The rapid progress of the initial German air and land attacks into the Soviet Union made Red Army logistical support difficult, because many depots, and most of the USSR's industrial manufacturing base lay in the country's invaded western half, obliging their reestablishment east of the Ural Mountains.

Tryon and Henry Duncan led a fleet of 26 ships carrying 2, 000 men to Westport's Compo Beach to raid Continental Army supply depots in Danbury on April 22, 1777.

The US Army used Ross's Landing as the site of one of three large internment camps, or " emigration depots ", where American Indians were held prior to the journey on the Trail of Tears.

The Polish ( Lithuanian and Crown ) Army did have a well-trained young officers corps and artillery, but the newly trained soldiers were not prepared for the rigors of war, nor were eastern Poland's unfinished fortresses and under-supplied military depots ready to offer supplies and refuge to the Polish troops.

About a third of Napoleon's soldiers were killed or wounded ; Russian losses were also heavy, but her casualties could be replaced since large forces of militia were already with the Russian Army and replacement depots which were close by had already been gathering and training troops.

Centralized recruit training in the Canadian Army did not exist until 1940, and until the creation of Basic Training Centres across Canada, recruit training had been done by individual units or depots.

Johnson ordered nearly all of the Army inventories of surplus World War II tanks, communications equipment, personnel carriers, and small arms be scrapped or sold off to other countries instead of being shipped to ordnance and storage depots for reconditioning and storage.

Oswald Hope Robertson, a medical researcher and U. S. Army officer who established the depots, is often regarded as the creator of the first blood bank.

* October 12 – The U. S. Army Air Forces Fifth Air Force conducts the largest Allied airstrike thus far in World War II in the Pacific, sending 349 aircraft to attack the Japanese airfields, shipping, and supply depots at Rabaul, New Britain, losing five aircraft.

Following the movement of many units of the Regular Army to Darwin, Northern Territory, in the late 1990s many Army Reserve units were moved from other depots to Holsworthy Barracks, including the Headquarters of the 5th Brigade.

The unit ’ s lineage can be traced back over 50 years to the Army Industrial Hygiene Laboratory, established at the beginning of World War II and, under the direct jurisdiction of The Army Surgeon General, conducted occupational health surveys of Army-operated industrial plants, arsenals and depots.

The Allies had problems supplying the depots at Ledo with all the logistical support needed by the Northern Front and the Chinese National Army.

This was one of two CW depots operated in co-operation with and guarded by the United States Army Air Force, the second being in Shepton Mallet, Somerset.

In 1923, it was one of three Army aviation depots.

Maxwell Field, as most Army air stations and depots developed during World War I, was on leased properties with temporary buildings being the mainstay of construction.

The Dęblin fortress was garrisoned by the 15th Infantry Regiment of the Polish Army, and in the nearby village of Stawy one of the largest ammunition depots of the Polish Army ( Glowna Skladnica Uzbrojenia nr.

During World War II, Army depots were built to the north and south of Tidworth Road and a fire station opened in High Street.

Headquarters elements of Army commands, agencies, garrisons, centers, schools, depots and miscellaneous organizations are authorized guidons of distinctive design and colors.

As the buildup continued in Southeast Asia, on 1 January 1963, the agency acquired Army general depots at Columbus, Ohio, and Tracy, California, and the Navy depot at Mechanicsburg, Pennsylvania.

Acquisition of Army depots at Memphis, Tennessee, and Ogden, Utah, on January 1, 1964, completed the DSA depot network.

** M15 " Special "-Field conversions by US Army depots in Australia of standard M3s, not M15s, fitted with turreted 40 mm Bofors L / 50 guns.

The wholesome activities were to be provided by many organizations including the YMCA, the Knights of Columbus, the Jewish Welfare Board, the American Library Association, and the Playground and Recreation Association -- private societies which voluntarily performed the job that was taken over almost entirely by the Special Services Division of the Army itself in World War 2.

