WebThe Salvation Army (TSA) is a Protestant church and an international charitable organisation headquartered in London, England.The organisation reports a worldwide membership of over 1.7 million, comprising soldiers, officers and adherents collectively known as Salvationists. Its founders sought to bring salvation to the poor, destitute, and …

WebGreen Lantern Corps is the name of a fictional intergalactic law enforcement organization appearing in comics published by DC Comics.They patrol the farthest reaches of the DC Universe at the behest of the Guardians, a race of immortals residing on the planet Oa.According to DC continuity, the Green Lantern Corps has been in existence for three …

WebIn video games, Elden Ring wins Game of the Year at The Game Awards. American basketball player Brittney Griner and Russian arms dealer Viktor Bout (pictured) are freed via a prisoner exchange.; In Germany, 25 members of a far-right group are arrested in connection with a coup d'état plot.; Albert Rösti and Élisabeth Baume-Schneider are …

WebWilliam Booth (10 April 1829 – 20 August 1912) was an English Methodist preacher who, along with his wife, Catherine, founded the Salvation Army and became its first "General" (1878–1912).His 1890 book In Darkest England and The Way Out outlining The Salvation Army social campaign became a best-seller. The fundamentalist Christian evangelical …

WebAn officer in The Salvation Army is a Salvationist who is an ordained minister of the Christian faith, ... Receive a recommendation from the commanding officer of that corps. Be endorsed by the Salvation Army Divisional Candidates' Board. Receive satisfactory references from their families, friends, and peers. ...

WebThe Yugoslav Partisans, or the National Liberation Army, officially the National Liberation Army and Partisan Detachments of Yugoslavia, was the communist-led anti-fascist resistance to the Axis powers (chiefly Germany) in occupied Yugoslavia during World War II.Led by Josip Broz Tito, the Partisans are considered to be Europe's most effective anti …

WebThe Serbian Volunteer Corps (Serbian: Српски добровољачки корпус / Srpski dobrovoljački korpus, SDK for short; German: Serbisches Freiwilligenkorps), also known as Ljotićevci (Serbian: Љотићевци), was the paramilitary branch of the fascist political organisation Zbor, and collaborated with the forces of Nazi Germany in the German …

WebStrawberry Field is a Salvation Army property and visitor attraction in the Liverpool suburb of Woolton.It operated as a children's home between 1936 and 2005. The house and grounds had originally been built as a private residence in the Victorian era, before being acquired by the Salvation Army in the 1930s.The house was demolished in 1973 due to …

WebThe French invasion of Russia, also known as the Russian campaign, the Second Polish War, the Army of Twenty nations, and the Patriotic War of 1812 was launched by Napoleon Bonaparte to force the Russian Empire back into the continental blockade of the United Kingdom.Napoleon's invasion of Russia is one of the best studied military campaigns in …

WebThe siege of Leningrad (Russian: Блокада Ленинграда; German: Leningrader Blockade) was a prolonged military blockade undertaken by the Axis powers against the Soviet city of Leningrad (present-day Saint Petersburg) on the Eastern Front of World War II. Germany's Army Group North advanced from the south, while the German-allied Finnish army …