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A member of the German Naval Boarding Party (NBP) stands guard as his teammates get into position on the flight deck of HMCS HALIFAX as part of a NBP exercise during Exercise DYNAMIC MONGOOSE as part of Operation REASSURANCE on 16 June 2022.
Please credit: Pte Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Members of the Air Detachment and various boatswains onboard HMCS WINNIPEG conduct SWOAD training with the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, callsign Guardian, during Operation PROJECTION while sailing in the South China Sea on Wednesday, October 5, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
A member of the Helicopter Air Detachment stands at the door of a CH-148 Cyclone helicopter call sign Strider, while flying over the Mediterranean Sea during Operation REASSURANCE on June 2nd, 2022.
Photo by: Corporal Braden Trudeau Canadian Armed Forces Imagery Technician
Members of the Maryland Army National Guard in coordination with the Baltimore and Harford Counties’ Swiftwater/Flood Search & Rescue Teams consisting of elements of county fire and police departments conducted the joint exercise Operation Chesapeake Retriever Aug. 3 at the Essex Sky Park in Essex, Md. Operation Chesapeake Retriever was an operational drill to test the readiness and capabilities of Baltimore and Harford Counties Swiftwater/Flood Search & Rescue Teams for this upcoming hurricane season. The drill consisted of movement of swiftwater/flood search and rescue teams from their home bases to the operational area via Maryland Army National Guard CH-47 Chinook helicopters followed by a variety of swiftwater rescue training missions using UH-60 Blackhawks and Baltimore County aircraft. (Photo by Sgt. Thaddeus Harrington)
Members of the Air Detachment onboard HMCS WINNIPEG conduct deck manoeuvres with the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, callsign Guardian, during Operation PROJECTION while sailing in the South China Sea on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Soldiers from the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s 135th Medical Company, 641st Troop Command, conducted an air evacuation exercise at Battle Creek Air Field in Oconomowoc, Wis., March 2, 2013. Operation Ariel Badger was an exercise organized by the Wisconsin Army National Guard’s West Bend Aviation units involving civilian emergency response organizations, local hospitals, and the Civil Air Patrol, with several disaster scenarios throughout southeastern Wisconsin. (Wisconsin Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Tyler Lasure)
A beautiful view of the Hamlet of Grise Fjord from HMCS HARRY DEWOLF during Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, August 22, 2021.
Photo by: Corporal Simon Arcand, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Magnifique vue sur le hameau de Grise Fjord depuis le NCSM HARRY DEWOLF au cours de l’opération NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, le 22 août 2021.
Photo : Caporal Simon Arcand, Forces armées canadiennes
Members of the Air Detachment onboard HMCS WINNIPEG conduct deck manoeuvres with the CH-148 Cyclone helicopter, callsign Guardian, during Operation PROJECTION while sailing in the South China Sea on Saturday, October 1, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Sailor First Class Tyler MacDonald, a boatswain onboard HMCS MONTREAL, prepares a Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) to be launched into the water during Operation SAVANNE on 27 April 2023.
Photo by: Cpl Connor Bennett, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Pfc. Pomeroy, an infantryman from 1st Battery, 67th Armored Regiment, 2nd Brigade, 4th Infantry Division, lies prone after a simulated IED attack as part of an air medical evacuation exercise during Operation Intrepid Centurion on Feb. 19th, 2014, near Camp Buehring, Kuwait.
The 42nd CAB, New York Army National Guard, provided rotary winged aviation assets to Intrepid Centurion, an annual exercise between the U.S. and Kuwait militaries designed to strengthen their tactical proficiency and familiarity with each other's operations. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis/Released)
Team Rubicon member Pat Gustafson returns a greeting to a young child during during a reconnaissance mission in the Tetopani area.
HMCS MONTREAL conducts a replenishment at sea with ITS Vulcano during Operation REASSURANCE, in the Mediterranean Sea on March 15, 2022.
Please credit: Corporal Braden Trudeau Canadian Armed Forces photo
To maintain operational readiness, HMCS MONCTON’s Rigid Hull Inflatable Boat (RHIB) conducts boat manoeuvres in the Caribbean Sea during Operation CARIBBE on February 18, 2021.
