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DOSAAF ( Belarus ) DOSAAF RB ( Literarly : " The Voluntary Society of Assistance to the Army , the Air Force and the Navy of the Republic of Belarus " ) is a Belarusian paramilitary organization . Formed in 2003 , DOSAAF RB is based on the Soviet organization of the same name . The purposes of the organization is to promote citizen readiness , instill military training into Belarusian youth , citizenship education and provide training for essential military tasks and trades . Outside of the military , DOSAAF RB provides sporting and patriotic education and events to other Belarusian organizations . History . While there was a national DOSAAF organization in the former Soviet Union , the Byelorussian SSR had its own organization , called DOSAAF BSSR . In October , 1991 , the national organization collapsed and was renamed the Belarusian Defense Sports Technical Society ( ) . The BelOCTO would later become the DOSAAF RB , based on a decree by the President of Belarus Alexander Lukashenko .
Canon de 194 mle GPF The Canon de 194 mle GPF ( " Grand Puissance Filloux " - High - Power Filloux ) - was the first French tracked self - propelled gun ( SPG ) . Designed at the end of World War I , it was a pioneering weapon with many modern features . The vehicle was designed in Schneider ' s Le Creusot works . It was originally planned to arm it with a 155 mm gun but a weapon of 194 mm was eventually chosen . A few examples of this SPG were armed with a modified 280 mm siege mortar , this version was known as the M 280 sur chenilles ( literally - " tracked M 280 " ) . Both weapons used the same chassis and were powered by a Panhard SUK4 M2 engine . Compared to its contemporary British SPG , the Gun Carrier Mark I , the Canon de 194 was much more advanced ; it was driven by only one person , had hydraulic brakes and the gun had automatically adjusting recoil mechanisms and pneumatic recuperator s . After the Great War all M 280 models were converted to take the 194 mm gun . Around 50 were still in use at the outbreak of World War II , some were used against the invading German forces . Surviving vehicles were pressed into Wehrmacht service as the 19 . 4 cm Kanone 485 ( f ) auf Selbstfahrlafette . At least 3 of them were used by the Germans in Russia in about 1942 , serving in the 84th Regiment of Heer Artillery .
Battle of Koniecpol The Battle of Koniecpol was an encounter in November 1708 during the Great Northern War . Near Koniecpol in the Polish - Lithuanian Commonwealth , pro - Swedish forces under Stanisław Leszczyński met with anti - Swedish forces of the Sandomierz Confederation , loyal to Augustus the Strong and allied with Russia . Both armies had a strength of about 10 , 000 men . Leszczyński was defeated , and thus unable to aid Charles XII of Sweden in his unfortunate Russian campaign .
HMS Sprightly ( 1778 ) HMS " Sprightly " was a 10 - gun cutter of the Royal Navy , built to a design by John Williams , and the name ship of her two - vessel class of cutters . She was launched in 1778 . The French captured and scuttled her in the Mediterranean , off the Andulasia n coast in 1801 . Career . " Sprightly " shared with the frigate , sloop , and the cutters , , and , in the capture on 24 May 1779 of the French privateers " Dunkerque " and " Prince de Robcq " , which had " eight ransomers " aboard . In October 1794 Lieutenant Robert Jump assumed command of " Sprightly " . In January 1799 he sailed her for Jamaica . Later that year " Sprightly " and the brig captured the brig " Gute Hoffnung " . Fate . " Sprightly " was on her way to Gibraltar with dispatches when she had the misfortune to encounter a French squadron under Admiral Ganteaume about 40 miles south - west of Cape de Gata . During one of his expeditions , Ganteaume had called his squadron to a halt there . After a two - hour chase , " Sprightly " struck to the 74 - gun " Dix - août " on 10 February 1801 . The French scuttled their prey .
