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  NationMaster - Encyclopedia: Green Army
Paramilitary bands in the Crimea united by 1920 into the Crimea Rebel Army, which fought together with the Red Army against Baron Wrangel.
Army Men: RTS and Army Men (Game Boy Color) were the last Army Men games to be released, although a sequel to Sarge's Heroes was completed for GameCube, but was not shipped before the bankruptcy.
The Green Army, which functioned during the Russian Civil War, had its roots in nonpolitical, anarchist or nationalist movements, and formed a "third force" in contradistinction both to the Reds and to the Whites.
www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Green-Army   (792 words)

  
 Green Army - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Green Army, which functioned during the Russian Civil War, had its roots in Ukrainian nationalism and oscillated between other forces.
The war took an especially brutal form in the south of Russia and in Ukraine, and its front lines moved frequently, disrupting civilian life.
The largest Green contingents were Ataman Grigoriev's forces in the southern Ukraine and the Kuban-Black Sea Army (sometimes called the Red-Green Army) estimated to be around 15,000 troops each and which fought against General Denikin's Russian Volunteer Army in 1919.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Green_Army   (216 words)

  
 CA 54: The Mongols: THE ARMY
Jenghiz Khan laid the foundations for his army before he was elected Khan, as one by one he conquered the tribes of the steppes and incorporated them into his army, the best of the thirteenth century world.
Armies of today still use the military tactic of softening up the enemy by artillery fire, pioneered by the Mongols, the difference being, the Mongols used arrows, and stones and other missiles fired from siege engines, instead of heavy artillery cannon.
The Jun-gar was the Army of the Left Wing or East, the Baran-gar was the Army of the Right Wing or West, and the Khol was the Army of the Center.
members.tripod.com /~whitebard/ca6.htm   (5192 words)

  
 The Tatar Khanate of Crimea - All Empires
However it failed to conquer the city and additionally one of the Crimea column was crushed by the army of the Kurbski Duke, who was sent by the Tsar to relief the Tula.
In 1554 a Russian army seized Astrakhan practically without a fight and it placed the Tsar's ally Derwish Ali on the throne (ultimately, in 1566 Astrakhan was annexed to the state of Tsars).
Armies of their vassal joined the Sultan?s army, including Khan Dzanibeg himself with 10,000 men and Nogais commanded by Kantemir with 5000 men arrived in the Turkish camp.
www.allempires.com /article/index.php?q=The_Crimean_Khanate   (7629 words)

  
 Getting the Message Through-Chapter 1
In this milieu, the United States Army became the first army in the world to establish a separate communications branch, beginning with the appointment in 1860 of a signal officer to the Army staff in the War Department.
Signal Corpsmen served throughout the Union Army, with the largest number of officers assigned to the Army of the Potomac and the Departments of the Cumberland and the Tennessee.
When Myer was chief signal officer of the Army of the Potomac, he urged that signal personnel be centralized and that the chief signal officer of the army, after obtaining details of coming operations at headquarters, direct the signal parties to wherever they were needed.
www.army.mil /cmh/books/30-17/S_1.htm   (10860 words)

  
 Khazars - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Arab armies led first by the Arab prince Maslamah ibn Abd al-Malik and then by Marwan ibn Muhammad (later Caliph Marwan II) poured across the Caucasus and eventually (in 737) defeated a Khazar army led by Hazer Tarkhan, briefly occupying Atil itself and possibly forcing the Khagan to convert to Islam.
Khazar armies were led by the Khagan Bek and commanded by subordinate officers known as tarkhans.
In addition to the Bek's standing army, the Khazars could call upon tribal levies in times of danger and were often joined by auxiliaries from subject nations.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Khazars   (7373 words)

  
 History
But the main arena for the British army was to be Spain and Portugal, where the 1/40th and the 1/82nd landed in 1808 under Sir Arthur Wellesley, later Duke of Wellington, and helped gain early victories at Rolica and Vimiera.
In 1857 the 59th were awarded the battle honour Canton for their part in the capture of the city by an international force.
The pre-war Regular Army fought vitually to the death in the desperate fighting of 1914.
www.army.mod.uk /qlr/history.htm   (4571 words)

