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| Ethan Allen |
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Ethan Allen (January 21, 1738 [O.S. January 10, 1737] – February 12, 1789) was a farmer, businessman, land speculator, philosopher, writer, and American Revolutionary War patriot, hero, and politician.
Allen was an early American revolutionary and...
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| Guantanamo Bay Naval Base |
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Guantanamo Bay Naval Base is located on 45 square miles of land and water at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba which the United States leased for use as a coaling (fueling) station following on the Cuban-American Treaty of 1903. The base is located on the shore...
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| Iroquois |
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Haudenosaunee |
The Iroquois (pronounced /ˈɪrəkwɑː/), also known as the Haudenosaunee or the "People of the Longhouse", are an indigenous people of North America. In the 16th century or earlier, the Iroquois came together in an association known as the Iroquois...
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| Naval Submarine Base New London |
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Naval Submarine Base New London is the United States Navy's primary submarine base, the "Home of the Submarine Force", and "the Submarine Capital of the World".
In 1868, the State of Connecticut gave the Navy 112 acres (0.5 km²) of land along the...
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| Green Mountain Boys |
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The Green Mountain Boys were a militia organization first established in the 1760s in the territory between the British provinces of New York and New Hampshire, known as the New Hampshire Grants. Headed by Ethan Allen and members of his extended...
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| Francis Marion |
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The Swamp Fox |
Francis Marion (c. 1732 – February 26, 1795) was a military officer who served in the American Revolutionary War. Acting with Continental Army and South Carolina militia commissions, he was a persistent adversary of the British in their occupation...
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| Marine Corps Base Hawaii |
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Marine Corps Base Hawaii (MCBH), formerly Marine Corps Air Station, Kaneohe Bay and originally Naval Air Station Kaneohe Bay, is a U.S. Marine Corps base facility and air station located on the Mokapu Peninsula of windward O'ahu in the City & County...
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| Philippine Department |
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The Philippine Department (Philippine Garrison -- The Battling Bastards of Bataan) was a regular US Army unit, defeated in the Philippines, during World War II. The mission of the Philippine Department was to defend the Philippine Islands and train...
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| U.S. 31st Infantry Regiment |
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The 31st Infantry Regiment (31st INF) of the United States Army was formed on 13 August 1916, and was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division during World War II. The unit is rare in that it was formed and has spent most of its life on non-American...
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| 43rd Infantry Regiment |
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43d Infantry Regiment |
The 43d Philippine Scout Infantry Regiment (43d INF (PS)) was part of USAFFE's Philippine Division, during World War II.
The 43d Infantry Regiment was formed in June of 1917, at Fort Douglas, Utah. In April of 1921, it became a Philippine Scout unit...
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| John Burgoyne |
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General John Burgoyne (24 February 1722 – 4 August 1792) was a British army officer, politician and dramatist. He first saw action during the Seven Years' War when he participated in several battles, mostly notably during the Portugal Campaign of...
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| 60th Coast Artillery Regiment |
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The 60th Coast Artillery (AA) (60th CA), during the World War II era, was part of USAFFE's Harbor Defenses of Manila and Subic Bays, under the Philippine Coast Artillery Command. This anti-aircraft unit was to provide air defense over Manila Bay and...
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| 200th Coast Artillery Regiment |
The 200th Coast Artillery (AA) (200 CA) was a United States Army unit during the first half of World War II. Today descendant elements serve with the New Mexico Army National Guard as the 200th Infantry.
The 200th was originally organized 1...
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| Mariveles Naval Section Base |
Mariveles Naval Base, completed on July 22, 1941, was used by the US Navy's Asiatic Fleet. This base was located on the southern tip of the Bataan Peninsula.
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| Brandenburger Regiment |
The Brandenburger Regiment was a German commando unit during World War II. The unit was originally founded by Wilhelm Canaris of the Abwehr, and until 1944 was an OKW unit rather than a unit of the regular army (Heer, OKH).
The Brandenburger...
