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1Colonial troops — Call up ad inviting citizens to enlist in French Colonial Forces, after colonies of North Africa (Algeria, Tunisia) had been reconquered by the Allies in World War II. Colonial troops or colonial army refers to various military units recruited… …
2Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China — Infobox Military Conflict conflict= Campaign to Suppress Bandits in Northeast China partof=the Chinese Civil War place=Northeast China date=November, 1945 April, 1947 result=Communist victory combatant1= combatant2= commander1= Jiang Pengfei 姜朋飞… …
3Missouri secession — During the American Civil War, the secession of Missouri was controversial because of the disputed status of the state of Missouri . During the war, Missouri was claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, had two competing state governments,… …
4levy — /ˈlɛvi / (say levee) noun (plural levies) 1. a raising or collecting, as of money or troops, by authority or force. 2. that which is raised, as a tax assessment or a body of troops. –verb (levied, levying) –verb (t) 3. to make a levy of; collect… …
5Recruit — Re*cruit , v. i. 1. To gain new supplies of anything wasted; to gain health, flesh, spirits, or the like; to recuperate; as, lean cattle recruit in fresh pastures. [1913 Webster] 2. To gain new supplies of men for military or other service; to… …
6Clark, George Rogers — born Nov. 19, 1752, Albemarle county, Va. died Feb. 13, 1818, near Louisville, Ky., U.S. Frontier military leader in the American Revolution. The brother of William Clark, he worked as a surveyor in Kentucky in the mid 1770s. During the… …
7recruit — I. v. a. 1. Repair, replenish, supply, lack. 2. Refresh, revive, restore, renovate, renew, recover, reinvigorate, regain, retreive. 3. (Mil.) Reinforce, supply with new men. II. v. n. 1. Raise new soldiers, get supplies men, enlist troops. 2 …
8levy — [lev′ē] n. pl. levies [ME levee < MFr, fem. pp. of lever, to raise: see LEVER] 1. an imposing and collecting of a tax or other payment 2. an amount levied; tax, etc. 3. a) the enlistment, usually compulsory, of personnel, as for military… …
9Germany — /jerr meuh nee/, n. a republic in central Europe: after World War II divided into four zones, British, French, U.S., and Soviet, and in 1949 into East Germany and West Germany; East and West Germany were reunited in 1990. 84,068,216; 137,852 sq.… …
