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 Militia - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
After the war, CMF units continued to form the bulk of the peacetime army, although the creation of standing infantry units — such as the Royal Australian Regiment — from 1947, meant that the regular army grew in importance.
A large standing army had come into existence by the mid-19th century; the British government of the day commands it and both declares and wages wars.
Following the creation of a large standing army, the word militia fell into disuse in the UK, although many units retained the distinction of being designated "militia" units as extra battalions of regular regiments and "Irish" militia were heavily relied upon to suppress rebellion in Ireland.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Militia   (1858 words)

  
 The Long March -- Kathryn Kolata   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-01)
Red Army should break through the ever-tightening Kuomintang circle, split into small units and fight guerrilla campaigns in the areas to the north and east of the enemy lines where there were no blockhouses.
With the receipt of abundant financial aid the government troops sent to Chungking as the vanguard of a large-scale movement against Communists in Szechwan Province finally are on the move … The Chinese banks’ remittance rates have fallen decidedly following the bolstering of public confidence and the subsiding of the fears of a Communist incursion.
Zhang believed that his army was the strongest, most viable army and deserved to be shown the appropriate amount of respect.
www.iusb.edu /~journal/1999/Paper8.html   (6317 words)

  
 Unity and Strategy (Winston Churchill and the Great Republic, Library of Congress)
Churchill reminded them that "the main burden of the war on land" was still being borne by the Soviet Army on the Eastern Front.
In March 1945 Churchill visited the American Ninth Army, which formed a part of Field Marshal Bernard Montgomery's Twenty-first Army Group.
Shown here are Churchill, Montgomery, Chief of the Imperial General Staff Alan Brooke, and the Ninth Army's commander, General William H. Simpson.
www.loc.gov /exhibits/churchill/wc-unity.html   (2799 words)

  
 Samuel Adams
ADAMS, Samuel, military surgeon, born in Maine; died in Galveston, Texas, 9 September 1867.
He entered the national army 16 April 1862, and, after a year spent in the active duties of the permanent hospitals, joined the army of the Potomac and served constantly with it until it was disbanded.
At the close of the war Surgeon Adams received an invitation from a wealthy and well-known gentleman to accompany his family on a European tour as his physician; but the war department refused an application for leave of absence, on the ground that his services could not be spared.
www.virtualology.com /samueladams1   (337 words)

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