The Army Almanac: A Book of Facts Concerning the United States ArmyGordon Russell Young Stackpole Company, 1959 - 797 pages Amerikansk militærhistorie, amerikanske hær's historie. Army Almanac for 1959. Udkom første gang i 1950 (dette ex. er på DEPOT I-1159). KGB har1959-udgaven med ajourførte oplysninger på Læsesalen. En form for grundbog om US Army. Indeholder alle mulige nyttige oplysninger og informationer om den amerikanske hær, organisation, opdeling, enheder, uddannelse, officerskorpset, veteraner, material, våben, uniformer, udrustning, efterretningsvirksomhed, logistikområdet, militærlove, dekorationer og belønninger, oversigt over generaler, hærens relationer til det civile, m.m. samt afsnit om USA's deltagelse i krige og væbnede konflikter fra Uafhængighedskrigene i 1775 til Koreakrigen i 1950, væbnede konflikter, "småkrige", m.m. |
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... Germans in Crete and Holland . Our own airborne training started at Fort Benning ( Ga . ) with the formation of a test platoon on 5 July 1940. The experiment proved that troops could be delivered by parachute . On 2 October the 501st ...
... Germans in Crete and Holland . Our own airborne training started at Fort Benning ( Ga . ) with the formation of a test platoon on 5 July 1940. The experiment proved that troops could be delivered by parachute . On 2 October the 501st ...
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... Germans in a total of 91 engagements . However , in spite of this and the dramatic example of Cam- brai , the potentialities of armor were not fully appreciated . Tanks were capable of breaking the agonizing stale- mate that had been ...
... Germans in a total of 91 engagements . However , in spite of this and the dramatic example of Cam- brai , the potentialities of armor were not fully appreciated . Tanks were capable of breaking the agonizing stale- mate that had been ...
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... Germans on 22 and 24 April 1915 , against limited sectors of the French and British ( Canadian ) fronts , with complete suc- cess . It has sometimes been claimed that , if the German High Command had had the vision to employ this ...
... Germans on 22 and 24 April 1915 , against limited sectors of the French and British ( Canadian ) fronts , with complete suc- cess . It has sometimes been claimed that , if the German High Command had had the vision to employ this ...
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... German V - 2 weapons and of new American designs of guided missiles , and many test fir- ings were made at White Sands Prov- ing Ground . With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea , Ordnance was suddenly called upon to swing back into ...
... German V - 2 weapons and of new American designs of guided missiles , and many test fir- ings were made at White Sands Prov- ing Ground . With the outbreak of hostilities in Korea , Ordnance was suddenly called upon to swing back into ...
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... Germans to pre- vent the establishment of another de- fensive line . It accomplished this mis- sion , and continued operations until its zone was pinched out by a juncture with the British Eighth Army about 60 miles north of Rome . At ...
... Germans to pre- vent the establishment of another de- fensive line . It accomplished this mis- sion , and continued operations until its zone was pinched out by a juncture with the British Eighth Army about 60 miles north of Rome . At ...
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