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Military of Latvia

Military of Latvia
Latvian National Armed Forces emblem
NameLatvian National Armed Forces
Native NameNacionālie Bruņotie Spēki
CaptionLatvian National Armed Forces emblem
HeadquartersRiga
Commander-in-chiefValdis Zatlers
MinisterArtis Pabriks
Minister TitleMinister of Defence
Active4,283
Amount316 million $ (2009)
Percent GDP1.2% (2009)
BranchesLand Forces
Naval Forces
Air Force
National Guard
Age18
ConscriptionProfessional

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National Armed Forces ( ) are the unified armed forces of the Republic of Latvia. Latvia's defense concept is based upon the Swedish � Finnish model of a rapid response force composed of a mobilization base and a small group of career professionals. The National Armed Forces consists of Land Forces, Naval Forces, Air Force, National Guard and others. Latvia has switched to a professional army, the last draft was in 2005. From January 1, 2007, the Latvian army is fully contract-based.

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This is an educational and historical video * www.white-history.com 60 PERCENT OF THE WAFFEN SS WERE NON-GERMANS The Waffen-SS was also the foremost indicator of the popularity of Nazism beyond the borders of Germany: it is a little known fact that of the one million men who served in the Waffen-SS during the course of the war, 60 per cent - 600000 men - were volunteers from countries outside of Germany. Ethnic Germans were in fact a minority of the Waffen-SS, a fact often forgotten. Non-German volunteers came from the Netherlands, Belgium, Finland, France, Denmark, Norway, Lithuania, Latvia, Estonia, the Ukraine, Byelorussia, Spain, Italy, Hungary, Yugoslavia and even a very small group of British volunteers, known as the Legion of St. George. The foreign Waffen-SS units were all deployed on the Eastern Front for two reasons: firstly they had specifically volunteered to fight Communism; and secondly so that they would never be asked to fight fellow countrymen in their native countries. All but a few thousand of the 20000 French Waffen-SS volunteers, organized into a division called Legion Charlemagne, were killed in the Battle of Berlin in 1945. The Waffen SS also recruited heavily amongst Russians, Ukrainians, Cossacks, Latvians, Lithuanians and Estonians. Thousands more Russians volunteered for service with the German army: in 1944, they were organized into a separate unit under a former Soviet Army general, Vlassov, who had been taken prisoner by the Germans very <b>...</b>
5.63 min. | 4.30 user rating		 Place of Christmas battles 1917.The Christmas Battles were the largest military operation at Riga Front performed by Russian army during the 1st World War. Latvian Riflemen regiments lost 9000 soldiers and officers (2000 of them killed) during the Christmas and January Battles. Russian army lost almost 45 000 soldiers.
3.20 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The festival is to honor the September 21, 1236 Battle of Saule, where the Livonian Brothers of the Sword suffered defeat. The Battle of Saule (German: Schlacht von Schaulen; Latvian: Saules kauja; Lithuanian: SaulÄs mÅ«Å¡is or Å iaulių mÅ«Å¡is) was fought on September 22, 1236 between the Livonian Brothers of the Sword and pagan Semigallians, Lithuanians and Samogitians. Some 50 to 60 knights were killed, including the Livonian Master, Volkwin; it was the earliest large-scale defeat suffered by the orders in Baltic lands. The Sword-Brothers, the first Catholic military order established in the Baltic lands, was soundly defeated and its remnants accepted incorporation into the Teutonic Order in 1237. The battle inspired Curonians, Semigallians, and Selonians, Baltic tribes previously conquered by the Sword-Brothers, to rebel. Some thirty years' worth of conquests on the left bank of Daugava was lost.