  
 Leon Trotsky: 1920 - How The Revolution Armed/Volume III (The Kuban Has Not Risen)
He has already been hailed by the usurers of the Paris stock exchange as ‘master of the Russian land’, but it is difficult to rule Russia from the Crimea.
The 13th Army and the 2nd Mounted Army must finish the job, putting an end to the German hireling of the French usurers, by means of a powerful blow from the North when he sticks his head out.
Towards the end of the 18th century German farmers were invited by the Tsarist Government to colonise some of the empty territory of ‘New Russia’, then recently conquered.
www.marxists.org /archive/trotsky/1920/military/ch63.htm   (717 words)

  
 Search Results for army
The period of army life must have been attractive to Francais for he quickly rejoined the army as an officer and served for a further four years until October 1797 when he was appointed professor of mathematics at the Ecole Centrale du Haut-Rhin in Colmar.
The Piedmontese army was unable to withstand the Austrian counteroffensive.
He joined the army medical corps and was sent to the front but the sight of so many casualties and the poor state of the medical services available to the wounded soldiers led to him suffering from exhaustion and depression.
www-history.mcs.st-andrews.ac.uk /Search/historysearch.cgi?SUGGESTION=army&CONTEXT=1   (11997 words)

  
 The War in Crimea (1853-1856)
The war in Crimea and its consequences on the reactionary politics of the strong continental Powers in Europe of XIX century.
The rebels, essentially of liberal extraction, were a little minority inside the Russian managing class, still firmly tied up to the land aristocracy of feudal nature.
The selected objective was the peninsula of Crimea on the Black Sea that ensured a relatively long valid period for the ground operations for its particularly moderate climate.
www.geocities.com /iturks/html/war_crimea.html   (5696 words)

  
 Our Homeland [The Voice of Russia]
In the meantime, in the south of Russia, the army of ‘white’ General Anton Denikin was forced to engage in combat with the armies of the Independent Ukraine, where all power was then in the hands of socialist and nationalist Simon Petliura, equally antagonistic towards the ‘reds’ and the ‘whites’.
The remnants of Denikin’s army retreated to the Black sea and evacuated from Novorossiysk to Turkey and Crimea.
The main bulk of the Red Army was concentrated at the time in the East and the South of the country: the Civil war was raging.
www.vor.ru /English/homeland/home_033.html   (2405 words)

  
 Studies in Battle Command
Although his army was disciplined, experienced, and confident, he nevertheless clearly expressed what was required of every officer and man, both in camp and on the battlefield.
The campaign that seemed doomed to failure by a mutinous army, an inadequate supply system, and an elusive enemy was waged successfully by a sick but determined commander who kept his army together and maneuvered it against the enemy through the sheer power of his will.
Pemberton's army was poorly disposed for battle when the fighting began, and as the day advanced, the inexperienced lieutenant general handled his army poorly.
cgsc.leavenworth.army.mil /carl/resources/csi/battles/battles.asp   (20634 words)

  
 Footnotes to History- C
However, the chaos unleashed by the revolution broke the strength of the Russian Army in the south, and Ottoman forces overran the area in 1918.
Liberals throughout Brazil were outraged, and in 1824 rebels in the northeastern city of Recife declared the region independent.
The rebellion quickly spread to neighboring provinces, but rapid reprisal by the Brazilian Army and the guns of the Royal Navy overwhelmed the Confederation's armed forces, and Brazilian government was formally restored on December 1, 1824.
www.buckyogi.com /footnotes/natc.htm   (6093 words)

  
 Muslim Politics (upto 1920) in Former Soviet Union
The rebel army captured the main cities situated on the trans-Siberian railway.
The Soviet government of Crimea was deposed by the Crimean army.
In November 1918 after the withdrawal of Crimean army from Crimea, a new Muslim nationalist government was formed in Crimea under the leadership of Milli Firka Party.
www.witness-pioneer.org /vil/Books/SH_CA/chapter_4.htm   (4469 words)

  
 Crimean Tatars, an article by Vladimir Polyakov
The annexation of Crimea by Russia was not a very happy event in itself, and it was a very painful transition for Crimea itself.
Crimea was not the first case of its kind for the Russians.
In 1792 a new exodus from Crimea commenced.
www.iccrimea.org /polyakov.html   (5936 words)