6 " / 53 caliber gun The 6 " / 53 caliber gun ( spoken " six - inch - fifty - three - caliber " ) formed the main battery of United States Navy light cruiser s and submarine cruisers built during the 1920s . United States naval gun terminology indicates the gun fired a projectile 6 inches ( 15 cm ) in diameter , and the barrel was 53 caliber s long ( barrel length is 6 inch x 53 = 318 inches or 8 meters . ) The gun with side swing Welin breech block and Smith - Asbury mechanism weighed about 10 tonnes and used a silk bag containing 44 - pounds ( 20 kg ) of smokeless powder to give a 105 - pound ( 47 . 6 kg ) projectile a velocity of 3000 feet per second ( 900 m / s ) . Early Marks were built - up gun s with a liner , tube , full - length jacket , and 2 hoops ; but the Mark 14 gun was of monobloc construction . Useful life expectancy was 700 effective full charge s ( EFC ) per liner . Mark 13 casemate mounting . These guns were intended for the secondary battery of the s and " South Dakota " - class battleships . They were installed in s when the intended ships were canceled under provisions of the Washington Naval Treaty . Maximum range was at the maximum elevation of 20 degrees . Mark 16 turret mounting . This two - gun turret was a design modification to improve the range and broadside of the Omaha - class cruisers . Maximum range was at the maximum elevation of 20 degrees . Mark 17 wet mounting . These single open mounts were installed fore and aft of the conning tower on , , and . Maximum range was at the maximum elevation of 25 degrees .
17th Illinois Volunteer Infantry Regiment The 17th Regiment Illinois Volunteer Infantry was an infantry regiment that served in the Union Army during the American Civil War . Service . The 17th Illinois Infantry was organized at Peoria , Illinois and mustered into Federal service on May 24 , 1861 for three years service . The regiment was mustered out of service on June 4 , 1864 upon expiration of its term of enlistment and its recruits and veterans were transferred to the 8th Illinois . Total strength and casualties . The regiment suffered 3 officers and 71 enlisted men who were killed in action or who died of their wounds and 1 officer and 71 enlisted men who died of disease , for a total of 146 fatalities .
East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron The East of Scotland Universities Air Squadron ( ) , commonly known as ESUAS , is a squadron within the Royal Air Force established in 2003 as an amalgamation of " East Lowlands Universities Air Squadron " and " Aberdeen , Dundee and St Andrews Universities Air Squadron " . It is based at Royal Air Force Leuchars , in Fife and flies a fleet of 5 Grob Tutor aircraft . ESUAS is the parent Squadron of 12 Air Experience Flight , who share the aircraft . A Squadron Leader is the Commanding Officer and ESUAS has another 2 Qualified Flying Instructors and a Ground Training Instructor . There are some 90 students , 13 civilian support staff who are contracted from Babcock , plus an adjutant and 3 civilian admin staff . Students apply to join ESUAS at their university ' s Freshers ' Fair and then undergo a selection process . If successful they are attested and join the Royal Air Force Volunteer Reserve as an Officer Cadet symbolised by a white rank tab . Normally , students are recruited for a period of 2 years . Currently , ESUAS recruit from 9 academic institutions in Eastern Scotland : Edinburgh , Heriot - Watt , Napier , QMU , RGU , Aberdeen , St Andrews , Dundee , and Abertay . ESUAS activities include flying training , sports including Rugby and Football , military and leadership training , adventurous training , charity and community work and a social scene . The aim of ESUAS , like other University Air Squadrons is to let young people experience life in the Royal Air Force , without commitment to regular service and to provide training in the fields mentioned . ESUAS also parents sponsored students , on cadetships or bursaries , who will go on to join the RAF .
Samuel W . Kinnaird Samuel W . Kinnaird ( May 2 , 1840 – April 20 , 1923 ) was a Union Navy sailor in the American Civil War and a recipient of the U . S . military ' s highest decoration , the Medal of Honor , for his actions at the Battle of Mobile Bay . Kinnaird ' s Background . Born on May 2 , 1840 , in New York City , Kinnaird was still living in the state of New York when he joined the Navy . He served during the Civil War as a landsman on the . At the Battle of Mobile Bay on August 5 , 1864 , " Lackawanna " engaged the at close range and Kinnaird displayed " presence of mind and cheerfulness " which helped maintain his shipmates ' morale . For this action , he was awarded the Medal of Honor four months later , on December 31 , 1864 . Citation . Kinnaird ' s official Medal of Honor citation reads : Served as a landsman on board the U . S . S . " Lackawanna " during successful attacks against Fort Morgan , rebel gunboats and the ram " Tennessee " in Mobile Bay , 5 August 1864 . Showing a presence of mind and cheerfulness that had much to do with maintaining the crew ' s morale , Kinnaird served gallantly through the action which resulted in the capture of the prize rebel ram " Tennessee " and in the destruction of batteries at Fort Morgan . Kinnaird died on April 20 , 1923 , at age 82 and was buried in the New York City neighborhood of Woodside , Queens .
