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1 day ago · Elements of Company B, and 1st Platoon Company A, 1st Ranger Battalion, deployed to Saudi Arabia from 12 February 1991 to 15 April 1991 for Operation Desert Storm. They conducted raids and provided a quick reaction force in cooperation with allied forces. [31]
Sep 21, 2024 · Battalion, a tactical military organization composed basically of a headquarters and two or more companies, batteries, or similar organizations and usually commanded by a field-grade officer. The term has been used in nearly every Western army for centuries and has had a variety of meanings.
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4 days ago · The British Army is the principal land warfare force of the United Kingdom, British Overseas Territories and Crown Dependencies, a part of the British Armed Forces along with the Naval Service and the Royal Air Force. As of 1 January 2024, the British Army comprises 75,166 regular full-time personnel, 4,062 Gurkhas, 26,244 volunteer reserve ...
Sep 27, 2024 · JAGER (Harold) The Rise & Ascent of Number Two Platoon "A" Company, 17th Battalion, Cheshire Regiment (Home Guard). 1st Ed., 52pp., 4 plates. Liverpool: Daily Post Printers. 1945 # 64095 Rare account of Wirral-based platoon.
Sep 18, 2024 · Crawling on their bellies part of the way, the men finally arrived at Arnhem station around 10:30 p.m. Major Lewis then marched his company through town to the main square in one body, hoping that in the darkness the Germans would mistake this large group of men for their own troops.
Sep 18, 2024 · One of the ‘sections’ of Support Company was the medium Machine Gun Platoon (MMG) commanded by 2 nd Lieutenant Jeffrey Noble aged 19. The 156 Bn MMG was reformed in September 1943 enroute to Bizerta in Tunisia as it made its way for embarkation to Taranto in Italy as part of Operation SLAPSTICK.
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2 days ago · Einsatzgruppen[ a ] (German: [ˈaɪnzatsˌɡʁʊpm̩], lit. 'deployment groups'; [ 1 ] also ' task forces ') [ 2 ] were Schutzstaffel (SS) paramilitary death squads of Nazi Germany that were responsible for mass murder, primarily by shooting, during World War II (1939–1945) in German-occupied Europe.
