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Infantry square and Military colours, standards and guidons

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Difference between Infantry square and Military colours, standards and guidons

Infantry square vs. Military colours, standards and guidons

Historically an infantry square, also known as a hollow square, is a combat formation an infantry unit forms in close order usually when threatened with cavalry attack. In military organizations, the practice of carrying colours, standards or guidons, both to act as a rallying point for troops and to mark the location of the commander, is thought to have originated in Ancient Egypt some 5,000 years ago.

Similarities between Infantry square and Military colours, standards and guidons

Infantry square and Military colours, standards and guidons have 5 things in common (in Unionpedia): American Civil War, Battalion, France, Infantry, Pike (weapon).

American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Battalion

A battalion is a military unit.

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France

France, officially the French Republic (République française), is a sovereign state whose territory consists of metropolitan France in Western Europe, as well as several overseas regions and territories.

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Infantry

Infantry is the branch of an army that engages in military combat on foot, distinguished from cavalry, artillery, and tank forces.

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Pike (weapon)

A pike is a pole weapon, a very long thrusting spear formerly used extensively by infantry.

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Infantry square and Military colours, standards and guidons Comparison

Infantry square has 94 relations, while Military colours, standards and guidons has 435. As they have in common 5, the Jaccard index is 0.95% = 5 / (94 + 435).

References

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