Transport of concentration camp inmates to Tyrol In late April 1945 , close to the end of the Second World War in Europe , the government of Nazi Germany ordered that a number of high - profile prisoners should be moved to Tyrol , away from the advancing Western Allies . Eventually the inmates were liberated from their SS guards by regular German troops . Transfer and liberation . On 17 , 24 and 26 April 1945 141 prisoners from Dachau Concentration Camp were transferred to “ Arbeitserziehungslager Reichenau ” , Innsbruck , Austria . But the camp was not prepared to keep the prisoners . Instead the prisoners were sent to a hotel near Niederdorf / Hochpustertal 70 km northeast of Bozen , Italy where they arrived on 28 April . The transport , which was composed of trucks and old buses , was guarded by several dozen troops from the SS and SD . On board were the camp ' s most important and prominent prisoners as well as family members of the 20 July plotters . The officers in charge , Obersturmführer Edgar Stiller and Untersturmführer Bader , had orders to kill all the prisoners if in any fear of capture . Contrary to expectations , the Pragser Wildsee Hotel was unavailable as it was being used by three German Wehrmacht generals . A delegation from the prisoners ' committee — that included Colonel Bogislaw von Bonin who had been imprisoned for allowing a retreat on the Eastern Front — made contact with the Wehrmacht HQ in Bozen and made known the identity of the high - status prisoners and the fear that they were to be executed before liberation by US troops . A message was sent to Wehrmacht troops at Sexten 17 km east of Niederdorf commanded by Captain Wichard von Alvensleben , who decided to come and protect the prisoners with his soldiers . On 30 April against the background of advancing US troops and Alvensleben ’ s unit , which had now surrounded the village , the SS guards decided to escape . The free prisoners were then accommodated at the Pragser Wildsee Hotel until US troops marched into Niederdorf on 4 May . References . region
Tadeusz Zawadzki Tadeusz Zawadzki codename : Zośka , Kajman , Kotwicki , Lech Pomarańczowy , Tadeusz ( born January 24 , 1921 , Warsaw , Poland — died August 20 , 1943 , Sieczychy , near Wyszków , Poland ) was a Polish Scoutmaster ( harcmistrz ) , Polish scouting resistance activist and second lieutenant of the Armia Krajowa during the Second World War . He is a main character in " Kamienie na szaniec " , a book by Aleksander Kamiński , describing " Operation Arsenal " in Warsaw , as well as Barbara Wachowicz ' s " Rudy , Alek , Zośka " . Zawadzki himself commanded the Operation Arsenal , a daring action of the Polish resistance , which took place in Warsaw on March 26 , 1943 , and which resulted in freeing Zawadzki ' s former high school classmate , Jan Bytnar . Death . He died , aged 22 , during the so - called " Taśma " action , an attack on a Grenzschutzpolizei building in Sieczychy , near Wyszków , during the night of 20 August and 21 August 1943 . Soon after his death , Batalion Zośka ( a Scouting battalion of the Home Army ) was created and named after Zawadzki ' s codename .
CSS Scorpion CSS " Scorpion " was a " Squib " - class torpedo boat procured late in 1864 by the Confederate States Navy and armed with a spar torpedo fitted to her stem . She performed picket duty in the James River under command of Lieutenant E . Lakin , CSN . On January 23 to January 25 , 1865 , torpedo boats " Scorpion " , and , under the overall command of Lieutenant Charles W . Read , CSN , joined Flag Officer J . K . Mitchell ' s James River Squadron in the abortive attack on General Ulysses S . Grant ' s main supply base at City Point , Virginia . Attempting to rejoin her consort , the ironclad , ran aground above Trent ' s Reach , and " Scorpion " ended up fast ashore also and was severely damaged by the magazine explosion which destroyed nearby gunboat , on January 24 . Abandoned , she fell into Federal hands . References .
