A levy (plural levies) is a military force raised ("levied") in a particular manner. In the
Roman legion this typically means "farmer soldier" militia units raised by conscription that provided most of light and heavy infantry composition—most of which were of poor training and little fighting ability—but not always. In the British Empire, levies were units raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security.
Shire levy, a means of military recruitment in medieval England
Opolchenie, a Russian version of medieval conscription
Levée en masse, mass conscript armies, especially that of Revolutionary France
Volkssturm, a Nazi-German organized conscription during (last days of) WWII
Locally raised forces within the British Empire
Aden Protectorate Levies (became Federal Regular Army of the South Arabian Federation, which then became the army of the People's Republic of South Yemen)
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A levy (plural levies) is a military force raised ("levied") in a particular manner. In the
Roman legion this typically means "farmer soldier" militia units raised by conscription that provided most of light and heavy infantry composition—most of which were of poor training and little fighting ability—but not always. In the British Empire, levies were units raised by local officials for local tasks, typically for local order and security.
Shire levy, a means of military recruitment in medieval England
Opolchenie, a Russian version of medieval conscription
Levée en masse, mass conscript armies, especially that of Revolutionary France
Volkssturm, a Nazi-German organized conscription during (last days of) WWII
Locally raised forces within the British Empire
Aden Protectorate Levies (became Federal Regular Army of the South Arabian Federation, which then became the army of the People's Republic of South Yemen)
This
disambiguation page lists articles associated with the title Levy. If an
internal link led you here, you may wish to change the link to point directly to the intended article.