10.07 min. | 5.0 user rating		 Original roots of The Latvian War Museum are connected with events of the World War I on the territory of Latvia, with the creation of national military unit the battalion of Latvian Riflemen had been a part of Russian Czars army in 1915. The museum started to work as Riflemen Museum in 1916. During Latvian Independence till 1940 mentioned museum had been under the supervision of the War Ministry. Starting from 1919 the museum had been located in the Rigas ancient Powder Tower. The main target of the museums work had been reflection of the national fight for freedom and independence, building of national self-acknowledgement, increasing of love to the Fatherland in museum expositions. Were created expositions, Medieval and Modern history, Latvians participation in the revolution in Russia in 1905, World War I events, Proclamation of independence of Latvia, Liberation fights, and state foundation. The museum has rich collections of weapons, photos, documents, medals, military uniform dresses and other collections.
10.03 min. | 4.0 user rating		 May 8, 2010 Riga, Latvia Come join "TheCeļotÄjs" journey through time past and time present with a visit to the "BrÄlu kapsÄta" The National Military Cemetery of Riga is the last resting place of more than thousand "Latvian" soldiers and officers. The cemetery is a memorial to and burial ground for thousands of Latvian soldiers who were killed between 1915 and 1920 in World War I, during World War II and the Latvian War of Independence. It was built as an integrated combination of sculpture and landscaping between 1924 and 1936, to designs by the sculptor KÄrlis ZÄle, many of whose sculptures feature prominently, by the architects P. Feders, A. Birzenieks, P. KundziÅÅ¡, the landscape gardener Andrejs Zeidaks, the sculptors J. Cirulis and F. Valdmanis and others. We were also present on this day when Latvia celebrated "Victory Day" the end of World War II on this day 8th day of May 1945 and watch as the President of the Republic of Latvia "Valdis Zatlers" and the Latvian Military Staff Officers laying bouquets of Roses on the wall to BrÄļu kapsÄta "The National Military Cemetery of Riga"
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8.93 min. | 0 user rating		 The last phase of the war.
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3.92 min. | 5.0 user rating		 The last phase of the war.
7.02 min. | 5.0 user rating		 From the white Australia policy to a multicultural nation. Episode two of a three episode documentary series "Immigration Nation" - originally aired on SBS in 2010. Episode 2: The Second World War had far reaching effects on the history of the 'Immigration Nation'. With no Asian migrants allowed and the pool of available Britons decreasing, Australia faced a crisis. Not only were there fears that Australia couldn't defend itself, experts also believed the country would not grow economically without more people. So the nation's first ever Immigration Minister, Arthur Calwell, made a momentous decision to bring in non-British European immigrants for the first time.
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defpro---...- and international level incl. local and international -military- exercises, defence capabilities and -Latvian- participation in international operations. ... - Date : Mon, 04 Oct 2010 08:38:46 GMT+00:00
Major Baltic-US military exercise underway - Baltic Times Tweet this news
Baltic Times--ADAZI - A major -military- training exercise including more than 1700 troops from the US and the Baltics has begun in the -Latvian- town of Adazi. ... - Date : Wed, 20 Oct 2010 10:32:22 GMT+00:00
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defpro--During this meeting it is planned to analyze USA--Latvian- joint -military- exercises especially BALTOPS 2010 where -Latvia- gained important experience ... - Date : Thu, 07 Oct 2010 07:52:54 GMT+00:00
ROAR: Russia insists on joint agenda with NATO - RT Tweet this news
RT--The last example of such a misunderstanding came on Monday as large -military- NATO exercises, “Saber Strike 2011”, began in -Latvia-. Over 1700 servicemen from ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 15:04:41 GMT+00:00
Baltic-US exercise „Sabre Strike“ begins in Latvia - defpro Tweet this news
defpro--Company based on National Defence Volunteer Force Vytis -Military- District 5th Territorial Unit that represents Lithuania in the exercise in -Latvia- begins ... - Date : Tue, 19 Oct 2010 17:39:46 GMT+00:00
Latvia hosts NATO military training - UPI.com Tweet this news
UPI.com--RIGA, -Latvia-, Oct. 18 (UPI) -- -Military- units from Poland, the United States and the Baltic states began joint -military- exercises Monday at a training area ... - Date : Mon, 18 Oct 2010 18:54:30 GMT+00:00

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