  
 Paradox Interactive Forums - Odd movement of rebels
Another intrieguing rebel mobement is in the early game, rebels sprout in Maine (northenr France, owned by Provence.) Once the rebels finished sieging, they moved through France Proper without sieging anything and headed for Provence on the mediterranean, onfortunately for them, a 30k French army was in the way.
When my army was half way back to Constantinople (this was much after the rebels had successfully taken the provinces in question due to the fact I'd been fighting Persia for a few years) the two provinces turned to Albanian rule and became part of their empire.
The rebels won't stop to seige catholic provinces, not because they' re catholic, but because only the original french calvinists provinces are core to their nation, French Protestants (Fpr).
www.europa-universalis.com /forum/showthread.php?t=184480   (1997 words)

  
 Marina Tsvetaeva, Russian poet
The 'swans' of the title refers to the volunteers in the White Army, in which her husband Sergei Efron was fighting as an officer.
She blended elements from Orthodox prayers and folklore with modernist idiom, and often sought inspiration from the 18th century and the (Russian) romantic age, from which she adopted the idea of the poet as a rebel or an outcast: "We are poets, which has the sound of outcast," she once wrote.
After the USSR was invaded by German Army in 1941, Tsvetaeva was evacuated to the small provincial town of Elabuga with her son.
great.russian-women.net /Marina_Tsvetaeva.shtml   (1586 words)

  
 Foreign Military Studies Office Publications - The Cossack Brotherhood Reborn: A Political/military Force in a Realm of ...
Cossack military colonies were moved to the very edges of the Empire and loyalty to the throne was assured through a system of watchful army officers and governors empowered to use any means to prevent further Cossack uprisings.
The German Army also raised some "Cossack" units from among their POWs, Red Army deserters and the Russian emigre population of occupied Europe.
The first Cossack regiment in the Russian Army is stationed in Transbaikal near the Mongolian border.
fmso.leavenworth.army.mil /documents/cossack/cossack.htm   (6398 words)

  
 Russia before Peter the Great
Rumor spread the Godunov was a usurper and that Russia was being punished for its sins.
An army from Poland pushed into Moscow in 1610, and the son of Sigismund III, Vladislav, a Roman Catholic, was installed there as tsar.
In the summer of 1648, increased taxation, robbery and corruption under the Miloslavskies caused people in Moscow to rebel, and revolts spread to nearby towns and to Novgorod and Pskov.
www.fsmitha.com /h3/h20russ.htm   (3662 words)

  
 Phoenicia, Phoenicians Founded Genoa
Plutarch reported that in 102 B.C. Genoa fell to the Romans at the battle of Aquae Sextiae and it was called thereafter, the Province of Gallia Cisalpinis (inside-Alphs Gaul).
In 53 B.C. the Genoese tried to rebel against Rome but they were defeated in 51 B.C. Emperor Octavian Augustus made Genoa his hometown around 18 B.C. In 6 A.D., Genoa became the capital of the 9th king of Rome.
Guglielmo Embriaco and his brother Primo de Castello sailed for the Holy Land in 1099 and participated in the "capture of Jerusalem" and the defeat of an Egyptian army at Ramla.
www.phoenicia.org /genoa.html   (6029 words)

  
 The Scotsman - International - Sudan rebels claim to hold 20 soldiers after army base attacks   (Site not responding. Last check: )
REBELS in Sudan's remote eastern region yesterday claimed to be holding 20 government troops after an attack on three army camps and promised "real war" against a state they claim ignores their needs.
Sudanese army sources in the capital, Khartoum, have confirmed the fighting is taking place but would not give further details.
The Beja Congress says it is fighting for democracy in Sudan, demanding a fair share of the country's wealth and seeking power after years of neglect by the government in Khartoum.
thescotsman.scotsman.com /international.cfm?id=684922005   (534 words)

  
 McCafferty
In the army itself it was widely believed that to sing the song was a chargeable offence.
There were several reasons for this: first, that area of Lancashire had a large Irish population; second, the Army was in Lancashire to keep the peace and had frequently in the not too distant past used violence to break up mill workers' meetings (cf.
Shortly afterwards the regiment was paraded for a 'pep-talk' to counteract the subversive influence the song was felt to exert.
mysongbook.de /msb/songs/m/mccaffer.html   (3121 words)

