Red Army

Examples of Red Army in the following topics:

• The Collapse of Nazi Germany

  • Starting on January 12, 1945, the Red Army began the Vistula–Oder Offensive across the Narew River; and, from Warsaw, a three-day operation on a broad front, which incorporated four army Fronts. 
  • On the fourth day, the Red Army broke out and started moving west, up to 30 to 40 km (19 to 25 mi) per day, taking East Prussia, Danzig, and Poznań, drawing up on a line 60 km (37 mi) east of Berlin along the Oder River.
  • Following the Vistula–Oder Offensive of January–February 1945, the Red Army had temporarily halted on a line 60 km (37 mi) east of Berlin.
  • Before the main battle in Berlin commenced, the Red Army encircled the city after successful battles of the Seelow Heights and Halbe.
  • Within the next few days, the Red Army reached the city center where close-quarters combat raged.

• The Allied Push

  • These landings led to the defeat of the German Army units in France.
  • The Red Army's strategic offensive in eastern Romania cut off and destroyed the considerable German troops there and triggered a successful coup d'état in Romania and in Bulgaria, followed by those countries' shift to the Allied side.
  • In northern Serbia, the Red Army, with limited support from Bulgarian forces, assisted the Communist-led Partisans under Marshal Josip Broz Tito in a joint liberation of the capital city of Belgrade on October 20.
  • Original Source: Photograph from the Army Signal Corps Collection in the U.S.
  • Army, watches from the opposite side of the table.

• The Allied Drive Toward Berlin

  • In the Allied 6th Army Group area, the US Seventh Army assaulted across the Rhine in the area between Mannheim and Worms on March 26.
  • In the south, while Third Army headed east, the First Army headed northeast and formed the southern pincer of the Ruhr envelopment.
  • Ninth Army (assigned to Montgomery's British 21st Army Group) headed southeast forming the northern pincer, while the rest of 21st Army Group went east and northeast.
  • Generals Eisenhower (the Supreme Commander of the Allied Expeditionary Force on the Western Front) and Bradley concluded that pushing beyond the Elbe made no sense since eastern Germany was destined in any case to be occupied by the Red Army.
  • Army Group made its eastward thrust, General Devers′ 6th U.S.

• Colonial Armed Forces

  • Soldiers in the Continental Army were unpaid volunteers and enlistment periods varied from one to three years.
  • These soldiers would have been a part of the Continental Army rather than militiamen.
  • Blue-coated militiamen in the foreground flee from the volley of gunshots from the red-coated British Army line in the background.
  • These American militias were an important supplement to the Continental Army.
  • Portrait of General George Washington, who was appointed commander-in-chief of the Continental Army on June 15, 1775.

• Red Scare

  • Postwar patriotism and fears of communism after the Russian Revolution produced the Red Scare in the U.S. in 1919-1920.
  • When the Provisional Government chose to continue fighting World War I despite the Russian Army suffering huge losses, the Bolsheviks demanded an immediate end to the war and won over the common people.
  • Army machine gunner holding off hordes of Reds and Wobblies (Industrial Workers of the World party members).
  • A Red Scare depiction of a "European Anarchist" attempting to destroy the Statue of Liberty.
  • Describe how the Red Scare contributed to anti-labor sentiment, the Palmer Raids, and the Sedition Act of 1918.

• Mobilization and the Development of the West

  • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942, which served overseas in North Africa.
  • The WAAC was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943 and recognized as an official part of the regular Army.
  • Army interface with our Chinese allies.
  • In 1943, the Women's Army Corps recruited a unit of Chinese-American women to serve with the Army Air Forces as "Air WACs. " The first two women to enlist in the unit were Hazel (Toy) Nakashima and Jit Wong.
  • U.S. women also performed many kinds of non-military service in organizations such as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), American Red Cross, and the United Service Organizations (USO).

• Changing Roles for Women

  • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942, later converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943, and recognized as an official part of the regular army.
  • Over 60 thousand Army nurses (all military nurses were female then) served stateside and overseas during World War II.
  • One Army flight nurse was aboard an aircraft that was shot down behind enemy lines in Germany in 1944.
  • Margaret Craighill became the first female doctor to become a commissioned officer in the United States Army Medical Corps.
  • U.S. women also performed many kinds of non-military service in organizations such as the Office of Strategic Services (OSS), American Red Cross, and the United Service Organizations (USO).

• Madison's American Indian Policy

  • Army to protect some of the American Indian lands from intrusion.
  • The war lasted until the fall of 1813, when Tecumseh died fighting Harrison's Army of the Northwest at the Battle of the Thames (near present-day Chatham, Ontario) and his confederacy disintegrated.
  • British traders and the Spanish government provided supplies to the Red Stick majority due to their shared interest in preventing the expansion of U.S. territory.
  • These lands were taken from allied Creek as well as Red Sticks.
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• Changing Roles for Women

  • Women staffed millions of jobs in community service roles, such as nursing, the United Service Organizations, and Red Cross.
  • The Army established the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC) in 1942.
  • It was converted to the Women's Army Corps (WAC) in 1943, and recognized as an official part of the regular army.
  • For the most part, Army policy reflected segregation policy.
  • In 1943, the Women's Army Corps recruited a unit of Chinese-American women to serve with the Army Air Forces as "Air WACs."

• The War in the South

  • Red Stick leaders such as William Weatherford (Red Eagle), Peter McQueen, and Menawa were all allies of the British.
  • The Red Sticks aggressively resisted the civilization programs administered by the U.S.
  • In mid March, he moved against the Red Stick force concentrated on the Tallapoosa at Tohopeka (Horseshoe Bend).
  • With the Red Sticks subdued, Jackson turned his focus on the Gulf Coast region in the War of 1812.
  • American forces, commanded by Major General Andrew Jackson, defeated an invading British Army intent on seizing New Orleans and the vast territory the United States had acquired with the Louisiana Purchase.