Please credit: Canadian Armed Forces photo
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
Members of HMCS WINNIPEG (FFH 338) conduct a Fire Training Exercise for Executive Officer’s Delight to keep personnel trained and ready during Operation PROJECTION while sailing the Pacific Ocean, August 17, 2022.
Photo: S1 Melissa Gonzalez, Canadian Armed Forces photo
HMCS Saskatoon moves into position during a passing exercise as part of the North American Maritime Security Initiative on May 13, 2021.
Photo Credit: Op CARIBBE Public Affairs Officer, HMCS Brandon, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Soldiers from the 4th Para locate, stabilize and move a simulated wounded comrade from a hostile environment during realistic medical training, July 17. Army Reserve Soldiers with the 4th Parachute Regiment, from the United Kingdom, and U.S. Army Civil Affairs and Psychological Operations Command (Airborne), participate in Operation Black Warrior's realistic medical training at Reservoir Training Facility, July 17. Operation Black Warrior is a two-week combined training exercise that enhances the partnership between the UK and the US. (U.S. Army photo by Staff Sgt. Sharilyn Wells/USACAPOC(A) PAO)
HMCS HARRY DEWOLF makes its way towards Pond Inlet during Operation NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, on the Davis Strait, August 18, 2021.
Photo by: Corporal Simon Arcand, Canadian Armed Forces Photo
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Depuis une embarcation pneumatique à coque rigide, on aperçoit le NCSM HARRY DEWOLF qui se dirige vers Pond Inlet au cours de l’opération NANOOK-NUNAKPUT, dans le détroit de Davis, le 18 août 2021.
Photo : Caporal Simon Arcand, Forces armées canadiennes
Soldiers from U.S. Army Central Command Warrior Leadership Course conduct their final training lanes and evaluations during the night of July 11, 2014 in Camp Buehring, Kuwait. (N.Y. Army National Guard photo by Sgt. Harley Jelis/Released)
Sailors of HMCS FREDERICTON stand ready to conduct a replenishment at sea as the ship makes its approach to USNS ARCTIC during Operation REASSURANCE, on 09 March 2023 in the Ionian Sea.
Please credit: Lieutenant (Navy) François Marquette, Canadian Armed Forces photo
HMCS Halifax executes a pass exercise while training with FGS Spessart, HNLMS De Provincien, HNLMS Karel Doorman, HNLMS Van Spejik and BNS Godetia off the coast of the Netherlands in the North Sea during Operation REASSURANCE on 1 February 2021.
Please credit: Sailor First Class Bryan Underwood, Canadian Armed Forces photo
Operation Barbarossa (German: Unternehmen Barbarossa) was the code name for Nazi Germany's invasion of the Soviet Union during World War II that began on 22 June 1941. Over 4.5 million troops of the Axis powers invaded the USSR along a 2,900 km (1,800 mile) front.[13] Planning for Operation Barbarossa started on 18 December 1940; the secret preparations and the military operation itself lasted almost a year, from spring 1940 to winter 1941.
Barbarossa's operational goal was rapid conquest of the European part of the Soviet Union west of a line connecting the cities of Arkhangelsk and Astrakhan, often called the A-A line (see the translation of Hitler's directive for details). At its end in January 1942, the Red Army had repelled the Wehrmacht's strongest blow. Adolf Hitler had not achieved the expected victory, but the Soviet Union's situation remained dire. Tactically, the Germans had won some resounding victories and occupied some of the most important economic areas of the country, mainly in Ukraine.[14] Despite these successes, the Germans were pushed back from Moscow and could never mount an offensive simultaneously along the entire strategic Soviet-German front again.
Operation Barbarossa's failure led to Hitler's demands for further operations inside the USSR, all of which eventually failed, such as continuing the Siege of Leningrad,Operation Nordlicht, and Battle of Stalingrad, among other battles on the occupied Soviet territory.
Operation Barbarossa is still the largest military operation, in terms of manpower and casualties, in human history. Its failure was a turning point in the Third Reich's fortunes. Most importantly, Operation Barbarossa opened up the Eastern Front, in which more forces were committed than in any other theatre of war in world history. Operation Barbarossa and the areas that fell under it became the site of some of the largest battles, deadliest atrocities, highest casualties, and most horrific conditions for Soviets and Germans alike - all of which influenced the course of both World War II and the 20th century history.
