"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
On this day in 1939, the Soviet Union invades Finland. Although the brave Finnish defenders inflict heavy casualties on the Red Army, within three months Helsinki will be forced to sue for peace.
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
Would you be in favor if the European Union had it's own army?
Currently the EU has the common security and defence policy but not a real standing army. It is up to members to commit forces to the EU.
TIL about the Gdansk shipyard strike, in which polish shipyard workers formed an independant labor union for better work and living conditions, inspiring demonstrations all across the country. The communist government then sent in the army to break up strikes, demonstrations and labor unions. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marβ¦
Appreciation Post for Albert Cashier: A Trans Veteran of the Union Army of the Tennessee who participated in 40 battles. Including the siege of Vicksburg where he climbed up the flag pole without fear of Confederate Sharpshooters to replace Old Glory.
Mujahideen and Russian defectors engage at an Afghan Army compound supported by Soviet Union helicopters in an attempt to dislodge the defenders. June 8th, 1984. Soviet Afghan War. v.redd.it/ypkb2fbr8ja81
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
Isaac & Rosa, Emancipated slave children freed by the Union Army in New Orleans - 1863
Wojtek was a bear bought as a young cub at a railway station in Iran, by Polish soldiers who had been evacuated from the Soviet Union. He served the army by providing ammo and liked smoking cigarettes and drinking coffee. On the picture we see Wojtek being trained by a Polish soldier (taken in 1942)
12 year old John Clem was a sergeant in the Union Army during the Civil War. He was the youngest NCO in US history. John survived the war and retired as a brigadier general in 1915.
Sherman was definitely a chad but Grant was the true MVP of the Union Army
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
A group of Soviet Army BMP (IFV) infantry fighting vehicles with soldiers sitting on their roofs, streets of Dushanbe (during the Dushanbe riots), which resulted in 26 Tajik civilian deaths and 565 wounded civilians, Tajikistan, Soviet Union, on February 14th, 1990.
Gift from the Mongolian people, during the Nazi invasion of the USSR, the Mongolian People's Republic launched a campaign to collect money and gifts for the Soviet Union and the Red Army
"Would you like the European Union to form a joint army for all member states, in addition to national armies?" (2022)
Rodimtsev. Red Army general. Hero of the Soviet Union not once (Spanish Civil War) but twice (Stalingrad). And possibly handsomest general of the war.
Soldiers of the Italian 8th Army march through the snow outside of Stalingrad. Soviet Union, early December 1942.
A group of Soviet Army BMP (IFV) infantry fighting vehicles with soldiers sitting on their roofs, streets of Dushanbe (during the Dushanbe riots), which resulted in 26 Tajik civilian deaths and 565 wounded civilians, Tajikistan, Soviet Union, on February 14th, 1990. [800 x 545]
OTD in 1874, 23 Ruthenian Greek Catholics in DrelΓ³w were massacred by the Imperial Russian Army for their refusal to accept the Tsarist attempt to force them to break Union with Rome
Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolaevich Romanov. A White Army General in the Russian Civil War. In 1922, a Zemsky Sobor formed by the Priamurye Government declared Nicholas Emperor of Russia. After the White Army defeat, he was named Commander in Chief of the Russian All-Miliary Union.
"Freedom to the slave" Recruitment poster of the Union army aiming black people, Made in Philadelphia, 1863.
OTD in 1874, 23 Ruthenian Greek Catholics in DrelΓ³w were massacred by the Imperial Russian Army for their refusal to accept the Tsarist attempt to force them to break Union with Rome
Painting of young Union Drummer John Clem holding a rifle on the battlefield. John Clem was one of the most famous child soldiers of the American Civil War, becoming the youngest noncommissioned officer in army history (at age 12) and culminating his military career as a general in the U.S. Army.
The Techno Union army is at your disposal, Lantakari v.redd.it/0tn6dkdb2i681
The chad ΡΡΡΡΠΊΠΈΠΉ at the fields of prokhorovka. Onward comrads! Onwards for the Soviet Union! Charge! Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Will of the people Strong in command Ow mother Russia! Union of lands Once more victorious the red army stands!