Basic long-line communications in Alaska are now provided through Federal facilities operated by the Army, Air Force, and Federal Aviation Agency.

Initially led by John Haslet, Delaware provided one of the premier regiments in the Continental Army, known as the " Delaware Blues " and nicknamed the " Blue Hen's Chicks.

Prior to 2001, COMPSRON 2 consisted of up to 20 ships, including four Combat Force Ships which provided rapid-response delivery of equipment to ground troops in the US Army.

When in the 17th century Gustav II Adolf introduced dragoons into the Swedish Army, he provided them with a sabre, an axe and a matchlock musket, utilizing them as " labourers on horseback ".

In January 2008, Dark Horse Comics began releasing a four-part monthly comic book mini-series based on Evil Dead, written by Mark Verheiden, with art by John Bolton, who provided art for the Dark Horse Army of Darkness comic.

Rommel had driven them forward ruthlessly, being confident that, provided he struck quickly before Eighth Army had time to settle, his momentum would take him through the Alamein position and he could then advance to the Nile with little further opposition.

As provided, Robert Mugabe will remain president, Morgan Tsvangirai will become prime minister, ZANU-PF and the MDC will share control of the police, Mugabe ’ s Zanu ( PF ) will command the Army, and Arthur Mutambara becomes deputy prime minister.

When the Army discharged Dahmer in 1981, he was provided with a plane ticket to anywhere in the country.

In late summer 1943, the SIS provided the GRU with an official report of the activities of German agents in Bulgaria and Romania, soon to be invaded by the Red Army.

The Army reluctantly agreed, provided that Konoe adhere to the consensus foreign policy, and be prepared to go to war if his initiative failed.

This approach is presumed to have been employed in the case of Dan Rather over a story that he ran on 60 Minutes in the month prior to the 2004 election that attempted to impugn the military record of George W. Bush by relying on allegedly fake documents that were provided by Bill Burkett, a retired Lieutenant Colonel in the Texas Army National Guard.

When Brando reported to the induction center, he answered a questionnaire provided to him by saying his race was " human ", his color was " Seasonal-oyster white to beige ", and he told an Army doctor that he was psycho neurotic.

The revolutionaries also created a full-time regular army — the Continental Army — but because of manpower shortages the militia provided short-term support to the regulars in the field throughout the war.

The Salvation Army served over 100, 000 meals and provided over 100, 000 ponchos, gloves, hard hats, and knee pads to rescue workers.

In most of the Empire, the Army, rather than a dedicated police organization, provided security.

The Army often provided some policing alongside poorly resourced sheriffs and temporarily organised posses.

Two Polish slave janitors of Peenemünde's Camp Trassenheide in early 1943 provided maps, sketches and reports to Polish Home Army Intelligence, and in June 1943 British intelligence had received two such reports which identified the " rocket assembly hall ', ' experimental pit ', and ' launching tower '.

The Red Army provided limited assistance with the liberation of Belgrade and withdrew after the war was over.

Throughout the 19th century the Regular U. S. Army was small, and the state militias provided the majority of the troops during the Mexican-American War, the start of the American Civil War, and the Spanish-American War.

In 1968, the Department of the Army provided four specially-equipped relay aircraft to the Division, which proved invaluable throughout the country, in particular, during the 1st Cavalry Division's relief of Khe Sanh in 1968.

Previously, the CIA and the Army had actively and successfully sought to withhold incriminating information, even as they secretly provided compensation to the families.

They provided transport for the U. S. Army, under General Zachary Taylor to invade Monterrey, Mexico, via Camargo Municipality, Tamaulipas.

The British Army provided long-term support to the Spanish rebellion in the Peninsular War of 1808 – 1814, assisted by Spanish guerilla (' little war ') tactics.

He made his way out of the wreck and was rescued by members of the Royal Dutch East Indies Army, who provided some medical treatment.