Veterans

A veteran (from Latin vetus, meaning "old") is a person who had long service or experience in a particular occupation or field. A military veteran is a person who has served and is no longer serving in a military. A military veteran that has served directly in combat in a war is further defined as a war veteran (although not all military conflicts, or areas in which armed combat took place, are necessarily referred to as wars). Military veterans are unique as a group as their lived experience is so strongly connected to the conduct of war in general and …

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Taylor & Francis · 4 September 2024 English

For an understanding of the wider economic and political situation in Germany after the end of the First World War: documents that deal with the revolution of 1918/19, the Versailles …

Republic (1919-1933): The Case of the War-Injured Veterans Name: Ulrike Zitzlsperger Readings: Documents: of specialist studies (for example the role of veterans in literature), but the following research provides links the economy and politics with the role of veterans or it focusses explicitly on the returning soldiers Benjamin, Contested Commemorations. Republican War Veterans and Weimar Political Culture. CUP, 2013, pp. 1-23; capitalized on these challenges. In this context veterans were amongst the most vulnerable groups in society


Taylor & Francis · 4 September 2024 English

Germany’s post-war economic crisis culminated in hyperinflation in 1923. The dramatic events that year contribute to shaping the retrospective chronology of the Weimar Republic: the crisis appears to conclude the …

million military deaths, but over 4 million wounded veterans returning to post-war society. The complexities for others money became essentially worthless. Veterans, pensioners, workers and large parts of the middle-classes


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

'Zycie Warszawy' President of the ZBoWiD war veterans' union Wlodzimierz Sokorski has said tha the


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Vice-Minister A. G. Kovalev, supported by such CSCE veterans as Kondrashev, Mikhailov and Chikalov) took a Minister A G- Kovalev, supported by such CSCE veterans as Kondrashev, Mikhailov and Chikalov) took a Vice-Minister A.G,Kovalev, supported by such CSCE veterans as Kondrashev, Mikhailov and Chikalov) took a


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

over a Polish veteran who World War Two veterans who served in because of their political involvement The following is a comparison the Polish veterans in 1949, one can see In 1961, a Bill was passed immigration quotas allocated for the Polish veterans. established for the Cubans and a total Germans Polish Italians 60,000 veterans living in England only 18,000; Polish veterans living Jozef Lubicz.


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

Sheltov, Chairman of the Soviet Committee of war veterans, and Banfi. Axen and Sheltov both sharply attacked


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

POLAND DURING THE SECOND WORLD WAR (INCLUDING WAR VETERANS FROM " A L L POLI9H ARMIES'* WHO CAME HOME BY


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

FROM T I M E TO T I M E FROM P O L I S H WAR VETERANS (WHO SERVED WITH THE B R I T I S H FORCES THAT THERE ARE NO MORE THAN TEN CASES OF SUCH VETERANS IN D I S T R E S S . 4. WE B E L I E V E HMG FOR PROJECTS INVOLVING AID TO POLISH WAR VETERANS AND DISABLED CHILDREN. 2. IN HER LETTER MRS PIOTROWSKA-COOPER FOR FOOD ETC WHICH YOU RECEIVE FROM POLISH WAR VETERANS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN POLAND. SHE ALSO STATES QUOTE ACCORDING TO BRITISH EMBASSY SOURCES, THE VETERANS DO NOT RECEIVE FUNDS FROM EITHER THE UK OR POLISH


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 English

allegedly infiltrated the organisations and war veterans' associa- union leaders formally complained that Knights), whose speakers were munity, 86 Home Army veterans, and the loudly applauded when they proclaimed Another linked members of KOR and I the war veterans' association, ZBoWiD; halt renewal and lead society


The National Archives · 1 January 1982 Russian

A file containing documents concerning British visitors to the Soviet Union. The principal subject covered in the file is a programme of unofficial Anglo-Soviet politico-military talks held in Moscow in …

time. They had also called on the Soviet War Veterans' Committee, where they were received by General who was one of the Soviet participants. The War Veterans' Committee is associated with the International Alexey Zheltcy) - C h a i r m a n , Soviet V/ar Veterans Committee . H @ ^ o ^ r - Vitally Zbour-^n not be at the talks but •• represent the 7/ar Veterans. 4. As to the programme, you will notice that Chazov 1500 Call on the Soviet Committee of War Veterans Saturday 2 October 0930 Departure to London


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