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American revolution state militia units?
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What was the relative importance of the militia and the Continental Army in securing rebel victories in the War for Independence?
In the early days, the militias of the various colonies formed the basis for the fight against the British. Some of those unites formed the core of the Continental Army, but as the war went on, the Continental Army acquired more significance. As the army held together and learned discipline through the winter of Valley Forge, it became the central corps to take the fight to the enemy, with various militia units joining in as time and proximity allowed. Eventually it was the Continental Army which forced the surrender of the British forces, with the help of the French expeditionary forces.
Was the minute men the militia during the revolutionary war?
They were a part of the militia. In every colony except Pennsylvania, every male between 18 and 60 was part of the militia. He had to provide himself with a weapon and equipment, and muster several times a year for drills. In the New England states, as tensions grew in the year or two before the Revolution started, militia units began forming "minute companies", of young, strong men, who were to be prepared to drop whatever they were doing and hurry to the militia rallying point agreed to before hand, at a minutes notice.
What is the Einzatzgruppen?
Einsatzgruppen (Special-operation units) were SS paramilitary death squads that took part in the systematic killing of mostly civilians, including: Jews, communists, intellectuals, and others.
What was the highest rank achieved by Washington in the colonial militia during the french and Indian war?
George Washington achieved the rank of colonel during the French and Indian War. He served as a commander of the Virginia Regiment, which was one of the provincial militia units raised by the British colonial government.