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پیشروی در شوروی
عملیات بارباروسا
پس از پیروزی در بالکان، عملیات بارباروسا در 22 ژوئن 1941 اجرا شد. مطابق این برنامه ارتش آلمان از سه جهت (شمالی، مرکزی، جنوبی) تهاجم به اتحاد شوروی را آغاز کرد. تهاجم ارتش آلمان به اتحاد شوروی با پشتیبانی بسیاری از کشور های اروپایی همراه شد: رومانی، مجارستان، ایتالیا، فنلاند و اسلواکی نیز بخشی از ارتش خود را در کنار ارتش آلمان برای نبرد بر ضد ارتش شوروی فرستادند و به علاوه تقریبا از تمام کشور های اروپایی، لژیون ها و یگان های داوطلب برای نبرد علیه کمونیسم در ارتش آلمان تشکیل گردید.
مورخان معتقدند که تهاجم ارتش آلمان یک اشتباه نظامی بزرگ هیتلر بود، در حالی که امروز بسیاری مورخان اعتقاد یافته اند که اگر هیتلر به شوروی حمله نمی کرد، تقریبا در همان زمان استالین دستور تهاجم ارتش شوروی به آلمان را صادر می کرد. مورخانی همچون سورووف روسی یا هوفمان آلمانی اعتقاد دارند که شوروی یک ارتش نیرومند و بزرگ را در مرز غربی اش متمرکز کرده بود و آماده تهاجم بود. بنابراین باید تاکید کرد که تهاجم ارتش آلمان به شوروی عاقلانه بود و امروز دیگر نباید عملیات بارباروسا را یک اشتباه نظامی هیتلر دانست.
تهاجم ناگهانی ارتش آلمان، نیروهای شوروی را به شدت غافلگیر کرد. پیشروی آلمانی ها به قدری سریع بود که بسیاری از یگان های شوروی بدون اینکه فرصت مقابله داشته باشند اسیر شدند. شمار زیادی هواپیما و تانک دشمن در همان روز های اول نبرد نابود شدند و شمار زیادی سرباز اسیر شدند. میزان بالای تلفات شوروی این نظریه را که ارتش شوروی قصد تهاجم به آلمان داشت را بیشتر می کند. زیرا ارتشی که حالت تهاجمی داشته باشد در صورتی که مورد حمله ناگهانی قرار بگیرد قادر به دفاع کردن نیست. ارتش شوروی نیز همین حالت را داشت و چون آماده حمله بود، به هیچ وجه یک برنامه دفاعی در برابر حملات احتمالی را نداشت. در نتیجه زمانی که نیروهای آلمانی به شوروی حمله کردند ارتش شوروی کاملا غافلگیر شد و دچار تلفات گسترده گردید.
پیشروی ارتش آلمان به شوروی با پشتیبانی ساکنان شوروی روبرو شد. مردم شوروی که از شیوه های بیرحمانه و سیستم غیر انسانی حکومت کمونیستی خسته شده بودند، از ارتش آلمان به عنوان آزاد کنندگان خود استقبال کردند و حمایت مردم شوروی از ارتش آلمان به قدری زیاد بود که هم ارتش آلمان و هم پلیس آلمان اقدام به ساخت یگان های نظامی کمکی از مردم محلی و اسیران داوطلب خود کردند که در بسیاری موارد به صورت گردان های سازماندهی شده بر ضد پارتیزان های بیرحم کمونیست می جنگیدند.
نیروهای آلمانی در سه جهت به پیشروی خود ادامه دادند. گروه ارتش های شمالی آلمان به همراه نیروهای فنلاندی اقدام به محاصره لنینگراد کردند. گروه ارتش های مرکزی آلمان اسمولنسک را تصرف کرده و آماده تهاجم به مسکو شدند و گروه ارتش های جنوبی نیز کیف را تسخیر کرده و صد ها هزار سرباز ارتش شوروی را در این شهر اسیر کردند. پیروزی در کیف برای هیتلر هم از نظر نظامی و هم از نظر اقتصادی اهمیت بسیار زیادی داشت.
