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An army (from Latin armata "act of arming" via Old French armée), in the broadest sense, is the land-based armed forces of a nation. It may also include other branches of the military such as an air force. Within a national military force, the word Army may also mean a field army, which is an operational formation, usually made up of one or more corps.

In several countries the army is officially called the Land Army to differentiate it from an air force called the Air Army, notably France. In such countries, the word "army" on its own retains its connotation of a land force in common usage.

Field Army

A Field Army is composed of a headquarters, army troops, a variable number of corps, and a variable number of divisions. A battle is influenced at the Field Army level by transferring divisions and reinforcements from one corps to another to increase the pressure on the enemy at a critical point. Armies are controlled by a General or Lieutenant General.

Formations

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People's Liberation Army in dress uniform, currently the biggest army in the world.
A particular army can be named or numbered to distinguish it from military land forces in general. For example, the First United States Army and the Army of Northern Virginia. In the British Army it is normal to spell out the ordinal number of an army (e.g. First Army), whereas lower formations use figures (e.g. 1st Division).

Armies (as well as army groups and theaters) are large formations which vary significantly between armed forces in size, composition, and scope of responsibility.

In the Soviet Red Army, "armies" were actually corps-sized formations, subordinate to an army-sized "front" in wartime. In peacetime, a Soviet army was usually subordinate to a military district.

For the hierarchy of land force organizations, see military organization.

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Old French was the Romance dialect continuum spoken in territories corresponding roughly to the northern half of modern France and parts of modern Belgium and Switzerland from around 1000 to 1300.
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For the military meaning, see Armed forces.

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Military has two broad meanings. In its first sense, it refers to soldiers and soldiering. In its second sense, it refers to armed forces as a whole. Over the years, military units have come in all shapes and sizes.
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air force, in some countries called an air army, is a military or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare. It typically consists of a combination of fighters, bombers, helicopters, transport planes and other aircraft.
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A Field Army, usually referred to simply as an Army, is a term used by many national military forces for a formation superior to a corps and beneath an army group.
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CORPS game system, or Complete Omniversal Role Playing System, is a generic role-playing game system. It was created by Greg Porter in 1998 .

When the game was first published, it was available in game stores and conventions.
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air force, in some countries called an air army, is a military or armed service that primarily conducts aerial warfare. It typically consists of a combination of fighters, bombers, helicopters, transport planes and other aircraft.
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A troop is a military unit. Troops can also refer to:-
  • An army force without considering component units.
  • An army cavalry unit of a cavalry regiment, equivalent to a company of an infantry regiment.

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CORPS game system, or Complete Omniversal Role Playing System, is a generic role-playing game system. It was created by Greg Porter in 1998 .

When the game was first published, it was available in game stores and conventions.
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division is a large military unit or formation usually consisting of around ten to twenty thousand soldiers. In most armies, a division is composed of several regiments or brigades, and in turn several divisions make up a corps.
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First United States Army is a field army of the United States Army.

History

First Army was first activated in August 1918. It saw action in the American Expeditionary Force in the latter stages of World War I and included many figures who were later to become very famous,
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Army of Northern Virginia was the primary military force of the Confederate States of America in the Eastern Theater of the American Civil War. It was most often arrayed against the Union Army of the Potomac.
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The British Army is the land armed forces branch of the British Armed Forces. It came into being with unification of the governments and armed forces of England and Scotland into the United Kingdom of Great Britain in 1707.
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army group is a military organization (formation) consisting of several field armies, and is supposed to be self-sufficient for indefinite periods. An army group is usually responsible for a particular geographic area.
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For other uses, see Theatre of War.


In warfare, a theater or theatre is normally used to define a specific geographic area within which armed conflict occurs.
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Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (abbreviated USSR, Russian: (help info ) ; tr.
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Red Army (Russian: Рабоче-Крестьянская Красная Армия, Raboche-Krest'yanskaya K
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CORPS game system, or Complete Omniversal Role Playing System, is a generic role-playing game system. It was created by Greg Porter in 1998 .

When the game was first published, it was available in game stores and conventions.
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A Front (фронт) was a major military organization in the Soviet Army, roughly equivalent to an army group in the military terminology of other countries.
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The term Army, besides its generalized meaning (see "army") specifically denotes a major military formation in militaries of various countries, including the Soviet Union. During the Civil War, most Soviet armies consisted of independent rifle and cavalry divisions, and corps were
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Military districts are organizations of a state's armed forces (often of the Army) which responsible for a certain area of territory. They are often more responsible for administrative than operational matters, and in countries with conscript forces, often handle parts of the
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armed forces of a state are its government-sponsored defense and fighting forces and organizations used to further the objectives of the state. They exist to further the foreign and domestic policies of their governing body.
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WAR is a three-letter abbreviation with multiple meanings, as described below:
  • War
  • War (band)
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Military history is composed of the events in the history of humanity that fall within the category of conflict. This may range from a melee between two tribes to conflicts between proper militaries to a world war affecting the majority of the human population.
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Militia is commonly used today to refer to a military force composed of ordinary [1] citizens to provide defense, emergency, law enforcement, or paramilitary service, or those engaged in such activity, without being paid a regular salary or committed to a fixed term of
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A mercenary is a person who takes part in an armed conflict who is not a national of a Party to the conflict and "is motivated to take part in the hostilities essentially by the desire for private gain and, in fact, is promised, by or on behalf of a Party to the conflict, material
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The article provides links to lists of armies arranged by ordinal number, name, country or conflict.

By number

See also: List of armies by number
  • First
  • Second
  • Third
  • Fourth
  • Fifth
  • Sixth
  • Seventh
  • Eighth

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The List of Armies around the world by country alphabetically
  • Afghanistan
  • Afghan National Army
  • Albania
  • Albanian Land Forces Command
  • Algeria

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List of armies by number

This is a list of armies arranged by ordinal number.

First Army
  • Australian First Army
  • British First Army
  • Canadian First Army
  • German First Army
  • Turkish First Army
  • First United States Army
Second Army

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