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| Henry Knox |
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Henry Knox (July 25, 1750 – October 25, 1806) was an American bookseller from Boston who became the chief artillery officer of the Continental Army and later the nation's first Secretary of War.
Henry Knox was born in Boston to parents of Scots...
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| Nathanael Greene |
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Major-General Nathanael Greene |
Nathanael Greene (August 7, 1742 – June 19, 1786) was a major general of the Continental Army in the American Revolutionary War. When the war began, Greene was a militia private, the lowest rank possible; he emerged from the war with a reputation as...
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| Convoy PQ 17 | Convoy PQ-17 |
PQ17 was the code name for an Allied World War II convoy in the Arctic Ocean. In July 1942, the Arctic convoys suffered a significant defeat when Convoy PQ17 lost twenty-one of its thirty-four merchant ships during a series of heavy enemy daylight...
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| Hesse-Kassel |
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Hesse-Cassel |
The Landgraviate of Hessen-Kassel (German: Landgrafschaft Hessen-Kassel) or Hesse-Cassel was a reichsfreie principality of the Holy Roman Empire that came into existence when the Landgraviate of Hesse was divided in 1567 upon the death of Philip I,...
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| Spanish Empire |
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The Spanish Empire (Spanish: Imperio Español) was one of the largest empires in world history, and one of the first global empires. It included territories and colonies in Europe, the Americas, Africa, Asia and Oceania, from the 15th century through...
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| 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment |
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The 20th Maine Volunteer Infantry Regiment was a combat unit of the United States Army during the American Civil War, most famous for its defense of Little Round Top at the 1863 Battle of Gettysburg.
20th Maine was organized in the state of Maine on...
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| Hessian |
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The term Hessian (pronounced /ˈhɛsɪɛn/) refers to hired eighteenth-century German regiments in service with the British Empire that fought against American colonists during the American Revolutionary War.
During the American Revolutionary War,...
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| 1st Commando Regiment |
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1st Commando Regiment is a reserve commando regiment of the Australian Army with a contingent of full-time cadre staff. It is part of the Australian Special Operations Command (SOCOMD).
The Unit headquarters is located in Randwick, New South Wales....
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| Hanau |
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Hanau is a town in the Main-Kinzig-Kreis, in Hesse, Germany. It is located 25 km east of Frankfurt am Main.
Hanau was first mentioned in 1143 and became a city in 1303.
At the end of the 16th century, Count Philipp Ludwig II allowed Protestant...
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| Changi Naval Base |
Changi Naval Base (CNB) is the latest naval facility of the Republic of Singapore Navy (RSN) and was built to replace Brani Naval Base. Located on 1.28 km² (0.50 sq mi) of reclaimed land, it was officially opened on 21 May 2004 by Goh Chok Tong, the...
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| Connecticut Colony |
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The Colony of Connecticut was an English colony located in British America that became the U.S. state of Connecticut. Originally known as the River Colony, it was organized on March 3, 1636 as a haven for Puritan noblemen. After early struggles with...
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| Yokota Air Base |
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Yokota Air Base (横田空軍基地, Yokota Kūgun Kichi), (IATA: OKO, ICAO: RJTY) is a United States Air Force base located in the city of Fussa and surrounding communities in Tokyo, Japan.
The base houses 14,000 personnel. The base occupies a total area of 136...
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| William Richardson Davie |
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William Richardson Davie (June 22, 1756 – November 5, 1820) was the Governor of North Carolina from 1798 to 1799. He was a Federalist and may be considered a "Founding Father of the United States."
After leaving New Jersey, Davie began to study law...
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| Province of Massachusetts Bay |
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The Province of Massachusetts Bay was a crown colony chartered October 7, 1691 in British America by William and Mary, the joint monarchs of the Kingdom of England and the Kingdom of Scotland. The charter was put into effect on May 14, 1692 and...
