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These men were formed into five African-American Volunteer Army units and seven African-American National Guard units. [39] Of these volunteer and national guard army units, the Illinois 8th Infantry Regiment was federalized, and made U.S. armed forces history when its entirely African-American officer corps led the unit in the combat zone. [40 ...
This category is for African American civilians and soldiers during the World War I, as well as for battles and events that featured or significantly impacted African Americans, black regiments and military organizations, and similar articles.
List of Imperial German artillery regiments; List of Imperial German cavalry regiments; List of Imperial German infantry regiments; German Army order of battle (1914) Imperial German Navy order of battle (1914)
In August 1914, the military and para-military forces in both colonies were mobilised, despite restrictions imposed by the two governors. The German Schutztruppe in East Africa had 260 Germans of all ranks and 2,472 Askari, equivalent to the two battalions of the King's African Rifles (KAR) in the British East African colonies.
The Brunswick Ducal Field-Corps (German: Herzoglich Braunschweigisches Feldcorps), commonly known as the Black Brunswickers, was a volunteer military unit raised by Frederick William, Duke of Brunswick-Wolfenbüttel during the Napoleonic Wars. The Duke was a strong opponent of Napoleon's occupation of German territory. [1]
The divisional nickname, "Buffalo Soldiers Division", was inherited from the 366th Infantry, one of the first units organized in the division. The 92nd Infantry Division was the only African American infantry division that participated in combat in Europe during World War II. Other units were used as support. It was part of the U.S.
Military aviation units and formations in World War I (5 C, 29 P) Pages in category "Military units and formations of World War I" The following 5 pages are in this category, out of 5 total.
The Allies or the Entente was an international military coalition of countries led by France, the United Kingdom, Russia, the United States, Italy, and Japan against the Central Powers of Germany, Austria-Hungary, the Ottoman Empire, and Bulgaria in World War I (1914–1918).