- Army
Other uses Image Conscription map of the world.svg thumb 300px Map of the world of the army forms legend ... within 3 years legend ff5254 Conscription legend b9b9b9 No information An army from Latin arma arms ... of aviation corps. Within a national military force, the word Army may also mean a field army an army ... times of peace. They differ from army reserves who are activated only during such times as war or natural disasters . In several countries the army is officially called the land army to differentiate it from an air force called the air army, notably France . In such countries, the word army on its own retains its connotation of a land force in common usage. The current largest army in the world, by number of active troops, is the People s Liberation Army of People s Republic of China China with 2,250,000 ... military is understood in contrast to regular army regular armies which grew slowly from personal bodyguards or elite militia . History Main Army history Sparta The Spartan Army was one of the earliest ... or helots, did the manual labour. This allowed the Spartans to field a full time army with a campaign season that lasted all year. The Spartan Army was largely composed of hoplites, equipped with arms .... Main pieces of this armor were a round shield, a spear and a helmet. Ancient Rome The Roman Army had its origins in the citizen army of the Roman Republic Republic , which was staffed by citizens serving mandatory duty for Rome. Reforms around 115 BC turned the army into a professional organization ..., such as light skirmish troops and heavy cavalry. After their service in the army they were made ..., became the core of the Roman Army moreover, by the time of the Late Roman Empire tribes such as the Visigoths ... their service and this money was used to create a permanent army. However, almost all high medieval ... them considerably less reliable than a standing army. Mercenary on mercenary warfare in Italy also ... the British Army , although the Scottish and English Armies would remain two separate organizations ... more details
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- This Is the Army
Infobox Musical name This Is the Army subtitle image ThisIsTheArmy CastRecording.jpg caption Original ... Please do not include production specific acting, directing, etc. awards awards Infobox Film name This Is the Army ... br 1943 USA release preceded by followed by This Is the Army is a 1943 in film 1943 United ... Army that were actors and performers in civilian life. Basis In May 1941, ex Sergeant Irving Berlin ... officers, including Doc Rankin Capt. A.H. Rankin of Special Services, about restaging his original Army ... Gen. George Marshall approved a Broadway production of a wartime musical for the army, allowing for Berlin ... States Army no whites and African Americans would appear on stage simultaneously. Though ... July 4, 1942 to September 26, 1942. ref name This Is the Army Production Credits Internet Broadway Database. This Is the Army at http www.ibdb.com production.asp?ID 1208 . Retrieved on September 17 ... cgi bin cpicalc.pl . ref for the Army Emergency Relief Fund. ref name Irving Berlin This Is the Army ... irving berlin 2.html 1996. ref The company of men that staged the play were the only Army outfit ... dancer drafted into the United States Army Army during World War I . At the request ... used Berlin s music and featured many similar sketches and scenes, including songs praising Army life ... II raging in Europe, Jones son Johnny enlists in the Army shortly after Pearl Harbor is attacked. He ... again singing his Oh How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning. The Army Emergency Relief Fund collected millions ... the Army, playwright Irving Berlin was ready to call it This Is the Navy , or This Is the Air Corps ... Database This Is The Army Warner Bros. 1943 16th accessdate 3 March 2011 work Academy of Motion Picture ... External links imdb title 0036430 Internet Archive film id this is the army tcmdb title id 92968 title This Is the Army http www.archives.gov publications prologue 1996 summer irving berlin 1.html Prologue Magazine story Irving Berlin This Is the Army by Laurence Bergreen Michael Curtiz Irving Berlin ... more details
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- First Army
The military of a number of countries have a First Army First Army Australia Australian First Army First Army Austria Hungary Austro Hungarian First Army First Army United Kingdom British First Army First Army Bulgaria Bulgarian First Army First Canadian Army Canadian First Army Republic of China First Army National Revolutionary Army First Army and New First Army First Army France French First Army First Army Germany German First Army First Army Greece Greek First Army First Army Hungary Hungarian First Army First Army Italy Italian First Army Japanese First Army First Army Ottoman Empire Ottoman First Army Polish First Army First Army Romania Romanian First Army First Army Russian Empire Russian First Army First Army Serbia Serbian First Army 1st Red Banner Army Soviet Union First Army Turkey Turkish First Army First United States Army First Army Yugoslavia Yugoslavian First Army disambig de 1. Armee fr 1re Arm e ja 1 no F rste arm pl 1 Armia ru 1 tr 1. Ordu uk 1 ... more details
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- Army General (Brazilian Army)