نبرد مسکو
پس از پیروزی در کیف، بخش قابل توجهی از نیروهای موجود در بخش جنوبی جبهه به گروه ارتش های مرکزی آلمان ملحق شدند تا حمله نهایی به مسکو را انجام دهند. اما متاسفانه عواملی ایجاد شد که باعث توقف پیروزی های آلمان در دروازه مسکو گردید. از جمله ی بد شانسی ها این بود که زمستان کمی زودتر آغاز گردید و ارتش آلمان برای نبرد زمستانی مجهز نبود، همچنین ایران تصرف ارتش شوروی و بریتانیا تصرف شده بود و این مساله باعث ارسال آذوقه و تجهیزات توسط متفقین به روسیه گردید و مهم تر اینکه صد ها هزار سرباز تازه نفس از سیبری برای دفاع از مسکو رسیدند. این سربازان در بخش شرقی شوروی موضع گرفته بودند تا حمله احتمالی ژاپن را دفع کنند، اما از آنجایی که جاسوسان شوروی متوجه شدند که ژاپنی ها قصد حمله ندارند، این عده برای دفاع از مسکو اعزام شدند.
در نتیجه شرایط بحرانی پیش آمده تهاجم ارتش آلمان به مسکو برای پیروزی نهایی با شکست مواجه شد و نیروهای آلمانی در دروازه های مسکو متوقف شدند. حتی دلاوری یگان های اس اس که پدیده ای جدید در نیروهای مسلح آلمان بودند و به عنوان یک نیروی برگزیده و ممتاز شناخته می شدند نیز بی نتیجه ماند و فرماندهی آلمان دستور داد تا فرا رسیدن گرما نیروهای آلمانی به دفاع ادامه دهند.
با آغاز سال 1942 نیروهای شوروی که ورود یگان های سیبریایی تازه نفس و مجهز خود یک تهاجم متقابل گسترده را سازماندهی کردند و نیروهای آلمانی ناچار شدند از محدوده مسکو عقب نشینی کنند، با این وجود عزم هیتلر برای دفاع و همچنین وفاداری و سرسختی نیروهای آلمانی مانع از فروپاشی جبهه ارتش آلمان شد.
پیشروی به جنوب
با آغاز گرما، هیتلر از حمله مجدد به مسکو خودداری کرد. هیتلر عقیده داشت حمله به مسکو به سقوط ارتش سرخ منجر نخواهد شد، زیرا اکنون مرکز اقتصادی و صنعتی شوروی در جنوب-در استالینگراد و قفقاز- قرار دارد. به عقیده هیتلر، در صورت پیروزی در مسکو، ارتش آلمان ناچار بود، به استالینگراد و قفقاز نیز پیشروی کند، در حالی که به گمان او، اگر ارتش آلمان نخست استالینگراد (و سپس قفقاز) را تصرف می کرد، نیروی اقتصادی و صنعتی اتحاد شوروی از بین می رفت و این امر به فروپاشی ارتش سرخ منجر می شد و بدین گونه تصرف مسکو برای ارتش آلمان به آسانی امکان پذیر بود. با این استدلال منطقی، هیتلر دستور پیشروی در بخش جنوبی جبهه را صادر کرد.
گروه ارتش های جنوبی آلمان که اکنون ابتکار را به دست گرفته بود با سرعت بی نظیری در بخش جنوبی پیشروی کرد. غافلگیری نیروهای شوروی که اصلا گمان نمی کردند آلمانی ها در این بخش پیشروی کنند نیز در شکست نیروهای ارتش سرخ در این منطقه موثر بود. سربازان آلمانی با دلاوری خود پیش رفته و با استقبال مردم بومی روبرو می شدند. اکنون تصرف استالینگراد برای هیتلر و فرماندهان ارتش آلمان، هدفی امکان پذیر می نمود.
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Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
Sailor First Class (S1) Bill Olson and S1 Class Nicole Winsor from HMCS MONCTON recover Oscar, the training mannequin during a man overboard drill during Operation PROJECTION while sailing towards the Portuguese Island of Madeira on March 28, 2022.
Photo Credit: Corporal Jaclyn Buell, Canadian Armed Forces photo
A dozen people have been arrested after a series of co-ordinated strikes in Bolton and Wigan this morning (30/11/23).