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| 8th Regiment of Foot |
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The 8th (The King's) Regiment of Foot, also referred to diminutively as the 8th Foot and 8th King's, was an infantry regiment of the British Army, formed in 1685 and retitled the King's (Liverpool Regiment) on 1 July 1881.
As infantry of the line,...
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| Spanish Invasion of New Granada |
The Spanish Invasion of New Granada in 1815–1816 was part of the Spanish American wars of independence in South America. Shortly after the Napoleonic Wars ended, Ferdinand VII, recently restored to the throne in Spain, decided to send military...
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| Thomas Sumter |
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Thomas Sumter (August 14, 1734 – June 1, 1832) nicknamed the Carolina Gamecock, was a hero of the American Revolution and went on to become a longtime member of the Congress of the United States. Sumter was born in Virginia in 1734. His father was...
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| Oneida tribe |
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The Oneida (Onyota'a:ka or Onayotekaono, meaning the People of the Upright Stone, or standing stone, Thwahrù•nęˀ in Tuscarora) are a Native American/First Nations people and are one of the five founding nations of the Iroquois Confederacy in the...
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| Hector Munro |
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General Sir Hector Munro KB (1726 – December 27, 1805) was a Scottish noble and the ninth Commander-in-Chief of India (1764–1765).
The son of Hugh Munro of Novar, in Ross, Scotland, he was commissioned into Loudon's Highlanders in 1747. Hector is...
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| British Legion | Tarleton's Raiders |
The British Legion was the name given to a British provincial regiment established during the American Revolution and composed of Loyalist American infantry and cavalry. "Legion" was an eighteenth-century term for a military unit the size of a...
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| Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery |
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The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery (Fr: le Régiment royal de l'Artillerie canadienne) is the artillery personnel branch of the Canadian Forces (CF).
Many of the units and batteries of The Royal Regiment of Canadian Artillery are older than...
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| 7th Toronto Regiment, RCA |
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The 7 Toronto Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery is a militia (i.e. part time reserves) regiment of Land Force Central Area's 32 Canadian Brigade Group,
The regiment was formed in 1965 when all the gunner units within the Toronto garrison (29th...
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| U.S. 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment |
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The 278th Armored Cavalry Regiment (278th ACR) is a regiment of the Tennessee Army National Guard with headquarters in Knoxville, Tennessee. Although termed a regiment, it is currently organized as a heavy brigade combat team.
Provide trained and...
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| 2nd Field Artillery Regiment, RCA |
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The 2nd Field Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery (2 RCA) is a Royal Canadian Artillery reserve regiment. It is located in Montreal and shares its headquarters with The Royal Canadian Hussars at the Côte-des-Neiges Armory.
Although there had been...
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| The Royal Canadian Regiment |
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The Royal Canadian Regiment (The RCR) is an infantry regiment of the Canadian Forces. The RCR is the senior infantry regiment in the Regular Force, but its 4th Battalion (formerly the London and Oxford Fusiliers) is ranked 11th in the order of...
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| Baptist War |
The Baptist War also known as the Christmas Uprising and the Great Jamaican Slave Revolt of 1831-32, was a 10-day rebellion that mobilized as many as 60,000 of Jamaica's 300,000 slave population. Led by 'native' Baptist preacher, Samuel Sharpe, it...
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| The Hump |
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The Hump was the name given by Allied pilots in the Second World War to the eastern end of the Himalayan Mountains over which they flew military transport aircraft from India to China to resupply the Chinese war effort of Chiang Kai-shek and the...
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| Naval Amphibious Base Little Creek |
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The Naval Amphibious Base, Little Creek is the major operating base for the Amphibious Forces in the United States Navy's Atlantic Fleet. The base comprises four locations in three states, including almost 12,000 acres (49 km²) of real estate. Its...
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| Ascension Island Base |
Royal Air Force Station Ascension, more commonly known as RAF Ascension Island, and sometimes known as Ascension Island Base, is a British military airbase on Ascension Island in the Atlantic Ocean, near the Equator.
In 1939 Ascension became...
