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  Southern Expeditionary Army Group - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The Southern Expeditionary Army Group was part of the Imperial Japanese Army during the World War II era.
The 5th Air Division was assigned to the attack on the Philippines.
At this time, army and navy units were to land on Batan Island, Luzon (at: Aparri, Vigan, and Legazpi), and at Davao, Mindanao, and there seize airfields.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Southern_Expeditionary_Army_Group   (341 words)

  
 Terauchi Hisaichi - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Field marshal Count Terauchi Hisaichi (寺内 寿一) (August 8, 1879 - June 12, 1946) was the commander of the Japanese Imperial Army's Southern Expeditionary Army Group during World War II.
He returned to the Japanese Army when he was given command of the North China Theater Army.
Terauchi took control of the Southern Army on November 6, 1941 and soon afterwards began devising war plans with Admiral Yamamoto Isoroku.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Terauchi_Hisaichi   (244 words)

  
 Army National Guard History
Newer helicopters and fixed wing aircraft were received by the Army Guard in addition to upgraded tanks and artillery pieces, while infantry units replaced their recoilless rifles with TOW and Dragon antitank missiles.
A majority of the U.S. Army's combat service support units were now located in the reserve components, and the majority of the first Army Guard units to be mobilized were transportation, quartermaster, and military police units.
Army Guard units were still arriving in the Persian Gulf in January 1991 as the offensive against Iraq, Desert Storm, was launched by the Allied air forces.
www.globalsecurity.org /military/agency/army/arng-history.htm   (6403 words)

  
 CIA - The World Factbook -- Field Listing - Background   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Speculation over the existence of a "southern land" was not confirmed until the early 1820s when British and American commercial operators and British and Russian national expeditions began exploring the Antarctic Peninsula region and other areas south of the Antarctic Circle.
An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and the drug trade, and also the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas.
The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Indian Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
www.phatnav.com /factbook/fields/2028.html   (16146 words)

  
 World Wars I and II
With the collapse of the French Army in June 1940, General Chaffee's 1927 predictions of the importance of armored forces in modern warfare were confirmed.
Courtney Hicks Hodges enlisted in the Army in 1906 and was commissioned in 1909.
Once he was satisfied that the Army could operate in large bodies he concentrated on revising training to simulate the conditions that the Army was facing in North Africa.
www-cgsc.army.mil /carl/resources/ftlvn/ww2.asp   (5799 words)

  
 Army: Providing Trained, Relevant and Ready Forces   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Army leadership is committed to an Army of tomorrow that is expeditionary, meaning operational deployments are expected, routine and managed beneficially for soldiers and families.
National Guard and Army Reserve units, with the training support of the highly effective cadres from the continental armies, are the mainstay of all of these missions.
Through the continental armies, FORSCOM provides security for a wide spectrum of events on the national stage, from protecting the commander in chief, to securing the recent G8 Summit at Sea Island, Ga., to fighting wildfires across the nation's western frontier.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200410/ai_n9446079   (1276 words)

  
 West Virginia History Volume 50
Although intervention in labor disputes was a relatively routine duty for army personnel by 1920, the interventions in West Virginia represented a watershed in the history of the army role in suppressing domestic disorders.
While army and federalized National Guard units were on nearly constant call between 1917 and 1918 to suppress strikes and labor disorders in vital war industries, one sector that witnessed surprisingly few such difficulties during World War I was the coal industry.
During his meeting with Bandholtz, Morgan claimed that the southern counties were at the mercy of an army of rabble, and insisted that army intervention alone would prevent loss of life and destruction of property.
www.wvculture.org /history/journal_wvh/wvh50-1.html   (9162 words)

  
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This force will be responsible for the patrol of Japan's eastern sea area, for the protection of sea communications in that area, for security against attack from the Aleutian area and for defense of the Bonin Islands and, at the same time, for maintaining security against Soviet attacks.
The Army feared that the spread of the conflict might force a change in their disposition of troops against Soviet Russia, while financial circles warned that Japan was still, to a great extent, dependent upon the United States and Great Britain for vital materials.
Army and Navy war preparations were accelerated, although the planned attack on Pearl Harbor was kept secret from all except those actually engaged in the planning.
www.ibiblio.org /pha/monos/152/152chap2.html   (6745 words)