Unreferenced date September 2010 Army General is the 4 star officer rank in the Brazilian army which is equivalent to 4 star General rank. Category Military of Brazil Category Military ranks of Brazil Brazil stub ... more details
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- Liberation Army
Liberation Army may refer to General Earth Liberation Army National Liberation Army Africa Army for the Liberation of Rwanda Azanian People s Liberation Army Caprivi Liberation Army Moroccan Army of Liberation Sudan People s Liberation Army Asia Arab Liberation Army Balochistan Liberation Army Palestinian Liberation Army Karen National Liberation Army Korean Liberation Army Malayan Peoples Liberation Army Malayan Races Liberation Army People s Liberation Army Russian Liberation Army Viet Cong Europe Bavarian Liberation Army Cornish National Liberation Army Greek People s Liberation Army Irish National Liberation Army Kosovo Liberation Army Liberation Army of Chameria National Liberation Army Albanians of Macedonia People s Liberation Army of Macedonia Scottish National Liberation Army Ukrainian Liberation Army America Black Liberation Army National Liberation Army Colombia Liberation Army of the South Popular Liberation Army Symbionese Liberation Army Zapatista Army of National Liberation disambig Category National liberation armies National liberation armies Category National liberation movements ... more details
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- Fourth Army
A number of nations have had a Fourth Army Fourth Army United Kingdom British Fourth Army Republic of China Fourth Army National Revolutionary Army Fourth Army and New Fourth Army Fourth Army France French Fourth Army 4th Army Germany German Fourth Army Fourth Army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Fourth Army 4th Infantry Division Romania Romanian Fourth Army 4th Army Soviet Union Soviet Fourth Army Soviet and later Russian 4th Air Army Fourth Guards Army Soviet Union Soviet Fourth Guards Army 20th Guards Army Soviet Fourth Tank Army Fourth United States Army disambig de 4. Armee fr 4e arm e nl 4e Leger ja 4 no Fjerde arm pl 4 Armia ru 4 tr 4. Ordu uk 4 ... more details
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- Korean Army
The phrase Korean Army can refer to The Republic of Korea Army South Korea The Korean People s Army North Korea disambig ... more details
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- Army of One
Army of One may refer to Army of One film Army of One film , a film released in 1993 Army of One song Army of One song , a song by Cass Fox Army of One Phish song Army of One Phish song on Undermind , an album released by Phish Army of One Recruiting Slogan , the former U.S. Army recruiting slogan Army of One The Sopranos episode Army of One album Army of One album , an album by Riot band Riot disambig ... more details
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- Nationalist army
Nationalist army may refer The Nationalist Army of Africa in Spain under Franco The National Revolutionary Army in the Republic of China disambig ... more details
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- Army Council
Army Council may refer to Army Council 1647 , of the New Model Army Army Council 1904 , of the British Army IRA Army Council , of the Provisional Irish Republican Army Ulster Army Council , set up in 1973 as an umbrella group by the Ulster Defence Association and the Ulster Volunteer Force to co ordinate joint paramilitary operations. Continuity Army Council of the Continuity Irish Republican Army Army Council RIRA of the Real Irish Republican Army disambig ... more details
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- In the Army Now
In the Army Now may refer to In the Army Now song In the Army Now , song that is best known in version by Status Quo In the Army Now film In the Army Now , 1994 war comedy film disambig ... more details
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- Regular army
unreferenced date October 2008 The Regular army is a name given to the permanent force of a country s army that is maintained under arms during peacetime. Countries that use the term include Australian Army British Army Formation and structure British Army Canadian Forces , specifically Regular Force Egyptian army Indian Army Nepalese Army New Zealand Army Regular Army New Zealand Army Singapore Army Sri Lanka Army Regular Army United States United States Army Chinese Army Pakistan Army Pakistan Army 12th Regular Regiment See also Military reserve force Standing army Irregulars Category Types of military forces mil unit stub de Konstitutionelle Armee tr D zenli Ordu zh ... more details
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- Second Army
A number of nations have had a Second Army Second Army Australia Australian Second Army British Second Army Second Army France French Second Army German Second Army Japanese Second Army Second Army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Second Army Polish Second Army Second Army Russian Empire , fought at Battle of Tannenberg 1914 Tannenberg Soviet Second Army Turkish Second Army Second United States Army 2nd Army Italy Italian Second Army disambig de 2. Armee fr 2e arm e ja 2 no Annen arm pl 2 Armia ru 2 tr 2. Ordu uk 2 ... more details
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- People's Army
