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    The State Artillery Regiment (formerly the Transvaalse Staatsartillerie) is a reserve artillery regiment of the South African Army. The first attempt by...
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  • Eisbär (English: Polar Bear) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated from 23 to 29 August 1942 in World War II. This pack was assembled to operate...
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  • Pfeil ("Arrow") was the name given to two separate U-boat "wolfpacks" of Nazi Germany during World War II. The first wolfpack comprised 11 U-boats and...
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  • Endrass was a "wolfpack" of German U-boats that operated from 12 to 17 June 1942 in attacking Convoy HG 84 that comprised 23 Allied ships. The group's...
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  • Eisteufel (Ice Devil) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 21 June 1942 to 12 July 1942....
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  • Hemayet Bahini (Bengali: হেমায়েত বাহিনী; The Hemayet Force) was a guerrilla militia force of Bangladesh in the Bangladesh Liberation War of 1971. This...
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    Alexander Yevgeniyevich Golovanov (Russian: Алекса́ндр Евге́ньевич Голова́нов; 7 August 1904 – 22 September 1975) was a Soviet pilot. On 3 August 1943...
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  • Veilchen (Violet) was a wolfpack of German U-boats that operated during the World War II Battle of the Atlantic from 20 October 1942 to 7 November 1942...
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  • Thumbnail for Alfred Spencer Heathcote
    Colonel Alfred Spencer Heathcote VC (29 March 1832 – 21 February 1912) was an English recipient of the Victoria Cross. Heathcote was the son of Henry Spencer...
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    Madama is a border settlement on the northeast frontier of Niger. Little more than an army post, the settlement serves as a frontier station controlling...
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  • JB Simmons (1 July 1917–2001) was a former Royal Indian Navy officer. John Berchman Simmons, or other known by his nickname "Dick", attended Cathedral...
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    Landing Zone (LZ) Liz was a forward support base for the US Marines and later for the US Army during the Vietnam War. LZ Liz was located in Quang Ngai...
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  • Ernest John "Chick" Tsikerdanos (June 2, 1924 – December 8, 1997) was a veteran of OSS, 82nd Airborne. He served in Burma with the OSS Detachment 101....
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  • List of Brazilian Air Force units is a list of currently active air and ground-based units of the Brazilian Air Force (Portuguese: Força Aérea Brasileira...
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