Armies of the World
China:
Total Land-Based Weapons: 31,300
Tanks: 8,200
Armored Personnel Carriers: 5,000
Towed Artillery: 14,000
Self-Propelled Guns: 1,700
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 2,400
Mortars: 16,000
Anti-Tank Guided Weapons: 6,500
Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 7,700
United States:
Total Land-Based Weapons: 29,920
Towed Artillery: 5,178
India:
Total Land-Based Weapons: 10,340
Tanks: 3,898
Armored Personnel Carriers: 317
Towed Artillery: 4,175
Self-Propelled Guns: 200
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 150
Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 2,424
Russia:
Total Land-Based Weapons: 79,985
Tanks: 22,800
Armored Personnel Carriers: 9,900
Towed Artillery: 13,585
Self-Propelled Guns: 6,010
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 4,350
Mortars: 6,100
North Koreahttp://www.globalfirepower.com/country-military-strength-detail.asp?country_id=North-Korea:
Total Land-Based Weapons: 16,400
Tanks: 3,500
Armored Personnel Carriers: 2,500
Towed Artillery: 3,500
Self-Propelled Guns: 4,400
Multiple Rocket Launch Systems: 2,500
Mortars: 7,500
Anti-Aircraft Weapons: 11,000
updated 2010-07-16 22:00:44
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Nicholas II of Russia
Nicholas II took over the reign of Russia after the death of his father in 1894. He would eventually be the last czar to rule in Russia. Most of his early career as czar involved foreign relations on the continent of Asia. He would supervise the construction of the Trans-Siberian Railway that went across the continent. Nicholas also got involved in control of the region that is now Korea. Conflicts in this area would lead to the Russo-Japanese War in 1904-05. Japan would win the war and keep Russia out of the area.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/414099/Nicholas-II
The next decade, after Germany, Austria-Hungary and Italy entered into an alliance, Russia made an alliance with Great Britain and France, setting the scene for what would become World War I. The Russia military struggled early in the war and this led to Nicholas himself taking command of the troops in 1915. However, the military continued to struggle even under his command. This, combined with labor issues in the country, made him unpopular in the country. Russia continued to be pushed back in World War I for the next two years, until 1917 when Nicholas II gave up his position after warnings that a revolution was imminent. Nicholas and his entire family would be sent to Siberia, where they would all be executed.http://www.firstworldwar.com/bio/nicholasii.htm
updated 2010-11-15 01:58:23
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Remembrance Day Parades
Remembrance Sunday, which usually falls on the second Sunday of November, is the Sunday nearest to November 11. Armistice Day was traditionally observed on November 11 when the date was dedicated in 1919 in commemoration of British service members fighting in World War I. When World War II broke out in 1939, it was decided that the general celebrations would be changed to a proximate Sunday. Following the conclusion of World War II, Armistice Day was officially replaced by Remembrance Day, which honored participants of both World Wars. Since then, official celebrations in Britain have been held on Remembrance Sunday.http://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/497640/Remembrance-Sunday http://www.britishlegion.org.uk/remembrance/the-nation-remembers/remembrance-Sunday
updated 2010-11-14 01:54:41
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Minsk
- Vasil Bykov: Author http://www.independent.co.uk/news/obituaries/vasil-bykov-548340.html
- Alexander Medved: Olympic wrestler http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/alexander-medved
- Zhores Alferov: Physicist http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/zhores-alferov
- Marc Chagall: Painter http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/marc-chagall
- Tadeusz Kosciuszko: A national hero of Belarus who also volunteered to fight in the American Revolution http://www.belarus.by/en/about-belarus/famous-belarusians/tadeusz-kosciuszko
updated 2011-01-12 15:18:21
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World War I
updated 2010-07-18 02:50:56
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Iglesia Ni Cristo
Thus far, today, the membership of the Iglesia Ni Cristo comprises at least 102 nationalities. It maintains about 5,400 local congregations grouped into 104 ecclesiastical districts in the Philippines and in 90 more countries and territories in the six inhabited continents of the world.
updated 2010-08-02 12:56:14
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Remembrance Day Poems
The Ode of Remembrance is also known as the Act of Remembrance in Canada. The ode uses the fourth stanza from the poem For the Fallen, written by the English poet Laurence Binyon. http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/commemorative_events/organise_events/Pages/ode.aspx http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/feature/vetweek/comm_guide/CommGuide_e.pdf The poem was finished when Binyon was working at the British Museum and did not visit the western front of World War I until 1916.http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2008/nov/14/for-the-fallen-laurence-binyon The words relate to the soldiers killed in the war and mourn the losses. The fourth verse became the Ode of Remembrance which has been regularly recited in memorial and remembrance services across the Commonwealth since 1921.http://www.dva.gov.au/commems_oawg/commemorations/commemorative_events/organise_events/Pages/ode.aspx The line “Lest we forget” is often repeated at the end of the ode as a response by the listeners. In Australia, Canada and New Zealand (and often in the United Kingdom), the response to the ode is “We will remember them” which is the last line of the ode.http://www.vac-acc.gc.ca/content/feature/vetweek/comm_guide/CommGuide_e.pdf
updated 2010-11-13 00:15:33
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Remembrance Day
In 1919, on the first anniversary of the armistice, two minutes of silence was included in a commemorative ceremony in London. King George V requested that all people of the British Empire observe the two minutes of silence on Armistice Day.http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/remembrance/tradition.asp From 1923 to 1931, Canadians observed the day on the Monday of the week where November 11 fell but later declared the date of recognition as a fixed date always on November 11.http://www.calendar-updates.com/info/holidays/canada/remembrance.aspx Following World War II, the British and Australian governments decided the name was no longer appropriate since the recognition would be for the dead of multiple wars. The name of the day was then changed from Armistice Day to Remembrance Day.http://www.awm.gov.au/commemoration/remembrance/tradition.asp
updated 2010-11-10 12:20:25
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Remembrance Day Ceremonies
National ceremony has been held at the Cenotaph on Whitehall, London since 1921. The Cenotaph, which literally means “empty tomb” in Greek, was initially a wood and plaster construction. It was intended as a saluting base in Whitehall during the First World War Victory Parade, held on July 19, 1919. It was soon decided to re-erect a permanent cenotaph in Portland stone on the same site. King George V unveiled the Cenotaph on November 11, 1920. A ceremony was held to mark the passing of the body of the Unknown Warrior for re-burial in Westminster Abbey. The first of the national ceremonies of remembrance took place at the Cenotaph on November 11, 1921. The service, in which hymns are sung, prayers are said, a two minute silence is observed and wreaths are laid on the steps of the Cenotaph, has changed little. Veterans and military bands are cheered by the crowds until they march past the Cenotaph.http://www.army.mod.uk/events/ceremonial/1069.aspx http://www.bbc.co.uk/remembrance/how/cenotaph.shtml http://www.culture.gov.uk/images/publications/RS-Order-of-Service.pdf
