A hussar (/həˈzɑːr/ hə-ZAR, /hʊˈzɑːr/ huuz-AR; Hungarian: huszár [ˈhusaːr]; Polish: husarz [ˈxusaʂ]; Serbo-Croatian: husar / хусар [xûsaːr]) was a member...
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The Blue Hussar (French: Le hussard bleu) is a 1950 novel by the French writer Roger Nimier. Set in Germany in 1945–1946, it tells the story of ten French...
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The Blue Hussars, known officially as the Mounted Escort, was a ceremonial cavalry unit of the Irish Army established in 1932. It escorted the President...
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The Crown Prince's Hussar Regiment (Swedish: Kronprinsens husarregemente), designated K 7, was a Swedish Army cavalry regiment located in the province...
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in the Air Force are issued a uniform of a similar cut to the old CF greens, but in blue, with a light-blue shirt, black necktie, and air force blue wedge...
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Hooray for the Blue Hussars (Danish: Hurra for de blå husarer) is a 1970 Danish comedy film directed by Annelise Reenberg and starring Emil Hass Christensen...
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The 10th Royal Hussars (Prince of Wales's Own) was a cavalry regiment of the British Army raised in 1715. It saw service for three centuries including...
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The Denbighshire Hussars was a Welsh Yeomanry regiment of the British Army formed in 1794. It saw service in the First World War before being converted...
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Uniforms of La Grande Armée (section Hussars)
made of a hussar-style blue coat with red braids, red cuffs and brass buttons. They wore blue piped red hussar-style breeches, black hussar boots and...
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The Queen's Royal Hussars (The Queen's Own and Royal Irish) (QRH) is a British armoured regiment. It was formed on 1 September 1993 from the amalgamation...
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The 17th Duke of York's Royal Canadian Hussars was a light cavalry regiment of the Non-Permanent Active Militia of the Canadian Militia (now the Canadian...
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opposed to the figure of the "engaged writer" symbolized by Jean-Paul Sartre. Nimier most famous work is considered to be The Blue Hussar published in...
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President of Ireland (redirect from Inauguration of the President of Ireland)
from the ceremony by the Presidential Motorcycle Escort ceremonial outriders. Until 1947 they were a cavalry mounted escort, wearing light blue hussar-style...
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The Royal Gloucestershire Hussars was a volunteer yeomanry regiment which, in the 20th century, became part of the British Army Reserve. It traced its...
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of 1932–48 were nicknamed "Blue Hussars" from their uniforms, whose colour was sometimes described as St Patrick's blue. The uniform introduced in 1970...
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Forage cap (category Civil War military equipment of the United States)
dress. The body of this headdress is generally dark blue (hussar and lancer regiments wear scarlet forage caps while The Rifles wear dark green), the cap...
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1950 in literature (category Years of the 20th century in literature)
World My Wilderness Ross Macdonald – The Drowning Pool Gladys Mitchell – Groaning Spinney Roger Nimier – The Blue Hussar Juan Carlos Onetti – La vida breve...
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Blue Amberol Records was the trademark for a type of cylinder recording manufactured by the Edison Records company in the U.S. from 1912 to 1929. Made...
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The Guard Hussar Regiment Mounted Squadron (Danish: Gardehusarregimentets Hesteskadron, HESK), is part of the Guard Hussar Regiment. The purpose of the...
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The 15th/19th The King's Royal Hussars was a cavalry regiment of the British Army. The regiment was formed by the amalgamation of the 15th The King's Hussars...
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Slovak Americans (redirect from Slovak immigration to the United States)
army in the War for Independence. He was in the company of the 300 "Blue Hussars" to whom the British formally surrendered their weapons after the defeat...
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The Queen's Royal Irish Hussars, abbreviated as QRIH, was a cavalry regiment of the British Army formed from the amalgamation of the 4th Queen's Own Hussars...
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The Yorkshire Hussars (Alexandra, Princess of Wales's Own) was an auxiliary unit of the British Army formed in 1794. The regiment was formed as volunteer...
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Nimier's novel The Blue Hussar (Le Hussard bleu). The main Hussards were considered to be Jacques Chardonne and Paul Morand, and the group also included...
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The 15th The King's Hussars was a cavalry regiment in the British Army. First raised in 1759, it saw service over two centuries, including the First World...
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Cavalry (redirect from The Cavalry)
trooper, cataphract, knight, drabant, hussar, uhlan, mamluk, cuirassier, lancer, dragoon, or horse archer. The designation of cavalry was not usually...
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Presidential state car (Ireland) (category Office of the President of Ireland)
livery company. The landau was accompanied by the Irish presidential Mounted Escort, the Blue Hussars. Contrary to expectations, the use of the landau proved...
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bags like in their hussar counterparts. The Royal Lancers and the band of the Royal Yeomanry, feature the czapka, or "lancer's cap". The plumes and top of...
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Busby (military headdress) (category Wikipedia articles incorporating a citation from the 1911 Encyclopaedia Britannica with Wikisource reference)
is the English name for the Hungarian prémes csákó ('fur shako') or kucsma, a military head-dress made of fur, originally worn by Hungarian hussars. In...
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