
...easy for foreign powers to force the Imperial Court into allowing...country's strongest military forces. Instead of consolidating...refashioning his political force, the Guomindang (KMT...counterpart, the National Revolutionary Army (NRA), in order to ... |
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insurgent
insurgent • adjective insurgent forces synonyms: rebellious, rebel, revolutionary, mutinous, insurrectionist; renegade, seditious...insurgents are gaining popularity synonyms: rebel, revolutionary, revolutionist, mutineer, insurrectionist... |
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Fighters capture key base in Libya: ; Revolutionary forces move closer to...
...Libya Libyas revolutionary forces seized a convention...Bani Walid, where revolutionary forces also reported...He said that revolutionary forces in Sirte...failed talks for the revolutionaries in search of ... |
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SLM-Revolutionary Forces asks to delay Darfur talks.
...Sudan Liberation Movement - Revolutionary Forces (SLM-RF) declined an invitation...called Sudan's Liberation Revolutionary Forces (SLRF). However under...Sudan Liberation Movement - Revolutionary Forces, to mark their ... |
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Maoist activities backing "counter-revolutionary" forces: UML Gen Secy
...ruling CPN-Maoist have assisted the "counter-revolutionary forces. Khanal, who went to the Tribhuvan University...the interest of 'reactionary' and 'counter-revolutionary' forces," said Khanal, "It will finally hamper the... |
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Pastrana Cracks Down on Farc.(Andres Pastrana, Armed Revolutionary Forces of...
...talks with the leftist Armed Revolutionary Forces of Colombia (Farc) guerrilla...000-man rapid reaction force would begin moving Friday...military protection as the armed forces contain their crackdown...just one day after a previous force ... |
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Libyan revolutionary forces take key convention center.(Front)
SIRTE, Libya | Libya's revolutionary forces seized a convention center Sunday that had served as a...able to dominate surrounding neighborhoods and assault revolutionaries trying to enter Sirte. Chicago Ex-Weezer bassist dies... |
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Urgent: DPRK official media call Kim Jong Un top leader of DPRK's...
...official media call Kim Jong Un top leader of DPRK's revolutionary forces PYONGYANG, Dec. 24 (Xinhua) -- The Korean...called Kim Jong Un the top leader of DPRK's revolutionary forces in a report released on Saturday. |
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Newscast: Revolutionary forces seize convention center in Sirte.(Broadcast...
LESTER HOLT, anchor: In Libya, revolutionary forces made a key step forward today, seizing a convention center that served as a major base for remaining Gadhafi supporters. The... |
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Bhattarai prods revolutionary forces
...Chairman Baburam Bhattarai said on Wednesday that reactionary forces' recent activities have raised doubts whether "final days...When reactionaries become more active, it is the duty of revolutionaries to fight back, said the Moist leader. The book is a collection... |
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Yemen's Revolutionary Forces Blame Riyadh for Clashes in Sa'ada.
...called Yemen's national unity government was sworn in on Saturday opposition groups said that the country's revolutionary forces will continue their campaign against Ali Abdullah Saleh's regime and allies until the dictator and his companions... |
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Bhattarai prods revolutionary forces.
...Chairman Baburam Bhattarai said on Wednesday that reactionary forces' recent activities have raised doubts whether "final days...When reactionaries become more active, it is the duty of revolutionaries to fight back, said the Moist leader. The book is a collection... |
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