  
 Dwight David Eisenhower
An obscure Army officer in 1940, he was internationally known four years later as the Supreme Allied Commander who was leading the Allied armies, navies, and air forces in the crusade in Europe.
Thus the consequences of peace for the Army were reduced budgets and a smaller force, and for its officers, a succession of dreary postings to the little forts and camps that made up the interwar service.
The eventual consequence of Eisenhower's attendance at the Army's senior military schools was a posting to the War Department in the early 1930s, the first of a series of high-level assignments that accustomed him to dealing with issues of Army-wide significance.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/ike/ike.htm   (8182 words)

  
 The World Factbook 2004 -- Field Listing - Background
An anti-insurgent army of paramilitaries has grown to be several thousand strong in recent years, challenging the insurgents for control of territory and illicit industries such as the drug trade and the government's ability to exert its dominion over rural areas.
In keeping with the framework established at the Madrid Conference in October 1991, bilateral negotiations were conducted between Israel and Palestinian representatives (from the Israeli-occupied West Bank and Gaza Strip) and Syria, to achieve a permanent settlement; however, these efforts were derailed/postponed by the outbreak of Israeli-Palestinian violence in September 2000.
The decision by the International Hydrographic Organization in the spring of 2000 to delimit a fifth ocean, the Southern Ocean, removed the portion of the Pacific Ocean south of 60 degrees south.
www.brainyatlas.com /fields/2028.html   (15472 words)

  
 China Offensive
Because of the weakness of Chiang's army and the lack of adequate roads and railways, Chennault's mixed force of fighters, medium and heavy bombers, and transport aircraft was vital to keeping supplies flowing to the Chinese troops and their American advisers and in attempting to halt Japanese excursions into Chinese-held territory.
Chinese armies would be concentrated to the north and south to prepare to strike the enemy advance in the flanks and rear.
With the 94th Army threatening from the south, the Japanese were forced into a general retreat and by 7 June were back at their initial starting positions.
www.army.mil /cmh-pg/brochures/chinoff/chinoff.htm   (6739 words)

  
 ON TACTICS AGAINST JAPANESE IMPERIALISM   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Sixth Army Group led by Jen Pi-shih [18] and other comrades began to shift to Comrade Ho Lung's area [19] in August last year, and in October we ourselves started to shift position.[20] In March this year the Red Army in the Szechuan-Shensi border area [21] began its shift.
The task of the Party is to form a revolutionary national united front by combining the activities of the Red Army with all the activities of the workers, the peasants, the students, the petty bourgeoisie and the national bourgeoisie throughout the country.
The 26th Army Corps of the Northern Shensi Red Army routed two enemy brigades in the eastern sector and drove the enemy to the east of the Yellow River.
www.marxists.org /reference/archive/mao/works/1935/12_27.htm   (10185 words)

  
 24th MEU History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
During the 1960s and 1970s, what is today the 24th Marine Expeditionary Unit (MEU) was activated at various times as the 34th Marine Amphibious Unit (MAU) to participate in exercises and operations in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean and Caribbean.
In May 1982, it was redesignated the 24th MAU and served twice as part of the multinational peace-keeping force in Lebanon (October 1982 through February 1983, and May through November 1983).
Near the end of October 1996, units from the MEU assisted U.S. Army and allied engineers with the construction of a bridge across the Drina River in Bosnia.
www.usmc.mil /meus/24thmeu.nsf/pages/History.htm   (617 words)

  
 DefenseLINK News: More Regime Captured, Army Takes Control of Baghdad
The Army's 5th Corps — which consists of the 3rd, the 101st Airborne Division and the 4th Infantry Division — are now responsible for Baghdad and its environs.
Before, the Army controlled the western half of the city and the Marines the eastern.
British forces are providing security in the southern part of the country.
www.defenselink.mil /news/Apr2003/n04212003_200304211.html   (338 words)