  
 The Franco-Austrian War or Second War of Italian Unification (1859)
The Austrian plan was to use their superior forces (the Austrian 2nd Army was approximately 140,000 strong facing the 70,000 men of the entire Piedmontese army) to crush the Sardinians before the French could intervene.
Unfortunately, the Austrian army had become a parade-ground army: led by men chosen by the Austrian Emperor Franz Josef for their social standing rather than their ability to fight.
The leaders of the rebel faction, knowing that Garibaldi was their only real hope, invited him to Sicily and, after some soul-searching as to what this would man to his relationship with the King, he agreed to lead an invasion.
www.victorianweb.org /history/risorgimento/3.html   (1547 words)

  
 From Baltic To The Black Sea - Trandniestria (PMR) - Arrested in a Rebel Republic   (Site not responding. Last check: )
After 1 hour, it became clear that we were beginning to enter the conflict zone, as we began to encounter army roadblocks and occasional roadside graves for soldiers killed in the civil war in 1992.
With the help of the Russian 14th Army under General Lebed, the Transdniestrians, led by their President, Igor Smirnov, defeated the Moldovans and achieved de facto independence, although this has never been recognised by anyone.
The Transdniestrians kept their Soviet symbols, from the Moldavian SSR flag to the large flying saucer-shaped police hats, as they earnestly dream of the day when the USSR would be reinstated and the good old days —real and imaginery — would return.
weecheng.com /europe/bbs/tiraspol/pmr.htm   (2482 words)

  
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Clement was exiled by the Emperor Trajan to the Chersonese, modern Crimea.
But after over a year the Emperor was distracted by rebels, the persecution slackened, and the Christians were able to elect a new pope.
Under the banner of the cross the legions of Constantine met and routed the army of Maxentius at the Milvian Bridge.
www.ewtn.com /library/CHRIST/POPES.TXT   (22289 words)

  
 Armed Conflict Situations in Europe and Former Soviet Union States: Global Action on Aging
Osman and Mejra Camo were waiting for taking a dinner at home with their 28-year-old son an evening of May 1993 when they saw, on a TV channel controlled by the opposition side, their son arrested by the enemy army.
The conflict between the Yugoslav and Serbian forces and Kosovo Liberation Army took a particularly heavy toll on elderly civilians.
August 29 was an important day in the history Chechnya, the rebel Southern region of Russia.
www.globalaging.org /armedconflict/countryreports/europefsu   (4044 words)

  
 Rebel Rose O'Neal Greenhow-Her Book
The news of the disastrous rout of the Yankee army was cried through the streets of New York on the 22nd.
It would be idle to recount the gasconade of those who fled from imaginary foes, or to describe the forlorn condition of the returning heroes, who had gone forth to battle flushed with anticipated triumph and crowned in advance with the laurel of victory.
The rebels are cooking their dinners.' A number of persons had crowded around and joined in the conversation.
www.onealwebsite.com /rosebook.htm   (15308 words)

  
 Roman Emperors DIR Basil II
The early phases of the war were dominated by a series of inconclusive skirmishes in the Anti-Taurus between Sclerus's armies and imperial forces led by Eustathius Maleinus and Michael Burtzes, the dux of Antioch.
[[25]] But if control over the army and foreign policy rather than competition for private resources lay at the heart of political tensions during the early years of Basil's reign, it is clear that the emperor's defeat of Sclerus and Phocas in 989 did little to alleviate the difficulty.
Byzantine armies based at Antioch under the leadership of Michael Burtzes were defeated in open battle in 992 and 994.
www.roman-emperors.org /basilii.htm   (16624 words)

  
 The Irish Brigade
William's terms were favorable, and the Irish army was allowed to leave in possession of its colors, arms and equipment, and was brought to France by its commander, Patrick Sarsfield.
James' army was eventually dissolved by the Treaty of Ryswick in 1698, but the brigade of Irishmen that had originally been sent in 1688, kept separate from Sarsfield's men, became an integral part of the French army and remained in its service.
With his reorganizing of the army, the Irish Brigade was placed as the 2nd brigade, 1st division, II Corps, Army of the Potomac.
www.hauntedfieldmusic.com /IrishBrg.html   (5692 words)

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