People s Army was a title of several communist armed forces Vietnam People s Army National People s Army , of East Germany Yugoslav People s Army Korean People s Army New People s Army , of the Philippines disambig de Volksarmee ko ja zh ... more details
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- Republican Army
Republican Army can refer to Irish Republican Army , a military organisation descended from the Irish Volunteers Baloch Republican Army , a Baloch nationalist guerilla army in Baluchistan region Balochistan Spanish Republican Army , the army of the Second Spanish Republic in the Spanish Civil War. Crushed in the Battle of the Ebro Disambig ... more details
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- Third Army
A number of nations have had a Third Army Third Army United Kingdom Third Army France 3rd Army Germany Third Army Ottoman Empire Third Army Romania 3rd Army Soviet Union Third Army Turkey United States Army Central disambig de 3. Armee fr 3e Arm e nl 3e Leger ja 3 no Tredje arm pl 3 Armia ru 3 tr 3. Ordu uk 3 ... more details
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- Ninth Army
A number of nations have had a Ninth Army British Ninth Army Ninth Army France French Ninth Army German Ninth Army Ninth Army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Ninth Army Ninth United States Army 9th Army Soviet Union disambig de 9. Armee fr IXe arm e nl 9e Leger ja 9 no Niende arm pl 9 Armia ru 9 tr 9. Ordu ... more details
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- Fifth Army
A number of nations have had a Fifth Army alphabetically by country Fifth Army Nationalist China alpha by China Fifth Army France Fifth Army Germany Fifth Army Japan Fifth Army Ottoman Empire 5th Army Soviet Union Fifth Army United Kingdom Fifth United States Army disambig de 5. Armee fr 5e arm e ja 5 no Femte arm pl 5 Armia ru 5 tr 5. Ordu uk 5 ... more details
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- 18th Army
18th Army may refer to 18th Army Soviet Union Eighteenth Army Germany Eighteenth Army Japan disambig Long comment to avoid being listed on short pages de 18. Armee pl 18 Armia ... more details
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- Fourteenth Army
A number of nations have had a Fourteenth Army Fourteenth Army United Kingdom Fourteenth Army Germany Italian Fourteenth Army Fourteenth United States Army , a World War II phantom force Soviet 14th Guards Army in Moldovia see 14th Army involvement in Transnistria Soviet 14th Army Soviet Union 14th Army Japanese Fourteenth Army during World War II see List of Armies of the Japanese Army disambig de 14. Armee ja 14 pl 14 Armia ... more details
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- Sixth Army
A number of nations have had a Sixth Army Sixth Army France Sixth Army Germany Sixth Army Japan Sixth Army Ottoman Empire Ottoman Sixth Army 6th Army Soviet Union Sixth United States Army disambig de 6. Armee es 6 Ej rcito fr VIe arm e nl 6e Leger ja 6 no Sjette arm pl 6 Armia ru 6 tr 6. Ordu uk 6 ... more details
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- Army of the Republic
Army of the Republic may refer to Army of the Republic, an alternative name of the British New Model Army 1645&ndash 1660 Army of the Republic, a fictional army and aerospace force of clone troopers in the Star Wars franchise The Army of the Republic , a novel by Stuart Archer Cohen . The army of the Roman Republic Grand Army of the Republic , a US Civil War veterans organization Disambig ... more details
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- 11th Army
11th Army may refer to 11th Army Germany 11th SS Panzer Army Germany Eleventh Army Japan Eleventh Army Italy 11th Air Army Russia 11th Army Soviet Union 11th Army Group United Kingdom disambig de 11. Armee es 11 Ej rcito nl 11e Leger ja 11 pl 11 Armia ru 11 tr 11. Ordu ... more details
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- Army of Occupation
Army of Occupation is a term for an army occupying conquered territory, and has been used for many armies in many eras including The Army of Occupation Mexico of the U.S. Army commanded by Zachary Taylor just after the annexation of Texas and into the Mexican American War. The Army of Occupation of Germany British , or the British Army of the Rhine , stationed in Germany following World Wars I and II. The Army of Occupation of Germany US , the US Army , stationed in Germany following World Wars I and II. disambiguation ... more details
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- Imperial Army
An Imperial Army is literally an army of any empire. However, only some empires in history and in fiction have actually referred to their armies as The Imperial Army. Former Imperial Armies In Europe The Imperial Army of the Holy Roman Empire until 1806 . The German Army German Empire Imperial German Army 1871 1918 the Austro Hungarian Army 1804 1918 Armies of the Russian Czar s and the French Emperor , e.g. in the Battle of the three emperors at Austerlitz Elsewhere The Imperial Japanese Army The Imperial Chinese Army The Manchukuo Imperial Army The Imperial Iranian Army Fictional The Imperial Army Star Wars of the fictional Galactic Empire in Star Wars The Imperial Army of the Archadian Empire in the video game Final Fantasy XII The Imperial Army of the Imperium of Man in Warhammer 40000 disambig de Kaiserliche Armee it Esercito imperiale ... more details
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