Sola Air Station Sola Air Station ( Norwegian : Sola flystasjon ) in Sola municipality in Norway is operated by the Royal Norwegian Air Force . Air Wing 134 is stationed at Sola along with helicopter Squadron 330 . Also located at Sola is Stavanger Airport , Sola and an aviation museum . Near Sola , at Jåttå in Stavanger is NATO s Joint Warfare Center . Operations . 330 Squadron operates Westland Sea King search and rescue helicopters . The 12 helicopters are also dispatched at Rygge Air Station , Ørland Main Air Station , Bodø Main Air Station and Banak Air Station . All five air stations have one helicopter on stand by at any given time . History . Opening . Sola Air Station was founded at May 29 , 1937 by King Haakon VII , and an air show with 42 planes marked the occasion . In 1939 , it was decided to station military aircraft on the airfield ( because of the tense situation unfolding in Europe at the time ) . August 5 , 1939 , the first Caproni Ca . 310 bomber landed here . Operation Weserübung . On April 9 , 1940 , in reaction to the German invasion of Norway , the bomber squadron was ordered to the east , but before they could take off , six German planes attacked . The bombers were damaged , only a few getting airborne to later be abandoned elsewhere and the airport was seized . Here , the first opposed landing by paratroopers took place as German fallschirmjäger s from 1st battalion of the 1st Regiment , 7th Flieger Division were dropped on the airfield . Around sixty fallschirmjägers became casualties as the air station ' s sole completed machine gun bunker fired on the attackers until being knocked out by a hand grenade , seriously wounding the gunner . Liberation and post - war . The next paratrooper landing at Sola took place May 9 , 1945 . This time , it was British and Norwegian troops that recaptured the airfield . 330 Squadron was the first Norwegian squadron to land after the war . The squadron had been founded in Britain during the war and Sola was the first airfield to host Norwegian war planes after the war . Squadron 330 was later disbanded , but the airfield remained as the biggest military airfield in the country up to the 1960s . In early 1946 , 333 Squadron came here , but it was moved to Tromsø during the Korean War . In 1953 it came back , but left for Andøya in 1963 . 331 Squadron came in 1952 . It was later disbanded and reformed until it moved to Bodø in 1955 . 718 Squadron was formed here in 1952 and during the 1970s operated the Northrop F - 5 fighter . The squadron remained until it was disbanded in 1982 . Sola Air Station has been considered to be closed , but in the later years , the government has decided that it will continue as an airfield for maritime helicopter operations . NATO Use . The United States Air Force 426th Air Base Squadron provides support to 220 U . S . service members and their families working in support of NATO ’ s Joint Warfare Center . The squadron also supports “ Operating Location - A ” in Oslo , Norway , shipping for $ 50 million war readiness material and $ 900 million U . S . Marine Corps and U . S . Navy equipment .
Edward Fitzherbert , 13th Baron Stafford Admiral Edward Stafford Fitzherbert , 13th Baron Stafford , KCB ( 17 April 1864 – 28 September 1941 ) was an English peer , holding the title Baron Stafford . He was also a Royal Navy officer who went on to be Commander - in - Chief , Cape of Good Hope Station . Naval career . Edward ' s father was Basil Thomas Fitzherbert and his mother was Emily Charlotte Stafford - Jerningham . He joined the Royal Navy in 1877 . Promoted to Captain in 1904 , he was given command of the battleship HMS " Albemarle " , of the training ship HMS " Impegnable " and then of the armoured cruiser HMS " Bedford " which ran aground during sea trials in 1910 . He served in World War I as Director of Mines and Torpedoes from October 1915 and as Commander - in - Chief , Cape of Good Hope Station from May 1918 . He became a full Admiral on retirement in 1925 . It was through his mother ' s side of the family that he gained the Stafford barony in 1932 ; his brother Francis Fitzherbert - Stafford , 12th Baron Stafford had died without issue in 1932 . Fitzherbert - Stafford also descended from Genoese nobility as his great grandfather was John Vincent Gandolfi , 12th Marquis Gandolfi . Fitzherbert did not marry and died without issue , the barony thus passed on to his nephew Basil Fitzherbert , 14th Baron Stafford . He died at the family seat of Swynnerton Hall at age 77 .
