SOVIET WORLD WAR II ENLISTED RANKS UNIFORMS 1941-45, Soviet Army ID books SOVIET WORLD WAR II OFFICER UNIFORMS Officer field and everyday uniforms STALIN , MARSHAL , GENERAL UNIFORMS SOVIET WORLD WAR 2 HEADGEAR Winter fur hats, pilotkas, Visor caps REPRODUCTION SOVIET WW2 INSIGNIA branch insigni...
Between June amd August, an additional 102,000 men had enlisted. The acceleration in recruitment concerned the government, for the reason that the influx of recruits might affect the militia, so the war cabinet halted recruiting for the 2nd AIF on 11 July. Even before the government's ...
In the U.S. Army the Distinguished Service Cross ranks second only to the Medal of Honor in prestige. It was authorized in July 1918, during the First World War, because prior to that time the Medal of Honor had been the only American decoration for military heroism. The criteria establish...
Canada’s war art program, established during the First World War, resulted in a vast collection of artworks. Molly Lamb Bobak, who contributed to the Canadian War Records of the Second World War, was exceptional. She was Canada’s first female official war artist overseas. Works from her ...
Recruitment stations were set up around the country, to gather recruits for both the officer and enlisted ranks. When the Army first opened its doors to women, lines snaked around the block outside of recruiting offices. The lines were often filled with women who had no intention of actually...
Trouble flared on the Trans-Siberian railway at Chelyabinsk, Russia when a train carrying Hungarian prisoners of war who were being repatriated under the terms of the Brest-Litovsk treaty drew up alongside several trains filled with troops of the 3rd and 6th Czech regiment. The Czechs had been ...
George Patton, U.S. Army officer who was an outstanding practitioner of mobile tank warfare in the European and Mediterranean theaters during World War II. His strict discipline, toughness, and self-sacrifice elicited exceptional pride within his ranks.
My father enlisted in the Civilian Conservation Corps in 1935 to do his bit for his family and his nation. He fought forest fires in Oregon and later became a firefighter after serving in the Army during World War II. That was the last formally declared war that America fought. It was ...
British commandos, special operations troops, designed originally to take part in light amphibious raids, who played a strategically significant role in World War II. Their courage, physical fitness, and martial prowess were renowned among the general pu
The experience of service in the army expanded many individual social horizons as native-born and foreign-born soldiers served together. Immigrants had been welcomed into Union ranks during the Civil War, including large numbers of Irish and Germans who had joined and fought alongside native-born ...