| Name |
Description |
#books |
| Governmental |
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| U.S. Office of Foreign Relief and Rehabilitation Operations |
Part of an international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations. Founded in 1943, it became part of the United Nations in 1945, was especially active in 1945 and 1946, and largely shut down operations in 1947. | 0 |
| International |
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| Allied Expeditionary Air Force |
The expeditionary warfare component of the Supreme Headquarters Allied Expeditionary Force (SHAEF) which controlled the tactical air power of the Allied forces during Operation Overlord during WW2. It had two major components, the RAF Second Tactical Air Force and the USAAF Ninth Air Force. | 1 |
| League of Nations |
An intergovernmental organisation founded on 10 January 1920 as a result of the Paris Peace Conference that ended the First World War. It was the first international organisation whose principal mission was to maintain world peace. | 2 |
| Leith-Ross Committee |
During the Second World War, Leith-Ross helped to lay the foundation for international humanitarian relief efforts in the postwar period. Leith-Ross’s committee laid the groundwork for what eventually became the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration (UNRRA), founded in November 1943. | 0 |
| United Nations |
An intergovernmental organization established on 24 October 1945 to promote international co-operation. A replacement for the ineffective League of Nations, the organization was created following the Second World War to prevent another such conflict. | 3 |
| United Nations Relief And Rehabilitation Administration |
An international relief agency, largely dominated by the United States but representing 44 nations. Founded in 1943, it became part of the United Nations in 1945, was especially active in 1945 and 1946, and largely shut down operations in 1947. | 0 |
| Medical |
| |
| International Committee of the Red Cross |
An international humanitarian movement with approximately 97 million volunteers, members and staff worldwide which was founded to protect human life and health, to ensure respect for all human beings, and to prevent and alleviate human suffering. | 3 |
| Knights of Saint John |
These were among the most famous of the Western Christian military orders during the Middle Ages and also known as the Knights of Saint John and Order of Saint John. | 1 |
| Military - Army's |
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| First Allied Airborne Army |
An Allied formation formed as part of the Allied Expeditionary Force and controlling all Allied airborne forces in Western Europe from August 1944 to May 1945. It included the U.S. IX Troop Carrier Command, the U.S. XVIII Airborne Corps, which controlled the 17th, 82nd and 101st Airborne Divisions, all British airborne forces including the 1st and 6th Airborne Divisions plus the Polish 1st Parachute Brigade. | 1 |
