Organisation
ROYAL DUTCH-INDISCH ARMY
DUTCH KNIL ARMY CYCLISTS 1908 During the Java War (1825–1830), the Dutch government was forced to create a new type of military force to deal with that rebellion. This military force consisted of a professional army of Dutch officers, coupled with native Indonesian troops. These troops made up an army that operated against native populations, and a force that was…
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Ottoman Naval Tactics
During the Ottoman conquest of Constantinople in 1453, the invading Turks faced a major challenge. The Byzantines had erected a giant chain across the Golden Horn, a stretch of water that connected Constantinople to the sea. This chain effectively blocked the Ottoman navy from making their way to the enemy…
Soviet Air Force – Pre WWII
In Western countries, typically known as the Red Air Force-one of the largest and most powerful air forces of the twentieth century. The rise and fall of the Soviet air force (1918-1991) reflected Soviet military might yet contributed enormously to the history of airpower. The huge continental landmass and open…
Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry
The Bosnian-Herzegovinian Infantry (Bosnisch-Hercegovinische Infanterie), commonly called the Bosniaken (German for Bosniaks), was a branch of the Austro-Hungarian Army. As Muslim units, they were granted some special and unique privileges. They had their own uniforms and units were given its own number sequence within the common army. The units were…
RIFLE DIVISION
World War II began with most infantry operating as they had in the closing days of World War I. Four years later, it became obvious that infantry operations had to go through another transformation, just as they had done in the last year of World War I. By the end…
US Army WWII
Army Assignments Only a relatively small proportion of American soldiers made the invasions and fought on the front lines. Of the 11 million men in the U. S. Army in 1945, only 2 million were in combat divisions, of whom fewer than 700,000 were in the infantry-the “grunts” who did…
United States Marine Corps, Iraq War
A 2003 drawing showcasing the Marine Corps Combat Utility Uniform in desert and woodland-camouflaged variants. Marine Infantry and artillery at Fallujah 2004 U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) commander and U. S. Army general Tommy Franks controlled all coalition forces in the invasion of Iraq. Overall command of the Combined Forces Land…