TIL that to prevent the Soviet Union from using radio-controlled explosives in WWII the Finnish army played nonstop polka for 4 months to keep them from detonating en.wikipedia.org/wiki/S%Cβ¦
EOS Aang with perma Avatar State is teleported into the US during the Civil War. Can be defeat the unified confederate-union army?
Aang has full and unrestricted access to the Avatar State. He has the rations and other necessary items to live off of indefinitely. He knows about the technological capabilities of the army. He is teleported into a random field somewhere in the East Coast.
The Army has 1 month to prepare. For the sake of the prompt, everyone in the US believes that this element controlling god child is real and is coming to destroy America, and both armies have agreed to a truce to defeat him. They have full knowledge of Aangs powers. They donβt know where Aang will appear to begin.
Aang js bloodlusted. To constitute winning, he has to force the US to surrender.
Union County legend and Mythbusters topic Staff Sgt. Alan Magee was born in Plainfield on this date in 1919. Joined the US Army immediately after Pearl Harbor; survived a 22,000-foot fall from his damaged B-17 Flying Fortress without a parachute, crashing through a glass roof of a railroad station en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Alaβ¦
4th Great Grandfather while serving in Company G Maryland 6th Infantry, Union Army circa 1862-1863
why didn't the interstellar union army do anything against Drakken or Nero sooner
I mean, Drakken had a f**king space colony, how could they miss that? Why instead of that shape-shifting girl they just send one of the OSI and just take him like how hard was it to find beligore if normal people who want a loan can come in contact with Drakken then how come justice didn't over there pretending to be someone who wants money and goes grand chariot on his ass?
Then we have Nero who was literally ruling out in the open for years yet they just let him rule over a whole cosmos without doing anything. Like I get that shura's threat to use the all-link system was a problem but the empire had done a bunch of other things before that so what gives?
Another Soviet βFirstββParachute Nurses, 2/28/1942. Soviet UnionβHereβs the latest development in nursing by the intrepid nurses of the Red Armyββparanurses.β Carrying medical supplies, the Russian nurses land in the front line zones where their services are most urgently needed. Passed by censors.
OTD in 1874, 23 Ruthenian Greek Catholics in DrelΓ³w were massacred by the Imperial Russian Army for their refusal to accept the Tsarist attempt to force them to break Union with Rome
Historically accurate Union army uniforms me and my friends did. I'm on the top right.
An absolute lunatic saying that the Confederate army starving a union soldier to death wasnt torture
Another Soviet βFirstββParachute Nurses, 2/28/1942. Soviet UnionβHereβs the latest development in nursing by the intrepid nurses of the Red Armyββparanurses.β Carrying medical supplies, the Russian nurses land in the front line zones where their services are most urgently needed. Passed by censors.
[WP] An Amazon delivery drone malfunctions, creating a time portal that sends it back to Roswell, New Mexico, in 1947. It is recovered by the US Army, who find a copy of βStar Warsβ inside. This starts the space race, as the US attempts to beat the Soviet Union to Tatooine.
Georgy Konstantinovich Zhukov was a Soviet general and Marshal of the Soviet Union. He also served as Chief of the General Staff, Minister of Defence, and was a member of the Presidium of the Communist Party. During the Second World War, Zhukov oversaw some of the Red Army's most decisive victories. en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gβ¦
Just some Soviet/Russian inspired mini's: Army of the Red Union reddit.com/gallery/s1w0el
SNP condemns creation of Union Division as part of Army overhaul scotsman.com/news/politicβ¦
Gift from the Mongolian people, during the Nazi invasion of the USSR, the Mongolian People's Republic launched a campaign to collect money and gifts for the Soviet Union and the Red Army
USA: A gunman is currently holding 6 β hostages inside a synagogue belonging to the Beth Israel congregation (Union of Reform Judaism). According to the Israeli Army Radio, the gunman, a Pakistani, is demanding the Hostage Rescue Unit to allow him to visit his sister who is in prison. v.redd.it/a4ybe17ubxb81
As Red Army troops cross the Polish border, Polish government-in-exile issues diplomatic communiques from London that they are still the legitimate authority in all Nazi-occupied Poland β but they hope for βfriendly and permanent co-operation between Poland & the Soviet Union.β
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