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The United States Army Rangers are elite U.S. Army personnel who have served in any unit which has held the official designation of "Ranger". [1] [2] The term is commonly used to include graduates of the Ranger School, even if they have never served in a "Ranger" unit; the vast majority of Ranger school graduates never serve in Ranger units and are considered "Ranger qualified".
On 2 April 1944, two elite American units, the 2nd Ranger Battalion and the 5th Ranger Battalion were ordered to make their way to the U.S. Assault Training Center in Braunton, England. [1] When the two battalions arrived, the men learned that the commander of the 5th Battalion had been reassigned.
Nazi Germany was established in January 1933 with the appointment of Adolf Hitler as Chancellor of Germany, followed by suspension of basic rights with the Reichstag Fire Decree and the Enabling Act which gave Hitler's regime the power to pass and enforce laws without the involvement of the Reichstag or German president, and de facto ended with ...
A Ranger from 2nd Ranger Battalion providing overwatch during combat operations in Iraq. Rangers from Delta Company, 2nd Battalion prepare to provide security and lay down suppressive fire during a live fire exercise at Fort Hunter Liggett, California, Jan. 25, 2014. The Ranger's nosebleed was due to the dry climate and intense training.
Also, in the Meeting at Hendaye, Hitler personally and secretly promised to Francisco Franco that Spanish Empire in Africa would gain territories over the remnants of French West Africa, only in the condition of Spain entry in World War 2, [180] [181] but showing his displeasure with the exaggerated demands of the Spanish Africanists (Spain ...
Rangers lost their first two Scottish Cup Finals, to Vale of Leven in 1877 and 1879, but lifted the trophy in 1894 for the first time after a 3–1 win over Celtic. Rangers even came close to winning the English FA Cup in 1887, when they lost to Aston Villa in the semi-final. Rangers enjoyed further Scottish Cup wins in 1897 and 1898.
The 1940 United States Census was taken.; The BBC broadcast what appeared to be a speech by Adolf Hitler, in which the Führer reminded the audience that Columbus had discovered America with the help of German science and technology, and therefore Germany had a right "to have some part in the achievement which this voyage of discovery was to result in."
Timeline of the United Kingdom home front during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Molotov–Ribbentrop Pact (1918–1941) Timeline of Sweden during World War II (1939–1945) Timeline of the Netherlands during World War II (1939–1945) Chronology of the liberation of Dutch cities and towns during World War II; Chronology of the ...