Swedish Army Fortifications Corps information

Swedish Army Fortifications Corps (Swedish: Fortifikationskåren, FortK) was an administrative corps of the Swedish Army from 1937 to 1962 when it became...

The Swedish Navy (Swedish: Svenska marinen) is the maritime service branch of the Swedish Armed Forces. It is composed of surface and submarine naval...

The Swedish Engineer Troops (Swedish: Ingenjörtrupperna, I) is the engineer branch of the Swedish Army. The brach were formed after the Defence Act of...

strongest of the Swedish fortresses, Sveaborg, still had several of its planned fortifications missing, most notably all the land side fortifications designed...

The Swedish Armed Forces (Swedish: Försvarsmakten , lit. 'the Defence Force') are the armed forces of the Kingdom of Sweden, tasked with the defence of...

within the Swedish Navy until July 1, 2000, when the Swedish Coastal Artillery was disbanded and reorganised as the Swedish Amphibious Corps. The changed...

on October 24, and the Chosŏn Volunteer Army also withdrew accordingly. After that, the Chosŏn Volunteer Corps had no choice but to disperse and move to...

contested the supremacy of the Swedish Empire in Northern, Central and Eastern Europe. The initial leaders of the anti-Swedish alliance were Peter I of Russia...

Caroleans (Swedish: karoliner), from Carolus, the Latin form of the name Charles, is a term used to describe soldiers of the Swedish army during the reigns...

century, often referred to as the "Swedish Vauban". He was expert in both building and destroying fortifications. In warfare he won several sieges, including...

in the Swedish Army. Concerning discipline, subordination and liability rules, the corps was under the jurisdiction of martial law. The corps was first...

defensive fortifications. Elvas, in Portugal is considered by some to be the best surviving example of the Dutch school of fortifications. When the newly-effective...

Panzer Corps had arrived from France in January 1943, refitted and up to near full strength. Armoured units from the 1st Panzer Army of Army Group A...

the Swedish command decided to land troops on Turku to distract attention from the northern Russian Front that threatened the Swedish main army and to...

soldiers were organised into a Corps known as the Loyal Lusitanian Legion, which eventually was absorbed by the Portuguese Army. Four regiments of Fencibles...

The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is the engineering arm of the British Army. It...

in Blekinge. Karlskrona Artillery Corps, intended for crew in Karlskrona's fortifications and was part of the Swedish Navy, was established in 1893 after...

British Indian Army Eastern Command created an auxiliary force who were part engineers and part infantry named as Indian Army Pioneer Corps. Most of the...

Baron Jacob Magnus Sprengtporten (1727–1786) was a Swedish-Finnish army officer and politician, and half-brother of Georg Magnus Sprengtporten. He is most...

wished to withdraw their troops in good order into the Atlantic Wall fortifications of Cherbourg, where he believed they could withstand a siege for some...

Western naval threats. Coastal artillery fortifications generally followed the development of land fortifications; sometimes separate land defence forts...

board ship and in coastal defense fortifications. In 1968, the Infantería de Marina was reorganized as a separate corps within the Navy. The marine and...

organised the engineers of the Danish Army into the Danish Fortifications Service and the Holsteiner Fortifications Service. The first quartermaster general...

Boden Fortress (Swedish: Bodens fästning) is a modern fortress consisting of several major and minor forts and fortifications surrounding the city of...