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| Naval Base Kitsap |
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Naval Base Kitsap is a U.S. Navy base located on the Kitsap Peninsula in Washington state. It was created in 2004 by merging the former Naval Station Bremerton with Naval Submarine Base Bangor. The Mission of Naval Base Kitsap is to serve as the...
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| The Jamaica Regiment |
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The Jamaica Regiment is the main formation of land troops in the Jamaican Defence Forces. It is a non-mechanised infantry regiment consisting of three battalions, two regular and one territorial. The regiment has two main roles:
The regiment has two...
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| Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay |
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Naval Submarine Base Kings Bay is a base of the United States Navy located adjacent to the town of St. Marys in Camden County, Georgia, in southeastern Georgia, and not far from Jacksonville, Florida. The Submarine Base is the U.S. Atlantic Fleet's...
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| Early Modern France |
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Early Modern France is the early modern period of French history from the end of the 15th century to the end of the 18th century (or from the French Renaissance to the climax of the French Revolution). During this period France evolved from a feudal...
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| 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery |
The 7th Medium Regiment, Royal Canadian Artillery, was one of six Canadian medium regiments that saw service in Britain and continental Europe in the Second World War, the others being the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, 4th, and 5th Medium Regiments. (There was no...
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| Horse Guards Regiment |
The Horse Guards Regiment was a regiment only in name: it actually consisted of several independent troops raised initially on the three different establishments. In the late 1660s there were thus three troops in England, one in Ireland, and two in...
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| Loyalist |
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Loyalists were American colonists who remained loyal to the Kingdom of Great Britain (and the British monarchy) during and after the American Revolutionary War. They were often referred to as Tories, Royalists, or King's Men by the Patriots, those...
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| Patriot |
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Patriots (also known as Americans, Whigs, Revolutionaries, Congress-Men or Rebels) was the name the colonists of the British Thirteen United Colonies, who rebelled against British control during the American Revolution, called themselves. It was...
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| Grenadiers' and Huntsmen's Guard Regiment | Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers |
Garderegiment Grenadiers en Jagers (Grenadiers' and Huntsmen's Guards Regiment) is a regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army; it is one of two, along with the Garderegiment Fuseliers Prinses Irene that is classed as 'Guards'. The regiment was formed...
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| 51st Highland Regiment |
51st Highland, 7th Battalion, Royal Regiment of Scotland (7 SCOTS) is an infantry battalion of the British Territorial Army.
The regiment traces its history to the 51st Highland Volunteers, which was formed in 1967, its companies succeeding the...
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| Regiment Infanterie Johan Willem Friso |
The Regiment Johan Willem Friso is a line infantry regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army. Named after Johan Willem Friso of Orange-Nassau, it is the oldest and most senior regiment in the current order of battle. The regiment currently serves in...
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| Limburg Huntsmen Regiment | Regiment Limburgse Jagers |
Regiment Limburgse Jagers (Limburg Rifles) is a line infantry regiment in the Royal Netherlands Army. It is named for the Dutch province of Limburg, and currently serves in the mechanized infantry role as part of 13 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized)...
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| Regiment Huzaren Van Boreel |
The Regiment Huzaren van Boreel is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named for Willem Francois Boreel. It currently serves in the armoured Intelligence, Surveillance, Target Acquisition, Reconnaissance (ISTAR) role; the regiment...
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| Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander |
The Regiment Huzaren Prins Alexander is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Alexander, the second son of King Willem II. The regiment serves as part of 41 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade operating the Leopard...
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| Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje |
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The Regiment Huzaren Prins van Oranje is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named after Prince Willem, Prince of Orange, eldest son of King Willem II. The regiment serves as part of 43 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade operating...
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| Regiment Huzaren Van Sytzama |
The Regiment Huzaren Van Sytzama is an armoured regiment of the Royal Netherlands Army, named for Willem Hendrik Baron van Sytzama. The regiment serves as part of 13 Gemechaniseerde (Mechanized) Brigade operating the Leopard 2 main battle tank.
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