  
 Guide to US Army Contracting Command Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
Command and contracting authority for USACCE is delegated from Department of the Army through the Head of Contracting Activity (HCA).
In 1984 a Department of the Army Inspector General world-wide inspection of installation contracting and a USAREUR task force study of contracting addressed the establishment of a contracting command in USAREUR.
USACCE has been on the forefront of Army deployments and has established Joint Contracting Centers in Hungary, Bosnia, the Former Yugoslav Republic of Macedonia and Kosovo.
www.usacce.army.mil /About_HQ_USACCE/guide_USACCE.htm   (3149 words)

  
 Third Army/ARCENT/CFLCC - News Story
WASHINGTON, D.C. (Jan. 6, 2005) - A Marine assigned to the 1st Marine Expeditionary Force was killed today while conducting security and stability operations in Iraq's Anbar province, military officials in Baghdad reported.
Six suspects were captured during military operations in the southern city of An Numaniyah; eight more were detained in Sadah and Hit.
In a similar incident a boy was rewarded after turning in a bag of military equipment to U.S. soldiers in southern Mosul.
www.arcent.army.mil /news/archive/2005_news/january/marine_killed.asp   (377 words)

  
 HyperWar: The U.S. Army Campaigns of World War II: Central Burma
World War II was waged on land, on sea, and in the air over several diverse theaters of operation for approximately six years.
The advance was to be part of a larger offensive planned for early 1944 with the British Fourteenth Army attacking east from Imphal in India and the Chinese Y Force attacking west astride the old Burma Road toward the China-Burma border, all under the overall direction of Vice Adm.
Meanwhile in northern Burma, the Northern Combat Area Command and the Chinese Expeditionary Force, after reopening the land route between India and China, were to advance through Lashio on to Mandalay by mid-February, the peak of the dry season.
www.ibiblio.org /hyperwar/USA/USA-C-Burma45   (5959 words)

  
 The Jungle Air Force - Air Force Magazine Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In this drive to clear the Solomons the Japanese could not get their freighters through the narrow passages of the islands and they were forced to use barges and set up new, inefficient sea routes to run supplies to their troops based first on New Georgia, then on Vella Lavella, Santa Isabel, Kolombangara and Choiseul.
Therefore destroying the enemy supply line is most important...to do this it is necessary to have supremacy over the air and sea.
This is an everyday occurence in the southern region.
www.enter.net /~rocketeer/13thrabaul.html   (1271 words)

  
 South-East Asian Theatre of World War II - Biocrawler definition:South-East Asian Theatre of World War II - Biocrawler   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The Imperial Japanese Army Unit controlling all army land and air units was the Southern Expeditionary Army headquartered in Saigon, Indochina.
The Japanese Southern Army's 1st Parachute Brigade was used with good effect in the seizure of Sumatra (see Battle of Palembang).
BURMA 1944-1945 Qualification: For operations during the 14th Army's advance from Imphal to Rangoon, the coastal amphibious assaults, and the Battle of Pegu Yomas, August 1944 to August 1945.
www.biocrawler.com /biowiki/South-East_Asian_Theatre_of_World_War_II   (1652 words)

  
 Southern Expeditionary Army Group - World War II era Japanese military unit
The Southern Expeditionary Army Group was part of the Japanese military during the World War II era.
The 16th Army was to take the East Indies.
The 5th Army Air Force Division was assigned to the Philippines.
www.japan-101.com /history/southern_expeditionary_army_grou.htm   (302 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
By the landing operations, the UN forces and South army retook Seoul and crossed the thirty-eighth parallel by September 30.
Southern forces continued to move toward the Yalu River without resistance from the northern forces.
Southern Troops with U.S. and UN withdraw from Pyongyang.
www.afn.org /~afn06610/chron.html   (1811 words)

