So they can get more money
Indian soldiers serving in European armies
Carthage was a powerful city state empire in the period before the first Punic War and also in the 2nd Punic War. Although they often had Carthage born military commanders such as Hannibal and Hamilcar, the military consisted of paid mercenary soldiers and commanders. This type of military had no particular loyalty to Carthage other than that they were paid to fight. If Carthage did not meet the pay demands or the army deserted rather then be captured by Romans, Carthage was always in a situation where their soldiers would desert.
In the gulf war of 90'-91' the U.S. lost between 240-392 soldiers. The Kuwaiti people lost roughly 1200. The Iraqi people lost between 20,000-35,000 soldiers.
The earliest wheelbarrows were used around 200 AD by soldiers in the armies of Chuko Liang, a Chinese general
It was filmed in the Libyan desert in 1958 and the scenes are genuine. Some serving British soldiers were used as extras.
They deserted the armies because they were afraid, hungry, or because of sickness.
Ernest Edward Tucker has written: 'Soldiers and armies' -- subject(s): Armies, Soldiers
How many soldiers that are in your army at your time, if its 1- 100000000000, but most armies can't hold more than 1000 becaue of the limited space. But you can have reinforcement armies and with a couple of these you can get a good 10,000 troops.
The armies have generals because the general help the soldiers get the job done. The general help tell what the soldiers should and should not do.
It depends which country you are referring to. Countries have different size armies.
There could be many reasons for this, but one reason could be to discourage independent thought.
The Union armies had from 2500000 to 2750000 men.
You need to be more specific and clarify what you mean by paid for in return. In return for what? Soldiers in professional armies receive a salary. Soldiers in armies based on conscription receive a small allowance
The Axis armies had approximately 370,000 soldiers in western France. Unfortunately for them, many of them were very old or very young, or wounded veterans from the Eastern Front.
During the war, armies fought huge battles in which thousands of soldiers died.
24 soldiers died in operation desert storm.
Well in the U.S. armies there were nearly 15 million men and 350,000 women; and in the Russian army there were nearly double that!