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61 matches to Bonus Army
Irish War. 1919-21. IRA fights for indepence. Irish Free State.
Kornilov, Lavr. 1870-1918. Russian general. Kerensky’s Commander-in-Chief, 1917. Failed coup vs Kerensky. Led Anti-Bolshevik White Army.
Lance. 1927 Abolished by British army. 1939 used by Polish cavalry vs German tanks.
Legion. Roman army unit of 4-6,000 men.
Louvois, Marquis de. 1639-91. Louis XIV War Minister. Reformed army. Enforced Nantes revocation. Supervised construction of Invalides, Vendôme.
Loyola, St. Ignatius. 1491-1556. Spanish soldier, founder of ascetic Jesuit Order, army of God working directly for the Pope. Spiritual Exercises 1548.
Mannerheim, Carl. 1867-1951. Finnish president. 1944-6. Led fight vs Bolsheviks 1918-21, army 1939-44.
Moltke, Helmuth von. 1800-91. Chief of Staff of Prussian army 1857-70, German 1870-88.
NAAFI. Navy Army, Air Force Institute. WWI-II canteen.
New Model Army. 1645. English parliamentary army replaced private armies. Won Civil War.
Northern Ireland. Ireland. 17C Protestants settle. 1801 United Kingdom. 1920 Ireland divided. 1922 Civil War. 1922 Direct rule. IRA.
Olaf V. 1903-91 King of Norway 1957-. Commanded army vs Germany in 1944, then fled to England.
Pahlavi, Reza Shah. 1877-1944. Army officer. Led coup over Kajar dynasty 1925. Shah of Iran 1925-41.
Peter the Hermit. 1050-1115. French. Led ill-equipped army in First Crusade.
Picquigney, Truce. 1475. France pays England to withdraw army.
Puebla, Battles. 1862 Mexican guerillas humiliate French army. “Cinco de Mayo”. 1863 French victorious, Maximilian.
Reforma. 1854-76. Mexican civil war. Ouster of Santa Anna. Reduced power of army, church. Tejada Law. Juárez.
Rights, Bill of. 1689. Established power of British Parliament over taxes, laws, army. Protestant Succession. William and Mary.
Royal Scots Guards. 1633. Oldest regular regiment in British Army.
Russian Civil War. 1918-22. Trotsky’s Red Army defeat White counter-revolutionaries. Baltic liberated.
Salvation Army. 1865. Booth Christian charitable organization. Named 1878.
Scharnhorst, Gerhard von. 1755-1813. Prussian general, reorganized army. General staff system.
Seeckt, Hans von. 1866-1936. German general. Secretly rebuilt army after WWI.
Sinn Fein. 1905. (=Ourselves Alone). Irish Nationalist movement. 1916 uprising. Founded Irish Free State. Legalized as political party in Northern Ireland, 1974. Political wing of IRA. De Valera.
Steuben, Baron von. 1730-94. Prussian general. Trained, organized American Revolution army 1778-.