MiniArt 35085 U.S.Military Police

The US Military Police (correctly named: Military Police Corps, abbreviation: MP) is part of the US military that was formally established in September 1941. However, the genesis of the US Military Police dates back to the 18th century, and more specifically the US Independence War (1775-1783), when the first units responsible for observing discipline and law enforcement among soldiers appeared in the American army. However, in 1783 they were dissolved. Similar services also appeared during the Civil War (1861-1865) and during World War I, but after each of these conflicts was over, they were resolved. The US Military Police, which also functioned in peacetime, was not established until September 1941. Its main tasks were to ensure the observance of discipline in the American armed forces, prosecution of common crimes, but also participation in broadly understood police actions or managing road traffic of military vehicles. During World War II, MP had several schools educating future gendarmes (including Camp Gordon and Fort Benjamin Harrison). Soldiers belonging to this formation were used on a large scale during operations in Italy (1943-1945), Normandy and North-West Europe (1944-1945), but also in the South Pacific (1942-1945).