Battalion of Death
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Battalion of Death can refer to:
- The Women's Battalion of Death was a small corps drawn from 2,000 female volunteers, formed between the February Revolution and the October revolution in Russia in 1917, commanded by Maria Botchkareva, and loyal to the Provisional Government.
- The International Battalion of Death is the name taken by the person or group behind a website claiming responsibility for suicide attacks in Bali and elsewhere in the aftermath of September 11th.
- The Detroit Tigers 1934 infield, a football team at Clark Atlanta University and other American sporting outfits have at various times been called Battalion of Death, possibly drawing inspiration from a Black Battalion of Death formed by African American Buffalo soldiers of World War I.
- Certain Republican senators formed a hard core that opposed President Woodrow Wilson's proposed League of Nations. They were known as "irreconcilables" or 'the Battalion of Death."