  
 Army: An Army forward: Any mission, anywhere
The United States Army Europe (USAREUR) is "Freedom's Expeditionary Force," transforming and ready-fully nested within the Army and U.S. European Command (EUCOM) transformations while bringing new and visionary capabilities to the combatant commander now.
We are guarantors of security, access and stability, working closely with our friends and allies to help mature their armies in the AOR to operate within their democratic institutions.
This vision is deeply nested in the Transformation efforts of both the Army and EUCOM, sharing the combatant commander's vision of a "ready, agile, joint, expeditionary force supported by an optimized infrastructure network," while preparing the way for the fielding of the Army's transformed forces in the future.
www.findarticles.com /p/articles/mi_qa3723/is_200310/ai_n9309525   (1277 words)

  
 1st Infantry Division History   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
The “Fighting First” led the way for American troops in World War I. Names like Cantigny, Soissons, St. Mihiel and the Argonne Forest tell the story of the gallantry of the soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division, now wearing the famous “Big Red One” patch on their left shoulder.
After spearheading the armored attack into Iraq, by February 27, 1991 the division broke the enemy’s defense along the Kuwait border and cut off the path of retreat for the fleeing Iraq Army.
During the next 100 hours, the Division raced across southern Iraq into Kuwait, engaging and destroying all or part of 11 enemy divisions.
www.1id.army.mil /1ID/History/History.htm   (788 words)

  
 Digital Chosunilbo (English Edition) : Daily News in English About Korea
According to the registry of civilians attached to the Japanese military of September 1947, Kim was employed on August 31, 1945 as a military civilian attached to the 10th Army Field Hospital of Japan's Southern Expeditionary Army Group.
In the 1997 book, Kim said she had been abducted at the age of 15 and lived as a "comfort woman" (or Chongshindae in Korean) for the Japanese military in Guangdong province, China, Malaysia, Indonesia and Singapore.
Kang said the employment of the women as nurses just as the war ended could be interpreted as an attempt by Japan to either cover up its "comfort women" system or to exploit the labor of Korean women right up to the last moment.
english.chosun.com /w21data/html/news/200501/200501110028.html   (427 words)

  
 StrategyPage.com - Military Book Reviews
Brigades of Gettysburg: The Union and Confederate Brigades at the Battle of Gettysburg
Lee's Miserables: Life in the Army of Northern Virginia from the Wilderness to Appomattox
Victory in the East: The Rise and Fall of the Imperial German Army
www.strategypage.com /bookreviews/default.asp   (2140 words)

  
 ipedia.com: Military history of Japan Article   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
In April of 1941, Japan and Russia signed a neutrality pact and Japan increased pressure on the French and Dutch colonies, in Southeast Asia, to cooperate in economic matters.
The Japanese government decided to seize resources under the control of the United Kingdom and the Netherlands, notably in Malaya and the Netherlands Indies, with the Southern Expeditionary Army.
As the United States was their ally, it was decided to attack the US Pacific Fleet at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, with carrier-based aircraft of the Combined Fleet.
www.ipedia.com /military_history_of_japan.html   (811 words)

  
 May 11-20   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-25)
L'Etoile de Mer (The Star of the Sea), a film by Man Ray based on a poem by Robert Desnos, premiers at the Studio des Ursulines.
In Cuzco, formerly the capital of the southern Incan empire, Tupa Amaru II (José Gabriel Condorcanqui), who has led the first rebellion against the Spanish in 200 years, is tortured, then drawn and quartered in the Plaza Mayor--the same square in which his great-grandfather and namesake had been executed two centuries before.
Colonel Henri Riviere, general commander of the French expeditionary army in northern Viet Nam, is killed.
webs.lanset.com /bookfolk/daybook_pages/may-2.htm   (2151 words)

  
 Saheli*: Musings and Observations
He's the American Army Muslim Chaplain at Guantanomo who was arrested and held as a spy before all accusations were dropped and an honorable discharge granted--but not before his marriage and family was ravaged.
While this is obviously only his side of the story, the fact that the Army couldn't even get its act together to present its side of the story in any effective fashion at trial makes his tale pretty damn credible.
.In February last year my lawyers reached a deal with the army that the criminal charges would be dismissed and I would resign my commission with a recommendation for an honourable discharge from Miller and other senior officers.
ssrdatta.blogspot.com   (5586 words)

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