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  2. Kornilov Shock Regiment - Wikipedia

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    In August 1917 it was renamed the Kornilov Shock Regiment, but after the Kornilov affair its name was changed to 1st Russian or Slavonic Shock Regiment. [3] The "Slavonic" name reflected the fact that the regiment included Czech volunteers from the Russian army's Czechoslovak Legion, who wanted to preserve the unit from being disbanded by the Russian Provisional Government.

  3. Ranks and insignia of the White Movement - Wikipedia

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    Kornilov regiment 2nd lieutenant (podporuchik) shoulder boards. One of the two stars is lost on the right one. Sleeve insignia of the 2nd lieutenant in the People's Army of Komuch. Military ranks and insignia of the White Movement (1918-1922) were based on the former Ranks and insignia of the Imperial Russian Armed Forces. However, there were ...

  4. Lavr Kornilov - Wikipedia

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    The Kornilov Shock Detachment of the 8th Army was the most famous and longest-lived volunteer unit in the Russian Imperial Army. It was also the last regiment of the Russian Imperial Army and the first of the Volunteer Army. [15] In late 1917, the Kornilov Shock Regiment, one of the crack units of the Volunteer Army, was named after him, as ...

  5. White Army - Wikipedia

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    All of them had their own uniforms and formation patch, often copied from the uniform of the guard units of the Imperial Russian Army. According to supporters of the White movement, the White Guard is a military man devoted to his ideals (even though the officer , though the ordinary ), who was ready to defend his Motherland and his specific ...

  6. United States Army uniforms in World War II - Wikipedia

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    During World War II the first flight nurses uniform consisted of a blue wool battle dress jacket, blue wool trousers and a blue wool men's style maroon piped garrison cap. The uniform was worn with either the ANC light blue or white shirt and black tie. After 1943 the ANC adopted olive drab service uniforms similar to the newly formed WAC.

  7. Category : Military units and formations of White Russia ...

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    1st Army Corps (Armed Forces of South Russia) ... 1st Officer General Markov Regiment; 2nd Army Corps (Armed Forces of South Russia) ... Kornilov Shock Regiment; M ...

  8. 1st Shock Army - Wikipedia

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    The 1st Shock Army (Russian: 1-я ударная армия) was a field army established by the Soviet Union's Red Army during World War II.The 1st Shock Army was created in late 1941 and fought in the northern areas of Russia and the Baltic States until the surrender of Germany in 1945.

  9. Battalions of Death - Wikipedia

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    The "shock battalions" were created from soldiers of existing military units, in some cases with entire regiments being designated as shock units, and received additional training with grenades and machine guns. All of the shock unit members were able to wear red and black chevrons and the death's head skull insignia. The volunteers for these ...