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This article offers a critique of the methodology of military history. The question of what constitutes a 'soldier' is usually taken for granted, but history of Britain's military between the wars of the 1740s and the end of the Napoleonic Wars suggests that current definitions are inadequate.
The DOD Dictionary of Military and Associated Terms (DOD Dictionary) sets forth standard US military and associated terminology to encompass the joint activity of the Armed Forces of the United...
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Understanding the date and terms under which a man left the army is key to understanding whether he was awarded a pension, whether he might have served again and even the circumstances of his enlistment.
When you research a soldier who served in either the British or Indian Army during the Second World War you’ll be confronted by a wide range of military jargon. This is often in the form of abbreviations and acronyms and can make reading military documents very difficult.
The following glossary contains common U. S. military terms with their definitions, followed by the approximate equivalent term in British usage. Where a U. S. func-tional term has no British equivalent, this does not necessarily imply that the function does not exist in the
Apr 5, 2015 · I have compiled a list of abbreviations found in my father's Service Record (he was in the Intelligence Corps, in the British Army, during WWII); I have been through the whole lot by now, having started in late 2013 and doing a bit of it once a week... You may find this recap useful.
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This is a list of established military terms which have been in use for at least 50 years. Since technology and doctrine have changed over time, not all of them are in current use, or they may have been superseded by more modern terms.