Evelyn John Webb - Carter Major General Sir Evelyn John Webb - Carter KCVO , OBE , DL ( born 30 January 1946 ) was the last ' Colonel of The Regiment ' of The Duke of Wellington ' s Regiment ( West Riding ) ( 1999 – 2006 ) , before their amalgamation into the Yorkshire Regiment , 3rd Battalion ( Duke of Wellington ' s ) . Early life . Webb - Carter is the son of Brigadier Brian Wolsey Webb - Carter DSO & Bar , OBE ( 1920 – 1981 ) . He was educated at Wellington College in Berkshire , before joining the Royal Military Academy in Sandhurst . Military career . He was commissioned into the Grenadier Guards in 1964 and was mentioned in despatches for service in Northern Ireland in 1980 . In 1991 he became Commander of 19th Infantry Brigade and in late 1996 he was appointed the Commander of the Multi - National Division ( South - West ) for the Stabilisation Force in Bosnia . In June 1997 he was appointed Major - General commanding the Household Division and General Officer Commanding London District where he gained a strong reputation for tackling racism . He was the Chairman of Queen Elizabeth , the Queen Mother ' s 100th birthday celebrations in 2000 and retired in 2001 . He is the current Controller of the Army Benevolent Fund , a British charity set up to provide help for former British soldiers and their families who are in need of assistance . Family . He married the Hon . Anne Celia Wigram , ( born 1945 ) the second daughter of Lt Col Neville Wigram , ( 2nd Baron Wigram ) , MC in 1973 . References .
Fourteenth United States Army Fourteenth United States Army was a fictitious field army developed as a part of Operation Quicksilver and as a part of the fictitious First United States Army Group , under the command of John P . Lucas . Alleged Composition . As part of a psychological warfare campaign the Fourteenth Army was described by Agent Garbo in a message sent to German intelligence around the 24th of August 1944 claiming that his source in the ETO Services of Supply , who had a relative in the US 48th Infantry Division had advised him of : " . . . a lot of curious things about the basis of the composition of this Fourteenth US Army ; amongst them he said that in their ranks there were many convicts who were released from prisons in the United States to be enrolled in a foreign legion of the French or Spanish type . It can almost be said that there are brigades composed of gangster s and bloodthirsty men , specially selected to fight against the Japanese , men who are not supposed to take prisoners , but instead to administer a cruel justice at their own hands . " Order of Battle . What follows is the order of battle for the Fourteenth Army at one point during Operation Fortitude . The various formations changed as the operation continued in order to mislead Axis intelligence . ,
16th Division ( Imperial Japanese Army ) The was an infantry division in the Imperial Japanese Army . Its call sign was the . History . The 16th Division was one of four divisions raised in the closing stages of the Russo - Japanese War ( 1904 – 1905 ) , and was raised from men in the Kyoto area . The division was immediately deployed , but the Treaty of Portsmouth was concluded before it could see combat , and remained in Manchuria as a garrison force . In 1937 , hostilities broke out against China and the Second Sino - Japanese War commenced . The 16th Division was assigned to the Second Army , under the command of the Northern China Area Army . The division participated in the Battle of Nanjing ( 1937 ) , the Battle of Xuzhou ( 1938 ) and the Battle of Wuhan ( 1938 ) before being withdrawn from China and returned to Japan . As the war in the Pacific progressed , the 16th Division was deployed to the Philippines and based in Manila as part of the 35th Army , within the structure of the 14th Area Army . However , as the war situation deteriorated , the Imperial General Headquarters ordered the 16th Division to Leyte Island for a final decisive stand against Allied forces . Of the approximately 13 , 000 men in the 16th Division , only 620 survived the Battle of Leyte , which included only one of its regimental commanders ( who later killed himself ) . Noteworthy commanders in the history of the 16th Division have included : HIH Prince Nashimoto ( Morimasa ) , Minami Jiro , and Kanji Ishiwara . Organization . The order of battle for the 16th Division included :