The 1940–1945 Military Combatant's Medal (French: Médaille du Combattant Militaire de la Guerre 1940–1945, Dutch: "Medaille van de Militaire Strijder...
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Cross 1940–1945 Civilian Resistance Medal Prisoner of War Medal 1940–1945 1940–1945 Military Combatant's Medal Volunteer's Medal 1940–1945 1940–1945 African...
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1940 and 20 August 1945. Recipients of the following French awards received in conjunction with the liberation of France could not receive the Medal of...
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The Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (English: War Cross 1939–1945) is a French military decoration, a version of the Croix de Guerre created on 26 September...
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Royal Order of the Lion (category Orders, decorations, and medals of Belgium)
chest; Gold Medal, who wears the medal on the left chest; Silver Medal, who wears the medal on the left chest; Bronze Medal, who wears the medal on the left...
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Raoul Salan (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
1939–1945 (8 citations) Croix de guerre des théâtres d'opérations extérieures (7 citations) Cross for Military Valour (1 citation) Volunteer Combatant's Cross...
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Osten 1941/42), was a military award of the Wehrmacht which was created by ordinance of Adolf Hitler on 26 May 1942. The Eastern Medal was awarded to any...
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Philippe Kieffer (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
1939–1945 with 7 citations (6 palms ? 1 bronze star) Volunteer combatant's cross Commemorative medal for voluntary service in Free France 1939–1945 Commemorative...
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the Neutrality Act was partly repealed to protect U.S. military aid to Britain. [RL30172] 1941–1945: World War II: On December 8, 1941, the United States...
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Léon Gautier (soldier) (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (with 2 citations), the Resistance Medal, the Volunteer Combatant's Cross, and the Commemorative medal for voluntary service...
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against the enemy and against its accomplices since 18 June 1940". The Resistance medal was awarded to approximately 38,288 living persons and 24,463...
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Iron Cross (category Military awards and decorations of Nazi Germany)
abbreviated EK) was a military decoration in the Kingdom of Prussia, and later in the German Empire (1871–1918) and Nazi Germany (1933–1945). The design, a...
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The 1939–1945 Commemorative war medal (French: "Médaille commémorative de la guerre 1939–1945") is a commemorative medal of France established on 21 May...
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January 1944 - 14 July 1945 Commander, European Theater of Operations, United States Army (ETOUSA), 16 January 1944 - 30 June 1945 Military Governor, American...
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Michel Donnet (section Military awards and decorations)
Escaper's cross WWII commemorative medal with swords Prisoner of war medal 1940–1945 Military Combatant's Medal Military cross, first class Commander of...
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Stanisław Skalski (category Recipients of the Medal of the 10th Anniversary of the People's Republic of Poland)
Star Defence Medal War Medal 1939–1945 French: Combatant's Cross Volunteer Combatant's Cross 1914–1918 Volunteer Combatant's Cross 1939–1945 Commemorative...
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Order of Liberation (category Awards established in 1940)
November 1940 in Brazzaville, the capital of France Libre from 1940 to 1943. The object of the Order was to "reward people, of the military or civilian...
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Council (1945) (HW) Adopted Son of the Province (1939) (HW) Provincial Combatant Medal, extraordinary category (1964) (HW) León City Medal with Laurels...
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Awards and decorations of the British Armed Forces (redirect from Awards and decorations of the British military)
authorised for wear. Orders, decorations, and medals of the United Kingdom British campaign medals List of military decorations State decoration "No. 62529"...
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rank of first lieutenant. On the day he was awarded the Medal of Honor for his January 1945 actions at the Colmar Pocket in France, he was considered...
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Eugene Bullard (category Recipients of the Croix de Guerre 1939–1945 (France))
1914–1918 (Volunteer Combatant Cross) Croix du combatant (Combatant's Cross) Médaille des blessés militaires (Medal for Military Wounded) 3rd row : Médaille...
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faculty of the Military Academy. Notable graduates include 2 American Presidents, 4 additional heads of state, 20 astronauts, 76 Medal of Honor recipients...
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Médaille militaire (redirect from Military Medal (France))
The Médaille militaire (English: Military Medal) is a military decoration of the French Republic for other ranks for meritorious service and acts of bravery...
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French military losses totaled 212,000 dead, of whom 92,000 were killed through the end of the campaign of 1940, and 58,000 from 1940 to 1945 in other...
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forces between the three military departments (Department of the Army, the Navy, and the Air Force) and the eleven Unified Combatant Commands. Because the...
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Eastern Front (World War II) (redirect from Soviet Winter Offensive (1945))
Summer War". In Toomas Hiio; Meelis Maripuu; Indrek Paavle (eds.). Estonia 1940–1945: Reports of the Estonian International Commission for the Investigation...
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George S. Patton (category 1945 deaths)
Papers: 1885–1940, Boston, Massachusetts: Houghton Mifflin, ISBN 978-0-395-12706-3 Blumenson, Martin (1974), The Patton Papers: 1940–1945, Boston: Houghton...
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campaign medals awarded to combatants from all members of the British Commonwealth, several Commonwealth nations established their own service medals, all...
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Tommy Prince (category Canadian recipients of the Military Medal)
both the Canadian Military Medal and the American Silver Star during WWII. Prince's military deeds as a scout and as a forward combatant were unique and...
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Home Guard (United Kingdom) (category Military units and formations established in 1940)
Operational from 1940 to 1944, the Home Guard comprised more than 1.5 million local volunteers otherwise ineligible for military service, such as those...
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