48734 died, and 3 deserted, including George Washington's nephew, whom he later shot by firing squad.
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.
About 150,000 soldiers deserted from the German Army, many of them fled to neutral countries such as the Netherlands, Denmark and Switzerland. Only 18 from those caught were executed. In WW2 10,000 deserters were shot.
An American infantryman had a helmet, rifle, bombs, and surplus ammunition.
20 billion
There could be many reasons for this, but one reason could be to discourage independent thought.
after the battle of stamford bridge harold refused to pay his soldiers as a result many deserted
48734 died, and 3 deserted, including George Washington's nephew, whom he later shot by firing squad.
So they can get more money
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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.
It depends which country you are referring to. Countries have different size armies.
The Union armies had from 2500000 to 2750000 men.
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.
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!
Handguns were used in the first world war extensively because they were easier to wield in trench warfare. Since then they have been primarily issued to troops who for confined space reasons would have trouble carrying a rifle. For example Armored crewmen, transport drivers, clerical personnel. Submachineguns are also commonly issued in many armies for these reasons.
During the course of the US Civil War, many soldiers from both sides spent time in prisoner of war camps. It is estimated that 310,000 Confederate soldiers and 300,000 Union soldiers were prisoners of war. Some escaped and many Union soldiers were released by Union armies invading the South.