The arrests come after serious disorder that followed the Bolton Wanderers-Wigan Athletic match on 19 August 2023 when around 50 people were involved in violence in Westhoughton.
Around 50 officers from Greater Manchester Police were involved this morning as more than a dozen addresses were targeted.
The 12 men aged between 16 and 58 are being questioned in custody having been arrested on suspicion of violent disorder.
Seven people were arrested in Bolton and a further five in Wigan.
Superintendent Danny O'Neil, of GMP's Bolton district, said: "This was pre-planned disorder and innocent people were caught up in the violence.
"There is no place for this type of thuggery - people go to football matches to watch football, not to fight and cause trouble, and we want to ensure people can attend matches safely.
"The events of August overshadowed a well-planned, well-policed operation after a lot of work between GMP and the two clubs.
"The return fixture is in a few weeks and we want to send a message that this type of behaviour will not be tolerated.
"The disorder took up a lot of GMP resources on the day, resources that should have been deployed elsewhere, impacting our ability to respond to other emergency incidents."
The investigation into the violence is still ongoing with a further two men arrested in August released on bail pending further enquiries.
A Section 34 Dispersal Order was issued on the day of the incident to ensure the group left the Market Street area of Westhoughton with one person needing hospital treatment.
Detective Inspector Tony Lunt, of Bolton CID, said: “The violence that took place in August will not be tolerated, which is why we have taken strong action today.
“Hours of officers’ body worn footage and CCTV footage from the incident have been reviewed as part of the investigation, which is still very much ongoing.
“We are still working to identify other people who took part in the violence that day so would ask anyone with any information should contact police.
“We will also be seeking football banning orders for anyone convicted of taking part in the violence.”
Anyone with information, dashcam footage or who was in the area at the time should contact police on 0161 856 5757 quoting log 2621-19/08/2023.
Information can also be reported via www.gmp.police.uk or 101, or shared anonymously via the independent charity Crimestoppers on 0800 555 111. In an emergency, always dial 999.
North Carolina National Guard Spc. Kenny Passmore from the 514 MP Company, 105th MP Battalion, Whiteville, NC, scans the water plant in Canton to provide security as part of Operation Vigilant Catamount on June 10, 2017. Operation Vigilant Catamount (OVC) is a joint civilian and NCNG regional domestic operations and homeland security exercise. (Photo by Staff Sgt. David McLean, NCNG PAO Raleigh)
Operation Knotweed. A multi agency emergency response exercise, November 2012.
Scenario: Light aircraft crashes at sports stadium during an event.
Staged at Salford City Stadium / A J Bell Stadium.
Participants: City Airport / Barton Aerodrome. Greater Manchester Fire and Rescue Service. North West Ambulance Service. Greater Manchester Police. Casualties Union. Salford City Stadium.
Members of Oscar Company Group, 3rd Battalion, The Royal Canadian Regiment conduct urban operations with Polish army during Operation REASSURANCE in Central and Eastern Europe on November 29, 2014.
Photo: Land Task Force - OP Reassurance, DND
A member of Naval Tactical Operations Group aboard HMCS CALGARY stands watch during a Close Quarters Battle exercise at sea in the Pacific Ocean during Operation PROJECTION on March 13, 2021.
Please credit: Corporal Lynette Ai Dang, Her Majesty's Canadian Ship CALGARY, Imagery Technician
Operation Christmas child Chesterfield England. Shoe boxes full of toys being packed by volunteers prior to be sent to needy children.
Soldiers from Charlie Battery, 2nd Battalion, 15th Field Artillery Regiment, 2nd BCT, conduct bayonet and semi-annual chemical defense training as part of operation Cherokee Forge.
U.S. Air force Col. Derek B. Routt, right, 177th Operations Group Commander, 177th Fighter Wing, presents the New Jersey Meritorious Service Medal to Operation Enduring Freedom veteran U.S. Marine Corps Chief Warrant Officer 5 Joseph J. Bisbing during the New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs state medals ceremony at Ocean City Music Pier at Ocean City, N.J., Oct. 10, 2019. (New Jersey Department of Military and Veterans Affairs photo by Mark C. Olsen)