Standing forces founded from 1945 onward: the post-1945 national armed forces of the post-colonial and post-Cold War world, and the reorganized or refounded forces of states remade after the Second World War. Belongs here: a national or federal armed force founded in 1945 or later. Does not belong here: a force founded before 1945, which belongs to Modern instead. This bucket carries no live members yet; it is laid out ahead of the content, the same way the Early Modern armed-force bucket already sits ready for the next entry.
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1. War and Military Atlas Periodization
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this wave adds a fifth SubLabel value used only by this type, Contemporary, covering 1945 onward, with Modern for military-operation narrowed to pre-1945 only.
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